Anca
@ancah.bsky.social
US/UK/EU, citizen of the world, apprentice of the obvious, reader, news follower. Likes strong coffee, Scrabble, & reading dictators' obituaries (on some graves we should be allowed to dance).
Will THIS finally end Trump adviser Bryan Lanza's frequent appearances on BBC News? Anyone working for a sanctioned Russian company _should_ be shunned (...if not tarred & feathered). FYI: @kattybkay.bsky.social @zurch.bsky.social @rosatkins.bsky.social @caitrionaperry.bsky.social
Lanza lands Lukoil account
Bryan Lanza is now a consultant to the international division of Russia oil company Lukoil.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Will THIS finally end Trump adviser Bryan Lanza's frequent appearances on BBC News? Anyone working for a sanctioned Russian company _should_ be shunned (...if not tarred & feathered). FYI: @kattybkay.bsky.social @zurch.bsky.social @rosatkins.bsky.social @caitrionaperry.bsky.social
AI accelerating backlash against Tech in schools: "Sweden banned digital tools for young children & now emphasises physical textbooks, handwriting and reading"; Denmark & Finland too. Mostly due to ChatGPT and the mass cheating it makes possible, but teachers also worry about mass distraction.
archive.li
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI accelerating backlash against Tech in schools: "Sweden banned digital tools for young children & now emphasises physical textbooks, handwriting and reading"; Denmark & Finland too. Mostly due to ChatGPT and the mass cheating it makes possible, but teachers also worry about mass distraction.
Another data point for the saying "if you wait long enough by the riverside, eventually you WILL see the bodies of your enemies floating by" 😜 You go, girl.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Another data point for the saying "if you wait long enough by the riverside, eventually you WILL see the bodies of your enemies floating by" 😜 You go, girl.
Stay classy, USA...
President Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds
President Trump has announced that an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout will be held on the grounds of the White House next year, one of many events to be held to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Stay classy, USA...
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OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
November 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Based on a 2020 report commissioned by Sen Bernie Sanders & conducted by the U.S. Gov't Accountability Office (GAO), Walmart & McDonald’s had the most employees receiving SNAP benefits: in 9 states, Walmart employed cca 14000 & McDonald’s about 8,700. Other companies: Amazon, Burger King, Target.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Based on a 2020 report commissioned by Sen Bernie Sanders & conducted by the U.S. Gov't Accountability Office (GAO), Walmart & McDonald’s had the most employees receiving SNAP benefits: in 9 states, Walmart employed cca 14000 & McDonald’s about 8,700. Other companies: Amazon, Burger King, Target.
October 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fantastic anti war song + surrealist AI video in Russian: "I'm Happy!" Singer sounds like a hard rock version of Vladimir Vysotsky. Poignant lyrics are a mordant satire of today's Russian reality. Deserves a wider audience. Don't know anything about the author(s). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htag...
Я счастлив!
YouTube video by ole9us
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Fantastic anti war song + surrealist AI video in Russian: "I'm Happy!" Singer sounds like a hard rock version of Vladimir Vysotsky. Poignant lyrics are a mordant satire of today's Russian reality. Deserves a wider audience. Don't know anything about the author(s). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htag...
Most Surreal Headline of the Day award goes to the Moscow Times:
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Most Surreal Headline of the Day award goes to the Moscow Times:
As a person who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, I see the same thing (N. Korea-style cult of personality)
October 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As a person who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, I see the same thing (N. Korea-style cult of personality)
One of those Simon Pegg/Nick Frost zombie movies would totally work in a Mar A Lago setting -- & could hire local talent (the local botoxed beauties already look 1/2 zombified). Trump Of The Dead?
Looking forward to a new season of The Queen being set at Mar-a-Lago!
Sure you are, pet.
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One of those Simon Pegg/Nick Frost zombie movies would totally work in a Mar A Lago setting -- & could hire local talent (the local botoxed beauties already look 1/2 zombified). Trump Of The Dead?
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Right winger gets murdered: he was the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
September 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Right winger gets murdered: he was the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived
Uh, yes, nothing suspicious here, just a typical Russian CEO suicide: decapitation, + a tow rope tied to the body...
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Uh, yes, nothing suspicious here, just a typical Russian CEO suicide: decapitation, + a tow rope tied to the body...
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When someone gives you a compliment, accept it with a smile and move on. Don't start babbling about how you did nothing special, or how the thing complimented was really nothing -- it's a turn-off to all present. Think about their motives later, if suspicious (usually there are 0 ulterior motives).
August 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
When someone gives you a compliment, accept it with a smile and move on. Don't start babbling about how you did nothing special, or how the thing complimented was really nothing -- it's a turn-off to all present. Think about their motives later, if suspicious (usually there are 0 ulterior motives).
It's getting harder and harder to tell these things apart 😀
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's getting harder and harder to tell these things apart 😀
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I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.
August 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.
Cartoon from Moscow Times:
August 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Cartoon from Moscow Times: