I read today that the writer PJ O’Rourke just died. I disagreed with him on politics but enjoyed his writing and ability to converse with non-conservatives. It’s sad to think we are in an age where politics is automatically a dividing line, limiting even with who we should talk.

Now that the UK agrees to vaccinate 5-11 year olds it looks like Sweden is the only European country prepared to sacrifice its children. All to avoid the slightest chance that Tegnell gets blamed for Pandemrix type side effects again. msn.com/sv-se/nyheter/…

Bad news from the only method we have to track SARS-Cov2 levels in Sweden. The latest Stockholm data (week 7) show RNA levels are still very high and even increasing in several locations compared to previous weeks. covid19dataportal.se/data_types/env…

Dåliga nyheter från den enda metoden vi har för att spåra SARS-Cov2-nivåer i Sverige. De senaste Stockholmsdata (vecka 7) visar att RNA-nivåerna fortfarande är mycket höga och till och med ökar på flera platser jämfört med tidigare veckor. covid19dataportal.se/data_types/env…

Femi There are already tens of thousands of russian troops in #Finland. They are located along the eastern border line, about six feet deep.

A very thoughtful start to the Dublin Parade with Racheal Diyaolu carrying the Ukrainian flag

Admission to Karl Marx's grave

Craggy Island's latest. h/t Michael Nugent

Come watch an immigrant take the piss out of the U.K. at Edinburgh Festival Fringe - 8.20pm in Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose Tonight!

On this day in 1959, @MilesDavis' 'Kind of Blue' was released on Columbia Records. Davis led a sextex featuring saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, and new pianist Wynton Kelly.

I think they should just call Camilla ’the Queen’. Every time I hear her described as ’the Queen Consort’, I expect Brian May to turn up, playing ’We Will Rock You’.

Alexander S. Vindman 🇺🇸 Palmer Report

Twitter for the last six days

This video is literally so fucking hysterical she predicts EXACTLY what he's about to do

Article published a couple of days ago. Every figure in the article is AI generated and totally incomprehensible. This passed "peer-review" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

OK men, following on from the bear question… Who would you be in more danger from if you encountered them alone in a forest, a woman or a great white shark?

Hey, @sas, when I ordered the inflight meal, ”without cheese”, I didn’t expect this. bbc.com/news/articles/…