Malta will formally recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

Dua Lipa fired her manager David Levy after learning he signed a letter urging Glastonbury Festival to ban pro-Palestinian rap group Kneecap.

Morning Bluesky. Netanyahu says he will announce Israel’s response to the recognitions of a Palestinian State after his meeting with Trump on September 27.

Four US citizens including 3 children have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, the Lebanese government says.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrives in New York.

400 days to save America.

Tiny Hands and Tiny Mind together at the Kirk memorial.

Crows Flying at Sunset, Shibata Zeshin, 1888.

With reference to events in the US.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller at the Kirk memorial: “You have no idea the dragon you have awakaned. “We will save this civilization and the West.”

So what’s everyone’s post-Rapture plans because none of my friends here are going up on Tuesday? Besides, I need to book my Christmas turkey slot that day.

A US Navy E-6B Mercury airborne nuclear command post and communications relay has crossed the Atlantic from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is a rare occurrence.

Murdoch is getting TikTok. Now the Fox News social platform.

Done.

For those interested in the implosion of the Sultana-Corbyn Your Party, yes, it all went exactly as expected.

Trump tells his audience at the Cornerstone Institute Founders’ dinner that he brought peace between Cambodia and Armenia.

Putin has sacked Colonel-General Alexander Lapin who has been blamed for Russia’s 2022 retreat in eastern Ukraine and the 2024 Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region.

The UN Security Council will meet tomorrow at Estonia’s request after Russian fighter jets violated Estonian airspace, AFP reports.

There is a suicide prevention hotline. It's headquarters are located on the 8th floor of some Moscow complex. In person consultations only.

“If you want bases, we are ready to fight you for another 20 years,” Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid warned America in response to Trump’s demand to take over Bagram Airbase. Afghans have “never accepted foreign troops on their territory” he said in an address.

Morning Bluesky. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is going full-on in tackling Musk. "He [Musk] is actually, I think, committing crimes," he told Laura Kuenssberg.

Active shooter reported at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire. Reports of multiple victims.

“The leader of the free world” wanted to send a DM to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Instead he posted it to everyone on Truth Social. It’s now been deleted. Medical intervention required.

What’s going on with Venezuela? An NYT report says the US force off the shore isn’t big enough for an invasion, nor is it in the right place to combat drug smuggling. Diplomats, military officials and intelligence officers say the true reason is to oust the President Nicolas Maduro.

You can have some war, and you can have some war, and you can have some war… Lots of chickens waiting to come home to roost, MAGA voters.

The problem with TwitterX people is that they’re caught up in quantity not quality. Engagement here is 100x better than the other place and it’s informed people who contribute to the discourse and pay attention to what’s being posted. On TwitterX metrics are distorted by bots.

The Lib Dems are right. I know for a fact that a lot of Russian interference isn’t publicised. The Government needs to start calling it out every time it happens so that the public understands we’re at war,

Macron says ten nations are preparing to recognize a State of Palestine based on the 1967 borders.

David Lynch collecting wood with his father, 1949.

Getting those autumn sunsets.

The war drums are beating.

Trump and Putin puppet Viktor Orban of Hungary has announced he plans to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, CNN reports.

Got a few images to post but keep getting “internal server error”?

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

Czech President Petr Pavel warned Russia that repeated violations of NATO airspace could lead to Russian planes being shot down. He said NATO must respond firmly, even militarily, if Russia crosses the line.

A Far Right anti-immigration protest in The Hague turned violent when demonstrators attacked police with stones, bottles and d sticks. A police vehicle was set on fire. Water cannon and tear gas was used to disperse the crowd.

background info on the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement for those of us who love researching these things.. treaties.un.org/doc/publicat...

This is good.

Here is their new Trailer, in English. Destroyed by the Dutch version of Colbert and Kimmel.

Netanyahu now seems to be laying the ground for an attack on Egypt. In Jerusalem, he presented Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a list of activities in Sinai he claimed were substantial violations by Egypt of its 1979 peace agreement with Israel, for which the US serves as guarantor, Axios says.

Another senior Russian executive has been found dead in Moscow. Alexander Tyunin, CEO of Umatex, a Rosatom subsidiary, supplied materials for Shahed drone production. Russia says suicide.

Overnight Ukrainian drones hit the Saratov and Novokuybyshevsk oil refineries and the Samara oil pumping station. All three sites are burning. #explodey

Trump pal Javier Milei is facing a turbulent time in Argentina. Confidence is collapsing amid political upheaval and according to the FT Milei had to spend more than $1 billion over three days to prop up the peso. Might be a warning here for the US. Markets can bring anyone down.

Estonia has requested article 4 consultations with other NATO members after Russian fighter jets violated its airspace. It’s the second time in a month article 4 has been called.

Morning Bluesky. America is taking part in Russia’s rival to Eurovision.

NYC is overwhelmingly described by voters as unaffordable, and voters' desire for a mayor they believe can bring change outpaces the call for experience, a CBS News poll shows. Against that backdrop, Zohran Mamdani leads by an especially wide margin among those whose top issue is cost of living.

And there was this.

The US has blown up another boat near Venezuela.