Gints Turlajs
@gintst.bsky.social
CEO of Smart Continent LV SIA (http://smartc.work), PhD candidate in economics. About me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gintst
Hackers from ruzzia attack public wifi! Beware! abcnews.com/news/story/m...
Microsoft warns hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks: What to know
Microsoft issued a warning travelers across the world, saying Russian hackers have targeted Wi-Fi networks at hotels, conference centers, and other hospitality venues.
abcnews.com
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky: You can’t say that you want to make sure sex offenders and sex traffickers are behind bars and then vote for him. Every vote for Blanche is really a vote against survivors. If Thom Tillis wants to call, I’m happy to talk to him. We’ve been trying to get in touch
Bulgārija, Rumānija un Latvija - svētā trīsvienība Eurostat stabiņu diagrammās. Šoreiz uzņēmējdarbības sektora ieguldījumi pētniecībā un attīstībā (LV: 73 eur/gadā pārrēķinot uz iedz.) LT: 116 Eur, EST: 344 Eur. 🫠
⚡️Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate.' "These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 18.
Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate'
"These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 1...
kyivindependent.com
Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko said it was his idea for the FBI to go after Bolton, which he voiced months ago on Russian state television. He also praised Trump, Vance & Hegseth for not criticizing Russia's strikes against Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htah...
Igor Korotchenko says it was his idea to go after Bolton
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Q: Is Putin tapping Trump along? Sen. Thom Tillis: "How can anybody objectively look at what's happening right now and conclude otherwise?...He's a thug. He's a murderer. He's a rapist. He needs to go." (ht: @thebulwark.com)
The Trump administration is in talks to take a stake of about 10% in Intel, in a move that could see the US become the chipmaker’s largest shareholder
Trump Administration in Talks to Take a 10% Stake in Intel
The Trump administration is in discussions to take a stake of about 10% in Intel Corp., according to a White House official and other people familiar with the matter, in a move that could see the US become the beleaguered chipmaker’s largest shareholder.
bloom.bg
🇺🇦🇺🇸 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has arrived at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, — Sky News. 🇫🇮🇪🇺 Finnish President Stubb and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are already at the embassy. 🇬🇧 They are due to be joined by PM Starmer soon.
🤡🤡🤡 American reporter Brian Glenn, who had asked Zelensky about his suit back in February, received a bottle of Russian vodka as a token of appreciation. 😵💫 The gift was presented to him by a Russian colleague during the summit in Alaska.
Trump looked weak and inconsequential. He’s diminished the office of President and made the United States irrelevant.
What a blatant ridicule: Putin said that he agrees that the security of Ukraine should be ensured. “I agree with (US President Donald) Trump that the security of Ukraine must be secured, and of course, we are ready to work on that,” he said.
The press conference has started with remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Latvia to contribute $ 2.3 mn to NATO’s initiative to supply Ukraine with US weapons The Baltic nation becomes the latest NATO member to fund American weapons deliveries to Ukraine through the alliance’s Priority Ukraine Requirements List euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/12/l...
Latvia to contribute $ 2.3 mn to NATO’s initiative to supply Ukraine with US weapons
The Baltic nation becomes the latest NATO member to fund American weapons deliveries to Ukraine through the alliance's Priority Ukraine Requirements List
euromaidanpress.com
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”: ‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU: 1. Don’t know 2. Don’t care 3. Don’t tell 4. Don’t have 5. Don’t know how to 6. Don’t give 7. Can’t do 8. Don’t sell 9. Don’t show 10. Do nothing’
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
🇫🇷 France to double defense budget by 2027, — Macron ❗️"In 2027, we will allocate €64 billion for our defense. This is twice the budget of the Armed Forces in 2017."
For far too long, we in Germany have ignored the warnings of our Baltic neighbors about Russia's imperialist policies. We have recognized this error. There is no turning back from this realization.
DIMON: “.. It is going to happen. And I tell this to my regulators, some of you who are in this room, I’m telling you it’s going to happen, and you’re going to panic. .. I’M not gonna panic. We’ll be fine.” @barrons.com $JPM www.barrons.com/articles/jpm...
❗️Judging by what the Ukrainian soldiers writes, nothing has changed on 80% of the front, the Russians have not stopped firing…
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
Is Daniel Berulis Latvian? www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
npr.org
“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx
