Scott Pollok
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I cannot stress this enough: the "pro-Russian" warlordism of 2014 Donbas was completely inorganic and staffed by Russian citizens with no links to the Donbas to an almost hilarious degree. It's actually incredibly rare to find something that inorganic in insurgencies anywhere in the world.
December 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I cannot stress this enough: the "pro-Russian" warlordism of 2014 Donbas was completely inorganic and staffed by Russian citizens with no links to the Donbas to an almost hilarious degree. It's actually incredibly rare to find something that inorganic in insurgencies anywhere in the world.
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Funniest BRICS moment is China becoming more supportive of Russia in 2022 than they were in 2014 because they were uncomfortable with the ‘separatist’ charade but 100% fine with imperial conquest
December 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Funniest BRICS moment is China becoming more supportive of Russia in 2022 than they were in 2014 because they were uncomfortable with the ‘separatist’ charade but 100% fine with imperial conquest
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Pu's cheap lying stunt exposed the uselessness of any US security guarantees to Ukraine (or to NATO members fwiw). If Trump believes the aggressor immediately and unconditionally without any evidence, Pu can accuse Ukraine of violating the terms of any peace settlement and voila, no help from the US
🤥 Residents of Valdai in Russia's Novgorod Oblast say they neither saw nor heard any drone strikes or air defence activity on the night of 28-29 December, despite Russian authorities' claims of a drone attack on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's residence.
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pu's cheap lying stunt exposed the uselessness of any US security guarantees to Ukraine (or to NATO members fwiw). If Trump believes the aggressor immediately and unconditionally without any evidence, Pu can accuse Ukraine of violating the terms of any peace settlement and voila, no help from the US
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Reuters continue writing headlines indistinguishable from TASS and RT.
Ru is the aggressor and the one rejecting peace every single day since 2014!
Ru is the aggressor and the one rejecting peace every single day since 2014!
December 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Reuters continue writing headlines indistinguishable from TASS and RT.
Ru is the aggressor and the one rejecting peace every single day since 2014!
Ru is the aggressor and the one rejecting peace every single day since 2014!
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The negotiations charade is making people lose track of the real story of the Ru-Ukraine war. Ru refuses a ceasefire. Pu insists he wants to achieve ALL his goals. Ru wants "peace through Ukrainian surrender". Any discussion of Donbas, Zaporizhzhia power plant, security guarantees is a distraction.
December 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The negotiations charade is making people lose track of the real story of the Ru-Ukraine war. Ru refuses a ceasefire. Pu insists he wants to achieve ALL his goals. Ru wants "peace through Ukrainian surrender". Any discussion of Donbas, Zaporizhzhia power plant, security guarantees is a distraction.
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I fully expect the Trump admin to do something stupid that throws the increasingly fragile Russian economy a lifeboat, which will do nothing but prolong the war.
🧵1/12: Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed, but it is suffering immensely. It still runs, but only because the central bank keeps it alive with constant REPO liquidity. What was once emergency support is now the daily operating system.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I fully expect the Trump admin to do something stupid that throws the increasingly fragile Russian economy a lifeboat, which will do nothing but prolong the war.
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Remember when certain morons kept insisting that the Trump was cosying up to Russia as part of a 4D chess move to cause a Sino-Russian split?
Turns out the admin is just incompetent bordering on malicious. Big surprise.
Turns out the admin is just incompetent bordering on malicious. Big surprise.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: “Russia will support China in protecting state unity and territorial integrity in the event of a possible escalation in the Taiwan Strait.”
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember when certain morons kept insisting that the Trump was cosying up to Russia as part of a 4D chess move to cause a Sino-Russian split?
Turns out the admin is just incompetent bordering on malicious. Big surprise.
Turns out the admin is just incompetent bordering on malicious. Big surprise.
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Still kind of baffled by the security guarantees talk, US and EU - people who’ve been watching russia break every single law, kidnap children, loot, rape, torture and kill en masse, bomb cities and blow up dams, occupy NPP for years.
Those people are going to 100% help next time, pinky promise?
Those people are going to 100% help next time, pinky promise?
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Still kind of baffled by the security guarantees talk, US and EU - people who’ve been watching russia break every single law, kidnap children, loot, rape, torture and kill en masse, bomb cities and blow up dams, occupy NPP for years.
Those people are going to 100% help next time, pinky promise?
Those people are going to 100% help next time, pinky promise?
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Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Let’s hope history repeats itself with its successor.
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Let’s hope history repeats itself with its successor.
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historically speaking Russia is a Ukraine DLC not vice versa
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
historically speaking Russia is a Ukraine DLC not vice versa
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Russia violates:
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Russia violates:
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
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When dealing with this mafia version of Realism, coming from a state whose leadership's survival is now tied to perpetual enmity with the UK, opting out is not possible - it's not something we can do anything to change. All the UK can do is to protect itself, together with allies.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When dealing with this mafia version of Realism, coming from a state whose leadership's survival is now tied to perpetual enmity with the UK, opting out is not possible - it's not something we can do anything to change. All the UK can do is to protect itself, together with allies.
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They didn't really. For some reason whenever US bombs a place no one says the victims should give up in case a humiliated USA uses nukes & ends humanity. That only applies to Kremlin, tho we are also reasonable partners who will honor a peace treaty.
Looking at you Venezuela
Looking at you Venezuela
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
They didn't really. For some reason whenever US bombs a place no one says the victims should give up in case a humiliated USA uses nukes & ends humanity. That only applies to Kremlin, tho we are also reasonable partners who will honor a peace treaty.
Looking at you Venezuela
Looking at you Venezuela
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The Ru opposition's level of disconnect from reality is off the charts. They live in their own world where only Pu is to blame and as soon as the shooting stops for 2 secs, Ru would be forgiven and welcomed back w open arms, in Europe, even in Ukr. There's no point in interviewing/engaging w them.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Ru opposition's level of disconnect from reality is off the charts. They live in their own world where only Pu is to blame and as soon as the shooting stops for 2 secs, Ru would be forgiven and welcomed back w open arms, in Europe, even in Ukr. There's no point in interviewing/engaging w them.
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Scoop: A prospective offshore wind developer has announced it will shut its operations in New Zealand by the end of the year, making it the third firm to exit in the past 14 months.
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Offshore wind firm exits NZ as seabed mine seeks consent
An offshore wind developer warned the Taranaki seabed mine would render its planned farm unviable. Now it is closing up shop in NZ.
newsroom.co.nz
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Scoop: A prospective offshore wind developer has announced it will shut its operations in New Zealand by the end of the year, making it the third firm to exit in the past 14 months.
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It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
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Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
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What would it take to meet the NDC domestically? Emissions would need to fall 12% every year to 2030 – more than twice the one-off Covid-19 dip, about equal to the one-off GFC decline. So... five GFCs' worth of emissions cutting.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What would it take to meet the NDC domestically? Emissions would need to fall 12% every year to 2030 – more than twice the one-off Covid-19 dip, about equal to the one-off GFC decline. So... five GFCs' worth of emissions cutting.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
By 2030, NZ would need net zero CO2 and ~30% decline in methane.
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The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda
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There it is. We just reneged on Paris. FYI @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukparliament.parliament.uk
“Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits to meet the 2030 Paris agreement as part of a "performative awards ceremony" even if that meant it would breach its commitment.”
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament
The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
There it is. We just reneged on Paris. FYI @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukparliament.parliament.uk
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Things that Labour will say 'yes' to:
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Things that Labour will say 'yes' to:
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
1. We need 120,000 people unemployed (at least) to stop wages going up by too much.
2. Banks can extract $8bn a year in profits, because that's the price we should pay.
3. The market will eventually deliver affordable energy / food / rent - be patient comrades.
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One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
President Donald Trump’s demand that Ukraine sign a deal by Thanksgiving appears to have softened as he leaves some of the most important details of the peace plan in the hands of his envoys, one of whom was just embroiled in a high-profile phone leak. https://wapo.st/481ZdYG
Trump steps back from Ukraine peace process, sends out envoys
Envoy Steve Witkoff, who in new phone leaks appears to have advised Russia on negotiations, heads to Moscow next week to discuss the peace plan.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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It produces a performative ecosystem. Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop where the performance eclipses reality itself.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It produces a performative ecosystem. Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop where the performance eclipses reality itself.