DinaAribert

@dinaaribert.bsky.social

All about central and eastern European countries well into Russian lands. Majored in Slavonic Studies in another lifetime, based in Berlin, my hometown is due south

Der Juli war bisher der schwerste Monat, den Kyjiw in diesem Krieg erlebt hat. Und das, obwohl die ukrainische Hauptstadt seit 2022 das Ziel Nummer eins im Hinterland ist. Immerhin kein Vergleich zu frontnahen Großstädten wie Charkiw, aber elf große Angriffe mit Ballistik sind schon krass.

Bellingcat has built an incredible set of free online resources. Their wildfire tools are the ones I use the most at the moment: Want to see how these tools fit together? Our latest video shows how Bellingcat researchers use open source tools and data to reconstruct the timeline of a wildfire.

Monitoring Wildfires Using Open Source Tools

YouTube video by Bellingcat

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Open source tools can help track every stage of a wildfire, from the first reports through to assessing the damage once the flames are out. Throughout July, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service helped researchers monitor how wildfire smoke spread across Canada and the US.

⚡️Major Russian overnight attack rocks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, damages residential buildings. Residential buildings have been damaged and set ablaze in Kyiv as a major Russian ballistic missile attack targeted Ukraine's capital overnight on July 19.

Major Russian overnight attack rocks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, damages residential buildings

Residential buildings have been damaged and set ablaze in Kyiv as a major Russian ballistic missile attack targeted Ukraine's capital overnight on July 19.

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🇩🇪😳 Noah Krieger, a member of the German AfD, whose real name is Murad Dadaev, announced the creation of a battalion of German citizens in Russia. The unit will be called "Krieger" and, according to him, will primarily focus on countering drones.

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Reactions to Kiels paper on China Shock 2.0. It's a thoughtful contribution that rightly argues EU trade defence doesn't solve competition in third markets. But contrary to some commentary, I don't think it shows German concerns about Chinese competition are wholly overblown. In-depth thread. 1/

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⚡️Update: 4 dead, 27 injured after Russian airstrike on Sumy. A 5-year-old girl and her mother are among the victims who died in Russia's attack, authorities in Sumy said. Six guided aerial bombs struck a busy residential neighborhood on July 3.

Russian airstrike in downtown Sumy kills 4, including child, injures at least 27

Four people have died, including a 5-year-old girl and her mother, authorities in Sumy reported. Another 27 people were injured, with many in serious condition.

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Unpopular Opinion: People in fascist Russia are not going to blame their dictatorship for their privations - that's too risky. Instead, they'll blame the West for their losses. Resentment will brew. Containment and deterrence might be the only way forward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e0G...

The Four-Year Audit: What Russians Actually Lost to the War in Ukraine

Putin’s war did not only destroy Ukraine. It quietly made Russian life smaller. 👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia:…

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Der größte Angriff auf die Transparenz in der Geschichte der Bundesregierung: Union & SPD wollen die Informationsfreiheit abschaffen. Sie schotten Politik und Verwaltung von der Öffentlichkeit ab und schaffen ein Gesetz, das Korruption und Intransparenz begünstigt. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/poli...

Beschluss des Koalitionsausschusses: SPD und Union planen Abschaffung des IFG

Es ist der schwerste Angriff auf staatliche Transparenz in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik: Der Koalitionsauschuss von SPD, CDU und CSU hat beschlossen, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz de facto abzu...

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NEW RESEARCH: One German tabloid coined one word. "Heizungshammer" spread to 1,100+ articles and helped to effectively kill Germany's heating law. We analysed 333 BILD articles to trace how tabloid framing became legislation. Out today, open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Heating up the headlines: How tabloid framing reshaped Germany's Buildings Energy Act

Media has become a decisive force in shaping climate and energy policy, influencing not only which issues gain attention but also how they are framed …

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Das Signal der Umfrage ist klar: trotz Trumps Einschüchterungstaktik muss die EU an ihren Tech-Regeln festhalten. Es ist Zeit für die EU, Google zu zerschlagen, die Demokratie zu verteidigen und dem Druck aus den USA auf Europas Techregeln nicht nachzugeben. 4/ www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...

YouGov-Umfrage: Große Mehrheit für harte Linie der EU gegen Big Tech

Eine große Mehrheit der Menschen in Deutschland, Frankreich und Spanien unterstützen ein hartes Vorgehen der EU gegenüber Google, Meta, Amazon & Co. Dies gilt selbst dann, wenn dadurch die Beziehungen...

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Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev, who considers the war in Ukraine a "stepping stone" before the march on Europe, is now the new commander of the Russian Ground Forces. He gave this interview in July 2023 to Russian propagandist Solovyev.