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Welp, there goes the US defense industry.
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Welp, there goes the US defense industry.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
A pro-Russian MP asks the PM of Estonia why when he uses Google, he is shown ads for "same-sex sex toys" and "swingers clubs."
PM Kristen Michal then explains how the Internet works. Algorithms track your prior activity and customize ads to display your interests.
PM Kristen Michal then explains how the Internet works. Algorithms track your prior activity and customize ads to display your interests.
March 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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“From within the worldwide windowless enclosure of the neoliberal order, the circuits of historical memory are frying, history itself has begun to break apart, and the end of the end may be in sight.”
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social’s reflections on Trump 1.0 made new again:
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social’s reflections on Trump 1.0 made new again:
The End of the End of History - Boston Review
What does it mean to live in a world in which history has rusted under the monstrous weight of the permanent now?
www.bostonreview.net
February 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“From within the worldwide windowless enclosure of the neoliberal order, the circuits of historical memory are frying, history itself has begun to break apart, and the end of the end may be in sight.”
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social’s reflections on Trump 1.0 made new again:
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social’s reflections on Trump 1.0 made new again:
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The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
February 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
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The function of Trump’s hyperactive 100 ideas a day governance is that it makes voters think that the theatrics of leadership, media parades, viral clips are actually politics and take the place of institutions and constitutions.
February 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The function of Trump’s hyperactive 100 ideas a day governance is that it makes voters think that the theatrics of leadership, media parades, viral clips are actually politics and take the place of institutions and constitutions.
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Ukraine is crippling the Russian economy with daily strikes. In January alone, two-thirds of approximately 30 large refineries suffered powerful attacks, and assaults on Russian oil depots have been ongoing for about a year and four months.
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
Ölindustrie: Ein Jahr und vier Monate hat sich die Ukraine auf diese Angriffswelle vorbereitet - WELT
Fast täglich greift die Ukraine derzeit die Energieindustrie in Russland aus der Luft an. Das Ziel: die Raffinerien so weit zu zerstören, dass die russische Wirtschaft kollabiert. Möglich macht die hö...
www.welt.de
February 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Ukraine is crippling the Russian economy with daily strikes. In January alone, two-thirds of approximately 30 large refineries suffered powerful attacks, and assaults on Russian oil depots have been ongoing for about a year and four months.
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
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⚡️ Ukraine offering gas storage facilities for US LNG to boost Europe's energy security.
Ukraine could store U.S. LNG in its underground facilities to bolster bilateral cooperation and Europe's energy security, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Ukraine could store U.S. LNG in its underground facilities to bolster bilateral cooperation and Europe's energy security, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Ukraine offering gas storage facilities for US LNG to boost Europe's energy security
"The presence of big business from our closest allies, particularly the United States, in this area is an important element of security and economic stability guarantees," Ukraine's Foreign Minister A...
kyivindependent.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
⚡️ Ukraine offering gas storage facilities for US LNG to boost Europe's energy security.
Ukraine could store U.S. LNG in its underground facilities to bolster bilateral cooperation and Europe's energy security, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Ukraine could store U.S. LNG in its underground facilities to bolster bilateral cooperation and Europe's energy security, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
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Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
February 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
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Update: Following a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Panama’s president announces his government won’t renew China BRI agreement and will look to end it early. www.prensa.com/politica/pan...
Panamá no renovará el memorándum sobre ‘La Ruta de la Seda’ con China
Panamá no renovará el memorándum de entendimiento, denominado La Ruta de la Seda, firmado con China en noviembre de 2017, bajo la administración del expresidente Juan Carlos Varela (2014-2019)....
www.prensa.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Update: Following a meeting with the US Secretary of State, Panama’s president announces his government won’t renew China BRI agreement and will look to end it early. www.prensa.com/politica/pan...
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1/ Russian warbloggers say that Russian soldiers are taking huge casualties trying to capture the strategically unimportant Ukrainian village of Novoiehorivka, because commanders have prematurely and falsely claimed that they have already captured it. ⬇️
February 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
1/ Russian warbloggers say that Russian soldiers are taking huge casualties trying to capture the strategically unimportant Ukrainian village of Novoiehorivka, because commanders have prematurely and falsely claimed that they have already captured it. ⬇️
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We’re living through the biggest crisis of trust in institutions since the European revolutions of 1848, the biggest change in America’s role in the world since 1945, and the biggest change in the prospects of political liberalism since 1989.
February 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We’re living through the biggest crisis of trust in institutions since the European revolutions of 1848, the biggest change in America’s role in the world since 1945, and the biggest change in the prospects of political liberalism since 1989.
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Increasingly worried that asking me to forecast Trump's use of tariffs is a bit like asking an aviation expert to predict the behaviour of a knife wielding pantsless man on the bus just because he happens to be raving about chem trails.
February 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Increasingly worried that asking me to forecast Trump's use of tariffs is a bit like asking an aviation expert to predict the behaviour of a knife wielding pantsless man on the bus just because he happens to be raving about chem trails.
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A deadly serious bureaucratic-legal question. What formal position does Musk currently hold & what authority does he have (“the president told me” doesn’t count) to shut down federal agencies & raid their secure material? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says ‘we’re shutting it down’
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk said early Monday that his DOGE team is in the process of closing USAID, the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A deadly serious bureaucratic-legal question. What formal position does Musk currently hold & what authority does he have (“the president told me” doesn’t count) to shut down federal agencies & raid their secure material? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian philosopher, addressed the role of humor in wartime, the roots of the long-standing romanticization of Russia in the West, and the failure of the left in the face of Ukraine’s fight for survival.
Slavoj Zizek: Leftists falsify the choice that Ukrainians face during wartime
In times of war, the fundamental questions of survival, morality, and identity not only dominate the discourse but also expose the fissures in global political ideologies. Amid the clamor of media nar...
kyivindependent.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian philosopher, addressed the role of humor in wartime, the roots of the long-standing romanticization of Russia in the West, and the failure of the left in the face of Ukraine’s fight for survival.
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🇺🇸 Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz says the U.S. will pressure European nations that don’t increase defense spending.
“With the biggest conflict since WWII on the horizon, Europe must show commitment by raising spending to at least 5% of GDP.”
nypost.com/2025/02/01/u...
“With the biggest conflict since WWII on the horizon, Europe must show commitment by raising spending to at least 5% of GDP.”
nypost.com/2025/02/01/u...
February 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🇺🇸 Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz says the U.S. will pressure European nations that don’t increase defense spending.
“With the biggest conflict since WWII on the horizon, Europe must show commitment by raising spending to at least 5% of GDP.”
nypost.com/2025/02/01/u...
“With the biggest conflict since WWII on the horizon, Europe must show commitment by raising spending to at least 5% of GDP.”
nypost.com/2025/02/01/u...
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“The US has called on Ukraine to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by the end of the year.”
Russia targeted a large gathering of people at a funeral with a missile.
Imagine what they would do at a polling station.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/02/s...
Russia targeted a large gathering of people at a funeral with a missile.
Imagine what they would do at a polling station.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/02/s...
February 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“The US has called on Ukraine to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by the end of the year.”
Russia targeted a large gathering of people at a funeral with a missile.
Imagine what they would do at a polling station.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/02/s...
Russia targeted a large gathering of people at a funeral with a missile.
Imagine what they would do at a polling station.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/02/s...
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‼️ Russia: The nationalizations continue!
“the assets of the Raven Russia group of companies, the largest owner of warehouse real estate in the country, have been transferred to the state”
Because…the court decided they couldn’t belong to foreign residents
www.kommersant.ru/doc/7477647
“the assets of the Raven Russia group of companies, the largest owner of warehouse real estate in the country, have been transferred to the state”
Because…the court decided they couldn’t belong to foreign residents
www.kommersant.ru/doc/7477647
February 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
‼️ Russia: The nationalizations continue!
“the assets of the Raven Russia group of companies, the largest owner of warehouse real estate in the country, have been transferred to the state”
Because…the court decided they couldn’t belong to foreign residents
www.kommersant.ru/doc/7477647
“the assets of the Raven Russia group of companies, the largest owner of warehouse real estate in the country, have been transferred to the state”
Because…the court decided they couldn’t belong to foreign residents
www.kommersant.ru/doc/7477647
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The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios.
January 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios.
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1/ Russian soldiers are reportedly being "demilitarised" by their own brutal and corrupt commanders, who extort money from men they call their "slaves" and "disposable" before sending them into unsurvivable assaults. ⬇️
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We had a meat wave assault with a man killed while attacking on crutches, accidentally making the perfect metaphor for Russia.
February 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
1/ Russian soldiers are reportedly being "demilitarised" by their own brutal and corrupt commanders, who extort money from men they call their "slaves" and "disposable" before sending them into unsurvivable assaults. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/dart...
bsky.app/profile/dart...
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DoD evicts NYT, NBC, NPR and Politico from their physical work spaces inside the Pentagon and gives them to NY Post, Breitbart, OAN and HuffPost.
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
DoD evicts NYT, NBC, NPR and Politico from their physical work spaces inside the Pentagon and gives them to NY Post, Breitbart, OAN and HuffPost.
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⚡️EU denies any links between Russian gas purchases, Ukraine peace talks.
Earlier the same day, the Financial Times (FT) reported that EU officials are discussing the possibility of resuming purchases of Russian gas as part of a potential settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Earlier the same day, the Financial Times (FT) reported that EU officials are discussing the possibility of resuming purchases of Russian gas as part of a potential settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine.
EU denies any links between Russian gas purchases, Ukraine peace talks
Earlier the same day, the Financial Times (FT) reported that EU officials are discussing the possibility of resuming purchases of Russian gas as part of a potential settlement of Russia's war in Ukrai...
kyivindependent.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
⚡️EU denies any links between Russian gas purchases, Ukraine peace talks.
Earlier the same day, the Financial Times (FT) reported that EU officials are discussing the possibility of resuming purchases of Russian gas as part of a potential settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Earlier the same day, the Financial Times (FT) reported that EU officials are discussing the possibility of resuming purchases of Russian gas as part of a potential settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine.
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‼️ “Russian Railways hit by transport collapse: train speeds fell to lowest since 1960”
🍿 I told you things were bad!
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/30/r...
🍿 I told you things were bad!
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/30/r...
January 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
‼️ “Russian Railways hit by transport collapse: train speeds fell to lowest since 1960”
🍿 I told you things were bad!
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/30/r...
🍿 I told you things were bad!
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/30/r...
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‼️ Russia: “"The Economy is at Risk." A "Tsunami" of Bankruptcies is Coming to Russia”
🍿 Oh dear…
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/27/e...
🍿 Oh dear…
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/27/e...
January 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
‼️ Russia: “"The Economy is at Risk." A "Tsunami" of Bankruptcies is Coming to Russia”
🍿 Oh dear…
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/27/e...
🍿 Oh dear…
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/01/27/e...
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‼️ Russia Agriculture Update:
“The shortage of personnel in Russian agriculture has exceeded 200 thousand people”
The reality is probably much worse, I’ll explain, but let’s see what else they said!
www.interfax.ru/russia/1004817
“The shortage of personnel in Russian agriculture has exceeded 200 thousand people”
The reality is probably much worse, I’ll explain, but let’s see what else they said!
www.interfax.ru/russia/1004817
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
‼️ Russia Agriculture Update:
“The shortage of personnel in Russian agriculture has exceeded 200 thousand people”
The reality is probably much worse, I’ll explain, but let’s see what else they said!
www.interfax.ru/russia/1004817
“The shortage of personnel in Russian agriculture has exceeded 200 thousand people”
The reality is probably much worse, I’ll explain, but let’s see what else they said!
www.interfax.ru/russia/1004817
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RFK Jr. wanted a natural experiment of unvaccinated kids, which is messed up. But you know what's even worse? The result was unvaccinated kids dying of measles, and instead of the scientific conclusion that vaccination saves kids' lives, he concluded the opposite, and seeks to impose it on everyone.
The story behind RFK Jr. in Samoa's measles crisis has never been reported. He wasn't there to spread misinformation about vaccines (though he did). He wanted to study a "natural experiment" of unvaccinated kids.
“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.
New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
RFK Jr. wanted a natural experiment of unvaccinated kids, which is messed up. But you know what's even worse? The result was unvaccinated kids dying of measles, and instead of the scientific conclusion that vaccination saves kids' lives, he concluded the opposite, and seeks to impose it on everyone.