Peter Pomerantsev
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"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
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"[A]uthoritarian regimes are reinventing 'news' as a weapon to oppress opposition...This book is the ultimate guide to this brave *news* world."--Peter Pomerantsev
DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and ThomasColley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and ThomasColley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"[A]uthoritarian regimes are reinventing 'news' as a weapon to oppress opposition...This book is the ultimate guide to this brave *news* world."--Peter Pomerantsev
DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and ThomasColley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and ThomasColley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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The collapse of Putin's system will only happen if it can be overloaded with more problems than it can manage.
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social in the bunker with Prez & Liubov
youtu.be/vjQHcJ0EyLA
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social in the bunker with Prez & Liubov
youtu.be/vjQHcJ0EyLA
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The collapse of Putin's system will only happen if it can be overloaded with more problems than it can manage.
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social in the bunker with Prez & Liubov
youtu.be/vjQHcJ0EyLA
@peterpomerantsev.bsky.social in the bunker with Prez & Liubov
youtu.be/vjQHcJ0EyLA
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Very telling that oligarchs want to be called aristocrats. On the donors who think they deserve to rule:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Very telling that oligarchs want to be called aristocrats. On the donors who think they deserve to rule:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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While watching this academic lecture by @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social, I thought; why, are so few seeking ways to undermine far-right populist #propaganda? It floods info channels globally, sweeps up followers in myths & distortions while the opposition...reacts to it. Instead of disrupting it?
2025 George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture with Peter Pomerantsev
YouTube video by Yale MacMillan Center
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
While watching this academic lecture by @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social, I thought; why, are so few seeking ways to undermine far-right populist #propaganda? It floods info channels globally, sweeps up followers in myths & distortions while the opposition...reacts to it. Instead of disrupting it?
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"It's not about the facts. Disinformation is about identity, emotion and trauma" - Peter Pomerantsev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0b...
Peter Pomerantsev: It's not about the facts. Disinformation is about identity, emotion and trauma
YouTube video by Český rozhlas Plus
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November 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"It's not about the facts. Disinformation is about identity, emotion and trauma" - Peter Pomerantsev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0b...
On the self-destructive psychology of populist’s desire to ‘take back control’ …a form of self harm
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/oc...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/oc...
Peter Pomerantsev | ‘Take Back Control’
I know that a nation doesn’t experience trauma in the same way as a person, but I couldn’t help wondering whether...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
On the self-destructive psychology of populist’s desire to ‘take back control’ …a form of self harm
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/oc...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/oc...
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“The Russian can see us just from the other side of the river, and a minute later they hit you - and they are specifically targeting residential areas, kindergartens, hospitals.”
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
Talking to Ukrainians under the rain of Russian bombs
Far away from the futile Trump-Putin noise (will he? won’t he? why didn't he?), Ukrainians are being targeted and killed every day. I talked to friends and acquaintances in Kherson, a frontline city.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“The Russian can see us just from the other side of the river, and a minute later they hit you - and they are specifically targeting residential areas, kindergartens, hospitals.”
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
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Latest from the bunker for Patreons features @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social "What Putin fears most is losing control"
He made his own drinks.
www.patreon.com/posts/142096...
He made his own drinks.
www.patreon.com/posts/142096...
What Putin fears more than anything is losing control | In the Bunker with Darth
Get more from In the Bunker with Darth on Patreon
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October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Latest from the bunker for Patreons features @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social "What Putin fears most is losing control"
He made his own drinks.
www.patreon.com/posts/142096...
He made his own drinks.
www.patreon.com/posts/142096...
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Velkommen til hybridkrigen, Danmark. Her kommer tre gode råd
Debatindlæg | Læs Politikens mange forskellige debatindlæg. Det enkelte indlæg er udtryk for skribentens holdning. Du kan også få bragt dit debatindlæg.
politiken.dk
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Velkommen til hybridkrigen, Danmark. Her kommer tre gode råd
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To make Putin worried enough to consider a cease-fire more seriously, the West must act in the informational domain, write Peter Pomerantsev and Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi.
How to Fight Putin on the Information Battlefield
The West can’t fully adopt Russia’s methods—but it should study them.
foreignpolicy.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
To make Putin worried enough to consider a cease-fire more seriously, the West must act in the informational domain, write Peter Pomerantsev and Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi.
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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You may call it ‘Chatfishing’, but I shall only refer to it as ‘Cyrano de Berger-App’
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
You may call it ‘Chatfishing’, but I shall only refer to it as ‘Cyrano de Berger-App’
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Trump govt did not reverse these firings out of goodness or self-owning a "mistake." They would have been happy to get away with it. This reversal is the result of strong opposition. We undercut our own power when we give them the credit. Resistance matters. And remaining cuts are still devastating.
TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Trump govt did not reverse these firings out of goodness or self-owning a "mistake." They would have been happy to get away with it. This reversal is the result of strong opposition. We undercut our own power when we give them the credit. Resistance matters. And remaining cuts are still devastating.
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‘Everyday Amulets: On House Keys from Crimea to Palestine and Beyond’ by Maria Sonevytsky
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/everyd... 10/10
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/everyd... 10/10
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
‘Everyday Amulets: On House Keys from Crimea to Palestine and Beyond’ by Maria Sonevytsky
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/everyd... 10/10
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/everyd... 10/10
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‘Lessons from the Empire: The Concert Hall as Security’ by Leah Batstone
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/lesson... 8/10
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/lesson... 8/10
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
‘Lessons from the Empire: The Concert Hall as Security’ by Leah Batstone
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/lesson... 8/10
londonukrainianreview.org/posts/lesson... 8/10
Some ‘putin getting fed the data he wants to see on Ukraine’ vibes….propaganda works as a tool as long as you don’t get high off your own supply
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Some ‘putin getting fed the data he wants to see on Ukraine’ vibes….propaganda works as a tool as long as you don’t get high off your own supply
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Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
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I feel very moved by the Portland resistance - inflatable people, hot-to-go dancers and twerking dinosaurs, as this piece outlines , it’s true courage, defanging fear
![It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as "war-torn" becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it's, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:frnash4fleux4zv2p4vq3aqh/bafkreibhaj3gpefsj6qwl5wx5tnbccnxguzil6gxjdiikv6wtv7wyo55my@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I feel very moved by the Portland resistance - inflatable people, hot-to-go dancers and twerking dinosaurs, as this piece outlines , it’s true courage, defanging fear
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This interview with @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social is quite brilliant. »Olesya Khromeychuk spoke to Peter Pomerantsev about the subtleties of waging information warfare, the challenges of cultivating a world of truth and justice today, and creating the kind of space where democracy can be practised.«
October 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This interview with @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social is quite brilliant. »Olesya Khromeychuk spoke to Peter Pomerantsev about the subtleties of waging information warfare, the challenges of cultivating a world of truth and justice today, and creating the kind of space where democracy can be practised.«
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"How to Win an Information War: Sefton Delmer, the Genius Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler"-Peter Pomerantsev. Read this based on a Ted talk by the author. It's an expanded version of that w/more history, details, citations. Fascinating look at the propaganda war in WWII (both sides). #booksky #204
October 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"How to Win an Information War: Sefton Delmer, the Genius Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler"-Peter Pomerantsev. Read this based on a Ted talk by the author. It's an expanded version of that w/more history, details, citations. Fascinating look at the propaganda war in WWII (both sides). #booksky #204
@timothysnyder.bsky.social great books are important- but nothing is quite as tangible in its direct impact as his campaign to fundraise frontline trucks and buses with anti drone equipment. Join us!
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Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social great books are important- but nothing is quite as tangible in its direct impact as his campaign to fundraise frontline trucks and buses with anti drone equipment. Join us!
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
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