Stathios Ballas
@stathiosb.bsky.social
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• Worker Rights, Workplace Safety & Fair Pay
• Principles of Democratic Governance
• the Common Weal
• Unabashed globalist
* εὐδαιμονία
* Stop Cruelty to Animals *
Transnational Issues & Perspectives
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Hi All, New, free Europe Dispatch column by @alanderminna.bsky.social just released. She looks at the prospect of nuclear war and how the leaders such as Trump seem to be encouraging nuclear proliferation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Fictional Intelligence: Imagining the Future of (Nuclear) War
In a new Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander writes about FICINT and what movies tell us about the present and the future. And how Trump is encouraging nuclear proliferation.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hi All, New, free Europe Dispatch column by @alanderminna.bsky.social just released. She looks at the prospect of nuclear war and how the leaders such as Trump seem to be encouraging nuclear proliferation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Former Canadian soldier Brittney, aka “Zhuk,” serves in Ukraine’s 25th Airborne Brigade.
After training Ukrainian crews on Leopard tanks, she joined the front herself. Now an FPV drone pilot, she says she has zero percent Ukrainian blood but loves Ukraine.
Photo: Suspilne
After training Ukrainian crews on Leopard tanks, she joined the front herself. Now an FPV drone pilot, she says she has zero percent Ukrainian blood but loves Ukraine.
Photo: Suspilne
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Former Canadian soldier Brittney, aka “Zhuk,” serves in Ukraine’s 25th Airborne Brigade.
After training Ukrainian crews on Leopard tanks, she joined the front herself. Now an FPV drone pilot, she says she has zero percent Ukrainian blood but loves Ukraine.
Photo: Suspilne
After training Ukrainian crews on Leopard tanks, she joined the front herself. Now an FPV drone pilot, she says she has zero percent Ukrainian blood but loves Ukraine.
Photo: Suspilne
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Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culprit
Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia.
Sir Richard Knighton, the head of the UK’s armed forces, said the British military would provide “our people, our equipment” to help Belgium, though he was careful to say “we don’t yet know” the origin of the drones seen last week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 293-294 Weekend Roundup
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 293-294
November 8-9, 2025
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 293-294 Weekend Roundup
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
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Cybersecurity experts warn AI agents, chatbots that do the work humans do online, like buy a plane ticket or add events to a calendar, could wind up getting hijacked and doing the dirty work for hackers
u.afp.com/Snq4
u.afp.com/Snq4
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Cybersecurity experts warn AI agents, chatbots that do the work humans do online, like buy a plane ticket or add events to a calendar, could wind up getting hijacked and doing the dirty work for hackers
u.afp.com/Snq4
u.afp.com/Snq4
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So, just the normal stuff your carmaker knows about you.
🤯
(From Byron Tau’s Means of Control, which you should read)
#talkaboutSurveillanceCapitalism
🤯
(From Byron Tau’s Means of Control, which you should read)
#talkaboutSurveillanceCapitalism
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
So, just the normal stuff your carmaker knows about you.
🤯
(From Byron Tau’s Means of Control, which you should read)
#talkaboutSurveillanceCapitalism
🤯
(From Byron Tau’s Means of Control, which you should read)
#talkaboutSurveillanceCapitalism
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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I can’t support this bill. It doesn’t meet the urgency of the moment and deliver actual relief that can pass both chambers of Congress.
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I can’t support this bill. It doesn’t meet the urgency of the moment and deliver actual relief that can pass both chambers of Congress.
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
I’ve been clear that we need real action to stop the devastating health care cost increases that are hurting millions of families. 1/2
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Because @fetterman.senate.gov doesn’t care about Pennsylvanians (let alone the Democratic Party), he has an obscenely strict character limit for emails and no one answers the phone and they don’t allow one to leave a voicemail if it’s after hours.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Because @fetterman.senate.gov doesn’t care about Pennsylvanians (let alone the Democratic Party), he has an obscenely strict character limit for emails and no one answers the phone and they don’t allow one to leave a voicemail if it’s after hours.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Extremely important points here 👇. Yet there’s more. Just reviewing the numerous steps taken in the 2020 election, we might recall: those who were charged with illicit access to voter data; the false slates of electors; the constant lies to & via the media; the removal of drop off boxes & more.
History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Extremely important points here 👇. Yet there’s more. Just reviewing the numerous steps taken in the 2020 election, we might recall: those who were charged with illicit access to voter data; the false slates of electors; the constant lies to & via the media; the removal of drop off boxes & more.
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Did I use my newsletter for some self-promotion? Yes. Am I also making the urgent case that Trump is returning to an early-20th Century style of militarized imperialism at home and abroad? Also yes. Do I wish my book was a lot less relevant? Every day.
theracket.news/p/it-wasn-t-...
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It wasn't supposed to be a playbook!
Glad everyone's enjoying my history of American empire. Please stop reenacting it.
theracket.news
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Did I use my newsletter for some self-promotion? Yes. Am I also making the urgent case that Trump is returning to an early-20th Century style of militarized imperialism at home and abroad? Also yes. Do I wish my book was a lot less relevant? Every day.
theracket.news/p/it-wasn-t-...
theracket.news/p/it-wasn-t-...
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The rate of Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction has temporarily slowed but will likely increase again in the coming days as Russian forces extend logistics and bring reinforcements in the area. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The rate of Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction has temporarily slowed but will likely increase again in the coming days as Russian forces extend logistics and bring reinforcements in the area. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Colonel Yuriy Cherevashenko as the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Air Defense Systems service on November 7.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Colonel Yuriy Cherevashenko as the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Air Defense Systems service on November 7.
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Ukraine isn’t a charity case. Smart countries will make it a full-fledged ally — because there’s so much it has to share. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Complacent Pentagon Needs to Learn From Ukraine
The Europeans are deeply engaged with Kyiv on defense technology, but Washington is lagging behind.
foreignpolicy.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ukraine isn’t a charity case. Smart countries will make it a full-fledged ally — because there’s so much it has to share. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/u...
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"German Food Banks Feed 37,000 US Soldiers. US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments. German authorities are compensating the civil employees, but not soldiers" hanschristensen.substack.com/p/german-foo...
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"German Food Banks Feed 37,000 US Soldiers. US soldiers stationed in Germany and civilian employees of the US armed forces are not receiving any salary or other payments. German authorities are compensating the civil employees, but not soldiers" hanschristensen.substack.com/p/german-foo...
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History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
“Border Patrol agents were conducting enforcement operations when DHS said a man driving in a black Jeep fired shots at them and took off.”
Shots were fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement today in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, according to DHS. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“Border Patrol agents were conducting enforcement operations when DHS said a man driving in a black Jeep fired shots at them and took off.”
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Shots were fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement today in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, according to DHS. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Shots were fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement today in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, according to DHS. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shots-fired-at-federal-agents-during-immigration-enforcement-in-little-village-dhs/3849206/
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Trump would rather let 42 million Americans go hungry than admit he broke the law.
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Trump would rather let 42 million Americans go hungry than admit he broke the law.
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The @economist.com invited my to write about the climate backlash. I argue that rolling back climate policies is economic suicide masquerading as pragmatism. Sugar-coated - amongst others - by commentators who pretend to explain the vibe shift - but in fact justify it. They should grow a spine.
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The @economist.com invited my to write about the climate backlash. I argue that rolling back climate policies is economic suicide masquerading as pragmatism. Sugar-coated - amongst others - by commentators who pretend to explain the vibe shift - but in fact justify it. They should grow a spine.
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Kleiner Ausschnitt aus der Sendung beim NDR gestern: Da geht's um die Frage, welchen Zweck Desinformation und Hass&Hetz haben. Und ob wir (also alle, aber insbesondere die Fans von AfD und Co.) uns wirklich unsere Meinung selbst bilden oder von Desinformation manipulieren lassen.
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Kleiner Ausschnitt aus der Sendung beim NDR gestern: Da geht's um die Frage, welchen Zweck Desinformation und Hass&Hetz haben. Und ob wir (also alle, aber insbesondere die Fans von AfD und Co.) uns wirklich unsere Meinung selbst bilden oder von Desinformation manipulieren lassen.