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On the day the government orders a clampdown on bad driving, JD Vance and hi entourage drive down the wrong side of a Cotswold street

UK to purchase nuclear-carrying fighter jets Downing Street says the move is "the biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation".

The increasing normalisation of nuclear weapons is deeply dangerous & sends message to all other countries that security depends on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Oh & the bombs are owned & use controlled by US alone. What could possibly go wrong?

Just watched first two episodes.. excellent

Samuel Escobar, Latin American theologian and missions leader, dies at 90 Samuel Escobar Aguirre, a leading Peruvian theologian, missiologist and Bible scholar, died April 28 at the age of 90. Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1934, Escobar devoted his life to serving the church and advancing theological reflection from a distinctly Latin American perspective. He became one of the most influential voices in the global evangelical movement, helping to shape the emergence of Latin American Evangelical Theology by offering a contextualized vision of Christian faith amid the con

Samuel Escobar, Latin American theologian and missions leader, dies at 90: Samuel Escobar Aguirre, a leading Peruvian theologian, missiologist and Bible scholar, died April 28 at the age of 90. Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1934, Escobar devoted his life to serving the church and advancing theological…

One of my favorite graphic prints I call Narrow Way.

A Christian country would welcome the stranger and the immigrant!

This thread shows how complicated this ruling could be for people

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

a card that says mubarak wishing you and your family a blessed eid ALT: a card that says mubarak wishing you and your family a blessed eid

Eid Mubarak!

Access to routine calls for health screening related to your birth sex..smear or prostate?

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.

The Trump administration has deported a 10-year-old girl to Mexico who is a US citizen and is recovering from brain cancer.

Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.

This annexing Canada ambition of Donald Trump, as outlined in the New York Times today is absolutely astonishing:

BBC headline, "Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face return after USAID freeze."

International Women's Day. Everything is connected.

One of my personal faves.

The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

This is horrifying. Recently an US academic friend said to me, ‘don’t whatever you do come to the States. It’s not safe.’

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

NEW: Macron has to interrupt Trump and correct a lie about Europe’s contribution.

TRUMP: “Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back."

MACRON: “No. We provided real money. To be clear.”

Trump clearly not used to get fact-checked live.

Beautiful

Jeez. Trump actually just said it. He actually just said that Ukraine shouldn't have started this war! He’s actually siding with a crazed, murderous dictator

Word of the day is ‘cumber-world’ (14th century): a person or thing that encumbers the planet.

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.

Strong power move for Team Cancer.

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

The thing that makes it even more depressing is the man doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Causing mayhem, instability and suffering through a dangerous mix of ignorance and arrogance.

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

American staff on 90 days 'leave' only with pay where they have leave owing with no guarantee of a job at the end of it

Of the 3,782 children with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in this dataset, 176 were ever prescribed puberty blockers and 302 ever got hormones.

YET ANOTHER STUDY shows that a tiny number of children are diagnosed with gender dysphoria and an even tinier fraction receive puberty blockers or hormones.

Anyone still pretending there is a "debate" about this is willfully ignoring all of the available data.
gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...