Linda Yacovone

Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a special address at the 2026 World Economic Forum – watch live YouTube video by Guardian News

Volodymyr Zelensky brilliant, strong, speech to the World Economic Forum at Davos.

Indirectly critical of Trump and his hypocrisy re Russia /Venezuela / Iran.

Directly critical of EU’s timidness.

Hope it gets as much coverage as Trump’s ramblings!

From 6 mins in.

www.youtube.com/live/mQdmb7f...

If you can’t run against the fucking Gestapo, then get out of the way for those who can.

right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

You’re better than this.

The final Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. The entire page is mostly white as they're in the winter snow. The pair is walking with a sledge, nicely duffled in in scarves, hats, gloves. Calvin delightedly exclaims 'wow, it really snowed las night! Isn't it wonderful?'. Hobbes follows up with 'Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new!' -- A new year... a fresh, clean start!' adds Calvin. As they look over the landscape, Hobbes observes 'it's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on!' -- 'A day full of possibilities!' Calvin affirms. They get ready on their sledge and Calvin tells his friend 'it's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... let's go exploring!', and the pair sledges off into the wintery landscape.

31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.

Cold

hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile

It’s not funny. The Presidency. The flag. The museums. Colleges. Libraries. Congress. Supreme Court. Courage.

The White House.

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

Happy 60th Birthday to Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri 🎂

How long was he on hold?

My favorite Hulk Hogan story is how on the set of The Princess Bride, Andre the Giant would help Robin Wright stay warm by placing his huge hand over the top of her head.

Brilliant. Timing.

#southpark

Not defending Bergman but in F&A, the wonderful Isak saves the children.

Sometimes you sit down on a Friday night thinking the worst about everything and then Carolina Wilga is found alive and you realise that sometimes hope wins.

To sum up, good news is good news even when it’s entirely unexpected and everything else is shit. 💜💜

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.

Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

No mother or child should die from a preventable cause. No generation should live in fear of deadly infectious diseases. And no one should be denied the chance to thrive because of where they were born. gatesnot.es/4m5pSc3

Bravery.

Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Trump and Vance just made Zelensky one of the most popular leaders in the world.

Stephen King 👑

Look what Liutauras found yesterday - one of the Lego life rafts lost overboard from the Tokio Express 28 years ago. In 1997, 28,700 of these fell into the ocean 20 miles off Land’s End but few have been found. Many thanks to Liutauras and his family for giving us permission to share their video.

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

There is a lot of detail that you won't want to miss in this story. Big thanks to the @texasobserver.org for running it, and to my research partner @kylebazgo.bsky.social.

www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

New — Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of DOGE now has digital access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency source has confirmed to me.

CISA controls the .gov domain registrar and the national public key infrastructure (PKI). This means Elon Musk has the ability to shut down any federal, state, or city government using a .gov domain.

Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles

The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.

America abandoned Europe in its darkest days, and only Pearl Harbour spurred it to take on Fascism

Russia has none of the economic nor military might of Nazi Germany.

We will survive along with Ukraine. And its occupied territories will be liberated.

This is us in 1940

Churchill reminds us of Munich’s mistake—big powers deciding over smaller ones.

Rasmus Jarlov in a dark suit and tie sits at a wooden table, hands clasped, with a grand painting in the background.

Denmark MP Rasmus Jarlov: "[US] has taken no casualties in Ukraine ... paid 4% of US defence budget for one year and that was too much for them ... they will surrender to Russia. We can not trust such spineless people ... If Russia invaded Poland tomorrow, they would make excuses and do nothing."