Bet they don’t have any potholes.

I’ve just watched ‘A House of Dynamite’. My advice: just read Annie Jacobsen’s ‘Nuclear War’. It’s much better.

Dracula is a tragic figure, a European who doesn't like garlic

If I've understood this correctly, the idea is for the UK to provide usable forces for two separate coalitions of the willing, at a time when there are already question marks over what it could provide for just one. www.politico.eu/article/brit...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The lesson: don't romanticise spy shit.

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Just sent out this piece--maybe the most depressing I have written (sorry). The future of war is emerging in front of our eyes, and its terrifying. It is a combination of ranged fires in mass and a willingness to commit war crimes. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

China plans to attack Taiwan as early as next year, according to BILD citing Western intelligence agencies. Beijing may begin the occupation of Taiwan as early as November 2026 if internal turmoil starts in the U.S. following the midterm elections. www.bild.de/politik/ausl...

Hegseth, live from The Black Lodge.

Now that the far right’s goals are being revealed, hopefully the Irish govt will start arresting the ringleaders of this microscopic group, rather than pretending they don’t exist.

For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.

I'm not sure I understand the surprised tone: www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

🇧🇪 Belgian intelligence services believe Russia is involved in drone incidents, - Belga Belga's sources in intelligence services have pointed to several signs of foreign interference in the drone launch situation. In particular, such actions "go beyond the capabilities of amateurs."

Profiles in courage.

Hezbollah Is Down But Not Out. Undermining the group in Lebanon requires targeting its networks abroad. ⁦‪@WashInstitute‬⁩ ⁦‪@ForeignPolicy‬⁩ foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/h...

I suspect that vulnerable people susceptible to violence are being targeted not just by religious and political extremists, but by foreign states that wish us ill.

German lawmakers accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of operating as a "sleeper cell loyal to Russia". AfD is accused of submitting numerous inquiries to the federal government on the armed forces and critical infrastructure. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/4VP9

A gathering armada risks repeating the mistakes of the “war on terror”

Russian oil discounts widen as Indian and Chinese refiners cut purchases, sources say reut.rs/4oOvBDI

once again, Elon Musk poses a threat to British democracy & we should be treating him as such, as well as disentangling ourselves from his businesses

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

⚡️ Under the hood, Russia’s 'Reaper' drone copy is shockingly American. The Orion was set to be Russia’s flagship unmanned vehicle until that position was usurped by Iranian-designed Shaheds.

Scratch that. I’ve just arrived at Heathrow Terminal 5.

Warsaw. Great city, great people. But cheese Louise - my Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport experience made me pine for JFK, it was that poor.

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

aspiring dictator whose campaign focused on him becoming a dictator announces dictatorial aspirations in case you had forgotten his dictatorial aspirations

A great read on the Kinahan family. When Brexiters say we should emulate Dubai, are they including the bit where you allow murderous drug traffickers to live freely and money-launder? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

With the revised + updated version of my WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PUTIN coming out next week, a chance in @thetimes.com to consider what seems has changed since writing the original in 2018. In short, Putin has become 'Putin squared,' almost a caricature of himself www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

Disappointed a politician won’t make an extreme and hasty decision in the immediate wake of a shockingly unusual event

Of interest to me and many colleagues @swanseaunippir.bsky.social

Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?

“This is a short-sighted decision that sends the wrong message to Putin,” said Philip Breedlove, a retired U.S. Air Force general who was SACEUR. “It is wrong to begin such a reduction in the face of Russian intransigence.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Spy film quotes I like: “When did Noah build the Ark? Before the rain, before the rain.” - “Spy Game”

You hope this early success reflects her extraordinary talent, rather than her previous profile. Unless there’s a dearth of out-of-work Scottish actors at the moment.

Unfolding massacre in Sudan’s Dafur Region of unimaginable cruelty and barbarism #KeepEyesOnSudan

Elon Musk continues to try to socialise civil war, political & inter-ethnic violence in Britain. He combines an argument that violence is inevitable with his call at the Tommy Robinson rally for pre-emptive violence, on grounds of an existential threat & the inevitability of violence

With a few obvious exceptions, the Conservative Party often produces leaders who make a good deal of sense - but only after they've lost the job.

BREAKING: Russian propaganda site promotes far-right party ahead of Netherlands elections. "The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception." defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav... #TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

Check out the excerpt from my latest book, published online by @jodemocracy.bsky.social

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"Hong Kong has become the gateway for Russia to obtain Canadian technological components for its war against Ukraine." www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

PBS Documentary looks like an absolute must watch. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/chile-c...

ICON. 💔

Looks more like The Black Lodge to me.

"It felt at times like I was reporting on Erdogan in Turkey or Putin in Russia. There is an intimidation, a sort of fear effect" Trump has had "that has rippled through the private sector." @edwardluce.bsky.social joins @monacharen.bsky.social on The Mona Charen Show: