Tankers from Russia’s “shadow fleet” begin avoiding UK waters, leading to unprecedented number of ships seen off the west coast of Ireland Five tankers spotlighted by @irishtimes.com sailed past Ireland in convoy, likely to avoid detention. @starboardintelligence.com data shows them near Gibraltar.

Depluralise a moviem A Dalmatian

The latest example of @nytimes.com sane-washing a madman with their headlines…🤔 This makes him sound like he’s one step ahead instead of desperately flailing for a way out of a horrible mistake

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King Whacker of Scotland was saved from the streets of Thailand and now lives in Scotland. His reaction to the snow on Easter weekend is priceless. Not a fan 😂

Blossom Puzzle, April 6 Letters: G I M A N R S My score: 325 points My longest word: 10 letters 🏵 💐 🌺 🌷 🌸 🌼 💮 🌹 🌻 🏵

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Why Trump Thinks He Can Walk Away From the Strait of Hormuz The U.S. is feeling much less pain than its allies are.

"Kissinger’s 1974 deal held through the Cold War, the Gulf Wars, the financial crisis and a pandemic. The petrodollar loop was always a political arrangement dressed in financial clothing. Now that the politics have changed, the finance is following." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The Hungarian election is hugely important in its own right and a litmus test for the billionaire fascism that the American Right has imported. This would be a great briefing for reporters and all of us to have!

“Make good use of the power given to you, and remember that whatever you do to another human being, especially to the small and vulnerable, you do unto me.” cruxnow.com/vatican/2026...

Vance, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu all support Orbán, which is all the evidence you need that he is way behind in the polls (which as a matter of fact he is) and running a wild campaign of lies (which as a matter of fact he is).

ICYMI — 100 INTERNATIONAL LAW EXPERTS: “The conduct of the war, and statements of U.S. officials, raise serious concerns about violations of international humanitarian law, including potential war crimes.” www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...

US legacy media sane washes the most unhinged messages by the orange vulgarian.

This is a good read. How Military Intelligence is a "Job Title" not a requirement. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Latest Trump message to Iran: “Open the Fuckin’ Straight you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” This is a waterway the President has said is largely unimportant to the United States.

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Happy Easter from the bunnies at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire (and us!).

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This sums up the powers of the Home Office in general, but also how further to the right it has shifted under Mahmood. Even Conservatives allowed for votes on changes this wide ranging and draconian. Starmer and Mahmood have tried to backdoor them because they know they'd be voted down in a second.

My Easter reading: "..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you told me to fuck off back where I came from, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance..."

Happy Easter to all who are celebrating. #BloomScrollinh

You can't "temper" so fundamentally toxic proposals, both for asylum and immigration in general. Labour's "reform's" are utterly inhumane, as well as unworkable, costly and counterproductive. They need scrapping entirely, Mahmood fired, and a complete rethink. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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It's not just me who has a journalistic itch over this... Or who sees it as it is. This is crushing America and Israel. It's devastatingly effective. Read more about why and how, below. 😉 politicalsatirical.substack.com/p/brick-by-b...

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

Blossom Puzzle, April 4 Letters: I P R E T U V My score: 320 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌼 💮 🌸 💐 🌺 🌻 🌹 🏵 🌷 🌼

ANYBODY NEEDS ME I’LL EITHER BE GOLFING OR AT WALTER REED!!!

Seit ein paar Stunden gibt es riesige militärische Luftbewegungen aus den USA Richtung Mittlerer Osten, während wohl Trump in die Walter Reed Klinik eingeliefert wurde. Zeitweise waren Straßen in Washington D.C. gesperrt. Noch ist das Pentagon Pizza Meter aber noch unauffällig: www.pizzint.watch

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Award-winning actor Romola Garai, currently in A Doll’s House @almeida.co.uk, shares her latest cultural highlights, from Tracey Emin’s intensely vulnerable art to a transcendent Víkingur Ólafsson performance www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

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NEW REPUBLIC: “The centrist group Third Way ⚠️ accuses popular progressive streamer Hasan Piker of being a ‘Jew-hater’ — His record proves he’s the opposite of an antisemite.” Hasan addresses the bad faith accusations: newrepublic.com/article/2084...

"Watch: Reporting While Black – Michael Harriot, Joy Reid, Jason Johnson and Karen Attiah live at Howard University." www.contrabandcamp.com/p/watch-repo...

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