“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...

Enceladus sounds nice.

Imagine spending massive amounts of money trying to buy votes and even threatening to blow up the Moldovan embassy in Brussels to sway the elections and failing so miserably: Maia Sandu’s pro-EU PAS has won a majority in the elections Russia made a huge effort to interfere with. Via @politico.eu

The people of Moldova have spoken and their message is loud and clear. They chose democracy, reform, and a European future, in the face of pressure and interference from Russia. The EU stands with Moldova. Every step of the way. 🇲🇩🇪🇺

What a difference a decade makes! Announcing the clearest #GravitationalWave detection ever #GW250114 youtu.be/2XmZ8-XQ9jU 📓: doi.org/10.1103/kw5g... 🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #O4IsHere

In the latest RUSI Commentary, William Dixon explores why the UK needs to create a dedicated national agency to combat disinformation, similar to how the NCSC was established to handle cyber threats.

Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.

1/ The Budapest Memorandum is coming up constantly given current events. I think it's worth talking about what it did and did not do. Specifically, the differences between the ASSURANCES it offered (strong), and the GARAUNTEES it provided (weak). Full text here: treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...

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Red Bull Hardline 2025 was up there with Champéry 2011 - breathtaking riding and great commentary.

50 years ago today, on 5 June 1975, the UK held its first referendum on membership of the European Community. It was the first national referendum in British history, and produced a landslide for staying in. So why did the referendum happen? How was it won? Here's a thread to get us going...🧵

49% of people polled in the UK want to see more spent on defence, and 43% are willing (or at least not unwilling) to pay for it themselves.

A nearly 90-year-old treaty is keeping Russia from reinforcing its Black Sea fleet. A ceasefire in Ukraine might change that. warontherocks.com/20...

Varanomics 🙄

It's only just over 4 years since Elon Musk tweeted "Use Signal" and the stock of an unrelated company, Signal Advance, went through the roof. finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...

We’re in the first few weeks of what comes after the last 80 years.

Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

Ukraine did not misuse or lose half of the aid the United States has provided. Ukraine repeatedly invited Putin to negotiate in early 2022. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States. European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

Ukraine has not suffered "millions" of losses by any reliable estimate, either in terms of civilian or military casualties. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

Most Ukrainian cities have not been destroyed. Ukrainian law prohibits holding elections in wartime (unlike the US Constitution, which requires it). isw.pub/UkraineFacts...