Anna

Feminist, interior design, wannabe ballerina and cat gif lover. All views my own.

[Ant @HolyMolie01]

#WorldCupFinal #halftimeshow

[Anna @AnnaBros]

@WarMonitor3 UK, we ‘invented’ weekends!

[Anna @AnnaBros]

I need the latest Iranian Lego film to drop…

[Sam Greene @samagreene]

I study authoritarianism for a living, so I do not say this lightly: America isn't facing an authoritarian future. America is living an authoritarian present.

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[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

Let’s debunk what Trump just said.

“Most weren't paying their bills”

Incorrect, regarding NATO spending, America spends the exact same amount as Germany, followed closely by the UK then France.

Germany – 15.8813 %
United States – 15.8813 %
United Kingdom – 10.9626 %
France – 10.1940 %

This has been like this for a long time. Trump is talking about what the US pays for personal Defence of the US not NATO Spending.

“UNTIL I CAME ALONG. The USA was, foolishly, paying for them!”

This never happened, the US was paying for itself for the cost of its over inflated Defence around the world.

“beyond all else, they are all my friends.”

No Donald, you are a bully, and we tolerate you, we do not like you and we are not fucking friends.

“Without my involvement, Russia would have ALL OF UKRAINE right now.”

There has been no President on the face of this earth that has done more to help Putin and his plans with Ukraine. Biden if anyone from the US did 1,000 times more than what you have done for Ukraine.

“I single-handedly ENDED 8 WARS”

No you didn’t, you couldn’t even list them if you tried, these were non existent imaginary wars made up by your dementia.

“And Norway, a NATO Member, foolishly chose not to give me the Noble Peace Prize.”

Norway didn’t deny you a Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel is a private organization not a state owned company. You didn’t win the peace prize because they thought that you’re a cunt, and two, giving you the prize would diminish any respect, value and the prestige that the prize and company holds. They saved themselves from being a laughing stock and kept their respect by denying you. That’s why you had to get a football organization to make a Peace prize for you, because you couldn’t win one you fucking senile fool.

“I saved Millions of Lives.”

I can’t with this statement… where? Where did you save millions of lives….

“RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE ZERO FEAR OF NATO WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES”

If Russia has zero fear for Europe, why are they so scared of us deploying troops in Ukraine. Europe’s defence spending matches that of Russian and China and even more when combining the British commonwealth along with Allie even ignoring NATO numbers. Russia even with China wouldn’t stand a chance.

“AND I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE REALLY NEEDED THEM.”

The United States is the only country in the history of the alliance that has ever activated Article 5 for NATO nations to come to its aid. The only one, ever. Which was after 9/11. NATO has always served the needs of American more than any other Nation.

“We will always be there for NATO,”

No one believes at all anymore. You can’t be trusted. We cannot trust you one fucking bit.

“The only Nation that China and Russia fear and respect is the DJT REBUILT U.S.A.”

They don’t fear or respect you, they laugh because you are so easy to manipulate and control. If anything on paper you have been the perfect ally. And regarding your ‘DJT Rebuilt USA’ you are destroying your nation not building it.

All of the above is just completely fucking embarrassing. Someone needs to put him out of his misery and get him out of the White House.

What a complete and utter embarrassment to the world. It’s just fucking cringe and I feel it from across the Atlantic.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Together with the leaders of Europe, Canada and Japan, we have declared our readiness to work on the 28-point plan despite some reservations. However, before we start our work, it would be good to know for sure who is the author of the plan and where was it created.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion. From the very first minutes of February 24, Putin has been waging this war with complete disregard for how many of his own people he loses and how many of ours he kills.

Russian commanders are not merely inclined to act brutally – they receive explicit orders allowing them to kill however they please. That is why Russia’s war is so bloody, taking lives both on the front lines and in peaceful Ukrainian cities. That is why Russia not only kills adults but also abducts children and tries to re-educate them so that they will take part in the war once they grow up.

Russian commanders are now sending into assaults against Ukrainian positions those who were still in elementary school in 2014, when Crimea was occupied and Russia’s hybrid aggression against Ukraine began. This is a long war, and the main thing Russia is trying to do is to preserve its ability to wage it even longer, and not only against Ukraine. That is why we appreciate so deeply that so many forces and leaders are working for peace right now.

Ukraine is grateful to the United States, to every American heart, and personally to President Trump for the assistance that – starting with the Javelins – has been saving Ukrainian lives. We thank everyone in Europe, in the G7, and in the G20 who is helping us defend life. It is important to preserve the support.

It is important not to forget the main goal – to stop Russia’s war and prevent it from ever igniting again. And to achieve that, peace must be dignified. In just this one year alone, Putin has already sent hundreds of thousands of his own people to their deaths in order to occupy one percent or several percent of Ukrainian territory. And this is what Russia is doing – a country that already has more internationally recognized territory than any other state in the world. This nature of the war, and Russia’s attempts to prolong it, show that for them this is not about territory or about how one neighbor or another behaves toward Russia, but about Russia’s “right to wage war,” its “right to subjugate” others, and a fundamental absence of security.

That is why we work so carefully on every point, on every step toward peace. Everything must work out the right way – so that this war is truly ended and so that it does not happen again. Thank you to everyone who is helping! Thank you, America! Thank you, Europe! I am proud of our people. Glory to Ukraine!

[BenNotoriuosAgain 🇸🇪🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇮🇬🇧🇧🇻 @NotoriuosAgain]

@Microinteracti1 @AleksandrX13 Trump, the Piggy

[LizzieC @LizCobb15]

@Glinner

[Musk’s Thoughts @musksthought]

A Christian Sudanese child beggs for his life while a Muslim Jihasists is preparing to slaughter him.
I can't stop crying 😭

Where is the world ? The rallies ? The headlines ? The flotilla ? UNICEF ? UN ?

Hypocrites !🤮🤬

#Sudan

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Update from the Killing Fields of Sudan:
Maternity hospital massacre leaves 460 dead as patients and staff are butchered; 2,000 civilians were executed in two days. UN resolutions: zero. Protesters in London: couple of dozen. Coverage of Sudan carnage in media: minimal.

[Hamas Atrocities @HamasAtrocities]

Oh, Greta!
You little fraud! 🤣

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Film billboard where portrait of Dracula appears at night from shadows of stakes

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

This was a vile and disgusting attack on a synagogue in Manchester. On Yom Kippur – the holiest day of the Jewish year – families gathered in prayer were targets for violence.

My heart goes out to all those hurt and affected. I know many in our Jewish community will feel shaken. They deserve to know they are not alone.

[Barry Wall @HeadWarriorTWM]

Now this is powerful.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points.

I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days.

Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.

However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.

When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said.

The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness.

Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison?

I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges.

The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest.

Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.

[Intel Lady @intel_lady]

Emma Watson finally breaks her silence and shares her truth about the rift with JK Rowling.
Spoiler alert- You may need some vinaigrette to consume this.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

'Blonde woman' = adjective + noun.
Remove 'blonde' from 'woman', you've still got a woman.

'Trans woman' = compound noun.
Remove 'trans' from 'woman', you've got a man.
If the man was actually a woman, he wouldn't be trans.

[soul nate @MNateShyamalan]

Entomologist here 🙋‍♂️🤓🐜 Great question! It may seem surprising that the scientific community could miss an entire bug species after all this time, especially when it’s THIS big. The answer might surprise you more 👀 Let’s dive in 👇🧵 (1/?)

[Jill Foster @JournalistJill]

The Led By Donkeys boys Ben Stewart, James Sadri, Oliver Knowles and Will Rose have included JK Rowling in a Glastonbury stunt.

It’s a line up of people they want to send to Mars because they have ‘made life more difficult for the rest of us’.

JKR’s charity Lumos has, to date, helped more than 23,000 children.

Her sexual assault service Beira’s Place has helped at least 2000 women gain access to support.

She helped fund the rescue of more than 100 females lawyers and their families from Afghanistan when they faced being murdered.

She opened a fund to help women who have been discriminated against due to their gender critical views.

She has given courage to thousands more women to stand up for their sex-based rights.

So lads, we know who you mean by ‘the rest of us’.

It’s men, isn’t it?