Keep track of the victories when they come

For 13 consecutive years, NASA has been named the best place to work in the federal government. But since the Trump administration took over and proposed deep budget cuts, there has been an exodus from the agency.

Ukraine accuses Russia of luring recruits from Africa into 'suicidal' military contracts to bolster its war efforts.

“They call themselves the so-called ambassadors of an Islamic country, but there are dozens of Muslim countries, and none of them are banning girls from their education.” Malala calls on Muslim leaders to step forward and challenge the Taliban. www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/mala...

The next president should demolish the Epstein ballroom on PPV. Let people tear it down with their own hands, like the Berlin wall. And erase his name from everything that the malignant narcissist defiled with his vulgar name. Trump is desperate to be remembered. His worst fear is to be forgotten.

Shocker!

TIL Virginia does not have bars. It only allows restaurants, and 51% of sales must come from non-alcohol. But of course it has liberal gun laws.... The more I learn about it the USA, the more I cannot fathom how we ever thought this was a serious country.

Wright's accounts show he painted a portrait of Rousseau during JJR's Staffordshire exile. A few years ago I did some sleuthing with friends and it seemed a painting in Cleveland OH that had been exhibited at that great 19C exhibition in Manchester might be it, but it wasn't. So probably it is lost

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

Irina Rudnitskaya, once praised for ‘family values’ and fostering abducted children, is facing up to ten years in prison on trafficking charges

Trump bed-factory to replace Army HQ in Belgrade: mhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e3q6g5n00o

Quietly, a remarkable piece of public art is being created, which seeks to both explain the delays of the Botley Road, and share the highlights of West Oxford. We caught up with local artist Chris Shipton to hear more before its unveiling next week. oxfordclarion.uk/botley-and-t...

🇺🇸🇭🇺 The U.S. has granted Viktor Orbán’s Hungary a one‑year exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports, allowing continued access via the Druzhba pipeline and TurkStream pipeline. Good reason for Ukraine to completely take out the Druzhba pipeline.

Brussels is tightening Schengen visa rules for Russians, citing “increased security risks.” Meduza looks at who’s still eligible for multiple-entry visas — and who isn’t. meduza.io/en/cards/the...

ICE facing fierce backlash after video apparently shows unconscious man clutching child during arrest

Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight

EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040 E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours Pricing to compete with low cost flights Reduce emissions by 80% Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷‍♂️

“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Greek court charges more coast guard officers over 2023 migrant shipwreck, sources say reut.rs/4hUbkKM

If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:

Today one Russian paper claims that Donald Trump “behaves like a butterfly flitting from flower to flower. But no. That’s being unfair to butterflies.” Plus, the number of loss-making Russian companies goes up, freight loading volume on Russian Railways goes down. #ReadingRussia

I have read this. This plan would, in my modest opinion, blow up the EU. And reading about a collision course between France and Germany in days like these is profoundly disturbing. Remember how European integration started.

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

"The X algorithm prioritises sending new users right-wing leaning content", a Sky News Data and Forensics investigation reveals news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Our Deepfakestracker.org portal is packed with resources to bring you up to speed on the prevalence of deepfakes and how to mitigate their impact.

"The EU will on Wednesday begin a months-long effort to make sure content made by artificial intelligence is easily identifiable online." www.politico.eu/article/eu-t... For more on deepfakes, check out our Deepfakestracker.org Research Portal.

Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.

I regret to inform London newsrooms that income tax is different in Scotland, and you’ll need to get your head round that, block grants etc.

After Zohran’s win, if Dems reorient their party back to New Deal-style populism and genuinely combat the corporations and billionaires ruining everyone’s lives, then this moment of discontent across the country could have staying power — and be a positive force.

In Greek myth, Niobe lost all fourteen children to divine wrath. Turned to stone, she still weeps, her tears feeding mountain springs. Grief in legend does not end. It becomes landscape. #LegendaryWednesday Art: Richard Wilson

Media pushing Farage right wing agenda constantly and ignoring all other parties. www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s mayoral election, sparking jubilation from Europe’s left wing. “Hope won,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared after the democratic socialist candidate triumphed in America’s largest city. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Better late than never!

‘The science world is ending’ #AcademicSky www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

"As agencies lose scientific expertise and evidence-based guidance, the knock-on effects will be widespread and costly — to the economy, the environment, public health and the broader research enterprise." #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This can’t be real

LLLOOOOOLLLLLL 😂 "By 2035, Sofia and Athens will be just six hours apart by rail" transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

📌 H O P E • I S • B A C K ✊🏾✊🏻 LOVE wins over hate 🐥 🇺🇲 HOPE has arrived 🐥 🇺🇲

Patients are “paying the price” for a shortage of anaesthetists, experts have warned as a report laid bare the “growing scale of the workforce challenge” facing UK hospitals www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/nationa...

Self-portrait, c. 1783, by #MarieGabrielleCapet (French, 1761-1818), who died #otd (Nov 1). Held by the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma... #artherstory #womenartists

Imagine the hangover you’re going to have after three days of nothing but red wine, my goodness.

Best metaphor I've heard is that using AI is like bringing a forklift to lift the weights at the gym. The point is to build YOUR muscles, not to make the weights go up and down.

this man is a true poster

Two Ukrainian Defenders from the 138th Territorial Defense Battalion held their position in the Zaporizhzhia direction for 165 (!!) days. Oleksandr Tishaiev&Oleksandr Aliksieienko conducted reconnaissance,strengthened defenses,repelled enemy attacks while under constant drone &artillery strikes

Jasmine Crockett takes Trump's dementia test on Jimmy Kimmel 😂

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As if we did not have enough scary days already :(

- @willsommer.bsky.social knows this stuff better than anyone so if he says that this was a real shift and escalation, believe him