Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor, and the Alternative is #Gulls I've gone with a Jackdaw on a female Red Deer, Magpie on a Bar, Pigeons on a Bar & Cormorant on a Post. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #PigeonSky #naturephotography #ukbirding

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The woman who alleges she was sexually abused by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has been targeted by private intelligence firms as part of a covert operation said to have taken place on behalf of Qatar. They tried to blame it on Israel.

Jason Stanley is a coward whose views of the regime aren’t particularly well calibrated. To set the example for folks that they should flee a regime that can’t even pay its troops, keep the planes running on time, or put food on tables is an indicator of a lack of civic virtue, not foresight.

OTD in 1917 the Red Revolution. An illegal, foreign backed coup aimed at constraining & breaking Russia apart, overthrew the legitimate government in the first "color revolution".

A debate right now between Trump and Biden would be really interesting.

Credit where credit is due: Thank you, Mayor-elect Mamdani.

Bringing Staten Island to heel is going to be a major challenge, given the difficulty of a cross-straits amphibious invasion and potential intervention from Washington.

This is just blithering nonsense. There's no content here. In what sense did Spanberger and Sherrill fail to channel the energy of the party's base without alienating swing voters?

Thune says Trump may be able to move some GOP senators on the filibuster but adds: “I know where math is on this issue in the Senate. It’s just not happening”

Someone's determined to find a bag of shit in this pile of ponies

shameful

"Thank you for your attention to this matter" Democratic leaders ask Trump for meeting to end shutdown New letter ===>

Anyone who quotes the "journalist" Ryan Grim on any matter exposes themself as extremely gullible at best.

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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty. “They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

The pseudo-philosopher bsky.app/profile/matt... is a living, breathing argument against tenure in academia. Read all about it in the length X-post below.

Waterloo Bridge, Grey Weather - 1901/1903 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10907

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A banger of a quote here from Ahn Gyu-back: "As South Korea is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that cannot own nuclear arms, I firmly believe we should possess a considerable amount of Hyunmoo-5 monster missiles to achieve a balance of terror..." en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

I’m crying www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

The female Wood Duck is also a beauty. #WoodDuckWednesday #WaderWednesday 📷🪶🦆

Such a dapper drake catching some sunshine above the water. #WoodDuckWednesday #WaderWednesday 📷🪶🦆

Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.

How do you go bankrupt? Gradually, then suddenly.

Allies Day, May https://www.wikiart.org/en/childe-hassam/allies-day-may

Our famously Qatari-friendly President Trump has performed a resurrection

All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, we have another arcane dialogue. Hili: What will an artificial civilization look like? Andrzej: Fortunately, I won’t be around to find out. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/10/26/s...

Barry and Martha try to have a charge they didn't make removed from their credit card bill, but they can't. Find out why in my short story "The Telephone." billadler.substack.com/p/the-teleph...

Russia is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as it prepares for war with Nato,Norway’s defence minister has warned,the Telegraph reports. ▪️"Russia is building up on the Kola peninsula ...where one of the largest arsenals of nuclear warheads in the world is located.⤵️

Trump’s empty promise on IVF open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... from @citizencohn.bsky.social

Good morning from Kinmo the cat.

1. Reagan’s speech is real 2. It’s public domain 3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians 4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check 5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs