There are a lot of elderly narcissists in our politics - it’s worth noting that narcissists don’t age like the rest of us, because they don’t carry anyone or anything. They have a unique (dis) ability to experience power without stress.
🗞️ @democracynow.org’s Amy Goodman, the subject of new documentary @stealthisstory.bsky.social @sheffdocfest.bsky.social, speaks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about surviving a massacre, Trump, and the current threats to the media www.thenerve.news/p/amy-goodma...
A welcome sober view into Ukraine's political renewal, competition structures in the military, and societal militarisation.
Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her)@olyaoliker.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn my last visit to Kyiv, @luciankim.bsky.social & I were struck by a somewhat different tone among Ukrainians. New developments have made many of those we met with cautiously optimistic, even as they expect war to continue, & substantial challenges also remain. We lay out what we learned here:
Researchers @citizenlab.ca say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware @raphae.li www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Researchers say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware
A former member of the European Parliament who served on a committee investigating abusive surveillance was himself hacked using an Israeli-made spy tool, a Canadian tech watchdog group said on Frid...
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The most consistent interpretation of the U.S.’ behaviour is that they have, in their minds, partitioned Europe with Putin. They likely intend to use the Russian ‘menace’ as leverage to extract a rent from their parts of Europe and demolish the EU. So we will see all sorts of favouritism, drama…
Another target for terrorist russia: an ambulance on the grounds of the Kherson city hospital. Absolute scum of the Earth. Another deliberate war crime against medical workers: 2 paramedics sustained blast injuries. Let’s support Ukrainian medics: u24.gov.ua/donate/human...
Trump's special envoy to Greenland came to Nuuk with the stated goal of "making new friends". It does not seem to be going particularly well. Nobody wants to speak with him, the Greenlandic politicians unanimously call him disrespectful, and on day two he is quarreling with the Danish press.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3mo agoJeff Landry, American Idiot in Greenland.
War brings death and desolation, but life always finds a way. Nature is adapting, repurposing its tools for its own needs: birds are weaving nests from drone fiber optics, wild animals make homes of abandoned dugouts, plants grow through ruins. Sad, but hopeful.
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Marvelous conversation. Trump has a cult of personality and most of his circle are members. Loyalty over expertise. Pageantry on the court, no responsibility to the electorate.
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat does the Iran war have to do with sustaining the Russian economy? Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine. I spoke with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social about Iran and Russia. snyder.substack.com/p/thinking-l...
Horrific summaries. The main russian exports are oil products and fascism.
ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 4mo ago1/ The fall of Victor Orbán is being mourned as a catastrophe by Russian warbloggers and commentators. They lament the loss of a man whom they openly call "a 'Trojan horse' in the EU" and blame the Russian government's ineffective attempts to interfere with the election. ⬇️
The game is revealed.
MadEP MaX@madepmax.bsky.social · 4mo ago🇭🇺🇷🇸 [ #Orbán visited the #Hungary-Serbia border (near #TurkStream) to "inspect" the infrastructure.] [ #Orban: "An attempt was made to blow up the gas pipeline supplying #Hungary. This is no time for political theatre. It is time to lift sanctions and secure energy, from anywhere."] [👇😡🤮]
Just to explain Surkov was behind the deception campaigns in Georgia, Crimea, Syria, Brexit and Trump. He was fired by Putin in 2020 after Zelensky didn’t conform, and the full invasion was planned. This is a major turning point and disavowal of 16 years of failure pdjukes.substack.com
Trojan Horses: Trump, Russia, Brexit - Democracy Under Siege | Peter Jukes | Substack
Told in a mixture of verse and news - inspired by Virgil, Dante, Milton - and brave fellow journalists like Carole Cadwalladr - this project aims to create an epic poem out of 20 years of democracy un...
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Peter Jukes@peterjukes.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe architect of non linear warfare, hypernormalisation and managed democracy is now on the run, as Putinist revolution eats its own parents
He can just use state power to make bad things worse, blame others, and demand that we don’t hold elections. That’s it, that’s the whole plot; and if we don’t see it that’s on us. (3/3)
Another nail in the coffin of law based int/l order.
Fella Historian🌻@thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 5mo ago
Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.
Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith
Sheera Frenkel@sheeraf.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
This is how FPV detectors and EW are saving lives 🙏
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The files with some of the worst alleged crimes by Trump are now BACK UP on the DOJ website: www.justice.gov/epstein/file... 👇
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🇺🇦 No Sleep Til Kyiv — a documentary about civilians and international volunteers delivering life-saving vehicles to Ukraine during the full-scale war 🔗 Watch the documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?reload... If you stand with Ukraine, you have to watch this one 👊 @nosleeptilkyiv.bsky.social
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland. There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same. And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment. 1/
This is Kyiv. Ukraine’s capital. An apartment building where the temperature is below 0. Where people live. Some of them can’t leave. (UNITED24)
The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear. snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
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Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT: When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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