July 4th, 2026, Washington DC. Patriot Front ride the metro to their hateful little march. Her face sums it all up to me. A mixture of defiance and weariness. Both born out of lifetimes of having to put up with this shit. She knows only too well that America never stopped being a racist country.

A bargain should not come with a blind spot. From 1 July, the EU will end the old customs exemption for low-value parcels worth up to €150 and introduce a temporary €3 customs duty on goods imported from outside the EU. Read more in our new blog by @leaauffret.bsky.social & @anairo.bsky.social 📦⤵️

The wealthiest man in the world posts utter fictions at a machine-gun pace to his no-choice audience of tens of millions. These fictions cause deadly race riots in UK, terrible crises in many countries, and here justify his destruction of the org that solves these very problems

10 Years of Brexit 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Brexiters were so eager to leave at any cost that they were willing to see the end of the Good Friday Agreement and the return of sectarian violence to Northern Ireland. They were only stopped by the EU, Ireland, and public pressure through masterpieces like this. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Israel’s IDF has become a lawless militia with an insatiable lust for indiscriminate killing …whether in Lebanon, Gaza or the West Bank

«Sikkerhets»ministeren i Israel, der altså. Det er ikke annet enn helt sinnssykt. Oljefondet vårt. Helvete ta.

Unscientific survey: do you use an algorithmic or chronological timeline as your main view here? quick poll, 3 clicks total. strawpoll.com/7rnzVXJXYnO

Street theatre, in Rome...

Twitter is pushing this so hard right now. It comes up in the feed multiple times even you repeatedly say “not interested in this content.” The algorithm is fucked and is not to your personal preferences, it’s Musk’s preferences.

There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵

This is Sam Fahd Abu Haikal ❤️‍🩹 He was just seven months old when he was killed when Israeli soldiers fired a bullet at the car he was traveling in with his parents in the West Bank. His parents were wounded by the bullet. (1/2)

Trump is starting to lose something very important to him — and I’m not just talking about his mind. Watch.

Project 2025 is coming to the Fed. What could possibly go wrong?

This report brought to mind this incident for me...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeslough_explosion

Walking in the park, with a "soundcheck" for tonight's concert in the distance.

Check out the Vivaldi browser. I know you’ll love it! vivaldi.com

Major wine retailer Endeavour Group retreats from production amid industry pressure

The train doesn't stop here any more... #Spain #Salou #trains #infrastructure

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!..."

At the beach, today (Playa Capellans).

The RACC Catalunya classic car rally, starting from Salou.

"Bealtaine", in Ireland...https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0501/1046282-bealtaine-may-01st-traditions-folklore-history-ireland/

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Our high energy prices are set by our high dependence on imported fossil fuels. The only way to reduce energy prices is by investing in more renewables. Lower prices, more energy security, more peace. Win win win.

I have a very simple rule about knowing who is behind a protest. If your protest blocks a road, the time it takes the cops to smash your heads in with batons and arrest you is directly correlated to where the organisers are on the political spectrum.

Peter Magyar has offered a template which can be used, without too much alteration, in defeating populists worldwide open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Food for thought: In '24, 245M Americans were eligible to vote. just 73.6 % of those (174M) registered to vote. just 154M of them actually voted. US voter turnout ranked in bottom 1/3 of all democracies. This is how democracy dies. Too many people have taken too much for granted for too long

Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either: a. Incompetent b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't c. a & b

despite the "the people of Ireland support the fuel protestors" rhetoric commonly seen on social media, this excellent article takes a more in depth look at what's really going on- worth a read #Spéirghorm

I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism 🔗 tinyurl.com/wak45j7d

Brilliant analysis of the fuel protests/blockade in Ireland forlouth.medium.com/the-blockade...

Here's a great interview with Peter Coyote...https://youtu.be/nmPSJYDWEeI

Nooses. Death threats. Some of these “protesters” like the ones who wrote this sign are fascists itching for violence.

He is not worth the end of our Republic, an imperfect but determined two-hundred-and-fifty-year experiment in Democracy having its life and liberty choked out by a sneering, narcissistic, intellectually fetal, morally bankrupt bottom feeder. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/he-is-not-...

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

It is worth noting (speaking of Russian connections) that "Foundations of Geopolitics" explicitly includes strategies like this along with "weaponizing the ends of the political spectrum" It's also worth noting that for close to 20 yrs that Putin's admin has partnered w/ Christian Nationalists 1/x

What exactly is the American answer to the new reality on battlefields? — Just asking for the guys going to Iran.

New data from EPA: 'Nitrogen concentrations in rivers increased by 10% in 2025 ... Nitrogen levels in south‑eastern half of country are too high to support good ecological health in water bodies ... Primary source of nitrogen in Irish rivers is agriculture' www.epa.ie/publications...

Father al-Rahi was the Maronite Catholic parish priest of Qlayaa in Marjayoun. When an Israeli Merkava tank hit a house there, wounding the owner and his wife, Father al-Rahi and others rushed to the scene to help. The tank then fired a second time, killing him.

The Russian economy was under severe strain until this new war started. Seeing an ally like Iran dismantled hurts Russia long term, but Putin only cares about today. Skyrocketing oil prices are giving him the financial lifeline he desperately needs right now

Ireland: you may have a housing problem.

Then, and now...Argyle Place, Sydney Australia. The trees have grown some...#Australia #Sydney #HoldenCars #MiniMoke

1/10 If the last few days of Iranian strikes on Dubai have proven anything, it’s that a massive number of people completely despise the city and those living there. And honestly? There are very good reasons to despise them. A thread on the city of hypocrites 🧵👇

As long as our world runs on oil and gas, our peace, security and our pockets will always be at the mercy of geopolitics There is a structural vulnerability at the heart of this recurring crisis: the world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels