The Typist
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Dyslexic humanist in search for the light switch. Geopolitical news junkie. Posting from 🇪🇺
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Gen Eaton compares Trump's purge of senior military ranks to Stalin's purge in the USSR.
He also directly answers the question posed by some who reacted to my comment, noting that Hegseth purged all senior JAG officials in February, leaving no truly independent legal voice in the Pentagon.
He also directly answers the question posed by some who reacted to my comment, noting that Hegseth purged all senior JAG officials in February, leaving no truly independent legal voice in the Pentagon.
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Gen Eaton compares Trump's purge of senior military ranks to Stalin's purge in the USSR.
He also directly answers the question posed by some who reacted to my comment, noting that Hegseth purged all senior JAG officials in February, leaving no truly independent legal voice in the Pentagon.
He also directly answers the question posed by some who reacted to my comment, noting that Hegseth purged all senior JAG officials in February, leaving no truly independent legal voice in the Pentagon.
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Yesterday, I posted that Trump's push to drive out patriotic senior generals and admirals in order to replace them with individuals willing to ignore their oath of office to follow Trump's illegal orders was a preamble to using US troops against Americans.
Today, Maj Gen Paul Eaton explains it.
Today, Maj Gen Paul Eaton explains it.
Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns
Maj Gen Paul Eaton says US president’s effort to bend military to his will could have dire long-term consequences
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Yesterday, I posted that Trump's push to drive out patriotic senior generals and admirals in order to replace them with individuals willing to ignore their oath of office to follow Trump's illegal orders was a preamble to using US troops against Americans.
Today, Maj Gen Paul Eaton explains it.
Today, Maj Gen Paul Eaton explains it.
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PM Frederiksen is absolutely correct: a US attack on Greenland and/or Denmark would spell the end of NATO. '
Sadly, Trump likely understands that and views it as an advantage that will make his best buddy Putin happy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Sadly, Trump likely understands that and views it as an advantage that will make his best buddy Putin happy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen criticises Donald Trump’s ‘unacceptable pressure’ as Greenland counterpart condemns ‘fantasies’
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
PM Frederiksen is absolutely correct: a US attack on Greenland and/or Denmark would spell the end of NATO. '
Sadly, Trump likely understands that and views it as an advantage that will make his best buddy Putin happy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Sadly, Trump likely understands that and views it as an advantage that will make his best buddy Putin happy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
All that petrol from Venezuela is going to come really handy.
#Toyota has sent shockwaves through the electric vehicle industry with the announcement of a next-generation solid-state battery capable of delivering nearly 1,000 miles of range. This new battery chemistry also targets a recharge time of ten minutes #ElectricVehicles #ActOnClimate #Volkswagen
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
All that petrol from Venezuela is going to come really handy.
X is also in breach of EU online safety regulation @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
U.K. communications watchdog Ofcom is looking into whether X may be in breach of British online safety regulations following a series of reports that its AI chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit images of children.
UK watchdog in ‘urgent contact’ with Musk’s X over AI-generated sexualized images of children
Ofcom looking into whether platform may be in breach of the Online Safety Act over its AI chatbot Grok.
www.politico.eu
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
X is also in breach of EU online safety regulation @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
Spot on.
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Spot on.
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Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
Our digital culture is so fragile. One click and it's gone.
Does digital information feel permanent to you? Well, it isn't.
A 2023 study found that in just 10 years' time, 38% of pages from 2013 went missing and 23% of news articles linked to a dead URL.
Learn more by clicking this functioning link ➡️ w.wiki/hrU
A 2023 study found that in just 10 years' time, 38% of pages from 2013 went missing and 23% of news articles linked to a dead URL.
Learn more by clicking this functioning link ➡️ w.wiki/hrU
January 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Our digital culture is so fragile. One click and it's gone.
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Europe has the potential of being the most powerful, safe, free and prosperous place on the planet. If we are willing to fight for it. Let's drop the fatalist mantra that change is not possible in Europe. If we can imagine it, we can build it.
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Europe has the potential of being the most powerful, safe, free and prosperous place on the planet. If we are willing to fight for it. Let's drop the fatalist mantra that change is not possible in Europe. If we can imagine it, we can build it.
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Viktor Orbán held an international press conference today. It is interesting to note that the room was packed with English-language media outlets supportive of Orbán. Are there no longer enough pro-government Hungarian journalists? 🤷♀️
January 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Viktor Orbán held an international press conference today. It is interesting to note that the room was packed with English-language media outlets supportive of Orbán. Are there no longer enough pro-government Hungarian journalists? 🤷♀️
Let's hope that Trump, giddy of so much winning, will discard Orban like and old toy.
Hungary still aiming for US backstop after first attempt fizzles, Orban says reut.rs/4aK4Xbm
Hungary still aiming for US backstop after first attempt fizzles, Orban says
Hungary has not managed to secure the type of financial assistance it had originally sought from Washington ahead of a 2026 election, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday, adding that talks on a possible backstop were ongoing.
reut.rs
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Let's hope that Trump, giddy of so much winning, will discard Orban like and old toy.
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Colombia has been the most important military ally of the United States in South America for the past quarter century. When Plan Colombia was 1st approved, it catapulted Colombia to the status of 3rd largest US aid recipient (exceeded only by Israel & Egypt at the time). Trump is happy to bomb them.
US president says a military operation focused on Colombia's government 'sounds good' to him.
Trump threatens Colombia's Petro, says Cuba ‘looks like its ready to fall'
US president says a military operation focused on Colombia's government 'sounds good' to him.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Colombia has been the most important military ally of the United States in South America for the past quarter century. When Plan Colombia was 1st approved, it catapulted Colombia to the status of 3rd largest US aid recipient (exceeded only by Israel & Egypt at the time). Trump is happy to bomb them.
Peruvian shamans are one step ahead.
January 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Peruvian shamans are one step ahead.
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While tens of thousands of households in Berlin are facing a power cut that will last several more days following an arson attack, the text of the claim of responsibility for the sabotage by a far-left group is intriguing: some typos suggest an automated translation of Cyrillic characters.
Seit Tagen #Stromausfall in Teilen Berlins. Das Bekennerschreiben könnte Hinweise auf russische Saboteure geben. Das Ziel wäre nicht mal die Infrastruktur, sondern Zwietracht säen. Und es wirkt, als sei es ein Selbstläufer. www.berlinstory.de/news/stroma...
January 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
While tens of thousands of households in Berlin are facing a power cut that will last several more days following an arson attack, the text of the claim of responsibility for the sabotage by a far-left group is intriguing: some typos suggest an automated translation of Cyrillic characters.
Trump and his cronies were just stirring the water with Venezuela to see what would happen. If there are no consequences we are all going to be in danger.
My most predictive theory of Trump so far is that he likes to be able to unilaterally do stuff, and the best way to predict his next pivot is when he starts getting thwarted.
Deploying the military is the new IEEPA - a vast power he can threaten, deploy or exempt from without checks and balances.
Deploying the military is the new IEEPA - a vast power he can threaten, deploy or exempt from without checks and balances.
January 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Trump and his cronies were just stirring the water with Venezuela to see what would happen. If there are no consequences we are all going to be in danger.
Europe’s “technological sovereignty” is a joke. If you wonder why most of our politicians don't dare criticising Trump it's because our whole tech infrastructure is almost completely US dependent.
Europe has lost the internet, Belgium’s cyber security chief warns
De Bruycker’s warning reflects growing concerns among European policymakers about the dominance of US cloud and digital infrastructure providers.
cybernews.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Europe’s “technological sovereignty” is a joke. If you wonder why most of our politicians don't dare criticising Trump it's because our whole tech infrastructure is almost completely US dependent.
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How incompetent are these people?
They did a regime change and forgot to change the regime. Venezuela still run by Chavistas
They did a regime change and forgot to change the regime. Venezuela still run by Chavistas
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
How incompetent are these people?
They did a regime change and forgot to change the regime. Venezuela still run by Chavistas
They did a regime change and forgot to change the regime. Venezuela still run by Chavistas
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France reiterates its support of Denmark and Greenland sovereignty after renewed Trump threats reut.rs/3Nt6F77
France reiterates its support of Denmark and Greenland sovereignty after renewed Trump threats
France reiterated on Monday its support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland following renewed threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland.
reut.rs
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 AM
France reiterates its support of Denmark and Greenland sovereignty after renewed Trump threats reut.rs/3Nt6F77
Can we give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize if he promised to keep his greedy little hands off Greenland? We live in deranged times so this might just work.
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Can we give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize if he promised to keep his greedy little hands off Greenland? We live in deranged times so this might just work.
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Every member of Congress not calling for impeachment and removal is failing their own oaths of office.
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”
Where’s Congress?
Where’s Congress?
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Every member of Congress not calling for impeachment and removal is failing their own oaths of office.
Gonzáles, who won last year's elections in Venezuela, is urging the release of all the political prisoners jailed by the Maduro regime, to return Venezuela to a state of normality.
📹 Edmundo González exige la liberación de todos los presos políticos para “la normalización” de Venezuela y asegura que la captura de Maduro es “un paso importante, pero no suficiente” para la transición democrática social.elpais.com/5uq…
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Gonzáles, who won last year's elections in Venezuela, is urging the release of all the political prisoners jailed by the Maduro regime, to return Venezuela to a state of normality.
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From Washington to Europe, the same organisations keep appearing – Heritage, Heartland, Koch-linked groups – pushing identical anti-net zero scripts & climate change scepticism.
It’s a coordinated, well-funded project of fossil fuel money, think tanks, tech giants & political operatives
It’s a coordinated, well-funded project of fossil fuel money, think tanks, tech giants & political operatives
Inside MAGA’s worldwide campaign to undermine climate science
What began as US culture war politics has become a well-funded, coordinated global campaign to undermine climate science and democracy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 AM
From Washington to Europe, the same organisations keep appearing – Heritage, Heartland, Koch-linked groups – pushing identical anti-net zero scripts & climate change scepticism.
It’s a coordinated, well-funded project of fossil fuel money, think tanks, tech giants & political operatives
It’s a coordinated, well-funded project of fossil fuel money, think tanks, tech giants & political operatives
First came the "truth". Now it's "peace on earth". We live in the most warped of times.
Reporter: If you had to sum up Operation Absolute Resolve, would you say that it was about oil or it was about regime change?
Trump: It's about peace on earth.
Reporter: How is it peace on earth?
Trump: It's about peace on earth.
Reporter: How is it peace on earth?
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 AM
First came the "truth". Now it's "peace on earth". We live in the most warped of times.
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On paper, the EU has 27 members.
But we are getting accustomed to foreign policy being conducted by 26.
Hungary is playing its part.
But we are getting accustomed to foreign policy being conducted by 26.
Hungary is playing its part.
My statement supported by 26 EU Member States on the aftermath of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela ↓
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 AM
On paper, the EU has 27 members.
But we are getting accustomed to foreign policy being conducted by 26.
Hungary is playing its part.
But we are getting accustomed to foreign policy being conducted by 26.
Hungary is playing its part.
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Reminder.
It is extremely unlikely that a grouping of 6 cable breaks in a week are explained by common causes.
A lot of cables break each year, and any one might be from a benign cause. But not this many.
It is extremely unlikely that a grouping of 6 cable breaks in a week are explained by common causes.
A lot of cables break each year, and any one might be from a benign cause. But not this many.
There is an estimated 1 in 10k - 100k years chance that all 8 of the Nov 2024 - Jan 2025 Baltic Sea cable breaks are coincidental.
Background data is hard to get by but no matter which real data or reasonable assumption one picks it is extremely unlikely all 8 of them are explained by chance.
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Background data is hard to get by but no matter which real data or reasonable assumption one picks it is extremely unlikely all 8 of them are explained by chance.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Reminder.
It is extremely unlikely that a grouping of 6 cable breaks in a week are explained by common causes.
A lot of cables break each year, and any one might be from a benign cause. But not this many.
It is extremely unlikely that a grouping of 6 cable breaks in a week are explained by common causes.
A lot of cables break each year, and any one might be from a benign cause. But not this many.