Preliminary reports suggest the fire at Russia's TsNIIMash is affecting Building No. 22, part of Roscosmos' Mission Control Center complex in Korolyov. The facility is used for spacecraft control, telemetry reception and supporting Russia's space program. #Russia

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 5h ago

A fire has been reported at the Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash) in Russia's Moscow region. TsNIIMash is a key Russian aerospace and rocket engineering research institute. #Russia

Not if "independence" means you can't be pro-democracy because that would be taking a side.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Ursula von der Leyen: Russia must pay for the destruction it has caused. And we are using the proceeds from the immobilised Russian assets to make sure it does. We are making a further €1.4 billion of them available to Ukraine.

Aughinish Alumina is forcing Ireland to defend the indefensible.

@niaru.bsky.social · yesterday

Irish gov seems to think it's job is to provide the evidence that alumina from Ireland is not used in Russian missiles. It isn't. That's the job of the Russian owned refinery. If the refinery can't do it, Ireland can tell it to suspend shipments to Russia.

A Russian FPV drone chased a civilian vegetable seller in Kherson for about a minute before deliberately striking him. He survived with blast trauma, concussion and multiple shrapnel wounds. Zelensky said such attacks are part of Russia's daily "human safari" against Kherson residents. #Ukraine

Irish gov seems to think it's job is to provide the evidence that alumina from Ireland is not used in Russian missiles. It isn't. That's the job of the Russian owned refinery. If the refinery can't do it, Ireland can tell it to suspend shipments to Russia.

I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

⚡️Most key Russian ballistic missile manufacturers circumvent sanctions as Ukraine faces interceptor shortage, Zelensky says. "Some key Russian enterprises involved in ballistic missile production are not under sanctions imposed by the U.S., the U.K., Japan, and other jurisdictions," Zelensky said.

Most key Russian ballistic missile manufacturers circumvent sanctions as Ukraine faces interceptor shortage, Zelensky says

"Some key Russian enterprises involved in ballistic missile production are not under sanctions imposed by the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Switzerland, and other jurisdictions," President Volodymyr Zelensky...

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🇧🇪 Belgium has become reliant on Russian gas due to the war in the Middle East, - Bloomberg All of Belgium’s imported liquefied natural gas last month came from Russia. The shift was caused by a sharp drop in LNG supplies to Europe as shipping through Strait of Hormuz was disrupted.

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 8, injure 66 across Ukraine over past day, with Zaporizhzhia hit hardest. Alongside the attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russia launched 181 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.

Russian attacks kill 8, injure 66 across Ukraine over past day, with Zaporizhzhia hit hardest

Alongside the attack on Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russia launched 181 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.

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🤬 Enemy FPVe flying through the streets of Kramatorsk

A tiny number of extremely wealthy men have taken power over our world, undermining democracy and encouraging the rise of fascism Read how they hide in plain sight and how we can bring down to earth and end their anti-social behaviour #FightTheOligarchy northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/book...

Beware of oligarchs bearing gifts: book review

Review of Lacunae and Laocoon: For the Triumph of Democracy over Oligarchy by Molly Scott Cato

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🇮🇹 Reuters: Italian troops boarded the Cameroon-flagged Toa Payoh, a sanctioned Russian shadow-fleet tanker, west of Pantelleria after its captain refused to cooperate. The 2-hour inspection ended without incident. Documents were seized; the ship was NOT detained.

Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 2w ago

🇪🇺 The EU Council now lets member states sell seized Russian oil and fuel without paying Russian owners. The rule took effect on July 24 and applies to cargo confiscated through court or administrative cases.

"Nothing Moves the Needle." For me, this is one of the most successful attempts to explain what's happened to the fourth estate as Trump and his movement try to wreck it. The essay is long, but worth it for the way writer Craig Unger @craigunger.bsky.social redescribes the crisis in journalism.

Craig Unger@craigunger.bsky.social · 5d ago

@noupside.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social The ground journalism was built to stand on stopped being solid under everyone at the same time. Find out why investigative reporting can't touch Trump the way Watergate touched Nixon! craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo...

Datacentre developers and operators should be required to build enough new renewable energy and storage capacity to power their operations.'

👀 Trump and Putin at Amsterdam's 2026 Canal Parade.

FIFA may be about to let slip control over world football.

Pirro repeatedly and strenuously blames the Dept of Interior for this debacle, alleging they withheld info that the lining was botched. "Had DOI been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment."

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 5d ago

Juicebox Jeanine files a 20-page Motion to Dismiss the case against Davey Hearn that ... claims to have been helpless before DOI told them how Trump's incompetence ruined the pool. Not sure when I've seen this Olympic class ass-covering before. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Is it good that CNN is calling out the multiple lies today from Trump? Yes. But they still can't get themselves to use the word "lies." www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...

Fact check: Trump baselessly claims Walz is ‘behind’ cyberattack, repeats debunked claims at Cabinet meeting | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump rattled off some of his most common false claims about the economy, immigration and his foreign policy record at a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday. Trump also made an en...

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Germany now going full Trump mode “lets be flexible on emissions” At this point I’m not sure how to comment anymore #alwaysbecharging

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 5d ago

Says EU should intro more flexible emission limits to help shape green transition. "They want to, they can. The range offered by our carmakers is impressive. But the transition takes time and money... Fines deprive companies of the funds they need to invest in the transition."

@gunter-dueck.bsky.social: "Porsche can't survive in its current form" and is pinning all its hopes on the combustion-engine Macan, which is coming in 2028. Oh people, the "loser talk" is getting worse and worse www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/verkehr/mich...

Michael Leiters im FAZ-Interview: "Porsche kann allein nicht überleben"

Porsche-Chef Leiters spricht mit der FAZ über Stellenabbau, neue Modelle, das Verhältnis zu VW und den ersten Porsche des früheren Ferrari-Chefs Luca di Montezemolo.

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@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social: “German auto industry has chosen oblivion - latest exhibit. There are lots of solutions for keeping Europe's clean energy industries competitive but none of them work if we don't leverage our home market.” nitter.net/laurimyllyvi...

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 5d ago

German economy minister Reiche's answer to Chinese EV competition is to weaken vehicle emissions rules. What decade does she live in? Reiche: "It is important that Brussels now delivers on making fleet regulation flexible enough to ensure that no fines are imposed"

Excellent life philosophy. youtube.com/shorts/K8sdy...

I love this man

YouTube video by Adam Brichto

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At the backdrop of the burning Wildberries facility in Volgograd, Russia, this Russian citizen screams: „This is the way! Putin, thank you! You saved Russia!“

Vladivostok..

Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦@angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 5d ago

Another russian warehouse has entered “dark mode”🔥🔥 This time it’s a massive DNS electronics warehouse in Vladivostok, filled with computers, tablets, and smartphones

I am unreasonably excited about hockey arenas that look like this.

What a load of shit Starmer has left Burnham to clear up. And clear it up he must.

I genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

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Ukrainian soldier Danylo Voronov lost his 18-month-old son, his parents, and his brothers and sisters today.