Steve H

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Malaga is renowned for horse-drawn tourist carriages, with tours through the centre of the city itself, stops for tourist activities ...

But not any more. The Ayuntamiento of Malaga municipio has banned the rides to save the horses from the searing and worsening heat.

elpais.com/espana/andal...

I find it remarkable that now, nearly 10 years post Brexit ref. and 5 since UK left the SM, we still have people saying "But we used to be able to do that when we were members, so we should still be able to".

Brexit changed things.

Joining is not possible without insight.

Now, consumers eating the tariffs 🤬

I think that’s the point I’m making really. If such people chime with RFK, they might not be aware that he’s an imbecile. If it’s pointed out to them, at least they have the opportunity to “do their own research” and find out what defines imbecility.

For those who want to know what an imbecile looks like :

"Obligation of citizenship" to do your own research. This will of course lead you straight to stuff to teach you better than the experts you just "trust" ... and who just happen to have written what you just read but can't understand because we don't want experts running the education system ...

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

Welcome to all my new followers who are coming to BlueSky to escape all the Nazis on X.

One good thing about Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign emailing us their fake news posts everyday of the week is you can get a sense of what really worries Russia. The last few days have been dominated by videos about how unpopular Macron is for wanting to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

Everything is retribution

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Analysis | Trump, hailing a ‘new Middle East,’ avoids many of the hard questions ahead In touting his Gaza ceasefire win, the president projected optimism for a wider peace while sidestepping the many obstacles that remain.

"Many obstacles remain" to peace in the Middle East. Indeed.
wapo.st/3KY6D65

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

In other words, it's isn't support for the people of Argentina, it's support for an ideologically approved regime

4Chan fined by Ofcom for ignoring requests for online safety information The online forum has been fined £20,000 by the watchdog for breaching its information requests.

4Chan fined by Ofcom for ignoring requests for online safety information
www.independent.co.uk/tech/ofcom-l...

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes Attack on Gazans inspecting homes comes days after fragile ceasefire goes into effect

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes on.ft.com/3KPgE5w

TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD: Inside Bellingcat with Eliot Higgins Join Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, as he discusses how digital investigators are exposing war crimes, corruption, and propaganda

Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at how investigative journalism is fighting back against authoritarianism — one verified fact at a time.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/truth-in-a...

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

"The image of the ugly American always competed with the image of the generous American. Now that the latter has disappeared, the only Americans anyone can see are the ones trying to rip you off."

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

a group of people in suits and ties are posing for a photo Alt: a group of people in suits and ties are posing for a photo and an ugly American

the image of uneducated, uncaring, greedy, ugly American

OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo.

30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade.

But you can believe our promises now

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's obvious bollocks, nothing to do with not wanting competition, but rather not to have to deal with trolls for whom a gotcha is a winning policy. They lack any perspective of community, mutuality, shared beneficiality, and go on instead about winners and losers. They are not serious people.

And Trump might well be aware of that.

Trump let us know 10 years ago what he thought of disabilities.

*He!

I get so annoyed with Apple’s autocorrecter 😠

Her needs as much distraction from the Nathan Gill issue as he can scrape together.