This is important. Reform keep taking positions that are only supported by the 25% of the electorate they already have and in doing so are negatively polarising everyone else against them.

The Kongs at home

Primitive man’s ability to reason

Makes me want to shed a tear of pride, it does. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

'He' being - who else? - Trump.

Russia lost Starlink and switched to Wi-Fi antennas. Ukraine's 59th brigade started hunting them. Find the antenna, find the drone pilots. And intercepted radio chatter shows Russian operators can't even get stable internet for command coordination. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/03/r...

⚡️Ukrainian forces liberate 9 eastern settlements as Russian troops face Starlink disruptions, Ukraine's military says. Ukraine has liberated nine settlements in the Oleksandrivka sector along the southeastern front line, Ukraine's Air Assault Forces said on March 2 on Facebook.

we talk about carcinization, but never about the many, many times plants have invented the “tree.” Tree is not a kind of plant, it is a thing plats do, and they are by and large unrelated.

Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel) Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort

Anti-drone nets are now a lifeline in Ukrainian cities&villages close to the frontline. Russian drones always hunt for vehicles, and these nets protect civilians, medics, Defenders. The nets need constant maintenance and replacement. They are damaged by drones, explosions, even weather. 📷: libkos

💯🇺🇦 “I will never leave Donbas and the 200,000 Ukrainians who live there,” Zelensky told Corriere della Sera. “The best defensive strongholds remain here. If we withdraw our troops, the Russians will have complete freedom of action.” • Front: “AFU have liberated 460 sq km in 2026.” 1/4

As markets opened on March 2, Russian officials were quick to frame the escalating Middle East crisis as an economic opportunity for the Kremlin. Within hours of the first U.S. and Israeli strikes, Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev quickly posted on X about crude potentially hitting "$100+" per barrel.

🇺🇦 Ukrainian Air Defence shot down 127/136 drones!

Especially after that particular speech, this video is quite something

As Maria Sobolewska and I first said in Brexitland, the legacy parties under FPP are like Tinkerbell - they need belief to survive. if people cease to believe they see the best and only options, they can die fast. Is this the moment Labour’s Tinkerbell dies?

I've got a tip for the PM that's going to blow his mind. If he thinks about the documents he puts his name to, he'll have to spend less time distancing himself from them.

Is Trump an Ottoman sultan? - Everything covered in gold - Bevy of dense yet scheming sons - Evil vizier - Slavic wife + various harem - Weakened by Russia - Keeps declaring war on Persia

Just more evidence that the UKs “first past the post” voting system does not reflect the diversity of our politics. Time for a change

Seems like a really obvious advantage of renewables over conventional power generation to me.

“The Greens are now the most popular party in all age categories under 50. Some 49% of 18-24 year olds would back the Greens, as well as 27% of 25 to 49-year-olds - the top choice.”

I do love a ghost gable like this found near Ancoats in Manchester - but it's rarer still to find the intangible signs of the puff of smoke from the chimney...

*Very* sensible article, including this: "Having fought for emancipation from phantom colonisation by Brussels, Reform UK and the Tories are stuck with a policy of total submission to Washington – vassals in trade, mercenaries in war."

Er...doesn't that have a bit at the front that goes bang but - and this is important - hasn't gone bang *yet*?

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

"Hungary summoned Kyiv's ambassador on Monday to protest at what the Budapest government said was the conscription of two ethnic Hungarians." These two guys are Ukrainian citizens. The Orban govt's sole grounds here are ethnicity? whut? www.reuters.com/world/budape...

‼️ Shahed kamikaze drones launched by Iran toward Cyprus were partially manufactured in Russia using western components. Video footage shows a Russian-made “Kometa” satellite navigation module recovered from one of the Shahed drones used in the attack.

The IPC: allows russia and Belarus to participate under their flags. Also IPC: prohibits Ukraine to participate under their map. The actual, internationally recognized map. Is there something you’re trying to tell us, IPC?

For four years, Ukraine learned to kill Shaheds the hard way. Now Gulf states need that expertise — and Zelenskyy has a price: one phone call to Putin about a ceasefire 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/02/u...

“Autobiography I presume?”

"stop them from making IEDs" does anyone know what the I in IED stands for

⚡️ New German AI-powered drones are now hunting Russian military targets deep behind the front lines.

Really important. The kernel of a European SNOWCAT, the NATO scheme under which European air forces practice supporting and enabling nuclear-armed strike missions with conventional air power?

Starmer could not have been clearer the UK views the US-Israel attack on Iran as illegal in his answer to Badenoch. British troops should only participate in operations with "a lawful basis" - he told MPs only defensive actions + allowing US to bomb Iranian missile sites from UK bases are legal

🇺🇦❗️The number of injured of the Russian attack on the train in the Dnipropetrovsk region has increased to 10 A 58-year-old man sought medical help. He was hospitalized. Currently, six injured people are in hospitals.

For the last 4 years, the Dutch activists have been gathering near the russian Embassy in The Hague to protest by making some noise and showcasing a huge Ukrainian flag. Unsurprisingly, russians tried stealing those flags multiple times, but to no avail🧵 Thank you for these important reminders🇺🇦🤝🇳🇱

Global South countries' "what's it to me?" attitude towards the Russo-Ukrainian war might start to shift. It was always a mistake to think Russia destroying the intl order through aggressive territorial conquest wouldn't destabilize the world and affect everyone. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Macron says France will expand its nuclear arsenal and send its nuclear-armed aircraft to other European nations. A sign that Europe is losing confidence in the American nuclear umbrella—and understandably so. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

"After just a few minutes, Trump has moved on from his war in Iran to the curtains he’s picked out for the White House and his new ballroom" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

“I’m sorry ... try the wizard up the road. I just used my last heart and brain.”

For the first time in months or maybe years, Ukraine is liberating more territory than it's losing, says Come Back Alive Foundation chief Taras Chmut. Russia lost the winter battle and Ukraine keeps fighting, he wrote on X.

⚡️ The EU is moving to slap Kyrgyzstan with trade curbs to stop the flow of sanctioned military-grade tech into Russia.

A furniture maker in western Ukraine started hiring workers from Bangladesh. Not by preference—there were no Ukrainians left to hire. Workforce down 25%. Fertility rate at 0.7. GDP is capped not by capital but by bodies. The demographic math is brutal.

Zelensky has offered to help UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia counter Iranian drones in exchange for their influence on Russia to agree to a ceasefire, Bloomberg reported. Ukrainian specialists would assist Gulf states in countering Iranian drones following a potential truce. #Ukraine

Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so. The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

Qatar's Patriot interceptor missiles will last four days at the current rate of use, Bloomberg reported. Qatar has requested help countering drones, which have proven a greater threat than ballistic missiles, while the UAE has requested medium-range air defense assistance. #MiddleEast

The NYT style guide

russia hit a train near Dnipro, killing a person and injuring 7 more. The terrorist state continues to target passengers and other peaceful civilians. Nothing but deliberate terror. Terror must be fought: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

According to Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Russia is already deploying the new "Izdeliye-30" subsonic missile against Ukraine. war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/page-prod...

One thing the war planners must have considered is since the war started with the assassination of the Ayatollah and some of his key repressors in government, that the longer this war drags out, and the more bombs fall across Iran, the more the Iranian people's joy of Khamenei gone would depreciate.