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[Radio Reuben @RubyGold]

They will do whatever they want

There will be no repercussions

And the critical thing to understand I think is

They Don’t Give A Fuck

[tern @1goodtern]

Ok.
I've read "The Painful Truth About Long Covid" six times through, and I'm ready.

Here are ten clues in the article that point to the writer's bad faith.

[Daniel Davis Deep Dive @DanielLDavis1]

I pointed out last night that we would have to wait for confirmation on the ground when the sun came up to see if CENTCOM was telling the truth about knocking down every Iranian missile in Kuwait. This is why nobody can take *anything* we say at face value.

It’s both shameful and disheartening.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

BRUTAL indictment of @bariweiss by Scott Pelley:
"For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified." Then it gets worse...

[Jeremy Kaplowitz @jeremysmiles]

what is going on

[Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @KrutikaKuppalli]

This is the kind of soft power the U.S. once excelled at.

When I lived in Uganda nearly a decade ago, I watched China steadily expand its presence through investments in infrastructure and development.

It’s no surprise to see China playing a larger role today and embedding in the #Ebola response.

These are areas where the U.S. once led, building trust, partnerships, and global health influence through sustained engagement and programs like @USAID

[tern @1goodtern]

The USA is now the enemy of Europe.

Read that three or four times if it hasn't already sunk in.

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

“The science is clear: El Niño is arriving on our doorstep in the coming months with 90% certainty. The world must treat it as the urgent climate warning it is.” — @antonioguterres

UN urges countries to strengthen early warning systems.

https://t.co/QEN3ChHpgS

[Aaron Regunberg @AaronRegunberg]

lol literally the moment I started to shake off the hasbara propaganda I grew up brainwashed by was taking a South African history class in college. The class never mentioned Israel once — but I couldn’t help noticing that nearly every one of the justifications and origin myths that propped up Afrikaner rule almost precisely paralleled the justifications and origin myths I’d been taught about Israel.

[Dr Richard Hirschson @richardhirschs1]

⚠️Energy crisis 3.0

Inventories are rapidly running down, ‘tank bottoms’ will be seen in next few months.

We are about to fall off an energy cliff.

Australia 🇦🇺 is likely to be one of the first developed countries to experience a fuel shock.

https://t.co/9yFm9uwyQJ…

[Praise @tufpraise]

Because pedophiles are in power

[Mark Barnes @mark_barnes56]

🇿🇦They could’ve employed 27 CEOs - all working there together full time (for the last three years) for less … STOP THIS!!!🇿🇦@SollyMalatsi

[Mia Farrow @FarrowMia40582]

My God

[Peter D Carter @PCarterClimate]

AMOC TIPPING POINT TRIGGER COULD BE CLOSE
Sudden Huge Expansion of North Atlantic Cold Blob
Recent research finds the cold blob is caused by the slowing AMOC. We could be triggering AMOC tipping point – of future collapse. Copernicus Pulse. #AMOC #climatechange #globalwarming

[Marc Ashton @zamarcashton]

Johannesburg currently has a budget bigger than about 15 sovereign African countries and its failure is catastrophic for this country.

https://t.co/73qx9fCUXs

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

UPDATE: Dulce Diaz was in fact a U.S. citizen and the Trump admin has now acknowledged the fact and issued her a passport. Below was DHS’s angry (and utterly false) claim to the contrary.

Proof that, yes, ICE has at times detained US citizens in error.

[Radio Reuben @RubyGold]

Too damn long.

[The Presidency 🇿🇦 @PresidencyZA]

On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Order setting a deadline of 22 November 2027 for South Africa to file its Reply to Israel’s written pleading – submitted in March 2026 – in the case of Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).

Israel will then have until 22 May 2029 to submit a Rejoinder. The ICJ’s Order follows a meeting of the representatives of the parties and the President of the Court in The Hague on 29 April 2026, called by the President of the Court to discuss the next procedural steps in the case.

A second round of written pleadings is common in ICJ cases; in fact, in all previous cases brought under the Genocide Convention, parties have submitted a Reply and a Rejoinder. Moreover, as Israel has now objected to the jurisdiction of the Court in its Counter-Memorial, submitted in March 2026 – and not, as contemplated in the Rules of Court, “as soon as possible, and not later than three months after the delivery of the Memorial” (i.e. January 2025) – South Africa will now have to address these objections to the Court’s jurisdiction in its Reply.

In terms of the Rules of Court, the written pleadings remain confidential until the Court determines otherwise. At the time of filing its Counter-Memorial Israel’s counsel publicly declared that “its Counter-Memorial [proves] its legitimate objectives in the war have always been to eliminate the military and governing capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist organizations”.

Whether or not Israel’s war on Gaza is authorised by, or has complied with, the international law regarding self-defence, as claimed by Israel’s counsel, South Africa’s response is a simple one: self-defence is not a defence to genocide, there is none.

What is more, Israel remains bound by the three provisional measures Orders issued by the ICJ – at the request of South Africa – that seek to ensure the protection of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza, which the Court has determined are under “real and imminent risk of irreparable prejudice”.

These Orders oblige Israel, amongst other things, to ensure that its military does not commit any genocidal acts in Gaza, to ensure “without delay, in full co-operation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision…of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance”, ensure the “unimpeded access” of UN commissions of inquiry, fact-finding mission and other investigative bodies to the Gaza Strip.

ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

[Radio Reuben @RubyGold]

A slip 🤣🤣🤣

[Chris Mitchell @chrismbbcsport]

This is a slip from the President, he looks at his worst, weakest and crucially ugliest when the press pack wind him up.

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

After winter 36C days, 18C winter nights in SOUTH AFRICA

Minimums >18C at East London (which was just renamed KuGompo -with two capital letters -take note)
Record winter hottest night at Grahamstown:
Min 15.8C.

[ROPoem @R0Poem]

Kettle pot black …
The press finally going for the pig ..