𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝕮𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖇𝖊 2 Profile picture
🤍💙🤍 Anglo-Saxon Cat; liberal utilitarian; anti-conservatist; anti-muskist; anti-trumpist. My blog: https://t.co/qr3npLHQCn
Apr 16 5 tweets 3 min read
@rich97070 @John_ForemanCBE @dinkypinkygirly @afneil 1).
„»What They Found«, the first documentary by the film and theatre director Sam Mendes, is a short, stark shock. The film straightforwardly combines two precious artefacts held at the Imperial War Museum in London [1]: @rich97070 @John_ForemanCBE @dinkypinkygirly @afneil 2).
35mm film, shot by Sgt Mike Lewis [2] [3] and Sgt Bill Lawrie [2] [4] of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, before and during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp [5] near the town of Celle in northern Germany in April 1945;
Apr 15 5 tweets 1 min read
@Shayan86 1).
„Four people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a restaurant in north London [1]” @Shayan86 2).
„An employee at Gilmartins, a London-based maintenance company, and his son witnessed the horror crash from the company van before spotting the alleged driver of the vehicle fleeing the scene.
Apr 15 4 tweets 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Asked whether his plans to carry out deportations to El Salvador include »potentially U.S. citizens, fully naturalized Americans«, @realDonaldTrump said:
– »Iʼm all for it. Because we can do things with the president for less money and have great security. @RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
And we have a huge prison population, we have a huge number of prisons, and then we have the private prisons, and some are operated as well I guess and some arenʼt« [1].
Apr 13 4 tweets 1 min read
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„[...] neither @realDonaldTrump supporters nor opponents perceived his obsession with resuming his personal friendship with Pootin. To Trump, good personal relations between leaders signify good relations between their countries, an enormously oversimplified view of the world 2).
@realDonaldTrump can’t tell US friends from its enemies, either politico-militarily or economically, and doesn’t seem to care. What matters are Trump’s friends and enemies, which are manifestly not the same as the America’s.”

April 7, 2025
Apr 13 4 tweets 1 min read
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„𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 reports [1] that half of the attorneys in the Office of the Solicitor General in the @TheJusticeDept are either leaving their jobs or preparing to do so, 2).
for reasons including disagreements with directives handed down from the @WhiteHouse. Now at least eight of the office’s 16-member staff are leaving, dealing a blow to its credibility [2]”.

April 9, 2025
Apr 13 5 tweets 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„As @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's back-and-forth on trade policies creates chaos in the financial markets, some fund managers are questioning the rationality of his decisions [1]. @RonFilipkowski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
– »In the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers« – Tom Lee, the head of research at the financial analysis firm FSInsights, wrote on Wednesday morning, before Trump backed down from most of his tariffs on U.S. trading partners [1].
Apr 12 4 tweets 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
Although @PierrePoilievre has supported Donald Trump on several issues [1] [2] and has referred his „America first” rhetoric [3], the Canadian conservative's correlation to @realDonaldTrump seems inadequate [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] @RonFilipkowski @PierrePoilievre @realDonaldTrump 2).
Endnotes:

[1] @BNNBloomberg bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2025/…

[2] @CBCNews cbc.ca/news/politics/…

[3] @ReadTheLion readlion.com/is-canadas-pie…

[4] @thebrandonsun archive.ph/8auXM

[5] @Cherwell_Online cherwell.org/2022/11/04/pie…
Apr 12 4 tweets 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon, April 10, 2025 @RonFilipkowski 2).
The incident happened at around 3:17 p.m. near the Holland Tunnel ventilation shaft in Jersey City, not far from River Drive South and Newport Parkway, near the Waterʼs Soul sculpture.”
Apr 11 4 tweets 1 min read
@sentdefender 1).
„Col. Susan Meyers, the commander of the 821st Space Base Group who also oversees the Pentagonʼs northernmost military base, sent a March 31 message to all personnel at Pituffik seemingly aimed at generating unity among the airmen and Guardians, @sentdefender 2).
as well as the Canadians, Danes and Greenlanders who work there, following @VP @JDVance's appearance. She wrote that she »spent the weekend thinking about Friday's visit – the actions taken, the words spoken, and how it must have affected each of you«.”
Apr 10 4 tweets 1 min read
@RichardAngwin @atrupar 1).
„For some 100 critical drugs, the US supply comes from one factory in China

The industry operates on razor-thin margins, and broad tariffs from @realDonaldTrump could backfire.

[...] @RichardAngwin @atrupar @realDonaldTrump 2).
As a first step, the US needs a CHIPS Act-style initiative for generic drugs. @realDonaldTrump has proposed tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, but duties alone won’t revive domestic production.”

Feb. 19, 2025
Apr 10 4 tweets 1 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The bill, SB 3003 [1], was introduced by state senator Angela Paxton, wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. @RonFilipkowski 2).
It would require anyone purchasing a sex toy online to provide proof that they are 18 or older, such as a government-issued identification or through a third-party age-verification service.
Apr 7 4 tweets 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Bogus report on tariff pause briefly lifted markets before @WhiteHouse denied it [1] [2]”

„The report, that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump was considering a pause on his expansive tariffs, spread on social media and was amplified by @CNBC (@CNBCi) and @Reuters. @RonFilipkowski @WhiteHouse @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @CNBC @CNBCi @Reuters 2).
[...] The @WhiteHouse quickly responded saying that the report was »FAKE NEWS«, and CNBC and Reuters issued statements correcting the record [3].”

April 7, 2025

Endnotes:

[1] @AP apnews.com/article/trump-…

[2] @Forbes forbes.com/sites/tylerrou…
Apr 7 6 tweets 2 min read
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„ @elonmusk's Father Says It Would Be »Foolish« Not To Admire Poootin

– »It would be foolish not to admire Pootin« – Errol Musk told @bbcrussian [1] [2] on Thurs. – »I listen to his speeches—he says logical things. 2).
If you view him simply as a man, not in the context of international politics, itʼs hard not to have respect for Mr. Pootin [3]«.

Errol said that he and his son share a similar perspective regarding Pootin.
Apr 6 5 tweets 1 min read
@AmbJohnBolton 1).
„Global stock markets extended their recent rout on Friday, with S&P 500 companies wiping out $5 trillion in stock market value since @POTUS @realDonaldTrump unveiled sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, while investors fled to the safety of government bonds. @AmbJohnBolton @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
The Nasdaq confirmed it was in a bear market, ending more than 20% below its record high close, while oil prices and other commodities plunged.
Apr 6 4 tweets 1 min read
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„Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Saturday, 2).
part of some 1,200 demonstrations that were expected to form the largest single day of protest against @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and his billionaire ally @elonmusk since they launched a rapid-fire effort to overhaul government and expand presidential authority.”
Apr 6 4 tweets 1 min read
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„Netflix’s »Adolescence« isn’t based on a single real-life case, but Graham revealed that the series was inspired by the growing knife-crime epidemic in the U.K [1] [2]. 2).
The release of »Adolescence« follows the sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, who received a minimum of 52 years for murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in July 2024.
Apr 5 4 tweets 1 min read
@jmreycroft @RonFilipkowski 1).
„Who Are Tim Pool And Benny Johnson? What To Know About The Six Right-Wing Commentators DOJ Alleges Were Funded By Russia [1]”. @jmreycroft @RonFilipkowski 2).
The fact „that such relatively big names in right-wing circles could find themselves entangled with anti-American forces – wittingly or unwittingly – speaks volumes about the state of conservative media in the age of @realDonaldTrump [2].”
Apr 3 4 tweets 1 min read
@rhonda_harbison @atrupar @howardlutnick 1).
„Tariffs will indeed hurt farmers badly. Farm costs will rise. Farm incomes will drop. Under @realDonaldTrump's tariffs, farmers will pay more for fertilizer. They will pay more for farm equipment. They will pay more for the fuel to ship their products to market. @rhonda_harbison @atrupar @howardlutnick @realDonaldTrump 2).
When foreign countries retaliate, raising their own tariff barriers, American farmers will lose export markets.
Apr 3 5 tweets 2 min read
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Economists and economic historians have agreed that the passage of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff worsened the effects of the Great Depression [1]. @RonFilipkowski 2).
The depression worsened for workers and farmers despite Smoot and Hawleyʼs promises of prosperity from high tariffs; consequently, Hawley lost re-nomination, while Smoot was one of 12 @GOP Senators who lost their seats in the 1932 elections,
Apr 2 4 tweets 2 min read
@AmbJohnBolton 1).
„Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base [1], the U.K. government said Tues [2]. @AmbJohnBolton 2).
The government signaled that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's administration, which was consulted on the deal, has given its approval and no further action is needed from the U.S. [2].”

April 1, 2025
Apr 2 4 tweets 1 min read
@RALee85 @Shayan86 @mediazzzona „ @mediazzzona (@mediazona_en) Mediazona, in with @bbcrussian service and a team of volunteers, maintains a named list of deceased Russian military personnel”

zona.media/casualties @RALee85 @Shayan86 @mediazzzona @mediazona_en @bbcrussian „To provide a more comprehensive picture of the war’s impact, we offer a second figure: an estimate of excess mortality among men, based on Probate registry data.