Simple Slav
@simpleslav.bsky.social
Slavic person living in the EU, attempting to blend in by being grumpy.
russia sends a message to Azerbaijan.
A bold strategy.
A bold strategy.
Putin has to apologize yet again to Aliyev. Perhaps Azeris should request more forceful solutions?
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
russia sends a message to Azerbaijan.
A bold strategy.
A bold strategy.
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I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
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Americans aren’t loving it, but billionaires know that there’s also nothing Americans can do about it.
(Though, to be fair, they _could_ invest in lobbying, in theory…)
(Though, to be fair, they _could_ invest in lobbying, in theory…)
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
Americans Want Billionaires Out Of Politics—And Think They’re A Threat To Democracy, Poll Shows
Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Americans aren’t loving it, but billionaires know that there’s also nothing Americans can do about it.
(Though, to be fair, they _could_ invest in lobbying, in theory…)
(Though, to be fair, they _could_ invest in lobbying, in theory…)
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All oil operations at the port of Novorossiysk have been halted. This is reported by Reuters. It comes only three days after the latest Ukrainian strike against oil infrastructure in neighboring Tuapse.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
All oil operations at the port of Novorossiysk have been halted. This is reported by Reuters. It comes only three days after the latest Ukrainian strike against oil infrastructure in neighboring Tuapse.
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Great article about reforms inside russian MoD.
Rather than promoting militocracy —at least in the MOD today —we see a growing cohort of civilian background leadership emerging to steer the vast ship of Russia’s military-fiscal state.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/10/d...
Rather than promoting militocracy —at least in the MOD today —we see a growing cohort of civilian background leadership emerging to steer the vast ship of Russia’s military-fiscal state.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/10/d...
Russia's Defense Ministry Is Undergoing Generational Change - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Debates about Russia’s internal authoritarian politics have long been defined by questions over the relative importance of security or military elites compared to their civilian counterparts...
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Great article about reforms inside russian MoD.
Rather than promoting militocracy —at least in the MOD today —we see a growing cohort of civilian background leadership emerging to steer the vast ship of Russia’s military-fiscal state.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/10/d...
Rather than promoting militocracy —at least in the MOD today —we see a growing cohort of civilian background leadership emerging to steer the vast ship of Russia’s military-fiscal state.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/10/d...
TIL: Western AI companies are all actually based in the PRC.
You really think intellectual property theft is a legitimate 'business model'? Perhaps you should move to PRC to live your dream 😂
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
TIL: Western AI companies are all actually based in the PRC.
Happens when you keep educating/producing industrial workers but there are only 10 billion people in the world and they don’t need a new cell phone or computer every 6 months, I guess? 🤷♂️
Pretty much every cell phone or computer company here now has a line of high- end EV’s. This is a very different business model from a traditional car company.
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happens when you keep educating/producing industrial workers but there are only 10 billion people in the world and they don’t need a new cell phone or computer every 6 months, I guess? 🤷♂️
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New hip insult you'll be hearing everywhere soon:
"Was this made by Al?"
Especially effective when mentioned while watching a film (especially a big budget one) or listening to the new release of a song (preferably by a big pop star).
"Was this made by Al?"
Especially effective when mentioned while watching a film (especially a big budget one) or listening to the new release of a song (preferably by a big pop star).
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New hip insult you'll be hearing everywhere soon:
"Was this made by Al?"
Especially effective when mentioned while watching a film (especially a big budget one) or listening to the new release of a song (preferably by a big pop star).
"Was this made by Al?"
Especially effective when mentioned while watching a film (especially a big budget one) or listening to the new release of a song (preferably by a big pop star).
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Now they've banned Patton Oswalt for this pattonoswalt.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Now they've banned Patton Oswalt for this pattonoswalt.bsky.social
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BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
BlueSky could have shared a screenshot of my tweet showing the Oct 10 timestamp and that I was using Johnny Cash lyrics to quote-tweet about an article on Johnny Cash. Instead, they made it look like I issued a random death threat and falsely claimed I posted it this week. They should apologize.
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
Island = Pizza Hawaii
The logical explanation is Epstein at al are embarrassed about how much they like pizza so they’re speaking in code
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Island = Pizza Hawaii
Western escalation management in action:
1. Total control over the russian people and maximum increase in weapons production.
2. Building a global "anti-Western axis" including Iran, North Korea, China, and unfriendly regimes in Africa and Asia.
3. Preparing for offensive actions in Europe.
2. Building a global "anti-Western axis" including Iran, North Korea, China, and unfriendly regimes in Africa and Asia.
3. Preparing for offensive actions in Europe.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Western escalation management in action:
Western escalation management:
Russia has begun using long-range, jam-proof drones controlled by fiber-optic cables to threaten Ukrainian logistics.
The 50-km range exceeds what most known fiber-optic drones can achieve on the battlefield.
www.businessinsider.com/unjammable-r...
The 50-km range exceeds what most known fiber-optic drones can achieve on the battlefield.
www.businessinsider.com/unjammable-r...
Russia's unjammable drones are now long-range, and Ukraine's logistics are in danger
Russia is now using fiber-optic drones with a 50-kilometer reach, a senior Ukrainian official told Business Insider.
www.businessinsider.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Western escalation management:
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„According to Chinese academics, economists and retired military officers, the country’s leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump’s America First agenda. In fact, as they see it, the US president is ushering in a world that Chinese strategists have long been preparing for.“ - Marc Leonard
What Chinese leaders really think of Trump
According to Chinese academics, economists and retired military officers, the country’s leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump’s America First agenda. In fact, as they see it…
ecfr.eu
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
„According to Chinese academics, economists and retired military officers, the country’s leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump’s America First agenda. In fact, as they see it, the US president is ushering in a world that Chinese strategists have long been preparing for.“ - Marc Leonard
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I'm thinking of all the nasty stuff in Chomsky's record.
Denying the Cambodian genocide. Supporting Milosevic. Denying the Bosnian genocide. Undermining anti-Communist dissidents in Western academia. Cheering the death of Venezuelan democracy. Spreading Russian propaganda.
This is long overdue.
Denying the Cambodian genocide. Supporting Milosevic. Denying the Bosnian genocide. Undermining anti-Communist dissidents in Western academia. Cheering the death of Venezuelan democracy. Spreading Russian propaganda.
This is long overdue.
Can't wait to see him whatabout this one.
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm thinking of all the nasty stuff in Chomsky's record.
Denying the Cambodian genocide. Supporting Milosevic. Denying the Bosnian genocide. Undermining anti-Communist dissidents in Western academia. Cheering the death of Venezuelan democracy. Spreading Russian propaganda.
This is long overdue.
Denying the Cambodian genocide. Supporting Milosevic. Denying the Bosnian genocide. Undermining anti-Communist dissidents in Western academia. Cheering the death of Venezuelan democracy. Spreading Russian propaganda.
This is long overdue.
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For the last 30 years, throughout much of Western academia there have been a lot of leftwing academics who sidelined, belittled, and tried to lecture over scholars and dissidents of former communist countries, on the topic of communist tyranny. I think this is gradually coming to an end.
Chomsky is terrible. We chastise the "right" for not listening to experts, but here the far-left has been listening to a linguist about foreign policy and economics. It's ridiculous. He uses big words and seems to say the right things about "wealthy people bad"... then he's best buds with Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For the last 30 years, throughout much of Western academia there have been a lot of leftwing academics who sidelined, belittled, and tried to lecture over scholars and dissidents of former communist countries, on the topic of communist tyranny. I think this is gradually coming to an end.
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Wer auch immer beim @falter.at sich diese Überschrift ausgedacht hat:
Danke! Das ist jedenfalls der Lacher des Tages!
(Gefolgt von der Tagespresse mit „Harald Mahrer steht der Champagner bis zum Hals.“)
Danke! Das ist jedenfalls der Lacher des Tages!
(Gefolgt von der Tagespresse mit „Harald Mahrer steht der Champagner bis zum Hals.“)
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wer auch immer beim @falter.at sich diese Überschrift ausgedacht hat:
Danke! Das ist jedenfalls der Lacher des Tages!
(Gefolgt von der Tagespresse mit „Harald Mahrer steht der Champagner bis zum Hals.“)
Danke! Das ist jedenfalls der Lacher des Tages!
(Gefolgt von der Tagespresse mit „Harald Mahrer steht der Champagner bis zum Hals.“)
So, Vienna’s debt are a cool 15 billion.
Means more energy price raises in the future, I guess.
Means more energy price raises in the future, I guess.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
So, Vienna’s debt are a cool 15 billion.
Means more energy price raises in the future, I guess.
Means more energy price raises in the future, I guess.
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Ein 350 Millionen schweres Steuergeschenk für die Luftverkehrsindustrie raushauen, das Bahnfahrende mit der Verteuerung des Deutschlandtickets querfinanzieren. Chapeau: Das ist Robin Hood rückwärts bei gleichzeitiger Klimazerstörung.
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ein 350 Millionen schweres Steuergeschenk für die Luftverkehrsindustrie raushauen, das Bahnfahrende mit der Verteuerung des Deutschlandtickets querfinanzieren. Chapeau: Das ist Robin Hood rückwärts bei gleichzeitiger Klimazerstörung.
Very good. 👍
Mission accomplished: Ukraine’s strikes on Novorossiysk forced the port to suspend oil exports, and Transneft has temporarily halted crude deliveries to the site, according to Reuters. A major blow to Russia’s Black Sea logistics and energy infrastructure.
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Very good. 👍
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A perfect spot for a bench, in my opinion
#photography #landscapephotography #norway #coastline #boathouse #fjord #autumncolors #stavanger
#photography #landscapephotography #norway #coastline #boathouse #fjord #autumncolors #stavanger
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A perfect spot for a bench, in my opinion
#photography #landscapephotography #norway #coastline #boathouse #fjord #autumncolors #stavanger
#photography #landscapephotography #norway #coastline #boathouse #fjord #autumncolors #stavanger
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Vivaldi Desktop 7.7 is out today, for anyone who prefers a browser without planet-burning plagiarism-fulled Generative "A.I." inserting itself between them and the Web. vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
Vivaldi 7.7: less friction, more control | Vivaldi Browser
This release brings together features that have been carefully refined based on what you’ve told us matters most: seamless access to your tabs across desktops, a unified Start Page that finally…
vivaldi.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Vivaldi Desktop 7.7 is out today, for anyone who prefers a browser without planet-burning plagiarism-fulled Generative "A.I." inserting itself between them and the Web. vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
The whole point of deregulation in the United States is to screw people over, absolve corporations of their (even contractual) obligations and to have lawyers something to do.
It might take 10 years more for people to reach a breaking point, I think. Without Republicans going insane would be 20+.
It might take 10 years more for people to reach a breaking point, I think. Without Republicans going insane would be 20+.
I wonder how many billions of dollars a year is wasted in the US just fighting with health insurance deductible/copay/approval/coverage lies.
Like, there's a whole apparatus at every level employing probably tens of thousands of people just to fight on either side of that scam
Like, there's a whole apparatus at every level employing probably tens of thousands of people just to fight on either side of that scam
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The whole point of deregulation in the United States is to screw people over, absolve corporations of their (even contractual) obligations and to have lawyers something to do.
It might take 10 years more for people to reach a breaking point, I think. Without Republicans going insane would be 20+.
It might take 10 years more for people to reach a breaking point, I think. Without Republicans going insane would be 20+.