There was ivy, presumably, and at some point someone deciding it was a problem. Shame, would have looked nice.

!!

H from Steps - expires *NEVER*

It’s an Obscure Psychedelic Used to Treat Trauma. Could It Help Me?

Piece in the NY times by Robert Draper, introduced to the drug by *Kirsten Sinema*.
It would be funny if it becomes a Trump Bro fad. I imagine the window it opens will confront quite a few of those guys with an unpleasant view. A window that'll be hard to close.

Rick Perry did ibogaine, which is *very intense*.
He campaigned for it for veterans suffering from PTSD. I don't think Rick Perry was ever in combat, but humiliating himself in front of millions will have been traumatic, I'm sure. Apparently it's an experience that helps get things in perspective.

Pre-Secession Klimt: if Ingres was Sargent.
With some seriously Krystle Carrington linebacker shoulderpads.

First I'd heard of this, coming soon at the RA.
Looking forward to it. Proper nutso story.
Renfield ravings, English pastoral pervy Bosch, fairy-photographing Conan Doyle.

Regularly heard him, walking the dog in regent's park.

It's telling that:
a) he caught enough pushback from the religious right to delete something, which he almost never does
b) those people have not used this influence to cross him on anything more substantive than a gross but fundamentally superficial aesthetic insult to their brand

an elderly woman is holding a piece of paper that says go on . ALT: an elderly woman is holding a piece of paper that says go on .

Go to the Goodwin event at the Scrutonplatz - or at least drop by on your way.
You'd be Tim Garton Ash at the Magic Lantern (shit version).

As if he could spell honour correctly. Or at all.

In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

The Al-Furqan neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria

Syria hasn’t had more than 4 hours of state electricity a day for years, due to civil war and international sanctions.

In response people have embraced a reliable electricity source - solar power and batteries!

And his chances already weren't good.
Barring massive fraud he loses by a fat margin.

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

And only the pointy one is even close to looking even vaguely iconic when backlit.
The one the Reichmanns lost their shirt putting up.

Hegseth: "Unlike Iraq, this isn't a tie. This is not parity. This is not chaos. This is success—pure American success, on plan, and as the President said, ahead of pace."

Priestess of Delphi (1891) by John Collier

Being as rich as Croesus didn't save him.

Christopher Walken came up with a third approach if I remember right. Seemed to work out okay.

Priestess of Delphi (1891) by John Collier

Being as rich as Croesus didn't save him.

🔕 Heave Stilton Standdown 🔕
The only way Steve Hilton can win is if there's no Democrat in the head-to-head runoff. The optimum result is for him to share the Republican vote equally. Trump's endorsement risks tanking his rival, whose presence he needs in the second round. Phew.

Melania Trump presides over UN Security Council meeting YouTube video by CNN

The international community, earlier:

A callback.

Very good from Susan Glasser in the New Yorker. Remembering David Remnick's piece just before the Iraq War, when he let himself get talked round by Tony Blair. This is not that.

A Bush lackey who became a Trump lackey.
There's a whole section of a circle of Hell reserved for them.

Something for the weekend, monsieur