Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

“Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us [...] The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”
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"Í eðli þínu ertu bara reglulega kvenleg, Signý"

Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here. Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

I'm fortunate enough not to be American but how does it feel to have an insane president? For the rest of us Earthlings, watching you from the outside, it's horrifying enough, but are you ok? www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

Women's Strike 2025 - live blog - RÚV.is Events are being held across the country today in connection with the women’s strike. The occasion marks half a century since the (first) Women’s Day Off in 1975. Organisers say there has been a setba...

Icelandic women's strike 2025: more than 50,000 people at the outdoor rally in Reykjavík alone plus well-attended rallies in other towns all over the country. (Icelandic population: ca. 390.000)
www.ruv.is/english/2025...

Kazakhstan's Mangystau plateau, near the border with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, at sunset. Layers of ancient salt deposits resemble fjords of white, pink, red and orange icing spilling into a vast gray plane

In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan

mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

Veru­lega á­hyggju­full og þorir ekki heim til Banda­ríkjanna - Vísir Veronica Fríða Callahan, hálfíslensk og hálfbandarísk kona, segir ekkert annað hafa komið til greina en að skipuleggja No Kings mótmæli hér á Íslandi í dag líkt og var gert í öllum ríkjum Bandaríkjann...

even in Iceland: www.visir.is/g/2025279126...

this man has obviously never been raped

"If the literate world was characterised by complexity and innovation, the post literate world is characterised by simplicity, ignorance and stagnation. It is probably not an accident that the decline of literacy has ushered in an obsession with cultural “nostalgia”"

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

"It is not the case that for a society to benefit from the culture of print that every citizen must be a bookworm. And yet if one habit unites the leaders, inventors, scientists and artists who have forged our civilisation it is reading. "
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Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: I've reviewed every prophecy on the Antichrist, and what I read blew my mind. (Updated with new signs, 6/10/2020)

Interesting

The perils of putting off fatherhood: why it poses risks to children’s physical and mental health Men have biological clocks too. Fertility drops with age, and the likelihood of offspring having conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and leukaemia rises

this is self-defence:

how about Department of Illegal Drone Operations?

Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally The men, who had been released after serving criminal sentences, are from Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Jamaica and Yemen

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"við erum fórnarlömbin," stynja þau grátklökk og halda svo áfram að bera sig aumlega yfir þögguninni og árásunum (sem einhvern tímann hefðu kannski verið kallaðar "andsvör")

not to be confused with "rassgat" (asshole) or "rúsínurassgat" (raisin asshole) which is a cute toddler

It's the global warming

Panel One: A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room. A voice offstage says "You can't survive on books alone" The woman replies "Maybe I can!" Panel Two: "How?" asks the voice "I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman Panel Three: Caption: However The book is filled with yet more books. A skull sits on the chair. It says "I regret nothing!"

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Jack White is so badass and I love it.

Postal services around the world pause U.S. deliveries over tariff confusion The de minimis exemption that has applied to more than 4 million parcels flowing through the U.S. each day, ends next week. Read more

It isn't just Iceland, you know: financialpost.com/news/retail-...

No parcel deliveries to the USA from Monday - RÚV.is Íslandspóstur will on Monday temporarily stop accepting parcels intended for delivery to the United States. The reason is new US requirements for changed customs procedures, which were imposed at shor...

From noon on Monday, Íslandspóstur will no longer accept parcels to be shipped to the United States. [...]
Other postal companies across Europe have also announced that they will temporarily stop accepting parcels while working on changes to their procedures.

Trump claims to have ended six wars – is that true? Trump and his administration claim to have helped settle conflicts from the Middle East to Asia, yet the reality is more complex

"Trump and his administration have claimed to have helped settle the conflicts between Israel and Iran, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Cambodia and Thailand, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, and Egypt and Ethiopia."
Yeah - right.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Love in a cold climate: Putin romances Trump in Alaska with talk of rigged elections and a trip to Moscow For those who feared the summit on Ukraine might resemble Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler in 1938, the reality was worse

"Evidently Putin knows that whispering Trump’s favourite lies into his ear is the way to his heart. It worked." ...
"Trump’s humiliation was complete. But all was not lost. At least no one was talking about Jeffrey Epstein or the price of vegetables."

Did the system update ruin your boyfriend? Love in a time of ChatGPT | Arwa Mahdawi Some people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 model

"Of course your feed algorithms ‘understand’ you! They’re scraping all your personal data and selling it to the highest bidder ..."

Controversial U.S. Ambassador to Iceland wanted firearm, security for Reykjavik post The State Department declined to say if there is any credible threat to Gunter's safety, but U.S. government officials told CBS News the ambassador has been informed multiple times that he is at no ex...

we still remember (but not fondly) the last one Trump sent us
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‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored

"The White House pushes back aggressively on the issue of Trump’s mental fitness."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I often heard "gamall eins og erfðasyndin" (old as the original sin) when I was growing up :)

Old timey star chart illustration of a shorthaired ginger and white cat floating amongst overlapping grids and little black stars. The word "Felis" is written underneath.

Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped Felis when they created their official constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action

Even they can see it