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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.

A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich

Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.

This Archie Bland piece is such a thing. Beautifully written, heartfelt, triumphant. He's on Bluesky but not active. He should know this is a lovely masterpiece. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The US is a deeply sick country. www.news.com.au/travel/trave...

25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours. The Golden Age.

Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝 Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive. Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.

He threatened Putin with sanctions if he didn’t sign the ceasefire. He didn’t, Trump did nothing. Then he threatened sanctions again and Putin blew off peace talks in Turkey. And all this weak loser has to say about it is this complete load of bullshit. Trump is Putin’s bitch.

NEW: A tiny Chinese company with 8 staff & zero revenue - BUT CONNECTED TO TIK TOK - has announced it is spending $300,000,000 on Trump’s cryptocurrency [Source: NYT] The meme coin funnels money direct to the Trump family. Historic corruption. All out in the open.

This is absolutely incredible -- Kristi Noem repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that Trump brandished an doctored image of Abrego Garcia's tattoos, prompting Eric Swalwell to have a staffer of his brandish an image of them right in her face. Totally dystopian.

Just hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement

All of us.... every single last one of us... are descended from immigrants. And without it, this country would just be a bunch of uninhabited islands on the edge of the world. Everything that built this country... and everything it is... springs from that. And we should embrace it, not decry it.

this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created

This is about all of us. Never forget that.

…… how is this real?

Not only has America got a king now, it has got Henry VIII.

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no carved memento mori has been more powerful than this post.

'You Blew Me Away 8' by sculptor Penny Hardy, sculpture made from upcycled scrap metal #WomensArt

Whole thing is wonderful. I'm really glad people are telling him now how important he is. And this section in particular is spot on.

I am the very model of a modern gender advocate I'm everything that Mumsnet want to socially eradicate My knowledge of the sciences is far from elementary And I can quote the GRA and orders parliamentary

The war in Ukraine will be over in 24 hours. So will Gaza. There will be 90 trade deals in 90 days. No tax on tips. No tax on overtime. Interest on car loans will be tax deductible. No tax on Social Security. He will balance the budget. Tariffs will pay for everything.

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

OMG

good morning, found out about the news by waking up, opening WhatsApp and seeing that a friend had messaged "Oh my god JD Vance has Liz Trussed the pope"

This

#MAGA in 1939

- Dried spices are okay even if fresh is better. Dried herbs are almost totally pointless. - Life is too short to make your own croissants or puff pastry, let alone filo - Scones and shortbread are way harder to make than they have any right to be. Soda bread and ginger biscuits the opposite.

wut is happen

Exactly, it’s “rule of law” vs vibes

Jimmy Carter put his family peanut farm in a blind trust for the duration of his Presidency to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.