My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.

Zelenskyy issued an update after massive attack on Kyiv: “As of now, 44 people have been reported injured in massive Russian strike on Kyiv and Kyiv region. Another 17 people, tragically, were killed. It was a heavy strike - 24 ballistic missiles (…) interceptors could’ve saved lives”

On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂‍↕️

So Badenoch would recruit a neo-Nazi but *not* someone who didn’t want to leave the ECHR or someone who supported our NetZero commitments. Second chances for this guy but not Dominic Grieve. The Tory party is truly wretched. It’s screwed the country, betrayed its own and lost its tiny mind.

Somewhat incredibly Badenoch has just been defending this man on the Today programme

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d ago

Joshua Bonehill-Paine Self-styled "nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights” who was jailed in 2015 for antisemitic online posts.... Selected as a Tory candidate.

Since this is my only public-facing internet presence, here's my AI policy: I don't use AI for my writing. I don't use it for idea generation or editing. I don't use it for publicity. I have not in the past, and will not in the future. I have "no AI" statements in all the contracts that I sign.

This looks like an excellent example of someone taking correlation as equalling causation, and then trying to explain it.

IFLScience@iflscience.com · 11h ago

For the vast majority of us, it’s the right hand that gets the most action. www.iflscience.com/around-90-pe...

Anagogic [an-uh-GAH-jik] (adj.) - Relating to things spiritual and mystical; occult; gnostic. Used in a sentence: “Lady Belladonna Bumph divined anagogic significance in every cracked mirror, black cat, and mysterious groan issuing from the settling timbers of her ancestral manse.”

If you want an Israeli source. Israel isn't just committing genocide in Occupied Palestine. It's arming the UAE so they can continue to commit genocide in Sudan and Congo. (And the US is arming both of them.) www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

How Israel armed the United Arab Emirates

Just weeks after Iran's proxy struck Abu Dhabi, Israel's largest arms manufacturer proposed supplying the UAE with a fleet of dozens of strategic drones. Leaked internal documents allegedly reveal the...

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Don't look away. Russia has reportedly hit Ukraine with over 30 ballistic missiles (plus drones), in the last few hours. This is happening right now, in Europe, and the Trump regime doesn't want to help Kyiv defend against these.

Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦@angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 20h ago

Poor Kyiv💔 Just pain

🤬 This is what the panorama of Kyiv's right bank looks like now. Multiple fires are being recorded, - Local Channels

Ukraine's air defense network remains one of the country's greatest military successes. But the air war is changing. As Patriot interceptor stocks remain limited, Russia is increasingly relying on ballistic missiles to inflict greater damage on Ukrainian cities. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/04/u...

Classic line: "BMW, showing that it was about as in-touch as its drivers are familiar with turn signals..." 🤣🤣🤣

Futurism@futurism.com · 15h ago

"F*ck everything about this."

Ouch. The problem, of course, is that he's right: NATO countries have not yet come to terms with the 'new' warfare, whereas Ukraine has had to. Which is why Ukrainian units regularly trounce European ones in war games.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · yesterday

⚡️ Ukraine will 'never' join NATO, ex-commander Zaluzhnyi says. "It is impossible for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, given their current level of development, to join an organization that is guided by World War II doctrines," Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.K., Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said.

Since 2022, Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian culture—destroying warehouses, libraries, and print shops. This isn't collateral damage; it’s a deliberate war on Ukrainian identity and education. 🧵 1/12

🇺🇦❗️ For the first time (!) the defense forces carried out an air assault deep in the rear of Russia with the help of robots that were “lifted” by drones – Forbes notes that the heavy UAV delivered the ARK-1 robotic complex

43-time Club Champion.

Sad. Once again, the US regime is shielding its genocidal buddies, and will no doubt coerce or bribe other less-than-entirely-democratic states into withdrawing from the ICC as well. The world's dictators and warlords, of course, will be delighted.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterday

US vows to dismantle International Criminal Court. Experts say it's 'very worrying'

Whether or not the donation was legal, accepting a large chunk of bitcoin from a known criminal showed an *amazing* lack of political awareness and, indeed, common sense...

TVP World@tvpworld.bsky.social · yesterday

Czech prosecutors have charged the country's former justice minister and his former deputy with abuse of office, in a case centered on a controversial bitcoin donation worth nearly €40 million from a convicted drug trafficker.

The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language. n.pr/4wDrhLF

Nauru, the world's 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero

The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.

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Morning Bluesky! Lest we forget, today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1623 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 615 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 158 of the US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 66 of the Albanian 'Flamingo revolution'

This exquisite 6thC brooch features an oval sardonyx stone cameo with a female portrait bust positioned in the centre of a #gold disc. This is decorated with a cabled border and circles and shapes made of fine wire, or filigree. 💜 Disc #brooch with cameo, 6th century CE. Amethyst, gold, sardonyx.

A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Fact check: Russian disinformation targets German elections Ahead of four elections in Germany this fall, dozens of fake posts are circulating online aimed at discrediting candidates and portraying Germany as divided. Analysts warn that Russia is now targeting local candidates.

Fact check: Russian disinformation targets German elections

Ahead of four elections in Germany this fall, dozens of fake posts are circulating online aimed at discrediting candidates and portraying Germany as divided. Analysts warn that Russia is now targeting local candidates.

dw.com

679 years ago, on the 3rd of August 1347, the French city of Calais surrendered to the English. The city remained an important trading port for the English until it was recaptured by the French in 1558, over 200 years later. #otd #history 🗃️

This is a periodic reaffirmation that I do not, and will not, use genAI in the conceptualisation, drafting, writing or editing of my stories and books, and will never use or commission genAI "art" for covers or illustrations. "AI author" is an oxymoron. Avoid prompt jockeys and sloperators.

This is deliberate and calculated. Russia has a clear goal of trying to erase Ukrainian identity (as can be seen by their actions in the currently occupied territories), and deliberately destroying textbooks and literature in the Ukrainian language is part of that.

The New Voice of Ukraine@english.nv.ua · 2d ago

📚 Russian strikes on a warehouse in Kharkiv destroyed an estimated 600,000 textbooks, up to 8 million books, and thousands of titles used by Ukrainian publishers, causing roughly ₴1 billion in damage 📹: ranok_vydavnytstvo / Instagram

Morning Bluesky. Today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1622 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 614 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 157 of the US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 65 of the Albanian 'Flamingo revolution' ▪️the 92nd anniversary of Hitler declaring himself "Führer"

Excellent piece.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d ago

Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/