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Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit

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My dad died in his tiny council flat aged 54. Misunderstood. Isolated. Forgotten. Alone. I used to be ashamed of him. I now understand. 20 years later I was finally able to grieve. Emotional regulation. Reason 54,773 for why all this ADHD stuff matters to me. It’s my whole life. It’s who I am.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

“As Washington alienates its allies and squanders 80 years of international credibility, Trump is helping Russia and China achieve their explicit mission of replacing the United States as the world’s preeminent superpower.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Also worth noting that beyond YMS the line is that UK is gearing up to negotiate a broad range of topics with EU Read more on why I'd support this approach: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/EUatOU...

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I think Trump-watchers urgently need to retire the idea of a "transactional" foreign policy. In the light of what's happening, this is another rationalization of something much darker.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

The move against Franchetti and her team who were just beginning to get a grip on structural problems fueling the US Navy's growing crisis is an act of strategic self-sabotage

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Realistically if the USA security guarantee is gone, Europe (including the UK) is looking at something like 3-3.5% or so of GDP as regular defence spending. And very probably another 1-1.5% or so as additional defence capital spending for a good 5-10 years on top of that.

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

Trump is on the brink of betraying Ukraine and the UK. Britain must lead in Europe by increasing defence spending immediately and all political parties should get round the table to make that happen. I fear what happens if we don't take this step.

submitted 2 days ago • 92 comments

Sanna Marin throwing some impressive shade here: ”To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it. There is no trade-off between investing in the defence of Europe as a whole and investing in the defence of Ukraine—they are one and the same.”

submitted 2 days ago • 28 comments

Yes, Donald. The USA has fallen to tyranny. You’ve collapsed the Constitution. Torched American soft power. Allowed a drug-addled menace to trash any and all govt departments. Risked the world’s health and safety. Betrayed your citizens and your allies. Hand claps don’t come any slower than this.

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

Brexit: “that great victory for the sovereign right to cock things up”… give ourselves food poisoning, lose control, swamp ourselves in red tape, pay more for stuff and stubbornly isolate ourselves from our own continent… A relentless, ruinous stupidity. (Private Eye)

submitted 3 days ago • 133 comments

It seems the US pivot might mean troop withdrawals from Eastern Europe. But given the new regime's inclinations/friends, this is a good thing. Obvs not as good as Trump not winning and the troops staying. But better than Trump regime controlled troops staying.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

This is a very helpful set of birds-eye views. Small-l liberals in the west need to see the Trump admin as a strategic competitor - as @fromtga.bsky.social says, Vance's Munich speech was designed to strengthen Europe's far-right, and as Margaret MacMillan says, UK-as-bridge is not going to happen

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

am on absolute tenterhooks for the full throated blast of condemnation that former prime minister Johnson is about to aim at Trump and these lies about Zelensky being a terrible leader who started the war in the first place. It is going to be ferocious.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

A handy list of news orgs you can trust in the US 👇

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

The Mass Psychology of Trumpism newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Dan Hodges is fighting the good fight in the other place. Fair play to him.

submitted 4 days ago • 36 comments

If Europe hopes to safeguard its own sovereignty and values, it must strategically decouple and dramatically lessen its dependence on US tech companies that are either seeking confrontation or are otherwise vulnerable to being weaponised by Washington ↘️https://on.ft.com/4hJDSFF

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

"The return of the assumption that big powers can simply carve bits off smaller ones is a deeply unsettling development. We may come to see the “post-war era” as a golden period which has now reached its end."

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

I think the EU should now be looking at building a coalition with Canada, Australia and Central and South American countries against US aggression - whether that is physical or economic.

submitted 4 days ago • 109 comments

"A malevolent creep whom nobody likes". Brutal, accurate and grammatically correct.

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Great article.

submitted 5 days ago • 65 comments

if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power

submitted 4 days ago • 507 comments

In the light of recent events, strengthening EU-UK security and defence cooperation is more important than ever. The political interest is there on both sides, but as always the devil is in the detail. To get a better understanding, @beckermax.bsky.social, Johanna Flach and I had deeper look:

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments