Jan
@janvonheiroth.bsky.social
Politics, history, art, humor. Amor vincit omnia. All will be better, eventually.
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When Russian model Guzel Ganieva threatened Epstein's network in 2015, he turned to an unusual source: Sergei Belyakov, the FSB-trained official running Putin's St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
🧵Here's how Epstein worked with Putin's regime:
🧵Here's how Epstein worked with Putin's regime:
September 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
When Russian model Guzel Ganieva threatened Epstein's network in 2015, he turned to an unusual source: Sergei Belyakov, the FSB-trained official running Putin's St. Petersburg Economic Forum.
🧵Here's how Epstein worked with Putin's regime:
🧵Here's how Epstein worked with Putin's regime:
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“I think that what is happening now politically and socially is analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period,” the founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has told the Financial Times.
https://cnn.it/460e7wl
https://cnn.it/460e7wl
September 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“I think that what is happening now politically and socially is analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period,” the founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, has told the Financial Times.
https://cnn.it/460e7wl
https://cnn.it/460e7wl
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Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
July 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
So now we are accepting breaking the law? In an area which will possibly/ultimately be used to manipulation our elections?
It is not good when DSA enforcement becomes a trade/ geopolitical bargaining chip …
“The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States”
itdaily.com/news/busines...
“The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States”
itdaily.com/news/busines...
X Receives a Delay on DSA Fine
The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States.
itdaily.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
So now we are accepting breaking the law? In an area which will possibly/ultimately be used to manipulation our elections?
Mandy makes an important point
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Mandy makes an important point
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This is a direct challenge to #EU and #democracy. The U.S. government seems willing to “regime change” Europe.
This authoritarian international must be stopped.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
This authoritarian international must be stopped.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory
On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, ...
euobserver.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is a direct challenge to #EU and #democracy. The U.S. government seems willing to “regime change” Europe.
This authoritarian international must be stopped.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
This authoritarian international must be stopped.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Cannot believe a word
The Trump admin's shifting rhetoric on trade deals:
April: The phones are ringing off the hook!!!
Today: These countries never even contacted us!!!
🫵🤡
April: The phones are ringing off the hook!!!
Today: These countries never even contacted us!!!
🫵🤡
July 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Cannot believe a word
Good piece. But as Molly says, those who would need it will anyway not read it.
Still, it describes very well the internal rot which is taking over. Combined with economy crushing, alliances destroyed, soft power and influence gone...
Fall of the roman empire, anyone?
Still, it describes very well the internal rot which is taking over. Combined with economy crushing, alliances destroyed, soft power and influence gone...
Fall of the roman empire, anyone?
There’s a lot in this worth mulling, but it will mean nothing to the people who need to read it most.
The defenses of the nation weaken.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
The defenses of the nation weaken.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Good piece. But as Molly says, those who would need it will anyway not read it.
Still, it describes very well the internal rot which is taking over. Combined with economy crushing, alliances destroyed, soft power and influence gone...
Fall of the roman empire, anyone?
Still, it describes very well the internal rot which is taking over. Combined with economy crushing, alliances destroyed, soft power and influence gone...
Fall of the roman empire, anyone?
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Eilen tuli keskustelua tiedustelusta ja tiedustelulaista. Totesin, että tiedustelulaille oli hyvät perustelut, mutta en selittänyt tarkemmin.
Lyhyesti: Suomen viranomaisten keinot mm. torjua verkkovakoilua olivat niin heikot, että ulkoministeriön hakkeroinnistakin saatiin tieto ulkomailta.
Lyhyesti: Suomen viranomaisten keinot mm. torjua verkkovakoilua olivat niin heikot, että ulkoministeriön hakkeroinnistakin saatiin tieto ulkomailta.
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Eilen tuli keskustelua tiedustelusta ja tiedustelulaista. Totesin, että tiedustelulaille oli hyvät perustelut, mutta en selittänyt tarkemmin.
Lyhyesti: Suomen viranomaisten keinot mm. torjua verkkovakoilua olivat niin heikot, että ulkoministeriön hakkeroinnistakin saatiin tieto ulkomailta.
Lyhyesti: Suomen viranomaisten keinot mm. torjua verkkovakoilua olivat niin heikot, että ulkoministeriön hakkeroinnistakin saatiin tieto ulkomailta.
Oddly enough, he is refers to civilised people, as if he were one of them.
June 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Oddly enough, he is refers to civilised people, as if he were one of them.
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
Amazingly interesting thread on men's tailoring, historical context and reading subtle details.
I respectfully disagree and I'll tell you why. 🧵
June 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Amazingly interesting thread on men's tailoring, historical context and reading subtle details.
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Me calling someone a shitlib on Bsky: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me getting called a tankie on Bsky: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me getting called a tankie on Bsky: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Me calling someone a shitlib on Bsky: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me getting called a tankie on Bsky: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me getting called a tankie on Bsky: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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I’m old enough to remember when a British ambassador to the United States sent cables to Whitehall describing Trump as, among other things, incompetent, abnormal, dysfunctional, clumsy, and inept.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-4889...
www.bbc.com/news/uk-4889...
June 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’m old enough to remember when a British ambassador to the United States sent cables to Whitehall describing Trump as, among other things, incompetent, abnormal, dysfunctional, clumsy, and inept.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-4889...
www.bbc.com/news/uk-4889...
For balanced, thoughtfull, and yet passionate comments on the state of the world, the US and Russia in particular, go follow Anders Åslund.
There was a time, years ago, I remember frequently disagreeing with his takes. Today hardly ever. I'm assuming my worldview has evolved. Good.
There was a time, years ago, I remember frequently disagreeing with his takes. Today hardly ever. I'm assuming my worldview has evolved. Good.
Enjoying watching Trump's military parade on BBC and France 24 because it is a wonderful embarrassment for Trump.
As the French commentators point out, the American sodiers don't know how to march & don't seem enthusiastic about doing so for Trump. /1
As the French commentators point out, the American sodiers don't know how to march & don't seem enthusiastic about doing so for Trump. /1
June 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
For balanced, thoughtfull, and yet passionate comments on the state of the world, the US and Russia in particular, go follow Anders Åslund.
There was a time, years ago, I remember frequently disagreeing with his takes. Today hardly ever. I'm assuming my worldview has evolved. Good.
There was a time, years ago, I remember frequently disagreeing with his takes. Today hardly ever. I'm assuming my worldview has evolved. Good.
Chapeau, the catholic church
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Chapeau, the catholic church
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Did you read the book about Joe’s decline?
Big Bill: No because he’s not the president anymore and he did a good job when he was the president.
Big Bill: No because he’s not the president anymore and he did a good job when he was the president.
June 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Did you read the book about Joe’s decline?
Big Bill: No because he’s not the president anymore and he did a good job when he was the president.
Big Bill: No because he’s not the president anymore and he did a good job when he was the president.
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Harvard is offering 558 free classes, including but not limited to "We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy", "American Government: Constitutional Foundations", and "U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy."
Thank you Harvard!! 👏👏👏
Thank you Harvard!! 👏👏👏
Catalog of Courses
Browse the latest courses from Harvard University
pll.harvard.edu
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Harvard is offering 558 free classes, including but not limited to "We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy", "American Government: Constitutional Foundations", and "U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy."
Thank you Harvard!! 👏👏👏
Thank you Harvard!! 👏👏👏
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Well payed, Harvard, well played.
Harvard offers FREE American Government course.
Harvard offers FREE American Government course.
May 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Well payed, Harvard, well played.
Harvard offers FREE American Government course.
Harvard offers FREE American Government course.
Eikös tämän RFK Jr auktoriteettiin juuri hiljattain vedottu eduskunnan SOTE-valiokunnan valitessa keitä asiantuntijoita olisi kuultava?
Hemmetin noloa että kokoomuslainen varapj laittanut lusikkansa soppan.
Hemmetin noloa että kokoomuslainen varapj laittanut lusikkansa soppan.
May 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Eikös tämän RFK Jr auktoriteettiin juuri hiljattain vedottu eduskunnan SOTE-valiokunnan valitessa keitä asiantuntijoita olisi kuultava?
Hemmetin noloa että kokoomuslainen varapj laittanut lusikkansa soppan.
Hemmetin noloa että kokoomuslainen varapj laittanut lusikkansa soppan.
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We’ve got one foot into fascism and the other on a banana peel.
May 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We’ve got one foot into fascism and the other on a banana peel.
Genius
May 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Genius
Poor brand
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Poor brand
This is probably correct, which begs the question how the F did we end up here
May 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is probably correct, which begs the question how the F did we end up here
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“Also, we’re ending the environmental and regulatory standards”
Miller: "If you had a choice between a doll from China that might have lead paint from it that is not as well constructed, as a doll made in America that has a highly environmental and regulatory standard & those two products are both on Amazon, that yes, you probably would be willing to pay more."
May 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Also, we’re ending the environmental and regulatory standards”