Xi bringing up Thucydides while talking to Trump is so hilarious and mean

no matter how many libs you own, you can't buy gas with them

This flight made yet another stop, to the Republic of Georgia, that I hope was just for fuel but was probably also a deportation. Meaning people would’ve been shackled for 50+ hours. Longest one I’ve recorded this year. (The longest I’ve ever recorded is 82 hours, in December.)

Unfortunately, this piece on The Great Resegregation has aged well. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Omg! Sweden seized and confiscated Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship Caffa carrying stolen Ukrainian grain. Crew was detained. Sweden is looking into how to transfer the ship to another country Day just became infinitely better militarnyi.com/en/news/swed...

In hindsight, yachts were low key a wholesome thing for very rich people to spend their money on

I hope Elon Musk is genuinely perturbed to find out how much regular people despise him. With X he spent billions to construct an echo chamber to see mainly people who love him, who are actually a tiny minority. I hope he’s truly miserable to be confronted with reality

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

The Hormuz digital chokepoint: How does the Iran war threaten subsea cables? reut.rs/4t53vWD

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.

Rob Russo on the boycott of American products and tourism: "Canadians are a gentle people, but once roused, they'll pull the sweater over your head and bat you about the ears with abandon."

Nah, people around the world asked a specific question about the shooting, got told “no,” and then stopped caring

The peace in knowing… “They not here for me”

I went to have cocktails to celebrate the giant meat grinder but then someone turned on the giant meat grinder and it was really loud and scary. and you're laughing

tried to figure out what was happening and then decided I didn't need to know anyway I hope those pocket squares helped

Everyone immediately assuming that an attempt on the President is staged is probably not a sign of a healthy democracy.

Pope Leo's right hand is Cardinal Czerny. I knew him in Riverdale. He used to come to our punk shows to discuss grassroots activism. We met in a biker bar. He married my wife and I and was sent to El Salvador to defy the death squads after they murdered the Jesuit leaders. He is the real deal.

From frustration to opportunity: Why this American doctor moved to Ottawa

Man, in the AI music-video prompting wars, Iran is a clear victor. This shit bangs.

Peru's foreign and defense ministers resign in protest over the interim president's decision to stall a $3.5 billion deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets u.afp.com/SEvF

This is important: www.npr.org/2026/04/21/n...

I know it’s not possible and would spell economic disaster for countries like mine, but my lord the entire world should just stop trading with the USA entirely. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

GREEK CAPTAIN OF A PANAMANIAN-FLAGGED MALAYSIAN OIL TANKER EN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA WITH IRAQI CRUDE: "So is the Strait open or not?" IRGC COMMANDER, REFRESHING TRUTH SOCIAL: "Look here man, I know just as much as you do, ok?"

Eugenics

The president is currently trying to steal 10 BILLION DOLLARS from the American people and it’s not the main news story in the country… not even close

In Toronto, when they send in ICE, this is what they mean. Still, wtf?

TUI as the new naval hegemon. I also enjoy that the names are just "my ship" with a number, absolute chads.

I said it before and I'll say it again: Giving a pack of Epstein associates a comprehensive list of all children in the country with home address and school listed, sortable by various traits that indicate vulnerability to exploitation, is the literal diametric opposite of keeping kids safe.

The US government paid $1 billion to kill a wind farm just because. Just absolute idiocy in every direction heatmap.news/energy/total...

“The U.S. has changed, and we must respond.” No hedging. No “our American friends.” Just a clean acknowledgement that the country on the other side of the border is not the country we thought we knew." Mark Carney-Canada

The crucial thing to understand about Peter Thiel is that he adores "The Lord of the Rings" and no one in human history has ever so utterly completely missed all the salient points of what a book is about.

Pair of 🇵🇰 "Pakistan warships" showing on Marine Traffic, both ~40 and 100 km off 🇴🇲 Muscat, Oman, respectively. Not sure of the Armenian flag icon on one of them.

It should be greater cause for pause -- and alarm -- that, at a time when we increasingly associate manifestos with mass murderers, the Silicon Valley elites can't stop writing manifestos. This one does not disappoint.

A small group of Trump allies have targeted a hallowed dogsledding event in Greenland. They’re dangling the possibility of big investments. And they're shining a light on Greenland’s painful colonial past. The effort appears to be backfiring, though, by incensing leaders on the island.

This

Long-standing US allies now all agree that China is more dependable and friendlier than a US under Trump

Israeli soldiers with moral injury admit to unspeakable atrocities they committed in Gaza. They say it "reminded [them] of the Holocaust." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addresses a meeting of Hispanic left leaders in Barcelona: “The right wing is on the decline. People are realizing that they have no vision or solutions, just hatred and empty slogans. All they’ve brought to the world is war, inflation, inequality, and social division.”

I did not expect to be alive at the point at which the US Navy is posting “we definitely have food!” on social media but hey, what an exciting world to live in!

This is incredible. Also. Fuck RFK Jr.

I don't agree that gender is more fundamental to the fascist project generally than other categories, but actually I'm not even certain that *misogyny* is core to the fascist gender project. Absolute patriarchy is, but my understanding is that contemporary US fascism is unusually misogynistic.

Passport Bros spread out of control unless checked by their natural predator, Steal Your Kidney Babes

Belgium just seized 2 British military shipments bound for Israel. At Liège Airport. 33 crates. Military components including lasers, sights, fire control systems, aircraft parts. The cargo arrived by truck from the UK. It was supposed to fly to Tel Aviv. Be like Belgium #stopthewar #Lebanon #gaza

Les derniers soldats américains stationnés en Syrie ont quitté ce jeudi la base de Qasrak, dans la province de Hassaké, mettant fin à une présence militaire de dix ans dans le pays pour combattre le groupe État islamique.

TMZ setting up in DC to follow politicians around is FINALLY the appropriate lowbrow "news" coverage this administration has merited all along.

Vessels cross Hormuz destined for Iran despite US blockade, tracking data shows u.afp.com/SEXp