this is so profoundly dishonorable

Trump still cannot agree the conditions of this unconditional surrender.

TL;DR:

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS STILL CLOSED.

Iran maintains the upper hand because time is its weapon.

Trump will extend ceasefire until he gives in to Iranian patience and takes a bad deal.

We are currently on holidays in France. The hotels we're staying at not only have EV chargers in their carparks, but they absorb the cost into the tariff.

When we're travelling long distances, we stop for lunch while charging to 80% and be back on our merry way.

Arggggh yet we can afford $386B on submarines we will never get. This is actually the worst timeline. How did the stupid get go strong?

It is unbelievable. Is there actually any medical reason why or is it just pure culture wars? It was so frustrating taking my Mr 11 for his flu shot and not being able to also get the COVID one.

This is true. No one wants to admit COVID still exists or ever existed. Quite incredible. Where are the huge conferences dedicated to COVID, like there still is for HIV?

If there's an afterlife, I want to show these to FDR, Eisenhower, or in fact literally any other US president

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Last night, the logistical chain between Europe and the Middle East was once again activated

At least 14 C-17A Globemaster III aircraft of the United States Air Force were in flight, transporting munitions from Europe to American bases — or possibly deploying ground troops.

How Pakistan learned to speak Trump’s language, becoming an unlikely peacemaker Pakistan is the key broker in talks to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. But it did not always get along with President Donald Trump and does not recognize Israel.

Pakistan wooed Trump by signing a deal with a firm connected to his family’s crypto company. So much corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

The idea that people who take significant Covid precautions must be introverts is offensive as hell.
It’s ableist as hell. Performers, Organizers, the biggest extroverts in the world were forced to give up careers because other people wouldn’t mask. We do it because we still can’t afford COVID.

Make it make sense.

My money is on always stupid, often wilfully so. I'm reading a pre-COVID book called Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright, about plagues and epidemics. It's so depressingly familiar, especially the chapter on the 1918 flu.

EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN AT 0753 UTC ON MONDAY APRIL 20 2026. * BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST ----------------------- * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF JAPAN. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT. * PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -------------------------- * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES WITH A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------ HACHINOHE JAPAN 40.5N 141.5E 0834 04/20

Mag 7.4 off the coast of Japan.

#Tsunami Warning issued for Japan, not the rest of the Pacific.

Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert in the region.

BREAKING: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off the northern Japanese coast, with a tsunami alert issued.

Researchers warn of severe long-term damage to the brain after Covid following new study Scientists warn long Covid could be linked to lasting brain damage, including memory issues and increased risk of neurological decline.

Researchers warn of severe long-term damage to the brain after Covid following new study

January study of essential workers (with blood samples before & after COVID infection) found those with long-term neurological symptoms had higher phosphorylated tau—a protein linked to early brain degeneration

Australia faced the same dilemma as China in 2004 but made the wrong call While the rest of us count the cost in higher fuel costs, higher inflation and a weaker economy,  China — the actual winner of the war — will be enjoying a surge of global interest in its solar panels...

A taken of two paths.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Receiving a flu shot doesn’t just protect you, it protects all the people you would have passed your flu on to. Among those people may be some who are frail or old.

It takes five minutes, it may save a life and will certainly save some suffering.

Get a flu shot.

We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it.

He’s just burning your tax money.

I still mask on buses no matter what, glad to see other people being considerate

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

The scourge of short-term thinking

"We pride ourselves on being a clever country," writes John Hewson. "So why don’t we think for ourselves about how to better utilise these capacities in our national interest? That’s surely better than mindlessly following the United States.” satpa.pe/7HjfqqQ

Trump’s Iran lies boil down to two possibilities:

1. A blatant pump-and-dump scheme to enrich his inner circle.
2. He’s completely lost his grip on reality.

Federal crime or mental collapse — take your pick. Both are a disaster.

Still one of the best videos on the Internet.

President Stubb:

"I think, at the end of the day, United States will find themselves in quite a lonely place. I'm the most pro-American president in Europe. I'm an avid transatlanticist. I want the relationship to work."

Iranian gunboats have fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, British military says Iranian gunboats have fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, British military says.

The Strait is dead for the foreseeable future. Trump can say it's blocked or unblocked or whatever. Tankers aren't going until this shit is sorted out in some permanent way.

You always have to pay attention to what is actually happening, not what Trump says is happening. Because Trump lies about everything. Too often media serves as Trump’s daily stenographer, passing along his propaganda verbatim.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran has refused to agree to a new round of talks with the United States.

According to reports, Tehran conveyed its decision to U.S. officials through a Pakistani intermediary.