The problem is the apps. My phone is old and is working perfectly but certain apps require the latest OS which my phone cannot update to.

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

Peter Broelman n Canberra Times

(Reuters) - European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.

There was a time when the president inspired pride instead of exhaustion. I miss that more than I can say.

The Supreme Court long relied on careful, time-tested procedures to issue decisions. But secret memos by the justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how the court decided to bypass those procedures and create its modern “shadow docket.” See key takeaways: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Screenshotted excerpt from linked article reading as follows: "In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis. When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."

OOP

New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!'

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Hero principal Kirk Moore, who tackled a school shooter at Pauls Valley High School in Oklahoma last week, has been crowned prom king.

Actually got choked up remembering having a president like this.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

A photo of a tray with three sections empty. One has chopped carrot in it. The other has what can only be described as a posit of brown dog vomit and an insole liner of a sneaker (or a used panty liner from the mid 1700s). The kind of meal that would have you happily tossing yourself overboard.

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East.

This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family.

Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships.

Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Tom Waits and Massive Attack announce collaboration The two artists (seldom releasing new material) have revealed themselves a pairing, with “Boots On the Ground" arriving April 16th.

I’m sorry WHAT

AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users—a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.

The AI gold rush is rapidly drying up the supply of the one resource that AI developers can’t do without: computing power.

Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies | Fortune Millions were spent putting laptops in every student’s hands. Now schools want them back as technology in the classroom is turning out not to be the miracle solution it was sold as.

It’s almost like WE ALL SAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN fortune.com/2026/04/10/a...

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

Woman named chief of Australia's army for the first time since its founding 125 years ago

u.afp.com/SEqF

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

Illiberalism is not Inevitable

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Watched on the BBC for hours - live with interviews. It was amazing. Check out their website.

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

You are absolutely spot on - maybe it takes an election for a paper or CNN to do a deep dive into allegations. Sad. Women should be believed.

What I don’t get is how this stays quiet for years and then explodes in the middle of an election. I just wish these folks were revealed in a timely fashion. Who else is doing this shit now?

A road map. Citizens United has polluted an already vulnerable political process.

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥

Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with petrol. And no need to wear gloves.

Certainly not coming to a forecourt near you in America because the fossil fuel giants and their puppets in government like making lots and lots of cool money from easily-conned petrolheads.

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez:

“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”

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🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”

The truest thing I’ve read today….🤣

Why didn’t Aubrey make a big move and play the idol for Dee?

Also Dee should have owned up to Rizo and used all her charm to beg forgiveness.

Wow - very interesting take plus Tina has been around a lot between UK and 5 Timers.