Summa Perplexitas
@sperplexitas.bsky.social
Increasingly intolerant of the intolerant.
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Why does the Russian army's brutal culture go unchecked?
Why does the Russian army's brutal culture go unchecked? – DW – 11/15/2025
The Russian army has a reputation for murdering, torturing and treating its own recruits terribly. How does such behavior become acceptable in a military?
www.dw.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Why does the Russian army's brutal culture go unchecked?
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Russians hit the Dnipro warehouse of one of the country's two largest pharmaceutical distributors, Optima-Pharm.
Russian bombing campaigns now target food and pharmaceutical warehouses, clearly intending to cause a humanitarian disaster.
Russian bombing campaigns now target food and pharmaceutical warehouses, clearly intending to cause a humanitarian disaster.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russians hit the Dnipro warehouse of one of the country's two largest pharmaceutical distributors, Optima-Pharm.
Russian bombing campaigns now target food and pharmaceutical warehouses, clearly intending to cause a humanitarian disaster.
Russian bombing campaigns now target food and pharmaceutical warehouses, clearly intending to cause a humanitarian disaster.
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🌹L'Espanya plural i federal que els socialistes catalans, valencians i balears reivindiquen a Palma
✍️ Crònica de Miquel Payeras
www.eltemps.cat/article/6672...
✍️ Crònica de Miquel Payeras
www.eltemps.cat/article/6672...
Cimera socialista balear, valenciana i catalana a Palma
Dues jornades —dijous i divendres— de feina a Palma entre les cúpules del PSIB-PSOE, PSPV-PSOE i PSC deixaren com a resultat concret el document titulat «Construint futur des de la cooperació», a trav...
www.eltemps.cat
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🌹L'Espanya plural i federal que els socialistes catalans, valencians i balears reivindiquen a Palma
✍️ Crònica de Miquel Payeras
www.eltemps.cat/article/6672...
✍️ Crònica de Miquel Payeras
www.eltemps.cat/article/6672...
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Yakutsk, which produces over 90% of Russia’s diamonds, along with gold, uranium, and countless other valuable resources, could have become a Northern Dubai, with a standard of living surpassing Norway’s.
Instead, Yakutsk is stuck in full Soviet decay: people stand in between fences, queuing in
Instead, Yakutsk is stuck in full Soviet decay: people stand in between fences, queuing in
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yakutsk, which produces over 90% of Russia’s diamonds, along with gold, uranium, and countless other valuable resources, could have become a Northern Dubai, with a standard of living surpassing Norway’s.
Instead, Yakutsk is stuck in full Soviet decay: people stand in between fences, queuing in
Instead, Yakutsk is stuck in full Soviet decay: people stand in between fences, queuing in
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This morning, a plane flying from Vladivostok to Blagoveshchensk lost part of its fuselage mid‑flight. It was forced to make an emergency landing.
When will russians understand that spending money on war and propaganda instead of their own infrastructure isn't a good strategy?
When will russians understand that spending money on war and propaganda instead of their own infrastructure isn't a good strategy?
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This morning, a plane flying from Vladivostok to Blagoveshchensk lost part of its fuselage mid‑flight. It was forced to make an emergency landing.
When will russians understand that spending money on war and propaganda instead of their own infrastructure isn't a good strategy?
When will russians understand that spending money on war and propaganda instead of their own infrastructure isn't a good strategy?
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What James Watson chiefly learned at university was that most scientists were stupid and that you could leapfrog over your peers by pursuing an idea that was thought too far ahead of its time. We remember the scientist
James Watson was stunned by the beauty of the double helix
The biologist and co-discoverer of DNA’s structure died on November 6th, aged 97
econ.st
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What James Watson chiefly learned at university was that most scientists were stupid and that you could leapfrog over your peers by pursuing an idea that was thought too far ahead of its time. We remember the scientist
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Ojalá hubiera en España algún escritor y experiodista que lleve toda su vida hablando de lo jodido que fue Sarajevo para poder preguntarle qué sabe de todo esto. Ojalá fuera alguien suficientemente bien conectado como para haber podido acceder a este tipo de información desde hace años.
Parece que la policía italiana ya tiene una lista con nombres de millonarios que pagaron por ir a matar gente a Sarajevo. Además de italianos hay españoles.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ojalá hubiera en España algún escritor y experiodista que lleve toda su vida hablando de lo jodido que fue Sarajevo para poder preguntarle qué sabe de todo esto. Ojalá fuera alguien suficientemente bien conectado como para haber podido acceder a este tipo de información desde hace años.
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❗️ The prosecutor's office took up the investigation into the escape of lions from the center in Khmelnytskyi
🦁 Footage of a lion on the streets of Khmelnytskyi is spreading online
🦁 Footage of a lion on the streets of Khmelnytskyi is spreading online
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
❗️ The prosecutor's office took up the investigation into the escape of lions from the center in Khmelnytskyi
🦁 Footage of a lion on the streets of Khmelnytskyi is spreading online
🦁 Footage of a lion on the streets of Khmelnytskyi is spreading online
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Must read. Worth the time but hard to digest. Just scary.
⚡️Incredible dossier by French Sovietologist/historian Françoise Thom, exploring the 🇷🇺Soviet/Russian angle of late financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s sordid activities and connections to late mogul Robert Maxwell in detail. This looks far greater than mere „kompromat“ gathering... A long read, but worth it.
Cesspool and Chaos: the Russian Connection in the Epstein Affair - European Security
In this explosive article, French historian Françoise Thom highlights the close relationship between the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and the father of his accomplice Ghislaine, Robert Maxwell, the ...
european-security.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Must read. Worth the time but hard to digest. Just scary.
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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¿Os acordáis de cuando lo de no poder fumarle en la cara a la gente o perder puntos del carnet si conducías mal iba a ser el fin del mundo?
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
¿Os acordáis de cuando lo de no poder fumarle en la cara a la gente o perder puntos del carnet si conducías mal iba a ser el fin del mundo?
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Mon enquête sur la seule institution jusqu'ici au dessus de tout soupçon...
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
La médiatrice de l’Union européenne, Teresa Anjinho, au cœur de soupçons de népotisme
En nommant son chef de cabinet secrétaire général de ses services au terme d'une procédure qu’elle a contrôlée de bout en bout, la Portugaise prête le flanc aux accusations de conflit d’intérêts.
www.liberation.fr
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Mon enquête sur la seule institution jusqu'ici au dessus de tout soupçon...
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
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“For Europe’s diplomats, that surge raises more than budgetary questions. It challenges the story the bloc has long told itself about who guards its security. And that question is making the rounds in Brussels, where officials are wondering how “European” Germany’s buildup will really be”
Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance
As Berlin again becomes Europe’s leading military power, Paris and Warsaw face a massive political shift.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“For Europe’s diplomats, that surge raises more than budgetary questions. It challenges the story the bloc has long told itself about who guards its security. And that question is making the rounds in Brussels, where officials are wondering how “European” Germany’s buildup will really be”
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Also regrettable that Ger treats it as national issue, over a European. If they had done more with France, Italy, Poland, UK& under EU banner, it would be less of a threat.
Due to Ger share of EUr defence, it can make or break common EUr projects.
This applies to all Coordinate & compromise on arms.
Due to Ger share of EUr defence, it can make or break common EUr projects.
This applies to all Coordinate & compromise on arms.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Also regrettable that Ger treats it as national issue, over a European. If they had done more with France, Italy, Poland, UK& under EU banner, it would be less of a threat.
Due to Ger share of EUr defence, it can make or break common EUr projects.
This applies to all Coordinate & compromise on arms.
Due to Ger share of EUr defence, it can make or break common EUr projects.
This applies to all Coordinate & compromise on arms.
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Its getting much better. Patriot is hard to understand, when SAMP/T has proven better in Ukraine, as per French generals testimony, is cheaper. Assembly of Pa missiles in EU is not Eur production.
The other is Arrow 3 made by a genocidal state. If there is no Eur sys, we should make it.
🇩🇪🇪🇺
#EUdef
The other is Arrow 3 made by a genocidal state. If there is no Eur sys, we should make it.
🇩🇪🇪🇺
#EUdef
“For Europe’s diplomats, that surge raises more than budgetary questions. It challenges the story the bloc has long told itself about who guards its security. And that question is making the rounds in Brussels, where officials are wondering how “European” Germany’s buildup will really be”
Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance
As Berlin again becomes Europe’s leading military power, Paris and Warsaw face a massive political shift.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Its getting much better. Patriot is hard to understand, when SAMP/T has proven better in Ukraine, as per French generals testimony, is cheaper. Assembly of Pa missiles in EU is not Eur production.
The other is Arrow 3 made by a genocidal state. If there is no Eur sys, we should make it.
🇩🇪🇪🇺
#EUdef
The other is Arrow 3 made by a genocidal state. If there is no Eur sys, we should make it.
🇩🇪🇪🇺
#EUdef
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My advice to EU ministers, Commissioners and officials planning on attending #EU Presidency meetings in Ireland between July and December 2026 is..
Unless #Ireland guarantees adequate NATO-standard air #defence cover against Russian drone threats..
DON'T!
🧵 #security #speirgorm #spéirgorm #civmil
Unless #Ireland guarantees adequate NATO-standard air #defence cover against Russian drone threats..
DON'T!
🧵 #security #speirgorm #spéirgorm #civmil
Former Attorney General Senator Michael McDowell can raise whatever "constitutional questions" he likes, but it makes no difference: EU Presidency events require protection against Russian drone threats (or worse) and the Irish Defence Forces are incapable of providing that. #spéirghorm #spéirgorm
Using foreign ship to police major summit raises constitutional questions, former AG says
The state’s ability to adequately secure major EU Presidency events has come under the spotlight
www.thejournal.ie
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
My advice to EU ministers, Commissioners and officials planning on attending #EU Presidency meetings in Ireland between July and December 2026 is..
Unless #Ireland guarantees adequate NATO-standard air #defence cover against Russian drone threats..
DON'T!
🧵 #security #speirgorm #spéirgorm #civmil
Unless #Ireland guarantees adequate NATO-standard air #defence cover against Russian drone threats..
DON'T!
🧵 #security #speirgorm #spéirgorm #civmil
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You know what has already happened in Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and elsewhere: suspected Russian drones closing down airports, buzzing power plants, army bases, ports and other critical infrastructure.
Such drones can be armed. Therefore, EU events require full air defence.
Such drones can be armed. Therefore, EU events require full air defence.
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
You know what has already happened in Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and elsewhere: suspected Russian drones closing down airports, buzzing power plants, army bases, ports and other critical infrastructure.
Such drones can be armed. Therefore, EU events require full air defence.
Such drones can be armed. Therefore, EU events require full air defence.
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The old joke about the primary international response to war crimes, aggression and atrocities by Russia being a strongly worded tweet was never actually a joke.
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The old joke about the primary international response to war crimes, aggression and atrocities by Russia being a strongly worded tweet was never actually a joke.
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Let's be clear-eyed about what this is.
The United States is pushing for regime change in Europe, supporting the far right in their efforts to take power in the next elections. As a result, they're polling in 1st place in Germany, France & UK
And our centrist leaders pretend it's not happening.
The United States is pushing for regime change in Europe, supporting the far right in their efforts to take power in the next elections. As a result, they're polling in 1st place in Germany, France & UK
And our centrist leaders pretend it's not happening.
America is pursuing regime change in Europe
The far-right candidate won yesterday's presidential election in Poland, thanks at least in part to help from the Trump regime. Centrist EU governments need to realise America wants them out.
davekeating.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Let's be clear-eyed about what this is.
The United States is pushing for regime change in Europe, supporting the far right in their efforts to take power in the next elections. As a result, they're polling in 1st place in Germany, France & UK
And our centrist leaders pretend it's not happening.
The United States is pushing for regime change in Europe, supporting the far right in their efforts to take power in the next elections. As a result, they're polling in 1st place in Germany, France & UK
And our centrist leaders pretend it's not happening.
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🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
🧵👇
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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When Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sneered at EU support for Ukraine and told students who defended it to “go fight there”, they simply stood up and walked out. In one quiet, powerful gesture, these young people showed more moral courage than the man leading their country.💙💛
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
When Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sneered at EU support for Ukraine and told students who defended it to “go fight there”, they simply stood up and walked out. In one quiet, powerful gesture, these young people showed more moral courage than the man leading their country.💙💛
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Lethargy has become Europe’s strategic flaw, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
From climate to defence, inertia could be the EU’s undoing
Europe’s strategic reports are filled with urgent calls for speed and agility. But amid fierce global competition, Europe is still lecturing while other major players deliver results…
ecfr.eu
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Lethargy has become Europe’s strategic flaw, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
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Airlines in the US must refund passengers for canceled flights, but are not required to compensate customers for delays. The European Union, Canada, Brazil and Britain all have airline delay compensation rules.
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Airlines in the US must refund passengers for canceled flights, but are not required to compensate customers for delays. The European Union, Canada, Brazil and Britain all have airline delay compensation rules.
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
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53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.