David Bishop

This England thing seems quite nice. Must come back more often.

Hitting them where it hurts…

Boris
Farage
Brexit
Post Brexit “real Brexit was never tried”

Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, LotR or Marvel.

I can use a sextant and the stars to find my position on the Earth.

Westminster Pubs are only good for standing outside in summer. Otherwise, miserable. Tho I did enjoy the carefully curated grottiness of the Speaker.

Not now, something pulsing beneath the Earth.

CNN Exclusive: Early US intel suggests American strikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear sites and likely only set the program back by months, sources say. cnn.it/4nh2JUF

Some stats:

India's 835 runs is the 3rd most ever by a losing side.

Rishabh Pant becomes the second Indian player this century to get two hundreds in a match and lose (after Virat Kohli in 2014 in Australia).

Not just America… using America to squeeze the rest of the world too.

Gladstone was probably an animal.

What a nightmare.

Important thread

*Business idea* Anderson shelters for Dubai (just add instagram selfie corner)

Yup.

Also: the nuclear non proliferation treaty is now dead.

The ripples of that across the Middle East, Far East and Europe will be something to behold.

US policy in the Cold War (and since) reduced agency - so that only the US (and Russia) could start a nuclear war.

That’s done now.

China is a status quo state now.

Which should give all sorts of people pause for thought.

Just finished listening to @warmovietheatre.bsky.social ‘s latest episode on Master and Commander - and it’s just utterly joyful. Petition for @duncanweldon.bsky.social and @roberthutton.co.uk to do a podcast about each of the Aubrey Maturin books - because they clearly love the whole topic so much

Strong agree. The guardrails have been removed, and we’re back in a word where might makes right. Which is profoundly scary.

Thanks for the recommendation - this is excellent and the right amount of scary.

Are we arguing that the US has any influence at all, at this stage, rather than desperately hanging onto Israel’s coat tails?

Not now, massive volcanic eruption…

@colinhoad.com

I assume the debate now taking place in the White House is whether or not Iran is close to collapsing and if there is now an opportunity to shape far broader US goals, rather than keep it narrow and focus only on a nuclear deal.

Amid all the discussion of what Israel's objectives were in attacking Iran, there's one that's been hiding in plain sight: to torpedo the emerging regional order that, according to many commentators (myself included), was taking shape without it.

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Who among us hasn’t wanted to do this at some point.

Something missing in much of the commentary.

Iran has made itself incredibly popular, and has been revealed as a paper tiger.

Whilst countries are calling for restraint, there must be serious discussions about what happens next and if regime change really could happen.

The best thread you’ll read all day.

Also, Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw would have been natural shitposters.