RFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.

I always thought Sun Tzu's "Art of War" was a little simplistic and obvious but it turns out yes, you do literally need to tell the Secretary of War "you need to feed your troops and keep them from being wiped out by preventable diseases"

Like, we aren’t getting posts about destroying a civilization and that probably means something.

Trump says US likely to resume bombing Iran as ceasefire nears end The US president rejects extending truce as Tehran warns of response and negotiators head to Islamabad

Trump suggests he’ll resume bombing Iran after ceasefire ends…

…and also isn’t doing what he was doing 2 weeks ago in terms of posting about destroying water plants & ending entire civilizations.

This is better (assuming of course he doesn’t just do it) and also late to the game.

Middle East crisis live: Trump says he does not want to extend ceasefire with Iran US president claims to CNBC that US is in a strong negotiating position and will end up with ‘a great deal’

As of an hour ago still no Iranian commitment to current round of Islamabad talks that are also happening right before cease-fire ends & with the same trio of chucklefucks as last time (Witkopf, Kushner, Vance).

13.45 EDT JD Vance's trip to Islamabad on hold after Iran failed to meet terms - report The New York Times is reporting that vice-president JD Vance's trip to Islamabad has been halted after Tehran failed to respond to American negotiating positions. A US official told the news outlet that Vance's trip, which was expected to start on Tuesday, was placed on hold after Iran failed to meet US terms. The visit could resume if Iran meets these terms, but the White House is waiting for a signal that Iran's negotiators are willing to sign a deal. & Share

These aren’t negotiations these are USA presentations of demands (& poorly worded, under-elaborated maximalist demands at that):

“The visit could resume if Iran meets these terms, but the White House is waiting for a signal that Iran's negotiators are willing to sign a deal”

Regime stenography.

Like, this is the story:

USA makes vague maximalist and inflexible demands absent a diplomatic framework of agreement on terms and conditions.

Iran rightly rejects this.

And the media story is that talks have fallen apart or Iran refused.

No.

The USA is making demands not negotiations.

not the only factor involved, of course, but i think bailing out the big american automakers every 10 years has maybe made them less competitive than ever. and certainly much less interested in developing affordable cars that look nice

surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters

Mohamsson kan inte sitta kvar som utbildningsminister Simona Mohamsson klarar inte att nämna Sveriges grundlagar. Det är inte bara pinsamt, det gör henne olämplig som utbildningsminister. 

Dubbelmoralen är inget problem för Tidöministrarna.
Kraven de ställer på andra gäller inte dem själva.
Men det här duger inte för en utbildningsminister. Mohamsson kan inte sitta kvar på sin nuvarande post i regeringen.

It occurs fast, not gradually, it responds to treating the underlying depression, which actual dementia wouldn't, and is mostly reversible.

It's interesting to ask how much of what we think of as age-related memory and cognitive issues, is actually: depression in elderly people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudod...

Pseudodementia is basically: cognitive and memory difficulties arising from depression.

It *looks* like dementia, can occur at young ages, but is not. It's a symptom of depression.

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

thing about the Trump administration's24/7 stream of funds from the public exchequer into private hands is that you no longer have to explain colonial wealth extraction or tell people to read Dadabhai Naorojiwhen they are doing a live demo of how the British operated in Asia and Africa but at home

EU top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules Viktor Orbán had banned mentions of homosexuality in media accessible to children and outlawed Pride marches.

This is huge. And it provides a major test for Peter Magyar and whether he will comply with pro LGBTQ decisions from the EU invalidating Hungarian laws.

www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

brain: in the time aging phoenix wright he should've picked up a "calvin's dad" style trait of just making up shit about law that sounds convincing but isn't true in the slightest for laughs. this would have made him good supporting cast for future games without overshadowing apollo

me: [nods]

This isn't 4D chess, these people are venal and think you are stupid. To be honest, if you cannot see that this was an obvious quid pro quo situation wherein Mandy was given a plum job for services rendered, you are, in fact, a bit of a rube.

The whole 'Starmer only appointed Mandelson because he knew he was dodgy and Trump would like him' line only works if you ignore:
a) the fact that Trump almost vetoed the appointment himself.
b) Labour Together.
It's unserious as a claim.

adhd as in “i can read a 3,000 word tumblr post on whether or not, scientifically, you can make a dildo from malachite but I cannot interact with a two paragraph email without breaking down”

Mosaic depicting a wolf with what appears to be a large grin on its face. Two children (Romulus and Remus) stand underneath the wolf.

Happy birthday Rome! According to Roman tradition, Romulus founded the city #OnThisDay in 753 BC.

Here's a mosaic of Romulus's early years being raised by a wolf (who had a great smile) #BeforeTheyWereFamous

📷 @followinghadrian.bsky.social / CC BY-SA 2.0

🏺 #Archaeology

Has the Starmer government given a formal reason for why it has not yet either published the UKG response to the ICJ ruling from July 2024 or banned the import of settler goods and services from occupied Palestine

hey have you ever heard what happened to olof palme, a democratic socialist who actually pushed further left than the average democratic socialist?

If this were happening anywhere but England, nobody would be in any doubt about how nakedly corrupt it is

Not to be a broken record, but why on earth is Ed Balls there interviewing his wife's work colleagues about a scandal involving the government department she currently runs?

She was cleared off any wrongdoing! She did nothing wrong except exist as a trans person and draw the ire of a racist and transphobic bigot who was bankrolled by JK Rowling to destroy this woman's life. It's endlessly infuriating.

This is just horrific. The gender critical movement along with the British press bullied her out of her job at the NHS and now they doxed her after she fled the country and are continuing the harassment and defamation. These people are absolute monsters.

The Butt-Head in me recognizes the Beavis in you

All those "show us what you looked like ten years ago" or "show your green art/animal art/art of women" memes are being used to train AI

Amnestys hårda kritik mot Tidöregeringen: ”Oroande utveckling” Anna Johansson: ”Vi ser en utveckling där människor inte längre behandlas lika inför lagen."

Amnestys hårda kritik mot Tidöregeringen: ”Vi ser en utveckling där människor inte längre behandlas lika inför lagen.” www.arbetaren.se/2026/04/21/a...