⚡️Russian attacks kill 8, injure 69 in Ukraine over past day amid declared pause in strikes against capitals. Russian attacks sparked fires in the Kyiv region overnight, but officials did not report any hits in Kyiv as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive to discuss peace talks.

Russian attacks kill 8, injure 69 in Ukraine over past day amid declared pause in strikes against capitals

Russian attacks sparked fires in the Kyiv region overnight, but officials did not report any hits in the city of Kyiv as U.S envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive to discuss peace t...

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Andris Kulbergs (AS) acīmredzami sācis veidot pēcvēlēšanu koalīciju. Izskatās, ka caurlaide uz viņa nākamo valdību būs «zelta vīzas», bet koalīcijas pamatus viņš par Dubaijas ārzonu naudu liek Šlesera un Šķēles ģimeņu īpašumos Andrejsalā. Mans komentārs: ir.lv/politika/ude...

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The aftermath of a Russian attack on the city of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region. ​The attack killed nearly an entire family: a 19-year-old young woman, an 11-year-old boy, and a 45-year-old man‼️ Russians are terrorists child murderers!

​In Kherson, a Russian FPV drone deliberately targeted a teenager who was trying to take cover. His fate is still unknown. Reminder: Russians practice what has become known as a "human safari" in Kherson and along the frontline, deliberately hunting and killing civilians with

The moment a russian shahed drone strikes on a road in Slavutych, near Kyiv‼️

Ukrainian gymnast Oleksandra Paskal shares her back-to-school look.

⚡️ A Russian occupation court in Zaporizhzhia region has sentenced abducted Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko to 15 years in a penal colony on fake "espionage" charges. Levchenko was kidnapped in temporary occupied Melitopol after refusing to renounce her Ukrainian citizenship. 🧵 1/3 ⬇️

As Russia continues its aerial onslaught against Kyiv, disinformation online alleges that citizens are fleeing in droves. Hand in hand with the strikes, social media accounts have shared photos and videos purportedly showing traffic jams and crowds of residents attempting to escape the capital.

Fact check: False 'mass exodus' claims spread as Russia bombards Kyiv

As Russia continues its non-stop aerial onslaught against Kyiv, disinformation online alleges that citizens are fleeing in droves, painting a picture of collapse and panic.

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President Business Genius

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce

In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders.

⚡️Russian non-stop drone raids on Kyiv continue as 6 killed, 56 injured across Ukraine in last 24 hours. Russia launched 121 Shahed-type attack drones against targets across Ukraine, half of them jet-powered models, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Russian non-stop drone raids on Kyiv continue as 6 killed, 56 injured across Ukraine in last 24 hours

Russia launched 121 Shahed-type attack drones against targets across Ukraine, half of them jet-powered models, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 103 Russian dron...

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A few years ago I listed relatives (4th cousin of grandparents or closer) who were murdered by the Nazis. Far from complete but more than 80 at Auschwitz and 100 more at Bergen Belsen, Buchenwald, Chelmo, Dacauch, Izbica, Kaunas, Łódź, Majdanek, Mauthausen, Minsk, Mungersdorf, Ravensbrück etc etc

Gerard@groverxv.bsky.social · 2d ago

I follow this account to remember this horror. In my parent's lifetimes. So that I never forget. So the MILLIONS who died in these camps are never forgotten. There is no more important memorial on earth the than the soil, bricks, fences and walls of the Nazi camps.

Russians yet again attacked a public bus in Kherson‼️ A civilian car was also struck in the attack. There are people killed and injured.

I wrote this piece a few hours ago about how Musk bears responsibility for today's GOP and how they, in turn, must be held responsible for his extremism, but the dollar figures are already out of date. A hateful bigot is funding the Republican midterm campaign. Seems sorta like a big deal?

New York Magazine@nymag.com · 3d ago

Elon Musk is expected to spend upward of $100 million to boost Republicans in the the midterm elections.

A new video from Syria shows M4000 chemical bombs being disassembled. These bombs were used in 3 attacks in 2017, including the notorious Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack. After that attack I pieced together their identity back in 2017 using open source evidence www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/04...

Quite interesting: the Pope is weighing in on the debate over the rights of nature. www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/09...

Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document

The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”

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Pēc pastaigas ar Lembergu Ventspilī Valainis skrien pakaļ Elksniņam Daugavpilī.

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I would like to point out to @faznet.bsky.social that by interviewing the Latvian theatre director, Alvis Hermanis, you are not only lending support to the neo-Nazi AFD,but also helping the concerted russian effort to destabilise the EU by weakening democracy in Latvia ahead of the elections. SHAME!

Latvijas lielākās partijas biedru skaits: 2183 Lietuvā partija ar šādu biedru skaitu nebūtu pat top 10. Igaunijā arī ir partijas ar 10tk biedriem. TOTIES valsts finansējums partijām LV - visaugstākais. Tāds tas paradokss. Paldies @ivchix.id.lv par izglītojošo rakstu. www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

«Uzzini, pirms balso»: Vai Latvijas partiju «septiņiem treknajiem gadiem» būs turpinājums?

Pirms septiņiem gadiem – 2019. gada rudenī – Saeima pieņēma būtiskus grozījumus Politisko organizāciju (partiju) finansēšanas likumā, vairāk nekā sešas reizes palielinot valsts budžeta finansējumu par...

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An alien's take on the Bayeux Tapestry.

"From the start of 2026 through the morning of Aug. 27, Russian forces fired at least 1,858 missiles of various types at Ukraine. That figure alone, however, fails to show the whole picture," writes Dmytro Shumlianskyi, Editor at Militarnyi, in his op-ed.

How many more missiles does Russia have — and can it keep firing them?

From the start of 2026 through the morning of Aug. 27, Russian forces fired at least 1,858 missiles of various types at Ukraine. That figure alone, however, fails to show the whole picture. Over near...

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From the crooked timber of Donald Trump, no strait should ever be named.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d ago

Just pure stupidity and not tethered to reality

⚡️Russian strikes have wiped out up to 13 million books across Ukraine this summer after bombing major publishing warehouses.

Tikai VIENS MĒNESIS līdz vēlēšanām. Novembrī denonsētāji spļaudījās, tagad cer, ka daudziem cilvēkiem ir īsa atmiņa. Priekšvēlēšanu laikā katrai partijai un katram kandidātam jāatbild uz jautājumu: vai balsosiet par vai pret Stambulas konvenciju?

‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud

‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud

New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...

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Russia struck the National University of Food Technologies in Kyiv during the day, damaging university buildings, Deputy Education Minister Andrii Butenko said. No students or staff were injured. The attack came just one day after the start of Ukraine's new academic year. #Ukraine

I wrote a blog post about how experimental philosophy should address the most toxic aspect of analytic philosophy, namely its insistence that any alternative way of doing philosophy is pointless, not rigorous, or not philosophy ethanlandes.com/posts/2026/0...