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Divaknevil
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An Equal Opportunity Loather. Scottish. Vegan. Atheist. Chihuahua Wrangler. A Bit Sweary. Gin. Guinness.
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The Russian backed disinformation campaign spamming fact-checkers with false claims and faked news videos is now trying to use Stalker 2 in their propaganda, falsely claims there's anti-Zelensky messages in the game. Left is their claim, right is a screenshot from the same moment in the game:
December 5, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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In its increasingly desperate hunt for those willing to die for Putin's awe inspiring indoor plumbing, Russian military is raiding construction sites offering illegal immigrant laborers citizenship for going to war.

No takers in this batch.
December 5, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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💪Russians were driven out of Novyi Komar, north of Velyka Novosilka. DeepState analysts reported that the 48th Separate Mechanized Brigade drove the enemy out, suffering heavy losses and capturing enemy marines.
t.me/c/1154166453...
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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If nothing else, this era is obliterating the illusion that the very wealthy are also very smart.
This, courtesy of the owner of the LA Times, is the worst “tech solution for journalism” idea since the CueCat.
December 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM
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🇺🇦Zelensky: I called on partners to be more active and principled in order to free all Ukrainians from Russian captivity and bring Russian war criminals to justice.

There is almost no reaction to what the Russian presence has turned our temporarily occupied territories into.
December 5, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Just in case you want to read what Shona Robison actually said rather than media selectivity and distortion - www.gov.scot/publications...
Scottish Budget 2025-2026: Finance Secretary's statement - 4 December 2024
Statement by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Shona Robison to the Scottish Parliament on 4 December 2024
www.gov.scot
December 5, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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🔻EXCLUSIVE🔻

Russian military intelligence (GRU) ran a campaign to intimidate and silence Russia’s critics in Estonia.

Targets included the interior minister, who was surveilled, and whose family car’s windows were smashed near his home.

This is important! 🧵👇

theins.ru/en/politics/...
The GRU Vandals: Moscow's hired thugs are causing mayhem in Estonia
Russian military intelligence (GRU) enlisted an Estonian pro-Russian propagandist to orchestrate a series of vandalism acts designed to intimidate and silence critics of Russia within Estonia. The tar...
theins.ru
December 5, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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⚡️ Russia's losses may begin to outpace enlistment rates, media's analysis says.

Based on the conclusions from expenditures for sign-on bonuses and earlier research, Meduza estimates that the Russian military signed between 500 and 600 new contracts per day in the third quarter of 2024.
Russia's losses may begin to outpace enlistment rates, media's analysis says
Basing the conclusions on expenditures on sign-on bonuses and earlier research, Meduza estimates that the Russian military signed between 500-600 new contracts per day. This would be less or barely en...
kyivindependent.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Many Americans prefer to receive their news from trusted individuals, not institutions. @helenlewis.bsky.social on how outsiders seized the microphone—and became the “mainstream media”:
Joe Rogan Is the Mainstream Media Now
What happens when the outsiders seize the microphone?
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."
www.status.news
December 5, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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ABC and NBC both reporting some strong evidence of motive in the UHC shooting.

abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-...

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
December 5, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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Musk explains his X algorithm
December 5, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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Exclusive with Delfi: the GRU recruited a network of vandals to intimidate Estonians, including the country’s interior minister. The network was started by a notorious pro-Russian propagandist and former Sputnik employee, Allan Hantsom. theins.ru/en/politics/...
The GRU Vandals: Moscow's hired thugs are causing mayhem in Estonia
Russian military intelligence (GRU) enlisted an Estonian pro-Russian propagandist to orchestrate a series of vandalism acts designed to intimidate and silence critics of Russia within Estonia. The tar...
theins.ru
December 5, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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The Syrian rebels have taken Hama. The Syrian army announced its withdrawal. This is momentous. The next city is Homs. After that, Damascus.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Syrian rebels enter Hama as army announces departure from key city
Syrian rebels ousted pro-government forces from Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major new victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies.
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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"Putin, a former KGB agent, believes that the Soviet era was glorious and wants his subjects to feel inspired by it ... If that means relitigating decades-old cases to justify Stalin’s terror against his own people, he is happy to do it," Leon Aron writes:
Putin Decides That Stalin’s Victims Were Guilty After All
Authorities in Moscow once exonerated people who were tortured, imprisoned, and killed during the Soviet era. The current president wants to undo that.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Charles Bukowski
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 AM
November 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM