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Ok the conclave was fun, now moving to the next voting event of global relevance: Eurovision.

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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

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This is shocking.

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Welcome to Brexitland, US, in which waywardness is described as "strategic uncertainty", restrictions on trade boost performance and self harm is lauded.... Spoiler, it does not end happily www.ft.com/content/342d...

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Britain's shoplifting problem has gotten so bad you need a log scale From my latest for @economist.com: www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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Good to see the Vatican still honours French’s status as the international language of diplomacy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Martyn Turner www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cart...

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Dernier jour d'hommage au Vatican avant les funérailles du pape François qui se tiendront samedi matin sur la place Saint-Pierre, à Rome, tandis que pour une dernière journée, fidèles et touristes peuvent défiler devant son cercueil.

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I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.

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No Mr Trump. Russia started the war.

submitted 32 days ago • 58 comments

Do you know the difference between “$2 trillion” and “$150 billion”? About $2 trillion.

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well i'm going to impose an infinity PLUS ONE tariff on you so there

submitted 38 days ago • 7 comments

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Markets update: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

submitted 40 days ago • 41 comments

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

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Today’s @MattCartoonist

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Legislation deluxe, Hungarian style: Adopt a law that prevents people from assembling freely. When people protest against it, create another law to prevent protesters from blocking bridges in order to defend the rights of those who are not protesting.🤷‍♀️ www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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This is called ‘The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange’.

submitted 43 days ago • 14 comments

"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order" from @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

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“At least the lid is attached” From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Wtaf. “The failure to seek Tate’s extradition seems to stem from the government not wanting to upset the Trump administration" www.thetimes.com/article/8c3d...

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Sometimes politics is simple. A man who speaks like an idiot will do idiotic things. That's really the sum total of the political analysis you need to understand what's happening today. But political commentators and investment advisers sought to make it more complicated.

submitted 44 days ago • 61 comments

Here’s a poem called ‘For Your Own Safety and Protection’.

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Morten Morland’s Times cartoon: April 2, 2025 www.thetimes.com/article/33f2...

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Adolescence. Will these dangerous teenage boys all end up in cells? The new Private Eye is out now

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Here’s a poem called ‘Prayer for Uninteresting Times’.

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Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.

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Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene literally telling a British reporter to "go back to your country" and berating her for trying to ask a question. "We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."

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Trump needs more diversity in his top team. Some non-idiots would be a start.

submitted 51 days ago • 90 comments

Ha ha! Excellent guffaws from @privateeyenews.bsky.social

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Cartoon by @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social.

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Al Jazeera says one of its journalists, Hossam Shabat, was killed in an Israeli attack today with his car seemingly targeted according to witnesses. Palestine Today TV journalist Mohammad Mansour was also killed in an airstrike today.

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“I wanted an electric car, but he’s convinced the climate crisis is far worse” From the latest Private Eye, in shops now.

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Martyn Turner www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cart...

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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

submitted 55 days ago • 170 comments

There was a young man From Limerick who preferred To compose haikus #WorldPoetryDay

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Happy World Poetry Day to all who celebrate. If you’re interested in writing poetry yourself, I hope this poem will be of some use.

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Tesla showroom From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Morten Morland’s Times cartoon: March 20, 2025 www.thetimes.com/article/54e6...

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First naturalistic night sky in Renaissance art: Flight into Egypt, c. 1609, showing moon, Milky Way & constellations, painted in oil on copper, by Adam Elsheimer, German artist, born #OTD 1578; influenced Rubens and Rembrandt. Alte Pinakothek

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