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Slept from 3:30 'til 9! Good luck tonight, mid-storm Marta now. Got some shopping this am before it started, now hatches battened. Presidential election tomorrow, likely winner, Seguro lives here. Election party in the Cultural ctr, tomorrow 7pm. May pop in, hope to to see Ventura thrashed. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

I'm in the wide-awake club too. I did sleep like a log last night though.

And the ones that didn't vote. "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing" JS Mill

This is the result when your country mixes up video games, movies and reality TV with real life.

If the UK media now do not apply equal harsh measures to Nigel Farage than they did to Angela Raynor, then they are complicit in
a) a Mysoginist narrative where men are forgiven and women 'should have known better' and
b) are actively saying they are okay with Farage in charge.

Eating boiled egg and toast for breakfast sitting in a tuk tuk after watching the sunrise at Angkor Wat wasn't on today's bingo card

A huge bowl of fruit, some yoghurt, a cappuccino and the gulf of Thailand. That'll do nicely for Sunday breakfast.

Well, goodbye Oslo. I will be back though, it's a gorgeous city and I'd love to see more. Next stop Bangkok.

The approach into Oslo airport - wow! I miss snow (but not Winter extending from October to April).

Can we have more twiddly bits please!

Spent the weekend in Brussels with my great-nephew Michael, as a reunion for the Euro branch of the family. Grand-Place is amazing and like a potted reminder of my Europe in the Middle Ages Uni section. The Magritte gallery was great too, even if it did make me work hard (not my favourite artist)

After a nasty bout of Norovirus followed by an equally nasty child this week, I've woken up this morning feeling fine.

I'm on holiday from today. Brussels, Oslo and SE Asia here we come. But first, packing then a night in Lisbon. (3/3)

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed a draft peace treaty. I actually never thought I'd live to see that! (2/3)

And there is a bit of good news:

Syria has declared a five-year transition period which includes rights for women, freedom of expression and justice for Assad victims. (More)

Less than a week before we set off up through Europe and then to SE Asia for a couple of months. I seem to be doing bugger all about it. MUST GET MYSELF SORTED OUT

Happy elt birthday Rose xxx

It's like tarrif hokey koky. You put your Mexican tariff in, you put your Mexican tariff out. In, out, shake it all about. They're playing with people's lives and livelihoods without a second care.

BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.

The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.

Because BBC IPlayer isn't available outside of the UK

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

I've done it twice. Go with a book or something to keep you occupied if not called. First time I got called as soon as I got there and was on the same case for a week. Second time I hung around for a day, got called for a short case then hung around for the rest of the time.

Myths of Europe’s overregulation Remember the good as well as the bad and the ugly

The myth of EU overregulation: www.ft.com/content/1d05...

JD Vice

Great bit of editing from The Guardian today 15:56 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I find myself agreeing with Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey (and Germany and Scotland). It's taken an autocratic crazy from the USA to make them all look like the voice of sanity and reason.

So the USA is now an imperialist, colonising, plutocratic oligarchy. That's not something I ever imagined I'd say.

American and European populism don’t mix Elon Musk will find the European right more statist than some progressives at home

American and European populism don’t mix

https://www.ft.com/content/4c825adc-11ac-4fd7-be9f-37155468e8a3

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...

Umberto Eco nailed it back in 2014 www.openculture.com/2024/11/umbe...

Gearing up for Carnaval. Glitter, masks and feathers at the ready!