Tim Bell

There’s enough material here for a Jake Tapper book

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

Crossing climate tipping points "would lock the world into a new and hellish 'hothouse Earth' climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach."

Probably fine.

It’s hardly the founders’ fault given that the 25th Amendment was passed by Congress in 1965 and ratified in 1967.

Scott Morrison lovingly fondles a lump of coal while sitting in Australia’s House of Representatives chamber.

Once again, Australia has to apologise for something we’ve given you. First it was Rupert Murdoch, and now this.

A former politician we referred to as “Scotty from Marketing”, who was a big fan of Trump, promoted the idea of clean coal in Australia with a stunt in the Parliament 9 years ago.

Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
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Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News

Trump administration removes rainbow flag from the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement

They’re people to you and me, but not to this Trump administration.

“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” — Granny Weatherwax, in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series

Margaret Kudelka is with Jon Kudelka and 2 others . Seonpotrdsm9g 5 4tf16gl m c5t15cch90t3ic9t97gmttlgc5tc1m8f 1 9a4m9 · We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends. He was 53. Jon was deeply loved and admired by many, including fellow Tasmanians, the legions of fans of his inimitable art, countless newspaper readers over 30 years, and even by the politicians he relentlessly skewered in his award-winning cartoons (many of whom have his work on their walls). He loved his family, friends, making art in many forms, and firmly calling out political and anti-science bullshit with his typically dry wit and compassion. Jon was diagnosed with glioblastoma in early 2024 and faced treatment for two years with positivity and hope, supported by his wife, Maggie, teenage children Kay and Oskar, sister Liesl, and his many friends. Jon believed in showing up fully for life and embracing humour even in the hardest of times. In the past two years, he was heard many times to say, ironically, “good times”. Jon’s presence remains in the love he gave and the lives he touched. He will always be with us. Funeral details to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in Jon’s memory to The Bob Brown Foundation, Canteen Australia or The Menzies Institute for Medical Research.

In the worst news, the great, the amazing, the wonderful @kudelka.bsky.social has died.

A great friend, and an amazing man.

This is shattering.

Photo of the windows next to my desk of the a framed Kudelka rusted on bingo tea towel and print of his Tassie devil.

Jon Kudelka was not just the creator of the best tea towel in Australian history, and a great cartoonist and artists, but he was a superb friend, incredible husband and dad.

Goddamn I will miss him

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

Maybe change your name to Whyte just in case

I have some bad news for you

I do like the free speech replies to Tapper’s post, wondering if anyone is going to write a book about Trump’s mental state.

Presumably the Secret Service were worried that it might be arsenic instead of spit.

Highlighting in yellow 🤣

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

Farting is already called trumping in the UK – it’s been colloquial usage for decades, maybe even a century.

Under this SCOTUS’s interpretation of bribery and extortion laws, it’s very likely not illegal.

YouTube video by Technology Connections You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

Let's do this.

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Dear media, stop acting like Trump means what he says Whether over "a deal" on Greenland or a "pivot" on ICE, we need far more skepticism

"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to Trump's utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade."

Great @sulliview.bsky.social takedown of coverage of "pivot" on ICE and Greenland:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dear-media...

Dear media, stop acting like Trump means what he says Whether over "a deal" on Greenland or a "pivot" on ICE, we need far more skepticism

"The news media doesn’t seem to know how to bring anything other than wide-eyed credulity to [Trump's] utterances, even after all the lies and deceit of the past decade," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

Outlets must start making Trump's lying as much a part of the story as the things he lies about.

And this:

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A journalist (maybe @davidfrum.bsky.social?) needs to write that story, with all the details to back up the claim that Trump is the most corrupt leader of a democratic country ever, publish it, and wait to be sued by Trump. (And of course the publication needs to fight the lawsuit, not just fold.)

Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US

"When in doubt, draw a distinction."

Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.

This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.

I will post them one at a time. Ready?

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

Marina Hyde on fire as usual:
• “shithole country” (“officially licensed vocabulary”)
• “stage 4 homeland security tumour Stephen Miller”
• “Can Trump’s storm detachment not at least be issued with matching shirts? They don’t have to be brown…”

Clinton’s last two paragraphs put the current crisis in the correct context.

Why not flat out demand his immediate resignation?