We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above Watching from afar further shifts in a worsening polity By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/we-are-chr... Personal Blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/we-a...

"The presidents of France and Germany have sharply condemned US foreign policy under Donald Trump, saying respectively that Washington was “breaking free from international rules” and the world risked turning into a 'robber’s den'." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed

I know everyone loves to hate on Democratic Party leadership for clout, but this seems like a nearly unprecedented level of success for a minority party? www.politico.com/live-updates...

BREAKING: The Senate just PASSED a bill to prevent war with Venezuela. Don't let anyone tell you this is just symbolic. We will keep pushing until it passes the House, and then we push to pass it with a veto-proof majority. No war. No occupation.

"The dam has broken." Afghanistan War Veteran Max Rose applauds the Senate’s bipartisan vote advancing the War Powers Resolution. He calls it a stunning rebuke of Trump’s unilateral wars, reminding the President that the military belongs to America, not him.

Online misinformation & disinformation can have a devastating impact on society. But these are not interchangeable terms. Read our explainer to learn their definitions and how to spot them ⤵️

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

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"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." ~ Castaneda

@sheffieldtribune.bsky.social first started reporting on Andrew Milne, the solicitor demanding thousands of pounds from leaseholders, back in November. A month later, we uncovered how Milne was also terrorising leaseholders in Bolton. Today, MP Phil Brickell raises the issue in Parliament.

Hartford Visibility Brigade getting the truth out this am! And it's a beautiful winter morning! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov @rbhubbell.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social

I have been seeing discussions about why people can’t call obvious fascism fascism and I am once again going to refer you to this @tompepinsky.com essay. People assume that if their lives feel mostly normal, it can’t *really* be fascism yet.

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

More from the Cactus Wren nest 🪶

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

This is an unusually confused piece of writing from the FT. Roughly: - all these experts say Trump is a fascist, but I found one book that says he’s not so that’s probably right. - there’s a long checklist of things he’s done that are fascist, but he hasn’t done everything Hitler’s way, so he’s not

US Senate to vote on bid to stop Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social QandA - is Starmer really on the move re Europe? Why Rory is going a bit cold on AI; pros and cons of Bondi massacre Royal Commission; Abramovich and the shadow AG; and the weird and wonderful world of National Archive release alastaircampbell.org/2026/01/487-...

If their parties held the balance of power in a hung parliament, current Lib Dem and Green voters would rather their parties backed Labour than either the Conservatives (59-69% vs 4-20%) or Reform UK (66-71% vs 3-7%) yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

We welcome the return of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and the commitment to helping farmers work together at landscape and catchment scale.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: “The European Union’s economy is nine to ten times larger than Russia’s. “We fought Russia successfully before the United States even existed — so we should be capable of doing it today.”

With all the #snow in #Shetland I thought I would share my video on Shetland ponies and weather. It will only let me post a little here but will put link to full video in comments

I know "nothing ever changes" is part psychological defence and part easiest hedge bet, because it is so often true, but people should think before sharing their "everything will always be awful" take. First, it adds to collective depression, but also it becomes a personally disempowering mantra.

A reminder for anyone new to Bluesky (or who just wants to follow more policy wonks here) that I've made a starter pack of all the think tanks I've spotted on the platform and the researchers working at them (if you're missing and want adding in let me know!) - go.bsky.app/Geu9Jd8

#Worldnews is stressful at the moment, because the orange monster is only happy when everyone is sad. & being on #SocialMedia obviously makes it worse by way of repetition & amplification. 1/

New post out: We have an interview with John Bew - one of the most influential people in British politics over the past decade + foreign policy adviser to four PMs. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/interview-...

Really good piece here. I would add that governments shouldn't write PN that read like newspaper columns. open.substack.com/pub/chrisdil...

America is born in blood & marinated in violence. Death surrounds them. It's terribly sad.

Rather that other people being under threat of death because some tosser wants to drink and drive huh

Tim Walz is mobilizing the MN National Guard, and reminds Minnesotans that the guard "is OURS - our teachers and our neighbors." He asks Minnesotans to respect them. "They're there to protect you and your constitutional rights. They don't wear masks."

Nigel Farage is talking up Reform's chances of winning the next London mayoral election. But the fact that Labour are restoring the supplementary vote system for mayoral elections makes it pretty unlikely this would happen, I would have thought.

Also worth saying that @tomh-analyst.bsky.social, who knows far more about energy bills than me, has long been sceptical of the stats behind the “UK has highest industrial energy prices” story

Beautiful Penelope! She is a true sweetheart and one of our biggest belly rub fans. ☺️

Good morning from Goldfinches enjoying #NativePlants seedheads of Agastache foeniculum (captured by Mr. CMG and his behaving-herself-for-once lovely assistant #GardenDogs #WeAreAllZoey). #gardening #birds #ecosystem #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

✨Opal is ready for her close-up! This confident and curious otter explores the world with her teeth. Behind Opal’s fluffy whiskered face is a powerful bite rivaling the king of the jungle! 🦁

Okay. I am going to be doing an intentional timeline cleanse between now and the 5 PM emergency vigil. Enjoy a hedgepig.

London looking scenic earlier today (from the Golden Jubilee Bridge)

There is a lot of talk about what Europeans will do if Trump follows though on his illegal plans towards Denmark. But I would like to know what Americans are expected to do

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey offered one message to the federal agency: “Get the f**k out.”

This is a bad headline. But I guess, ‘add 0.1% to total employment costs’ is less exciting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Of course everyone’s rolling out the salad puns (they’re all in the replies to the post below, kindly spare us any more), but I just want to say: every time she declares it’s not funny to compare her to a lettuce, it becomes funnier

I love Paris

"Danish soldiers have standing orders to take up arms and fight if Danish territory is attacked, according to a royal decree from 1952. This so-called precautionary order would also apply if the US tries to take Greenland by force." www.berlingske.dk/indland/ordr...

willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'

It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms. I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.

Starmer at PMQs: “Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. “It probably feels quite a long time ago now, but not for Reform, of course, because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia.”