Post by Margo Martin on Twitter. 'Congratulations, Georgie Women's Tennis! Very much in the foreground for the portrait photo commemorating this, six men, including Trump. Very much in the background, eleven (I think) women.
Fuuuuuck this - #ToddlerSkincare: the ‘dark and exploitative’ world of children’s beauty videos on TikTok
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Something shifted for me overnight and I can’t now “unsee” it. I think Starmer needs to go. A steady accumulation of misjudgments, in policy and personnel. Too many to blame all on poor advice, bad luck, or difficult circs. I thought he’d be a safe pair of hands; but, now I think it’s weakness 🧵.
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry on Colbert: “Netanyahu presented the Iran War case to us too. The response was no. The prediction was regime change, that people would rise up. None of that happened.
“Obama said no. Bush said no. Biden said no. We were lied to about what that war was about.”
What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released.
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It's not only about the unreliability of the USA as ally, what really pisses us off is the US nation's complacency and unchanging 40% support for this creature.
not good
No previous American president, in any era, of any party, would have tolerated a drunken, erratic, absent FBI chief
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Bread and circuses, minus the bread.
Rollerball is here.
He was told, he just chose not to believe us. The official Remain campaign was pathetic, though - it allowed Leave to set the narrative and was constantly on the back foot. I have zero sympathy for holiday home owners who voted for Brexit. They happily voted to take away others' rights. FAFO.
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And just like that we’re back to “Department of Defense”
an "executive" smile!
White king on a chessboard surrounded by black pawns
Orbán's gone.
Trump's looking increasingly shaky even before the midterms.
Russia is on the verge of collapse, and Russians increasingly blame Putin.
Here in the UK, our own wannabe autocrat, Nigel Farage, is steadily dropping in the polls.
Could 2026 be the year the world rediscovers sanity?
"Putin, Xi and Trump all liked Orbán for the same reason: his hostility to liberal democracy and his willingness to play the role of spoiler within the EU. Orbán also played a useful ideological role"
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And God said: “Let there be Mũller Light!”
What’s your favorite Bible verse? (Wrong answers only)
Deliberate destruction of culture was the subject of an episode of my podcast, Autocracy in America
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Reminds me of Lt. George calling Baldrick as a witness when Edmund Blackadder was tried for shooting Gen. Melchett’s pigeon in Blackadder Goes Forth.
Book cover for Fake by Ele Fountain.
Book cover for Away with Words by Sophie Cameron.
Book cover for Unraveller by Frances Hardinge.
Book cover for Buzzing my Samuel Sattin and Rye Hickman.
For #KidsBooksFriday this week I wanted to highlight books that are perfect for the chronically underserved 12-14 age group.
What great books would you encourage kids to seek out at this age?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Yaaaaaas!
In the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse exposes the self-dealing and self-enrichment of Donald Trump and his family and the pay-to-play pardon scheme out of Mar-a-Lago.
More of this please!
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Donald Trump cut health care for Americans so that Meta could get a $3 billion tax cut.
I asked the IRS commissioner if that was a "really good outcome for the American public."
He said yes.
In Maine, ICE brazenly called their operation “catch of the day.” The banal inhumanity of it all is overwhelming. The deaths, the injuries, the conditions in detention, the brazen disregard for people’s rights, including American citizens. And it’s still happening.
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and everyone laughs
"Vance wasn’t really interested in arguing with his spiritual father; he was instructing him"
from @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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I've noticed a type over the years. Someone bigs themselves up claiming to get on with/have no trouble with someone everyone else calls a troll. Bully buddies always ends in tears because bullies smell the neediness and weakness of those they consider suckers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer aka “Weev” became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging “memetic warfare” against their enemies.
By @barrettbrownlol.bsky.social
The White House? 😁
Dominoes.
