Evan S. ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช
@winstonsmith2024.bsky.social
Instructor of psychology and law. Advocate for mental health, anti-death penalty, pro Ukraine, pro democracy--if we can keep it. Rescue cat owner. Tired, but not quite retired. No DM's, please.
Why can't they arrest them at their homes or their work, or do they intentionally avoid both, in which case, they are useless to society.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท 19h agoA succession of Ukraine government ministers promised to end this "busification" - dragging guys off the street for military registration. Yet there seem to be even more today. Yes, possibly deserters or evading service, but it's wrong to do it like this & it causes civil unrest.
Guess what, Fetterman? The Democratic party doesn't need you anymore. Byah!
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social ยท 19h agoEven more of a reason to do it
Wouldn't it be ironic if the death-knell for MAGA was the day that a closeted, gay Senator from South Carolina died?
At this point, they just repeat talking points without even bothering to check. Critical thinking was never MAGA's strong point.
KittyKatGirl๐ป๐๐๐@mary1kathy.bsky.social ยท yesterday
Russia is losing and Putin knows it. Trump still thinks Russia is winning, but that's because Putin tells him it is, and Trump is very stupid.
Yana ๐บ๐ฆ@yanadear.bsky.social ยท yesterdaysee how easy it is to STOP the missile attacks?!!!!! Ukraine wasn't allowed to do this until we could do it on our own and now they can't stop us
I thought I was watching an episode of "The Twilight Zone."
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social ยท yesterdayOnly the Trump regime would fuck up the entire air traffic system for 5 hours then yell at us like itโs our fault and demand we give them $50 billion
Yesterday, Russians attacked the village of Yasna Poliana in the Donetsk region with an FPV drone. The strike ignited 3 private residential homes. While extinguishing the fire, emergency responders discovered the body fragments of a woman. Russia tore her to pieces in her own home...
Of course, he is correct. Political expediency does not protect you from aggression.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdayThere's a backlash in Bulgaria after the PM said they will no longer help Ukraine. The country's former PM Rosen Plevneliev, says the incumbent Rumen Radev, and the newly elected President, have taken Bulgaria backwards, away from its true allies.
The aggressor state, which has made hardly any progress on the battlefield for over a year, does not get to dictate terms. Or, do things work differently in Russian politics? Maybe it is time for some "reforms?" Let's start with the President of Russia!
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdayCanada will never allow Russia a "cordon sanitaire." PM Mark Carney responds to Putin's reported demands of NATO being forced into all sorts of concessions.
As long as either Trump, Vance, or any other MAGA affiliated President is in the White House, this is a bad deal. How can you trust U.S. involvement in Article 5 if it is honored only when the President is a Democrat?
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterday* BREAKING * Zelenskyy says he will hold a referendum if Ukraine is promised NATO membership in exchange for giving up ALL of Donbas. Ukraine's president said the US has raised this possibility for the first time at the recent talks.
Are you sure that's not Putin himself riding one of those horses? Oh, wait. They have their shirts on. Never mind.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterday#EATP for Putin I'm sure the great strategist of the world's second biggest army always planned to call in the cavalry on the 1,725th day of fighting Ukraine for a few metres of land.
A stiff wind could probably blow the oh so "viral" Vladimir over, these days.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdayRussian media report "the taboo is lifted" and that they will now try to murder Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Of course they've tried before, but usually through agents, not through missiles and bunker busters. However, what Russia says and does are two different things.
Soon, Russian residents in the border regions will be required to store drones and munitions in their basements! I am not kidding.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdayLess than 30km from Ukraine's border, the small town of Valuyki seemed a good place to store drones before launch. That was until Ukraine's defence forces found out about the stash in Belgorod region.
The situation on the front lines for Russia continues to slowly deteriorate, which is why Vladimir and Donnie are both so desperate to force Ukraine to surrender. But who ever heard of an army that is defeating its opponent to surrender?
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdayGood news coming in from western Donetsk region.. Russians often exaggerate their gains but never their losses. So the situation for the invaders may be even worse than this Z-Blogger admits. Two of the 3 settlements mentioned were not captured, but Ukraine has liberated Komar.
I hope he gets 20 years - not in a "Club Med" facility and then deportation to - Somalia.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdaySpeaking of Starlink/Starshield and its owner, Democrats have moved to preserve evidence over restrictions on Ukraine's use of the technology. It will be one of a number of investigations in the New Year, into sabotage of Ukraine's defence, which helped Putin.
Whoopsie! Must have been those terms-of-service violating Ukrainians!
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท yesterdaySpeaking of rockets flying, Space X's launch didn't go according to plan. The "chopsticks" didn't catch what they were supposed to and then this happened. What happened? Did someone limit your internet speed Elon? Asking for a friend (in Ukraine)๐คช
Anyone who thinks this is an effort to exert control over lobbying at the WH needs to have their head examined. This is nothing more than an attempt to steer more deals directly to Trump and his family. No one profits off of the Trump name without Daddy getting a cut! thehill.com/homenews/adm...
White House staff to need prior approval to meet with lobbyists, under Stephen Miller memo
A new memo from White House chief of staff Stephen Miller says White House staffers need prior approval from the Office of White House Counsel if they want to meet with a lobbyist, a significant shโฆ
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A country (Russia) illegally invades a European country, and five years later, as it is nowhere close to achieving its military goals, demands the right to rewrite the rules that protected Europe from a major war for 75+ years. No. Hell no.
Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social ยท 2d agoMerz: "Russia wants to talk about issues of European security architecture. We donโt need to talk about that, it already exists. That's, in particular, NATO and European part of NATO. It was Moscow, and only Moscow, that destroyed Helsinki peace order.
Trump purchased millions of dollars in Nvidia stock before the deal was announced. He is also deeply implicated.
BlueDream@58bugeye.bsky.social ยท 3d agoThe Nvidia scandal is NOT just about the secret affairs of Jensen Huang! Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick are also implicated in the sale of prohibited AI chips to the Chinese Government through the company that the spy Alice Huang supposedly works for! Does this need to be investigated? ๏ฟผ
Exactly. This is also why Trump is on Putin's side. Trump prefers working with autocratic regimes, because democracies have rules, regulations, and norms which makes it harder to steal money.
Michael McFaul@mcfaulmike.bsky.social ยท 2d agoPutin doesn't fear NATO expansion. He fears democratic expansion. Why? Because a prosperous, democratic Ukraine on Russia's border challenges the very foundations of his own autocratic rule. If Ukrainians can choose their own leaders & determine their own future, why can't Russians do the same?
It makes the White House look like an annex. Meanwhile, Trump would literally hold court in the ballroom. I think he would hardly ever leave it.
Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social ยท 2d agoA grotesque structure for a grotesque time.
Only with Trump in office would any of this be even remotely possible. Putin is putting all his chips in before the Democrats take over in January. Even more, he knows the war will be over once Trump is out of office and he is replaced by a Democrat with even a tiny bit of sense.
Yana ๐บ๐ฆ@yanadear.bsky.social ยท 2d agoalso the nukes were placed in belarus after the start of the war this is a heads I win, tails you lose
In Russia, Duffy would take flight by falling out a window.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com ยท 2d agosure sounds like AI might've f'd up America's air traffic control system
๐๐๐บ๐ฆ Glory to all the heroes of Ukraine!
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท 2d agoAn awful story from Zaporizhzhia too. A 33 year old rescuer, Vladislav, was killed while fighting to save others. His bravery, in his home city, cost him his life when a concrete slab from a multi-storey building fell on him A hero. All emergency workers in Ukraine are real heroes.
Of course. Coordinated to coincide with the interruption of Patriot deliveries and the throttling of Starlink. I wonder if Zelenskyy has thought of declaring war on the United States? Trump would probably treat him nicer if he did.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social ยท 2d agoResidents in Kyiv have been warned the threat of a massive missile attack remains for the weekend. 25 ballistic missiles are primed on the ground, with aircraft also standing by.
