Damian
@doylanpls.bsky.social
Recreational trail runner, Tiges barracker. Temporarily in Washington DC, heart and home on Ngunnawal country. 🦘
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Greetings from Kyiv.
Today, I walked to the Dnipro River (still frozen).
Even with little heat and electricity, Ukrainians still find joy in life.
Today, I walked to the Dnipro River (still frozen).
Even with little heat and electricity, Ukrainians still find joy in life.
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Greetings from Kyiv.
Today, I walked to the Dnipro River (still frozen).
Even with little heat and electricity, Ukrainians still find joy in life.
Today, I walked to the Dnipro River (still frozen).
Even with little heat and electricity, Ukrainians still find joy in life.
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Macron says EU should deploy 'anti-coercion instrument' in response to Trump's tariff threats over Greenland
Macron says EU should deploy 'anti-coercion instrument' in response to Trump's tariff threats over Greenland
Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10% tariff from February 1 on all goods sent to the US from eight European countries. That levy would be increased to 25% on June 1 'until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland.'
www.lemonde.fr
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Macron says EU should deploy 'anti-coercion instrument' in response to Trump's tariff threats over Greenland
“Water balloons and snowballs were thrown at the right-wing demonstrators in weather that reached -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius) with the wind chill.” www.dw.com/en/us-anti-i...
Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters clash with far-right group
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang, who organized a pro-ICE rally, had announced that he intended to "burn a Quran" on the steps of City Hall. A much larger group of people chased him and his supporters ...
www.dw.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Water balloons and snowballs were thrown at the right-wing demonstrators in weather that reached -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius) with the wind chill.” www.dw.com/en/us-anti-i...
Cost of living crisis, 1830s. From Dunbar and May’s ‘Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State’.
January 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Cost of living crisis, 1830s. From Dunbar and May’s ‘Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State’.
“Like many of those around the president, Lauder’s policy suggestions appear to intersect with his business interests.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 AM
“Like many of those around the president, Lauder’s policy suggestions appear to intersect with his business interests.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Hard to imagine: “temperatures in Savukoski, eastern Lapland, dropped to −42.8 degrees [Celsius] on Friday morning, the lowest reading recorded in the country so far this winter” www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
Freezing weather in Finland to ease next week
Finland endures extreme cold as temperatures drop below −40°C in Lapland, with forecasts pointing to milder weather nationwide next week as high pressure retreats.
www.helsinkitimes.fi
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Hard to imagine: “temperatures in Savukoski, eastern Lapland, dropped to −42.8 degrees [Celsius] on Friday morning, the lowest reading recorded in the country so far this winter” www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...
Good listen: a timely look at the history of Canada-US relations www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Not so tolerant Allies: The story of Canada and the United States - ABC listen
President Trump not only want to make America great, he also wants to make it bigger and incorporating Canada as the 51st state would certainly do that – except for the fact that Canada is a sovereign...
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Good listen: a timely look at the history of Canada-US relations www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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A cartoon by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A cartoon by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons
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I talked with @wuwmradio.bsky.social about data centers and how they affect the environment: www.wuwm.com/what-are-dat...
What are data centers? Expert explains AI boom, energy concerns
Why are data centers so controversial in the communities where tech companies want to build them?
www.wuwm.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I talked with @wuwmradio.bsky.social about data centers and how they affect the environment: www.wuwm.com/what-are-dat...
“The tale that touches Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Pakistan and Texas and involves expired visas, an unpaid mechanic, multiple financiers, the local sheriff and the FBI may soon end with the plane flying again.” bridgemi.com/quality-life...
Russian cargo jet grounded 16 years in Upper Peninsula may soon fly again - Bridge Michigan
The plane was grounded in 2009 amid court battles over who had rights to the aircraft. Today, Ukrainian engineers plan to ready the plane for new life.
bridgemi.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
“The tale that touches Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Pakistan and Texas and involves expired visas, an unpaid mechanic, multiple financiers, the local sheriff and the FBI may soon end with the plane flying again.” bridgemi.com/quality-life...
“oil is one motive among several, and never reconciled with the others… These objectives pull in different directions, and no one in the administration has done the work of asking how they fit together... The result is policy as bricolage – rationales stapled to whatever power is available.”
The framers of the US Constitution designed a system to compel the executive to explain its actions. The US military operation in #Venezuela reveals that Donald Trump has won his bet against that system, laments Stephen Holmes. bit.ly/4aLn68O
January 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM
“oil is one motive among several, and never reconciled with the others… These objectives pull in different directions, and no one in the administration has done the work of asking how they fit together... The result is policy as bricolage – rationales stapled to whatever power is available.”
Daily walking meditation: open letter box, remove multiple items for various past residents, write RETURN TO SENDER in large letters on each envelope, walk around the block to the blue box.
January 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Daily walking meditation: open letter box, remove multiple items for various past residents, write RETURN TO SENDER in large letters on each envelope, walk around the block to the blue box.
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Someone was asking where the Latin American specialists are on this site ⬇️
Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Someone was asking where the Latin American specialists are on this site ⬇️
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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The much-anticipated summit between the leaders of #Ukraine and America, held at President Trump’s Mar-a-Largo resort, has just concluded. A quick update on outcomes. 1/15 🧵🇺🇦
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The much-anticipated summit between the leaders of #Ukraine and America, held at President Trump’s Mar-a-Largo resort, has just concluded. A quick update on outcomes. 1/15 🧵🇺🇦
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
“[We’ll] have an AI agent that's essentially sitting on our shoulder and experiencing our life with us. Seeing and hearing what we see and hear, and whispering guidance in our ears without us even having to ask for it.”
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
A rulebook for the AI in your glasses
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“[We’ll] have an AI agent that's essentially sitting on our shoulder and experiencing our life with us. Seeing and hearing what we see and hear, and whispering guidance in our ears without us even having to ask for it.”
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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In St. Petersburg, 83-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva was detained. She went out to Palace Square with an anti-war poster, and she was taken to the police station immediately.
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In St. Petersburg, 83-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva was detained. She went out to Palace Square with an anti-war poster, and she was taken to the police station immediately.
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
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There is hope for the future
There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There is hope for the future
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Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters.
Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog - Inside Climate News
The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.
insideclimatenews.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters.
Lots in this Politico piece. These comments in particular called to mind the social media discussion in Harari’s excellent book, ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
![“IG [Instagram] is a drug,” Shayli Jimenez, a Meta senior researcher, is quoted as saying in one internal communication, referenced during a sealed deposition conducted earlier this year.
“LOL, I mean, all social media. We’re basically pushers,” another Meta employee then allegedly responded in the same conversation. (Jimenez said in her deposition, according to the filing, that those comments were made “sarcastically.”)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeqkv7a2y5tp2fmcwln736nx/bafkreiabo7cv77grq44sb4tbpdrqpsyrmr5t5j76z6bhsyrhumb3isfuwe@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Lots in this Politico piece. These comments in particular called to mind the social media discussion in Harari’s excellent book, ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The folks at Monocle24 were kind enough to give me a decent chunk of time this morning to talk about our work in Ukraine on emerging technology and military doctrine - you can listen from about 29:40 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
Why South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The folks at Monocle24 were kind enough to give me a decent chunk of time this morning to talk about our work in Ukraine on emerging technology and military doctrine - you can listen from about 29:40 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
open.spotify.com/episode/1jrr...
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Evergreen
This is simply too much information
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Evergreen
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“Wianamattas’ emus are a testament to the importance of caring for even the ordinary parts of our living world—the parts that we take for granted.”
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
Over the back fence: in search of Sydney’s last “wild” emus - Overland literary journal
Everybody knows there used to be emus all over Western Sydney. It’s called Emu Plains, for flip’s sake.
overland.org.au
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“Wianamattas’ emus are a testament to the importance of caring for even the ordinary parts of our living world—the parts that we take for granted.”
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
As part of our series supported by @copower.bsky.social, Andy Mason goes searching for Sydney’s last “wild” emus
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Check your inbox! Today's issue of COP30 Dispatch covers what happened during the third day of the UN climate talks in Belém.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Check your inbox! Today's issue of COP30 Dispatch covers what happened during the third day of the UN climate talks in Belém.
Subscribe to EESI's daily COP coverage at eesi.org/signup
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