Peter Broks

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Trump says he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from Nato

The president, a longtime critic of Nato, has stepped up his rhetoric after allies refused to join the US-Israel war on Iran

The Guardian

Do we really have to have three more years of Trump?
The world is barely surviving one year.

#Trump #USPol

I'm not saying it's been a shitty day but a bottle of cider is now top of my shopping list.

Had to order heating oil. Price has doubled.

F*** Trump.

Yep. It was a scam.

I'm enjoying my creative writing but feel I have unfinished business in academia, so if anyone is interested in any of these
- new model for public engagement and science communication
- new research methodology
- new format for workshops
let me know.

(I also miss working in a team and working with students)

#OpenToWork #JobSearch #research #scicomm #PublicEngagement

Hmm, made a connection on Linkedin and now having a chat with an AI bot about what job I want. Curious and disturbing at the same time.

#AI #jobs #Linkedin

And here's a new report from Amnesty....

"Highlighting "troubling attacks on human rights", Amnesty claims the "starkest threat" to visitors to the World Cup may be "the machine of abusive, discriminatory and deadly immigration enforcement and mass detention in the USA"."

Peace Prize? My f****** arse

#Trump #FIFA #WorldCup #USPol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4g828vxkz9o.

World Cup 2026 risks becoming a 'stage for repression' - Amnesty report

The 2026 World Cup risks becoming "a stage for repression and a platform for authoritarian practices", according to a new report from human rights campaign group Amnesty.

BBC Sport

If you needed more reasons not to go to the world cup in a fascist state that has concentration camps and attacked one of the participating countries.

#Trump #FIFA #WorldCup #Football #soccer #USPol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwyd0pzmv0jo.

Five Euro 2028 tickets 'cost same as World Cup parking space'

Uefa is to expected to broadly freeze prices at Euro 2028 - meaning supporters would be able to buy five tickets for the cost of one parking space at a World Cup stadium this summer.

BBC Sport
For months he threatened tariffs on any nation that sent oil to Cuba. Now he lets the Russians do it? This is incoherent, dangerous and Putin-friendly. In short, so Trumpian.