CliveSimpkins
@clivelsimpkins.bsky.social
Veteran interpersonal, presenting and all-media communications coach. Published author.
Bit like his brain, then?
President Trump has called European allies of the U.S. “weak” and criticized their handling of issues such as migration and the war in Ukraine. “I think they don’t know what to do,” Trump said in an interview with Politico published Tuesday. “They’re decaying.”
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President Trump Calls European Nations ‘Weak’ and ‘Decaying’: Live Updates
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Bit like his brain, then?
Reposted by CliveSimpkins
Thirteen-year-old Tate Keesler, of Brigham City, has run a donation stand for the last month. He and his mom give away donated food, hygiene products and jackets to families who need them.
Utah seventh-grader runs donation stand to help families in need
Thirteen-year-old Tate Keesler, of Brigham City, has run a donation stand for the last month. He and his mom give away donated food, hygiene products and jackets to families who need them.
www.ksl.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thirteen-year-old Tate Keesler, of Brigham City, has run a donation stand for the last month. He and his mom give away donated food, hygiene products and jackets to families who need them.
They're trying to steal a Haggis recipe.
Russian spy ship near UK waters triggers defence alert
🔊 Listen to the article - UK on high alert as Russian spy ship ‘Yantar’ moves close to Scotland The presence of the Russian spy ship Yantar just north of Scotland has...
🔊 Listen to the article - UK on high alert as Russian spy ship ‘Yantar’ moves close to Scotland The presence of the Russian spy ship Yantar just north of Scotland has...
Russian spy ship near UK waters triggers defence alert
🔊 Listen to the article - UK on high alert as Russian spy ship ‘Yantar’ moves close to Scotland The presence of the Russian spy ship Yantar just north of Scotland has prompted a new security alert in ...
www.liberoreporter.it
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
They're trying to steal a Haggis recipe.
This picture of sycophantic applause, smacks strongly of Kim Jong Un's 'dictator- staging'.
A top Democrat warned that President Donald Trump may be willing to "go to war" to try and distract the American people from new revelations contained in the Jeffrey Epstein case files.
'Mayhem he could cause': Top Dem drops dire warning about Trump's Epstein response
A top Democrat warned that President Donald Trump may be willing to "go to war" to try and distract the American people from new revelations contained in the Jeffrey Epstein case files. On Wednesday, lawmakers in the House Oversight Committee released a tranche of documents that contained new detail...
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This picture of sycophantic applause, smacks strongly of Kim Jong Un's 'dictator- staging'.
Progressive and insidious roll-out prep for Marshall Law, anyone?
President Donald Trump is sending members of the Texas National Guard to Oregon, Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement late Sunday night.
Trump is Sending the Texas National Guard to Oregon, Kotek Says
Sophie Peel
www.wweek.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Progressive and insidious roll-out prep for Marshall Law, anyone?
Can't come soon enough. Time for a total reset on this out of control, so-called but not very, 'human' species.
In ‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,’ two prominent AI researcher argue that the race to build artificial superintelligence will result in human extinction.
‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ Is the New Gospel of AI Doom
A new book by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares argues that the race to build artificial superintelligence will result in human extinction.
bloom.bg
October 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Can't come soon enough. Time for a total reset on this out of control, so-called but not very, 'human' species.
If anyone had doubts that 'hell' could be on earth, here's some evidence. Suffering beyond comprehension.
'I don't want to bury them': A month on from one of the worst earthquakes Afghanistan has seen
'I don't want to bury them': A month on from one of the worst earthquakes Afghanistan has seen
It is a breathtaking and, at points, pretty perilous journey through the remote mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan.
news.sky.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If anyone had doubts that 'hell' could be on earth, here's some evidence. Suffering beyond comprehension.
One more little mind messed up. Awful. And then when he acts out as a teenager, does drugs or lands up in juvenile detention, she'll ask why. 🥺
Mother accused of leaving 2-year-old alone in grocery store, beating him at checkout line #usnews
Mother accused of leaving 2-year-old alone in grocery store, beating him at checkout line
A Tennessee woman is behind bars after police say she neglected and abused her young son at a grocery store.
www.live5news.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One more little mind messed up. Awful. And then when he acts out as a teenager, does drugs or lands up in juvenile detention, she'll ask why. 🥺
CO2 doesn't reduce stress. Rather, it causes panic because the animals are unable to breathe properly. Too little oxygen. It's slow suffocation. In a civilised society, this should not be allowed.
Molare Abattoir in Olifantsfontein, Midrand, is the only facility in South Africa known to use CO₂ stunning. Other abattoirs rely on head-only, head-to-heart electrical stunning or manual methods. Daily Maverick investigates.
Behind SA’s pork products — the storm over CO₂ stunning at Molare Abattoir
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CO2 doesn't reduce stress. Rather, it causes panic because the animals are unable to breathe properly. Too little oxygen. It's slow suffocation. In a civilised society, this should not be allowed.
Make America Governable Again.
Trump is the architect of global chaos.
America needs age limits for serving politicians.
Trump is the architect of global chaos.
America needs age limits for serving politicians.
Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now set to last until at least Friday when members return for more votes.
But with both parties dug in, many believe it could last even longer than that.
But with both parties dug in, many believe it could last even longer than that.
Threat of federal firings hangs over Washington as government will remain shut down through at least Friday | CNN Politics
Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now set to last until at least Friday when members return for more votes.
www.cnn.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Make America Governable Again.
Trump is the architect of global chaos.
America needs age limits for serving politicians.
Trump is the architect of global chaos.
America needs age limits for serving politicians.
He needs to factor in Trump's chronic vacillation and his habit of changing his mind at the last moment.
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, who is on famously good terms with Donald Trump after they bonded on the golf course, reckons it’s only a matter of time before America hits Russia’s leader where it hurts.
Trump is moving to hit Putin with a ‘driver,’ says Finland’s Alexander Stubb
The U.S. president’s European golf buddy believes Trump has moved from the “carrots” to the “stick” stage over Putin’s refusal to work for peace in Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
September 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
He needs to factor in Trump's chronic vacillation and his habit of changing his mind at the last moment.
Evidence of excellent forward planning. #Snarkasm
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country's police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press.
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
www.thehindu.com/news/interna...
FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws
FBI Director gifts inoperable pistols to New Zealand officials, sparking gun law concerns and diplomatic tensions with China.
www.thehindu.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Evidence of excellent forward planning. #Snarkasm
My biggest 'disability' fear in a surgeon, is one with a massive ego.
'Some colleagues fear that a surgeon with a disability might compromise patient safety.... I argue the opposite: surgeons who have faced both sides of the operating table know suffering and recovery intimately.'
Well said, Mr Aftab. 👏 #TenCompetencies
publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10....
Well said, Mr Aftab. 👏 #TenCompetencies
publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10....
Are you fit to practise? | The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
A surgeon's journey through illness reveals that skill, compassion and resilience outlast even the steadiest hands.
publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
September 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My biggest 'disability' fear in a surgeon, is one with a massive ego.
It's the kiss of death to co-operation from a narcissist, when you publicise that they were manipulated.
The King was vital in convincing President Trump that Ukraine could beat Russia, President Zelensky’s top adviser has said ⬇️
King ‘vital’ in convincing Trump that Ukraine can defeat Russia
An adviser to President Zelensky says Charles’s speech and hospitality at Windsor Castle played an important role in changing the US leader’s stance
www.thetimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It's the kiss of death to co-operation from a narcissist, when you publicise that they were manipulated.
I guess this means two Nobel prizes, then? One for Peace and one for Medicine. The Nobel committee really should introduce a Narcissism category. Then Trump can pull off a hat trick.
President Donald Trump doubled down on his scientifically dubious claims about Tylenol, vaccines and autism in a new social media post.
'Don't use Tylenol': Trump extends medication warning to include children in all-caps rant
President Donald Trump doubled down on his scientifically dubious claims about Tylenol, vaccines and autism in a new social media post.The president and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared Monday that using Tylenol during pregnancy could be linked to an increased risk ...
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I guess this means two Nobel prizes, then? One for Peace and one for Medicine. The Nobel committee really should introduce a Narcissism category. Then Trump can pull off a hat trick.
He suffers from APTS.
Acute Pendulum Thinking Syndrome. Constantly vacillating. He'll swing the other way shortly.
Acute Pendulum Thinking Syndrome. Constantly vacillating. He'll swing the other way shortly.
It's a notable change from his past support for the Russian president.
'He Let Me Down': Trump Rips Into Putin During UK Press Conference
It's a notable change from his past support for the Russian president.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
He suffers from APTS.
Acute Pendulum Thinking Syndrome. Constantly vacillating. He'll swing the other way shortly.
Acute Pendulum Thinking Syndrome. Constantly vacillating. He'll swing the other way shortly.
Barbaric Colonialists. 😣
France returns three colonial-era skulls, including King Toera’s, to Madagascar under 2023 repatriation law.
France returns King Toera’s skull to Madagascar after 128 years
France returns three colonial-era skulls, including King Toera’s, to Madagascar under 2023 repatriation law.
www.thesouthafrican.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Barbaric Colonialists. 😣
Because it's as simple as toting a golf bag, right? 🙄
President Donald Trump's longtime adviser and former golf caddie Dan Scavino will take over hiring at the White House.
Trump taps longtime loyalist and former caddie to oversee White House hiring
President Donald Trump's longtime adviser and former golf caddie Dan Scavino will take over hiring at the White House.Scavino, now the president's deputy chief of staff, will succeed the Soviet-born Sergio Gor as director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, reported Axios."Dan Scavino ...
bit.ly
August 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Because it's as simple as toting a golf bag, right? 🙄
Please praise Pope Leo, without disparaging Pope Francis. The church needed to be taken by the scruff of the neck and shaken up. It was time for clerical careerists, sharp-elbowed Cardinals and the Curia to have their metaphoric 'money-changing tables' overturned. Different times and roles.
The first pope born in the U.S., Leo has used the traditionally quiet summer months at the Vatican to position himself as a bridge-builder in a deeply divided church.
religionnews.com/2025/08/15/1...
religionnews.com/2025/08/15/1...
100 days of Pope Leo XIV: An early test for the first American pontiff
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In his first 100 days, Pope Leo XIV has balanced tradition and reform, emerging as an unlikely unifier in a divided U.S. church.
religionnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Please praise Pope Leo, without disparaging Pope Francis. The church needed to be taken by the scruff of the neck and shaken up. It was time for clerical careerists, sharp-elbowed Cardinals and the Curia to have their metaphoric 'money-changing tables' overturned. Different times and roles.
Very interesting and saddening article.
Since 2023, South African citrus growers have had to spend almost R4bn per year to comply with the additional European Union import restrictions.
TRADE RESTRICTIONS OP-ED: SA feels the squeeze in dispute with WTO over citrus regulatory measures
www.dailymaverick.co.za
August 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Very interesting and saddening article.
Reposted by CliveSimpkins
Concourt confirms stopping people from letting their cattle graze amounts to eviction
Read groundup.org.za/article/conc... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/conc... by Tania Broughton
Concourt confirms stopping people from letting their cattle graze amounts to eviction
The ruling applies to ESTA occupiers’ rights to graze cattle
groundup.org.za
August 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Concourt confirms stopping people from letting their cattle graze amounts to eviction
Read groundup.org.za/article/conc... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/conc... by Tania Broughton
Delicious venom. 😂
As multinational media and entertainment conglomerate Paramount has learnt all too well in the past week or so, you don’t touch a comedian on his studio and think you can get away with it.
OPINIONISTA: Last laugh — cancellation of Colbert and The Late Show incurs wrath of the comedy gods
www.dailymaverick.co.za
August 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Delicious venom. 😂
The letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law. Brava to Mrs Jelly Roll.
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Security guard quits over dispute about moving fan in wheelchair closer to Jelly Roll stage #usnews
Security guard quits over dispute about moving fan in wheelchair closer to Jelly Roll stage
A former security guard is speaking out after he quit on the spot during a Jelly Roll concert.
www.live5news.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law. Brava to Mrs Jelly Roll.
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You're publishing to an international audience. Please use the full term before an acronym. We don't all know what a TD is. Thank you.
Over the next few weeks, The Journal will be chatting to first-time TDs about their experiences so far.
Next up we hear from Fianna Fáil's Louth TD Erin McGreehan.
http://jrnl.ie/6780430t
Next up we hear from Fianna Fáil's Louth TD Erin McGreehan.
http://jrnl.ie/6780430t
Being a first-time TD: I was told people like me don't go to college. This is a dream come true.
Over the coming weeks The Journal will be chatting to new TDs about their experience of Dáil Éireann so far.
jrnl.ie
August 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
You're publishing to an international audience. Please use the full term before an acronym. We don't all know what a TD is. Thank you.
Ankle monitors?
South Africa’s prisons are overcrowded by 53%, with remand detainees accounting for almost a third of those incarcerated. While legislative efforts to reduce overcrowding have been ineffective, the Bail Fund could help those who can’t afford to pay their bail.
JAIL REFORM: Breaking the crime cycle — Bail Fund could ease prison overcrowding
www.dailymaverick.co.za
August 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ankle monitors?