For far too long, this country has been governed by people who were either unable or simply unwilling to post brief videos of themselves being bitten multiple times by snakes that they had just picked up for some reason,

Not many people know neurotypicality is stored in the foreskin

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

I’ve been making my way through the Fall Of Civilisations podcast and loving it. So interesting and well presented. Just finished the one about the Han dynasty in China. fallofcivilizationspodcast.com

How does Putin view Trump? “The ‘orange one’ is such a great guy, we must make a golden statue to him—and if we’re lucky, we’ll make it in Kyiv,” according to one of his closest allies, Yuri Kovalchuk. My latest, with the amazing @zygaro.bsky.social puck.news/is-putins-ru...

we’re sooooooo close to the bubble popping in ai i can literally taste it

Trump’s refusal to release any of his medical records has reporters wondering just what it is that Joe Biden is hiding

Gavan keeping his professional tone while describing the most inexplicable nonsense is the highlight of my day. That second picture makes less sense the longer I look at it.

This is a great thread about the distinctions between the early days of the web & these early AI days.

I’m in Vilnius to send a clear message: Europe stands in full solidarity and unity with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. And we are stepping up our support. Because when Baltic States are being tested, Europe as a whole is being tested.

Historically, workers have always been enthusiastic about tools that let them do a better job - indeed, it's a truism that labor-led automation produces improvements in *quality*, while capital-driven automation increases *throughput* (often at the expense of quality). 35/

In other words, the story of the web at work was the *opposite* of the story of *AI* at work. Today, you can't turn around without reading a story about bosses who are threatening to fire workers if they don't increase their AI usage: www.businessinsider.com/boss-track-a... 32/

Merely by following every rule to the letter, workers can grind a shop to a halt: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to... 18/

Unreliable narrator stories are fun until you live through a global-economy tanking war between two sets of relentless liars both trying to influence a stock market full of investors who don't actually care what's true.

BREAK: The Dutch government blocks the acquisition of a vital Dutch supplier to a widely used online identification tool, which was set to be acquired by a U.S.-based company. open.overheid.nl/details/ec64...

"Save our women and children" from asylum seekers, they said. And yet again, it was projection. They hunt what they see in the mirror. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

🟪 Crossings for cars (17) 🟨 Crossings for pedestrians (2) Also note the bus stop without a pedestrian crossing.

In Naples, Italy, protesters carried a 25 Meter long shroud bearing the names of 28,000 plus Palestinian children killed by Israel.

On this slightly longer clip, a white object transits the sky on the right. What is that?

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

I would personally pay thousands for this genetic therapy. One infusion and you (likely) have low LDL cholesterol for the rest of your life. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/h...

I feel like the photographer could have gotten a little closer tbh

Trump skipped his son’s wedding then did nothing all weekend but post A true poster

Lavrov urged Marco Rubio to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.

At 63 I have just learned - by accident - that you can gargle without making the 'arrrrrrghle' sound. Silent gargling. A revelation.

Googling "food near me" and a grainy picture of my fridge pops up

Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

It's 8 years since we Repealed the 8th Amendment. If you voted, canvassed, fundraised talked to your family, were the driver, made the tea, brought your dog and everything else in between, We thank you. The campaign showed us what people power can achieve!

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

Farage claims his phone was hacked by Russia and that this highlights the “threat they pose to British security”. Which is odd because 7yrs ago he had the chance to strengthen laws against Russian interference but he voted against it, saying the claims were “baseless” The man is never, ever right.

Another good cockchafer fact: as a result of studies by 1800s entomologists, the cockchafer was one of the first animals to be discovered to have a strong preference towards homosexuality. A lot of Victorians found this very upsetting and refused to believe it.

Good to see the Israeli President call this out.

Shameless! Wake up, EU 🆘️ www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

It’s like Iran On your wedding day

Crossing the EU border between Bosnia & Herzegovina, & Croatia, I was struck with what we might have faced on the land border in Ireland, without the Protocol. Two passport checks, everyone on buses had to get out, have photo taken, finger-prints. Queues. No fresh meat or cheese from BiH into EU.

Best post.

They certainly had his number.

🔵 3pm and seems safe at this juncture to call it: Sean Kyne to win the Galway West by-election.

Venture funding for Irish tech SMEs falls

Don't hackers normally take money out of your account?

Thomas Friedman (NYT, 1996): "no two countries with a McDonald’s had ever gone to war with each other" Russia 2026: hold my fries

Exactly 29 years ago, on May 24, 1997, the very first McDonald’s in #Ukraine opened its doors in #Kyiv. In the early hours of May 24, 2026, that same #McDonalds was destroyed in a #Russia n attack. One of the countless places shattered overnight in my hometown.