Tom Spoors

They should name a snowflake shape after Reform. The absolute failure to take a loss shows that the Eton Rifles are out of ammo!

Reform will see this as an attempt to erase St George's Day. Just another global conspiracy!

World Book Day is 23 April. The death date of both Shakespeare and Cervantes. It’s an international UNESCO initiative.

Today’s “World Book Day” is only celebrated in the UK and Ireland. It should be called “North-West European Archipelago Book Day”.

It's all about showing force and bullying. No rules of war, no rescuing the victims of your asymmetric warfare who are no longer a threat.

If I tweeted an appeal to bomb British towns and cities, I would have been arrested by now.
@metpoliceuk
do your job.

Absolutely stunning view of Super Blood Moon rising over Stonehenge tonight. 🔴

On the other hand, Starmer hasn't gone cap in hand to the US as Churchill had to do in WWII. Perhaps that's what upsets Trump.

The analogy is weak as the circumstances are very different and such comparisons are not always helpful without historical context.

To be fair to Starmer, Churchill did have to practically beg the US for assistance in WWII. So maybe that's what upsets Trump, (or whichever history-free member of his admin threw seeds of the idea on the barren ground that is Trump's intellect).

It's always good to get Sir Michael's take on things.

Rutger Bergman on the cowardice of the media and elites that leads directly to authoritarianism.
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YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat Trump has post-truth melt-down over Iran

Vlad's calm analyses put things in perspective. Not that the perspectives are always comforting.
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This is somewhat alarming. Religious fundamentalists with nuclear weapons seeking Armageddon.

Are you an unaware RW stranger parachuted into a working class area wondering why the British Muslims you constantly slag off didn't vote for you?
Here's an simple trick: knock on doors and ask. Speak to the people. Like Hannah did. Learn about the community. Politics is simple if you let it be.

It's OK it's not my son who died in an illegal attack where we massacred schoolgirls. The current administration in the US is full of monsters.

YouTube video by Just Have a Think The Primary Energy Fallacy finally laid to rest!

Another outstanding video from Dave "Just Have a Think" Borlace.

We are moved to look at the energy sources from the wrong end by powerful lobbies.

When we change the view from supply to use, a much clearer picture of a green future appears.

Molecules or electrons?

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Fetterman wants us to celebrate the massacre of schoolgirls in Iran. It's frightening that he seemed the rational choice when he was up against Dr Oz for the Senate.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

The non-slimy insect route is possible. I think a lower meat diet (nothing Vegan-like) will be essential.

We really do need to get a grip on this or we are looking at an ecological collapse in the food chains feeding billions of people.😳

YouTube video by The World, The Universe And Us The Antarctic Warning Sign That's Terrifying Climate Scientists

Antarctica is changing so rapidly that we [scientists researching Antarctica] are struggling to keep up.

Significant sea level rise and ocean energy circulation changes are now unstoppable. These changes might take centuries to reverse if we don't react today.
youtu.be/lIw6qSolv88?...

Rewriting TinTin scripts is a rich source. This one depends on the double meaning of gland in French.

"There's no point being as strong as an oak if you're just a dickhead."

Pep Guardiola didn't back down about the boos at Elland Road as play paused to allow Muslim players to break their fast for Ramadan.

“It’s a modern, modern world, right? You all [saw] what happened in the world again today, right? Respect the religions, respect the diversity, that is the point.”

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Serious analysts and journalists need to be unafraid to snap out of Trump sane washing. Global events right now are a product of things that happen in Trump's head - and nobody controls what happens in Trump's head, including Trump.

That's a lot of research! Thirty-three thousand populations of fish from which they found a nearly 1/5 less biomass in population in a single year. So fewer fish with less mass. This is a scary number.

In other news, an Antarctic glacier melted at its fastest rate ever.

Populist strongmen thrive where manhood feels under threat. For men facing status loss or economic strain, calls to “restore strength” and “put others in their place” offer symbolic repair. Media ecosystems amplify grievance. Electoral politics converts precarious masculinity into votes and power.

They’re all different dialects of one masculine performance, going beyond psychology to a political economy of masculinity, where institutions cultivate male precarity and monetize recognition through escalating displays of force.
#PoliticizedExtremeMasculinity

From Netanyahu’s “Lion’s Roar” to Trump’s “Epic Fury,” via Putin’s “special military operation,” strongman theatrics after years of jihadist terror.
All signal undercurrents of men craving recognition, purpose, and power — left unexamined, yet demanding consideration.
#MilitarizedMasculinity