Mark Collins

I'm late to Enlightened, another workplace show, ahead of its time.

Where is that?

Dublin, Ireland. Trustworthy news 👍

I'm looking forward to reading your book. Just finishing Careless People which you recommended a while ago. A great read 👍

US tech CEO Andy Byron suspended after Coldplay concert embrace goes viral Big screen footage of the two people went viral after reports they were colleagues and at least one was married to another person.

of course the man appointed to take over from the viral cuddling tech ceo is called... Mr DeJoy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#GoldenAgeOfFraud

#Crypto

The Imperialism Has no Clothes JD Vance in Greenland

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Enola Gay Aircraft—And Other Historic Items—Inaccurately Targeted Under Pentagon’s Anti-DEI Purge References to the aircraft—which dropped the first war-time atomic bomb—were flagged for removal from Pentagon photos and online posts as part of a DEI purge, presumably because of the word “gay.”

Enola Gay Aircraft—And Other Historic Items—Inaccurately Targeted Under Pentagon’s Anti-DEI Purge www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

Wow! The number of @bsky.app
users just passed 33 MILLION!!! 👏

LETS DO THIS!!

Renaming the EU, Dismantling the Commission: For What Polish and Hungarian Illiberals Seek U.S. Backing - VSquare.org The Trump administration's most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. Th...

The Heritage Foundation is now planning to destroy the EU - with the help of Polish and Hungarian partners

vsquare.org/heritage-fou...

Greetings from Liverpool. As they say, the past is another country....

Digital billboard in Boston's subway station that reads: "Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof."

Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡

Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.

Must be pre orders!!

The Irish Examiner...Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla has seen its sales in Ireland increase by 31% so far this year as it experiences a massive sales decline in other European countries, new data from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) shows.

That might explain why sales are up in Ireland too.

Many thanks!! You've been a rock over the last three years 🙏👍

“Dress Code Drama at the Oval Office”, by Zez Vaz: buff.ly/wcNWxuQ

Wow…

“Computer says no.”

From a few years back, but seems more apt than ever today.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 14, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Saw it last night, a great, spectacular and very funny show!

I was there. I remember.

Robert Smith announces he's leaving X/Twitter: "Time to go" The Cure frontman Robert Smith has announced that he is leaving Twitter/X for other social media platforms.

“Time to go”
@thecure.com
www.nme.com/news/music/r...

Rare planet parade to light up sky tonight A rare planetary alignment which will see six planets line up in a row across the night sky is due to take place from tonight for the first time since 2018.

A rare planetary alignment which will see six planets line up in a row across the night sky is due to take place from tonight for the first time since 2018

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (16 January 2025)

In today’s Russian papers:
• “Pressure on Russia's economy from sanctions increased significantly.”
• “There remains a danger of stagflation. It’s very difficult to exit that.”
#ReadingRussia

Centre of picture: bate veteran oak tree in foggy landscape, low watery sun to left, blurred image of Hadrian’s arch to right.

Strange atmospheric conditions at 2.30 this afternoon at #Shugborough: mist rolling across the park from the Trent and Sow. Oak no. 1242, with Hadrian’s arch and sun low in the sky.

Here’s today’s cover of the Polish Wprost magazine. What do you think of it?

Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.

"Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies" www.france24.com/en/live-news...