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Your friendly Eastern European nerd with centrist liberal but left leaning tendencies. Anti-Glauringist. Slava Ukraini!
"I’m going to speak out no matter how hard it is." Investigations by Slidstvo Info and documentaries like Traces reveal how Russian forces have used rape, torture, and electric shocks as weapons of war since 2014. 🧵 1/6 ⬇️
There are absolutely people who should be pushed out of public life permanently. Public office is a privilege, not a right.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 5h agoWhy are you commenting if you don’t know the specifics of the case!!!!!
Ukrainian soldiers shared 'Ukrainian Interstellar' video showing them navigating around a mined road.
Tragedia w Tajlandii. W tym roku trujące meduzy pojawiły się znacznie wcześniej. #wyborcza
Tragedia w Tajlandii. W tym roku trujące meduzy pojawiły się znacznie wcześniej
Toksykolodzy ostrzegają przed konsekwencjami kontaktu z kostkomeduzą. Jej występowaniu sprzyjają zmiany klimatyczne.
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After more than 1,000 days beneath the rubble, the remains of over 100 victims have finally been recovered and laid to rest.
Hey quick question who occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945 and administered the death camps?
Rabbi Iris Richman@rabbir.bsky.social · 4h agoAs the descendant of Jews who lived in Lithuania since at least the mid 1700’s, necessary to say- Lithuania had the highest murder rate of Jews than any country in Europe- 93%. Poland only surpassed Lithuania in murdering Jews because Poland had the largest population of Jews. Grain of salt here.
"Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations." www.jta.org/2026/08/04/g...
Archaeologists uncover treasures of Vilnius' Great Synagogue as Lithuanian Jews dispute its future - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Plans for the recovered ruins have sparked a debate over what should be built on the site, and who gets to decide.
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If he cared about his daughter himself, he wouldn't be airing his quarrel with her mother on national TV.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoRep. Max Miller on his ex-wife: "It's sad to see that the only person this affects is our daughter, someone I don't think she cares about very much"
Russia’s terror must not become normal, but Moscow’s forces continued spreading violence far beyond the battlefield A Russian FPV drone struck a food delivery truck in Kherson, setting it on fire while it was supplying a local supermarket 🎥 State Emergency Service of Ukraine
And even if they were, it would still be extrajudicial murder and a war crime. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking | CNN Politics
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful...
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A temporary suspension of operations occurred at Leipzig Airport, Germany, after security teams located an explosive-equipped drone fitted with a detonator on the tarmac overnight, positioned close to a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft.
Moldova pays triple for electricity to avert heatwave power outages.
Moldova pays triple to avert power cuts
“We had to buy this energy at very high prices," Moldova's Prime Minister Vasile Tofan said.
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All these thousands of papers about AI alignment, AI safety... produced exactly zero real benefit. The AI labs don't give a shit about your "alignment" NIPS awarded paper.
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6h agoCool, they've invented something that can run their own spearphishing campaigns with malicious code, that'll help society - OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Cool, they've invented something that can run their own spearphishing campaigns with malicious code, that'll help society - OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI and Anthropic models ‘went rogue’ during UK cybersecurity test
AI Security Institute says tools engaged in potentially harmful activity and incident reveals new type of risk
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Foreign leaders can be so difficult when you kill their families and launch surprise attacks on their countries. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders
Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.
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A Black man on Threads wrote about how proud he is of his choice. It's not certain he's still alive, but people in the comments are already giving him a piece of their minds about it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... Congratulations to the US Left.
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left
The former public health official has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, NBC News projects, despite facing a huge advertising disadvantage.
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🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Trump rejected Zelenskyy's request to supply Ukraine with hundreds of Patriot missiles, - FT Sources reported that Trump cited the US's limited stockpile of these missiles for his decision, arguing that they were necessary to protect American facilities in the Middle East…
A vegetable seller in Kherson survived being taunted and then hit by a Russian first-person view (FPV) drone as he set up his market stall in Kherson on Aug. 4.
Ukraine war latest: Video shows Russian drone attack on civilian in Kherson as more Wildberries warehouses hit
Key developments on Aug. 4: * Russian drone seen targeting vegetable seller at Kherson market in horrific footage * Ukraine reportedly strikes Wildberries warehouses near Moscow, St. Petersburg, as...
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❗️Kyiv is under a Russian ballistic missile attack, with approximately 30 missiles reportedly launched at the capital. Jet-powered Shahed drones are also active over Ukraine. #Ukraine
⚡️Russia's ballistic missile attack on Kyiv is ongoing, with additional missiles headed toward the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. "Kyiv and the region are under ballistic attack. More missiles at the city," Klitschko reported.
Explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia launches ballistic missile attack
Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground heard explosions as Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and said multiple missiles appeared to strike the city.
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wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/ofiary... This is why there will never be a pan-European far-right. At the end of the day, the German FR will consider the Polish FR to be Untermenschen, and it will all fall apart.
Akcja Mentzena nie spodobała się politykowi AfD. Obraził Polaków
W rocznicę wybuchu Powstania Warszawskiego politycy Konfederacji zorganizowali w Berlinie akcję upamiętniającą ofiary niemieckich zbrodni. Wydarzenie to spotkało się z reakcją Fabiana Keubla, polityka...
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Russian strike hit a gas station in Dnipropetrovsk oblast. Three people were killed, including a rescuer and his 8-year-old son. Six others were injured.
Russian forces deliberately targeted an unarmed civilian fruit vendor in Kherson. There was no military objective, no, battlefield necessity, just another civilian trying to earn a living, deliberately hunted and attacked. 🇺🇦
❗️Russians dropped two air bombs on the center of Kramatorsk, - Donetsk OVA High-rise buildings were damaged, 9 people were injured. Local authorities note that it is dangerous to stay in the region.
🚢 Russia adds 25 gas tankers to shadow fleet ahead of EU ban - FT EU countries that bought up almost all of Siberia's Yamal LNG in the first half of this year will be banned from importing all Russian LNG from 2027. Russia has also built its first two gas carriers at the Zvezda shipyard