I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Salted Vietnamese Coffee | Defector Yes that’s a clickbait headline, but I wouldn’t go vintage Buzzfeed on you if I wasn’t being earnest. So let me tell you about this coffee I had the other night. I’m eating out at a fancy Vietnamese j...

I can't stop thinking about this salted Vietnamese coffee: defector.com/i-cant-stop-...

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition Lamplighters, pavement artists, babysitters – they have taken on whole new meanings thanks to John le Carré. As his fans will know, they are part of tradecraft practised by the spies he wrote about so evocatively. Now, almost five years after his death, an exhibition, with the title Tradecraft, reveals the techniques and motivations of the characters’ real creator, David Cornwell. As you enter the exhibition in Oxford University’s Bodleian library you are greeted with a large portrait of Cornwell, wearing a black bucket cap, looking straight ahead with piercing eyes, his chin resting on his gently clasped hands. Accompanying the photo are two of his quotes. “I am not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked in the secret world,” one says. The second, after questioning whom, if anyone, we can trust, continues: “What is loyalty – to ourselves, to whom, to what? Whom, if anyone, can we love? And what is the caring individual’s relationship to the institutions he services?” Continue reading...

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

Barcelona is the same way😊

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

One big Q Nobody asked: “Will you or your family benefit financially from the Gaza rebuild?” (Spoiler: of course they will)

Asking about Kushner was the closest they came👇🏽

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Trump Floats Throwing Spain Out of NATO Over Defense Spending US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Thursday, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Spain could be removed from NATO as he met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, in his latest swipe against a chronic under-spender on defense.

I'd gladly deport myself to Spain

I am once again asking... does anyone in the Trump administration know what habeas corpus is?

Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got this

Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files The documents by the estate of convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released by Congressional Democrats.

The fact that Elon musk, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon all being in the Epstein files dropped out of the news way too fast www.bbc.com/news/article...

Silver lining to this... everyone should just go to a bookstore

Positive thinking can make success feel like the only acceptable option. But humility allows for grace | Jackie Bailey Being humble isn’t about shame or self-loathing: it is the act of being present, of knowing there is room to grow

Positive thinking can make success feel like the only acceptable option. But humility allows for grace | Jackie Bailey

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

Back to Graham Greene again for my #sundaysentence this week: "Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation."

If you wonder how bad the Epstein Files are for Donald, he had the federal government shut down so you wouldn't find out.

The floods in Valencia were a European tragedy.

The stories of those who lost everything to DANA moved all of us so profoundly.

We mourned together. Now we will recover together.

Today, we commit nearly €1.6 billion in EU funds for recovery and reconstruction.

link.europa.eu/y8ntm8

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg is abdicating the throne to his son Guillaume after 25 years of reigning. Grand Duke Henri, 70, began the transition period of formally stepping down in 2024, saying he wished to “slow down”. The 43-year-old Guillaume will be crowned and swear

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Can you say "implosion" boys and girls?

A spokesperson on the Global Sumud Flotilla says they expect to be intercepted by the Israeli navy within the next 30 minutes. They say they’re in international waters so it’s an “act of piracy”.

This is so cool. Radley Balko is a leading voice in journalism about police overreach and he’s had a huge influence on me as a reporter.

the story behind this cartoon is absolutely wild. A lawyer at the Jane Goodall Institute sent Gary Larson's comic syndicate a letter calling it "inexcusable", "absolutely stupid", and hinted they might sue them.

No one at the institute asked Goodall if she was offended. (she wasn't)

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

Igor Shushko
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Denmark has called up several hundred reservists for military duty and response to Russian drone attacks on the country, which only has about 20, 000 active duty personnel

Yikes!

In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback? The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our a...

#slop 😂 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Howard Street Tunnel reopens to freight trains Freight trains will start rolling under Baltimore once again, but double-stacked cargo won’t begin until additional bridge work finishes early next year, officials said.

Howard Street Tunnel reopens to freight trains, but double-stacked cargo to start next year

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

He kept us out of wars.

Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson: “No country has the right to violate Swedish airspace. Sweden has the right to defend its skies, with force if necessary, and will do so.” Analyst Joakim Paasikivi noted that NATO would likely only shoot down a Russian jet if it ignored orders to leave.