EU and Montenegro close another chapter in accession talks (14/33 chapters now agreed) www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

"When Joe Biden was failing towards the end of his presidency, we were asking if things were right." Is it now time to ask those same questions of Donald Trump? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-i...

Finnish President Alexander Stubb delivers a blunt speech at Chatham House, calling Brexit a “colossal mistake” and urging closer EU-UK cooperation. He warns of a changing global order, rising geopolitical tensions, and the need for a stronger, more flexible Europe. youtu.be/dCUxk1ODcV0?...

Trump's ongoing attack on free speech is without precedent in modern U.S. history, according to the latest data from the @vdeminstitute.bsky.social. I wrote about it for Slate: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Today's newsletter is about Why I Don't Like Sun Ra. Enjoy! burningambulance.substack.com/p/what-was-s...

Eze Goalazo... 🚀 #Arsenal 🔴⚪

Fossil fools may wish to pour a stiff one, grab a seat, and keep the smelling salts to hand…because Britain’s electricity is currently 82% zero carbon…with just one neat trick - #renewables Fossil fuel companies hate it.

Keiji Haino at ICA, London

Exclusive: Initial findings by an internal UN inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a UN position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a Western military source reut.rs/3Ptgkf3

Greyhound racing to be banned in Wales after Senedd vote

A Lancet review says chatbots may actively encourage delusional thinking in vulnerable users. This piece digs into why we urgently need proper trials and guardrails. open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

the horror, the horror

The U.K. Government is opting for the EU over Trump. They won't shout this from the rooftops, but this is the implicit political message from Rachel Reeves' Mais lecture today: “No partnership is more important than that between the UK and our European neighbours.”

(graphic from Daily Kos)

"The US is no longer a democracy".

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

Major punk photos exhibition launches in Manchester on March 23rd louderthanwar.com/punk-photos-... via @louderthanwar.bsky.social

Stocks rise when workers get laid off. It tells you all you need to know about the Epstein class.

Anglers, walkers and wild swimmers are often the first to notice changes in rivers. A new Environment Agency phone app – under trial until July – invites the public to share their observations about England’s waterways. Anyone can take part. Here's how ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

I don’t want to shock anyone but Trump did not in fact write in a book that Bin Laden would knock down the World Trade Center, although he’s been claiming this for a decade. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2022 for its coverage of Jan. 6. Their entry's capstone was a mammoth feature titled "The Attack," featuring reporting by 26 journalists. By my count, 8 of them are still at the paper. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Exactly so!

Only Now? “Trump’s inner circle showing ‘buyer’s remorse’ over Iran war and fear president was ‘high on his own supply,’” apple.news/Ahcef3FsbQDq...

News to me as a defence analyst! See www.hisutton.com/Explosive-US...

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This whole administration continues to be an object lesson in the catastrophic folly of letting unserious people have authority over serious things

👀 Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire: “If we are serious about growth, we must be braver about our relationship with Europe." https://inews.co.uk/news/labour-mayors-starmer-turn-customs-union-4292069

We're old enough to remember when Reform said they'd be lowering council tax for voters. That went well...

Is this product 'human-made'? The race to establish an AI-free logo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Isrealiwarcrimes #isrealigenocide #USAenabledgenocide #UKenabledgenocide #EUenabledgenocide #ICJ #ICC #internationalrulesbasedorderisamyth #MSMenabledgenocide #EthnicCleansingOfPalestine #zionism #NeverForgive #NeverForget #GazaGenocide #SignTheOTB

Evening

You have to be truly evil to do something like this. Bombing and killing people "just for fun" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This might be too late. American dream, Eh?

Transactional Fascism

“People were angry because the Americans and Israelis said they wouldn’t attack civilians. But we saw that they were bombing bakeries, care homes and hospitals.” 1843 receives on-the-ground testimony from the Iran war

Leaders around the world appear to be struggling to respond to an American administration that is no longer constrained by pretending to care about human lives, the law, or the cost of its hubris. trib.al/bORKAXv

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Consequences are good.

Read this headline. Now read it again. Now read it again. You are not alarmed enough. It is later than you think. 🇺🇸 deadline.com/2026/03/trum...

A more honest and accurate headline would be: "Trump assured massive profits to fuel Putin's war on Europe while simultaneously paying off oil execs who bankrolled his campaign."

I’ve fucked up and all you people I’ve been threatening and undermining for YEARS must come and fix it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Design obsolescence gone made. Buy an electric car for environmental reasons and find your use is still considered to be a gift by the manufacturer. #Accelerationism www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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