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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.