FOARP
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China, Taiwan, Poland. Ukraine and IP law mostly
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US lobbied EU countries to block plans using frozen Russian assets to back €90 billion Ukraine loan, arguing assets needed for peace deal not prolonging war, as Europe insists funds must flow to Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
US lobbied EU countries to block plans using frozen Russian assets to back €90 billion Ukraine loan, arguing assets needed for peace deal not prolonging war, as Europe insists funds must flow to Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I just recalled that the entire premise of the 1988 Tom Clancy book/film Clear And Present Danger is that the US could not fight a military campaign against the drugs trade out in the open because ... surely someone would stop something so obviously illegal?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I just recalled that the entire premise of the 1988 Tom Clancy book/film Clear And Present Danger is that the US could not fight a military campaign against the drugs trade out in the open because ... surely someone would stop something so obviously illegal?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words
But Ireland isn’t threatened by Russia and you’re some kind of warmongering alarmist if you say so.
Also it’s not a problem that Ireland basically cannot defend its own airspace and saying otherwise cannot be accepted as a statement in good faith.
Also it’s not a problem that Ireland basically cannot defend its own airspace and saying otherwise cannot be accepted as a statement in good faith.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
But Ireland isn’t threatened by Russia and you’re some kind of warmongering alarmist if you say so.
Also it’s not a problem that Ireland basically cannot defend its own airspace and saying otherwise cannot be accepted as a statement in good faith.
Also it’s not a problem that Ireland basically cannot defend its own airspace and saying otherwise cannot be accepted as a statement in good faith.
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It calls for:
“Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Mexico”
to join U.S. trade pressure on China.
But Trump:
You cannot build a trade coalition after lighting your alliances on fire.
It’s geopolitical delusion.
This is pure fantasy.
“Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Mexico”
to join U.S. trade pressure on China.
But Trump:
You cannot build a trade coalition after lighting your alliances on fire.
It’s geopolitical delusion.
This is pure fantasy.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It calls for:
“Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Mexico”
to join U.S. trade pressure on China.
But Trump:
You cannot build a trade coalition after lighting your alliances on fire.
It’s geopolitical delusion.
This is pure fantasy.
“Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Mexico”
to join U.S. trade pressure on China.
But Trump:
You cannot build a trade coalition after lighting your alliances on fire.
It’s geopolitical delusion.
This is pure fantasy.
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This would lead every single newspaper if Farage was on the left. We know this is true because it did when Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader. That the right attacked Corbyn's apologism for anti-Semitism solely for political gain is now beyond dispute.
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This would lead every single newspaper if Farage was on the left. We know this is true because it did when Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader. That the right attacked Corbyn's apologism for anti-Semitism solely for political gain is now beyond dispute.
So refreshing to see a propaganda video that isn’t AI slop. Craftsmanship.
India Today showed a cartoon of Putin and PM Modi riding a motorcycle riding a motorcycle past oil rigs and singing a popular Indian song about friendship.
President Trump also makes an appearance in the end.
President Trump also makes an appearance in the end.
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
So refreshing to see a propaganda video that isn’t AI slop. Craftsmanship.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I don’t think it ever has been possible to get exclusively (or even mainly) the kind of people that immigration-sceptics say they still want. You can’t reduce the total without reducing the number of doctor, nurses, and other skilled workers coming here.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I don’t think it ever has been possible to get exclusively (or even mainly) the kind of people that immigration-sceptics say they still want. You can’t reduce the total without reducing the number of doctor, nurses, and other skilled workers coming here.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
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1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
1) What the actual fuck how did this just get normalised in the space of three years…. Oh yeah everyone just hanging out on Twitter like boiling frogs
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
2) not broadcast, as they aren’t quite ready to push Ofcom on this. This is the “good stuff” for unregulated YouTube.
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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One country, one system
It appears that pretty much all Hong Kong-based newsfluencers, even those with international bylines or appearances, got a memo within the last 12 hours that they should shut up about the deadly fire, or else face consequences.
Related: the city's "Patriots-only" legislature has elections Sunday
Related: the city's "Patriots-only" legislature has elections Sunday
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
One country, one system
The failing here is excessively open-ended inquiries going on for many years, almost designed to not reach any useful result. We do not need more inquiries of this kind, which seem intended only to temporarily placate people rather than actually do anything.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Final Hillsborough report ends investigation with no consequences
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The failing here is excessively open-ended inquiries going on for many years, almost designed to not reach any useful result. We do not need more inquiries of this kind, which seem intended only to temporarily placate people rather than actually do anything.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Looks like some people high up in the Pentagon are appalled by the blatantly illegal “double tap” order that killed two shipwrecked men in the Caribbean, and leaking hard to ensure that lies from Trump, Hegseth, Leavitt, and right-wing media don’t muddy the awful truth.
Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected."
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Looks like some people high up in the Pentagon are appalled by the blatantly illegal “double tap” order that killed two shipwrecked men in the Caribbean, and leaking hard to ensure that lies from Trump, Hegseth, Leavitt, and right-wing media don’t muddy the awful truth.
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Well, they might not have brought peace with Ukraine, but at least they are now also talking about war with Europe, so we are going forward
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress
Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Well, they might not have brought peace with Ukraine, but at least they are now also talking about war with Europe, so we are going forward
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How to build a modern functional growing economy:
1) Depend on votes of pensioners from peripheral transfer dependent regions
2) Endlessly piss off people who live in your largest urban centres and attack their industries
3) Get rid of all the foreigners
4) Singapore is achieved!
1) Depend on votes of pensioners from peripheral transfer dependent regions
2) Endlessly piss off people who live in your largest urban centres and attack their industries
3) Get rid of all the foreigners
4) Singapore is achieved!
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
How to build a modern functional growing economy:
1) Depend on votes of pensioners from peripheral transfer dependent regions
2) Endlessly piss off people who live in your largest urban centres and attack their industries
3) Get rid of all the foreigners
4) Singapore is achieved!
1) Depend on votes of pensioners from peripheral transfer dependent regions
2) Endlessly piss off people who live in your largest urban centres and attack their industries
3) Get rid of all the foreigners
4) Singapore is achieved!
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One thing that all this throwing subordinates under the bus does is confirm for anyone who still doubted it that it was a war crime or jusr murder.
Anyone who was trying to defend it is now hearing, from the top, yes this was a horrific crime that I am desperate to blame on anyone but me.
Anyone who was trying to defend it is now hearing, from the top, yes this was a horrific crime that I am desperate to blame on anyone but me.
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One thing that all this throwing subordinates under the bus does is confirm for anyone who still doubted it that it was a war crime or jusr murder.
Anyone who was trying to defend it is now hearing, from the top, yes this was a horrific crime that I am desperate to blame on anyone but me.
Anyone who was trying to defend it is now hearing, from the top, yes this was a horrific crime that I am desperate to blame on anyone but me.
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This, of course, is bang on. China is already ahead in EVs, and rather than compete with that, German automakers are demanding "more time". The fossil-fuel era of driving is over.
www.theguardian.com/business/...
www.theguardian.com/business/...
‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This, of course, is bang on. China is already ahead in EVs, and rather than compete with that, German automakers are demanding "more time". The fossil-fuel era of driving is over.
www.theguardian.com/business/...
www.theguardian.com/business/...
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You’d think after 12 years we’d release exhaustive, authoritative proof the US was behind this & convince Europe we’re the victims. That would be in our in our interest. You’d think.
But my trolls don’t think so we use racism about how eastern europeans can't protest without western help.
But my trolls don’t think so we use racism about how eastern europeans can't protest without western help.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You’d think after 12 years we’d release exhaustive, authoritative proof the US was behind this & convince Europe we’re the victims. That would be in our in our interest. You’d think.
But my trolls don’t think so we use racism about how eastern europeans can't protest without western help.
But my trolls don’t think so we use racism about how eastern europeans can't protest without western help.
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Tempted to block those who blame solely the UK for struggling relations with the EU, because such absolutism is part of the problem. Only through recovering the art of consensus will Europe recover its confidence.
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tempted to block those who blame solely the UK for struggling relations with the EU, because such absolutism is part of the problem. Only through recovering the art of consensus will Europe recover its confidence.