In the alternative universe of military to military relationship where everything is still fine

WTAF: The submarine captain (who is also married) and Joani Reid the Labour MP (whose husband, pictured below is being investigated for spying for China) had the relationship even last year and it was investigated by Royal Navy www.ft.com/content/93be...

📍Mediterranean Sea | The carrier air group (CAG) of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle continues its commitment in the NATO #NeptuneStrike exercise ⚡   ✈️ Rafale Marine, E-2C and Atlantique 2 🇫🇷demonstrate their determination alongside our allies 🇦🇱🇧🇬🇭🇷🇫🇮🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇷🇴🇪🇸🇺🇸

Reporters should remind/ask Trump about this offer, every chance they've got.

More countries should invest/manufacture in Romania, what with the cheap labour costs and plentiful energy

This would be wildly illegal

How much do you know about #Europarties? We just published a briefing reviewing the history, parliamentary relevance and regulation of European political parties. Read 👉 link.europa.eu/8FF79h  @afco.europarl.europa.eu @charlesgoerens.bsky.social

With friends like these... Poland so far saying no to the request radar.rp.pl/przemysl-obr...

Upgraded type-12 and called Type 25 surface to ship missile and Type 25 HVGP (Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile), both ground launched Europe doesn't really have sovereign equivalents to either yet but there are things in development www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-ne...

In light of what's happening now it's super interesting to hear Sue Gordon say, in the Bulwark interview with @samsteindc.bsky.social that in Trump's first term U.S. intelligence view was that Iran was deliberately trying to provoke an American overreaction www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRLm...

Clearly not

How NOT easy it was on a previous occasion when US removed half a ton of HEU from a country and then it was with the full cooperation of the country, not during a war nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...

The nuclear people also think that all of Iran HEU (actually more than previously reported, 540kg) is at Isfahan. Extensive analysis thebulletin.org/2026/03/anal...

Feel like we need another round of that Hitler bunker speech video updated for current war situation

Nick Anderson, Raw Story

Fixing what's broken in our community shouldn't be maddening. All 16 frustrations in our Municipal Madness bracket are getting fixed — but you get to vote for which one I handle myself. Pick your fix at nyc.gov/madness, and report new problems by calling 311.

After drone manufacturing, Renault might now make reconnaissance vehicles with 🇧🇪 John Cockerill. I feel like Rheinmetall's dominance in Germany precludes similar things happening with german car manufacturers opexnews.fr/renault-john...

Not enough for join/remain but good progress

From Trump being 'quite interested' in gulf countries paying US for Iran war to US + gulf countries left with damaged infrastructure and Iran controlling Hormuz + US and Israel apparently negotiating moving some of the US bases from Middle East to Israel and ...interesting time for gulf countries

With inflation + energy rising, the public is drawing a straight line to Trump’s war. Meloni’s pragmatic pivot away from him will the be story of the next weeks—leaving Salvini in awkward position of having to nuance his support, too. Domestic pockets matter more than transatlantic bromances. ⛽️📉

📊 Sondage @ipsosgroup.bsky.social après le référendum : en cas - peu probable - d'adoption du mode de scrutin souhaité par Meloni, tout dépendrait de la capacité de la coalition à intégrer en son sein le nouveau parti d'extrême-droite Futuro Nazionale.

War in Iran will be great for US/US energy companies Fully operational by 2027. 'Once fully operational, Golden Pass will be able to produce 18 million metric tons per annum' (Qatar pre war was 77 mmt/y) www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Here we are, at the dawn of yet another "techlash". But this one could be far larger because the fallout from yesterday is running right into the fears for tomorrow. spyglass.org/big-techbacco/

This is arguably why Fukayama now identifies as a social democrat (as does Bill Kristol) - the liberal democracy in the End of History was premised on a social democratic foundation. Neoliberalism eroded that foundation in favor of returns to capital.

NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social

They really missed out by not titling the op ed "Claude Is Doing Creativity the Right Way" tbh

1/ A recent survey show a widespread climate of fear among the US federal workforce since the election of Donald Trump. In particular, it shows massive drops in willingness to report illegal activity in departments where it has huge significance for military affairs. Notably:

France’s presidential election is starting to open up E. Philippe would qualify decisively for the second round, even with centre-right rivals. The run-off would be close, but not unwinnable, against Bardella or Le Pen Source: Elabe 25-27 March 2026

No Kings in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Alaska!

🚨 EXC - England is facing its second outbreak of measles in as many months after the virus resurfaced in Birmingham, where 2 years ago more than 400 were infected www.thetimes.com/article/4b86...

“.. With tariffs pushing Canadian aluminum elsewhere last year, American companies became *increasingly reliant* on imports from the Middle East .. “.. Those sources are now imperiled by the Iran war ..” 🤡 @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

So basically we're in Beattie 'nobody knows anything' territory

Celeste is in orbit!🚀 ESA’s first two #Celeste demo satellites have successfully launched on RocketLab’s Electron from New Zealand, starting tests of a complementary #LEO layer for #Galileo to boost resilience and unlock new PNT services. www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...

Interesting inference by Zelenski here on what Ukrainian intelligence knows about Russian intelligence activity

All the ways in which US does not need UK @defencegeek.bsky.social

JD Vance might one day change his name yet again and call himself Nikita Khrushchev

On the 250th anniversary of 'We the People'

If you ever wondered where Musk’s distorted understanding of humans as computers and politics as code comes from 👇👇👇

c/o @youranonnews.bsky.social

Ukraine's Spiderweb operation was 1 June 2025 but as US moronically dismisses everything about Ukraine it's only now in the thick of war that it's decided it needs hardened facilities at its bases www.twz.com/news-feature...

Online pirates look at these charts and celebrate their comeback 💻 🏴‍☠️

Saying RU is 3rd Great Power reflects a basically different world (view) than saying EU is. US & CN are clear broad-spectrum Great Powers, but identity of 3d is a “states of the world" difference. EU is GP3 in "NeoLib Peacenik world", RU is closer to GP3 in "Autarkic Nuke 2nd strike capacity world.”