With the US-Iran ceasefire about to expire, could Trump put boots on the ground?

How war on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack in US – and how that may be the point ‘Of course there’s going to be retaliation,’ says one expert. ‘It may be that this is what Trump’s interested in’

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

@alirezanader.bsky.social Can you follow me back please? I would like to direct message you.

@goftaniha.bsky.social Can you follow me back please. I would like to send you a personal message.

I don’t recognise the background despite my local knowledge. Where is this?

The full term was “brazenly audacious.” Which might equally describe your demand for an apology given that I don’t know who you are. You may consider that to be a final answer to your question.

They Killed My Source A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... This is an incredible piece about the thrill and deadly dangers of espionage and betrayal.

Whole thing an embarrassment.

But it’s not one-way. I’m struck by the many Britishisms now commonplace here that were never heard when I first visited these shores.

Lordy.

And track two. It’s not a “track” in the sense that it would be recognised on hearing.

There’s no tack called “tubular bells”? It’s the album itself that has that title and is his best known work.

Break On Through is far from being the best known Doors track. On the contrary, at risk of being overlooked in any compilation of their highlights. And Tubular Bells wasn’t a “first track” but the title of an entire concept album, so really shouldn’t be considered as part of such a list.

I doubt that but I do my best.

Don’t think it was very well circulated. I went to the forum and told them I was surprised that it hadn’t been sent to me beforehand. I had to ask them to email it to me.

Is this a metaphor for events in certain other parts of the world?

Way better than his Live Aid performance.

Yep. Americans totally spooked. It’s the mood of the times here.

Correct. But the whole thing was surely a set up in advance.

The perfectly timed social media post.

Four essentials for the press right now If we have any hope of preventing a full slide into permanent autocracy, these must happen

"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard — and fast — about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across." @sulliview.bsky.social

MUST READ. ⬇️

margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...

It’s the “and Germany” bit that has my eyes popping. Stuck in a cultural stereotype time warp surely.

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-... Tim Snyder on the need Stand Up Now.

“This is likely a lie” is not a line you ever see in news journalism - a discipline with which you clearly have scant familiarity. Now kindly acquire a life - or go for a walk in the traffic. Journalists didn’t cause Trump.

Absolutely. I’ve written such things many times. Obviously, Mr/Ms Anonymous.

Let me help you. The word you’re grasping for is “sorry.” Save your rage for where it’s needed. Or maybe put some of your professional successes on display to let us see your qualifications to judge.

I merely report. Neither stupid nor naive. And less inclined than you to be insulting towards total strangers.

Don’t be triumphalist. Some of us are in distant lands.

Frustrating? It’s terrifying. Like a scene from Hitchcock.

I wasn’t reporting on his speech but on his earlier farewell letter, in which he made no comments on oligarchy, etc. Those comments were reserved for the speech, which was covered in a later report by another journalist.