#Hormuz 20mph (almost) city-wide works very well in Bristol. Meanwhile, on the M5 EVERY intersection had a 'no HGV fuel' sign. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#España Andalucia used to be solidly socialist thus it was a shock when the right-wing PP was elected but they then open the door to Vox www.politico.eu/article/spai...

#EU If Ukraine was in the EU this would be far, far worse. C.A.P. funding is propping up major agri businesses across Europe but American firms Cargill etc., own substantial amounts of Ukrainian land since Zelensky relaxed the land rules mid-war. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

#Ukraine Interesting article on the corruption in Zelensky's team. [paywalled article in German but (Ukrainian)author, Marta Havryshko, wrote the English translation in my tweet. archive.is/d71YZ

Manufactured public attacks just before election - gosh what a surprise. Meanwhile, in other parties….

Yes, do buy a tumble dryer - get a heat pump tumble dryer and lower your energy consumption.

For an editorial statement for a new magazine this is pretty fine: www.equator.org/articles/gho...

On May 4, join @equatormag.bsky.social and @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social for an online event celebrating Zheng Xiaoqiong, perhaps the most important Chinese writer to depict the lives of migrant laborers on Guangdong – where she once herself worked at factories.

Mason going hard on European vehicle breakdown kits.

#Ukraine When they tell you about listening to Ukrainians...

Good. Welcome Russia at the very least until Israel receives outright banning from anything, trade, cultural or sport, with Europe. We managed an entire Cold War without banning Russia.

#AI This article is a perfect example of why AI must be regulated - we need strong algorithmic governance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Everyone who spins up a server, develops an app, or otherwise hosts others’ speech in the Open Social Web has skin in the game when it comes to defending Section 230. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Can’t make it to a HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY event? I’m teaching an online course on The Bund this June with @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/courses/the-...

Every time @bsky.app updates something goes wrong with it. It's getting to the point when I struggle to want to use it. Today I have a completely blank app-shaped screen instead of a feed but I can still see my mentions. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🙁

I've been dying on this hill for years but it really is the sloppiest, laziest, undefined word ever... And I've spent the whole day encountering it repeatedly in academic articles.. Grrrrr! 🙈

Yawn to Anne Applebaum saying anything about Africa... 🤦🏻‍♀️

We've read the book, seen the film and worn the Tee shirt on various versions of this line. For years....

The sinners who inflicted the word "populism" on academic studies of the far-right should be sent to permanent exile on some penguin-infested antarctic iceberg. Or does that count as cruelty to penguins?

#Ukraine Yeah sure, ignore the corruption, ignore the complete closure of civic space, ignore the neo-nazis, why should Ukraine have to fix itself like every other country before acceding? Try lobbying for a peace deal if you care about Ukrainians.

Absolutely superb, clear-sighted editorial by @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/gho...

#España There is so much vapid, de-politicised nonsense being written about Pedro Sánchez &/or Spain by people who have zero expertise that it's an industry. I remember the same when the Catalan nationalists were in the ascendency - that back-fired horribly.

Now that facial recognition is rolling out nationally you just knew that Palantir would be the next step. And Met Police had to be first...

#Sweden Deputy PM, Ebba Busch, wouldn't be out of place in Germany's far-right AFD. The Christian Democrats, across Europe, seem to be sliding further and further right.

#UK Facial recognition to be 'rolled out' across the UK after human rights challenge fails 🔗 news.sky.com/story/facial...?

Further evidence that I should've married a bookshop owner: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...?

#Iran Trump huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down. 🐷🐷🐷

This needs archiving if anyone has a login? www.ft.com/content/cba2...

Superb deep dive by Adam Hanieh on the place of the Gulf in contemporary food production archive.ph/17xxd

#Burundi The problem is Burundi, like Rwanda, has rather a lot of 'accidents'...

There's a large and very old Jewish community in Iran with around 100 synagogues across the country. Last week Israel bombed one of Iran's most important synagogues.

I don't normally share these things but this is verified & local please help Alaa take up her MSc Public Health course at Bristol University. Please share the link too: chuffed.org/project/from...

#Serbia is 'doing a Hungary' and getting on board with Israel. balkaninsight.com/2026/04/07/s...

No, that was the WSJ piece...

#Iran A woman sits in the ruins of her home in Tehran. Photographer Maryam Saeedpoor.

Iran comes out with new Lego vid to Troll Pete Hegseth & Trump #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #Lego #Troll #PedoPrez #EpsteinClass

I love listening to @lalehkhalili.bsky.social , she knows her stuff (she's hilarious too). This is the best thing you'll hear on Hormuz. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...

She's a lawyer, she did her job. This is what is outrageous. There should be an international uproar about her sanctions.

#WestBank It's performative. They'll be back at work in 5 minutes. The military and the settlers are symbiotically entwined.

1. Germany already said the war is illegal. 2. US now threatening "complete obliteration" of Iran's energy system and, maybe, of desalination plants – i.e., war crimes. 3. Reminder: The war is conducted from Ramstein, Germany: "the nerve center of America’s operations against Iran". What gives?

If the US walks away AND takes Israel with it [🤞🏻], it will be far more simple to negotiate a solution. Everything worked fine until the US/Israel launched this horrendous and illegal full-scale war.

We have nuclear suicide vests? Wowsers, JD is a genius. 🤦🏻‍♀️

#Ukraine Notice how it's ok when "we" do it and not OK when "they" do it. This is why we need international law universally.

#Iran Whoops, I mean Ukraine, www.bloomberg.com/news/article....

Strikes intensify across Gaza as health officials say 680 Palestinians have been killed since October's 'ceasefire'.

#Iran This article by @isabellamweber.bsky.social & @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social is really important. archive.is/hg9zZ

#España The government has approved a €5bn support package that lowers VAT on petrol, diesel, electricity & gas to 10% & direct aid of 20 cents per liter of fuel for transport professionals, plus livestock farmers, fishermen, and agricultural workers. archive.is/asdhT

A must-read by @oxfameu.bsky.social for @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and all other “leaders” retreating when leadership is most needed: www.oxfam.org/en/blogs/int...

What’s with the ‘BREAKING’ ? Are we going to get trampled in the rush? (probably on X 🤭😂) The ENTSO-E report says absolutely nothing new.