Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

This is monstrous. Just profoundly shameful behavior by our government.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Crops worldwide are still not planted. Crops currently planted worldwide are struggling to be irrigated due to lack of fuel

Every week of this dithering compounds food shortages from autumn. Those of us lucky enough to be in richer countries get inflation and shortages

Poor countries? Famine 😫

Steam, Steel, and the Sound of Memory. German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt, Bavaria

Sometimes serendipity has a great outcome. In this case Sharon made an unexpected visit to a Steam Locomotive Museum. I couldn’t be happier because I’m a railway aficionado.
#museums #museumfromhome #railway #steamlocomotive #bavaria
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"Few approve of how Donald Trump is handling the cost of living" – Overall: 33-67 – Immigration: 40-59 – Iran: 32-67 – Economy: 30-70 – Cost of living: 23(!)-76 "The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,596 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.4 percentage points."

There's no other way to say it: This AP-NORC poll is atrocious for Trump.

– Overall: 33-67
– Immigration: 40-59
– Iran: 32-67
– Economy: 30-70
– Cost of living: 23(!)-76

37% of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the economy, 47% disapprove on cost of living.

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An old timbered house. In its corner, on a lawn, an old table and chair. The trees around just breaking into green. Sunshine lights up this early spring scene.

A neighbourhood walk.
A lovely corner.
A lovely day.

AI-generated videos of upturned dinghies in the English Channel circulate online – Full Fact Six people are known to have died so far in April attempting to cross the English Channel. But viral videos claiming to show overturned dinghies are not real and were made with AI.

Viral videos of overturned dinghies in the Channel have been shared with claims that over 100 people have died.

It’s true that six people have died attempting to cross the English Channel this month, but these videos are fake and were made using AI.

Gas generation falls as wind farms set new quarterly generation record New data shows wind generation reached 29.2TWh during the first quarter, as gas power output fell 16 per cent year-on-year

Gas generation was down 16 per cent in the first quarter due to the UK's latest wind power generation record. If it weren't for renewables this fossil fuel-induced energy crisis would be even worse. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528492...

The BBC, like most broadcasters, does not have a dedicated energy editor, which is a glaring omission given that almost everything revolves around energy

Battery storage is now the fastest-growing power technology in the world

* 108GW added in 2025, up 40% year-on-year
* 11x increase in installed capacity since 2021 (!)

6/10

Philippa Islington-Smythe - aka my cat Roscoe - hanging out on her favourite armchair, but mentally trapped in a reverie about the summer of 1995.

THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

For those who may have missed this earlier in the day-

Assuming Kash's lawsuit gets past the motion to dismiss stage, the DISCOVERY in this case is going to be WILD.

One of the Sandy Hook families lives in hiding 1500 mi away from their baby’s grave due to people stalking them.

The graves of multiple children have been defaced.

One of the fathers had to submit DNA evidence to prove his son was a REAL HUMAN BEING after Alex Jones’ book said he never existed.

I went and watched the segment on iPlayer. This is absolutely wild. It’s basically doing a free micro political broadcast for Reform during BBC Breakfast.

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

The picture shows a pair of Egyptian sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves, the sole with bound edges and pointed toe. One sandal is completely preserved with ankle strap and toe strap.

#Egyptian flip flops: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1500-1400BC

On display at Museum of the University of Tübingen

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A share of merch sales will go to the Sandy Hook families, which will be the first time they get any money since they filed this lawsuit eight years ago.

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A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

‘Rogue Trooper’ First Look: Duncan Jones Unveils His Hand-Crafted Take On ‘2000 AD’ Comic Book’s Dystopian War Machine ‘Rogue Trooper’ first look: Duncan Jones unveils his hand-crafted take on 2000 AD’s dystopian war machine

Roll out, Troops! The Genetic Infantryman has landed!

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Reform would review all asylum claims from the last five years The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting gangs.

when there's an enormous backlog of asylum claims, re-litigating all the previous 5 years seems like a really stupid way of slowing things down further.

Quite apart from fact that most 'illegal' arrivals are from most repressive countries and have zero 'legal' routes!

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Starmer ‘furious’ he wasn’t told Mandelson failed vetting by Foreign Office YouTube video by Channel 4 News

Someone who HAS called Keir Starmer a liar is Kemi Badenoch. Here she is on #c4news (4 mins in), saying it was not an accusation she made lightly.

Presumably, if it's shown that Starmer hasn't lied, she will resign in accordance with her principles.

#politicslive
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BBC reports "more than 600 people crossed the Channel on small boats on Saturday, making it second busiest day so far this year".

BBC reports "Over the past three years, crossings have increased" while omitting 33% year on year fall this year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Sure, I believe in censorship. I’ve made a fortune from it.”

~Mae West.

99 years ago today-4/19/1927-actress Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” charges stemming from her Broadway play “Sex,” which she wrote and starred in.

Image: Public domain.

Five red petals notched at the end with curly white styles at the centre.

Yellow flowers in groups of five from a single stem.

A white flower with 5 petals split down the centre with yellow sepals.

Peddars Way, Norfolk

• Red Campion (female flower??)
• Cowslips
• Greater Stitchwort

#WildflowerHour

Today is one of the most significant dates for the far-right, the anniversary of the Waco fire and Oklahoma City bombing:

Rude names, railways and a mass trespass - how the Peak District became a tourist attraction It became the UK's first national park 75 years ago, but has been attracting visitors for longer.

Rude names, railways and a mass trespass - how the Peak District became a tourist attraction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hannan's tweet where he links to his creditable Washington Examiner article (about Trump going insane) has received *no* favourable engagement from *any* recognisable name on the British Right. No retweets, no favourable quote tweets.

The only recognisable retweets are Bill Kristol and Navratilova.

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

CNN @CNN • 3h President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business. cnn.it/4vLlaFI TRUMP TO READ BIBLE VERSE FROM OVAL OFFICE AFTER FEUD WITH POPE AND DELETED AI IMAGE

Dear CNN, we do separate religion from our government. And as a major outlet, your job is to remind everyone exactly on that.