'it's always been clear to me that the lesson of 1933 is that it's better to get out sooner rather than later'- Marci Shore.

In the course of 26 years, Putin has broken 190 deals -military analyst Michael Clarke "The biggest one of all,I suppose,was 1994,the Budapest Memorandum,which is when Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons…, and Ukraine was the one country that could have used them," he said

'Russia isn’t a nation; it’s a prison of nations, bound not by shared values but by force and fear.' - Andrew Chakhoyan

Dnipro now. Does it look like ceasfire?

⚡️ USAGM agrees to partially fund RFE/RL as judge weighs case over Trump cuts. RFE/RL sued USAGM on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, arguing the step violates federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.

OTD in 1949 Operation Priboi started. USSR forcibly deported *90,000* Baltic people to 'inhospitable parts' of Russia. 70% of those deported were women & children under 16. Imagine mass deporting children today....

'Watching Witkoff’s interview from anywhere in the world can be embarrassing. Watching it in Kyiv is also frightening.'

Absolutely over the moon to reveal that I’m painting a Wild In Art book bench sculpture for The Book Bench Trail!! 👩🏻‍🎨🎨🛋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In aid of Clan Cancer Support charity and my design is being sponsored by Albyn School. #Scotland #WildInArt #WildInArtArtist #Aberdeen #illustrator

''They are Russian-speaking, and there have been referendums,' — Witkoff parrots Russian propaganda, legitimising Putin's claims in Ukraine'

Any organisation Musk tries to muzzle must be providing valuable insights and is worth supporting. In addition to their work in Ukraine, very grateful for the data they collected around the Romanian elections.

My friend Adriana in Romania @ingadriana.ro shared this beautiful short film about landscape-scale restoration in the Carpathians. The project supports traditional livelihoods to support nature & is driven by and for local people. Brilliant - and wait till you see the Carpathian sheepdog pups 💚💚💚

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And when Putin lies, Trump parrots those lies ....

Welfare spending as a percentage of GDP. - France: 31% of GDP. - Finland: 29%. - Belgium: 28.9%. - Italy: 28%. - Germany: 26%. - Spain: 25%. - Denmark: 25%. - Sweden: 25%. - Norway: 25%. - Japan: 22%. - United Kingdom: 21%. This is before £5 Billion of Labour cuts!

In Romanian press today via report from deschide.md: pro-Russian party in Moldova organising transportation of Moldovans to demonstration in Bucharest in favour of disqualified pro-Kremlin Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu.

Violating the law and the Constitution, Trump purports to have closed Radio Free/Radio Liberty, a medium which is the source of much of what we known about Russia and the post-communist world. Stanislav Aseyev was arrested in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tortured for his reporting for Radio Liberty.

BBC Scotland Sports website has tthe name of the article's subject stated incorrectly 15 times within it. The German coach of the Greek team which won Euro 2004 was Ottto Rehhagel not Renhagel. “King Otto” is not a legend: it was the title of a 2002 film about Rehhagel by Christopher André Marks.

Good news for sustainability of EVs as researchers in China reveal process for recycling almost all lithium from batteries cleantechnica.com/2025/03/17/n...

Superb video setting out Labour's promises, every one of which they have enthusiastically reneged upon after they got elected on the hollow 'Change' mantra 👇

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28

On this day, three years ago. "The Russian bombing of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol on March 16, 2022, stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date." Please read and never forget what Ukrainians are up against 👇 apnews.com/article/russ...

Ca. 15.000 (my estimate) gathered in Bucharest to support democratic values, proclaim Romania's place in Europe, and reject Russia and fascism. The European anthem "Ode to Joy" was sung as was the Romanian one. The crowd formed a heart for Europe with blue and white sheets lit by mobile phones

When Nicola Sturgeon left office she was the most popular party leader in the UK. Yet on her retirement from politics the BBC chooses to continue the non-stop negativity. You have to ask who it thinks it represents - because it isn't most people in Scotland. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/tight-...

Original paper in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Saw the original of this and was going to post with a comment, However I think @firefly-7461.bsky.social sums it up more succinctly than I could have.

Just on the off chance you didn't know this

Just when you thought Romanian politics couldn't get crazier ... Senate of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), a public university, announced it is nominating Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The decision was strongly criticised by the SNSPA Student Council.

March 1883 – March 2025 A depiction of a remarkably similar "Russian world" to every year between the two dates, “The Torch of Civilisation” from Punch, March 1883. I think the monogram is “JT” meaning the artist was Sir John Tenniel, illustrator of Alice in Wonderland and its companions.

The series of appeals to the Constitutional Court of Romania by pro-Kremlin candidate Călin Georgescu have all been rejected unanimously. The decision is binding, there is no appeal: he will not be a candidate in the Romanian presidential election.

Has it occured to Elon that he should give the hackers a piece of his company to get them to stop doing it? Apparently that's how this works.

Great to see. And the Ukrainian men's team competed in the European B-Div championships in Perth in Nov 2023.

Poorly researched piece on Bobby Cruickshank from BBC Scotland on website today - totally ignores how he came to be in Edinburgh, the friendship formed there with Tommy Armour (who did win more than he did in USA) which lasted a lifetime and saving Tommy's brother's life in WWI.

The Telegraph today reports Nate Vance’s (J D Vance’s cousin) interview with Le Figaro (French article behind paywall). Nate fought for Ukraine for three years with the Da Vinci Wolves. He calls his cousin and Trump, ‘Putin’s useful idiots’ and says JD took no interest in his front-line experiences

There is a dangerous myth that russia is invincible and that Ukraine is always on the brink of collapse, therefore needing to surrender or else would cease to exist entirely. The reality on the ground proves that timely aid helps liberate the lands. euromaidanpress.com/2025/03/09/f...

The Central Electoral Bureau in Romania has rejected pro-Kremlin candiate Călin Georgescu's candidacy for the presidential election. He has 24 hours to file an appeal with the Constitutional Court and it has a further 48 hours to decide. The fascists in the US will no doubt be screaming shortly.

He didn't say thank you www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml9I...

As if further proof were needed ....

8 stories of Ukrainians in Romania "Before, all I heard about Romania was poverty and Dracula ... my interest in the ... history began ... I read, prepared, ... started my first guided tours for Ukrainians. I ended up working at the UN refugee agency in Bucharest. I help hundreds of refugees daily"

Tune in at 7:00pm for this evening's #Scotlandat7 with @douglasmackenzie.bsky.social and guests, Dr Alan Flowers and @markthompson1.bsky.social discussing recent developments in Ukraine, the US and Europe and the latest Scottish news headlines. www.broadcastingscotland.scot/scotland-at-...

In August 2023, Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was taken captive by Russian forces in occupied territory. A new documentary details the torture she endured in Russian custody before her reported death in September 2024.

And Russia wants peace .....

Moving pics from yesterday’s 33rd commemoration of the 1992 Russo-Moldovan war on the Nistru river, where hundreds lost their lives & which resulted in an ongoing frozen conflict, poverty, repression, breaches of human rights in the Kremlin-controlled region of Transnistria

Leaders of the free world stand united in London The United States is not among them

Bravo, Haltbakk! 'We have a moral compass' (And if you are wondering if this is genuine, check out Norwegian newspaper report www.kystens.no/nyheter/nekt...)

Winston Churchill's bust watches over the discussion in the Oval office. I just noticed this detail now.

NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

Just reposting this, in case anyone missed it last night or were thwarted by the amount of traffic to the site ... you have lots of choice of where to donate your money, and its a great way to show Ukraine that they have your support. I did manage to get through and donate last night.

On this day three years ago, a brutal russian airstrike on the Kharkiv Regional State Administration building killed 44 people. It is tragedies like this one that remind us that lasting peace must be fortified by strength.

We absolutely cannot have a Trump state visit. We stand with Ukraine.