M.E. Sarotte
@sarotte.bsky.social
Author of NOT ONE INCH: AMERICA, RUSSIA, AND THE MAKING OF POST-COLD WAR STALEMATE
Foreign-language editions now in press/in print, including German: NICHT EINEN SCHRITT WEITER NACH OSTEN (Not One Step to the East), C.H. Beck, 2023
Foreign-language editions now in press/in print, including German: NICHT EINEN SCHRITT WEITER NACH OSTEN (Not One Step to the East), C.H. Beck, 2023
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A dog shelter in Kyiv during last night's Russian attack.
May 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A dog shelter in Kyiv during last night's Russian attack.
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Hardcoded credentials in the Signal archiving tool used by the White House is a five-alarm security dumpster fire.
The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials
Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, ...
micahflee.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hardcoded credentials in the Signal archiving tool used by the White House is a five-alarm security dumpster fire.
Thanks @fbigge.bsky.social for this—and for the work you do @koerberhistory.bsky.social to promote dialogue across borders in these difficult times
@europeatharvard.bsky.social
@financialtimes.com
@belfercenter.bsky.social
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
@europeatharvard.bsky.social
@financialtimes.com
@belfercenter.bsky.social
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
Superb piece by @sarotte.bsky.social on just how much hinges on the terms of a peace deal: "a lot hangs on a few words on a piece of paper that may or may not be signed in the coming weeks… Those few words could signal the arrival of a much darker future." on.ft.com/3Siuca3 #Ukraine
What must Ukraine give up for peace?
As Putin looks back to 1945, a deal that formalises the loss of Crimea could project Russian power into the heart of Europe
on.ft.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Thanks @fbigge.bsky.social for this—and for the work you do @koerberhistory.bsky.social to promote dialogue across borders in these difficult times
@europeatharvard.bsky.social
@financialtimes.com
@belfercenter.bsky.social
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
@europeatharvard.bsky.social
@financialtimes.com
@belfercenter.bsky.social
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
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Listen, we should not let the richest people in the world own a network of globe-spanning surveillance satellites connected to another network of satellites equipped with lasers and missiles that they "rent" to the US military. Come on.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield
SpaceX-led group is pitching the Pentagon on a ‘subscription model’ for missile defense
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Listen, we should not let the richest people in the world own a network of globe-spanning surveillance satellites connected to another network of satellites equipped with lasers and missiles that they "rent" to the US military. Come on.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Congratulations @radchenko.bsky.social !!
Sergey Radchenko's Cold War history wins the Gelber book prize awarded by the Munk School of Global Affairs.
April 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congratulations @radchenko.bsky.social !!
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This is authoritarianism in operation. Americans don't know what it looks like, but that's it. This is what it looks like.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is authoritarianism in operation. Americans don't know what it looks like, but that's it. This is what it looks like.
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Four large satellite operators — Luxembourg’s SES, Spain’s Hisdesat, Viasat, owner of the UK’s Inmarsat, and France’s Eutelsat/OneWeb — have all told @financialtimes.com they’re in talks with governments and EU institutions about how to provide back-up connectivity to Ukraine. on.ft.com/4kyetAE
Europe races to find Starlink alternatives for Ukraine
Four satellite operators in talks over back-up for Kyiv if Elon Musk switches off broadband service
on.ft.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Four large satellite operators — Luxembourg’s SES, Spain’s Hisdesat, Viasat, owner of the UK’s Inmarsat, and France’s Eutelsat/OneWeb — have all told @financialtimes.com they’re in talks with governments and EU institutions about how to provide back-up connectivity to Ukraine. on.ft.com/4kyetAE
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BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Military-size drones have been flying night-time missions over strategic installations in NW Germany last 2 weeks.
Sightings are confirmed by German armed forces. Security sources suspect they came from North Sea or possibly Baltic Sea and are of Russian origin.
Targets: mil bases, ports, LNG.
Sightings are confirmed by German armed forces. Security sources suspect they came from North Sea or possibly Baltic Sea and are of Russian origin.
Targets: mil bases, ports, LNG.
March 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Military-size drones have been flying night-time missions over strategic installations in NW Germany last 2 weeks.
Sightings are confirmed by German armed forces. Security sources suspect they came from North Sea or possibly Baltic Sea and are of Russian origin.
Targets: mil bases, ports, LNG.
Sightings are confirmed by German armed forces. Security sources suspect they came from North Sea or possibly Baltic Sea and are of Russian origin.
Targets: mil bases, ports, LNG.
This piece—“Can Ukraine Hold Out” after Trump stopped US aid—makes clear Europeans need to do:
Use the frozen Russian assets now.
If you don’t know German: worth using Google Translate, as it’s by the second-to-none German military expert @drfranksauer.bsky.social of
@sicherheitspod.de
Use the frozen Russian assets now.
If you don’t know German: worth using Google Translate, as it’s by the second-to-none German military expert @drfranksauer.bsky.social of
@sicherheitspod.de
Here we go. Danke an tagesschau.de für das Vorziehen.
March 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This piece—“Can Ukraine Hold Out” after Trump stopped US aid—makes clear Europeans need to do:
Use the frozen Russian assets now.
If you don’t know German: worth using Google Translate, as it’s by the second-to-none German military expert @drfranksauer.bsky.social of
@sicherheitspod.de
Use the frozen Russian assets now.
If you don’t know German: worth using Google Translate, as it’s by the second-to-none German military expert @drfranksauer.bsky.social of
@sicherheitspod.de
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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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I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.
February 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.
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Germany‘s got the best US bases in the world. Beautiful bases. Tremendous. Nobody has anything like it. And, frankly, we’re giving them to the US for free. Can you imagine that? For free! It’s nasty what they’re doing to us, really. So we want a better deal. The US‘s gotta pay. They gotta pay.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Germany‘s got the best US bases in the world. Beautiful bases. Tremendous. Nobody has anything like it. And, frankly, we’re giving them to the US for free. Can you imagine that? For free! It’s nasty what they’re doing to us, really. So we want a better deal. The US‘s gotta pay. They gotta pay.
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Good to see @stevenerlanger.bsky.social staying with this story nonstop from #MSC to Paris
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...
European Leaders Meet to Discuss Ukraine War as Trump Officials Prepare For Russia Peace Talks
The hastily called gathering was part of a flurry of diplomacy expected to center on Ukraine this week as Trump officials prepare to start talks with Russia on their own.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Good to see @stevenerlanger.bsky.social staying with this story nonstop from #MSC to Paris
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/w...
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Here is the ad the Washington Post accepted and then rejected:
February 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Here is the ad the Washington Post accepted and then rejected:
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It’s hard to see where this is going to go. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s hard to see where this is going to go. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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These people are fucking monsters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
These people are fucking monsters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Ich sag doch, wird interessant
Trump’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine will be presented on February 14 at the Munich Conference, — US Special Representative for Ukraine Keith Kellogg
February 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ich sag doch, wird interessant
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BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says they are removing ALL American drinks from the market.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says they are removing ALL American drinks from the market.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
The LCBO has a monopoly on drinks distribution in Ontario.
Trump just torched $1 billion of US exports.
Holy shit.
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1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...