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This is the most heart-warming video I have seen this year 👇
Wishing this warrior and his family that they may grow old in peace and freedom.
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Wishing this warrior and his family that they may grow old in peace and freedom.
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Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
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36 years ago today the Berlin Wall fell, in part because of the the poor economic performance of East Germany relative to the West.
Here are the regions of Europe today that richer and poorer than the Eastern part of Germany today.
Full list of regions by income: brilliantmaps.com/rich-poor...
Here are the regions of Europe today that richer and poorer than the Eastern part of Germany today.
Full list of regions by income: brilliantmaps.com/rich-poor...
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
36 years ago today the Berlin Wall fell, in part because of the the poor economic performance of East Germany relative to the West.
Here are the regions of Europe today that richer and poorer than the Eastern part of Germany today.
Full list of regions by income: brilliantmaps.com/rich-poor...
Here are the regions of Europe today that richer and poorer than the Eastern part of Germany today.
Full list of regions by income: brilliantmaps.com/rich-poor...
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87 years ago today, the Kristallnacht burned. 36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
87 years ago today, the Kristallnacht burned. 36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The dumbest president in history strikes again
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The dumbest president in history strikes again
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Für Millionen Menschen in der Ukraine ist es dunkel und kalt. Ab jetzt 16 Stunden täglich ohne Strom. Große Teile der Stromproduktion sind beschädigt oder zerstört, dazu ein Fünftel der Heizkapazitäten. Europa hat Russland gewähren lassen. 1/3
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Für Millionen Menschen in der Ukraine ist es dunkel und kalt. Ab jetzt 16 Stunden täglich ohne Strom. Große Teile der Stromproduktion sind beschädigt oder zerstört, dazu ein Fünftel der Heizkapazitäten. Europa hat Russland gewähren lassen. 1/3
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This is my grandfather, Brigadier G. B. Vaughan-Hughes MC in 1919, aged 22/23, ‘somewhere in France,’ on Joey, his army mount. He bought Joey off the army and let him live a long and happy life in Wales. ‘Tommy,’ as grandpa was called, had entered the war early in 1915 as an 18-year-old 2nd Lt …1/
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is my grandfather, Brigadier G. B. Vaughan-Hughes MC in 1919, aged 22/23, ‘somewhere in France,’ on Joey, his army mount. He bought Joey off the army and let him live a long and happy life in Wales. ‘Tommy,’ as grandpa was called, had entered the war early in 1915 as an 18-year-old 2nd Lt …1/
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Hey look, it's me
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hey look, it's me
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Der 9. November: Ein Tag, der tiefsten Schmerz und größte Freude vereint. 1938 führte er in den Abgrund, 1989 war er der Beginn eines Aufbruchs. Ein Tag, der uns erinnert, welchen Unterschied es macht, wenn Menschen für das freie Wort, für Rechtsstaat und Demokratie einstehen.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Der 9. November: Ein Tag, der tiefsten Schmerz und größte Freude vereint. 1938 führte er in den Abgrund, 1989 war er der Beginn eines Aufbruchs. Ein Tag, der uns erinnert, welchen Unterschied es macht, wenn Menschen für das freie Wort, für Rechtsstaat und Demokratie einstehen.
A despicable act by despicable men.
May all servicemen of the Greatest Generation irrespective of creed and colour be remembered and respected when these little men have long been forgotten.
May all servicemen of the Greatest Generation irrespective of creed and colour be remembered and respected when these little men have long been forgotten.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A despicable act by despicable men.
May all servicemen of the Greatest Generation irrespective of creed and colour be remembered and respected when these little men have long been forgotten.
May all servicemen of the Greatest Generation irrespective of creed and colour be remembered and respected when these little men have long been forgotten.
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Dieses Gespräch von
@ronzheimer.bsky.social & Annett Meiritz zu #Mamdani & der politischen Lage in den 🇺🇸 fand ich informativ.
Musste an diese Ezra-Klein-Passage denken.
Linke Parteien machen keine Politik für Working Class mehr, dort wie hier, & sondern Populismus, der nur noch so tut, als ob.
@ronzheimer.bsky.social & Annett Meiritz zu #Mamdani & der politischen Lage in den 🇺🇸 fand ich informativ.
Musste an diese Ezra-Klein-Passage denken.
Linke Parteien machen keine Politik für Working Class mehr, dort wie hier, & sondern Populismus, der nur noch so tut, als ob.
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Dieses Gespräch von
@ronzheimer.bsky.social & Annett Meiritz zu #Mamdani & der politischen Lage in den 🇺🇸 fand ich informativ.
Musste an diese Ezra-Klein-Passage denken.
Linke Parteien machen keine Politik für Working Class mehr, dort wie hier, & sondern Populismus, der nur noch so tut, als ob.
@ronzheimer.bsky.social & Annett Meiritz zu #Mamdani & der politischen Lage in den 🇺🇸 fand ich informativ.
Musste an diese Ezra-Klein-Passage denken.
Linke Parteien machen keine Politik für Working Class mehr, dort wie hier, & sondern Populismus, der nur noch so tut, als ob.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
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Fully supported!
Norway earned €109bn in extra revenue by replacing Russia as Europe's gas supplier. Norwegian politicians now push Oslo to guarantee the EU's stalled €140bn Ukraine loan
Opposition leaders call it "a moral obligation" given Norway's windfall from the war
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/07/p...
Opposition leaders call it "a moral obligation" given Norway's windfall from the war
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/07/p...
“War profiteer” Norway urged to guarantee stalled EU reparations loan for Ukraine
Norwegian politicians push Oslo to guarantee EU's €140 billion Ukraine loan using profits from replacing Russia as Europe's gas supplier, amid Belgium's legal objections to frozen asset scheme.
euromaidanpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Fully supported!
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Elbridge Colby and his consequences have been a disaster for DoD Policy
"We talk to the Japanese, the Taiwanese, the Koreans, and the Baltic nations. In many of these conversations, we hear that the Pentagon's policy office seems to be doing what it pleases, without coordinating even inside the U.S. executive branch..."
asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/tr...
asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/tr...
AUKUS review set to conclude next month after summer of confusion
Pentagon policy chief Colby comes under fire from Congress for agitating allies
asia.nikkei.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Elbridge Colby and his consequences have been a disaster for DoD Policy
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“🇨🇳 China has undertaken a massive expansion of sites linked to missile production since 2020, bolstering its ability to potentially deter the 🇺🇸 US military and assert its dominance in the region, a new CNN analysis of satellite images, maps and government notices reveals.”
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‘A new arms race’: Satellite images, maps and records reveal huge surge in China’s missile production sites | CNN
China has undertaken a massive expansion of sites linked to missile production since 2020, bolstering its ability to potentially deter the US military and assert its dominance in the region, a new CNN...
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“🇨🇳 China has undertaken a massive expansion of sites linked to missile production since 2020, bolstering its ability to potentially deter the 🇺🇸 US military and assert its dominance in the region, a new CNN analysis of satellite images, maps and government notices reveals.”
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As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
Painting the picture of the day. Despite the seriousness I'm still laughing! 👇😂
These people have the memory and reasoning skills of an anaemic goldfish
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Painting the picture of the day. Despite the seriousness I'm still laughing! 👇😂
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This is what I meant when I talked about Hegseth’s “lethality” obsession being dangerously facile and dishonest. It’s code for a right wing aesthetic, not efficacy.
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is what I meant when I talked about Hegseth’s “lethality” obsession being dangerously facile and dishonest. It’s code for a right wing aesthetic, not efficacy.
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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AfD is a bunch of traitors.
The German Parliament's AfD lawmakers asked hundreds of detailed questions about Germany’s military and cyber systems.
Officials now suspect these were meant to expose weaknesses — one warned they looked like “a task list from the Kremlin.”
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/06/d...
Officials now suspect these were meant to expose weaknesses — one warned they looked like “a task list from the Kremlin.”
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/06/d...
Der Spiegel: Germany’s AfD lawmakers suspected of feeding sensitive Bundeswehr data to Russian intelligence
CDU and SPD are demanding answers after the AfD submitted detailed and structured parliamentary requests, which officials say resemble coordinated intelligence-gathering.
euromaidanpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
AfD is a bunch of traitors.
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This is just but a bunch of chicanery. Ukrainian laws on minority protections are already in compliance with E.U standards. Protections of language, cultural identity, right to external association, right to name, and more. Meanwhile, Hungary treats its minorities in ways that violate E.U standards.
🇺🇦🇭🇺 #Ukraine has submitted a draft education law to #Hungary that partly addresses Budapest’s demands related to language policy in schools, Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka said on Nov. 6.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-subm...
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-subm...
Ukraine submits draft education language law to Hungary, awaits response
Ukraine has submitted a draft education law to Hungary that partly addresses Budapest’s demands related to language policy in schools, Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka said on Nov. 7.
kyivindependent.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is just but a bunch of chicanery. Ukrainian laws on minority protections are already in compliance with E.U standards. Protections of language, cultural identity, right to external association, right to name, and more. Meanwhile, Hungary treats its minorities in ways that violate E.U standards.
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This is why they need anti-drone tunnels and helmets.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is why they need anti-drone tunnels and helmets.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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After staying ~100 days at the frontline, doing assault operations, these Ukrainian soldiers have finally rotated out.
Respect.
Respect.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
After staying ~100 days at the frontline, doing assault operations, these Ukrainian soldiers have finally rotated out.
Respect.
Respect.