Overnight, Russia launched its deadliest attack on Kyiv in nearly a year. This is a reminder of Putin's cruelty and just another reason the United States must stand firm in our commitment to aiding Ukraine.

Russia is the obstacle to peace, not Ukraine.

Laments about murderous drone swarms don't change a thing- clever air defenses do! UA defenders are synching heavy artillery with recon drones& FPV interceptors. And if we stand together, we can give boost them with a launch station! Still €2850 needed, pls join! euromaidanpress.com/lets-support...

Due to Ukraine's preemptive destruction of Russian strategic bombers, Russia used just 7 planes, fully loaded, to launch 36 missiles (that reached Ukraine) on June 6th.
Previously, Russia would load bombers with only 1-3 missiles each to minimize wear, firing up to 108 missiles in a single attack.

'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears'

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks for having me- My interview (now in English) with Ukraine’s leading press agency about the impact and mechanisms of the Russian disinformation and influence campaign — and how it affects and reaches us far beyond social media.

www.ukrinform.net/rubric-socie...

SEAI has announced that it will invest around €19m in a pipeline of energy projects over a number of years.

"No student should lose valuable time and mental energy over something as fundamental as health care." scim.ag/4kex04a #ScienceWorkingLife

Orban making overtures to Simion made sense from one perspective only: to gain an illiberal ally in the EU Council. Orban chose to make this incredibly costly gamble, essentially betraying the Transylvanian voters his party spent decades cultivating. And he lost. This is likely consequential.

update! Simion, the far-right candidate, lost so conclusively that he actually conceded

Few pollsters and analysts predicted even a week ago that Nicusor Dan, a quietly spoken mathematician and anti-corruption activist, had a serious chance of defeating far-right candidate George Simion in Romania's presidential election, writes Liam Nolan

Pro-EU centrist Nicusor Dan wins tense Romania presidential vote rerun ahead of nationalist George Simion

Bucharest 👇

⚡️ Poland detects foreign-funded election ads amid fears of Russian interference.

The disclosure follows a warning from Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who on May 6 said Moscow was carrying out an "unprecedented" interference campaign.

Are you a #LeavingCert student or do you know one?📝👩‍🎓

Gain access to the study facilities in the UCD Health Sciences Library from 21 May-24 June through our Leaving Cert study programme.

Find full details & register at
www.ucd.ie/library/use/...
Good luck with your studies!

@ucddublin.bsky.social

While russian drones drop thermobaric munitions on civilians, a Ukrainian sea drone has successfully taken down a russian fighter jet! The operation, conducted near Novorossiysk port in the Black Sea, was carried out by HUR, SBU, & the AFU.
Kudos to the Ukrainian defenders! Ukraine has great cards.

I spoke with NPR about the threatening letters that the Republican administration is sending to medical journals.

OTD in 1945, having just liberated Lithuania from Nazis, Soviet mass deportations resumed, liberating 1000 Lithuanians from Lithuania to provide slave labor for USSR.

Within 2 years over half were dead. Imagine mass deportations taking place today...

💥Hungary's economic crisis is deepening. Viktor Orbán promised a “flying start,” but the country is back in recession—before Trump’s tariff war fallout has even hit. Orbán, who has ruled the country since 2010, blames Ukraine, the EU—anyone but himself.

His chances of reelection are slipping away.

Applications are open for the role of Senior Programme and Communications Manager as part of the @dri.ie‬ team based @ria.ie.

This is a specific-purpose maternity leave cover contract. Find out more and apply by 21 May

ref="http://www.ria.ie/about/careers/vacancy-senior-programme-and-communications-manager" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">www.ria.ie/about/careers/vacancy-senior-programme-and-communications-manager

A complex and contentious tale of AI benchmarks...

AI is a trillion-dollar industry, and researchers say that tech giants are "distorting" the league table of chatbot performance.

www.newscientist.com/article/2478...

Russian forces once again struck civilian apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/05...
I think this is a good analysis. "In short, it supports the argument that the court's decision was taken in the interest of protecting Romanian democracy."

"American officials have now been explicitly asked to make lists of their contacts with other Americans, for no practical, legal, or national-security reason"
Read @theatlantic.com on a State Dept witch hunt

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

You can now register for the IUA Future of Ireland hybrid event! Join Minister Lawless T.D. as he outlines his priorities and vision for the future of higher education and research in Ireland.
🗓️ Date: May 12th
🕜 Time: 1.30 - 2.30pm
📍 Register to watch online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...