Tremendously depressing read. Also: proper reporting.

open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

Here’s an audio recording of the Indian oil tanker Sanmar Herald pleading with Iranian military forces to stop shooting at it in the Strait of Hormuz this morning.

Bleibt die EU Kriegszuschauerin? Mit Sönke Neitzel YouTube video by Politik mit Anne Will

"Es ist nicht unser Krieg", haben #Bundesregierung und #EU klargemacht, der #IranKrieg ist aber sehr wohl unser Problem. Dass wir auf den Zuschauerrängen sitzen, hält der #Militärhistoriker Sönke #Neitzel (auch) für ein Problem. Hochinteressante Folge, hat Freude gemacht. youtu.be/1ktA6UIV41w?...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Great to see the EU and the UK signing the agreement today on UK participation in Erasmus+ from 2027 onwards.

Also note the UK Prime Ministers public communication now using the word 'rejoin' in this respect, though it is of course only targeted at this specific instrument.

Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture

The wait is over: Eta’s arrival as head coach breaks barriers for women in football Hailed as a “trailblazer” by Sarina Wiegman, Marie-Louise Eta has been tasked with saving Union Berlin from Bundesliga relegation in a groundbreaking appointment

Marie-Louise Eta has been tasked with saving Union Berlin from Bundesliga relegation in a ground-breaking appointment www.theguardian.com/football/202... via @theguardian.com @nickames82.bsky.social

Incoming Hungarian PM Péter Magyar calls for the UK to rejoin the European Union:

"I remember when I was a diplomat in Brussels... We were able to influence decisions. At the time, the Brits were also part of the EU. Let's hope they will rejoin."

Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Das alte Spiel der FPÖ. Diese Presseaussendung hat FPÖ-Landesparteisekretär Michael Gruber am Freitag um 23 Uhr verschickt. Helfen wir ihm doch, dass sie nicht untergeht!

I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad

as.ft.com/r/db911dd6-f...

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Daily Mail social media image claiming: It’s grim when your child is banned from bringing home a picture of Jesus to plaster across the fridge door

I debunked the original headlines about these school guidelines when they first came out a couple of weeks ago.

But then the Daily Mail pushed this on Facebook over the Easter weekend, so I felt the need to address that too!

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Breaking news: Another very rich and once powerful man discovered that he can't bully the FT

Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss

Crispin Odey abandons £79mn libel case against the FT over sexual misconduct claims ft.trib.al/ltCxjpR

Frank McNally on a Dublin woman’s attempt to assassinate Mussolini, 100 years ago It’s hard to say for sure what drove Violet Gibson

Frank McNally on a Dublin woman’s attempt to assassinate Mussolini, 100 years ago

Albert Speer says hello.

Trump: “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Financial Times: Oil prices spike above $100 a barrel
as shut strait strains fragile ceasefire #TomorrowsPapersToday

The Economist: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED #TomorrowsPapersToday

PM Starmer fed up with energy bills going up or down "because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world" - ITV news interview
www.itv.com/news/2026-04...

Tu felix Austria.

My kinda story 😂

French pensioner shoots down drone with his rifle (drone was flown by the city, but how was he supposed to know 🤭)

www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...

Von Tanner genehmigte US-Überflüge hätten laut Experten untersagt werden müssen, Bundesheer widerspricht Am 2. April überflogen zwei für die elektronische Kriegsführung gebaute US-Maschinen Österreich. Bereits am 1. April bestätigte das US-Zentralkommando deren Entsendung für den Krieg im Iran

Austria discusses whether it makes a difference if a US plane flies directly to a warzone, or whether it touches down in between in non-warzone countries, and what this means for neutrality. (Austria refused airspace rights for the first case but not the second.)
#neutrality

Ave Maria-lago

‘Russia is a threat to everyone’: Moldovan president on election interference and EU aspirations Maia Sandu met Taoiseach and President during visit to Dublin on Wednesday

As Ireland welcomes Moldovan president Maia Sandu, she reminds us

‘Russia is a threat to everyone’: Moldovan president on election interference and EU aspirations
@micheal-martin.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

It can certainly be read as a love letter to Putin — Maria Popova has a point as usual — but whatever happens the expression of a genocidal wish by the president of the United States is a horror we will never live down.

Impressionistisches Gemälde zeigt einen Park, durch den eine Dame geht. Dahinter die Stadtlandschaft, darüber ein bewölkter Himmel. Nachweis von wiki commons folgt.

Am 2. April 1930 wurde in Wien ein Weg nach der impressionistischen Malerin Tina Blau benannt. Im Nationalsozialismus wurde er aus antisemitischen Gründen in Hellmerweg umbenannt. Seit 1947 heißt der kurze Weg wieder Tina-Blau-Weg.

Werfen wir einen Blick auf ihr Wien:
Aus dem Belvedere, 1894/5.
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New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions Consumers will be able to cancel unwanted subscriptions 'at the click of a button', the government said.

This sort of thing won't win anyone an election but it is genuinely useful.

This was not something that just happened on her watch. A complaint was emailed to her work address. You get paid £3.8mn because you're so good, but this suggests whatever systems she put in place were awful.