Vincent Ward
@vinwar.bsky.social
Reading, Rugby, Current Affairs & Security.
All posts are my own unless I’ve been hacked. Play nice. Connacht Abú.
All posts are my own unless I’ve been hacked. Play nice. Connacht Abú.
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Ireland - get off Twittler’s network now.
With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ireland - get off Twittler’s network now.
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What people are not talking about: Russian drones were circling a French nuclear submarine yesterday. France shot them down.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What people are not talking about: Russian drones were circling a French nuclear submarine yesterday. France shot them down.
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Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
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EXCLUSIVE:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin jrnl.ie/6893104
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin jrnl.ie/6893104
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
EXCLUSIVE:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin jrnl.ie/6893104
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin jrnl.ie/6893104
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Kasparov nails it: Western failure to confront russia is the biggest security risk we face.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Kasparov nails it: Western failure to confront russia is the biggest security risk we face.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
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A downed Russian drone was placed outside the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moldova. Today, Russian Ambassador Oleg Ozerov was summoned there to receive a note of protest following the incident of a UAV crash in the Florești district.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A downed Russian drone was placed outside the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moldova. Today, Russian Ambassador Oleg Ozerov was summoned there to receive a note of protest following the incident of a UAV crash in the Florești district.
newsmaker.md/ro/ozerov-fa...
newsmaker.md/ro/ozerov-fa...
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🇵🇱🇺🇦🕯️ 7-year-old Polish girl and her mother killed in Russian shelling in Ternopil
Polish MFA has already reacted and calls for this to be classified as a killing of civilians.
Diplomats are in contact with local authorities to coordinate assistance to the victims.
Polish MFA has already reacted and calls for this to be classified as a killing of civilians.
Diplomats are in contact with local authorities to coordinate assistance to the victims.
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🇵🇱🇺🇦🕯️ 7-year-old Polish girl and her mother killed in Russian shelling in Ternopil
Polish MFA has already reacted and calls for this to be classified as a killing of civilians.
Diplomats are in contact with local authorities to coordinate assistance to the victims.
Polish MFA has already reacted and calls for this to be classified as a killing of civilians.
Diplomats are in contact with local authorities to coordinate assistance to the victims.
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On World Children’s Day, Ukraine reminds the world that Russia’s war is shattering childhoods—669 children killed, over 2,253 injured, and thousands abducted—despite global promises to protect children’s rights.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
On World Children’s Day, Ukraine reminds the world that Russia’s war is shattering childhoods—669 children killed, over 2,253 injured, and thousands abducted—despite global promises to protect children’s rights.
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Minus Kellogg… 🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Minus Kellogg… 🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦
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❗️Almost all the streets of 🇺🇦Kherson are covered with anti-drone nets.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
❗️Almost all the streets of 🇺🇦Kherson are covered with anti-drone nets.
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Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours
The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
www.france24.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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There is no ‘stability’ to be secured from this US government. No agreement, no assurance and no treaty can be relied upon with Washington.
Europe must plan - together - accordingly.
Europe must plan - together - accordingly.
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There is no ‘stability’ to be secured from this US government. No agreement, no assurance and no treaty can be relied upon with Washington.
Europe must plan - together - accordingly.
Europe must plan - together - accordingly.
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Governor Newsom issues a dire warning.
We’d better listen.
We’d better listen.
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Governor Newsom issues a dire warning.
We’d better listen.
We’d better listen.
Sounds like HH keeps saying “PresidentE”
a man in a suit and tie is wearing a sash with the flag of argentina on it
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is wearing a sash with the flag of argentina on it
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sounds like HH keeps saying “PresidentE”
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October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Holy Shit, Mike Johnson
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Holy Shit, Mike Johnson
A man who defends a video of Trump defecating on Americans probably shouldn’t call himself a Christian. Or a leader. Or a man.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Holy Shit, Mike Johnson
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Trying to imagine how future historians will convey the crudeness, coarseness, banality, and immaturity of Trump’s regime. How long before official White House responses involve poop emojis?
![Skeet from Adam Weinstein, quoting a HuffPost article.
@adamweinstein.bsky.social
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government
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‘In response to HuffPost's query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, "Your mom did," and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: "Your mom."’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreihx4k25ie6spsgp7r7qbh5k2xvrwjogt3bhiv265vd3ho2efij5yy@jpeg)
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Trying to imagine how future historians will convey the crudeness, coarseness, banality, and immaturity of Trump’s regime. How long before official White House responses involve poop emojis?
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Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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❗️Violation of EU airspace is a hybrid war by the Russian Federation, it's time to call a spade a spade - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
October 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
❗️Violation of EU airspace is a hybrid war by the Russian Federation, it's time to call a spade a spade - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
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Minimum wage in Ireland is now more than AIB’s starting salary 🙃
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Minimum wage in Ireland is now more than AIB’s starting salary 🙃
Honestly thought this was Jim Gavin at first
October 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Honestly thought this was Jim Gavin at first
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Germany’s ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed Poland and the Baltic states for triggering Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, saying they refused to support an initiative for direct talks with Russia in 2021.
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Germany’s ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed Poland and the Baltic states for triggering Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, saying they refused to support an initiative for direct talks with Russia in 2021.