All respekt till tyske försvarsministern som inte lät USA's vicepresidents påhopp gå obemärkt förbi.

Tightening gun laws to prevent mass shootings? What a crazy idea.

Thailand and Malaysia are grappling with the worst floods in decades, with authorities ordering mass evacuations as the death toll rises reut.rs/4ePm8Xm

First article I've had published since the great Bluesky migration, so if everyone could pretend to read and like it that would be great! This one's about a walk in NE Japan - an emblem of recovery in the wake of disaster. With photos by @marcuswestberg.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/7f5f...

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Help fund one of the best journalism projects on the internet! So stoked that @hakaimagazine.com found a way to persist, by joining forces with bioGraphic under its banner. Be part of the movement today! They're about halfway to their $150k fundraising goal! www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...

Record-breaking temperatures of over 26C in France only days after storm and 10 cm snowfall. www.connexionfrance.com/news/tempera...

Watching a prize-winning parrot trying to escape its cage while hundreds of people walk by and comment on how pretty its feathers are…

I love this.

Really recommend pitching these guys - a smart publication that clearly values good writing.

Monkey business (& gymnastics) in Malawi.

hard to exaggerate how nuts the engagement is on Bluesky compared to 𝕏. a vastly smaller user base (at least officially), but just look at these stats for one of the biggest newspapers on Earth. Musk has absolutely trashed the platform. folks, you are not locked in on 𝕏. not even a little.

This trip definitely made for a nice interlude!

Flying over the stunning #KafueNationalPark this morning - a wonderful reminder of our planet’s beauty and diversity… but also, unfortunately, of its harshness: after two years of drought, water levels are at an all-time low, despite a few recent showers adding a dash of green to the landscape.