JJ
@jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social
Communications | Geopolitics | Humor
Huge fan of democracy.
Least favorite pastime: Watching things happen after being told they can’t possibly happen
*Banner quote: Lev Grossman
Huge fan of democracy.
Least favorite pastime: Watching things happen after being told they can’t possibly happen
*Banner quote: Lev Grossman
Immediately thought of this meme and then had to go listen to Macarena
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Immediately thought of this meme and then had to go listen to Macarena
TIL ❤️
I'm still impressed when I find glowing embers under my replica medieval fire cover 12 hours after I left it.
It does such a good job!
youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...
It does such a good job!
youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...
My new yet old medieval fire cover and the history behind it
YouTube video by Fake History Hunter
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
TIL ❤️
Even as delicate negotiations are reported to be taking place. Watch what people do not what they say.
A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's western city of Ternopil has killed at least 25 people, including three children.
Russian attack kills 25 in Ukraine’s Ternopil as Zelenskyy meets Erdogan in Turkey
A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's western city of Ternopil has killed at least 25 people, including three children.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Even as delicate negotiations are reported to be taking place. Watch what people do not what they say.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Kherson Weekly: 10-16 November 2025
98th VDV Human Safari Strikes, Mass Remote-Mining, Drone Data, and Civilian Casualty Updates
This week: 51 civilian casualties (6 killed, 45 wounded)
Link to full article w/sources in nested post:
98th VDV Human Safari Strikes, Mass Remote-Mining, Drone Data, and Civilian Casualty Updates
This week: 51 civilian casualties (6 killed, 45 wounded)
Link to full article w/sources in nested post:
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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OTTAWA – Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the government is ramping up its investment in European Space Agency programs by $528.5 million.
Canada investing more than $500 million in European Space Agency programs
OTTAWA – Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the government is ramping up its investment in European Space Agency programs by $528.5 million.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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What an interesting idea
On a recent Saturday in a retirement home in the northeastern French village of Kunheim, happy hour started early as a bartender poured beer and champagne. After obtaining a liquor license, the retirement home has opened a bar to the public, and seniors say they love the idea
u.afp.com/SnC3
u.afp.com/SnC3
u.afp.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What an interesting idea
President Stubb does not mince words.
"It's obvious that Russia will remain a long-standing threat to security and stability of Europe even after the war. NATO and Europe needs to continue to strengthen our defences."
#StrongerTogether
www.nato.int/en/multimedi...
"It's obvious that Russia will remain a long-standing threat to security and stability of Europe even after the war. NATO and Europe needs to continue to strengthen our defences."
#StrongerTogether
www.nato.int/en/multimedi...
NATO Secretary General meets with the President of Finland
NATO Secretary General meets with the President of Finland
www.nato.int
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
President Stubb does not mince words.
"It's obvious that Russia will remain a long-standing threat to security and stability of Europe even after the war. NATO and Europe needs to continue to strengthen our defences."
#StrongerTogether
www.nato.int/en/multimedi...
"It's obvious that Russia will remain a long-standing threat to security and stability of Europe even after the war. NATO and Europe needs to continue to strengthen our defences."
#StrongerTogether
www.nato.int/en/multimedi...
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The internet does not have to stay broken. Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION walks through how we reached this point & what steps can move us toward a healthier digital world.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The internet does not have to stay broken. Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION walks through how we reached this point & what steps can move us toward a healthier digital world.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
"As Arctic nations, we share a vital role in addressing our global challenges in the region and keeping it secure," said Carl XVI Gustaf, adding there is momentum in the Canada-Sweden relationship in sectors like defence, science, climate and energy.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"As Arctic nations, we share a vital role in addressing our global challenges in the region and keeping it secure," said Carl XVI Gustaf, adding there is momentum in the Canada-Sweden relationship in sectors like defence, science, climate and energy.
That didn’t take long
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
That didn’t take long
U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Remastered 2024 / Visualiser)
YouTube video by U2VEVO
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🎉 Excited to share that Content Confusion publishes today! It dives into how news orgs & advertisers—including fossil fuels—blur journalism & ads, fueling disinfo & distrust. Available now! Use code MITP30 today for 30% off at MIT Press. Thanks for the support! 🙏
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255360...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255360...
Content Confusion
We often blame social media for the rampant problem of disinformation, but mainstream news media is also at fault. Not only do news outlets disguise paid con...
mitpress.mit.edu
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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After a court order, X refuses to take down the non consensual intimate images of a Canadian citizen in violation of the law.
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
After a court order, X refuses to take down the non consensual intimate images of a Canadian citizen in violation of the law.
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
They’re acting like a user saying they don’t want intimate images online for the world to see is equivalent to, idk, a US President censoring political opinions 🙄 1/
A sober and measured Q and A with Anders. There’s indeed a fair amount of missile talk 🚀
After a short hiatus on YouTube, I am back with a Q&A video. I discuss missiles, Russia's war economy, who is winning the war, and whether Denmark can close the straits to Russian ships. Watch it here.
Q&A: Missiles, strategy, shadow fleet, Russia's economy
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A sober and measured Q and A with Anders. There’s indeed a fair amount of missile talk 🚀
He later added: “We are dealing with the [intelligence] services of a foreign state, and not a gang of scrap metal thieves.”
Poland railway blast was ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’, says Donald Tusk
Poland railway blast was ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’, says Donald Tusk
No casualties following incident on Warsaw-Lubin line used for deliveries to Ukraine
www.irishtimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
He later added: “We are dealing with the [intelligence] services of a foreign state, and not a gang of scrap metal thieves.”
*Closes computer* That's enough of that
*Picks up phone* 😵💫
*Picks up phone* 😵💫
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
*Closes computer* That's enough of that
*Picks up phone* 😵💫
*Picks up phone* 😵💫
Defiance in dystopia. 🫶
#HumanSafari
#HumanSafari
Streets of #Kherson
Anti-drone nets to protect civilians
Source: Bukvy www.facebook.com/share/r/14NP...
Anti-drone nets to protect civilians
Source: Bukvy www.facebook.com/share/r/14NP...
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Defiance in dystopia. 🫶
#HumanSafari
#HumanSafari
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A bakery run by reindeer called Doe See Dough
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A bakery run by reindeer called Doe See Dough
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When public priorities are shaped by engagement algorithms, politics turns reactive. Parties perform ‘control’ instead of solving problems. That’s how hollow discourse grows, and why extreme narratives gain leverage they could never earn on evidence.
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
When public priorities are shaped by engagement algorithms, politics turns reactive. Parties perform ‘control’ instead of solving problems. That’s how hollow discourse grows, and why extreme narratives gain leverage they could never earn on evidence.
Soul Man
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Soul Man
Just a means to an end.
"A sprawling network reportedly stretches from Kathmandu to Dhaka, Colombo to Moscow, luring desperate men with false promises of construction work, warehouse jobs, or any legitimate opportunity."
"A sprawling network reportedly stretches from Kathmandu to Dhaka, Colombo to Moscow, luring desperate men with false promises of construction work, warehouse jobs, or any legitimate opportunity."
Russia's insatiable demand for bodies to feed the meatgrinder of its war on Ukraine has a real and tragic human cost for the Global South. Here @munira.bsky.social in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social describes deceit and exploitation in Africa, South Asia and beyond.
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
The trafficking networks sustaining Russia’s war of attrition
As Putin seeks to avoid another politically damaging mobilisation, the temptation to draw on Moscow's extensive global trafficking networks will only grow.
engelsbergideas.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just a means to an end.
"A sprawling network reportedly stretches from Kathmandu to Dhaka, Colombo to Moscow, luring desperate men with false promises of construction work, warehouse jobs, or any legitimate opportunity."
"A sprawling network reportedly stretches from Kathmandu to Dhaka, Colombo to Moscow, luring desperate men with false promises of construction work, warehouse jobs, or any legitimate opportunity."
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Meanwhile, if Finland raises the age limit for reservists to 65, the total reserve will cross 1 million.
Yes it would be a lot of older guys but they can learn to fly a drone 🙃
yle.fi/a/74-20161729
Yes it would be a lot of older guys but they can learn to fly a drone 🙃
yle.fi/a/74-20161729
Army fatigues until 65? Finland wants to extend reservist age limit
This change would particularly impact the rank-and-file who now age out of the reserves at 50.
yle.fi
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Meanwhile, if Finland raises the age limit for reservists to 65, the total reserve will cross 1 million.
Yes it would be a lot of older guys but they can learn to fly a drone 🙃
yle.fi/a/74-20161729
Yes it would be a lot of older guys but they can learn to fly a drone 🙃
yle.fi/a/74-20161729