Mercy

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can hinder the firm resolve of a determined soul....

This is the most beautiful and thoughtful thing, a community aligned in adversity

A supermarket in Iran put up a sign: "It's not a problem. If you need something, take it. After the war you can pay for it." Iranians have never been more united.

@Akir_a997 Comfort

name something you NEVER feel guilty spending money on

A nation of intellectuals for real, even the kids of their elites got real jobs in some of the most important fields of science and medicine

Six months ago, King Charles III received Donald Trump at Windsor Castle. Horse-drawn carriages. A 41-gun salute. A state banquet in St George’s Hall with 160 guests. Trump stood next to the King, visibly moved, and called it “one of the highest honours of my life.” Britain smiled, nodded, and filed that away. Today Trump posted a hostile video about the United Kingdom. Downing Street issued a three-sentence response and got on with its day. Because here is the thing about Britain that Americans never quite grasp: this country has been burying empires since before the United States existed. It has outlasted Napoleon, Hitler, and the Soviet Union. It will outlast this. Trump wanted a reaction. He wanted the phone calls, the grovelling, the desperate reassurances. He got a shrug from a country that invented the stiff upper lip and has been practising it for a thousand years. While Washington careens between threats and tantrums, Britain is quietly doing what Britain does. Building alliances. Signing defence agreements. Hosting the leaders that actually matter at Chequers and Downing Street. The adults are in the room. They just stopped expecting Trump to be one of them. The special relationship was always a polite fiction. Britain knew that. It kept the fiction alive because it was useful. Now that it isn’t, Britain is doing what any self-respecting island nation does. It moves on. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

BREAKING: France Just became the First Country to Force All Supermarkets to give Unsold Food to the POOR

The utterly mad president of the US just shared a skit humiliating the British PM.

“Do not disturb yourself by imagining your whole life at once.” — Marcus Aurelius

Do you have a ticket for the World Cup in the USA? Sell it.

BREAKING: Slovenia is now limiting how much fuel people can buy as some gas stations run empty.

Ich habe heute Nachmittag mit US-Präsident Donald Trump die Situation in Iran, Israel und in der Ukraine besprochen. Wir haben verabredet, weiter in engem Kontakt zu bleiben. Unser Austausch wird bald fortgesetzt.

Good

Syria 🇸🇾: local residents protested in Bab Touma today against the recently announced alcohol ban in Damascus, stating the ban will put many shops and bars out of business.

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C.S. Lewis

Interesting

From Foreign Correspondent to Uber Driver @thenation published my essay with a few additions in its latest issue with the valued support of the @econhardship. Thanks to both. thenation.com/article/societ…

Former Reuters bureau chief who lost his job and is now struggling to survive as a taxi driver: "In my previous jobs, I interviewed prime ministers and CEOs (...) We are all improvising, all one broken transmission or missed paycheck away from something even worse (...) in the United States, more than 10,000 journalists lost their jobs between 2022 and 2024 (...) Google, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok have gobbled up the advertising dollars, and campy 30-second videos by influencers now deliver what passes for news on social media (...) my family (...) flew to Italy, where they could live rent-free in a family member’s home (...) After I said goodbye to them, I wept uncontrollably in the airport parking lot, not knowing when I would see them again (...) I trust an app to buy me another day"

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s prominent international profile has not largely translated into improvements in material conditions for Nigerians. Read @LeenaHoffmann's (@AfricaProg) latest analysis on Nigeria for Chatham House⤵️ chathamhouse.org/2026/03/tinubu…

At some point, you have to take personal ownership of your life and mentor yourself through certain phases.

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