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Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

It's not a cognitive test that all presidents need to take, but an economics 101 final exam.

Donald Trump’s operation to seize Venezuela’s oil is the purest distillation of his amoral foreign policy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:

George W’s Iraq war lasted only 20 days, from the invasion on 20 March 2003 until the taking if Baghdad and the collapse of Saddam’s government on 9 April 2003. What’s taking Donald so long?

This dog spotted herself in a TV ad and struck a pose in front of the screen, and it raises a real question about canine self-awareness that scientists are still debating.

TWP headline: "Trump’s insult-laden speech to press dinner draws mostly stunned silence" You'd think they be used to him by now. What did the Whitehouse correspondents expect?

So he's out too then, according to his words. Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. - POLITICO Magazine share.google/N7DXX4CkjVwe...

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

What happened? Pretty simple. Y'all were lying ...

I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers.

I just came across this painting of an Iron Age king of Judah showing off his wealth to envoys of the king of Babylon. How Trumpian! By Vicente López Portaña - [2], Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

I’m waiting for a reporter to ask him about that. Not a peep so far.

Even Trump’s assassins are incompetent.

They gave us a present, and it arrived today.

The angles jutes and saxons were settler colonialists. Should their descendents be chucked out if the UK?

Hmmm

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

American tech billionaires are making a calculated bet on fascism. They believe they can control a dictator in exchange for deregulation and total market dominance. They don't care about your rights or the constitution. They only care about securing their own power

What will Americans decide to call Greenland after they have occupied it. My guess is Trumpland.

That depends on who survives to write the history

1. Premise: Donald Trump lies much more than other presidents 2.Premise: Large differences in degree count as differences in kind 3. Therefore: Trump is of a different species than his predecessors. 4. Speculation: Neanderthal?

Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee. Will Jordan release the video to the public? If not, why not?

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Is the US president an addled, senile ignoramus or an effective, focussed Middle East peacemaker? He can’t be both.

It is being said that the structure of the Gaza peace agreement is Biden’s. What Trump added was irresistable pressure on Netanyahu. Perhaps they should give the Nobel to the both of them. At least, it would be fun to watch their reactions.

"Emily Thornberry says the Foreign Affairs committee was stopped from asking questions about Mandelson’s appointment by the UK Foreign Office". (BBC web page today) How does that work? Parliamentary committees are supposed to be independent of government. Otherwise, what's the point of them?

Last night, Russia launched one of the largest drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, targeting government buildings and civilian homes alike. Once again, the Kremlin is mocking diplomacy, trampling international law and killing indiscriminately.

Have the broadcasters replied?

I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.

www.youtube.com/live/__SLCZp.... #StandWithSurvivors.

Agreed.

This is utterly heartbreaking. People like Rylan, the media and many politicians need to stop the hate and lies! This is the lady who was racially abused by the old couple at the weekend.

Maybe Vance can persuade Putin to shoot himself.

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

President Trump is all heart www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

According to ChatGPT, "30–40% of contemporary English ancestry comes from Anglo-Saxon migrants who arrived between the 5th–7th centuries CE". As the Anglo-Saxons arrived, uninvited, on small boats, it ill-behoves their descendants to complain about today's immigrants arriving by the same means.

Anyway, he claims to of Ulster Protestant stock, not the derided Anglo-Saxon stuff. Why doesn’t he holiday in Northern Ireland?

Every day brings news of at least one more self-defeating, illiberal policy from this administration. I find myself wondering if they have got even one thing right.

It appears that Putin was much more frightened of Biden: "Despite Trump's peace calls, Russian attacks on Ukraine double since inauguration" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...