Rob Phair
@robphair.bsky.social
Rural generalist doctor working on Gunaikurnai country, Victoria, Australia
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Game changer
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Game changer
There are three pathways to peace in Ukraine: a just peace through Russian defeat, an unjust peace through compromise, and genocidal occupation euphemistically called peace through Ukrainian surrender. Ukraine is working towards the first goal, Europe for the second, Trump for the third.
December 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s truly amazing how Zelensky is able to see up close and personal what Putin is doing to his country and its people day after day with barbarity and cruelty, then stand next to Trump without losing it while he makes asinine statements expressing sympathy for the mass murderer.
December 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
That would have to be #ClimateChange
Got to write about what I think a/the underrated global security risk in 2026 might be for @warontherocks.bsky.social. And no, I didn’t chose anything related to drones, or even directly to Europe.
warontherocks.com/2025/12/unde...
warontherocks.com/2025/12/unde...
Underrated Global Risks in 2026
Some of the risks for global security in 2026 are obvious — such as increasing tensions between the United States and China, the grinding continuation of
warontherocks.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
That would have to be #ClimateChange
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Wie kam die US-Regierung auf HateAid?
Hier könnte die AfD eine Denunzianten-Rolle gespielt haben:
Hier könnte die AfD eine Denunzianten-Rolle gespielt haben:
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Wie kam die US-Regierung auf HateAid?
Hier könnte die AfD eine Denunzianten-Rolle gespielt haben:
Hier könnte die AfD eine Denunzianten-Rolle gespielt haben:
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Die Menschenrechte müssen auch im Netz geschützt werden. #HateAid hilft
Was für eine Anerkennung! Bundespräsident Steinmeier überreicht HateAid-CEO Anna-Lena das Bundesverdienstkreuz und betont: Die Menschenwürde muss auch im Netz geschützt werden. Genau das richtige Signal in einer Zeit, in der Autokraten und Tech-Giganten auch online unsere Menschenrechte angreifen.
December 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Die Menschenrechte müssen auch im Netz geschützt werden. #HateAid hilft
"It is going to get so much worse."
For the first of two end-of-the-year episodes of @pandemia.bsky.social, I talked to @drdemetre.bsky.social about what happened in 2025 at the CDC and how he thinks about the future of vaccines and public health in the US.
A quick 🧪🧵
For the first of two end-of-the-year episodes of @pandemia.bsky.social, I talked to @drdemetre.bsky.social about what happened in 2025 at the CDC and how he thinks about the future of vaccines and public health in the US.
A quick 🧪🧵
Impfen | Es wird noch viel schlimmer werden
Podcast Episode · Pandemia · 22/12/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
Danske vindaktier lukker i rødt efter amerikansk udmelding
Ørsteds og Vestas' aktier er kommet i modvind og dykker ved børsluk oven på nyhed om havvindparker i USA.
www.berlingske.dk
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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lmao
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
lmao
The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win.
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I read the new security strategy that Switzerland published a few days ago.
It’s really quite good in my view!
A 🧵
The whole strategy is available in English here
www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BL...
It’s really quite good in my view!
A 🧵
The whole strategy is available in English here
www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BL...
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Quite an admission, basically saying: I have offered my country's vote to a foreign power that sees itself at war with the European Union and am aiding them in dividing us.
💥On his flight to the EU summit, Viktor Orbán revealed what appears to be direct coordination with Vladimir Putin: Hungary would be spared Russian countermeasures if Orbán votes against the EU’s confiscation of frozen Russian assets: "So we Hungarians have protected ourselves."
December 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Trust me on this—a demilitarized zone in Russian-controlled territory is pure fantasy. It will never happen. The fact that this is being discussed at all is a testament to the extremely low levels of Russia competence among the US negotiators.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“The UK will not diverge much from the European model. That means Brexit really is the worst of all possible worlds, like a divorce where you neither move out nor download a dating app, but instead remain confined to one room in the marital home.”
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Finally, a politician with the courage to stand up to Big Pencil.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Finally, a politician with the courage to stand up to Big Pencil.
Good prime @theguardian.com on European reactions to the US National Security Strategy, including comments from @maxbergmann.bsky.social, @mijrahman.bsky.social, @alanderminna.bsky.social and me:
European Council president warns US not to interfere in Europe’s affairs
The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The 2025 National Security Strategy is an extremely welcome document because it makes it impossible for anyone to continue to think it's all basically business as normal. There's been a lot of dangerous wishful thinking going on in many quarters; that's not an option now.
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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When the 20-somethings that wrote the US National Security Strategy had to first ask AI what a ”strategy” is:
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When the 20-somethings that wrote the US National Security Strategy had to first ask AI what a ”strategy” is:
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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Frühere deutsche Spitzenpolitiker und Lobbyisten knüpfen in Abu Dhabi enge Kontakte mit Kreml-Vertrauten. Sogar ein Besuch in Deutschland ist nun wohl geplant.
Geheimtreffen in Abu Dhabi: Ostpolitik in Abu Dhabi
Frühere deutsche Spitzenpolitiker und Lobbyisten knüpfen in Abu Dhabi enge Kontakte mit Kreml-Vertrauten. Sogar ein Besuch in Deutschland ist nun wohl geplant.
www.zeit.de
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Frühere deutsche Spitzenpolitiker und Lobbyisten knüpfen in Abu Dhabi enge Kontakte mit Kreml-Vertrauten. Sogar ein Besuch in Deutschland ist nun wohl geplant.
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To iterate on Minna's latest point, opinion polls in Europe are terrible for Trump
Having this in mind, it is very much unclear if aligning with the US is a good political strategy for European far-right parties
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Having this in mind, it is very much unclear if aligning with the US is a good political strategy for European far-right parties
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December 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
To iterate on Minna's latest point, opinion polls in Europe are terrible for Trump
Having this in mind, it is very much unclear if aligning with the US is a good political strategy for European far-right parties
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Having this in mind, it is very much unclear if aligning with the US is a good political strategy for European far-right parties
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