' A major shift is underway in public transport across Europe.
Electric buses have surged from just 12% of new city bus sales to 56% in only six years, officially becoming the majority choice for new fleets. '
(Electric Drives)

Tuesday sunset from our bamboo dayroom. Panay Island, Philippines.

Time for a cuppa.

Success of Fertilize Right pilot in Vietnam’s 1M-Hectare Rice Program show better yields and incomes | International Rice Research Institute CAN THO, Vietnam (1 April 2026) — An additional yield of nearly 0.9 t/ha and a 24% increase in farmer incomes emerged from the “Fertilize Right” pilot model under the One Million Hectare of High Quali...

A pilot study in Vietnam has increased income from rice by around 24% by better control of planting, fertilizing and watering.

The problem with America's $1 trillion military budget US defense spending is on track to top $1 trillion for the first time in history. Why are American weapons so incredibly expensive?

Isn't it war spending now the US doesn't have a Department of Defense? War spending would be more aligned to its actions and therefore more honest.

Zoologist and author Desmond Morris dies aged 98 Morris, who was also a surrealist painter and broadcaster, was best known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape.

My 'clever' uncle gifted me a copy of the 'Naked Ape', in hardback, around 55 years ago. It was probably the first serious, grown up, science book I read. I've read it twice since.

Chinese warship sails through Taiwan Strait as armed forces watch on Taiwan's armed forces maintained ‘close and continuous surveillance throughout’

That's the waterway between China and Taiwan. It's more unusual when a British or French or US warship sails between Taiwan and China. I would be amazed if any non ally warship passing close to your country wasn't carefully watched.

It shows. I think the World has noticed.

The image on the left was posted in a 'Coloring the Past' group on another social media App. It wasn't marked AI yet it had obviously been changed extensively from the original. I think it's dishonest. It's changing history, one image at a time, creating a fake world for future generations.

US w*nker in chief. The personification of a rich, ignorant, slob from the cesspool.

Enjoy 🎉

Heat Index (feel like) 50°C / 122°f again. We haven't had rain for about 3 weeks. Unfortunately the nice breeze has disappeared so it's a bit sticky.

IDF probes soldier over inciting patches on uniform, amid growing backlash Photo from West Bank shows soldier sporting badges with slogans calling for violence; army reiterates ban on non-military symbols after rise in troops wearing religious and political tags

Israelis are polluted minds with guns.

Rahm Emanuel joins calls to end US ‘financial aid’ as Democratic support for Israel hits new lows Jerusalem-born former Chicago mayor says 'US should never spill any blood for Israel’s security,' asserts Jerusalem dragged US into the conflict in 'violation of a rule it had for 78 years'

How does the US justify the $billions in aid to Israel, a country engaged in committing genocide, when it has cut USAID that is saving lives in poor and developing countries?

Saver, the kitten, was exploring on one of our boats and fell in the water. He's picked a comfy spot on top of our fishing net to clean and dry himself.

US, making itself look more stupid every hour or every day on the World stage.

Several military and police officers charged with corruption in multiple cases 7 IDF and police officers accused of money laundering as cops seize NIS 50 million; IDF officer charged for smuggling goods to Gaza

Money gets you arrested but not genocide, ethnic cleansing crimes against humanity or war crimes.
Does Israel see money more important than life?

US, you have a problem with killing children, at home and overseas. The obvious needs stating because you keep ignoring it. Sort yourselves out.

My brother-in-law, José and my wife, Cristina, just purchased the electric generator for the fishing platform. José and Kent sort out an anchor. Our home has become a boatyard and chandlery.

The Trump economy
THE deEP STATE : The political artwork of Michael de Adder
by Michael de Adder
April 21, 2026

Meanwhile, in the gilded Oval Office of the White House...
(by Sputnik Rat)

United States.

Is it?

The New Yorker
Daily Cartoon
by Maggie Larson
April 20, 2026

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-American economist
1908–2006

Democracy, with US characteristics.

Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Protecting Colombia’s Magdalena River From Fracking - Inside Climate News Yuvelis Morales Blanco, 24, helped halt fracking along Colombia’s largest river and one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. She’s faced death threats and exile for her advocacy.

The World needs far more people like Yuvelis Morales Blanco and far less like Trump, Netanyahu, Putin...

It's why the far-right pushed for deregulations, it saves the wealthy money but not the man on the street, they just vote for it.

EV's are increasing in the Philippines with car/SUV/truck models from China and Vietnam. Now VinFast is gearing up to sell e-scooters, a potential big market.

South Korea, Japan respond to North Korea’s missile launch [VOVWORLD] - North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, according to South Korea’s military.

' This was North Korea’s seventh ballistic missile test this year and the fourth in April alone. '
The US is still 'technically at war' with North Korea (DPRK) following the armistice in 1953 between North & South Korea and their various allies.