Niall Martin

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

🔴 Ukraine demands Hungary release seven citizens held hostage in Budapest as consuls remain blocked from seeing them.

Trump urges Iranian Kurds to attack Iran as war widens U.S. President Donald Trump encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch attacks against Iran as the Middle East conflict widened, with Azerbaijan warning it would retaliate for being targeted ...

President Trump encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch attacks against Iran as the Middle East conflict widened, with Azerbaijan warning it would retaliate for being targeted by Iranian missiles reut.rs/4uhLu9i

Outstanding thread by a military expert on Trump's war.
#ProudBlue

Operation ‘Epic Fury’ Enters a New Phase as B-1 Bombers Strike Deep Inside Iran In a major escalation of its air campaign against Iran, the United States just deployed the supersonic B-1 Lancer in a high-profile strike that analysts say signals a decisive shift in air superiority...

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

When Nick Fuentes starts making sense you know Trump is in trouble. YouTube video by TizzyEnt

youtube.com/shorts/Ne_9m...

If only there had been some way to know that Joe Biden's foreign policy was less in sync with Bibi Netanyahu than his hypothetical Republican successor before the election.

Labor Secretary Is a Rare Presence at Department in Turmoil

“Over the past few weeks we’ve learned that not only is she not doing her job, she’s embroiling the department in scandal and possible criminal activity. It’s frankly embarrassing...”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

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Folks... ICE hasn't stopped their BS in Minneapolis. It's just been moved, to more out of site locations. Because of this, there will be more, and more folks needing help. If you can, please help. This isn't going away.

⚡️⚡️⚡️ TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION OMITTED RAPING KIDS & MISSING EPSTEIN FILES, WHILE DOUBLING DOWN ON LIES LIES AND LIES ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

WHOA: WSJ reporting that DOJ is dropping its appeals of the four law firm executive order rulings as soon as today. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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What Trump’s Ego Means for Our Witness Our nation is on a path with no guardrails. But there are some things that people of faith should remember.

"Trump’s way of being is dominated by narcissistic grandiosity."
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Ethiopia EV Boom Sparked by ICE Car Import Ban The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.

“What you’re seeing in places that don’t make a lot of vehicles of any type, they’re saying: ‘Well, look, if I’m going to import the cars anyway, then I’d rather import less oil. We may as well import the one that cleans up local air quality and is cheaper to buy.’” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Working in the think tank sector: Webinar for those interested in working in the sector YouTube video by Resolution Foundation

Really enjoyed discussing what it's like being an @instituteforgovernment.org.uk researcher at the "Working in the think tank sector" event at @resolutionfoundation.org yesterday. Recording available below, with the "Day in a life" panel starting from 1:43.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2S1...

Power was out for 11+ hours, nothing received in 6 hours of asking. At $0/$500. Please help. I am probably going to have throw out my meat stash I built over time among other things. 💕💸

No, It’s Not Back to Business as Usual Marco Rubio was more civil than J. D. Vance had been, but the message to longtime allies was the same.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social ✅✅✅

www.axios.com GOP angst over voter turnout builds as losses pile up

GOP angst over voter turnout builds as losses pile up

The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway

"Parwana sometimes has to climb a hill to get a strong enough internet connection to download the #book they are reading. But it’s worth it, she says."

"If a woman is aware, a family is aware. An aware woman raises aware children. The Taliban fear aware #women."

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

👀👇🏻 ‘BBC News understands Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.’

Blimey.

Early voting underway in closely watched Texas Senate Democratic primary Early voting began this week in the Texas Senate Democratic primary election, and one candidate got a fundraising bump from talk show host Stephen Colbert.

Early voting begins in closely watched Texas Senate Democratic primary Early voting began this week in the Texas Senate Democratic primary election, and one candidate got a fundraising bump from talk show host Stephen Colbert. ...

We're Going To At Least Make It Harder, For Chump To Cheat......

#Demokratie lebt nicht vom Rechtbehalten, sondern vom Durcharbeiten des Widerspruchs. Wer Führung beansprucht, muss Integration leisten …

sonst verwaltet er nur Meinung und beschleunigt den Kipppunkt.🖖

University of Bristol asks humanities and modern languages staff to voluntarily quit This scheme comes as part of the 'managed decline' of schools deemed less profitable to the university

Things that would be interesting to know about the current contraction of UK academic staffing (and that it would actually be super helpful if REF2029 institutional SPRE statements were required to report on) include:

What's the impact on the equality and diversity of academic staffing? 1/3

"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC understands
published at 21:00

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the BBC understands."

held at his brothers pleasure or for unaliving ?

Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court

Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions

In final State of the State, Evers urges lawmakers to keep working, rejects GOP tax cut plan • Wisconsin Examiner Evers, who decided not to run for a third term, told lawmakers that the people of Wisconsin are expecting them to get more done this year.

In final State of the State, Evers urges lawmakers to keep working, rejects GOP tax cut plan. Reporter @bspears.bsky.social has the story. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/18/i...

my kid was sick at 2 months. at that age basically anything can kill them... even the mild cold most adults would barely notice. this is just plainly inhumane and disgusting.