Ellen
@sleepygardener.bsky.social
Coffee drinker, project juggler, tree hugger, democracy & climate defender. Owned by cats. Lover of ice-cream, hater of blue cheese and autocrats. Anti-fascist. Luckily 🇪🇺 (well hi there, Canada).
Still believes there is intelligent life on planet earth
Still believes there is intelligent life on planet earth
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Witkoff and Co. priorities in “peace” negotiations:
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Witkoff and Co. priorities in “peace” negotiations:
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
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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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“The Witkoff idea is, of course, scandalous…The Europeans are exhausting themselves trying to find a viable solution to use the assets for the benefit of Ukrainians and Trump wants to profit from them.”
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
‘Witkoff needs a psychiatrist’: Europeans fume at Trump’s plan to profit from frozen Russian assets
Diplomats and officials react with outrage to new details of the U.S. peace plan, warning it could wreck their efforts to help Ukraine survive the war.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“The Witkoff idea is, of course, scandalous…The Europeans are exhausting themselves trying to find a viable solution to use the assets for the benefit of Ukrainians and Trump wants to profit from them.”
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
www.politico.eu/article/stev...
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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Trump, according to JD Vance, can’t understand why Russians and Ukrainians aren’t trading, travelling or doing cultural exchanges instead of fighting.
Trump, JD Vance and the whole MAGA clan are completely detached from reality and have no clue about this war, at all.
Trump, JD Vance and the whole MAGA clan are completely detached from reality and have no clue about this war, at all.
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trump, according to JD Vance, can’t understand why Russians and Ukrainians aren’t trading, travelling or doing cultural exchanges instead of fighting.
Trump, JD Vance and the whole MAGA clan are completely detached from reality and have no clue about this war, at all.
Trump, JD Vance and the whole MAGA clan are completely detached from reality and have no clue about this war, at all.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Trump has been secretly working with Putin to create a stitch-up peace deal which they will try to force on Ukraine.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump has been secretly working with Putin to create a stitch-up peace deal which they will try to force on Ukraine.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
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Here's Kristi Noem offering a strikingly less friendly reception to FIFA attendees than the Nazis offered to attendees at the 1936 Olympics. She needs to wear more shiny black leather to go with this message, however.
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here's Kristi Noem offering a strikingly less friendly reception to FIFA attendees than the Nazis offered to attendees at the 1936 Olympics. She needs to wear more shiny black leather to go with this message, however.
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
Perfect depiction of the current state of the US.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Perfect depiction of the current state of the US.
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A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:
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He is so obviously mad and unfit it's just incredible there isn't a national conversation about his need to step down.
Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
He is so obviously mad and unfit it's just incredible there isn't a national conversation about his need to step down.
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The plot for Donald Trump and Putin to meet in Hungary to try to extort Zelenskyy has fallen through. The Russian government wasn’t able to secure safe passage for the Kremlin Gremlin through any European country. The meeting was officially cancelled, leaving Trump and Orban with egg on their face.
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The plot for Donald Trump and Putin to meet in Hungary to try to extort Zelenskyy has fallen through. The Russian government wasn’t able to secure safe passage for the Kremlin Gremlin through any European country. The meeting was officially cancelled, leaving Trump and Orban with egg on their face.
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"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...
Putin’s mesmeric sway on Trump
Russia bets it can gain in US negotiations what it cannot win on the battlefield
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Whatever lies behind Trump’s cupidity towards Putin, we should be long past caring why. The reality is settled fact. Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." My column. www.ft.com/content/7deb...
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He hates American values and principles. He hates democracy. He despises the Constitution and its constraints. He hates most Americans. All he desires is money, power and staying out of jail. Am I missing something?
October 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
He hates American values and principles. He hates democracy. He despises the Constitution and its constraints. He hates most Americans. All he desires is money, power and staying out of jail. Am I missing something?
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All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
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Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.
October 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.
We are basically boiling our planet and therefore the basis of all living beings.
"There is concern that terrestrial and ocean CO2 sinks are becoming less effective, which will increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere"
wmo.int/news/media-c...
"There is concern that terrestrial and ocean CO2 sinks are becoming less effective, which will increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere"
wmo.int/news/media-c...
Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024
wmo.int
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are basically boiling our planet and therefore the basis of all living beings.
"There is concern that terrestrial and ocean CO2 sinks are becoming less effective, which will increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere"
wmo.int/news/media-c...
"There is concern that terrestrial and ocean CO2 sinks are becoming less effective, which will increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere"
wmo.int/news/media-c...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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It really can not be emphasized enough that "exaggerating the danger of the left" is a key, central tactic of aspiring fascists. Look back at every country that slid into authoritarianism & you'll find a campaign like this preceding it. Every time. It's part of the script.
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left
It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration. T...
www.pbump.net
September 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It really can not be emphasized enough that "exaggerating the danger of the left" is a key, central tactic of aspiring fascists. Look back at every country that slid into authoritarianism & you'll find a campaign like this preceding it. Every time. It's part of the script.
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Twenty years before MAGA came into existence, Umberto Eco captured it perfectly. He was able to do so because he had a deep understanding of so many elements of fascism.
Yeah. It’s Fascism.
Earmuffs, JD.
www.thebulwark.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Twenty years before MAGA came into existence, Umberto Eco captured it perfectly. He was able to do so because he had a deep understanding of so many elements of fascism.
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The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The moment when it becomes most difficult, perhaps even impossible, to tell the truth, is the moment when it is most critically important to tell it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Now Is Not the Moment to Fall Silent
Call Fascism, "fascism". And hate, "hate".
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The moment when it becomes most difficult, perhaps even impossible, to tell the truth, is the moment when it is most critically important to tell it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...