Gary Avery

Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns ‘Trump’s message is that being his ally serves no purpose, because he will not defend you.’

Yeah, I‘d say this sums up the mood in Europe right now.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, but only if they pay me 5 million dollars for my instant-citizenship Gold Card.💰” -Comrade Krasnov
#GrifterInChief

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

I VOTED! 🥳
Please note the patriotic choice of colors 😄

I’m annoyed by the breathless articles in NYT and co about the supposedly uncertain German election. Relax, it will be boring - coalition of CDU and SPD + if needed Greens or FDP. AfD out in the cold.

🤣 Schlapp is the German word for "flaccid". Nomen est omen...

It's a bit of a sleazy deal, but at least it would give the Trump administration some skin in the game and thus a reason to defend Ukraine. Otherwise he's just going to hand everything over to his man-crush Vladdi.

😊

Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia, saying it could have made a deal President hits back at Ukraine’s complaint that it has been left out of US-Russia talks, saying it had years to make a deal ‘without the loss of much land’

Ukraine started it, I guess they dressed a little too sexy? Sounds like something a rapist would say. Oh wait…
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

@patrickjdo.bsky.social I think you and your colleagues must be going through an Airplane “I picked a hell of a week to quit smoking” moment.

Putin Assembles Team of Heavyweights to Negotiate Ukraine Deal Vladimir Putin is assembling a heavyweight team with decades of experience in high-stakes negotiations to face off against US President Donald Trump’s representatives for a deal to end Russia’s war in...

Spymaster, ex-diplomat, Goldman alum: Putin is assembling a heavyweight team with decades of experience in high-stakes negotiations to face off against Trump’s representatives -- who have far less experience -- for a deal to end the war.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Really enjoying Severance. Old school SciFi that takes our world and disguises it just enough to examine it in ways that would otherwise be awkward. Very much in the tradition of Twilight Zone, Star Trek TNG, BSG, Black Mirror…

Halt Dich fest - irgendwie bin ich FDP! Ich habe seit Ewigkeiten keine Krawatte mehr getragen…

People in Europe don't drive American cars for the same reason that they don't drink Coors or Budweiser. The local alternatives are simply far superior.
On a serious note, the parking spot size really is an issue. A lot of older spots can be tight even for a new VW Golf, so no hope for a Ram.

You know what else has vexed Trump?

Meta agrees to pay Trump $25m for suspending accounts over Capitol riots Settlement originates from lawsuit by president against the platform, one of several filed after 6 January violence

“Settlement”?! Cringey broligarch Zuck kissed the ring and is now making an offering before the altar of his Lord. Zuck, I think I know what that new chain around your neck represents!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Good news, I'm a German citizen now :-)
I did my homework for the election by comparing the platforms and was almost amused to see how single-minded the AfD is. They have five areas of focus: foreigners, foreigners, foreigners, climate denialism, and party like it's 1939. Not much of a plan...

Everyone is in bed and I can finally watch a little Shogun. At this rate, I should be at the next to last episode right around the time the apocalypse comes ;-)

@languagesurgeon.bsky.social hello from your favorite Roman ;-)