Antanas Manstavičius
@mantanas.bsky.social
Everything is politics, but only political animals know it.
Communications advisor to the President.
Lithuanian 🇱🇹, European, human. Opinions my own, RTs ≠ endorsements. LT/EN/DE/RU & some SP
Communications advisor to the President.
Lithuanian 🇱🇹, European, human. Opinions my own, RTs ≠ endorsements. LT/EN/DE/RU & some SP
Putin and those around him openly declare that their main goal is to destroy the independent state of Ukraine. For them, territorial gains are secondary.
The legacy of Kyivan Rus' will always haunt Russian nationalists, for it does not belong to them. Their insecurity is profound.
The legacy of Kyivan Rus' will always haunt Russian nationalists, for it does not belong to them. Their insecurity is profound.
August 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Putin and those around him openly declare that their main goal is to destroy the independent state of Ukraine. For them, territorial gains are secondary.
The legacy of Kyivan Rus' will always haunt Russian nationalists, for it does not belong to them. Their insecurity is profound.
The legacy of Kyivan Rus' will always haunt Russian nationalists, for it does not belong to them. Their insecurity is profound.
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‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
As territories shift and divide families, desperate parents are travelling to Russia to find their children, many of whom have been moved into military camps or orphanages
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
That was unexpected. All those Lithuanians everywhere!
June 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
That was unexpected. All those Lithuanians everywhere!
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Russia is using military gear "within weeks" of it leaving the factory, and is weaker than people think, said Michael Carpenter, a former US official.
Russia has 'dramatically' upped its military production but is using it all within weeks, former Biden official says
Russia is using military gear "within weeks" of it leaving the factory, and is weaker than people think, said Michael Carpenter, a former US official.
www.businessinsider.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Russia is using military gear "within weeks" of it leaving the factory, and is weaker than people think, said Michael Carpenter, a former US official.
Impressive. Even more impressive was Iceland becoming the first state to recognize Lithuania's independence. Takk, Ísland!
In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.
2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779
2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most […]
2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779
2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most […]
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stefanbohacek.online
March 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Impressive. Even more impressive was Iceland becoming the first state to recognize Lithuania's independence. Takk, Ísland!
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Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster:
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.
www.bloomberg.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster:
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
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Water supply of strategic Baltic island Gotland was sabotaged last night.
Someone broke into the pump controls and destroyed them.
The pumps serve a large part of Gotland (pop 61k) and had it gone unnoticed could have left all island without water.
Security services are notified. Water is ok.
Someone broke into the pump controls and destroyed them.
The pumps serve a large part of Gotland (pop 61k) and had it gone unnoticed could have left all island without water.
Security services are notified. Water is ok.
March 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Water supply of strategic Baltic island Gotland was sabotaged last night.
Someone broke into the pump controls and destroyed them.
The pumps serve a large part of Gotland (pop 61k) and had it gone unnoticed could have left all island without water.
Security services are notified. Water is ok.
Someone broke into the pump controls and destroyed them.
The pumps serve a large part of Gotland (pop 61k) and had it gone unnoticed could have left all island without water.
Security services are notified. Water is ok.
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Normality bias - ‘the tendency to underestimate the likelihood or impact of a potential hazard, based on the belief that things will continue as they have in the past’ - is a very hard habit to break.
March 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Normality bias - ‘the tendency to underestimate the likelihood or impact of a potential hazard, based on the belief that things will continue as they have in the past’ - is a very hard habit to break.
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The most important skill for this moment is the capacity to discern between important and unimportant things. Once you filter out all the noise, there are about 20x fewer things on which to focus your attention.
February 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The most important skill for this moment is the capacity to discern between important and unimportant things. Once you filter out all the noise, there are about 20x fewer things on which to focus your attention.
Those living in Russia's neighbourhood know these methods very well.
„Fears have grown that Russia is seeking to fuel social unrest in Britain and other western European states via covert digital campaigns aimed at exploiting ethnic and religious tensions.“
„Fears have grown that Russia is seeking to fuel social unrest in Britain and other western European states via covert digital campaigns aimed at exploiting ethnic and religious tensions.“
Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’
Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’
Exclusive: campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents if they daubed anti-Muslim graffiti
A network of Telegram channels with Russian links is encouraging UK residents to commit violent attacks on mosques and Muslims and…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Those living in Russia's neighbourhood know these methods very well.
„Fears have grown that Russia is seeking to fuel social unrest in Britain and other western European states via covert digital campaigns aimed at exploiting ethnic and religious tensions.“
„Fears have grown that Russia is seeking to fuel social unrest in Britain and other western European states via covert digital campaigns aimed at exploiting ethnic and religious tensions.“
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“Three lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic Russian prison camp just under a year ago, were sentenced to prison on Friday, highlighting the risks of having any ties to the opposition in Russia, even for professional lawyer-client relationships.”
Russia sentences lawyers of late opposition figure Navalny to prison
Arrested in 2023, the lawyers were charged with extremism for relaying messages from Alexei Navalny while he was in prison before his death.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Three lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic Russian prison camp just under a year ago, were sentenced to prison on Friday, highlighting the risks of having any ties to the opposition in Russia, even for professional lawyer-client relationships.”
There is something primeval in how Lithuania celebrates freedom and pays homage to national heroes. We often turn to fire, as if to embrace it.
For us, freedom is always burning. It is young and restless, and delicate. Like a flame. Eager to spread and conquer new territory.
For us, freedom is always burning. It is young and restless, and delicate. Like a flame. Eager to spread and conquer new territory.
January 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
There is something primeval in how Lithuania celebrates freedom and pays homage to national heroes. We often turn to fire, as if to embrace it.
For us, freedom is always burning. It is young and restless, and delicate. Like a flame. Eager to spread and conquer new territory.
For us, freedom is always burning. It is young and restless, and delicate. Like a flame. Eager to spread and conquer new territory.
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IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The new electric SUV market under battery supply constraints: Might they increase CO2 emissions?
Two trends have shaped the European car market over the past decade: electrification and SUVisation. Recently, they have merged in a new product: the …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SUVs are too big. #CarBloat
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
That is one bold prediction by Wired. Is there still some hope amid an AI-generated storm?
January 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
That is one bold prediction by Wired. Is there still some hope amid an AI-generated storm?
Just look at this graph. We're in for a rough ride.
Depressing: Fossil fuel emissions projected to be almost 8% higher in 2024 than in 2015, the year the Paris climate agreement was signed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 20, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Just look at this graph. We're in for a rough ride.
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1000 days since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. 3926 days since the beginning of the russian-Ukrainian war and occupation of Crimea. Ukraine keeps resisting because giving up is not an option for us.
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
November 19, 2024 at 7:58 AM
1000 days since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. 3926 days since the beginning of the russian-Ukrainian war and occupation of Crimea. Ukraine keeps resisting because giving up is not an option for us.
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
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There’s one thing I know for sure after 33 years working in cities all over the world — there’s nothing inevitable or unchangeable about the way your city is. Your city is the result of decisions & choices. Like every city. Different decisions or choices could have been made, and STILL can be made.
November 19, 2024 at 6:41 AM
There’s one thing I know for sure after 33 years working in cities all over the world — there’s nothing inevitable or unchangeable about the way your city is. Your city is the result of decisions & choices. Like every city. Different decisions or choices could have been made, and STILL can be made.
OK, so I'll try. Looking good so far.
To mark this new beginning, let me share some photos from Neringa, Lithuania. Truly spectacular place!
To mark this new beginning, let me share some photos from Neringa, Lithuania. Truly spectacular place!
November 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
OK, so I'll try. Looking good so far.
To mark this new beginning, let me share some photos from Neringa, Lithuania. Truly spectacular place!
To mark this new beginning, let me share some photos from Neringa, Lithuania. Truly spectacular place!