Verivir
@verivir.bsky.social
Values may have a cost. The cost of law ...is risk. Be brave. Opinion Giver Psychology Lecturer Donate your nafo defence spending of over 2%. U24.gov.ua
Its always leverage with trump. Hence why it was smart to work on a European alternative in the mean time.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 6d agoUS President Trump said the US has not decided whether to license Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, calling the weapon extraordinary and saying Washington must be careful about who receives production rights. He added that the US is seeking peace and an end to the war. #Ukraine
I dont personally put much stock in this, but its not nothing. It may be mostly theatre, but even theatre has its effect.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last wk.What would Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill do?
First drones and now rogue ai agents. Anyone who played shadowrun games 10 or 20 years ago has had it all manifest. Just wating for the spell slngers.
Dustin Volz@dustinvolz.bsky.social · last wk.The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company: New York-based Modal Labs. www.reuters.com/business/ope...
When your three day lightning strike invasion doesnt go to plan...
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2w agoA resident of Krasnodar watches the burning Wildberries logistics hub from his window. 22.07.2026
Very much support this. Countries can spend where they wish if a thing promotes their values.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 3w ago⚡ Nine EU countries push to cut funding for the International Olympic Committee over Russian and Belarusian athletes’ return. united24media.com/world/eu-cou...
So two key questions that both sides need to address: Does ownership of an asset by a transient wealth owner lead to more sustainable growth than by whomever would buy up what they sell if they left? If house prices were 3-5 years salary, what would *all* the consequences be *in sum*?
Verivir@verivir.bsky.social · 3w agoFundamentally the question boils down to: do the people who may leave produce better more sustainable growth, than people who would buy up their assets if those people leave. Though broadly Id argue thats a supply side topic, and housing prices getting to 3-5y salary would be most key. 1/3
Fundamentally the question boils down to: do the people who may leave produce better more sustainable growth, than people who would buy up their assets if those people leave. Though broadly Id argue thats a supply side topic, and housing prices getting to 3-5y salary would be most key. 1/3
Gary Stevenson@garyseconomics.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you want growth and investment, you need normal people to own wealth.
To put this in context, Ukraine has apparently also just used a sea drone to land a ground drone on the kinburn spit - imagine normandy were entirely unmanned. Its not quite that scale, but had china beem the first we'd all be browning our pants.
Darth Putin@darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 3w agoToday is 500 days since Zelensky was told Ukraine has no cards.
We're only halfway through the campaign. Soom enough, the country kidnapping children, bombing churches, drone safariing civillians, and invading its neighbour, will ask Ukraine to have a heart. Remember, russia can always stop invading and annexing its neighbour. Annexation is not existential.
Jake Broe@realjakebroe.bsky.social · 4w agoRussia has lost so many refineries that they can only cover 65% of their fuel demand. Wow...
While everyone is rightly interested in patriots produced in Europe, its prudent to make a European alternative and smart to not be a direct competitor, persuing mass. Allowing space in the market for patriots as the exquisite package. It also conveniently avoids trumpian leverage.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 4w ago⚡️ Ukraine to present Freya anti-ballistic project in France. President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine will unveil its "Freya" defense system at an upcoming meeting in France, a project intended to secure national airspace that may eventually be offered to European partners.
Its quite mad to think putin is so obsessed with being a historical figure he will grind through a million plus of his own russian people, kidnap thousands of European children, and impoverish those he is supposed to look after. Its not like he is even good at building a state. Russia uses donkeys.
In the middle of a war, Ukraine launches a 40-day short course to educate russians on how it is a mistake to move their forces into Europe.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last mo.Ukraine’s 40-day operation to pressure Russia to end its war continues.
Is this some kind of weird test to see just how supine and gullible russians are when their mafia boss leader tells them up is down.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last mo.Putin claims the war is going according to plan. Russian refineries and military plants don't agree.
Gives a whole new meaning to black clouds on the horizon.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · last mo.The morning cup of coffee of Slavyansk-on-Kuban resident with a nice view of the burning oil refinery.
From Nigeria with snow, to just snow.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last mo.👀 How Russian oil tankers are installed and uninstalled.
Id have named it chonk. Im guessing Bars stands for Big Angry Retaliation Service - Suckit Moscow.
Dimko Zhluktenko@dim0kq.bsky.social · last mo.New Ukrainian jet-powered drone - Bars-SM. Looks very promising, have seen the results of it already.
Were I Al Carns, I'd focus on brand Britain, talk about pride in His Majesties companies (national versions of rail and water etc) while touting defence seriousness as a chance to invest in tech, infrastructure, and manufacturing (and so growth) in a way that makes us safer through dual use.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.Labour MP John Slinger says the party needs a full leadership contest - and a failure to do so would make it seem as if they had "lost our minds". Al Carns and Darren Jones considering standing.
Just in case you ever think there may have been reasons beyond annexing new territory. This is russias choice, it is not existential for russia, they use lies to reach their aims because, and remember this, they are run by actual mafia, and mafia do bad things.
Darth Putin@darthputinkgb.bsky.social · last mo.OTD in 2023 Prigozhin said we were lying about the reasons Russia invaded Ukraine. In unrelated news, he was killed soon after.
Every country has something unique for tourists. France has the eiffel tour, Lonon has big ben, and russia has its columns of thick black smoke of immolated oil logistics due to its traditional three day invasion which it has celebrated every day for 15 years, some say more.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · last mo.Russians enter Crimea via the Kerch Bridge, ignoring warnings not to do so in the form of the burning Kerch marine oil terminal
Note, its not on us if Putin decides stealing territories is something he is willing to bet the state on. He can always negotiate an end to his invasion. Ignore their bluster, while troops remain in Ukraine, they always have the option to go home to russia. Annexing new land is not existential.
(((Tendar)))@tendar.bsky.social · 2mo agoLooks like that Russians are scrambling more air defense assets in order to defend Moscow, Russia. Clearly, their are afraid. And this will expose the rest of the country even more. Let us see how long it will take until their ammunition is spent.
Russians may forget but they crossed into Ukraine, tried to take the capital, de facto annexed sections of Ukraine, allowed and enabled attrocities to be commited up to and including kidnapping Ukraines children. We arent just funding Ukraine, we are funding the victim against the aggressor.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 2mo ago⚡ Ukraine secures one of the largest $1 billion territorial defense packages and 700 Dutch missiles as allies pledge $4 billion in aid. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
To be honest, it also looks like they were supported by russian air defence missiles.
(((Tendar)))@tendar.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt looks like that the Ukrainian operation against the Kapotnya refinery in Moscow, Russia, was supported by Ukrainian missiles. The drones not only struck the refinery itself,…
New tshirt just dropped. I call it "if zelensky wants to negotiate, let him come to moscow" Maybe dont ask Ukrainians to visit moscow? Maybe take negotiations seriously.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2mo agoUFOS ARE REAL!!!
Ukraine could very well replace a lot of cheap labour in china but close to home with people closer to our values. Itd be mad not to double up production of missile defence in Ukraine.
UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 2mo ago⚡️ G7 leaders pledged to boost Ukraine’s air defenses and may also back the licensing of western weapons for domestic production within the country. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
Look, if you can take parts of Ukraine, then we can take your shadow fleet.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2mo agoBritain has intercepted a Russian shadow fleet tanker for the first time. The sanctioned tanker SMYRTOS was boarded and detained in the English Channel during a six-hour operation conducted in coordination with France.
Little hints the Ukrainians don't like being annexed. Maybe time to boot putin and bring home the invading forces.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 2mo agoZelensky confirmed Ukrainian long-range strikes on key targets in Russia and occupied territories. SBU forces hit an oil facility in Yaroslavl region over 700 km from Ukraine’s border, while army units struck the Azot plant in Tula region, tied to explosive production capacity. #Ukraine
