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French citizen in Brexitlandia. Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters. Left of centre. Dislike the right. SQL specialist
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It's going to be a field day, and the news has spread far and wide that Trump has been a Russian asset for 40 years. It can't be stopped by a few sites getting wiped. Krasnov means "beauty" in Russian, and this story is going to be a beaut! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.

Ukrainian military intelligence has learned from Mossad. They planted explosives in military goggles which were then shipped to Russian soldiers along the frontline. Multiple explosions now reported.

There’s some mad thinking going on among UK conservative figures right now. They’re cherry-picking the parts of the Trump agenda that they really, really like - the racism, the misogyny, the anti-trans stuff, the breaking the state so it can’t operate and calling it a return to democracy. 1/2

President Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally and absolutely loyal to him, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/3oq1fmSh

If JD Vance is made Pope, does he have to stand down as VP?

Cuckooing (using a vulnerable person's home to carry out crime) Child criminal exploitation (using children to commit crimes on your behalf) Both are set to be made new criminal offenses when the government introduced the new Crime and Policing bill to parliament next week. 1/2

Gavin Ashenden, a former BBC podcaster who these days is an occasional guest and writer for a number of mainstream British media outlets, performed a Nazi salute on Friday in unison with his fellow hosts of the "Catholic Unscripted" podcast in the UK. They say: "Our hearts go out to you."

FIA release statement after Verstappen and Horner booing incident Booooooooooooooo racingnews365.com/fia-release-...

Rail line to shut to tackle orange water issue www.bbc.com/news/article...

The more this type of terror attacks occur, the more likely the far right will triumph in Europe and the more likely asylum seekers and Muslims will suffer considerably as a result. One dead and police seriously injured in Mulhouse knife attack news.sky.com/story/one-de...

If Trump had been President during WW2, Hitler would have been laughing.

Eggs are now so expensive they’re smuggling them like fentanyl.

Mr Trump can claim he governs the world and tell all governments what they can and can't do. Thankfully he can't. If he wants to wage economic war with the world including the European Union, good luck.

The Trump administration has halted a federal scholarship for HBCU students. "The 1890 Scholars Program has been suspended pending further review," a notice on the government's website said. www.livemint.com/news/us-news...

When they tell you who they really are...

Frankly, with all the ways of consuming propaganda nowadays, I'm surprised they took the decision to close the channel upon its loss of Freeview equivalent channel. No regrets though.

Cats living their urban life #Albaicin #Granada #cats

This is excellent news - but also points up why American health funding is vital for the entire world.

Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

Trump administration plans for sharp FEMA cuts fuel worries for some Republicans, state officials www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

Liz Truss tries her hand at stand up comedy with predictable results.

So happy this episode of IBS that prevented me from sleeping part of the night happened on Friday so it didn't affect my work. Feeling a bit like a zombie though... Let's hope I feel better on Monday.

Louisiana has not executed anyone for years. They have decided to use a novel way of executing using Nitrogen hypoxia so of course, they schedule 2 executions on subsequent days. Very clever.

NEWS Ashley St. Clair, the mother of Elon Musk’s 13th child, has filed for sole custody in court. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social scoops Full Story: bit.ly/4gNSBhP

I see many mentions of guillotines as a way to sort out the current mess in the US. Not too keen on them but... Is it prudent to call on guillotine blades to fall when most states and the Federal state are at the hands of MAGAts with some in charge who won't shy at trying to prosecute opponents

1/ "The Trump administration has blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money."

I don't think the no penalty decision was right. However, even if Man Utd had lost the match to it, they should be encouraged by the second half.

Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is just the start. Last night he fired the highly-regarded General C Q Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replaced him with a retired three-star general, Dan Caine, who on their first meeting put on a MAGA cap and said ‘I love you, sir.’

Putin taking notes

FAA employee is blowing the whistle. youtu.be/SWzW0L5VkIA?...

Again: tech journalism is meeting this moment in a way the mainstream establishment newspapers and cable channels just aren’t. I can’t emphasize enough what a big deal this is.

Great. At least voters will have some say soon (Florida) and at the midterms. However Trump and friends will do all they can to destroy as much as possible, make his billionaire mates even richer and possibly destroy as much of democracy as possible so that GOP retains the Congress.