Ukrainian troops routed Swedish forces during NATO drills simulating a Russian attack on Gotland, AP reported. Sweden paused the exercise 3 times to rethink tactics, while commanders said NATO must rapidly learn how to use and counter drones from Ukraine. #Ukraine

Well, if it’s 10 May, it must be the 177th anniversary of the time a rivalry between two actors resulted in a riot outside a New York opera house that left more than 20 people dead 🧵

‘So, instead of just 20 seconds you have a minute and a half of legendary television.’ The accidental BBC news guest, Guy Goma, and the man who put him on air, @elmog.bsky.social, tell @mrjamesob.bsky.social what really happened.

I wonder what photo the BBC would have used if, say, Angela Rayner had failed to declare such a gift? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Missing, Ingrid Lane, neuroscientist Mind Research Network at the UNM, Sandia (US nuclear arsenal), Los Alamos. Lane’s husband, Louis Scuderi, is an DOD contracted astrophysicist, who builds directed energy weapons software for the Air Force at Kirtland Air Force Base, next door to Sandia Labs. 🚩

Had a call with Putin. Then removed troops. apple.news/AKE_kjJyYRLC...

Hooray, our World Cup 2026 Wall Chart is FINISHED 🥳 It's our biggest wall chart ever, an A1-sized shambles sullied by SIXTY wonky doodles. Dunno if competitions fly on Bluesky, but if you share this we'll send a couple of freebies out to some (un)lucky RTers x 🛒 noscoredraws.com/products/wor...

Israel kidnapped 211 European Nationals this morning 1,000km from Israel, for committing the great crime of trying to bring food to Gaza where people are dying every day from starvation. You won't see this on the news though, and no major politician will mention it.

This is obscene. Trump orders safe conduct for Alexei Mordashov's $500 mn superyacht, Nord. Mordashov is a key Kremlin henchman who has expanded his fortune building bombs Putin dropped on hospitals and nurseries in Ukraine. He is a war criminal. But Trump just loves him because of his ostentation.

Bravo to this dude for pulling this together in just a couple of hours. Interesting stuff.

Loads of Green party posters up in Lewisham wards particularly Crofton Park, Ladywell, brockley. Seen a few Labour and 1 libdem. Most election activity for many years @andimohr.bsky.social

NEW: IRGC Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and members of his inner circle have likely secured at least temporary control over not only Iran’s military response in this conflict but also Iran’s negotiating position and approach within the past 48 hours. Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate04...

Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.

So... #Farage thinks it's fine for his car to park in a disabled space. Because, after all, he's far more important than a mere disabled pensioner trying to drop his wife off. And allowing his thugs to manhandle the gentleman is fine, too. Are we happy with this? * www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Esto es una maravilla. "Vestías así? Es que parece que estás forrado, vas provocando"

The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it. It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within. www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wishe...

Absolutely inexcusable from Network Rail - please take action and call on them to unblock the holes! protectthewild.substack.com/p/swifts-fac...

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

Disgraceful! The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering. It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov And Trump just bombed it...

There is a report that a British warship has been damaged by a Hezbollah anti-ship missile according to Israeli reports (Israeli Channel 14). Hezbollah claimed this morning they hit an Israeli warship with a "naval cruise missile" (AShM) 68 nautical miles off the coast of Lebanon, setting it afire.

Thank you, so many of you have already emailed to object to Brighton Marina's licence application.   If you haven't had a chance yet, there's still time. Consultation closes soon. Already objected? Share this post 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/vamhrwfumc for template email

The min you hear these tech CEOs don't let their own kids near screens, thats the only guidance you need

I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

maybe my favorite thing on the internet: neal.fun/deep-sea/

US Treasury Sec Scott Bessent’s decision to lift sanctions on Iranian oil at sea shows just how badly Trump’s war has failed. Iran will get $14 billion from the deal, the first time the US is buying Iranian oil since 1996. Trump’s Omnishambles: lives lost, billions wasted, now he’s paying Iran.

Trump promised on the campaign trail to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent. But since he took office, Americans have paid nearly $240.7B in credit card interest — $134.5B more than what they would have paid under a 10 percent cap. Like so many of his promises, it was another lie.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 NEW: Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his resignation today, citing the ongoing war against Iran. After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

'If the standards applied to Angela Rayner last year meant she had to resign, then the same standards must apply to Richard Tice here.'

There are other reasons for the UK government not to award or continue Palantir contracts but this statement of intent by its CEO must surely be decisive?

Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."

I loved this comparison of the two Menaces.

David de Gea sends a message of support to Spurs goalkeeper Antonín Kinský after being subbed off in the 17th minute of his #UCL debut 👏

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

Will Yvette Cooper confirm that wealthy Brits who decamped to Middle East tax havens to dodge their patriotic obligation to pay their taxes won't get free flights?

Iranian authorities and Red Crescent Society officials report that more than 100 people, most of them girls, were killed at a primary school during joint U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. Let’s be clear: Slaughtering children in a school is an atrocity and a war crime. www.ft.com/content/055d...

Qatar getting hit by heavily malfunctioning Iranian ballistic.

This is a hideous betrayal of the country, in exchange for a bribe.

Border Patrol dropped a blind Rohingya refugee at a Tim Hortons 5 miles from his home on a freezing February night. Didn’t call his family. Didn’t call his lawyer. Five days later, Nurul Amin Shah Alam was found dead on a Buffalo sidewalk. He was 56. #Accountability

This should be a front-page scandal.

🇫🇷🇸🇪🇷🇺 BREAKING: A Russian drone launched from a nearby ship approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which is docked at Malmö, Sweden. The Swedish military jammed the drone, before it crashed into the sea.

Swedish TV4 is reporting on "an imminent serious threat to the power grid in all Nordic countries", "links to foreign powers are being investigated", and there is a "international response". www.tv4.se/artikel/2aNm...

KFC, Nando's, Burger King and others ditch chicken welfare pledge. It is about profits. They prefer "franken-chickens" which mature quicker but have higher rates of premature death and muscle disease. What are people eating? Customers not told anything about chicken welfare.

Interesting

I’ve posted this Village Voice 1980 article before. I read it again this morning and I’d like to see if anyone can answer the last question of the article “How does Trump manage to have the taxpayers subsidize so many of his enterprises?” So for approximately 45 years he’s been scamming Americans!

BREAKING: In Memphis, US Marshals working for the DOJ kicked a dog so hard it broke a rib. That’s the level of brutality we’re dealing with. Zero humanity.

And yet, an overwhelming share of our academic, media, business, & civil society colleagues continue to cook their brains at the Nazi Bar every day.

Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza's displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the entry of medicines are increasing the deadly risk.