Andrii Gladun
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If the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing all over again while expecting different results, is US policy total insanity? Or just simple incompetence? Or insane incompetence? Incompetent insanity?
New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing all over again while expecting different results, is US policy total insanity? Or just simple incompetence? Or insane incompetence? Incompetent insanity?
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Turkey already demonstrated the most effective response to Russian violations of NATO airspace 10 years ago: Warn them off, and if they ignore the warning, shoot them down.
Do nothing and Russia will keep coming. Hit back and they back down. The choice is ours. #Article4 #Estonia
Do nothing and Russia will keep coming. Hit back and they back down. The choice is ours. #Article4 #Estonia
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Spectacular article, all the major insights captured, but an early one here into how sincerely these men care about protecting our women and girls.
![The group spent about two hours in the city centre, during which time complaints were made to the police. The Manchester Evening News spoke to a woman who said one of the men shouted “Oh my god, look at them tits” at her as he hoisted the flags. The woman said she reported the incident because “it felt like [the men] were trying to start something and get my attention.” She also alleged the men had verbally harassed an Asian family with young children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mpngfs6ffibk7udfzb5jhvrq/bafkreiahvv6mcoadgtiry2v66453cz7khbcotglqeiuy65auywqjqmvvsm@jpeg)
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Spectacular article, all the major insights captured, but an early one here into how sincerely these men care about protecting our women and girls.
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As everyone in the Trump Administration knows, Russia always wins and cannot be defeated, and so Trump would be asking Ukraine to just withdraw from areas that Russia cannot capture. Makes sense.
Putin proposed freezing the front in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in exchange for Ukraine giving up the whole of Donetsk, including the parts Russia hasn’t invaded, Axios reports.
This would be laughed out of Kyiv.
This would be laughed out of Kyiv.
August 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As everyone in the Trump Administration knows, Russia always wins and cannot be defeated, and so Trump would be asking Ukraine to just withdraw from areas that Russia cannot capture. Makes sense.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Negotiations masterclass happening right here
May 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Negotiations masterclass happening right here
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Still the overriding question remains unanswered. *Why* do we want to reduce net immigration?
May 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Still the overriding question remains unanswered. *Why* do we want to reduce net immigration?
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Those sectors include childcare, where incomes are set by the government, and social care, where…prices are largely set by the government.
There have, of course, been no announcements on increasing providers’ incomes. They have had their employers’ national insurance hiked, though.
There have, of course, been no announcements on increasing providers’ incomes. They have had their employers’ national insurance hiked, though.
“We do have to ask why some sectors of our economy seem addicted to cheap labour”, says Starmer, as he counters the economic argument that immigration boosts growth and improves living standards for all.
May 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Those sectors include childcare, where incomes are set by the government, and social care, where…prices are largely set by the government.
There have, of course, been no announcements on increasing providers’ incomes. They have had their employers’ national insurance hiked, though.
There have, of course, been no announcements on increasing providers’ incomes. They have had their employers’ national insurance hiked, though.
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Lots of data to be analysed, but we know what yesterday means. Labour has fluffed its 1st year in govt: a promise of vague change followed up with no obvious change & the prospect of limited change between now & 2029. Reform is the party best exploiting the frustrations which follow from this.
May 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Lots of data to be analysed, but we know what yesterday means. Labour has fluffed its 1st year in govt: a promise of vague change followed up with no obvious change & the prospect of limited change between now & 2029. Reform is the party best exploiting the frustrations which follow from this.
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Anyone telling you there's anything normal about these locals is talking out their arse. Below, gains and losses as a proportion of total contests in every set of locals in the last 50 years - provisional numbers, based on 62% of seats declared.
May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anyone telling you there's anything normal about these locals is talking out their arse. Below, gains and losses as a proportion of total contests in every set of locals in the last 50 years - provisional numbers, based on 62% of seats declared.
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I once found some microwave cookbooks in my grandmother's basement--people TRULY thought they would revolutionize cooking! And then they didn't and now we use them for a few easy tasks. Generative AI is going through the same. Higher ed shouldn't become a place that churns out microwave cookbooks.
April 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I once found some microwave cookbooks in my grandmother's basement--people TRULY thought they would revolutionize cooking! And then they didn't and now we use them for a few easy tasks. Generative AI is going through the same. Higher ed shouldn't become a place that churns out microwave cookbooks.
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“Trump replied,”stopping the war,” suggesting that not “taking the whole country” is a “pretty big concession.” Putin hasn’t taken #Ukraine because he can’t. Because of Ukrainian courage & resilience. To suggest this is a Russian concession is ludicrous & morally corrupt. www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/p...
US allies express alarm at Trump’s plan to let Russia keep most of the land it seized from Ukraine | CNN Politics
Some US allies are highly alarmed by the framework the Trump administration is pushing to end the Ukraine war and Europeans are bracing for the outcomes of another round of high-level talks between th...
www.cnn.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Trump replied,”stopping the war,” suggesting that not “taking the whole country” is a “pretty big concession.” Putin hasn’t taken #Ukraine because he can’t. Because of Ukrainian courage & resilience. To suggest this is a Russian concession is ludicrous & morally corrupt. www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/p...
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Also, why would Ukraine need US, or anyone else for that matter, to surrender to Putin’s demands? Ukraine could have done it at any point if deemed inevitable.
Putin offers exactly nothing in exchange. “Dropping claims” is a joke. Russia didn’t need any formal claims to invade Ukraine twice.
Putin offers exactly nothing in exchange. “Dropping claims” is a joke. Russia didn’t need any formal claims to invade Ukraine twice.
April 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Also, why would Ukraine need US, or anyone else for that matter, to surrender to Putin’s demands? Ukraine could have done it at any point if deemed inevitable.
Putin offers exactly nothing in exchange. “Dropping claims” is a joke. Russia didn’t need any formal claims to invade Ukraine twice.
Putin offers exactly nothing in exchange. “Dropping claims” is a joke. Russia didn’t need any formal claims to invade Ukraine twice.
I struggle to see any benefit whatsoever for Ukraine in this. No credible commitment from Russia, no security guarantees, no nothing
US 7-point “peace plan” presented in London:
1 Crimea is 🇷🇺
2 End hostilities at front line
3 🇺🇸 lifts all sanctions against 🇷🇺
4 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant will be transferred to 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸 begins energy cooperation with 🇷🇺
5 No sec guarantees from 🇺🇸
6 🇺🇦 will not join NATO
7 Minerals deal to be signed
1 Crimea is 🇷🇺
2 End hostilities at front line
3 🇺🇸 lifts all sanctions against 🇷🇺
4 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant will be transferred to 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸 begins energy cooperation with 🇷🇺
5 No sec guarantees from 🇺🇸
6 🇺🇦 will not join NATO
7 Minerals deal to be signed
April 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I struggle to see any benefit whatsoever for Ukraine in this. No credible commitment from Russia, no security guarantees, no nothing
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How many in the Trump administration do you suppose bought a bunch of stock just before Trump announced he was caving on tarriffs? The opportunities here for insider tradiing are truly astounding...
April 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How many in the Trump administration do you suppose bought a bunch of stock just before Trump announced he was caving on tarriffs? The opportunities here for insider tradiing are truly astounding...
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No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
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US: Europe has to stand on its own feet
Europe: proposes to stand on own feet
US: no, not like that.
Europe: proposes to stand on own feet
US: no, not like that.
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
US: Europe has to stand on its own feet
Europe: proposes to stand on own feet
US: no, not like that.
Europe: proposes to stand on own feet
US: no, not like that.
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A clear-cut case of collective punishment. “The Israeli government says it has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza because the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas has expired.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
PM Netanyahu said Hamas was refusing a temporary ceasefire extension, Hamas called the move
www.bbc.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A clear-cut case of collective punishment. “The Israeli government says it has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza because the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas has expired.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New US alliance is unusual
February 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New US alliance is unusual
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The weaponization of US technology companies means we should treat our dependence on them as a national security threat ↘️
So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.
February 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The weaponization of US technology companies means we should treat our dependence on them as a national security threat ↘️
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Losing moral authority, trust and respect. What could go wrong? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging...
Sabotaging the Pax Americana
Trump and Musk are making us distrusted, friendless and weak
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Losing moral authority, trust and respect. What could go wrong? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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just really bleak to be living through the end of the post-WW2 anti-fascist consensus
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
just really bleak to be living through the end of the post-WW2 anti-fascist consensus
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If the next US government normalises the idea of absorbing territory by force - even if this is justified as some sort of lunatic diplomatic gambit - it makes it more likely that China will believe that the US will ultimately stand aside during an invasion of Taiwan.
January 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If the next US government normalises the idea of absorbing territory by force - even if this is justified as some sort of lunatic diplomatic gambit - it makes it more likely that China will believe that the US will ultimately stand aside during an invasion of Taiwan.