Owen Laws
@owenlaws.bsky.social
Cykling/biking. Politik. Miljö och solidaritet/Environment and solidarity. Bye bye X/Twitter. Support Ukraine! And Georgia!
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Owen Laws
@owenlaws.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Never forget: January 6, 2021 was an insurrection, not a party. It was a mob, not a demonstration. It was about violence, not free speech. They were (are) criminals, not hostages.
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Until now, nearly all Western military aid to Ukraine flowed through one hub in Rzeszów, Poland.
Starting January, NATO activates a second corridor through Romania - reducing single-point vulnerability and shortening routes to Ukraine's southern front.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/n...
Starting January, NATO activates a second corridor through Romania - reducing single-point vulnerability and shortening routes to Ukraine's southern front.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/n...
Second NATO supply route to Ukraine opening in Romania to reduce reliance on Poland
Southern route will reduce reliance on single Polish corridor and speed supplies to Ukraine's eastern and southern fronts.
euromaidanpress.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Until now, nearly all Western military aid to Ukraine flowed through one hub in Rzeszów, Poland.
Starting January, NATO activates a second corridor through Romania - reducing single-point vulnerability and shortening routes to Ukraine's southern front.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/n...
Starting January, NATO activates a second corridor through Romania - reducing single-point vulnerability and shortening routes to Ukraine's southern front.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/21/n...
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Ukrainian long-range drones have struck two Russian Su-27 fighter jets at the Belbek military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea; French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have said they are willing to "engage in dialogue;" and more.
Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian drones hit 2 Russian Su-27 jets in Crimea, intelligence agency says
Key developments on Dec. 20-21:
* Ukrainian drones hit 2 Russian Su-27 jets in Crimea, intelligence agency says
* France and Russia signal openness to holding separate talks as US-led peace efforts...
kyivindependent.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ukrainian long-range drones have struck two Russian Su-27 fighter jets at the Belbek military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea; French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have said they are willing to "engage in dialogue;" and more.
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Ukraine thanks Japan for the $6 billion in aid for the upcoming year.
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ukraine thanks Japan for the $6 billion in aid for the upcoming year.
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Daily protests continue in Tbilisi as police warn to enforce new laws that extend protest restrictions to sidewalks.
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
December 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Daily protests continue in Tbilisi as police warn to enforce new laws that extend protest restrictions to sidewalks.
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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388 consecutive days of protest against the Russian puppet regime in Georgia
9 days ago the regime banned protests.
9 days ago the regime banned protests.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
388 consecutive days of protest against the Russian puppet regime in Georgia
9 days ago the regime banned protests.
9 days ago the regime banned protests.
Tystnaden är bedövande
En dikt, om längtan efter politiker med patos, inspirerad av bandet Glesbygd'n. Nazisterna fick hållas på Almedalsveckan....
En dikt, om längtan efter politiker med patos, inspirerad av bandet Glesbygd'n. Nazisterna fick hållas på Almedalsveckan....
Tystnaden är bedövande
En dikt, om längtan efter politiker med patos, inspirerad av bandet Glesbygd'n. Nazisterna fick hållas på Almedalsveckan....
owenlaws.wordpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Tystnaden är bedövande
En dikt, om längtan efter politiker med patos, inspirerad av bandet Glesbygd'n. Nazisterna fick hållas på Almedalsveckan....
En dikt, om längtan efter politiker med patos, inspirerad av bandet Glesbygd'n. Nazisterna fick hållas på Almedalsveckan....
Rembering my mother at her funeral ceremony.
Never forgotten
We live so many different livesDon’t have to pick and chooseWe let some people in sometimesSometimes we can’t refuse. Sometimes we try to live our dreamsSometimes we tag alongSometimes we’re searching for somethingSometimes we get it wrong We share our thoughts, our hopes, our loveBut not with everyoneWe show the face we want to show…
owenlaws.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rembering my mother at her funeral ceremony.
An old poem that I recently rediscovered.
Old Pain
And this is the waySorrow, and guilt, and rejectionAlways bring us home And this is the wayPent-up tearsAnd old painAlways bring us home And this is the wayYears, and years, and yearsAnd you're always coming home And the rebirthing, the dyingAnd the tears, the tearsAnd you're always so alone Every day…
owenlaws.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
An old poem that I recently rediscovered.
Ever increasing repression by the Russian proxy government in Georgia. Cleric supporting protesters stripped of clerical rights by Church of Georgia.
Archimandrite Dorote Kurashvili performed daily service on Rustaveli Avenue in a very witty effort to protect protesters from unlawful persecution, since now even pavement protest is outlawed.
The Church of Georgia just stripped him of clerical rights.
The Church of Georgia just stripped him of clerical rights.
🔥 JUST IN: Now that protests are banned even on pavements and people will face up to a year in prison for that grave “crime,” Archimandrite Dorote Kurashvili announced a service to Saint George this evening on Rustaveli at 20:00, and said the service could be held every day upon public will.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ever increasing repression by the Russian proxy government in Georgia. Cleric supporting protesters stripped of clerical rights by Church of Georgia.
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Ukraine again makes military history.
For the first time ever, underwater kamikaze drones have been used in combat.
For the first time ever, underwater kamikaze drones have been used in combat.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ukraine again makes military history.
For the first time ever, underwater kamikaze drones have been used in combat.
For the first time ever, underwater kamikaze drones have been used in combat.
What a joke. Trump is the farthest thing from peace you can get, a true blue dictator. And FIFA shows its true colors, a completely corrupt organization.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Trump awarded inaugural Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
US president receives new Fifa honour as scrutiny grows over Infantino’s political alliances and Trump’s disputed record on global conflicts
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What a joke. Trump is the farthest thing from peace you can get, a true blue dictator. And FIFA shows its true colors, a completely corrupt organization.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Another Russian shadow fleet oiler has been target. It is the M/T Mersin currently sinking off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, in Western Africa.
This is getting now absolutely threatening for the Russian oil flow. Russian oil has become quite toxic, far more than sanctions alone.
This is getting now absolutely threatening for the Russian oil flow. Russian oil has become quite toxic, far more than sanctions alone.
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Another Russian shadow fleet oiler has been target. It is the M/T Mersin currently sinking off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, in Western Africa.
This is getting now absolutely threatening for the Russian oil flow. Russian oil has become quite toxic, far more than sanctions alone.
This is getting now absolutely threatening for the Russian oil flow. Russian oil has become quite toxic, far more than sanctions alone.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Despite polis brutality and random arrests.
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Despite polis brutality and random arrests.
Read the entire thread.
Today marks one year of the daily, uninterrupted #GeorgiaProtests.
I took these photos on November 28th. I still remember the huge, furious crowd that gathered instantly—no invitation, no organizer needed—after Kobakhidze announced Georgia would suspend its EU accession.
I took these photos on November 28th. I still remember the huge, furious crowd that gathered instantly—no invitation, no organizer needed—after Kobakhidze announced Georgia would suspend its EU accession.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Read the entire thread.
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⚡️ Ukrainian naval drones behind 'successful' strike on 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source says.
The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.
The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.
Ukrainian naval drones behind 'successful' strike on 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source says
The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.
kyivindependent.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
⚡️ Ukrainian naval drones behind 'successful' strike on 2 Russian shadow fleet tankers, source says.
The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.
The operation targeted ships that, according to the source, could have transported nearly $70 million worth of oil and helped Moscow bypass international sanctions.
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Reportedly, this is a sea drone attack on Russian shadow fleet tankers yesterday.
The tankers were empty, headed to Russian Novorossiysk.
The tankers were empty, headed to Russian Novorossiysk.
November 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reportedly, this is a sea drone attack on Russian shadow fleet tankers yesterday.
The tankers were empty, headed to Russian Novorossiysk.
The tankers were empty, headed to Russian Novorossiysk.
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forcing Russian oil exports there to a full stop.
CPC confirmed serious damage to the single-point mooring system used for loading oil, and tankers have already left the area.
No casualties and no leak were reported — just another expensive hole in Russia’s war economy.
CPC confirmed serious damage to the single-point mooring system used for loading oil, and tankers have already left the area.
No casualties and no leak were reported — just another expensive hole in Russia’s war economy.
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
forcing Russian oil exports there to a full stop.
CPC confirmed serious damage to the single-point mooring system used for loading oil, and tankers have already left the area.
No casualties and no leak were reported — just another expensive hole in Russia’s war economy.
CPC confirmed serious damage to the single-point mooring system used for loading oil, and tankers have already left the area.
No casualties and no leak were reported — just another expensive hole in Russia’s war economy.
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Ukrainian sea drones just hit Russia’s “shadow fleet”.
SBU “Sea Baby” maritime drones struck Russian tankers from the so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, in a joint operation with Ukraine’s Navy.
The attack also crippled a key Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk,👇
SBU “Sea Baby” maritime drones struck Russian tankers from the so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, in a joint operation with Ukraine’s Navy.
The attack also crippled a key Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk,👇
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ukrainian sea drones just hit Russia’s “shadow fleet”.
SBU “Sea Baby” maritime drones struck Russian tankers from the so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, in a joint operation with Ukraine’s Navy.
The attack also crippled a key Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk,👇
SBU “Sea Baby” maritime drones struck Russian tankers from the so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, in a joint operation with Ukraine’s Navy.
The attack also crippled a key Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk,👇
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"Modern Russia is a mutated version of right-wing neoliberalism. It is much more aggressive than the European version, and in case of victory it will not flirt with freedom of association, assembly, or media. You don’t have to love Ukrainian state to resist Russian regime."
Statement from Russian-speaking anarchists to Western anarchist initiatives: listen to the Ukrainian comrades!
This text is a collective statement of Russian-speaking anarchist collectives (see the list of signatories below). It should have been published even earlier, but now it’s really the time for a consol...
avtonom.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"Modern Russia is a mutated version of right-wing neoliberalism. It is much more aggressive than the European version, and in case of victory it will not flirt with freedom of association, assembly, or media. You don’t have to love Ukrainian state to resist Russian regime."
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Beyond all other illegalities Hegseth's order to kill survivor's in the water is a crime which implicates all US personnel. If Hegseth's policy would be generally accepted, future US navy personnel shipwrecked would also become lawful targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Beyond all other illegalities Hegseth's order to kill survivor's in the water is a crime which implicates all US personnel. If Hegseth's policy would be generally accepted, future US navy personnel shipwrecked would also become lawful targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Chancellor Merz:
"We have known Viktor Orbán’s position for years. This is also not his first trip to Moscow. He already travelled to Moscow once last July, immediately after taking over the EU Council presidency.
That visit back then was not only unsuccessful -
"We have known Viktor Orbán’s position for years. This is also not his first trip to Moscow. He already travelled to Moscow once last July, immediately after taking over the EU Council presidency.
That visit back then was not only unsuccessful -
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Chancellor Merz:
"We have known Viktor Orbán’s position for years. This is also not his first trip to Moscow. He already travelled to Moscow once last July, immediately after taking over the EU Council presidency.
That visit back then was not only unsuccessful -
"We have known Viktor Orbán’s position for years. This is also not his first trip to Moscow. He already travelled to Moscow once last July, immediately after taking over the EU Council presidency.
That visit back then was not only unsuccessful -
A whole YEAR of DAILY protests in Georgia against the Russian puppet government. In Ukraine it’s full out war. In Georgia, low intensity. But same conflict, same existential risks. FOR ALL OF US.
Large crowds marched in Tbilisi on November 28 to mark the anniversary of the non-stop protests triggered by Georgian Dream’s 2024 controversial announcement on halting EU integration. Read more:
Georgians Mark Anniversary of Non-Stop Resistance - Civil Georgia
Large crowds marched in Tbilisi on November 28 to mark the anniversary of the non-stop protests trig
civil.ge
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A whole YEAR of DAILY protests in Georgia against the Russian puppet government. In Ukraine it’s full out war. In Georgia, low intensity. But same conflict, same existential risks. FOR ALL OF US.
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Senator Kelly is admirable, courageous, and right.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Senator Kelly is admirable, courageous, and right.