Thanks, Swear Trek! @effinbirds.com

It’s going great.

A wildfire that burned for four days across parts of the Highlands and Moray last year was the UK's first megafire, researchers say. They said the fire on Dava Moor almost torched as much land as typically burns across the UK in an entire year.

The quest for greater tech independence www.welivesecurity.com/en/cybersecu...

Well, NOW I feel old.

Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new edict, activists warn

Alkmaar Pride 2026. alkmaarpride.nl

Every Reform UK Councillor that has gone, with reasons. This is superb:

Israeli forces shell the town of Deir Qanoun Al-Nahr in southern Lebanon.

Plus the appropriation of our collective and cumulative knowledge, plus killing off the open web, plus infinite conflicts of interest, plus...

This situation is just incredibly stupid. A crack in society, for what? Who wins?!

Gisteren gingen er in Utrecht duizenden mensen de straat op vóór solidariteit met vluchtelingen en mensen in de asielprocedure. Vanochtend keek ik bij de Volkskrant: noppes, nada, niente, crickets, nougatbollen. En ik maar proberen de moed erin te houden.

“Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live, Nederlands/Belgische versie.” De 10 die ik het vaakst zag… 1. Golden Earring 2. Daryll-Ann 3. Spinvis 4. Johan 5. The Ex 6. Boudewijn de Groot 7. Meindert Talma 8. Bettie Serveert 9. dEUS 10. Anouk Denk ik. Ruwweg in die volgorde. Top 4 = zeker.

We found that Jeff Bezos paid zero taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. Revisit our 2021 story:

gumo www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mt...

my favorite data centers are libraries

Join us for the 12th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, the leading international conference on the global carbon cycle and its critical role in the Earth system. 21-25 June 2027, Exeter, UK. Register your interest: icdc12.org #ICDC12 #GlobalCarbonBudget #CarbonCycle

"Trump is campaigning on the idea that US democracy should belong to fewer people. When Trump talks about deporting 11m immigrants, building a database of Muslim Americans, encourages violence against black protesters, he’s making an argument about who counts as an American (whites) and who doesn’t"

'Hello, Goodbye': 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert bows out. Paul McCartney led an all-star lineup for the final episode of "The Late Show" as frontman Colbert bowed out after broadcaster CBS cancelled his show as it courted Trump u.afp.com/SRjN

"The media cannot admit they're wrong. They cannot go to the people who told them they were wrong from the very beginning. The media has to go to the figures who agreed with them that this was all hysteria. They are all part of the same class and social circle."

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

Informative thread 🧵

for Ukraine, which Russian forces invaded in 2022. Bluesky has grown more prominent as a rival platform to #X since X’s owner, Elon #Musk, threw his political support behind President Trump before the 2024 election. With 42 million users, though, Bluesky trails far behind X’s nearly 600 million. /5

Global oil stocks are coming ‘slowly but surely’ to an end, says energy expert www.channel4.com/news/global-...

The current fuel crisis is already driving unrest in many countries which the impending food price crisis will severely exacerbate. The international community should be urgently working on a response before the situation deteriorates further.

www.reuters.com/business/ene... @chittimarco.bsky.social

A new war of words is unfolding on NATO’s eastern border. Poland has pledged “unequivocal support” for Latvia and other Baltic allies after Russia accused them of helping Ukraine launch drone attacks and warned that NATO membership would not shield them from retaliation.

U.N. top court says workers have the right to strike under main labour law treaty reut.rs/4dzeEJh

They (corporations, billionaires & GOP) don’t care about you They don’t care about your families, your struggles, your health or if you live or die. They don’t care ! They care about money, money, money and themselves

The Dutch consumer protection agency has asked national and EU regulators to take action against Google, Meta, and TikTok for not removing malicious ads from their platforms, and not replying to reports www.consumentenbond.nl/nieuws/2026/... CERT-PL accused Meta of this a year ago too

Russia has moved nuclear warheads to Belarus as part of joint “military exercises.” The Russian Ministry of Defence said that troops will practice loading the Iskander-M missile system with nuclear-capable warheads, as well as transporting and preparing them for launches.

Fascists come for everyone, including fellow fascists. Trump, realizing he's dying, no longer cares about anything except protecting himself and his assets - hence, the bunker. Ditto the billionaires. They are manic and playing for all the marbles. They're eating into their own base now. Good.

Amidst everything else going on, today's Tracking Report by the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social finds that the # of measles cases in the US in 2026 has exceeded that of 2025--breaking last year's record for the most measles cases since elimination.

What a time to be barely alive.

Fuck off labour and once you've done that, keep fucking off www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Russia faces a severe banking crisis, with 11% of bank debt non-performing. As the economy declines due to the war in Ukraine, public awareness grows amid government manipulation. The potential for revolution looms if conditions worsen.

“What’s that?” “It’s a racist murder machine. It murders people for racist reasons. It’s powered by children’s crushed dreams.” “My God. And you approve of that?” “Well, no, I don’t feel they got the implementation right.”

why what happened

As someone who could not afford most specialty software growing up and while going through college, open source stuff was essential for me to skill up and be able to succeed in the job I have today. This is a very technical article, but it breaks down some the constant fight for open source

Authorities in France and the Netherlands have seized the servers of a VPN service used by cybercrime gangs: www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/... FBI has also released a list of IPs used by the service: www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260...

10 years after the Brexit vote, and six prime ministers later, Britain looks ungovernable The UK is marching towards its seventh prime minister in a decade because it remains trapped by a failed Brexit that neither citizens nor political leaders have been able to make work.

“Russian propaganda on Bluesky first became notable during Germany’s elections last year, when the Kremlin sought to bolster Germany’s far right, led by the Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD.” #giftlink #disinformation #propaganda

Yeah, but I have had 2FA also hacked so there is no uber secure way of pinning down your social media self. Take precautions, sure, but these platforms don’t owe you anything.

"Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic." 🎁 article

This would be a pointless and vindictive move which would shame those who propose it for the rest of their careers.

but are now around half higher while UK pump prices continue to rise. According to motoring firm the RAC, the average price of unleaded petrol reached 158.52p a litre on Monday, the highest since the start of the war. Several airlines operating in the UK and around the world have cancelled flights

🚨🚨This is a MAJOR political and strategic mistake by the UK and a policy which I think has very limited popular support. Loosening sanctions on #Russia is very much playing directly in the hands of #Putin. 🧵 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Iran has set up the Persian Gulf Strait Authority which it says has maritime control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Extreemrechts gedachtegoed is niet normaal. #PRO #Alkmaar groenlinkspvda072.nl/extreemrecht...