Two days and much swearing later! 😡

Thank Bog I’ve finally done that ID check. Companies should really think carefully before asking people to do online identity checks for a million reasons. Not least because it totally pisses off your ‘customers’. 🙄

For my own wellbeing, sometimes it's best to completely ignore harsh reality & focus exclusively on one or all of our 3 pets.

In this case it's our youngest, Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite, a/k/a Spawn of Satan), who I love dearly. ♥️ 🐶

(also: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files)

Superpower Suicide The geopolitics of our moment

“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda.
snyder.substack.com/p/superpower...

Good morning all. Bright and sunny here, but with a cold nip from an easterly wind. Garden today. Plus a long delayed attempt to prove to my old employers that I am, indeed, still living. There have to be easier ways than an hour exchanging photos and texts with an automated system! Hugs to all. X

“you are the poet, you walk inside my dreams”

~anaïs nin

🎨 olga petrikova "wildflowers"

I remember how I hated those. So old fashioned and embarrassing. Not that I was given a choice. 😱

Your precognitive abilities seem well tuned. 😂

Yes, I was wearing a spring jacket this morning and was decidedly chilly. I’ve got the electric heater on this afternoon, despite the sunshine outside. The wind is wicked.

My mother was adamant that I would meet an early grave through not wearing a vest. I even remember my grandmother repeating the old adage. Sadly my mother was dead before sixty herself and I’m still here, although with old age has come enough sense to keep that vest on as long as I need it. 😀

Message from my wood man. How much wood do I need for next winter? #GetInEarly

We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime.

Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings.

Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks.

With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree.

Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May is out. Hmmmph. At the rate this spring is going the vest stays until August!

Release the #EpsteinFiles NOW....

#Iran

#Epstein

It turns out that what today held was the (forgotten) delivery of essentials from M&S. And it all fits. Well, guessing so in the case of jeans & knickers, but tried on tops. Yes!

This underscores how closely linked these issues are. More economic space for Russia translates directly into more military capacity in Ukraine.

Ukraine cannot be viewed in isolation, what happens around Iran has direct consequences for the war there.

bsky.app/profile/euge...

Image of 8-year old Ukrainian boy, Bogdan, killed in one of daily strikes against Ukrainian civilians by Russia.

Zelenskyy on Moscow's shadow fleet:＂Russian oil is money for the war. On board are over 12 million tons of Russian oil, which, due to the easing of sanctions, can once again be sold without consequences. That is $10 billion – a resource that is directly converted into new strikes against Ukraine.＂

Thinking Live with Phillips O'Brien on War in Iran and Ukraine A recording from my conversation with Phillips O'Brien

What does the Iran war have to do with sustaining the Russian economy? Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine. I spoke with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social about Iran and Russia.
snyder.substack.com/p/thinking-l...

Good morning Clare & all. I have no idea what this week holds but I’m betting on laundry and shopping today. Need to get the garden sorted - need pots, compost and the inclination. Have a good day all. X

bugleweed, azalea, dogwood, and my hidden forest goblin house down the path

He’s not wrong.

by artist JB Cornish

A step away from asking the Russians to investigate their own influence operations in the US. The guiding principle of Trump policy is that Russian ops are good because they support him personally. The guiding principle of Russian policy is that Trump is good because he wrecks the US & helps Russia.

Again, phew.

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Phew!

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U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms (🧵 1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK.

First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.

Trevor Phillips said on Sky News this morning that "everybody in the country who could read a newspaper" knew in advance of the Mandelson appointment that he was problematic

is this the same Phillips who interviewed Mandelson on October 08 2023 and didn't ask any questions about Epstein friendship?