A. R. Steinmark
@arners.bsky.social
Concerned world observer and amateur life artist. Trying to heed the wise advices given to Simplicius Simplicissimus.
LOTR The Two Towers - The Entmoot Decides
YouTube video by EgalmothOfGondolin01
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November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Heard and interesting, dark thought today.
Europeans have to make up their minds if they want Ukraine to continue to have their backs — or to be the base for their enemy, because that’s what will happen once Russia controls it.
Europeans have to make up their minds if they want Ukraine to continue to have their backs — or to be the base for their enemy, because that’s what will happen once Russia controls it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Heard and interesting, dark thought today.
Europeans have to make up their minds if they want Ukraine to continue to have their backs — or to be the base for their enemy, because that’s what will happen once Russia controls it.
Europeans have to make up their minds if they want Ukraine to continue to have their backs — or to be the base for their enemy, because that’s what will happen once Russia controls it.
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"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
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Ukraine is in Europe. And he’s attacking it every day.
⁉️ Putin says Russia can put in writing it will not attack Europe
Putin says Russia can put in writing it will not attack Europe
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has been ready to state in writing that it does not intend to attack Europe.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ukraine is in Europe. And he’s attacking it every day.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
If we want to prevent this war to continue, then actually we should curb the army of Russia and also their military budget.
Because if you're spending 38% of your total budget on military, then you will want to use it again.
If we want to prevent this war to continue, then actually we should curb the army of Russia and also their military budget.
Because if you're spending 38% of your total budget on military, then you will want to use it again.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
If we want to prevent this war to continue, then actually we should curb the army of Russia and also their military budget.
Because if you're spending 38% of your total budget on military, then you will want to use it again.
If we want to prevent this war to continue, then actually we should curb the army of Russia and also their military budget.
Because if you're spending 38% of your total budget on military, then you will want to use it again.
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Anecdotally, while I was looking for a source to refer to for this article with the search words ”Russia rejects US peace plan”, I found media articles on that topic from November 2024, February, May, June, September, and October 2025.
Made an effort to establish a timeline of this latest iteration of essentially the same old attempt by the Trump administration to force a peace deal, doomed to fail like the previous three times.
The number of plot twists would have been amusing, if it wasn’t so cruel to Ukraine.
The number of plot twists would have been amusing, if it wasn’t so cruel to Ukraine.
The Rise and Fall of the Dim-Wit Plan
The latest iteration of a "secret US-Russia peace plan for Ukraine" would have been funny, if it wasn't so cruel to Ukraine.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Anecdotally, while I was looking for a source to refer to for this article with the search words ”Russia rejects US peace plan”, I found media articles on that topic from November 2024, February, May, June, September, and October 2025.
Genau und precisely. English subtitles. It’s about time Europe starts acting instead of always reacting to the whims of the US administration.
Seit 10 Jahren reagiert Europa auf jede neue Trump-Absurdität gleich: Empörung, Schockstarre. Statt weiter auf den US-Autounfall zu starren, müssen wir endlich lenken.
Wir wissen längst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.👇
(Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
Wir wissen längst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.👇
(Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Genau und precisely. English subtitles. It’s about time Europe starts acting instead of always reacting to the whims of the US administration.
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'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Trump pressures Ukraine to accept peace deal: Early analysis from Chatham House experts
Chatham House analysts give their initial analysis after Zelenskyy was pressured by Trump to accept a White House plan to end the war with Russia.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Trump administration is ordering the State Department to label countries with abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI policies, and even hate-speech safeguards as human rights violators.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Trump administration is ordering the State Department to label countries with abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI policies, and even hate-speech safeguards as human rights violators.
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The situation these judges are being put in for doing their work is unbelievable. They can’t use any US services - and not just for work, in their private lives too.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The situation these judges are being put in for doing their work is unbelievable. They can’t use any US services - and not just for work, in their private lives too.
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Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
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And here we are, right on time!
Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov says the European "counter-proposal" peace plan is "not constructive and not acceptable to Russia."
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And here we are, right on time!
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This seems to be a fitting metaphor for current politics.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A “veggie burger” ban nobody wanted is becoming one Brussels might actually pass.
How a ‘veggie burger’ ban nobody wanted became one Brussels might actually pass
A fringe amendment to protect meaty vocabulary has become a test of Europe’s loyalty to tradition and its waning appetite for food innovation.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This seems to be a fitting metaphor for current politics.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
The original was apparently a 30 point plan - one of the erased points being a new Russia-US alliance against China. Wonder why it didn’t pass? 🤔
Unfortunate that @christogrozev.bsky.social has not shared here the remarks he published on X about the Trump-Putin plan for Ukraine.
I'm taking the liberty of doing it for him.
I'm taking the liberty of doing it for him.
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The original was apparently a 30 point plan - one of the erased points being a new Russia-US alliance against China. Wonder why it didn’t pass? 🤔
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Of course not. Because TACO.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Of course not. Because TACO.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
Great analysis. I encourage you to watch it. Anders always delivers.
My take on Trump's peace plan, and why he can't pressure Ukraine into capitulation.
Trump's ultimatum and the limits of US leverage over Ukraine
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Great analysis. I encourage you to watch it. Anders always delivers.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, long an opponent of support for Ukraine, is eyeing a contentious new diplomatic push from Washington as an opportunity to hold up billions in funding for Kyiv.
Hungary’s Orbán backs US’s Ukraine proposal in bid to derail aid to Kyiv
EU leaders are holding talks on how to respond to the White House’s 28-point blueprint, which critics say would reward Russian aggression.
www.politico.eu
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, long an opponent of support for Ukraine, is eyeing a contentious new diplomatic push from Washington as an opportunity to hold up billions in funding for Kyiv.
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I am sorry to say: even if it is not accepted. The mere fact that Trump & Vance put a deal on the table in which the US is conceived as a) benefiting financially from a deal akin to capitulation and b) the US is the neutral party mediating between Russia and Nato destroys us leadership.
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine? For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I am sorry to say: even if it is not accepted. The mere fact that Trump & Vance put a deal on the table in which the US is conceived as a) benefiting financially from a deal akin to capitulation and b) the US is the neutral party mediating between Russia and Nato destroys us leadership.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Depressing, but absolutely not a surprise!!
⁉️ US eases sanctions on Russia, allowing construction of nuclear plant in Hungary
US eases sanctions on Russia, allowing construction of nuclear plant in Hungary
The US Department of the Treasury has announced the issuance of a general licence allowing Hungary to carry out financial transactions with Russian banks as part of the construction of the Paks II Nuc...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Depressing, but absolutely not a surprise!!
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Das Münchner Abkommen 1938 sicherte nicht den Frieden, es belohnte und ermunterte den Aggressoren und verbesserte seine Position vor Beginn seines großen Krieges.
Ein Abkommen wie München 1938 darf der Westen nicht zulassen.
Ein Abkommen wie München 1938 darf der Westen nicht zulassen.
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Das Münchner Abkommen 1938 sicherte nicht den Frieden, es belohnte und ermunterte den Aggressoren und verbesserte seine Position vor Beginn seines großen Krieges.
Ein Abkommen wie München 1938 darf der Westen nicht zulassen.
Ein Abkommen wie München 1938 darf der Westen nicht zulassen.
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The US peace plan is breathtaking. And among all the breathtaking things this para. characterizes how Trump sees the US: as the mediator between NATO and Russia. (And, yes, there's also a paragraph of the US profiting financially from the deal)
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The US peace plan is breathtaking. And among all the breathtaking things this para. characterizes how Trump sees the US: as the mediator between NATO and Russia. (And, yes, there's also a paragraph of the US profiting financially from the deal)