Good. This is the way.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

'Do you want me to talk?' Trump official gets heated as CNN anchor cuts him off

A Russian FPV video shows a drone operator deliberately targeting a civilian woman in bright clothing, exposing Moscow’s continued “human safari” tactics against civilians.

Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism. And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

One reason the Dem establishment hates Mamdani is that he's just *better at this than they are*. He just talks like an authentic human about things that matter & people respond & it breaks their poll-tested, consultant-cooked brains.

Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals www.borowitzreport.com/p/furious-ki...

@lancasterjohng.bsky.social i just saw El Cautivo and I liked it! An interesting take on a period in de Cervantes life not much is known about. I like the controversial gay angle, and the fact that Fray Juan Gil and his helper looked like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza! youtu.be/e5zWPmrDGO4?...

MAGA's Animal House Military Frat For Insecure Men open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

When the entire top so-many of the US armed forces experience first hand what a certified, ignorant and dangerously mendacious lunatic their “commander-in-chief” is, can we predict what will happen in a real (other than manufactured by him) crisis…? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Saw this brilliant Paul Thomas Anderson film today. Very topical, very funny and what a great, long car scene towards the end of the film! Superb acting from Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio Del Toro but with the outstanding performance from Sean Penn! How he must have enjoyed this!

Moldova's ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has secured 55 out of 101 parliament seats. In a country haunted by Soviet memory and threatened by Russian influence, ordinary voters chose the path toward Europe.

⚡️Europe 'no longer at peace' with Russia, Germany's Merz says. "Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.

Found on Facebook (aka the Baby Boomer social media platform) @guardtheleaf.bsky.social

Whatever the reason, it’s another demonstration of the profound and utter incompetence of this Hegseth, now reinforced by “Trump Himself”, who doesn’t want the minor TV host to steal his own limelight with Stars and Stripes. Pathetic and dangerous. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

This should be the headline message all over the (western) world! “Stop blaming immigrants and start tackling the real problems” and get rid of those dangerous far right agitators (like Farage, Weidel, Wilders, etc) who don’t aim to solve any problems, just to stir up divisions and hate.

I’m so happy for Moldova and grateful to its people for making the right choice. Only by sharing the same democratic values and standing united can we resist authoritarian regimes, russian influence, and war. 🇲🇩🤝🇺🇦

on.ft.com/4gI4OGc Spain has become Europe’s standout economy

How the cruel nastiness of Trumpism penetrates even the lofty realms of golf. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

The most scary bit in this news is that this is not something unimaginable. It actually happened already in Poland: Border Guard threw a pregnant woman back to the other side of the border over the coils of razor wire. She lost her baby as a result. This is the source in Polish:

ICE Agents Hurl Pregnant Immigrant Over Mexican Border To Prevent Birth On U.S. Soil

I would take Trump’s “massive annual savings programme” (by getting rid of hundreds or thousands of federal workers) to the next level and fire every single one of them. The savings would be the same as the total annual federal salary bill!! Wow! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

on.ft.com/3VCYndW Why Ukraine is winning the war

En direct, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations

This is a superb article. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Essential reading! open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Morelle: Here’s the problem whenever the president speaks—and I hate to make light of this because he’s the president—but it’s almost always just fantasy. This week he’s suddenly a scientist, telling us what we should do for a fever if you’re a pregnant woman. It’s an endless series of baloney.

I am Dutch and live in Spain. I have a Dutch national ID card (physical) and a Digital ID, also for services in NL. I also have a NIE (Spanish foreigner identity card) in physical form and in a Digital form that allows me to access most services in Spain. All safe and secure and really useful.

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Brazil France and South Korea still know a law when creeps break 'em.

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Que pasa contigo, Catalunya?! www.lavanguardia.com/politica/202...

And something else. Not Iowa. @wingloss.bsky.social @antartica81.bsky.social @rhinomni.bsky.social @olivewood.bsky.social @nootpinguwalda.bsky.social @fumingsouffle.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=cTSs...

Ursula von der Leyen: I’ve a personal opinion.My opinion is we have to defend every square centimetre of the territory.That means if there's an intrusion in the airspace,after warning,after being clear,of course the option of shooting down a fighter jet that is intruding our airspace is on the table

Terrific list.

Good on France. Now, just try to imagine if the Rule or Law would still exist in the US… how long would the utterly corrupt, criminal fraudster and mobster-style extortionist Donald J Trump need to be locked up for? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Trump’s biggest inflation worry might not come from his tariffs on goods on.ft.com/46EnGS3 | opinion

Im SPIEGEL-Spitzengespräch greift die Ex-Kanzlerin deutlich wie selten in die aktuellen politischen Debatten ein. Sie warnt vor einer Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD, lobt Friedrich Merz. Und sie erklärt ihr schwieriges Verhältnis zu Wladimir Putin.

We love good food and we luckily can afford some more expensive restaurants at times (like our anniversary today). We had superb food in the Quattro Passi in Nerano today, but the outstanding dish was this amuse bouche of a clear jelly that in your mouth exploded into a fully fletched tomato salad.

We sailed around the island of Capri today. Gorgeous vistas. And many expensive yachts. We also passed the entrance of the world famous Blue Grotto there. 18€ pp to get in. And a 4 hour queuing time. Nah. Perhaps not. (So, I looked at this gorgeous picture I found on the interweb).

Today is we visited (for the first time in my life) Positano and Ravello on the Italian Amalfi coast. Gorgeous places. And, 95% of the people there were… American. Good for them, but prices inflated by between 75-100%. (“Yeah, a bargain at 150€! That less than $200, you know!”; next town: 23€ 😜).

This is so uniquely pathetic. Trump really is a disaster www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

I don’t know what’s going on here, of course, but this smells so much like an obscene abuse of power to -once more- monetise the presidency for -and only for!- the Trumps. It’s scandalous. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...