Dr Anna Notaro

Remember this when they tell you that arts degrees are worthless.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

“No children are dying on my watch.” - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

"Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar." apnews.com/article/myan...

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse

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“The carrots serve to lure institutions of higher learning into a dark alley where, rather than just waiting with a big stick, the government can put a gun to their heads at any time.”

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

Greenland’s PM looks to boost EU ties despite Trump threats Jens-Frederik Nielsen says the island and EU need each other in historic address to European Parliament.

Greenland’s prime minister said he is keen to boost cooperation with the EU in the face of US President Donald Trump’s threats to annex the Arctic territory.

The EU is trying to follow WTO rules rather than mimic Trump, and some over there are "disappointed" that the UK went off on its own to butter him up for advantage, rather than perhaps joining a big group to stand up to him.

#wato

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

Must-read on Trump’s lawless Chicago invasion: “The president instructed federal agents to use extralegal violence against immigrants & citizens, pitting armed soldiers from 1 state against citizens of another… rubicons can’t be uncrossed.” www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

‘This is a west African story’: how modern art tackled Nigeria’s identity crisis As the landmark Nigerian Modernism exhibition opens at the Tate, curator Osei Bonsu talks about the art in dialogue with ideas of nation-making

‘This is a west African story’: how modern art tackled Nigeria’s identity crisis

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says “We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

That is why they will disappear...

A reminder: 40% of US Nobel prize winners since 2000 have been immigrants.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount [FREE TO READ] Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomats

Brussels to curb the travel of Russian diplomats within the EU, in response to a surge in sabotage attempts that intelligence agencies say are led by spies operating under diplomatic cover.

Czech-led initiative backed after Hungary drops its veto. With @andybounds.bsky.social

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Trump Live Updates: Latest News on the Government Shutdown, Bondi Hearing and More

Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions from Democrats during a combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. Instead, when asked about matters including the Justice Department’s files on Jeffrey Epstein, Bondi went on the attack. Follow updates on the Trump administration.

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned Wednesday, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness would prove "problematic," sources say.

Prosecution of Comey looks headed to a dead end.

"Federal prosecutors ... determined that a central witness in their probe would ... likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury."

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Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

This amuses me so much .

Because it’s taking the assignment absolutely seriously while mocking ICE

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Supreme Court declines to take up Ghislaine Maxwell appeal The move leaves a potential pardon from Trump as the only obvious path for Maxwell to avoid serving a 20-year prison sentence.

The Supreme Court has declined to take up Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal.

The move leaves a potential pardon from Trump as the only obvious path for Maxwell to avoid serving a 20-year prison sentence.

In limbo

Interesting: Leaving the #ECHR would be a grave mistake, writes former UK Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland KC👇

🔗 conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r... via @conservativehome.bsky.social

The state of Illinois and Chicago sue Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops https://cnn.it/4pXFZdE

🙋‍♂️if your last lecture of the semester gets a bigger crowd than this 👇

Premature, I think. For let's say the right does win, leaving the ECHR will then lead to rerunning Brexit chaos potentially even amplified several times over. First with regard to Northern Ireland and Scotland, second with the EU potentially suspending tariff free trade. Does that matter...?

It’s not that Heseltine has moved to the left, but that the Tory Party has moved to the right.

Tibetan Nuns Leading A Quiet Academic Revolution — With Help From The Dalai Lama Tibetan Buddhist nuns are breaking centuries-old barriers, earning the highest degrees in their tradition and taking on leadership roles across monastic and community institutions.

Tibetan Buddhist nuns are breaking centuries-old barriers, earning the highest degrees in their tradition and taking on leadership roles across monastic and community institutions.
✍️Darcie Price-Wallace for @us.theconversation.com via @worldcrunch.com