Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: “Man from Moscow” Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.
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Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: “Man from Moscow” Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.
Imagine the benefits of the EU's repairability standard EN 45554. Is it really so radical to specify the methods for assessing repairability, reusability, and improvement of products? repair-ability.eu/en/home
Sadly, this onion headline will never get old
Truly evil.
Global sea level is measured by satellite with precision since 1993. A new study compares the data with IPCC projections from the same time. Both the overall rise and its acceleration (the rate of rise has doubled since) are very close to the data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
"The Trump administration must get these elections squared away, for once and all " ... www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon...
Running out of shame - such a zeitgeist marker...
A bit of perspective may be in order. Most voters in local government elections support NIMBYs, arguing for 'appropriate development'. The majority of voters in federal elections are home or mortgage owners, not tenants. Few are going to vote to reduce the value of their properties.
youtu.be/w_f5GFvspdc?...
Australia's previous right-wing government came up with 'offshore' detention. It it ended up being an expensive bottleneck. This was mainly due to the limited number of countries that accept return refugees. www.refugeecouncil.org.au/operation-so...
Life comes at you fast
Former Soviet states may be wishing for a new iron curtain cepa.org/article/time...
Who is paying for this show of force?
REALITY CHECK: Texas Democrats earn 45% of the vote—but under the GOP’s new gerrymandered map, they’d get just 21% of the seats. That’s not representation. That’s rigging the system. #MessWithTexas
The core problem with nuclear power - cost Via @financialtimes.com Sizewell C costs could hit £100bn including financing, modelling shows - Total for nuclear project set to be billions of pounds higher than official government estimates HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/5f54...
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ~ Francis Bacon
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
If the USA had proportional representation similar to the EU, what would the main groupings be? www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parlia...
just rename it the "department of xenophobia and pre-crime..."
This is a scorched earth approach wrapped up as a real estate opportunity.
"the files just need a bit of editing, wouldn't want to give people the wrong impression. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ep...
Time to restore a strong tort law to: ✅ Bypass lobbyists—juries punish harm ✅ No more profits now, pay later ✅ Break the corporate-political racket
From glacier funerals to reef grief, some people are visiting places they’re worried may disappear in a warming climate. Researchers have coined a new term for the phenomenon: eco-necrotourism. eos.org/articles/peo...
Ever feel grief for a place while still living in it? That has a name: solastalgia. A word for the distress caused by environmental change happening at home. Let’s break it down. A thread. 🧵 #Solastalgia #EcoGrief #ClimateMentalHealth
Victimcould in action. www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
It would be valuable to be able to link this data to a damage dashboard too. What is the cost of these actions, both in financial terms, but also losses in relation to the rule of law, civility, trust measures, (in)equality, the American dream?
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Peace be with us www.facebook.com/share/r/1AJH...
When one's true north gets revealed in all its bleakness.
Spineless conformists
What a tactic. Trump's sponsors will be expected to help with the mid-term elections. And, a significant proportion of his electorate have shown little foresight in terms of the cuts to healthcare.
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately. Remember this.
You can’t leave a cult, but you can let your wife go. 🥴
Most civilisations uphold a duty of care to cause no harm. In comparison, enforcement of a duty of care is notably fragmented in the USA.
Italy's 'Albania solution' was a complete failure www.dw.com/en/has-italy...
Australian tax payers pay in excess of $573,000 per offshore person, per year. asrc.org.au/wp-content/u...
House Republicans give a big group thumbs up after passing Trump's big bill
Australia hoped refugees would go back via Nairu. The UK was hoping refugees would go back via Rwanda. Italy was hoping Albania could help. All are cruel to refugees, hope this would send a signal. However, in none of these approaches refugees would simply 'go back to where they came from'.
🚨Elon Musk just declared war on the GOP.
Who will be left to blame?
When I am presented with a new idea or proposal, my first question is more likely to be ... A. Is it acceptable to my religious/ideological community or belief system? B. Is it possibly true, valuable, and worth exploring? rachelheldevans.com/blog/fundame...
In 2015, the Australian government sought to (checks notes) “strengthen the integrity of the welfare system.” That was the beginning of 'robodebt', an automated scheme to send out debt notices without proper human review. Hard earned lessons followed: robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au
Case in point: I once asked Rupert Murdoch why he was so opposed to the European Union. “That’s easy,” he replied. “When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.” www.standard.co.uk/comment/comm...
Under the facade of journalism, Rupert Murdoch abused his power to meddle with Australian elections as well. johnmenadue.com/post/2024/01...
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
💰 WATCH: “How is that happening?” 🤷🏼♂️ @aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔
Underrated in politics: 1. Saying stuff you actually believe whether or not it is the stuff that polls best 2. Not counting on billionaires to buy you a victory with TV ads 3. Spending time campaigning
This is a 6-minute assessment with individualised feedback and resources to help every public servant check their AI readiness. All responses are completely anonymous. apolitical-arc.co
This will tell you everything you need to know about Palantir. Trump's Goebbels, Stephen Miller, owns a substantial position in the company that is helping Trump's ICE Gestapo illegally abduct, brutalize, and deport people with brown skin. $PLTR 😳👇
The Methaphone—a clear slab of smartphone-shaped acrylic—is part cheeky art project, part helpful tool for those looking to curb their phone addiction. Read more: www.wired.com/story/methap...
Starting to think these folks aren’t the “free thinkers” they think they are
Timely distraction from Gaza and Ukraine, Iran now firmly in Russia's sphere of influence, oil supply to the EU at risk, but who cares?
The bombs have fallen. The mask has fallen. And my daughter said it best: “I was raised to believe America fought the Nazis. Now we are the Nazis.” #iran #authoritarianism #failedstates open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
JD Vance knows he has peaked - no way he'd expose himself this way.
If you're interested in seeing what the conversation on X looked like on Saturday morning, as the information warriors there went to work framing the shootings of Democratic lawmakers for political gain, I made an interactive graph: faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Spot...
Laura Loomer apologizes to Tucker Carlson.
Important update paper from @glenpeters.bsky.social and others, showing rate of warming now .27ºC a decade. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Be careful of sad and dejected men. Lew and Bettner talk about what happens when humans have unmet needs.
By far the most consequential impact is Trump's brazen indifference towards acceleration of global warming. Steffen et al (2018) trajectories of earth
Hegseth knows he'll be fired soon enough, but is making the most of his short time in this position of power. Just please the boss and surround yourself with yes-men who keep supplying the Kool-Aid.
the reconciliation bill is wall-to-wall upward redistribution and active acceleration of climate-warming pollution
What? Tucker Carlson repositioning himself as a critical thinker? Where did that come from?
= moral disengagement www.celiamoore.com/uploads/9/3/...
" Moral disengagement refers to a set of eight cognitive mechanisms that decouple one's internal moral standards from one's actions, facilitating engaging in unethical behavior without feeling distress. " www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
World leaders are so impressed...
3/ Following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, relations briefly warmed due to shared anti-Western sentiments. 4/ In 2025, Trump can (inadvertently?) expand on these anti-Western sentiments, fostering Russia Iran ties. But hey, this will make America great again
Trump's contribution to these pendulum swings. 1/ After WW2, the USSR backed separatist movements in Iranian Azerbaijan and Kurdistan, deepening mistrust. 2/ However, during the Cold War, Iran's alignment with the West under the Shah limited Soviet influence.
So where is the far right zeitgeist heading in 2025? " Deport Aliens for Crypto price (ICERAID) " web3.bitget.com/en/swap/sol/...
Politics as vested interests with appearances of policy.
By now, his cultural legacy will be entrenched. So many happy to play the victim or the hero, but never the villain. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Don’t threaten us with a good time!
Fox-ification of the military mindset has been normalised for years ... www.snopes.com/news/2025/05...
Someone is panicking as wars take longer, tariffs aren't working, manufacturing is not returning and the millions of migrants aren't going back.
Under the 'America First' rule, Australia can expect the rusty hand-me-downs.. www.crikey.com.au/2023/09/01/f...
'just meet'n my quota for the day' www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Was Cambridge Analytica just the beginning? www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
... using the military as props. There is no line left, is there?
What used to be a strategy for tabloids like Fox news to increase click rates, is now embedded in right wing politics.
New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age" "They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
The #ProudBoys are suing the U.S. for $100M after trying to overthrow it. Pardoned by a convicted felon, backed by his #DOJ, and emboldened to cash in on treason. #enriquetarrio #sedition open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth. From Saturn. We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
He doesn’t want to rush anything. It has to be properly formatted.
meta is spying on android users' browsing data in an even sleazier and sneakier way than previously known this is the stuff you get when you live in a country that's too corrupt to pass a modern privacy law
Deep dive localmess.github.io
" The GROWTH we are experiencing, plus some cost cutting later on, will solve ALL problems. "
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in Supreme Court history. It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy. There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was. Today is one of those days.
KENNEDY: Harvard is in many respects violating federal law SCARBOROUGH: What federal law is Harvard violating? KENNEDY: Harvard practices ideological capture
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
It must have been so jarring for north Idaho 'patriots' to be unmasked. idahocapitalsun.com/2024/02/12/h...
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. Elon Musk will join a long list of people who did the wrong thing when it mattered.
Perhaps a lesson can be learned from Greece, where tax evasion was encultured as a 'national sport'. www.dianeosis.org/en/2016/06/t...
