Ruslan Baba
@maverick94.bsky.social
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam was used for several spy swaps during the Cold War. The Havel river below formed the border between East Germany and West Berlin.
December 30, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam was used for several spy swaps during the Cold War. The Havel river below formed the border between East Germany and West Berlin.
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December 29, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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❗️The first photos of the construction of the newest North Korean frigate for the 🇰🇵DPRK Navy.
December 29, 2024 at 6:27 PM
❗️The first photos of the construction of the newest North Korean frigate for the 🇰🇵DPRK Navy.
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There's not much Mr Asimov says that I don't agree with . . . 📚 📖 📚
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
December 29, 2024 at 3:43 AM
There's not much Mr Asimov says that I don't agree with . . . 📚 📖 📚
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
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True statement that often makes me feel terribly sad ashamed of the world we live in. 😪🙏
December 29, 2024 at 2:15 PM
True statement that often makes me feel terribly sad ashamed of the world we live in. 😪🙏
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Trump's foreign policy will be "predictably unpredictable" and he'll try to reduce the size of the federal government. But it seems certain that big spending on maintaining US military dominance will continue.
Recent Chicago Council data show that it's popular with Republicans
Recent Chicago Council data show that it's popular with Republicans
December 4, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Trump's foreign policy will be "predictably unpredictable" and he'll try to reduce the size of the federal government. But it seems certain that big spending on maintaining US military dominance will continue.
Recent Chicago Council data show that it's popular with Republicans
Recent Chicago Council data show that it's popular with Republicans
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**BREAKING**
First signs Russian Navy is evacuating ships from Tartus, Syria
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www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
First signs Russian Navy is evacuating ships from Tartus, Syria
You heard it here first, please share
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
First Signs Russia Is Evacuating Navy Ships From Syria - Naval News
The Russian Navy's base at Tartus in Syria is crucial to its support of the Assad regime, and its ambitions on the world stage. The dramatic shift in the front lines in Syria now puts the base at risk...
www.navalnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:03 AM
**BREAKING**
First signs Russian Navy is evacuating ships from Tartus, Syria
You heard it here first, please share
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
First signs Russian Navy is evacuating ships from Tartus, Syria
You heard it here first, please share
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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“Following a pattern of undersea cable damage across European waters in the last year, with the most recent disruptions happening just weeks ago, top NATO officials have begun envisioning a capability that would allow the alliance to have permanent eyes above and under the waterline.”
NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
www.defensenews.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:19 PM
“Following a pattern of undersea cable damage across European waters in the last year, with the most recent disruptions happening just weeks ago, top NATO officials have begun envisioning a capability that would allow the alliance to have permanent eyes above and under the waterline.”
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OTD in 1975 Hannah Arendt died.
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 AM
OTD in 1975 Hannah Arendt died.
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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Trump’s envoy clashes with Kremlin insider over Ukrainian peace plan
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defence-blog.com/trumps-envoy...
Trump’s envoy clashes with Kremlin insider over Ukrainian peace plan
The future U.S. President Donald Trump's special representative for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has issued a direct response to Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, who dismissed Trump’s proposed peace ...
defence-blog.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Trump’s envoy clashes with Kremlin insider over Ukrainian peace plan
defence-blog.com/trumps-envoy...
defence-blog.com/trumps-envoy...
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"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable" (Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author perished in #Auschwitz. She was deported there from Westerbork on 7 September 1943.
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author perished in #Auschwitz. She was deported there from Westerbork on 7 September 1943.
November 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM
"Every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable" (Etty Hillesum diary)
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author perished in #Auschwitz. She was deported there from Westerbork on 7 September 1943.
30 November 1943 | Etty Hillesum, a Dutch Jewish diarist and author perished in #Auschwitz. She was deported there from Westerbork on 7 September 1943.
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Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.
November 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.
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At the moment it appears that Russia doesn't want escalation but feels that it would have to respond. It would be good to have options in case it does. And options that don't lead to further escalation. 4/4
November 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
At the moment it appears that Russia doesn't want escalation but feels that it would have to respond. It would be good to have options in case it does. And options that don't lead to further escalation. 4/4
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It might be prepared to escalate indeed, especially if the West goes significantly beyond the current relatively limited strikes. Of course, nobody, including Moscow, knows what "significantly" means in this context. 3/
November 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
It might be prepared to escalate indeed, especially if the West goes significantly beyond the current relatively limited strikes. Of course, nobody, including Moscow, knows what "significantly" means in this context. 3/
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Moscow seems to have interpreted the authorization as a signal of the West's willingness to involve itself more deeply and directly in the war. Oreshnik is a signal that Russia is prepared to escalate by taking the conflict to NATO territory in response. 2/
November 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Moscow seems to have interpreted the authorization as a signal of the West's willingness to involve itself more deeply and directly in the war. Oreshnik is a signal that Russia is prepared to escalate by taking the conflict to NATO territory in response. 2/
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My take on this Oreshnik business is that the Kremlin is not necessarily concerned about ATACMS et al strikes, since everybody, including the US and Russia, says that these won't change much. Rather, it is concerned about the implied intent. 1/
November 24, 2024 at 12:06 AM
My take on this Oreshnik business is that the Kremlin is not necessarily concerned about ATACMS et al strikes, since everybody, including the US and Russia, says that these won't change much. Rather, it is concerned about the implied intent. 1/