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ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A. After realizing he’s American, they just slink away. Their only explanation: “Why were you running?” Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.

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Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA. on.ft.com/4kSuQYO

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYellow

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforX Converging beams of light #glow festival #eindhoven #streetphotography

It’s not just people and scientific expertise we’re losing. History is being erased. www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...

"Less lethal" means potentially lethal

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The ease and frequency with which DOJ LIES in court is going to become a serious impediment to getting convictions of anyone.

Hebben jullie de Yale-hoorcollegereeks Making of Modern Ukraine van Timothy Snyder ooit gehoord/gezien? Alle 22 delen staan gewoon in een YouTube playlist. Gratis onderwijs van een van de beste universiteiten op aarde. Hoe gaaf is dat? youtube.com/playlist?lis...

When your law enforcement agents are on the streets wearing combat gear, armed with assault rifles and carrying plenty of spare magazines as if they were in Fallujah or Herat, you aren't heading for an authoritarian paramilitary fascist state, you are already living in one.

‘Als Yesilgöz niet kan kiezen tussen Timmermans en Wilders, tussen een democraat en een politieke hooligan, loopt niet alleen de VVD een risico. Dan loopt het hele bestel een risico.’ En andere observaties na deze week: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

The first time is always the worst. But next time your tears will be turned into anger and you will learn to control your anger, organise and dispassionately confront and defeat your enemy. It was the way in Kyiv in 2014. Just don't end up like Hong Kong, Minsk and Moscow. You only get one chance.

I don't know the identities of any of those ICE agents but I do know this: they're too young to remember the 1992 LA riots. Anyone who grew up in SoCal in the 90s knows that you can only mess with Angelinos for so long before they snap. It's due time for state and local officials to tell ICE to gtfo

Inside the 24 hours in which Reform imploded. Me for @the-independent.com Free to read www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

"Let's be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And 750,000 SEIU workers are standing with him."

Wilders loopt weg 🏃 Kabinet crasht 💥 Wilders ontmaskerd: Zijn amateurs faalden op alle fronten! #kabinetscrisis Honderden beloftes verbrak hij: www.vn.nl/verbroken-ve... Geen enkele maakte hij waar.. Daar trappen mensen toch niet opnieuw in? #wegmetWilders The only way is up! #verkiezingen

The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin’s call for a monarch to rule America once seemed like a joke. Not anymore.

Breda Jazz festival. Ray Gelato and his Giants (UK) #streetphotography

Breda Jazz festival. Kid Davis & the Bullets (US) op podium St Jansstraat. #streetphotography

Breda Jazz festival Second Line Jazz Band (Sweden) #streetphotography

Breda Jazz festival Didier Red (NL) #streetphotography

Breda Jazz festival. Delta Generators (US) #streetphotography

Breda Jazz festival. Bohém Ragtime Jazz band (Hungary) #streetphotography

“Peter Thiel, the German-born billionaire venture capitalist…was educated in a southern African city [in the former German colony of South West Africa, now Namibia] in the 1970s where Hitler was still openly venerated.” More about the roots of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk:

Breda Jazz festival Mama Shakers (FR) op het Kasteelplein #streetphotography

Breda Jazz festival. Beaux Gris Gris op het Kerkplein #streetphotography

Loud and horrible, and it’s only drones for now. Why is this still happening? Why is there no justice? Why won’t anyone stand up to these murdering bastards together with us? Do you want this to happen to you and your loved ones too? Because it will unless russia is stopped.

Oh dear. AI strikes again and a pupil did not have the skills to distinguish good precedent from fake

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Shadow tanker FALCON has no flag, no insurance, 13 deficiencies including structural ones. Turns off her AIS to hide the fact that she slings LPG from Russia. Entered Baltic Sea an hour ago. Src: equasis.org, marinetraffic.com, @maritimekiwi.bsky.social

Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

'Zonde, schuldgevoel, neurose - ze zijn één: de vruchten van de boom van kennis.' #HenryMiller ('Een vraag aan ChatGTP kost circa 1 liter schoon water') #AI

Microbiomes in the gut have major impacts on our digestion, our immune system, even our social skills. If microbes are present in the brain, it could reveal layers of neurological regulation that we never knew existed.

Russian Regime wants war no negotiation nor peace - good that Trumps negotiation attempt falsified this myth spread by Russion envoys in the West. kyivindependent.com/we-dont-want...

'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers