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🇺🇦 ISW: Ukrainian Defense Forces have advanced along the P-79 Kupyansk-Chuhuiv highway in the central part of the city.
Meanwhile, on December 19 and 20, Russian troops continued offensive operations near Kupyansk.
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
Meanwhile, on December 19 and 20, Russian troops continued offensive operations near Kupyansk.
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🇺🇦 ISW: Ukrainian Defense Forces have advanced along the P-79 Kupyansk-Chuhuiv highway in the central part of the city.
Meanwhile, on December 19 and 20, Russian troops continued offensive operations near Kupyansk.
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
Meanwhile, on December 19 and 20, Russian troops continued offensive operations near Kupyansk.
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
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From food packaging to cookware, everyday items in our kitchen contain harmful chemicals linked to plastics. These chemicals, such as PFAS, phthalates and BPA, can disrupt hormones and cause health issues.
See how they infiltrate everyday items: https://wapo.st/3KTEa1O
See how they infiltrate everyday items: https://wapo.st/3KTEa1O
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From food packaging to cookware, everyday items in our kitchen contain harmful chemicals linked to plastics. These chemicals, such as PFAS, phthalates and BPA, can disrupt hormones and cause health issues.
See how they infiltrate everyday items: https://wapo.st/3KTEa1O
See how they infiltrate everyday items: https://wapo.st/3KTEa1O
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Das ist die neue Realität: Es gibt im Ausland Leute, die uns EuropäerInnen umbringen wollen. Plain and simple. Und das Allerverrückteste daran: Es gibt bei uns politische Parteien, die diesen Mächten freundlich gegenüberstehen und sich von ihnen fördern lassen. What a time to be alive.
Kreml-Scharfmacher Solowjow: „Wir müssen Wien befreien“
Russland werde Europas Hauptstädte stürmen und erobern, kündigt Putins Einpeitscher Wladimir Solowjow an. Österreich müsse sich „besinnen“.
www.profil.at
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Das ist die neue Realität: Es gibt im Ausland Leute, die uns EuropäerInnen umbringen wollen. Plain and simple. Und das Allerverrückteste daran: Es gibt bei uns politische Parteien, die diesen Mächten freundlich gegenüberstehen und sich von ihnen fördern lassen. What a time to be alive.
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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Das war wirklich eine kurzweilige und kluge Folge, und der Take, Kanzler sein sei wie Sex unter der Dusche, man stelle es sich besser vor, als es dann ist, war der Lacher des Tages für mich am Samstag. 😁
Ich hab ganz vergessen, euch auf die #Folge 👇 aufmerksam zu machen. Aber etliche von euch haben sie auch ohne mich gefunden. Sehr zurecht!!! Was für ein angenehmer, geistreicher, schlagfertiger Gesprächspartner. Danke Dir, lieber Till @realreiners.bsky.social. 🫶
youtu.be/lHixVH07hAE?...
youtu.be/lHixVH07hAE?...
Ist Politik Stoff für gute Witze? Mit Till Reiners
YouTube video by Politik mit Anne Will
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Das war wirklich eine kurzweilige und kluge Folge, und der Take, Kanzler sein sei wie Sex unter der Dusche, man stelle es sich besser vor, als es dann ist, war der Lacher des Tages für mich am Samstag. 😁
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„SARS-CoV-2 verändert still und leise die menschliche Immunität. Es handelt sich um eine langsame, messbare Erosion der Immunvielfalt – eine Umstrukturierung der körpereigenen Abwehrkräfte, die jeden betrifft, der oft genug damit in Berührung kommt. Besonders besorgniserregend …
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
„SARS-CoV-2 verändert still und leise die menschliche Immunität. Es handelt sich um eine langsame, messbare Erosion der Immunvielfalt – eine Umstrukturierung der körpereigenen Abwehrkräfte, die jeden betrifft, der oft genug damit in Berührung kommt. Besonders besorgniserregend …
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Herbst.
Die Glückszeit für Holz- und Pelletofenbesitzer.
Wieder die eigene Familie krank machen.
Die Lebenserwartung der Kinder deutlich verkürzen.
Nachbarn terrorisieren.
Umwelt und Klima maximal schädigen.
Die Glückszeit für Holz- und Pelletofenbesitzer.
Wieder die eigene Familie krank machen.
Die Lebenserwartung der Kinder deutlich verkürzen.
Nachbarn terrorisieren.
Umwelt und Klima maximal schädigen.
September 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Herbst.
Die Glückszeit für Holz- und Pelletofenbesitzer.
Wieder die eigene Familie krank machen.
Die Lebenserwartung der Kinder deutlich verkürzen.
Nachbarn terrorisieren.
Umwelt und Klima maximal schädigen.
Die Glückszeit für Holz- und Pelletofenbesitzer.
Wieder die eigene Familie krank machen.
Die Lebenserwartung der Kinder deutlich verkürzen.
Nachbarn terrorisieren.
Umwelt und Klima maximal schädigen.
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People still are tragically underestimating what this is doing to our societies.
The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies.
So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.
The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies.
So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.
August 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
People still are tragically underestimating what this is doing to our societies.
The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies.
So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.
The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies.
So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.
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Agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this (and wrote as much last month, link in replies!) - we need to treat ending the loneliness crisis as a political problem. I’d add housing, reducing reliance on cars, and increasing the # of mental health providers to this good starter list.
Can Policy Fix The Loneliness Epidemic?
A brainstorm.
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on this (and wrote as much last month, link in replies!) - we need to treat ending the loneliness crisis as a political problem. I’d add housing, reducing reliance on cars, and increasing the # of mental health providers to this good starter list.
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Widows of those killed in the war thank Putin.
President Trump expressed repeated concerns about how many soldiers are dying on both sides of the war.
Putin doesn't seem to care. And apparently, neither do the Russian widows - if we believe they are truly widows.
Ukraine needs this war to end
President Trump expressed repeated concerns about how many soldiers are dying on both sides of the war.
Putin doesn't seem to care. And apparently, neither do the Russian widows - if we believe they are truly widows.
Ukraine needs this war to end
July 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Widows of those killed in the war thank Putin.
President Trump expressed repeated concerns about how many soldiers are dying on both sides of the war.
Putin doesn't seem to care. And apparently, neither do the Russian widows - if we believe they are truly widows.
Ukraine needs this war to end
President Trump expressed repeated concerns about how many soldiers are dying on both sides of the war.
Putin doesn't seem to care. And apparently, neither do the Russian widows - if we believe they are truly widows.
Ukraine needs this war to end
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So “Trump” just made a “deal” with “Britain.” Trying to emulate his style, with random quotation marks. I GUESS I SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A SENTENCE IN BLOCK CAPS.
Anyway, the deal was almost substance-free. The goal of policy seems to be to goose the market for a few days, with no long-term plan.
Anyway, the deal was almost substance-free. The goal of policy seems to be to goose the market for a few days, with no long-term plan.
May 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
So “Trump” just made a “deal” with “Britain.” Trying to emulate his style, with random quotation marks. I GUESS I SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A SENTENCE IN BLOCK CAPS.
Anyway, the deal was almost substance-free. The goal of policy seems to be to goose the market for a few days, with no long-term plan.
Anyway, the deal was almost substance-free. The goal of policy seems to be to goose the market for a few days, with no long-term plan.
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Falls in Deutschland wieder Faschisten an die Macht kommen, wird das Schweizer bürgerliche Milieu via Deutschland-Redaktion der @nzz.ch seinen Beitrag dazu geleistet haben. Die einst antifaschistische NZZ hat das Lager gewechselt. Es ist eine unsägliche Schande.
www.republik.ch/2025/04/30/a...
www.republik.ch/2025/04/30/a...
Auf dem rechten Weg nach Deutschland
Kalkül oder Ideologie: Die NZZ war ein liberaler Leuchtturm. Nun biedert sie sich rechts an.
www.republik.ch
May 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Falls in Deutschland wieder Faschisten an die Macht kommen, wird das Schweizer bürgerliche Milieu via Deutschland-Redaktion der @nzz.ch seinen Beitrag dazu geleistet haben. Die einst antifaschistische NZZ hat das Lager gewechselt. Es ist eine unsägliche Schande.
www.republik.ch/2025/04/30/a...
www.republik.ch/2025/04/30/a...
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OTD in 1941 the Soviets had a military parade in Moscow. So they invited their Nazis allies cos it would be rude not to.
May 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
OTD in 1941 the Soviets had a military parade in Moscow. So they invited their Nazis allies cos it would be rude not to.
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This. If you accept that we are fighting the fight of our times, but you go on legitimizing by your presence there X, you are in denial and helping others stay in denial, too. Make that sacrifice (I had 250k followers there at one point, here: 2k)
That so many of you carry on posting on X encapsulates the problem with authoritarianism. Many people hate it but aren't prepared to make even the tiniest personal sacrifice to oppose it [like foregoing the fun of shitposting on the authoritarian propaganda website].
April 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This. If you accept that we are fighting the fight of our times, but you go on legitimizing by your presence there X, you are in denial and helping others stay in denial, too. Make that sacrifice (I had 250k followers there at one point, here: 2k)
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“Trump made clear his conversation with Putin would be focused on what Russia would retain in any cease-fire with Ukraine. He will, in essence, be negotiating over how large a reward Russia will receive for its 11 years of open aggression against Ukraine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“Trump made clear his conversation with Putin would be focused on what Russia would retain in any cease-fire with Ukraine. He will, in essence, be negotiating over how large a reward Russia will receive for its 11 years of open aggression against Ukraine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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But why can the two metrics differ so much?
Why can the total fertility rate be misleading about the eventual number of births?
In this article, I explain how each of these metrics are calculated, why the TFR doesn’t always mean what people assume, and how to interpret it correctly.
Why can the total fertility rate be misleading about the eventual number of births?
In this article, I explain how each of these metrics are calculated, why the TFR doesn’t always mean what people assume, and how to interpret it correctly.
Why the total fertility rate doesn’t necessarily tell us the number of births women eventually have
The fertility rate is commonly confused with the eventual number of births per woman. This can result in misinterpreting the impact of policies and trends over time.
ourworldindata.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
But why can the two metrics differ so much?
Why can the total fertility rate be misleading about the eventual number of births?
In this article, I explain how each of these metrics are calculated, why the TFR doesn’t always mean what people assume, and how to interpret it correctly.
Why can the total fertility rate be misleading about the eventual number of births?
In this article, I explain how each of these metrics are calculated, why the TFR doesn’t always mean what people assume, and how to interpret it correctly.
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Have we passed peak intelligence?
In international tests, student scores for reading and maths sunk to a new low.
US teens are struggling to concentrate & evaluate information.
The excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Warning: this thread is dark 🧵
In international tests, student scores for reading and maths sunk to a new low.
US teens are struggling to concentrate & evaluate information.
The excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Warning: this thread is dark 🧵
March 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Have we passed peak intelligence?
In international tests, student scores for reading and maths sunk to a new low.
US teens are struggling to concentrate & evaluate information.
The excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Warning: this thread is dark 🧵
In international tests, student scores for reading and maths sunk to a new low.
US teens are struggling to concentrate & evaluate information.
The excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Warning: this thread is dark 🧵
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Tom Friedman on point here, though he understated the case. Either Trump is the worse negotiator in all the universes of truth and fiction, or he is beginning an alliance with Russia with a joint attempt to subjugate Ukraine (and then much else).
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Hiding Something on Ukraine
When you don’t call things by their real name, there is usually a reason.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tom Friedman on point here, though he understated the case. Either Trump is the worse negotiator in all the universes of truth and fiction, or he is beginning an alliance with Russia with a joint attempt to subjugate Ukraine (and then much else).
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
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This shows you that Donald Trump isn’t bothered by the illegal use of force, war crimes, the bombing of civilian targets, and the kidnapping of children. At least not when Vladimir Putin does it. That’s sociopathic.
“I actually think he’s doing what anybody else would do,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Friday of Vladimir Putin, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
wapo.st/4hgbpGs
wapo.st/4hgbpGs
Trump says latest Russian attack on Ukraine ‘what anybody else would do’
“Anybody” would step up the attack, Trump said of Russia’s first major missile assault on Ukraine since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with the embattled country.
wapo.st
March 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This shows you that Donald Trump isn’t bothered by the illegal use of force, war crimes, the bombing of civilian targets, and the kidnapping of children. At least not when Vladimir Putin does it. That’s sociopathic.
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"Trump’s real superpower isn’t moderation, it’s convincing various competitors to underreact to his promiscuous lying."
www.offmessage.net/p/trumps-las...
www.offmessage.net/p/trumps-las...
Trump's Last Enemy Is The State Itself
He's even trained the smear machine and lawlessness that brought him to power on Social Security, all while Democrats fight the last war.
www.offmessage.net
March 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Trump’s real superpower isn’t moderation, it’s convincing various competitors to underreact to his promiscuous lying."
www.offmessage.net/p/trumps-las...
www.offmessage.net/p/trumps-las...
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The best plan in the world won't work unless you do.
The best plan in the world can't work unless you can.
The best plan in the world can't work unless you can.
March 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The best plan in the world won't work unless you do.
The best plan in the world can't work unless you can.
The best plan in the world can't work unless you can.
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy