So it turns out Nigel Farage's widely-reported claims that 'Boriswave' migrants will cost every household £20,000 are based on dodgy figures and inflated assumptions. Reform have simply invented their own numbers…” say experts. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/16/e...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate As he threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are - describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Today's pod: The brilliant @mollyjongfast.bsky.social had me on Fast Politics to discuss the Trump economy, the trade war, the war war, and the war on truth. youtu.be/-2poUJZP_fQ?...

Iran sent a team of 30 including university professors, scientists, diplomats, PhDs. The American delegation includes no diplomats, but lots of relatives of Trump and real estate developers. Who's going to get fleeced? www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

I highly recommend @parismarx.com’s guide to getting off US products, even just for getting off google and other products that are constantly getting worse. Even if you don’t care about the US being origin country. It just makes life better. disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Sotarikokset ovat Suomen nykyisen ulkopoliittisen johdon mielestä ihan ok juttu. Suomalaiset voivat sitten muistella kiitollisuudella tätä Stubbin, Orpon ja Valtosen kaukonäköistä linjausta, kun he ovat itse sotarikosten kohteita.

Brutal.

I wonder what comments Mark Rutte and the leaders of NATO countries have to this?

I'm old enough to remember the hundreds of times over the past seven years when people excoriated me for writing articles and giving interviews describing Trump as a malignant narcissist potentially on par with some of the worst figures in history, like Hitler and Stalin and Saddam and the like.

”En hel civilisation kommer att dö i natt, för att aldrig mer återuppstå" Journalister borde ringa alla svenska politiker som ursprungligen stödde detta och fråga dem: (1) deras nuvarande ståndpunkt och (2) hur detta kommer att "befria" landet.

BG Steven M. Anderson, USA (Ret) says Pete Hegseth should rename his office ‘Secretary of War Crimes’ because that is what he’s doing.

God help us.

The man is insane and a war criminal. I shudder to think, more so today than ever, that he has access to nukes and is surrounded by spineless or evil sycophants.

Språktestet kunde vara om vederbörande kan skilja mellan ensam och själv. Ulf kunde inleda, sedan Jimmy.

KU:ssa kirjoitettiin vuonna 2023, miten valtiovarainministeriöstä on kasvanut superministeriö. On paljon tahoja, joille sopii mainiosti se, että valtiovarainministeriö näyttelee suurta roolia suomalaisessa julkisessa keskustelussa, tiivisti jutussa @mjantti.bsky.social. www.ku.fi/artikkeli/48...

Mika Niemelän haastattelussa on paljon mistä voisi puhua. Mutta kieliikö suomalaisen valtio-opin tilasta se, että sitä opiskellut uskoo haastattelussa esiintyvien näkemystensä olevan epäpoliittisia?

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Israeli Settlers Killed a Palestinian Farmer on His Own Land, in Front of His Father. Yes, Again. Before the attack, the assailants' leader said: 'Abraham gave the land only to the Jews. I am the law and I am also above the law'.

She's a great cartoonist

This sounded too fantastic, even for Trump, so I checked.

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Not quite a totenkopf but seems like a normal person might have an ‘are we the baddies’ moment when they pin a noose on their lapel

🚨🚨 Grim news: Governments in five EU MS are “consistently and intentionally” eroding the #ruleoflaw, Europe’s leading civil liberties group has warned, while democratic standards are deteriorating in six more, including historically strong democracies. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...

Useful summary of a worrying report on the rule of law in the EU.

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

This well worth a read from FT's Alex Barker www.ft.com/content/ee75...

How can this go on for another 3 years?

This is completely unbearable. But also like… why are his insane ramblings never summarized like this in the media? We gotta wait for a substack guy to put it together like this?

Minä sen sijaan menin kuormittamaan Ruotsin eläkejärjestelmää, kun en saanut USA:ssa hyvästä yliopistosta väiteltyäni ja tänne palattuani pysyvää työtä. Professuuri meni jälkeeni Suomessa väitelleelle; toinen proffa tarjosi paikkaa hänen assistentikseen! Myös maastamuuttoa ja syrjintää voisi tutkia.

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said that Israel systematically tortures Palestinians on a scale “indicative of collective vengeance and destructive intent,” according to a report released to the media on Friday.

Oh @economist.com

Det rör på sig: "44 000 tyska tjänstemän har skrotat Microsoft – sparar 100 miljoner om året" www.nyteknik.se/tech/44-000-...

Yet another must-read memo from purgatory by @martinsandbu.ft.com Europe’s impotence extends to energy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"This is natural: creative destruction has few champions. But it is not wise. Europe is clearly capable of speeding up its transition to energy independence via renewables." Excellent piece by @martinsandbu.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a6be...

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant. If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination. timesofoman.com/article/1691...

Here we go again. Men vi har iallafall en kulturkanon!

Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found. After Trump officials cut food aid to Kenya, children starved to death in an American-made hunger crisis. (Published Dec. 2025)

"Trump has seen George W. Bush’s record and raised it. There's nothing good to say about Iran’s regime. But it has shown a better instinct for reading Trump’s intentions than his voters." My column on Trump's reckless gamble. as.ft.com/r/66e49702-f...

Ollaanko oikeustieteellisissä tiedekunnissa jo A) nimetty kv oikeus Stubbia mukaellen "perinteiseksi" kv oikeudeksi ja B) alettu opettaa "modernia" k oikeutta, mitä se sitten lieneekin?

World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

Skrev om Epsteinfilerna och Trump, och det kan inte hjälpas att jag undrar om det militära anfallet mot Iran hänger ihop med det. www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/5pB...

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Second verse, same as the first

THIS.

posting, once again, the well-established definition of the crime of aggression in the rome statute for the ICC

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