davidshoebridge: 'You need to know about these laws. You don't have to do anything wrong and ASIO can question you for 24 hours. You can be strip searched, put in restraints. If you don't answer the questions you can go to jail. It you tell anyone they questioned you, you can go to jail.'

Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Extended Despite Calling Off Negotiations Vance cancelled his visit to Pakistan for peace talks on Tuesday.

Vance cancelled his visit to Pakistan for peace talks on Tuesday.

Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch and the Architecture of Autocracy The latest in the Trumpite series of proposed oversized buildings is a so-called triumphal arch, though exactly what triumph so needs an arch is unclear, Adam Gopnik writes.

'When asked by a reporter whom the arch would be for, Trump said, “Me".'

Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch and the Architecture of Autocracy
- beautifully written, as usual, by Adam Gopnik

#USPolitics #aurocracy
www.newyorker.com/culture/dept...

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes...

"She was in a state of physical shock...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Mythos: The Name Says It All A Lifesigns Earth Dispatch

WTF in AI, now?

Project Glasswing was created by a Big Tech consortium - and read this carefully - to enable "Anthropic’s own Mythos Preview to secure and defend the world’s critical infrastructure against Mythos Preview".

Essential reading by Terry Rankin:

open.substack.com/pub/terryran...

La glycine est en fleurs en ce moment là-bas. Paris me manque 😢

Minns says NSW government 'disappointed' as protest laws ruled unconstitutional A judge in NSW's top court has struck down the state's laws regarding restrictions on protests.

A NSW court has struck down powers used to curb protest in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre.

Chief Justice Andrew Bell found the laws an "impermissible burden" on the implied constitutional freedom of communication on govt and political matters.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

The Turkish power plant vessel Belgin Sultan has arrived in Cuba to help with energy crisis.
These powerships are designed for quick deployment (often within weeks) to address energy crises, connecting directly to local grids via high-voltage cables.
TRANSLATION TO MAGA LANGUAGE: FUCK YOU TRUMP!

Strong pro-Israel bias among BBC bosses, new data indicates BBC executives met nine times with pro-Israel Jewish groups and just once with pro-Palestinians in 14 months of genocide, Freedom of Information shows

👉 NEW -- Strong pro-Israel bias among BBC bosses, new data indicates

by Dania Akkad

BBC executives met nine times with pro-Israel Jewish groups and just once with pro-Palestinians in 14 months of genocide, Freedom of Information shows

www.declassifieduk.org/strong-pro-i...

Exclusive: China moves to block entrance to disputed South China Sea shoal, images show China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea amid roiling ​tension with the Philippines over the disputed feature, satellit...

Trump hat mit dem irrsinnigen Angriff auf den Iran dafür gesorgt, dass Seeblockaden der neue heiße Scheiß sind.
Xi findet das prima. Denn jetzt können die USA nix mehr sagen, wenn China auch sowas macht.
Die testen das gerade.
Eine andere interessante Meerenge liegt übrigens vor Taiwan...

With this bridge struck, how will people still living south of the Litani continue to get access to aid, food, & medicine? How will hospitals replenish their medical supplies?

The bridge was described to us as a lifeline by local officials and health workers

An unfolding humanitarian catastrophe

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

'Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the America's'

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
- by Damian Carrington

#Atlantic #ocean #environment
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Gel douche, mascara, parfums… La Commission européenne veut rallonger de cinq ans le délai pour retirer les substances cancérogènes des cosmétiques

➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/Rhl

‘Suddenly, boom, it’s completely warm’: summers are getting longer – especially in Sydney, study finds Researchers examined trends in 10 global cities, with Sydney’s summer growing at two-and-a-half times the average

‘Suddenly, boom, it’s completely warm’: summers are getting longer – especially in Sydney, study finds
- by Lisa Cox

#weather #climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

Well he does wear Crusader tattoos:

Vance, a Catholic, took issue with the Pope saying Christ's disciples are “never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.”'

'Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology'

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Another one for the ages.

US military says blockade of Iran ports ‘completely' halts economic trade US Central Command say more than 10,000 armed forces members, as well as warships and planes, are involved in blockade.

US Central Command say more than 10,000 armed forces members, as well as warships and planes, are involved in blockade.

US President Donald Trump told an Italian newspaper that PM Giorgia Meloni, one of his closest allies, lacked courage for failing to join the US in attacking Iran.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/wqqejv

Business as usual...

Sorry, two former Labor politicians gunning to lead one of Australia’s largest fossil fuel lobby groups?
www.afr.com/companies/mi...

Israel is building a buffer zone inside Lebanon Israel is creating a large buffer zone in southern Lebanon for a prolonged military occupation, with low expectations that direct talks with Lebanon will lead to quick action on disarming Hezbollah.

Israel is building a buffer zone inside Lebanon

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Ocean Heat Waves Are 'Supercharging' Hurricane Damage, Scientists Warn WASHINGTON (AP) – Marine heat waves are supercharging damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe, a new study found.

Ocean Heat Waves Are 'Supercharging' Hurricane Damage, Scientists Warn
Researchers looked at 1,600 tropical cyclones – that made landfall since 1981 and found those that went over the extra-hot water were more likely to intensify rapidly
www.sciencealert.com/ocean-heat-w...

Sanctioned tankers transit Strait of Hormuz amid US blockade

Sanctioned tankers transit Strait of Hormuz amid US blockade https://aje.news/qjmaa0

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