It's not hyperbole to suggest that today we have a federal government that doesn't so much represent or resemble a federal administration as it does a family crime syndicate.

Glass mosaic Luang Prabang

Travelling down the Mekong River from Pak Beng to Luang Prabang

The sky over the Mekong in Laos

White Temple Chiang Rai Thailand

Hong Kong Flower Market Lunar New Year

Xhosa Cole at Hare & Hounds tonight- exquisite

Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The post of an absolute madman.

Congratulations to Russia and China. You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.

“California is joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert &Response Network (GOARN), after the United States withdrew from the entire international organization. According to Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office, California became the first state in the nation to join the network”

France at the UN Security Council: "The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."

I absolutely HATE it when Marjorie Taylor Greene makes sense.

NYTimes Editorial Board: "We fear that the result of Mr. Trump’s adventurism is increased suffering for Venezuelans, rising regional instability and lasting damage for America’s interests around the world. We know that Mr. Trump’s warmongering violates the law." Free link to op-ed: archive.ph/Ynhq1

Roland Littlewood obituary - The Guardian

Wiltshire in the mist- New Year’s Eve

Those observing Christmas are celebrating a family of asylum seekers. If there is indeed a "War on Christmas," it's being waged by those trying to make our country less safe for the poor, for the marginalized, and for refugees.

America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth. When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇

Lagos at Night

Sunrise Lagos Atlantic

Lagos sunset

SOUTHERN AFRICA RECORD HEAT Record heat continues unabated in Southern Africa with scorching temperatures day and night also at high elevations. Tonight the Minimum at Lethlakane in the BOTSWANA Highlands was 25.6C, its hottest October night on record.

Very quick update on Covid in England from latest UKHSA hospital data. Looks like current Covid wave *might* have peaked, and also that flu season is starting a little earlier than normal. If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it! christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...

Have *you* been affected by drama - on stage, in the street, in your day to day *life*?? Then check out this new @crasshlive.bsky.social research network steered by me, @femimind.bsky.social, Cassie Lowe and Rosalind Parker: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/networks/affective-encounters/

Bologna midday

Venice break is over

Venice at night

Venice

Streets Art Padua

Basilica St Anthony Padua

Verona tonight