WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/
Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.
The media must have missed that one.
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Quite frankly anyone travelling to the US voluntarily gets no sympathy from me. They know what they are getting into.
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"I'm a Christian. And Donald Trump does something to trash the teachings of my faith every day. But this latest thing, well, I just might object to. That's how strongly I feel about my faith."
Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pussy.
He was credibly accused of sexual assault by 20+ women.
He is alleged to have raped at least one child.
He was found liable of sexual abuse.
And Republicans made him president.
Twice.
They don’t get to pearl clutch now.
Americans after finding that a group of fish is called "school"
I needed a good news story today and thought you might like it, too.
A scot walks into a baker’s and asks “Is that a doughnut or a merengue?” “No you’re right enough” says the baker, “It’s a doughnut “
Deform UK Ltd’s Deputy Führer Dubai Dicky Tice says "overall HMRC received the correct amount of tax due".
If he didn't pay it then HMRC didn't receive the correct amount due. They should review all of his tax returns for the past 25 years to look for any more "mistakes".
Trump attacks the Pope, then posts an image of himself as Jesus resurrecting what looks like Jeffrey Epstein. You cannot parody this level of depravity.
“Angela Rayner ‘dodged’ paying the correct amount of tax.
Her position is morally indefensible.
If she had any integrity, any moral decency she would resign.”
(Dick Tice, Reform Ltd)
NEWS: Two U.S. Navy destroyers were forced to turn back while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened them and launched a drone toward the ships, per Bloomberg citing a regional intelligence official. 1/
This is nothing new. For as long as I remember the USA has had no regard for other nations, acting as if they were “better than”.
Arrogant pricks!
A mistake people often make is assuming that highlighting the downsides of AI means you’re anti-tech.
I am hugely pro-tech, but I think generative AI, on the path it’s currently on, will be net negative.
I think many feel the same.
Opposing AI boosterism ≠ being anti-tech.
Americans don't know the reasons Iran hates the US. In 1951 Iran's democracy elected Mohammed Mossadegh. The CIA & British intelligence staged a coup, installed a dictator who tortured and killed people.
It goes on from there.
The deeper-water palaemonid #Shrimp Bathymenes aleator has been recorded in New Zealand waters for the very first time – an exciting addition to the region’s known #MarineBiodiversity. 🌊🦐
Published in #OpenAccess in #Crustaceana: doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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We cannot risk the world nor the wellbeing of our nation any longer,” she wrote. “Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office. We are playing with the brink.”
"This would be a Vietnam scenario," Iran analyst Ali Vaez says. "You start with air power, then you start with limited boots on the ground, then it becomes mission creep that lasts for months or years."
He literally said *yesterday* that he was considering a “joint venture” to help Iran charge people for using the Strait.
He said the day before that he didn’t care if they made a little money off of it.
Someone give pawpaw his dementia meds.
A chart from Our World In Data, showing the shift away from coal power in the UK - nearly 70% of electricity production in the late 1980s, to less than 0.1% in 2025.
There's a lot being shared right now about China's incredible shift towards renewable energy - and rightly so.
But this, from the UK, is equally astonishing & encouraging.
It's not just that change can happen. It's that it *is* happening.
(Via climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily...)
The Middle East is full of religious extremists who blindly revere evil men.
Oops! I meant *The United States* not The Middle East.
Hall of fame FT correction
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.
I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is.
This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple.
April 8. Never forget.
I’m Im generally pro-EU but they need to get rid of lapdog Rutte. Europe must not be sucked into Trump’s war of choice. It’s illegal and NATO is a defensive alliance not America’s toy. #getridofrutte
Netanyahu is bombing Lebanon because his political career (and therefore avoidance of prosecution) depends on constant war. How many more people must die for the sake of one man's standing?
