‘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’

Rats, fleas plague Gaza’s displaced as temperatures rise Nearly all of Gaza’s population was displaced by Israeli evacuation orders and airstrikes during the war with Hamas. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories (AFP)—As springtime temperatures rise in Gaza, a surge in rats, fleas and other pests has compounded the misery of hundreds of thousands of displaced people still living in tents after more than two years of war. www.straitstimes.com/world/rats-f...

I'm so sorry Kevin, my condolences. Thinking of you.

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

Moscow (AFP)—Russia said Monday it had arrested a German woman found with a homemade bomb in her backpack in what it alleged was a Ukrainian-hatched plot to blow up a security services facility in the south.

The Strange Death of Orbánism Franz Pokorny

"Orbán sold those anglophone conservatives who supped at his banquet a vision of his country as Brideshead on the Danube [...] a glittering façade of think tanks, conferences, and podcasts on a brittle framework of prefab ideas and exorbitant contractors’ fees" www.jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/the-strang...

Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

A pretty remarkable account of America's wartime president: vacillating, unprepared, distracted and without a clear plan. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Tehran (AFP)—Strait of Hormuz 'completely open' for rest of ceasefire: Iran FM

Quite the story from @thediasporist.bsky.social, and a real window into the strangely (& uniquely) German discourse on Israel, Palestine, racism and antisemitism.

Ein Abend an der BURG – the Diasporist What happens when the fight against antisemitism ends up obscuring racist violence? What if defending oneself against a physical attack is considered antisemitic simply because the attacker presents h...

Vor dem Amtsgericht Halle soll nächste Woche geklärt werden, wer Opfer einer Campusattacke war. Der Fall zeigt wie stark Antisemitismus-Diskurs in Deutschland politisiert wird – mitunter durch staatlich geförderte Organisationen wie RIAS @thediasporist.bsky.social
thediasporist.de/de/ein-abend...

Malle-Revolution nach 30 Jahren: Bierkönig am Ballermann wechselt Biersorte Im Bierkönig an der Schinkenstraße endet eine Ära. Ab jetzt fließt ein anderes Bier durch die Leitungen. Für König Pilsner ist Schluss!

apparently a huge deal that the mecca of drunk german tourists—the “bierkönig” bar on the spanish island of mallorca—is going to have krombacher pils on tap, after three decades of serving könig pilsner (honestly all sausage to me, as the germans say). m.bild.de/news/ausland...

Exclusive | Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out The Continent is drawing up a contingency for greater European involvement as tensions rise over the Iran war.

Finland's president on military conscription: "I’m not going to give advice to any European countries, but in terms of civic education, national identity and national unity, there is probably nothing better than compulsory military service." www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Saved From Closure by Nonprofit

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, newspaper threatened with imminent closure after a bruising yearslong labor battle, will be bought by the Baltimore Banner's nonprofit owner:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

what if they can express gratitude for each particular dollar individually?

Reading between the lines, seems like it still means defeat for the Post-Gazette's unions: "Because the Venetoulis Institute is buying only the assets of the paper, it is not required to assume the contracts of Block Communications."

Hungary's communist leaders organized competitive elections in 1990, lost decisively, and then peacefully conceded and handed over power. Does that prove that the Hungarian People's Republic was democratic?

Well, 2008 was an absolutely brutal time to be freshly on the job market, or looking for part-time student work, etc.

➸ Current Synopsis at 06:54 ➸

Low 50 miles south of Iceland 998 losing its identity

Watching an ARD documentary about Herbert Grönemeyer and something that must be kinda nice about being a big German-language star is that you can just go abroad and no one has even a remote idea who you are.

‘A full-on embrace’: how the EU’s largest news publisher fell in love with the US Mathias Döpfner, ‘guru-like’ CEO of Axel Springer, wants to expand – but critics say his stated values sometimes don’t line up with what appears in his titles

“The romantic view of the Anglosphere runs deep inside Axel Springer,” said one company insider. “And Mathias is the biggest romantic of them all.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

on today's episode of imperial decline

what a glorious time capsule of this broken moment we are in

Where Does a Dog Belong? Tensions between canine lovers and other New Yorkers are boiling over.

"In seemingly every argument, someone brings up children. 'Well, my dog,' someone inevitably says, 'is better behaved and less disruptive and more pleasant than your disgusting child.' This is very likely true and generally irrelevant. Dogs are not children." www.curbed.com/article/dogs...

One month ago.

a crypto use-case spotted in the wild!

“These are the utterances of a man casting about for an act of sufficient magnitude to substitute for the coherent strategy he never bothered to contemplate,” @hbanai.bsky.social writes in a tour-de-force, must-read @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay.

newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

Copies of Görlitzer Park "Master Key" Distributed By Mysterious Bunnies The masked "Union of Easter Bunnies" handed out chocolates with the master key to the park's controversial fence locks – and also hid a few for members of the press.

Masked Easter bunnies in berlin handed out master keys to the controversial new security gates closing Görlitzer Park. The news today from @heistberlin.bsky.social: www.heistberlin.com/news/copies-...

The sequencing is a bit off, but "gigantic global investment in electricity generation capacity that seems unlikely to ultimately be fully utilized" combined with "massive oil shock" does sorta seem like the formula for green electrification.

hard to believe such statements coming from a recipient of the hallowed FIFA Peace Prize.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...