“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves” It’s so obvious, it hurts. www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...

It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Renewable generation records fall across the UK, as imported gas consumption tumbles reneweconomy.com.au/renewable-ge...

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

This war is so damn confusing. It’s why we shouldn’t let drunks and dementia patients run it.

In a nutshell. 😊

Ya think? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

On any given day, you might as well roll a die to predict whether Donald Trump is going to claim total victory; imminent victory; a negotiated ceasefire; an imminent ceasefire; new attacks; crucial negotiations or imminent crucial negotiations. The only certainty is that he’ll be lying.

Odds that we discover next week that large bets were placed on oil prices rising again before close of play yesterday?

The people on the right hand side of the political spectrum are not well. Years spent in a moral cesspit does that to people I guess.

Iran hits the US with the Uno-reverse card after the US thought it was hitting Iran with the only Uno-reverse card.

But papers like the Times and broadcasters like the BBC just crawl up Farage’s backside instead of asking him the difficult questions and scrutinising his past failures. Don’t pretend to care about probity with Starmer if you’re willing to red-carpet this piece of utter filth into Number 10.

Straight up milking the market

The Pentagon just gave a $20B contract to Anduril backed by Jared Kushner’s brother…while he’s helping negotiate the wars it profits from. Not a conflict of interest. Straight-up corruption. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A81ych_DLSSq...

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Thanks @williamshawn996.bsky.social @frankiemillie10.bsky.social @markrf400.bsky.social @misskitty.art for the shoutout 💙💙 @sheamus15.bsky.social @davidp-p.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @genxer-71.bsky.social @jules1212.bsky.social @dragonlady1011.bsky.social Trump would surely fail this test.

Y’all are wild

Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools. I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.

The American president counts Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un as his friends while denouncing the Pope.

Péter Magyar, "Today the Hungarian people said yes to Europe" "Hungary will once again be a strong ally in the European Union and NATO" Congratulations Hungary 🇭🇺 👏🎉

Time to impeach. He's done.

My substack newsletter on last week's mayhem: open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...

Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.

A bit of humor for you to brighten your day.

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The bears are chilling in the forest #sciart 🐻

My wife says herb bread works as an aphrodisiac for her. I'm working on a dill dough at the moment.

Right now, the conversation isn’t about nuclear programs, or free and fair elections in Iran. It's about reopening a body of water that was open before this war started. Chalk that up as a win for Tehran.

🐾🐱🧡🐶🧡🐱🐾 In these dark times, we have one constant ray of sunshine in our lives. Our pets. Cherish them today and always. #nationalpetday #adoptdontshop #caturday #dogsofbluesky

Those US-Iran negotiations in a nutshell: Iran sent 4 PhDs to Islamabad. The US sent a real estate developer, a son-in-law, a lawyer and a general.

They're choking US R&D, and when it withers, will claim it's because American universities let in too many minorities and labs wouldn't let directors call junior staff who won't sleep with them slurs.

"In 24 hours, Trump seesawed from being prepared to enact a literal genocide on the Iranian people to deciding the Iranian govt was his business partner. This reversal makes sense in his head & nowhere else, but since there’s no guardrails, everyone has to treat this as rational behavior & move on."

My friend went to the psychiatrist because he thought he was invisible. But the doctor was busy and couldn't see him.

"If sanctions on Russian oil have been lifted because of the war in the Middle East, will the U.S. sanctions be reimposed now that there is a ceasefire? I think that an answer to this question will expose the reason for lifting sanctions in the first place." - Zelenskyy

You cannot make this up: JD Vance flew to Hungary to directly interfere in their election and campaign for Viktor Orbán. While doing this, he gave a speech complaining about foreign election interference from Brussels. The man is a shameless hypocrite

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A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A commenter notes that "Trump managed to be both Hitler and Chamberlain in the same negotiation. An unprecedented feat." 😭

Trump posts all caps tantrum following meeting with Rutte “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!! President DJT”

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿

Trump went from making genocidal threats against Iran to becoming business partners with Iran in 24 hours. The guy is loonier than a shithouse rat.

Today JD Vance- vice president of the United States, is in Hungary, campaigning for Viktor Orban. -authoritarian leader of Hungary and Putins greatest ally

Well thank goodness for small mercies. But in among all the "world will never be the same again" takes we really need to consider the one in which a more normal next US administration immediately suggests Europe join an intensified trade war with China... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Watch: 'Little daredevil' baby foxes rescued from window well in Virginia #UPI