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The US is now officially committed (alongside Moscow) to interfering in European electoral politics to promote nationalist and anti-EU parties of the Far Right, from Reform in the UK to Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National in France to the xenophobic AFD in Germany. 5/

Famous cartoon of a Climate Summit with the presentation of all the benefits of climate action, and someone asking “what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

For decades, sustainable & responsible cities haven’t just been possible — they’ve been common sense, logical, ridiculously obvious! And yet we’ve failed to act. A better future through better cities is STILL possible with real leadership at every level. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

Credit @andertoon.bsky.social

I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore

@heroesforzero.bsky.social @fietsersbondbe.bsky.social

New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.

"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Drivers Are Cutting Or Dropping Car Insurance Because It's Too Expensive - Jalopnik Everything costs too much these days, and car insurance is one of the worst offenders.

A related ungated story:

Ca doit être l'équivalent pour un mandataire politique de "je reste sur X (née Twitter) parce que c'est par le dialogue qu'on défait le fascisme"

Tweet Elon Musk "The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that fovernments can better represent their people" Antwort Dmitry Medveded: "Exactly"

Sehr geehrte demokratische Abgeordnete des Deutschen Bundestags,

der einzige Grund, warum die Plattform X in Deutschland noch Relevanz hat, ist Ihre Anwesenheit dort. Ohne Amts- und Mandatsträger wird die Plattform auch für Journalisten irrelevant und mit ihnen für die gesamte politische Blase.

One winter night in the Netherlands, 2025...
Temperature here in Utrecht, at 9 p.m.: +13.8°C (57F).

Deep-sea mining: Norway halts controversial practice until 2029 Norway’s newly elected government has delayed issuing deep-sea mining licenses in the Arctic.

Earlier this week, Norway stopped all deep sea mining in Arctic waters until at least 2029. A huge win for ocean protection.

Now Norway must join the 40+ countries calling for a global moratorium and protect our oceans for good.

#StopDeepSeaMining

Buster from the tv show ‘Arrested Development’ holding an arm full of plushies while he looks at his mother Lucille, saying, “these are my awards, mother, from FIFA.“

Who has made this 🤣

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

We're now making the climate problem worse three times faster than at the start of the measurements, around when I was born: between 1959 and 1962, the increase was 2.47 ppm.
These years, we achieve that within one year.

Dear American Media. This is not that hard to do.

No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”

Put the responsibility where it belongs.

Via @jalopnik.bsky.social

You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.

this fills me with so much shame and embarrassment

North Korea speedrun

More angry drivers? They've been running me out of crosswalks, accelerating through red lights honking their horns, screaming slurs, and pulling over to chase me. They can't get any angrier, and generally speaking I'm done caring what the most reactionary people think about my politics on any issue.

Terrible…

Academic institutions: "while we understand there are concerns, the truth is that gambling as a pathway to knowledge is here to stay, and denying that means we will be left behind. That's why we're giving free Kalshi subscriptions to every student"

Everyone in business is on stimulants, Trump brought the 80s back!

In 2017, Trump called the phillippone president and told him: “I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump said in the April 29 phone call, according to a leaked transcript of the conversation with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte published by the Intercept and also obtained by The Washington Post and The New York Times.”Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing and I just wanted to call and tell you that.”

In 2017, Trump called up Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to tell him what a great job he was doing with the drug problem. Duterte told the media Trump said he did it "the right way"

Duterte is awaiting trial in Hague right now for what he did.

edition.cnn.com/2017/05/24/p...

The ICE goons are in my city. They are abducting people off the street. Videos coming out hourly of it. It feels like what we learned of Nazi occupation times. But most of us seem to think they're not here for *me* this time so I guess what are we to do about it. I hate all of this

Photo montrant une plaque d’immatriculation, des bris de vitre, de phare et de plastique jonchant le sol sur plus de 30m2 à deux pas de la terrasse du Bar du Matin à Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles. La surface des débris laisse penser que le choc a été fort.

Photo montrant une plaque d’immatriculation, des bris de vitre, de phare et de plastique jonchant le sol sur plus de 30m2 à deux pas de la terrasse du Bar du Matin à Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles. La surface des débris laisse penser que le choc a été fort.

Photo montrant une plaque d’immatriculation, des bris de vitre, de phare et de plastique jonchant le sol sur plus de 30m2 à deux pas de la terrasse du Bar du Matin à Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles. La surface des débris laisse penser que le choc a été fort.

Photo montrant une plaque d’immatriculation, des bris de vitre, de phare et de plastique jonchant le sol sur plus de 30m2 à deux pas de la terrasse du Bar du Matin à Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles. La surface des débris laisse penser que le choc a été fort.

Quelqu’un a vu ce qu’il s’est passé à Albert aujourd’hui, ou hier ?

Des débris sur des dizaines de m2.

Conducteur:
- distrait?
- agressif ayant perdu le contrôle?
- bourré?
- terroriste manqué?

C’est immonde de violence, mais on ne fait rien de concret pour empêcher…

Donc le fils Sarko propose de rendre les automobilistes responsables… voici un petit graphique qui devrait lui rappeler pourquoi c’est une mauvaise idée.

Ils sont rigolo (Non) ces élus de droite dont les partis s’évertuent à libéraliser le secteur ferroviaire depuis 30 ans, à exiger de la SNCF d’être rentable et à refuser des plans d’investissements publics, qui critiquent la SNCF de ne pas aller sur des lignes non rentables et vétustes.

At the mechanics today, a lady who was driving a midsize Mercedes SUV was in front of me being quoted $1,287 for two new tires. Despite me thinking she could easily afford this while driving a vehicle likely worth $70k-$80k, she seemed visibly shaken by the quote and had to call her spouse.

En opnieuw en opnieuw. Waar zitten al die partijen die zo hard tegen autoluwe wijken rebelleren maar wel de hele tijd "niemand denkt aan de voetgangers!" rondbazuinen? #Brussel #Schweitzer