We must stop thinking in nations, but in human principles as that is what connects us all. Nothing wrong with loving the place you live, but it should never be "right or wrong, my country".

My ideal Europe: no corruption, fair and effective justice, well being, decent medical care, small gap between rich and poor, proper education for all, freedom of/from religion. Race, sexuality and trans being as irrelevant as hair color. Isn't that much like your ideal US? Or ideal China? Russia?

One is downright stupid and ignorant, the other very clever, well informed and patient. One of these men has difficulties suppressing a grin, knowing he has the other one by the balls. And I don't need to tell you who I am talking about.

There seems to be this "manosphere" thing where young males admire people like Andrew Tate. I see things like rape, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, online harassment, trafficking minors, sex with minors. Really kids? You admiring people like this? Yes, they DID make a lot of money. But still

When your ego is more important than your country and its people.

This guy at the "Victory Day Parade" in Moscow looks worried. regardless if he's a body double or the real one, both have reasons enough to worry. Next year might be a "Defeat Day Parade"?

Business AM: "Department 4 of the Bauman State University of Technology in Moscow trains future agents for the Russian intelligence service GRU. The program equips students with advanced cyber espionage skills, including hacking, disinformation campaigns, and psychological manipulation."

BNR: "Brussels wants to remove sensitive data from American tech giants and presents plans for digital sovereignty."

BNR: "ASEAN countries in the arms of Russia and China forced by exploding oil prices: 'No other choice'"

BNR: "Sweden is going to establish a new intelligence service dealing with foreign affairs. The move follows criticism that security officials had not foreseen the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The plan was approved last year. The Swedish government is proceeding with the establishment."

What should not be privatized: Medicare, military, education, basic food, sport for youths, public transport, energy, basic housing, help for small start-ups. There should be no profit to be made in such sectors, no millions or billions disappearing into deep CEO's pockets. All luxury: go ahead!

The only way for humanity to survive is going global. Only then you can pressure a nation to stop acting up. The danger of course is that you don't want a Trump to ever become president of the world. So let's test some systems on a smaller scale, in Europe for example, to nail this down.

I dream of Trump in an orange suit in his cell. With a big picture of a grinning Obama on the wall. In a gilded frame.

I'm carefully hopeful today. Things are going badly for Putin and for Trump. That means things are going well. But we all need to push on wherever we can. Churchill: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Remembrance Day. In many places in the Netherlands, people observed two minutes of silence at 8:00 PM on Monday evening for everyone who died in war situations or peacekeeping operations during or after the Second World War.

NOS: "The Kremlin has "drastically increased" the personal security of Russian President Putin, following assassination attempts on Russian soldiers. In December, a general was liquidated. Putin also fears a coup by former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the leaking of sensitive information."

I once despised people like Bush JR. Compared to Trump however, this would be a great trade!

NOS: "Pentagon: The United States withdraws 5,000 American troops from Germany. Trump had already threatened to reduce the number of American troops in Germany following increasingly fierce criticism from German Chancellor Merz regarding the role of the Americans in the war in the Middle East."

What a powerful metaphor for extremism of any kind. Author: Banksy Location: Waterloo Place, London.

You are captured by (N)ICE and will be tortured. You will be able to choose though: 1: listen to Trump's "weaving" speeches. 2: waterboarding.

For all the fans:

The last century had the "roaring twenties", we got the "insane twenties".

I think this is a clever ad to push the sale of buckets to throw up in.

We’re not forgetting. Keep talking about the Epstein files‼️ #SheShed

Great question @gtconway.bsky.social ! The answer can be found at BandyLee.com and mentalfitnessmatters.substack.com He asks: “THE PRESIDENT IS UNQUESTIONABLY PSYCHIATRICALLY DISORDERED—IN WAYS THAT AREN’T HARD TO EXPLAIN—ARE DANGEROUS TO THE WORLD. WHY CAN’T THE AMERICAN PRESS TALK ABOUT THAT?”

Trump is always going on about "low IQ". If he would be serious about that, he would know that countries with strong educational systems, low inequality, and high human development indexes tend to score higher.

Ukraine was once a part of the USSR, a situation Putin dreams to restore. But now, this "part" is beating the crap out of the "whole". The #18 strongest army is beating the #2. This hurts Putin ego so much he rather destroys it all than take the wise decision and save of Russia what is left.

ANP: "Phasing out fossil fuels is 'necessary and possible'. This is the joint conclusion of scientists at the conference that the Netherlands and Colombia organized together, before ministers from 56 participating countries: 'transition away from fossil fuels', experts discussed the possibilities."

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Our media and politicians who should know better could easily compare MAGA/Trump to historical fascism. Here's my attempt from 6 months ago. Much more evidence now. TL;WNR - main difference is uniforms

They kept asking for the Epstein files. At one point they ran out of distractions. Luckily, the last one worked.

Cole Allen: "I am a citizen of the United States of America. What my representatives do reflects on me. And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes." "This level of incompetence (security) is insane" I now wonder if security let this happen?

Even for a shit show this is all getting too bad. Can we please have some sanity on this planet? Just a tiny little bit would already give me some hope.

Either you have a theocracy or you don't. Freedom of religion also means freedom FROM religion. Just leave each other be and don't force your views upon each other. If you believe in an all powerful force, that force doesn't need you to punish or force others that believe something different.

I dare to become more hopeful. Hungary came around, so the EU can release the support money for Ukraine. Things are looking pretty bad in Russia, with Russians actually starting to criticize Putin, quite something in a country with such dangerous windows. Trump's MAGA falling apart. NICE!

Businessam.be: The British Future Air Dominance System (FADS) programme, including the Type 83 destroyer, is in the concept phase. This progress follows the approval of the Strategic Outline Case in 2025. Defense Minister Luke Pollard confirmed this.

HLN.BE: "More weapons, more technology, nearly 300,000 additional soldiers: Germany announced its plans to become the “strongest army in Europe” within 13 years. They intend to focus on more long-range weapons, air defense, and drones, among other things. A role is also reserved for AI."

I think AI is hyped and used in the wrong way. It can be very useful by training it with VERIFIED data and then let it generate information that we should regard as hypothesis, NOT as facts. Now we just generate endless truckloads of crap and use that crap to train it with again.