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Why would it be the “wrong signal”, @aussenminister.diplo.de? Because it would give starving and maimed children hope? Because it would acknowledge an ethnic group as a people? Never in my lifetime did I expect I’d see Germany backing a govt committing persecution, war crimes and ethnic cleansing.

Somehow, and I don’t know how yet, we will be informed that the whole Trump-Musk feud is Joe Biden’s fault.

Carbon Capture ‘Not Going to Happen,’ Top Fossil Fuel Advocate Predicts In audio obtained by DeSmog, Bjorn Lomborg told a Fraser Institute event in Vancouver that the technology is way too expensive to be viable. www.desmog.com/2025/06/05/c...

Last night Putin killed a 1-year-old. The president of the United States told him it was ok to do it.

I got no popcorn left at this point.

Oh, I’m sorry. Did your rational and logical economic system not account for what if two terminally online men had a falling out?

Title summarizes it all: Warming accelerates global drought severity. Dry regions are becoming drier, while wet areas are also experiencing drying. Just over the last 5 years, drought areas expanded 74% compared to the prior 36. 🧪 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We need details on this.

Evildoers of the world! See the face of America's mighty counterterrorism program and cower in fear! This bro means business!

You'd think that UN concluding that member of its own permanent security council committing crimes against humanity would be bigger news.

Google is linking directly to White House propaganda from the front page of its Google News portal.

Your 'moment of doom' for June 4, 2025 ~ Tipped. "Once the ice sheet has tipped to the collapsed state, reversal back to the stable present-day state would need several thousands of years of relatively cool temperatures (at or below pre-industrial conditions)." www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Is more US economic data turning? That's the question after today's numbers: At 37,000, ADP private sector hiring in May was the lowest since March 2023 At 49.9, ISM services fell short of the consensus forecast of 52, with a sharp decline in the new orders component (46.4 versus the previous 52.3).

worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news. We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.

“it’s common sense that children can’t do well at school if they’re hungry. That's why today I'm proud to announce that over half a million more children will get a free school meal every day” Prime minister Keir Starmer www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Some people do not have the emotional courage to accept the physical truth of the climate crisis and the biological truth of the biodiversity crisis. Do not read this. Too depressing. (it is, but it's f*cking reality, — all of us are going to be affected by #ClimateCrisis and #BiodiversityCrisis …)

BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.

Savings from slashing science and medical research and firing government employees are not even detectable on the proposed budget compared to extending tax cuts and slashing Medicaid, food for the poor

Guess who is going to pay for the tariffs?

EU Commission proposes another year of temporary protection for those fleeing invasion of Ukraine - plus a coordinated phase-out press release - ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Q and As - ec.europa.eu/commission/p... legal texts - home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/common-europ...

The CJEU has decided to fast-track this case - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume... No hearing date set yet though

AI safety to pro-innovation agenda or er quite the handbrake turn. The Mar a Lago Effect in full throttle as Poland tries to pause the AIA ( unsuccessfully I suspect but still) @lucabertuzzi.bsky.social www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Three doctors and the Canadian Medical Association have launched legal action pushing back against political interference in the medical care of transgender youth in Alberta. More on this important litigation via @alannasmith.bsky.social here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #ableg

Last bit of trade news for the night, I’ll leave the meaning up for your interpretation

NYT, Page One: “Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.” @nytimes.com

Jesus Christ

Evacuation orders issued as winds fan flames of wildfire near B.C.-Alberta border #BritishColumbia #Alberta Wildfire also threatening Alaska Highway in B.C.'s far north; drivers asked to plan ahead www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I hope we do and the BIG news here is 👇 Senior German and Norwegian defence officials say they're confident Canada will sign on to the ReArm Europe plan in the coming weeks and such a move will make it easier for the Liberal government to buy new submarines from allies.

www.axios.com/2025/06/04/n... Harvey Milk was a naval officer. Neither he, Ruth Bader Ginsburg nor Harriet Tubman benefitted from DEI. And yet here we are.

BRUSSELS - GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER PISTORIUS: WILL KICK OFF NEW INITIATIVE TO FIND MORE AIR DEFENCES FOR UKRAINE

According to Russian media, there are huge truck lines all over Russia after Operation Spiderweb. Each truck is checked for drones and other possible "surprises."