Thank you to the cardinals and other church leaders who are speaking out.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 (I'm NOT deleting my post below 👇)

The Iran war has been a humanitarian, economic and geopolitical disaster, with America's adversaries (including Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China) benefiting, while its traditional allies (in Europe, Asia, and the Gulf) lose. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Melania makes more statements for some reason youtube.com/shorts/LPFEJ...

British soprano Christine Rice has called Timothée Chalamet "opera’s boyfriend", claiming the Hollywood actor’s disregard for opera has sparked a wider conversation. Read more 👇

It’s a great moment to remember that in the leadup to this popular uprising, the first major gut-punch was delivered by Budapest Pride. Poetic justice. 🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈

May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.

We are so thankful to RFPG for raising an incredible £3,049 at their Royal Faculty quiz night! The generosity that we receive from fundraisers reminds us that we are never alone in standing up for refugees rights, and we could not do what we do without this kindness and support. Thank you 🧡

🚨🚨Impossible to understate the importance of #Órban's defeat for European politics and world politics with an utter rejection of #MAGA as a policy style by the Hungarian electorate. The world is already shining with new light after the #Hungarianelections. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/hung...

one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result: Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

JD Vance, are you free in October

Watched the last two episodes of The Other Bennet Sister and it was bloody lovely. Then read that Hungary has voted out Orban. Pretty bloody good day so far. Also - nice to see the tradition of Trump/Vance endorsements leading to mega losses continues unabated. Long may that continue.

Thank you Hungary.

Really looking forward to JD Vance campaigning for Netanyahu later this year.

so so many people here spontaneously erupting in chants that translate to "it's over! it's over!" not even 10pm here and unfortunately I'm already getting a bit emotional

oh god oh fuck I took the metro to the Tisza rally and all these kids POURED OUT of the train at the stop and started running up the escalators chanting, and briefly held hands with the older people leaving the rally and going down on the escalator, and I think I may actually just cry

walking from my election party to the Tisza rally and we heard crowds cheering in the distance as Orban officially conceded 🥰

incredible how low the bar has gotten, that it feels like a genuine ray of light when a terrible far right politician doesn't pretend he won an election he lost, isn't it

I’ve taught so many students who came to the Netherlands to study fields they no longer could in Hungary – most of whom had no memories of a government without Orbán. Thinking of them on this momentous day!! 🫶🏻

Orban is not conceding because he's honourable. He's conceding because his defeat is so comprehensive even he can't pretend he won.

JD Vance really is the harbinger of death, isn’t he?

I can't quite express the joy of seeing Viktor Orbán, the man who took my grandparents' native land to the brink of dictatorship, concede power after 16 years of autocracy and corruption. This is personal.

Orbán concedes and focuses on Hungarians voting from neighboring countries (and supporting Fidesz overwhelmingly) as his team looks on shellshocked. The man on the far left, János Lázár (in a political sense actually far right) will be angling for the party. Mark my words.

Huge news, Hungary. #Orban concedes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

Workers at LA stadium threaten World Cup strike amid anger over ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

As spring springs Scottishly upon us, we're looking back at the history of the SSP with pride. This poster was for an early SSP conference, the image mocked up by Alasdair Gray. To learn more about the SSP's history, visit the link in our bio! #playwrights #scottishplaywrights #ssp #history

Fidesz aren't happy. Really bad vibes from their press conference right now. Are they getting ready to torpedo the result? Gergely Gulyas, a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, is saying Fidesz has recorded plenty of voter fraud, and that this will need to be investigated. Short presser. No Q&A

Ah. The cards. David Davis appears to have lent his magic Brexit pack to Donald Trump.

Don’t debate with liars. Liars love debating because they count on not being fact-checked, and know that those of us burdened with integrity and telling the truth won’t be able to keep up with their lies. If you have to debate them, don’t say they’re “wrong,” tell the truth and say they’re lying.

Missoula, Montana's bus system is still FREE mountainline.com/your-trip/

"Ireland's susceptibility to oil price disruption was because the Goverment has been unserious about taking the uncomfortable steps needed to move the country to powering itself by renewable energy."

in the middle of this, Astronaut Christina Koch says that when she looked back at earth, she “didn’t just notice the planet, but the darkness around it— like a lifeboat” we are really all we’ve got out here

Guardian says "marathon" peace talks, but without quotes for a mere twenty-hour session. The talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement took nearly two years, with a longer process of engagement before then.

Anyone who describes a mere twenty-hour period as a marathon in any negotiation where there are fundamental disagreements, including peace talks, shows they do not understand negotiations.

This is the post worth waiting for. We are very lucky to have @ldfreedman.bsky.social commentating for us at this hour.

I have literally seen a flock of starlings swooping and ‘playing’ around running wind turbines and they were clearly at no risk whatsoever of hitting them so this tracks.

It’s obvious from negotiations with Iran that America has no plan B. America didn’t even have a plan A.

🏆 Sending best wishes and crossed fingers to the Ben and Imo company for tonight’s Olivier Awards with Cunard. The RSC production came to the OT in Spring 2025 and is nominated tonight for Best New Production in Affiliate Theatre. 📸 Photo by Roy J Baron #olivierawards

Obama’s nuclear deal took 100s of hours of negotiations. Large teams, with nuclear experts, working line by line. Vance thought he and two real estate guys could roll in and use leverage they don’t have, with the aura of a diplomatic superpower they no longer are. Schooled.

So killing their spiritual leader, bombing an elementary school, threatening to wipe out their civilization, referring to it as a Christian holy war, and sending Mr. Personality Vance to negotiate didn’t get things resolved?

Glasgow otters are my latest interest.

Last day to see in Lewes! And this exact configuration of works will never be repeated. Tour offers new works too!

I co-sponsored this bill which aims to give chalk streams UNESCO world heritage status. These important habitats, 85% of which are in the UK, are at risk of drying out. Let’s protect the homes of plants, fish and aquatic mammals🌱🐠🦦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shades of Ceaușescu speech, December 1989...

You have to write for an audience of which you are a member. You have to like what you write. This is true of soap operas, romance novels, video games...science fiction, literary fiction, horror fiction crime fiction. Readers of ALL kinds can tell if you're lying.

Reminder that in this house we do not trash other genres of books to support the genre we like the most. One, come on, we're grown ups. Two, the bottom line is people reading and loving books. Three, every writer you know has friends working other genres, don't trash their friends, thanks.

A sign in Seattle, Washington that reads: “Congress, remove Trump now.” 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😎💙😎

The blockade at Galway Port by fuel protesters has ended following an early morning garda operation