Keith Drummond
@severalcatslater.com
Partner, father, pet parent (1 dog, 6 cats), proud European 🇪🇺. Sci-fi enthusiast & renaissance soul. Past lives: soldier, sailor, lecturer/researcher (PoliSci & political violence), GSM, briefly deceased (2019). Web: https://severalcatslater.com
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If you find yourself dooming, it's worth recalling that Trump has neither the legal nor (more importantly) the practical ability to effectively federalize & rig the midterms. But if you find yourself complacent, it's important to note he can cause a whole lot of chaos by illegally trying & failing.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago🚨🚨🚨 WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: You have the right to declare a national security emergency for elections. If you do this in the next month, we will get photo ID, proof of citizenship, and a limit to mail ballots TRUMP: Let me just say stranger things have happened. I'll leave it at that
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
KASPAROV: Why can't NATO shoot down Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory? When Iran attacked Israel, the Americans, French, British shot down Iranian missiles. Why can one shoot down Iranian missiles flying at Israel but cannot shoot down Russian missiles flying at Ukraine?
Bessent epitomises everything that’s wrong with the current administration, even more than Trump. Smug, stupid and shielded from consequences by his money. Unserious on every level. 2/
Reuters highlights the lack of transparency regarding the approval of Tesla FSD in the EU. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/pressur...
Pressured by Tesla, European regulators keep 'Full Self-Driving' safety data secret
Aug 6 (Reuters) - Four months ago, the Netherlands approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system and has since then advocated for its adoption across the EU.
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Geopolitics and Security Studies Center analyst Dionis Cenusa on the Ceuta crisis: “The timing chosen for this hybrid warfare operation was not accidental… 1/
"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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The long game could be very rewarding. But it would take leadership. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Why Trump is Afraid of International Law
The administration sees a risk that “woke” institutions will go after its officials once the president is out of office.
politico.com
Evidence has to withstand scrutiny. If your sources can’t be verified, your citations don’t stand up, or the provenance of your evidence is in doubt, you don’t have a credible case. Students fail exams for less. Democracies deserve a far higher standard. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump’s Primetime Election Stunt Backfires Horribly
There are calls for an investigation into a CIA document the president released, accusing China of interfering in the 2020 election.
thedailybeast.com
One of the most interesting things I’ve read today. EU poverty figures are just annual snapshots. Follow people over four years instead, and almost 1 in 4 Europeans experience poverty at least once. Measuring who stays poor may matter even more than who is poor today. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
Beyond the snapshot: How poverty really unfolds over time in the EU
Poverty is not a static condition but a dynamic process. Yet the at-risk-of-poverty rate, which underpins EU poverty monitoring, captures who is poor in a given year but says nothing about how long pe...
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Now this is thinking outside the box. Instead of endless arguments over short-term lets, what if platforms like Airbnb helped provide accommodation for frontline workers? Could a model like this help tackle housing shortages in Ireland, or elsewhere? en.protothema.gr/2026/07/27/h...
Health Ministry agreement with Airbnb to sponsor accommodation for doctors and nurses, starting with five islands - ProtoThema English
Adonis Georgiadis said that “these homes will be available from the beginning of August”
en.protothema.gr
Assuming Iran has no access to Russian, Chinese, or commercial satellite imagery. That’s a bold assumption. Things really aren’t going well, are they? arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
New delay on Copernicus satellite pics comes as US ramps up war with Iran again.
arstechnica.com
A fascinating Sunday morning read. It’s ostensibly about Neanderthals, but really it’s about memory, evolution, identity… and the uncomfortable question of what happens when a species meets a superintelligence. The historical record isn’t encouraging. unherd.com/2026/07/why-...
Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals
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I think it’s obvious that China and Russia work very hard at having talented politicians,like Trump, elected globally.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4w agoTrump revived long-debunked theories regarding the 2020 elections in a primetime speech.
My wife says I remind her of James Bond. I’m not good at following orders, I’m emotionally dead, and she’d like to see the role go to Idris Elba.
Great to see how these networks work in real-time. Irish energy regulator was going to attend Thiel event in Powerscourt Hotel ino.to/Qaxalat
Irish energy regulator was to attend Thiel event
She's influential in state data centre policy.
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Adding to the weirdness around Mitch McConnell: His wife, Elaine Chao, reportedly traveled to China just three days after his heart attack. She is said to have met with met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing.
Mitch McConnell’s Wife’s Bizarre Move After CPR Drama Revealed
Elaine Chao was seen on a trip to China three days after her husband’s hospitalization.
thedailybeast.com
Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson. www.wired.com/story/predic...
Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town
Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.
wired.com
We have work to do. Especially as the US is now funding groups across Europe to get the government’s it wants. US history is littered with attempts to do this, and the consequences are usually dire for those countries. The Europe needs to stop the rot, decisively. www.politico.eu/article/amer...
America’s accountability crisis is coming for Europe too
While the immediate cause for fraying relations can be found in American politics and policy, a contributing cause lies in the continent’s weakness and self-delusion.
politico.eu
Okay, have just wrapped up ‘The Black Cross’ story that was added to Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Thinking I need to look up what is an Isu… 😅 Feels like they are closing the book on AC Shadows now. But would love to see more content set in Naoe’s Japan.
Wonderful idea! Will cringe every time someone kicks a ball at it though 😅
Euronews@euronews.com · 2mo agoSolar fences are gaining ground in Europe, as households continue to invest in renewables amid the war on Iran.
Not a national intelligence briefing, or actually being in the room, or in touch with Iranian reps, or… any expert. His bosses son-in-law, and real estate agent told him. Says the vice-president of the US.
paulpro@mariopro.bsky.social · 2mo ago7:30am Saturday and moments later…it was closed
Strange framing. If Trump made an unproven claim, why is the headline about Meloni “accusing” him rather than about the claim itself being disputed or unsupported? Journalism should be doing better than this these days.
RTÉ@rte.ie · 2mo agoMeloni accuses Trump of lying over photo claims https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0619/1579298-us-italy/
AC Shadows was my first Assassin’s Creed. I bought it to be a ninja in feudal Japan. Isu? No clue. Animus? Huh? Domains? WTF? Every time the game leaves the ninja stealth for franchise lore, I want to go back to sneaking around. Being a ninja IS the cool part. www.ign.com/articles/ubi...
Assassin's Creed Fans Say Shadows Finally Has a Proper Ending a Year After Launch, as Ubisoft Acknowledges 'Community Didn't Resonate' With Story as Hoped
Fans are celebrating the final update for Assassin's Creed Shadows, which they say finally fixes plot holes and gives the game a proper ending, as Ubisoft admits some elements of the base game missed ...
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