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Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody.
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
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September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody.
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
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Our grandparents knew titanic warfare, genocide, economic dislocation, smashed cities & hideous disease. They clung to the ideals of liberal democracy as if their lives depended on it
These people have known only peace, prosperity, safety and it has blown their minds. They hunger for dislocation.
These people have known only peace, prosperity, safety and it has blown their minds. They hunger for dislocation.
Questions to which the Answer is Not Many
From a Telegraph columnist - who has been on a long journey over the years.
From a Telegraph columnist - who has been on a long journey over the years.
July 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our grandparents knew titanic warfare, genocide, economic dislocation, smashed cities & hideous disease. They clung to the ideals of liberal democracy as if their lives depended on it
These people have known only peace, prosperity, safety and it has blown their minds. They hunger for dislocation.
These people have known only peace, prosperity, safety and it has blown their minds. They hunger for dislocation.
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"The pandemic saw the biggest sacrifice from one generation for another, since the war. Then we said to children: off you go to navigate the [mental health fallout] on your own."
An MP with empathy? IT'LL NEVER CATCH ON!
Seriously, well done @chrismurraymp.bsky.social. A touching contribution. ~AA
An MP with empathy? IT'LL NEVER CATCH ON!
Seriously, well done @chrismurraymp.bsky.social. A touching contribution. ~AA
July 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"The pandemic saw the biggest sacrifice from one generation for another, since the war. Then we said to children: off you go to navigate the [mental health fallout] on your own."
An MP with empathy? IT'LL NEVER CATCH ON!
Seriously, well done @chrismurraymp.bsky.social. A touching contribution. ~AA
An MP with empathy? IT'LL NEVER CATCH ON!
Seriously, well done @chrismurraymp.bsky.social. A touching contribution. ~AA
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A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power.
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
Stephen Miller on the court order to release Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk: "There's a judicial coup in this country....This judicial coup by a handful of Marxist judges...can only be understood as an attack on democracy."
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power.
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.
But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]
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February 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you see this, post something that isn't 28mm
February 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you see this, post something that isn't 28mm
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I think my favourite is my Ambulthulhuu rampaging through a village
February 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I think my favourite is my Ambulthulhuu rampaging through a village
December 16, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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