The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.

Any questions?

It’s high time that the Secretary of State model is abolished, I can’t remember the last time the role was carried out as it should (Wales voice in the cabinet).

Instead it’s always the UKGov’s voice in Wales, often enforcing political shithousery on Wales.

Scrap it.

YouTube video by Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling - Carol of the Bells (Official Music Video)

Need to hear some beauty.

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BAN #275: Telescope buying advice, Book: It’s Alive, Dial-A-Moon 2021 30 November 2020 Issue #271

I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy?

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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️

Red trumpetfish with white stripes down its body and snoot

iNaturalist says this is a Pacific Trumpetfish, but I'm not so sure the species. Regardless, it was hiding under a coral ledge on one of my favorite dive sites of the trip, causing a makeshift snoot effect that I really dig!

#marinelife #macrophotography

Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."

Release the Epstein files.
Lock up the war criminals.
Abolish the ICE Gestapo.
Lock up the felon.

Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?

Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem

Image of the great James Baldwin

Ending the day watching James Baldwin being asked about prejudice , “it is not a matter of prejudice - it is a matter of cowardice”

This is the cost russia has paid to lose more territory than they claimed in the first days of this war, and it’s approaching 4 years.

They are losers.

No one deserves being handed land of a sovereign people for such losses.

Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...

The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...

At least 23 killed in nightclub fire in tourist hotspot in India

📢 A fire in a nightclub in a tourist hot spot in the the Indian state of Goa has killed at least 23 people.

👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland

“Any Republican who refuses to admit we have an affordability problem is not listening to the American people. It’s real because the American people think it’s real. I cannot overstate that. Trump is not up to the task. Psychologically, he hates to admit being in a hole.”
- Newt Gingrich

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.

This Week in Democracy – Week 46: From Naps in the White House to War Crimes at Sea Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

“This Week in Democracy – Week 46: From Naps in the White House to War Crimes at Sea”

Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

Fears for thousands of Afghans in Australia amid 'secrecy' over potential shutdown

📢 Senator Fatima Payman said the Afghan embassy's closure would be 'the second fall of Afghanistan'. Insiders say it's barely been operating.

How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: 'They're Lying Constantly' Homeland Security has sought to reshape violent encounters into triumphant narratives — even as judges, journalists and experts said the agency has repeatedly distorted facts, misled the public and at...

How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: ‘They’re Lying Constantly’

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Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability

lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...

"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

Earth Temperature Timeline

A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/

PROOF EXCLUSIVE: The Timeline of Pro-Trump January 6 Pipe Bomber’s 21 Bomb-Component Purchases Reveals An Unmistakable Pattern A former federal criminal investigator reveals details about Brian Cole you haven’t heard, including how his bomb-component purchases reveal a motive—one that the FBI falsely claims remains unclear.

(🚨) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: The Timeline of Pro-Trump January 6 Pipe Bomber’s 21 Bomb-Component Purchases Reveals An Unmistakable Pattern

You are going to need a drink for this. Trust me.

Residents still unable to return home as extent of bushfire damage uncertain North-east Victorian residents are still unable to return home as firefighters assess bushfire damage.

Residents still unable to return home as extent of bushfire damage uncertain: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-06/markwood-fire-recovery-houses-lost/106110100

Liberals twist RBA remarks to sell a false narrative on public spending This week the Liberal Party shamefully misquoted the head of the Reserve Bank in a weak attempt to justify their criticism of government spending.

Used to do a lot of these type of posts on my old blog. Always a joy when the media releases quote don’t really reflect what was actually said…

thepoint.com.au/news/251206-...

Mike Bird * @Birdyword X.com The astounding feeling of this interview is of a minority government or one with an extremely thin majority heading into an election, rather than one with a massive parliamentary majority and with three and a half years years left. E The Economist * @TheEconomist • 1h Sir Keir Starmer agrees that Britain is at a pivotal moment—a 1945 or a 1979. But while the prime minister can articulate the size of the moment, he still does not quite know how to meet it

Why, it’s almost like nobody likes these people or ever wanted anything that they were selling, and the only reason they’re in these jobs at all is because they were crowbarred into them by Britain’s horrendous media outlets.

Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard from the 28 people my client definitely burgled, but in mitigation I have a letter from one person my client DIDN'T burgle.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.

BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

Faroe Islands: Vote to amend outdated law “an important step towards safe and legal abortion” Reacting to today’s vote by the Faroese parliament (the ‘Lagtinget’/‘Løgting’) to amend the law to permit access to abortion on request up until the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy, Turið Maria, ...

The Faroes Islands parliament has voted to amend the abortion law to allow abortion on request up to 12 weeks, after a long campaign by activists. While it's a positive step, those who provide or help facilitate abortion still face criminalization.