@laurinelson The short answer: Congress. I didn't mention that all of this of course also violates the US Constitution, which gives Congress, not the President the power to declare war. They need to step up and deny funding to continue this illegal war.
Life brings many unpleasant feelings. I sigh “oh well” inside and cry a little, and that’s it. Feeling down takes energy. I need to save it for the next mistake. Even a life full of failures can be lived well if I have thick nerves.
UK interior minister Mahmood cancelled all Sudanese student visas yesterday, because she thought that too many Sudanese students with UK visas have applied for asylum in 2025 (120 applications). Scholarship-winning Sudanese students are posting rejection letters online.
The BBC’s Nick Robinson just now asking the actor & activist Elika Ashoori if anti-war protests here in the UK should be *banned*. The irony of waging war for democracy in Iran while destroying it at home…
Roma ritrova un tesoro nascosto: il Museo del Genio apre le sue porte e svela un universo dove storia, tecnica e visione si intrecciano.
Qui l’ingegno diventa racconto, tra invenzioni che hanno cambiato il mondo e un patrimonio custodito per decenni.
📍 Museo del Genio, Roma
Zohran Mamdani quotes Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory speech:
"A moment comes rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance."