NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
Really does feel like we'd have a much better understanding of what's gone on if MPs had sat in silence and let Olly Robbins speak.
Absolutely dismal questioning from MPs. And often clear they're either not listening to the answers or not understanding them.
“Instead of asking drivers to download another app, it integrates the ones they already use, making parking simple, seamless, and consistent everywhere”
www.npp.org.uk
It feels like yesterday that online-engineers-of-a-certain-age were saying that heavy freight could never be electrified. To quote William Gibson, "The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet." Fossil fuel interests want to keep it that way.
V interesting. As I keep saying, economic statistics really matter (& need funding). A state that doesn’t know what’s what (about itself and its oppos) is in trouble.
Sunset in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow.
#glasgow #sunset #kelvingrovepark #glasgowtoday #glasgowuniversity
A swan's arse in the air
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the river.
You’ll be amazed how quickly a motorcycle can do it
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
I worried about what happens if there’s a surge of water in this area.
The dumped items will become a Hoover dam.
Zelenskyy makes a big announcement: “We have already reached 10-year agreements with three key countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. We already have requests from 11 countries – the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus.
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“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.”
This is why we should fund science. 🧪
A blue sky with clouds. In the foreground is a green Primary Route exit sign for the A140. The destinations given are Ipswich Diss Norwich. It’s a image I took from google Maps as I wasn’t quick enough on the draw with my camera.
In East Anglia they even put their civic/ football beefs on road signs
“A California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist reviewed the footage and concluded it was “clearly a human in a bear suit,” the insurance department said.”
When you accidentally say the quiet part out loud.
I feel like this was adjudicated several times over the last 2 millenniums most famously in the West about 500 years ago
A photo of the front cover of issue 1673 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The main headline reads “HUNGARY: ORBAN LOSES HISTORIC ELECTION.” The central image shows Viktor Orbán standing on stage alongside JD Vance, both raising their arms in front of a cheering crowd with Hungarian and US flags in the background. A speech bubble reads, “Who says America can’t achieve regime change?” A strapline at the bottom reads “HUGE TRIUMPH FOR MAGA (SURELY MAGYAR? ED.).”
Hungary: Orban loses historic election
The new Private Eye is out now.
Starting now - @nigella.bsky.social answers FT readers' questions about practical, easy, everyday cooking... for example, what to do with 500g of minke whale. as.ft.com/r/c97b3692-4...
Oops, another faux pas. Here Trump was paying tribute to Dickie Bird.
The cat in front is a bodyguard.
Hegseth blocked promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four military branches. None had open investigations against them. None had been accused of misconduct. They simply weren't the right profile.
A great moment to remember why Scruton's FT column came to an abrupt end.
Guardian says "marathon" peace talks, but without quotes for a mere twenty-hour session.
The talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement took nearly two years, with a longer process of engagement before then.
My step-dad died of pancreatic cancer. It was brutal and I’d do anything to prevent another family from having to go through it. Livid.
Bitcoin miners have entered the red as it now costs $88,000 to mint a $69,000 bitcoin
www.coindesk.com/markets/2026...
Graph showing Unfounded claims abound on social media but are rejected by AI chatbots
Providing AI doesn't kill us all first, it may at least make us more moderate and better-informed. Great piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/3880...)
Headline from the Oldham Times: Casino to open in former Barclays branch in Oldham
Suck it, Las Vegas!
If Centcom is telling the truth, it was able to send ships through the strait for the first time since the war began, and is proving that Iran's control over the waterway isn't total.
On the other hand, if Iran frightened off two US destroyers in international waters, that'd be a big deal.
Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.
This is so well done. đź‘Ś
