How very clever to divert attention from Trump’s dreadful “Big Beautiful Bill” by filling the media with a manufactured spat between him and Elon Musk. If they curate the row well, they should make it last until after the bill has passed and all the damage is done..
I have never before been quite so aware of the right wing bias of the BBC.
Radio four covering the Hamilton by election mentioned labour the SNP a couple of times Conservatives several times and reform several times but never mentioned the liberals or the greens.
https://www.wired.com/story/gms-new-battery-tech-could-be-a-breakthrough-for-affordable-evs/
Lithium is not the only battery!
“This is a major achievement which deserves so much more. The staff deserve praise but may not get it other than here and in other sympathetic social media.”
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--destroys-kidney-dialysis-center-in-gaza--240-housin. Noura al-Kaabi dialysis center in northern Gaza was affiliated with the Indonesian Hospital...which has been repeatedly besieged by Israeli forces who have opened fire on anyone moving within its grounds"
My kid just WhatsApped from his German exchange trip. They had to call an ambulance for him.
He has food poisoning, was very pale and nauseous. He was dehydrated and his blood pressure was dropping.
He's fine now but I wanted to share this because it has the most Western Europe Is a Civilized Place ending ever.
The paramedics came to the mall, took him into the ambulance, gave him an IV, checked him out, stayed with him until he felt better, then told him "No charge. Enjoy your trip to Germany." And if that wasn't enough, when they realized the group had had to move onto the train station without him, they gave him a ride over there to catch up with them.
I'm so ground down by the predatory realities of America in general in 2025 that this just about blew my fucking mind.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has a provision buried halfway through its 1,000-plus pages that would take away power from the courts.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/2/gaza_doctor_israel_aid_attack
“There are hundreds and thousands of children needlessly dying, children being blown up, children being starved and children dying of otherwise preventable illnesses … it’s a mass destruction of an entire population, and we can’t stand by and let this happen any longer.”
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/hating-new-york
Is life better in Florida or New York?
“Not a day goes by without Israel gunning down starving people queuing for food.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israels-backers-are-now-advocating “But it’s not a war, it’s a genocide. You can negotiate an end to a war, but you can’t negotiate an end to a genocide. Israel has openly declared that the killing will continue until there are no more Palestinians left in Gaza”
Too many cyclists use their bell as a substitute for the brakes, just as vehicle drivers do with their horn
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/06/01/bbc-uk-report-a-crucial-new-drug-for-children-available-across-scotland-thanks-to-snp-health-secretary-but-its-still-in-a-heart-breaking-postcode-lottery-in-england-bbc-scotland-its-not/. “BBC Scotland must surely cover that in the public interest, in accordance with their royal charter and editorial standards?”
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/06/01/polish-academic-knows-thsat-scotland-is-leading-the-way-in-east-asian-boom-but-scottish-media-to-busy-with-other-trivia/
Polish academic highlights Scotland’s progress in Asia
https://www.onstageblog.com/onstage-blog-news/2025/5/22/georgia-high-school-cancels-the-crucible-mid-run it appears there are people in the United States who are afraid to look in a community mirror, and they pressurised a school group, yes a school group, to cancel the second of two performances of The Crucible. Apparently the pupils had completed the play themselves having not had the support of a teacher for the preceding two months.
Check out this post and especially the video from one of the actors at the end of the post.
It is utterly excellent.
This has to be one of the most pointless signs I have seen for a while. If you can see the sign you’re in the wrong lane to turn right and would have to cross two lanes of heavy traffic to get there.
And if you’re in the correct lane to turn right, there’s no way you can see the sign
Somewhat refreshing to see that not everybody is a slave to the spellchecker
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/05/25/fiona-hill-interview-trump-terrified-putin-seen-firsthand/ “she is equally scathing of European leaders for not coming to terms with this new reality sooner. “The fact that the Europeans are so shocked by his deference to Putin actually shows that they haven’t also done their homework,” she said”
What an absolute ******
And it’s a Tesla
