(0720) Health a bit better, needs to be as busy Monday coming up, gets me up and downstairs a few times. Hope you survive this week. (0750)

 

5. A bitta history

I know a few people who know almost no vital history and what’s more … are not remotely interested. “Vital” I consider to be that which had great effect on subsequent society, e.g. the Johns Hopkins conference in late 2018, deciding how best to roll out the Covid vaxx and lockdown horror. Another was this:

4. Steve at 1503

• Trump Ends Joe Biden’s Electric Vehicle Mandate, Says Reduced Waste Will Lower Price of Cars
• ‘Don’t Mogadishu My America,’ Former NBA Player Royce White Calls for Ilhan Omar’s Deportation
• France: Algerian ‘Teacher’ Arrested Over Alleged Rape and Sexual Assaults of Children Aged 3–5 at a Paris Catholic Nursery; 20 Complaints Filed
• Noah’s Ark Scans Founder’s Apartment Burglarized in Attempt to Destroy Research as Team on the Verge of Proving the Existence of Noah’s Ark in Turkey
• Russia Strikes Ukrainian Ports And Data Centers — Ukraine Targets Russian Refineries
• Personal Trainer Lists Six Low-Impact Mobility Exercises for People Over 60
• On Late Loyalism: Rescuing the Lost Sheep of Greater Britain, Part One
• Much, much more.

3. Flu “season”

Month’s meds arrived, with this attached, for indigenous only (imagine the cost of these slick leaflets too):

And that eligibility again?

2. DAD at 1503

a) French Government’s ‘Menstruating Persons’ Post Angers Feminists Across Political Spectrum

A French government social media post referring to “menstruating insured persons” instead of women sparked cross-party backlash over alleged ideological overreach and female erasure.

b) France’s interior minister has told police they must not intervene in shallow waters to stop migrant boats heading for the UK. 

Laurent Nunez, who serves in President Emmanuel Macron’s government, said that officers damaging the dinghies was ‘unacceptable’.

c) Germany. Merz says “Mitarbeitende”: Now he’s using gender language too!

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz drew criticism for using gender-neutral language he previously opposed, raising questions about whether coalition governance has altered his conservative principles.

d) UK Green Party. Polanski’s ‘banter Stasi’, 

Chilling order that could have come from 1980s East Germany – Greens tell members to report on friends who crack unwoke jokes… even if the so-called victim finds them funny.

e) Staying Strong: more Covid injustice.

Former Taranaki, New Zealand, primary school principal Kathryn Pick has spoken publicly about the four-year disciplinary process that ended in June 2026 with the cancellation of her teaching registration. 

She spoke in an in-depth interview with independent investigative reporter Penny Marie…

1. Housing, homes and Thornberry