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Thos Swans
@thosswans.bsky.social
· Jan 6
UkraineDAO: Innovation, Controversy, and Questions of Accountability
In the aftermath of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a wave of global solidarity gave rise to new fundraising initiatives. Among the notable initiatives was UkraineDAO, a dece...
nafoforum.org
I'm glad I was part of this investigation
➡️ Vitalik Buterin co-founds UDAO.
➡️ UDAO becomes scam with ties to far-right.
➡️ Dima Buterin against sanctions for all russians.
➡️ Vitalik Buterin gives money to convicted criminals that helped russians to avoid sanctions.
nafoforum.org/magazine/ukr...
➡️ Vitalik Buterin co-founds UDAO.
➡️ UDAO becomes scam with ties to far-right.
➡️ Dima Buterin against sanctions for all russians.
➡️ Vitalik Buterin gives money to convicted criminals that helped russians to avoid sanctions.
nafoforum.org/magazine/ukr...
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After Mamdani flew to DC to giggle with Trump, the era of leftists screeching “DO SOMETHING” at Democrats is over, yes?
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
After Mamdani flew to DC to giggle with Trump, the era of leftists screeching “DO SOMETHING” at Democrats is over, yes?
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Here is another video showing police arresting a peaceful protester in Tbilisi on November 22.
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Here is another video showing police arresting a peaceful protester in Tbilisi on November 22.
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
#TerrorinGeorgia
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Today we remember those starved to death by Soviet Russia during Holodomor, and history does repeat itself indeed: these photos are of UN World Food Program warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine, after Russian drones attacked this Thursday .
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today we remember those starved to death by Soviet Russia during Holodomor, and history does repeat itself indeed: these photos are of UN World Food Program warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine, after Russian drones attacked this Thursday .
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❤️🩹Sharing absolutely great news : 31 Ukrainians returned back home from from captivity in Belarus.
Some are in severe health conditions severely ill.
The youngest is 18.
Some are in severe health conditions severely ill.
The youngest is 18.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
❤️🩹Sharing absolutely great news : 31 Ukrainians returned back home from from captivity in Belarus.
Some are in severe health conditions severely ill.
The youngest is 18.
Some are in severe health conditions severely ill.
The youngest is 18.
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The absurdity of the 28 point paper gets another twist.
US State Deputy Spokesman Tommy Pigott called the bipartisan group of US Senators, including Republican Senator Mike Rounds, liars.
This US administration has completely lost its plot, if it ever existed. Total chaos.
US State Deputy Spokesman Tommy Pigott called the bipartisan group of US Senators, including Republican Senator Mike Rounds, liars.
This US administration has completely lost its plot, if it ever existed. Total chaos.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The absurdity of the 28 point paper gets another twist.
US State Deputy Spokesman Tommy Pigott called the bipartisan group of US Senators, including Republican Senator Mike Rounds, liars.
This US administration has completely lost its plot, if it ever existed. Total chaos.
US State Deputy Spokesman Tommy Pigott called the bipartisan group of US Senators, including Republican Senator Mike Rounds, liars.
This US administration has completely lost its plot, if it ever existed. Total chaos.
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The so-called peace plan rewards Russian aggression and dignifies Kremlin propaganda about “Nazis in Ukraine” and “NATO expansion.”
Even its proposed security guarantees could be neutralized by a Russian false-flag operation on its own territory - we know they did it before
Even its proposed security guarantees could be neutralized by a Russian false-flag operation on its own territory - we know they did it before
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The so-called peace plan rewards Russian aggression and dignifies Kremlin propaganda about “Nazis in Ukraine” and “NATO expansion.”
Even its proposed security guarantees could be neutralized by a Russian false-flag operation on its own territory - we know they did it before
Even its proposed security guarantees could be neutralized by a Russian false-flag operation on its own territory - we know they did it before
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This is a small thing, but the media needs to stop talking as if Trump has unfettered capacity to force Ukraine into anything. He is trying to. That’s all.
Ukraine’s staunchest allies held emergency talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa in an attempt to stop Donald Trump forcing Kyiv to hand swathes of territory to Russia in a lopsided peace deal.
Ukraine’s allies rush to counter Trump’s ‘non-starter’ peace plan
Leaders of the EU, Britain and other Kyiv allies voice ‘concern’ at U.S.’s proposed peace deal with Russia.
www.politico.eu
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is a small thing, but the media needs to stop talking as if Trump has unfettered capacity to force Ukraine into anything. He is trying to. That’s all.
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Look at what the Trump admin has done to the official White House website.
Split Screen: ‘MySafeSpace’ and the Collapse of whitehouse.gov
Visual language is never neutral. It shapes our subconscious understanding of power, legitimacy, and identity.
contrarian.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Look at what the Trump admin has done to the official White House website.
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🔴Does 🇪🇺 want a war with 🇷🇺?
👉No.
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe.
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦.
Anything less is an open invitation for this war to grow.
👉No.
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe.
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦.
Anything less is an open invitation for this war to grow.
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🔴Does 🇪🇺 want a war with 🇷🇺?
👉No.
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe.
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦.
Anything less is an open invitation for this war to grow.
👉No.
🔴Does 🇷🇺 want a war with 🇪🇺?
👉The question is moot: the moscow-centered terror enterprise is already waging war in/on Europe.
🔴If 🇪🇺 wants to avoid a wider war, there is only one path: stop the aggressor in 🇺🇦.
Anything less is an open invitation for this war to grow.
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Former hostage Omer Shem Tov, held for 505 days in Hamas captivity, was starved by Hamas while they forced him to haul hundreds of UN aid boxes into tunnels. He saw no lack of food in Gaza. “If there was starvation, it was caused by Hamas.”
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Former hostage Omer Shem Tov, held for 505 days in Hamas captivity, was starved by Hamas while they forced him to haul hundreds of UN aid boxes into tunnels. He saw no lack of food in Gaza. “If there was starvation, it was caused by Hamas.”
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I post about antisemitism at UCLA & receive the reply (screenshot)
Every time a ✡️ posts about antisemitism someone volunteers to be the example
Zionism is the belief that✡️ have a right to self determination in our ancestral homeland which is 🇮🇱
AntiZionism IS Antisemitism & antisemitism is racist
Every time a ✡️ posts about antisemitism someone volunteers to be the example
Zionism is the belief that✡️ have a right to self determination in our ancestral homeland which is 🇮🇱
AntiZionism IS Antisemitism & antisemitism is racist
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I post about antisemitism at UCLA & receive the reply (screenshot)
Every time a ✡️ posts about antisemitism someone volunteers to be the example
Zionism is the belief that✡️ have a right to self determination in our ancestral homeland which is 🇮🇱
AntiZionism IS Antisemitism & antisemitism is racist
Every time a ✡️ posts about antisemitism someone volunteers to be the example
Zionism is the belief that✡️ have a right to self determination in our ancestral homeland which is 🇮🇱
AntiZionism IS Antisemitism & antisemitism is racist
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Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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Maybe you could have looked up the account to see if this is real.
- She said she made a fake / trolling post and she’s American.
x.com/MaryTilesTex...
- She said this 15 hours before your post.
- Now 13,000 people on Bluesky believe you.
- Also the new account info is still being rolled out.
- She said she made a fake / trolling post and she’s American.
x.com/MaryTilesTex...
- She said this 15 hours before your post.
- Now 13,000 people on Bluesky believe you.
- Also the new account info is still being rolled out.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Maybe you could have looked up the account to see if this is real.
- She said she made a fake / trolling post and she’s American.
x.com/MaryTilesTex...
- She said this 15 hours before your post.
- Now 13,000 people on Bluesky believe you.
- Also the new account info is still being rolled out.
- She said she made a fake / trolling post and she’s American.
x.com/MaryTilesTex...
- She said this 15 hours before your post.
- Now 13,000 people on Bluesky believe you.
- Also the new account info is still being rolled out.
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Useful @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis of Trump proposal on Russia, skewering it point-by-point in an easily digestible way:
www.arcdigital.media/p/trump-and-...
www.arcdigital.media/p/trump-and-...
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
The joint U.S.-Russia proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, taken point-by-point
www.arcdigital.media
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Useful @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis of Trump proposal on Russia, skewering it point-by-point in an easily digestible way:
www.arcdigital.media/p/trump-and-...
www.arcdigital.media/p/trump-and-...
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Additionally SKMedia aka SpaghettiKozak aka J.P. Slovjanski aka James Swierczewski aka James Solomon aka Jim Kovpak was (or even still is) a frequent poster on the neo-nazi forum "Stormfront" and started his "journalism career" in russia.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Additionally SKMedia aka SpaghettiKozak aka J.P. Slovjanski aka James Swierczewski aka James Solomon aka Jim Kovpak was (or even still is) a frequent poster on the neo-nazi forum "Stormfront" and started his "journalism career" in russia.
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Both of these accs were promoted as "Ukrainian voices" by the NAFO community and as "NAFO OGs"
Both accounts were created in russia and have a history of sharing disinformation and attacking Ukraine supporters with smear/FIMI campaigns, for example against the Georgian Legion and their supporters.
Both accounts were created in russia and have a history of sharing disinformation and attacking Ukraine supporters with smear/FIMI campaigns, for example against the Georgian Legion and their supporters.
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Both of these accs were promoted as "Ukrainian voices" by the NAFO community and as "NAFO OGs"
Both accounts were created in russia and have a history of sharing disinformation and attacking Ukraine supporters with smear/FIMI campaigns, for example against the Georgian Legion and their supporters.
Both accounts were created in russia and have a history of sharing disinformation and attacking Ukraine supporters with smear/FIMI campaigns, for example against the Georgian Legion and their supporters.
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By insinuating that Park East Synagogue was violating international law, Mamdani was laundering the lies and libel of a hate group.
#Antisemitism
#Mamdani
open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...
#Antisemitism
#Mamdani
open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...
Zohran Mamdani Sides with the Anti-Israel Mob
In our latest editorial: the New York mayor-elect’s statement on the chaos at Park East Synagogue is an ominous sign of things to come.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
By insinuating that Park East Synagogue was violating international law, Mamdani was laundering the lies and libel of a hate group.
#Antisemitism
#Mamdani
open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...
#Antisemitism
#Mamdani
open.substack.com/pub/bariweis...
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Ukraine needs us right now.. we need Ukraine. They exist, they're fellow human beings who just want to live their lives and have the right to continue doing so, without living under fire, day in day out.
All hands on deck..
All hands on deck..
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Ukraine needs us right now.. we need Ukraine. They exist, they're fellow human beings who just want to live their lives and have the right to continue doing so, without living under fire, day in day out.
All hands on deck..
All hands on deck..
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Dopamine addiction is a real thing
Don't let it happen to you. It's one helluva habit to break.
Be free, like the butterfly 😻🦋
Don't let it happen to you. It's one helluva habit to break.
Be free, like the butterfly 😻🦋
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Dopamine addiction is a real thing
Don't let it happen to you. It's one helluva habit to break.
Be free, like the butterfly 😻🦋
Don't let it happen to you. It's one helluva habit to break.
Be free, like the butterfly 😻🦋
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‘The De Facto Beheading of Russian Propaganda Operations in Europe and Africa’
Based on intel received a year ago, Europe is taking action against Russian propaganda superspreaders
Based on intel received a year ago, Europe is taking action against Russian propaganda superspreaders
‘The De Facto Beheading of Russian Propaganda Operations in Europe and Africa’
Based on intel received a year ago, Europe is taking action against Russian propaganda superspreaders
www.bettedangerous.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
‘The De Facto Beheading of Russian Propaganda Operations in Europe and Africa’
Based on intel received a year ago, Europe is taking action against Russian propaganda superspreaders
Based on intel received a year ago, Europe is taking action against Russian propaganda superspreaders
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🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.
”The situation is tense” – How Orbán has tried overcome Fidesz’s internal crisis - Direkt36
Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán launched his spring offensive against Magyar and how this caused tensions within the government.
www.direkt36.hu
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.
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Russia’s Shadow War Won’t Stay Hidden Forever | "Poland’s Prime Minister has accused Russia of an “unprecedented act of sabotage” against its rail system, the latest in a wave of attacks attributed to the Kremlin’s shadow war." Heine Brekke
Russia’s Shadow War Won’t Stay Hidden Forever
Poland’s prime minister accused Russia of an “act of sabotage”, the latest in a wave of attacks attributed to the Kremlin’s shadow war.
cepa.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Russia’s Shadow War Won’t Stay Hidden Forever | "Poland’s Prime Minister has accused Russia of an “unprecedented act of sabotage” against its rail system, the latest in a wave of attacks attributed to the Kremlin’s shadow war." Heine Brekke
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PLEASE JOIN OUR HOLODOMOR REMEMBRANCE—Bette's Speakeasy Series with Tetiana Boriak
Bette Members—Please register for our series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, who returns Sun, Nov. 23, and Sun, Nov. 30 for lessons on the Holodomor and Executed Renaissance
Bette Members—Please register for our series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, who returns Sun, Nov. 23, and Sun, Nov. 30 for lessons on the Holodomor and Executed Renaissance
PLEASE JOIN OUR HOLODOMOR REMEMBRANCE: Bette's Speakeasy Series with Tetiana Boriak — Register for two events
Bette members—please register for our Speakeasy series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, who returns Sunday, Nov. 23, and Sunday, Nov. 30 for lessons on the Holodomor and Executed Renaissance
www.bettedangerous.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
PLEASE JOIN OUR HOLODOMOR REMEMBRANCE—Bette's Speakeasy Series with Tetiana Boriak
Bette Members—Please register for our series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, who returns Sun, Nov. 23, and Sun, Nov. 30 for lessons on the Holodomor and Executed Renaissance
Bette Members—Please register for our series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, who returns Sun, Nov. 23, and Sun, Nov. 30 for lessons on the Holodomor and Executed Renaissance
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It’s not just Zelensky under pressure.
Russia is bleeding economically, and Ukraine’s deep strikes are working.
Moscow knows it will get worse, so it uses Trump to pressure Kyiv into accepting Russia’s maximalist demands
Russia is bleeding economically, and Ukraine’s deep strikes are working.
Moscow knows it will get worse, so it uses Trump to pressure Kyiv into accepting Russia’s maximalist demands
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It’s not just Zelensky under pressure.
Russia is bleeding economically, and Ukraine’s deep strikes are working.
Moscow knows it will get worse, so it uses Trump to pressure Kyiv into accepting Russia’s maximalist demands
Russia is bleeding economically, and Ukraine’s deep strikes are working.
Moscow knows it will get worse, so it uses Trump to pressure Kyiv into accepting Russia’s maximalist demands