UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip. The victims were killed by Israeli fire in an incident that took place early this morning at the Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza. UNICEF extends our condolences to the families of the men killed.
UNICEF just needs to release the hostages
Pope: [moral critique of illegal war]
President: I am Jesus. Thr pope is gay
Media: they are feuding😳
There’s a palpable “mob” mentality surging across social media in the aftermath of the Orbán era. Former power brokers, propagandists, and loyal enablers are being dragged into the light - facing demands for accountability and public shaming.🧵
A semi-opinion piece on Chansiri and what he could do to help Sheffield Wednesday. (Reports since I wrote this have suggested he's open to negotiation, interpret that as you wish.)
footballleagueworld.co.uk/what-dejphon...
Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health. When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.” Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”
This is NUTS
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...
Vance follows today’s Russian propaganda script: the EU is bad, Orbán was good.
Jesus. What is fucking wrong with people my age?
Happy Praying Mantis Appreciation Day, to all who celebrate…
CHILD PRAYING MANTIS: Dad, who are we all praying to exactly?
DAD PRAYING MANTIS: Depends which religion you belong to
CHILD: So not all people follow the same religion?
DAD: No, son… we’re in sects
Definitely beats the Trump Dance! 😂
Netanyahu says that Vance was reporting everything that happened in the peace talks with Iran while it happened.
JD Vance wasn't the chief negotiator, Benjamin Netanyahu was.
Jennifer Lawrence “What is happening in Palestine is nothing less than genocide and it’s unacceptable.”
I know. And after Orban tried to sell them down the river during the presidential elections here, offering his clear support for Simeon. (Luckily in that case they told him to fuck off at the ballot box, but how quickly they forgot)
Same vibes
For years, but especially in the last few months, I have been trying hard to imagine what it will feel like seeing Orban decisively defeated. I just couldn't. And yet here we are: it is truly and well over. I have more reservations about Peter Magyar than I could say in 300 characters or a thread...
When you see that 91% of Dual Hungarian/Romanian citizens here in Transylvania voted FIDESZ (91 effing %), it makes it even clearer how massive the majority was in Hungary itself
Spectator and spiked trying to effect a “Hungary? Oh yeh, vaguely aware of it. Home of goulash, right?” tone
The BBC reporter in Budapest not only pronounced it Magg - Yar, but even, weirdly, pronounced the river as Da-Noob . What was all that about?
The Zionists are going apeshit over this. The NY Times, timid liberal Zionists as they are, would never normally publish a cartoon this radical in its denunciation of Israeli genocide.
1/2
This video is great. Parties on the streets of Budapest last night. All Hungarian obviously, but I think you can get the clear feeling from it (you can also pick up some colourful vocabulary)
youtu.be/yrY3ImiVzhU?...
While Vance's repeated failures are objectively funny, I'm getting a bit tired of the amused-westerner "Thanks JD you caused Orban to lose" take. Hungarians decided this election, not JD fucking Vance. I bet his presence in Budapest last week made a negligible difference.
if i may add, many people in hungary don't quite realise this
i mean of course we consciously know all this is going on but it's hard to get your head around it
Important point. Tusk is still struggling after many years.
But still, it is a huge victory for Magyar, Hungary and for Europe.
oh god oh fuck I took the metro to the Tisza rally and all these kids POURED OUT of the train at the stop and started running up the escalators chanting, and briefly held hands with the older people leaving the rally and going down on the escalator, and I think I may actually just cry
To follow the count in real time, check out the website of the Electoral Office: vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026?filt...
as the polls have closed, a hungarian pollster is presenting their predictions and the guy is saying "yeah, in our modelling we've also taken into account the votes fidesz are expected to buy for cash or a sack of potatoes"
we all think this is normal
Greta Thunberg is right.
It isn't really the fault of the Hungarian people that they have been forced into the position where their voting choice is not just about their country, but defeating Orbán this weekend is necessary for defeating fascism all across the globe.
Excellent thread for those who want to understand the (deliberately) complex and pro-Fidesz electoral system in Hungary.
One of the coolest gigs I had was running the Facebook side of the One Perfect Shot Account in the mid 2010s. I thought I lost my entire collection of film stills I shared, but just got a new device that somehow synced up to a really old account & I found them! Let’s kick things off.
1) VERTIGO
