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Yogi // Lover of dogs & my violin // Bookworm // Foodie // Lifelong devotee of Seinfeld, Downton Abbey & Nigella Lawson At home in London & New York No tolerance for Trumpers, Reform UK, AfD, FPÖ… 💙💛 to President Zelenskyy & the Ukrainian people 🇺🇦!
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“It’s Sad We Have to Do This”: Academic Unions Are Rallying to Defend Science: On Wednesday afternoon in New York City, it hovered around 30 degrees, the sort of cold outside that makes your face sting. Despite the sub-freezing temperatures, hundreds of PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and…

“In the next few years, we need to wean ourselves from the US. This includes sending home their troops and developing our own IT services and products. Europe needs to leave US-based cloud services ASAP. Painful and cumbersome as this may seem at first, I don’t see an alternative” Sven Dirks

Hope no-one relies on the US government for anything.

🤔 Trump’s team asked Ukraine to withdraw a UN resolution condemning Putin for waging war. Zelensky refused, and the request reportedly shocked Ukraine, – Washington Post, citing European diplomats. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

A vote for Farage is a vote for Musk/ Trump style coup

Canada held a solidarity rally in support of Ukraine against the fascist Russian invasion and the unsurprising US betrayal. Scenes from Montreal. #3E #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy #StandWithUkraine

Demo für #Ukraine & die #Demokratie in Europa auf dem Schlossplatz in Stuttgart. Auch schön die Spitzenkandidat*innen der SPD, Grünen & der CDU sind da & haben gesprochen. Die Lappen der FDP, der Linken & des BSW glänzen natürlich durch Abwesenheit. Solidarität #StandWithUkraine #PulseOfEurope

This is beyond fucking despicable. Threatening to shut off Starlink to Ukraine, a raped pillaged country (invaded by a dictator that this headcase and his bitch president refuses to condemn) unless they give up their natural resources is the most grim act of coercion I’ve seen.

Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it! IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED HOW REGULAR PEOPLE STOOD BY AND WATCHED GERMANY DESCEND INTO NAZIISM…..NOW YOU KNOW. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

To the book nuts among us - Annie Ernaux’s The Years is an absolutely stunning read www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-ye...

Exciting news for readers seeking to explore world literature. 📚

Trump will travel to Moscow to stand next to Putin on the reviewing stand for the May 8 Victory Day celebration, Moscow sources reveal to Le Point. This year's celebration will focus on Russia's victory over Ukraine. How many messages does the world need? (H/t John Paul Fitch)

As one BlueSky user @mrdaz.bsky.social v succinctly pointed out - the US is no longer a ‘government but a regime’ I for one couldn’t agree more