Steven Curtis

Archive on 4 - War & Peace: The UN at 80 - BBC Sounds At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?

The UN at 80 #GI4055 #GI4059

That’s supposed to be an AK-47? When is the sentencing of the tattoo “artist”? Was it done during the boat crossing?
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts review – the most important person you’ve never heard of A British civil servant’s revelatory account of negotiations to avert climate catastrophe

The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts review – the most important person you’ve never heard of
#GI5052 #environment #GI7037

A Gaza ceasefire deal could be Trump’s biggest diplomatic achievement – but the devil is in the detail The plan attempts to thread the needle between creating the conditions for a ceasefire and negotiating a lasting end to the war but hard questions remain

A Gaza ceasefire deal could be Trump’s biggest diplomatic achievement – but the devil is in the detail
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Marco Rubio interrupts Trump with handwritten note on Gaza deal Note from secretary of state says ‘you need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first’

Marco Rubio interrupts Trump with handwritten note on Gaza deal

‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse

‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink
#GI5052 #GI7037 #summit

I do hope that the dozen or so consumptive people in the hall don’t have to suffer too much longer, and that the tosser whose mobile phone went off in the quiet closing bars of the final movement is able to have it surgically removed tonight (presuming that is where the people around him shoved it)

An evening with my daughter at the Barbican to hear Sakari Oramo conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler 9. It was quite something

Yep, this is a must-read:

“AI isn't going to wake up, become superintelligent and turn you into paperclips – but rich people with AI investor psychosis are almost certainly going to make you much, much poorer”

Good grief
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Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond | Sergey Radchenko Despite the cost of shooting down fighter jets and drones, small skirmishes remind both sides of the dangers of escalation, says academic Sergey Radchenko

'Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond', writes @radchenko.bsky.social
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What, there are still Meta enthusiasts out there?

But Wilde would not forgive you for admiring someone who can do something useful

The Telegraph today made the case for King Charles’ subtle diplomacy in advancing Ukraine’s interests (although I wouldn’t rule out Kate exerting some influence too, from the look on Trump’s stupid face)
#statevisit #GI5052 #GI7037

And Mitch Hedberg’s brilliant response still works: “Celebrating the fifth anniversary of you asking me that question”

Most of my students think it's okay to use for "brainstorming" and "generating ideas." Once again: GENERATING IDEAS IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF YOU

I wonder if any country has ever invoked Article 5 and, if so, which NATO member it was.

It’s also desperately unfair on the students, who find themselves in a strange land, without the basic tools they need to cope with their classes, while working to earn money (to send home?).

They may not be the authors of their predicament, just as they may not have authored ‘their’ assignments

Everything. At his best, the answer is: Everything

He should be typing with only one hand

He should be typing with only one hand

Amen to this

The view downstream from Lambeth Bridge

Glorious day in London

Now think about what it’s doing to our children that some teachers are relying on it to develop lesson plans that no one is fact- or bias-checking.

Donald Trump United Nations General Assembly | Rev Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Read the transcript here.

The transcript of Trump's UN speech is wild. "All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the First Lady wasn't in great shape, she would've fallen. But she's in great shape." www.rev.com/transcripts/...

‘Guess what?’ Macron phones Trump after US president’s motorcade blocks his car Bemused French president forced to take unscheduled 30-minute trek through the streets of New York

‘Guess what?’ Macron phones Trump after US president’s motorcade blocks his car #GI5052