In Trump's first term, many analysts were praising the American political system which provides the famous 'checks and balances'. Yea, well, they're gone now.

Shame on Greece and Cyprus for making deals with Netanyahu's Israel, after all that has happened and continues to happen. Indefensible and unconscionable. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

This is heartbreaking, AGAIN. Hopefully no one gets killed or injured. Who knows how many more architecturally precious buildings we are going to lose forever tonight. Again. 😓

I guess we now understand better why Gates has been grovelling to Trump. #EpsteinFiles

It's time everyone in Britain woke up & realised just exactly who Reform represent & serve, Because it ain't you, It is Russia & Putin. So before you say ''Ahhh but what about the boats'' or ''He stands for the working people of this country'' No, He stands for money, Nothing more, Nothing less.

Congratulations Ms Angelicoussis, we would prefer fewer cheap, hollow words and more deeds on that last point though. Enough Linkedin for today.

Australian accent in English : meh (sorry) Australian accent in Greek : 👌 American accent in English : 👍 American accent in Greek : meh (sorry) Scottish accent in English : 😍 Scottish accent in Greek : 🤪🤯😇🤭

European governments are voluntarily handing the keys of their vital IT systems in police, health care and intel to #Palantir, whose boss explicitly wants to end democracy. The Swiss seem to be the only ones who are paying attention when all the others have gone into snooze mode

Dear Bulker operators and technical managers: we have finished modeling and verifying the new grain loading method as per IMO Resolution MSC 552(108), adopted last year, entering into force Jan 2026. This method allows partly-filled holds, hatchway trimmed, with ends untrimmed. The key difference

🚨David McLennan is Reform UK's first elected councillor in Scotland. He won a by-election in Whitburn last week. He claims to be a retired police officer, but David actually left the force after being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, we reveal tonight.

Oh that "*aura*" 🤣🤣🤣

Κι εγώ, αν ήμουν Έλληνας αγρότης, θα τα έκανα όλα λίμπα, δεν θα μπορούσα στοϊκά να υπομείνω το ανελεήτο gaslighting από τον αρχιμαφιόζο κουμπάρο του Ξυλούρη. Ευτυχώς δεν είμαι.

Certain american nazi billionaires, Russian petro$, hedge-fund managers, tax-evading consultancies, real estate/property hoarders, and now crypto lords based in Thailand. In other words, the party of the people.

Imagine Farage's blood pressure spike when he finds out that Glasgow also has a sizeable population whose first language is Gaelic. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2567165...

Η Ναυτεμπορική έχει γίνει πλέον πιο φιλορωσική κι από τον Λαφαζάνη ή τον Σαββίδη. Ψυχή τε και σώματι. Όχι μόνο ένας/μία δημοσιογράφος, όλοι τους, με πρώτον τον Ψυλό. Πόσο καίγονται μην τυχόν και δεν πάρει όλα όσα θέλει ο Πούτιν. Δεν μπορώ να πιστέψω ότι αυτό δεν ερχεται απο πάνω - Μελισσανίδη και

The Besiktas MR tanker MERSIN that was struck off the coast of Senegal was not in any of the Western sanctions list but, like other Besiktas tankers, it has called at all major Russian ports (Taman, Tuapse, Novorossiysk & Ust-Luga) total > 10 times in 2025!) www.marineinsight.com/shipping-new...

The UK govt decided to allocate just 7.78% of the annual fishing and coastal growth fund to Scotland. Despite Scotland's fishing sector accounting for more than 60% of the UK's fishing capacity. Before Brexit, Scotland received 46% of EU subsidies to the UK fishing bylines.scot/politics/sco...

Perhaps one reason they are so keen to have it good with Argentina is that they can see themselves fleeing there to avoid persecution once the regime falls. You know, just like some certain war criminals of a certain genocidal regime in Europe in the past century.

Invade, destroy, kill/remove local people, settle your own. Classic imperialism, similar to what Turkey did in Cyprus, following its second invasion, similar to what Israel has been doing in the West Bank or Gaza. Putin does not negotiate for peace, he just wants to legitimize

I know this is not a key point in this disaster but these extendable ladders of the fire trucks, stretched to their maximum position, still only reach a little over 2/3 of those buildings. (Unless they can go even further but from all footage I saw this screenshot shows their tip at the tallest pt.)

Το «εγω πουλούσα τα βοτάνια μου» ως απάντηση για τα εκατομμύρια ευρώ ελπίζω να γίνει meme, είναι ένα μικρό έπος. Πόσο ηλίθιοι πρέπει να νιώθουν όλοι αυτοί που -νόμιζαν ότι- έπαιζαν τζόγο για να κερδίζουν τελικά πάντα οι Σεμερτζίδου, Φραπέδες, και λοιποί κολλητοί του Μητσοτάκη... #ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ

Bloody well said!

Rutger Bregman on how BBC censored a sentence from a public lecture he gave describing Trump as the most openly corrupt president in the American history. Yet another disgraceful low from the BBC. www.threads.com/@rutgerbregm...

I mean why TF is Gove a Lord now? He spent Covid plotting with Cummings and grifting his sorry arse off, having already lied himself inside out over Brexit - another reason our country is in such a mess. He gets a peerage. We get to pay for it all. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Fail of epic proportions. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The last time I cheered for Scotland in the world cup was in 2010 which went pretty terribly. But I remember it distinctly because it was in a pub in Geoje, South Korea. Better luck this time!

Enlightening findings from NTSB investigation on the DALI crash into Baltimore's Key Bridge. Including poor inspection practices by the operator and backup systems poorly configured (bad look for the class too). A remarkable and exemplary work from the investigators. abcnews.go.com/US/cargo-shi...

Sleazy NYT. 🤮 Of all the disturbing stuff that is being revealed, they chose the angle of effectively lamenting the "loss of a power scene."

Great news from Scotland! 👍 I will never forget how absolutely determined the nurses and health visitors were to help us get breastfeeding going with both kids, calling on a daily basis, lending us the pump when needed. www.thenational.scot/news/2561201...

Αλλη μια κρίση που έρχεται με τον Μητσοτάκη στο τιμόνι. Όχι ότι κάποιος άλλος/η θα ήταν και πολύ καλύτερος/η αλλά το επίπεδο διαφθοράς του Μητσοτάκη εμένα προσωπικά με τρομάζει. Ετοιμαστείτε για αυξήσεις στους λογαριασμούς και απευθείας αναθέσεις για ψεύτικες λύσεις τυπου silicon valley.

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The Ocean Cleanup guy is celebrating doubling the plastic catch prevented from entering the oceans. Fantastic. If only he had focused on this right from the beginning instead of spending all that money and resources trying to fish the pacific great garbage patch.

Look, she has discussed this with a lawyer and has made up her strategy around 'being a victim'. She's trying to save her skin and survive *the day after* the fall of trump. Similar in some ways to how Nazis like Albert Speer had already made up their next-day strategy as the end was approaching.

Μάθαμε και το «ξερό εβίβα.» #ΕξαγουμεΠολιτισμο

Important article on Politico describing the extent to which the US delegation went ahead of and during the IMO session on the Net Zero Framework in London. Not a mere departure from diplomatic norms and good faith, but straight to the mafia textbook. www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

Today Baltimore welcomed the arrival of Neoliner Origin, the world’s first wind-powered, industrial-scale cargo ship! Evidence that things can be done differently beyond our addiction to cheap energy via liquid carbon.

Βγαλμένο απο σκετσάκι του Χαρρυ Κλύν.

IWSA has identified year 2026 as the inflection point for the market deployment "s" curve of wind-assist propulsion systems. They justified this claiming the main barriers will have been overcome, mitigated or at least pathways identified. I no longer share this optimism.

The Prime Minister - definition of sub-zero principles and political instinct boasts about a defence deal with a country which has most of the political opposition in jail, one of the highest number of imprisoned journalists, a country that harbored ISIS operatives in the Afrin area

The correct version is: "if Putin launches a missile at Brussels, we will reconvene in Strasbourg instead and discuss how to expedite the 19th sanctions package bringing it forward by 2 months."

In 2019, Putin pompously opened a gas pipeline to China. Just 6 years later, having lost its lucrative European market, Gazprom finds itself drowning in a staggering $72.7 billion of debt 1/9 [1/11]

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Last week the USA and the UK added both Rosneft and Lukoil in the list of sanctioned companies. The EU has sanctioned Rosneft but not Lukoil (from which Hungary and Slovakia are buying crude and pipeline gas). In the 19th sanctions package (effective Jan 2027) they will expand the sanctions

#LaCocina is a great movie, totally recommend it. It reminded me of the fantastic Boiling Point with Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG2I...

I had to check the historical records and it does look like this was the first ever time that the EU countries did not vote as a unanimous block within the IMO. This does not reflect well on the governments of Greece, Cyprus, and Malta and on how they'll be perceived by their EU peers going forward.

the obsession with tacky bling, gold, and grandiose architecture is a constant telltale for autocrats throughout the history.

A important detail regarding timeline. The IMO 'Revised GHG Reduction Strategy' was agreed in July 2023 (a milestone we even cautiously celebrated!) (Obviously, there was a different president at the White House, who was capable of understanding the importance of slowing climate change.)

The ever-reliable "AI Overview" - two different takes, one F5 page refresh away.

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