Despite spending hundreds of millions to steal the election in Moldova, Putin has failed spectacularly today. Here's to hoping he fails everywhere else!

This man will repeat the last thing he heard every time, without failure.

Russia is accusing "Europe" of preparing to occupy Moldova. They are anticipating a loss in the elections on Sunday, and are preparing their supporters for protests. Every accusation is a confession. Moscow has struggled to maintain control in Moldova. Old methods don't work. This too shall pass.

Russia is sending money to pro-Russian politicians in Moldova so they can pay propagandists and bribe voters. Now the Russian FSB is investigating those same politicians for allegedly stealing 70% of the money for themselves. www.deschide.md/articole/rap...

With how often my flights get delayed or cancelled and I apply for compensation, I think I'm close to breaking even on my overall flying spending.

You know what they say, nothing is ever fullproof.

How do so many clearly AI songs have a "Verified Artist" badge on Spotify? What are they actually verifying?

My mum decided she's had enough. Understandable.

The F1 film is almost as dull as the real thing.

As the Canyon Fire continues to burn, I found that 71% of the 242k oil and gas wells in CA are in areas with a "high" or "very high" fire hazard. When they are on fire, wells release dangerous chemicals and are difficult to put out. Around 1.6m people (including 100k children) live close to them.

The grimacing of Putin under a barrage of questions, in the room where a meeting with Trump is currently taking place.

wrote about the Online Safety Act, the int'l spread of age-verification laws, Reddit blocking @archive.org, and the payment-processor crackdown on explicit video games as events that point to one inescapable conclusion: the "open internet" has been closed for business slate.com/technology/2...

My new go-to link to send to people who are asking me about how things are going in Moldova. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvUo...

A guy at my sauna said that the Americans are about to unleash a global electricity blackout so that we don't find out that the gods of all the religions are all coming to Earth at the same time. Multiple people agreed. Oh, and the latest Fantastic Four film is how they're softening us up for it.

Currently my least favourite button on the internet.

Has an intelligent thought ever been expressed in the form of "X is so cooked rn"?

I wrote a small Python package for AI-based research and classification tasks. It's now public. - Post: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... - Code: github.com/Global-Witne... - Example story 1: globalwitness.org/en/press-rel... - Example story 2: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

Valentina Matviyenko, speaking at the 15th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament,lied that Russia started the war to protect the children of Donbas. It's very sad to see a respected organization giving a platform to a representative of an aggressor state to freely spread lies about its war crimes.

I interviewed a journalist working for Ukrainska Pravda when I was in Kyiv. She was one of bravest women I’ve ever met. We need to stand with Ukrainian civil society & journalists against this attack on their rights www.thetimes.com/article/db07...

Vladimir Plahotniuc arrested in Greece. Plahotniuc is a Moldovan oligarch believed to have participated in the embezzlement of $1bn USD from Moldovan banks.

My research for @globalwitness.org in - @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - @drilledmedia.bsky.social: drilled.media/news/Senate-... - and my write-up: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

"Every month that Donald Trump has been in power, we've seen a raft of anti-climate measures come out which are music to the fossil fuel industry's ears," said @globalwitness.org's @nicu.md.

Like every single other time I've made chili con carne, I've put way too much chili in it. Will I learn and be more sensible next time? Absolutely not.

Interestingly, foxes in Romanian folklore and children's books are almost always female.

Was searching for People Make Games.

Ah well.

Made some of my own #ShowYourStripes charts for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. blog.samizdata.co/p/how-hot-ha...

I hate how it's always "Great!" and "Perfect!" with AI. Why is it never "Wow, your code is shit!" or "I'd give up if I were you"?

Finally, tired of changing SIMs.

Nick Clegg says asking cartels to stop trafficking drugs would ‘kill’ the illegal drugs industry

This is the second time this has happened in the past year, never booking accommodation from a private host again.

Don't know if it's useful to anyone else, but I created a deck of Anki flashcards for the Life in the UK test: ankiweb.net/shared/info/... Code: github.com/nicucalcea/l...

Well that's one thing off my mind. Congrats Romania!

Speaking of the Romanian election, I used to be mates with the far-right candidate (before he was a fascist). Here's a photo of me (in the bottom right) and him in the centre. What a wanker he's become.

I'm going to start calling Andys "Tiny Andrew" and Lizzies "Tiny Elizabeth". www.ft.com/content/160d... PS: Vote Tiny Nick.

Can't wait to be kicked out of this country based on some rules they didn't bother writing down.

:(

Is there truer love than the kebab man saying "I put in extra meat for you boss"?

🌍🔎 We used AI to uncover the lobbyists shaping climate talks from behind the scenes at COP. Find out how we did it - and why it matters for the future of our planet. 👉 gwitness.org/3EI52yB #ClimateCrisis #COP #FossilFreeFuture

This is what Putin's torture prisons look like! Collaboration with @washingtonpost.com @forbidden-stories.bsky.social et al. and @papertrailmedia.de.

We're trying something new at @globalwitness.org: methodologies that explain how we conduct our investigations. In the first one @nicu.md explains how he created a new approach to our work with Keep Big Polluters Out counting the number of fossil fuel reps at COP. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

BBC Verify investigation by @olgar.bsky.social , me, Olga Malchevska and Matt Murphy into exactly how thousands of homes in Mariupol are being seized and transferred to Russians. Ukrainians can try to get their homes back but there’s a catch… www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Buying an air fryer (yeah yeah, I know), and I had to go with the more expensive one that isn't "13-in-1" and forces me to use an app on my phone.

lol. lmao, even.

🚨 NEW: Shell's CEO has bagged a pay rise - pocketing an obscene £8.6 million. After a year of unprecedented climate disasters & soaring energy bills. Planet-wrecking oil firms like Shell should be paying climate damages, not cashing in on our misery. gwitness.org/4iJMWLw

How do you deal with a (human) neighbour who's been meowing for over an hour?

A new leak obtained by @icij.org reveals how the Kremlin utilizes its "ghost fleet" — hundreds of aging commercial vessels with opaque ownership — to send military equipment to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar. www.icij.org/news/2025/03...

Wonderful news! I'd love to live in a Britain that no longer provides safe haven to all the corrupt scum of this planet.

Why is it that women who go to the gym are gym bunnies, while the dudes are gym rats?

If For All Mankind has taught me anything, it's that the biggest killers in space are various loose cables frantically whipping around.