Spain has consistently denied the U.S. use of its bases and airspace for the war, and on Tuesday Spain’s defense minister said the country would not “accept lectures from anyone.”

We scored a win on the ATEC legislation last night, but the fight isn’t over. The Jobs‑Ready Graduates scheme has to go! 🙅‍♀️

My ever accurate tummy vibes tell me this is not just going to be a few thousand troops that Trump sends into Iran. It’s going to be lots lots more. #ww3

Oracle appears to be firing between 20 and 30k workers globally, like, today. This apparently to free cash flow to service a 58billion USD debt for "AI buildout". That's 'gonna fold soon' territory, calling it.

THERE IS NO NEED TO WAIT FOR STUDIES TO COME OUT BEFORE YOU TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM A VIRUS THAT MIGHT BE TARGETING THEM. 📢

As in Gaza, now in Lebanon. Ethnic cleansing and land theft. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Kegsbreath says oil companies can kill whales "for national security reasons" because his boss quagmired the world in his war of choice. www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

Me, meeting my therapist’s new intern.

Data Governance needs a rebrand for the modern era (or at least for this century) katecarruthers.com/data-governa...

Never forget that russia fired a ballistic missile at a playground in Kryvyi Rih, murdering nine children.

#UkrainianView Iran attacks whatever countries and facilities it wants. Not even America-owned. No reaction, no restrictions. I remember when Ukraine was not supplied with weapons "because they could attack something in russia". USA and EU can only limit attacks of their allies.

What an arsehole trump is. He deserves to die painfully.

#UkrainianVIew I remind you that when Ukraine pushed for peace, but not ceasefire with russia - #Iran "somehow" did not think it was a great idea. What happened, sweeties?.. Or, when the war hits your houses, you realise it is not that fancy?..

The extraordinary documentary evidence at the heart of the UK Afghan war crimes inquiry - a thread. There is currently a public inquiry into alleged war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan in 2011-12. The ongoing inquiry has published some interesting and worrying documents. >

I sent them my summary of the embeddedness of Islamophobia in the network of networks around Atlas, sharing the same money. I’d love them to interview Nafeez Ahmed about his research on that.

In their latest podcast (2nd half), unfortunately they don’t mention your name - but I knew who they were referring to 👍 maybe @janfran.bsky.social and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social might give you a shout out next time #auspol youtu.be/8pvEzISJS8s?...

Thank-you so much. And particularly @jeremywalker.bsky.social whose academic research unearthed the peer-reviewed evidence, with constant effort to mainstream the information, giving us all the capacity to speak without sounding like tinfoilers. Where did Ette mention it?

Big shout out to @lucyham.bsky.social and @garethhutchens.bsky.social for their work exposing the #AltasNetwork & for the mention by #ETTEMedia #auspol #climatecrisis

🇭🇺 The Hungarian opposition's sharp rise in popularity suggests Orban faces election defeat, — Bloomberg. According to a poll by 21 Kutatokozpont, Péter Magyar's Tisza party enjoys the support of 56% of voters who have decided on their choice, compared to 37% for Orban's Fidesz.

London is being used as the backdrop for inaccurate viral videos that reach enormous audiences around the world by playing into the worst stereotypes about the capital. "Hate brings views": Confessions of a London fake news TikToker buff.ly/nqnwtwp

Handy guide to the Middle Eastern bit of the current trumpian #polycrisis: BCA's Iran Conflict Daily Dashboard Real-time charts on the Hormuz crisis, energy, and macro risk #USpol #ww3

Ok I’m willing to admit it was time to update our soy sauce

This is the kind of crap the mining lobby dumps in our office. Shame they didn't stay for a chat! "Mining matters." Yep. And so does paying your fair share, something tax-dodging coal & gas corporations should think about while people are waiting months to see a bulk-billing GP.

RUBIO: “Imagine if Iran spent billions on its people instead of weapons... They’d have a much different country.”🤔😕 Unreal. @marcorubio Do you even hear yourselves? Your shameless hypocrisy is killing us

Can you even IMAGINE the thumping in my gut? & right before Passover. This just cannot stand.

"Notably, the cable tells diplomatic offices to coordinate their work with “the Department of War’s Psychological Operations” – the military unit more commonly known as Miso, or Military Information Support Operations, formerly Psyop, which is part of the Pentagon." 🙄

“Hegseth Says Trump Has Vision of 'Greater North America.' Critics Alarmed by 'Greater Israel' Parallel | Common Dreams” www.commondreams.org/news/greater...

US still has Canada on its shopping list. And Cuba. And Greenland.

A TV show is actually the best explanatory metaphor for the phenomenon of the Trump regime

i swear this gov is a TV show. the head of intelligence got hacked and used his real name for a porn account. the head of dept of war accidentally texted war plans to a journalist. and now former head of homeland security grappling with husband's secret cross-dressing double life in anti-LGBTQ admin

It’s important to understand that the Dow just rose more than a thousand points on the increasing belief that the US is about to suffer its greatest strategic defeat since Vietnam.

📌 ICYMI — Kemi Badenoch Campaigns For North Sea Drilling at Company Owned by Oil and Gas Executive Who Donated £250,000 to the Conservatives The Conservative party, which calls the Government's plans for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy "crazy" has also taken millions of pounds…

Well Israel would say that wouldn’t they? 🙄

Please cishet people spend some time today learning about the horrors of "conversion therapy" m.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5w... #tdov

😱CORRECTIONS are CENSORSHIP. Requesting them is a CONSPIRACY. Jacob Siegel of Tablet is extremely angry that I requested corrections of the materially wrong facts (lies) ab me/ my work that appeared in his 📖 & were echoed by unwitting reviewers. He is mad that they corrected. So he emailed me.

Chair JCS Gen Caine: “Peace in our nation will not be won by the legacy systems that we've had or the legacy thinking. It will be determined by the entrepreneurs & innovators & leaders, both in government & out of government, that create overwhelming strength” defensescoop.com/2025/06/04/gen…

LEGO diplomacy

Lolwut: “Was the Iran War Caused by AI Psychosis? AI simulations shaped Operation Epic Fury. 7 planning assumptions failed in 23 days as the Iran war defied every AI prediction.”

Good to see Iran’s discovered LEGO

#WATCH | Huge destruction in Northern Israel following Hezbollah missile attacks

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My Assessment of invasion &/or attacks on energy/water is now “much more likely than not” & “medium confidence,” ceteris paribus. Contact Congress. Protest/Demonstrate. [REDACTED] A diversity of tactics is necessary.

Heavy suppression in a protest against Ben Gvir's execution law, At least three people arrested and a Journalist was injured after a water cannon direcly shot him

Watch out conservatives. Your getting the walkable city

Insane. An unconfirmed quote from the Iranian President which, even if it is accurate, says nothing new. But it is pushed by algorithms on X as big news about a peace deal and it shifts the market by $1 TRILLION and crashes the oil price. The market has completely lost its mind.

Social media giants are not complying with under-16s social media ban, new report finds theconversation.com/social-media...

Prediction: The slavers who make money off of detainees are going to have a war with the ideological racists who want them all deported

When a shitty Supreme Court ruling happens, it's good to remember that adding a couple justices isn't going to cut it. We should triple its size. Here's the argument I agree with: time.com/5338689/supr...

Well OK then...