To get Hungarian PM Orban to end his block on a €50 billion aid package for Ukraine, other EU leaders teamed up ahead of today’s summit to deliver a stark message: You're on your own this time. Report w/ Julia Payne Jan Strupczewski Sabine Siebold reuters.com/world/europe/e…

Quite something, the Russian rhetoric. I mean, after almost two years of "defeats" you'd think Kiev would be, like, defeated, wouldn't you?

Love it! We can all change them to 5-figure/letter combos.

An Update, and Another Project, by Nigel Cameron open.substack.com/pub/nigelcamer…

I'm sure you're looking forward to my biography of C. Everett Koop!

What a restaurant!

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"China is now the main supporter of the Russian war effort, war aggression against Ukraine... And at the same time, they are trying to have a normal relationship with European allies. This cannot work in the long run" - Jens Stoltenberg. 📹: BBC

Exactly. Like private healthcare, private schools subsidize the state. In fiscal terms it's voluntary taxation.

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"If Russia wins, no state, and no border would feel secure. And the world would enter a new era of imperialist wars of conquest." A brilliant piece in the Economist magazine from the author of “Sapiens” Yuval Noah Harari. 1/n

Ouch ouch ouch

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“You see, at first, when someone says, 'Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,' it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works – but only for a short time. What eventually occurs is: First,

Just in case you've yet to buy my biography of former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, plus copies for all your friends and neighbors, here's a reminder! "The definitive biography for decades to come," per historian Randall Balmer.

Ouch. Here's my idea: Let's have schools. Maybe parents too?

I thought you might be interested to see this somewhat tongue-in-cheek oped in The Hill on Koop as an influencer - since Trump has nominated one such as SG! (PS - I hope you've read my Koop biography by now.) thehill.com/opinion/health…

Looks like a classic case. Can they be prosecuted? independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

This now bizarrely greets us as we get our passports checked for Eurostar in London. And do these chumps not actually know what omitting the hyphen means? counterterrorism.police.uk/counter-terror…