Samsung family in South Korea pays off record $8bn inheritance tax bill. IHT rate is 50%. The family said that "paying taxes is a natural duty of citizens". It establishes a benchmark for others. Can you imagine the super-rich doing the same in the UK?

My extremely not-requested opinion on the Met Gala's non-theme theme is that we can't have interesting fashion under fascism because anything genuinely inspirational the organizers chose would be challenged as "DEI" or "trans" content. So we get blandy bland bland bland.

This is an abortion ban

In sum, IMF adjustment tends to increase poverty; it leads to more deaths among neonates, infants and mothers; it leads to more deaths due to infectious diseases; it tends to increase child labour, inequality and unemployment; and it reduces healthcare access and education spending.

The acting head of the CDC has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Eurostar broke down in Brussels and the rebooking rush means I’m not going to get back tomorrow in time for Marmelade. Bummed is the gentlest of sentiments I could express it as…

Amsterdam is just so enlightened. Here is an underground bike garage that has a servicing station by the exit. Just superb.

Yes!!

Celebrate our historic victory by seizing control of an Onion membership and InfoWars tote at https://membership.theonion.com/iw/?campaign=701cx00000dxne9AAA

Re-reading Margaret Heffernan’s Uncharted again and appreciating its set of principles and deep value of the creative process in its radical imagination role for the future uk.bookshop.org/p/books/unch...

Great to see the collection of work that the group of people and academics have produced for Fair Creative Economies in Bristol. Great inspiration for people making creative business faircreative.org/creative-org...

‘With its full control of checkpoints and terminals and every truck of cement and building material crossing into Gaza, Israel can ensure that reconstruction remains a perpetual “project”.’ Eyal Weizman on the destruction of Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Richard Tice apparently does not think that Richard Tice should resign over the incredible amount of tax found to be owed, despite calling for Angela Raynor to do just that over something objectively much, much smaller if she had "any moral decency"... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Of course Trump is looting our tax contributions: the Trump family fortune is based on looting our tax $. Trump owes his political career to mass theft of public $: If his father hadn't stolen $413,000,000 by ripping off federal housing funds, plus tax evasion, there'd be no POTUS Trump.

John Roberts calling balls and strikes before they get within swinging distance of home plate. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Rewatch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That’s it. That’s the post. …. Ok it’s not quite the whole post. The movie doesn’t have to be based on a provable conspiracy, since those are really hard to prove, & it’s a movie with cartoons! But there’s plenty of evidence of dark money attacking public transit.

In amongst everything, making crumpets for the first time…

“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.” Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir. www.ft.com/content/ff70...

Shocking to hear detail of what happened to USAID, and a fraction of what went on, I’m sure:

🌊⚡️ Big milestone for UK renewables: The world’s largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 3, has officially made landfall in Norfolk. Once complete, it’ll generate enough clean electricity to power 3.3 million homes. A huge step toward cutting costs and reducing reliance on gas 🏘️💡

Anti-Israel jews in New York to protest the death penalty law approved by the murderous Israeli regime for Palestinians. During the protest, Israeli Zionists verbally abused jews with antisemitic remarks. Never thought I’d see this day coming.😲

BREAKING: Victor Orban has CONCEDED to Magyar www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

That’s what it looks like from the outside. I can’t imagine what it feels like in the inside. The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Planet Earth you are a crew! Well that makes me want to be in it. What a brilliant phrase to connect us together.

NASA women save stars. 🫶🏻💫

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

They want us to be. THAT’S the conspiracy. #UrbanTruth

We elected you to Congress to be a check on executive power, not a spectator. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to protect a man who threatens democracy, threatens war, and threatens the future. Stop hiding behind voters. Stop punting responsibility. DO YOUR JOBS.👇

🚨INFLATION SURGES: U.S. inflation surged to 3.3% in March as the Iran war’s energy shock rippled through the economy, with prices jumping 0.9% — the biggest monthly spike since June 2022. 1/

Nothing left to say Billions feel this way .

Now we watch as half the people who complain that ‘kids have nothing to do’ suddenly come up with reasons why the late-night youth club shouldn’t be in *their* bit of the borough.

Wait a minute. ONLY 50? Is this a joke? Every one should. Every single one. They're horrible at this truly. And yes I could do it much better.

23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23. 20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t. They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.

There's something just so brilliant about coal mines being directly replaced with solar farms www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...

The City of Pittsburgh just passed legislation banning cooperation with ICE. The vote was unanimous. 🎉🎉🎉

Just re-upping Third Act's statement from yesterday, before America carries out a new, industrial-scale, My Lai. Everyone please speak out @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Melania, come and get your husband.

Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.

Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥

TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History. NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊ #NO_KINGS

This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?

They don’t let their kids use their products in the way they attract ours to.

Dems need to be on every news channel saying this. Everyday. All day.

Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)

It's going to be chilly in the East on Saturday, and hot in the West, so No Kings Day requires that we all do a little extra organizing over the next 48 hours. Text people and tell them where to go! billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-time-to-...

Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t... “The cases have been compared to those against Big Tobacco last century, when Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds were accused of hiding information about the harms of cigarettes.”

This may be the most powerful 85 seconds I've ever seen on television.

This is why you always follow the money...