Amanda Rivkin Häsler
@arivkinhaesler.bsky.social
media + security
America 🇺🇸 is an idea
www.nybooks.com/articles/198...
“and even if the City falls and one of us survives
he will carry the City inside him on the roads of exile
he will be the City”
www.nybooks.com/articles/198...
“and even if the City falls and one of us survives
he will carry the City inside him on the roads of exile
he will be the City”
Report from a Besieged City | Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz
Too old to carry arms and to fight like others— they generously assigned to me the inferior role of a chronicler I record—not knowing for whom—the history
www.nybooks.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
America 🇺🇸 is an idea
www.nybooks.com/articles/198...
“and even if the City falls and one of us survives
he will carry the City inside him on the roads of exile
he will be the City”
www.nybooks.com/articles/198...
“and even if the City falls and one of us survives
he will carry the City inside him on the roads of exile
he will be the City”
Reposted by Amanda Rivkin Häsler
So what was accomplished exactly in London? I don’t quite get all the summitry that focuses on peace plans. Does anyone think Putin is doing any deals with Ukraine? This an armaments challenge for Europe.
March 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
So what was accomplished exactly in London? I don’t quite get all the summitry that focuses on peace plans. Does anyone think Putin is doing any deals with Ukraine? This an armaments challenge for Europe.
Elon’s mommy plays Ivanka in 2.0
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...
As Musk Consolidates Power, His Mother, Maye, Is in Demand
Maye Musk, a model and a public speaker, recently headlined a government conference in Dubai and endorsed a slew of products in China.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Elon’s mommy plays Ivanka in 2.0
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...
Reposted by Amanda Rivkin Häsler
Worried that the arrival of Russian oligarchs will price you out of the Beltway? These sheet-pan pirozhki what makes you feel like you’re in 1917 Saint Petersburg
March 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Worried that the arrival of Russian oligarchs will price you out of the Beltway? These sheet-pan pirozhki what makes you feel like you’re in 1917 Saint Petersburg
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia (but no one should expect Russia will halt their offensive cyberoperations against the U.S. and the West)
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia (but no one should expect Russia will halt their offensive cyberoperations against the U.S. and the West)
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Time Europe wakes up and moves beyond statements of grave concern to ramping up defense production ASAP. The writing is on the wall with Musk, Alex Jones and other key MAGA movement types agitating for US to withdraw from NATO. War economy now or no economy later.
March 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Time Europe wakes up and moves beyond statements of grave concern to ramping up defense production ASAP. The writing is on the wall with Musk, Alex Jones and other key MAGA movement types agitating for US to withdraw from NATO. War economy now or no economy later.
“Warnig’s plan involved outreach to the Trump team through US businessmen, the people said, as part of back-channel efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine while deepening economic ties between the US and Russia.” on.ft.com/4bvvk3a
Putin ally pushes deal to restart Nord Stream 2 with US backing
Ex-spy Warnig’s plan to involve American investors shows breadth of Trump’s rapprochement with Russian president
on.ft.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Warnig’s plan involved outreach to the Trump team through US businessmen, the people said, as part of back-channel efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine while deepening economic ties between the US and Russia.” on.ft.com/4bvvk3a
The good news is it’s been almost 24 hours since Trump and Vance set American dignity alight and then dragged it from the back of a truck over a shit slick. It gets easier from here even as things get harder. Slava 🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The good news is it’s been almost 24 hours since Trump and Vance set American dignity alight and then dragged it from the back of a truck over a shit slick. It gets easier from here even as things get harder. Slava 🇺🇦
Wondering where on Jake Sullivan’s “escalation ladder” the last 24 hours falls.
March 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wondering where on Jake Sullivan’s “escalation ladder” the last 24 hours falls.
All the words and tweets of deep concern: Europeans rally around Zelenskyy but will struggle to formulate a plan to defend Ukraine
on.ft.com/4ijR6ch
on.ft.com/4ijR6ch
Europeans rally around Zelenskyy but will struggle to formulate a plan to defend Ukraine
The showdown in the Oval Office has exposed the huge rift between the US and Europe
on.ft.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
All the words and tweets of deep concern: Europeans rally around Zelenskyy but will struggle to formulate a plan to defend Ukraine
on.ft.com/4ijR6ch
on.ft.com/4ijR6ch
The Finlandization fallacy: Ukrainian neutrality will not stop Putin’s Russia
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
The Finlandization fallacy: Ukrainian neutrality will not stop Putin's Russia
Donald Trump seeks to broker a peace deal with Vladimir Putin but any attempt to impose neutrality on Ukraine could set the stage for further Russian aggression, writes Brian Mefford.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The Finlandization fallacy: Ukrainian neutrality will not stop Putin’s Russia
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
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To make sure the gravity of this lands: there is no other place in the US to study this many rarely taught languages over the summer. Middlebury Summer School offers but a fraction, the Defense Language Institute in Monterey but a few.
Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington
Title VIII Fellowships
languageworkshop.indiana.edu
February 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
To make sure the gravity of this lands: there is no other place in the US to study this many rarely taught languages over the summer. Middlebury Summer School offers but a fraction, the Defense Language Institute in Monterey but a few.
Reposted by Amanda Rivkin Häsler
Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington
Title VIII Fellowships
languageworkshop.indiana.edu
February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc.
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Rubio just cancelled all of them
languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...
Are government workers getting paid tomorrow? If no, I guess shit hits the fan in a fairly imminent fashion thereafter.
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Are government workers getting paid tomorrow? If no, I guess shit hits the fan in a fairly imminent fashion thereafter.
10 vor 10 vom 25.02.2025 mit @haeslerg.bsky.social www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-v...
10 vor 10 vom 25.02.2025 - Play SRF
Ruag – Millionenbetrug bei Panzer-Deals aufgedeckt, Doppelrücktritt im VBS, kein europäisches Veto gegen russland-freundliche UNO-Resolution, Paris: Der Louvre zeigt Mode
www.srf.ch
February 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
10 vor 10 vom 25.02.2025 mit @haeslerg.bsky.social www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-v...
Grim shit: The Russian over-50s fighting and dying in Ukraine on.ft.com/3XihcUO
The Russian over-50s fighting and dying in Ukraine
Grandfathers are among contract soldiers being killed on the front line, data shows
on.ft.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Grim shit: The Russian over-50s fighting and dying in Ukraine on.ft.com/3XihcUO
Why Russia Wants to See California Secede www.fdd.org/analysis/op_...
Why Russia Wants to See California Secede
Following Donald Trump’s reelection to the presidency in November 2024, the idea of secession has reemerged on the ballot in America’s richest state. On Jan. 23, California’s Secretary...
www.fdd.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why Russia Wants to See California Secede www.fdd.org/analysis/op_...
Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals
Exclusive: Terrorist group the Base appears defiant as new administration aims to deprioritize threat from far right
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
America Has a Rogue President www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
Opinion | America Has a Rogue President
The firing of three judge advocate generals is one more element of this administration’s attack on the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
America Has a Rogue President www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
Bannon denies making Nazi salute as French far-right leader cancels speech
“Jordan Bardella, a leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, canceled a speech he was set to give at CPAC, citing the gesture as the reason in a statement”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Jordan Bardella, a leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, canceled a speech he was set to give at CPAC, citing the gesture as the reason in a statement”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Bannon denies making Nazi salute as French far-right leader cancels speech
The gesture comes as Trump and his allies have prompted growing alarm among critics about their embrace of authoritarian messaging and symbols.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Bannon denies making Nazi salute as French far-right leader cancels speech
“Jordan Bardella, a leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, canceled a speech he was set to give at CPAC, citing the gesture as the reason in a statement”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Jordan Bardella, a leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, canceled a speech he was set to give at CPAC, citing the gesture as the reason in a statement”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Dudek wrote in a now-deleted LinkedIn post that was captured by several Social Security employees and is making the rounds of the staff. “I confess,” he wrote. “I helped DOGE understand SSA.I mailed myself publicly accessible documents and explained them to DOGE. I confess.”
New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him
Data analyst Leland Dudek was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with the U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Dudek wrote in a now-deleted LinkedIn post that was captured by several Social Security employees and is making the rounds of the staff. “I confess,” he wrote. “I helped DOGE understand SSA.I mailed myself publicly accessible documents and explained them to DOGE. I confess.”
Buried in this moment of pure political class is a warning about what gutting the budget on ideological lines á la Bruce Rauner in Illinois ten years ago or whatever the hell you want to call the arson in Washington today will do to the electorate www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Buried in this moment of pure political class is a warning about what gutting the budget on ideological lines á la Bruce Rauner in Illinois ten years ago or whatever the hell you want to call the arson in Washington today will do to the electorate www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
You can either serve your country and the American people or MAGA and Russia but to serve both is not an option.
February 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
You can either serve your country and the American people or MAGA and Russia but to serve both is not an option.