🇦🇹🇺🇦 Peace for Ukraine must be fair and with security guarantees, - Austrian Foreign Ministry "The time has come to stop killings. And that is why Russia must truly sit down at the negotiating table. Peace, of course, must be comprehensive, fair and sustainable, backed by strong security guarantees."

Another drone over Liege airport. About an hour ago, the sighting of a drone near Liège airport disrupted air traffic for a short while. It's at least the fourth time that a drone forced operations to be halted at this airport this week.

"There is no limit to the amount of good a man can do if he doesn't care who gets the credit." Ronald Reagan www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Lies, damned lies and Russian AI lies. open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...

'As the old Soviet joke goes: History gets rewritten so fast, you never know what will happen yesterday.' alexzfinley.substack.com/p/trump-russ...

If, like me, you had been wondering what and where were the "eight wars in eight months" that Donald Trump claimed to have ended, you might find this list interesting. (I was sent it, unsolicited, after wondering just that in a media interview.)

Mostly Brexit as deregulation was founded on the misconception that only Brussels regulates rather than this being a global phenomenon that incredibly even includes supposedly free and easy (ha!) Singapore. A flawed premise that therefore couldn't succeed.

Norway's new Chinese-made electric buses have a feature nobody ordered: a remote off switch. Operator Ruter confirms the manufacturer Yutong can access the power systems for updates. Ruter is now scrambling to install firewalls, just in case anybody else decides to exploit that backdoor.

BELGIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE EX-EU JUSTICE CHIEF FOR MONEY LAUNDERING On 6 November, OCCRP reported that authorities had charged a former Belgian Deputy PM, and EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders with money laundering www.occrp.org/en/news/belg...

👀⚖️ Oh great. Their next bright idea is impeaching judges who rule against Trump: www.alternet.org/trump-ag-all...

❗️The 🇪🇺European Commission has banned the issuance of multiple-entry visas to 🇷🇺Russians. Now, a new single-entry visa will have to be obtained for each trip.

well i think the content here is pretty exceptional - and I don't miss the f'in bts and nation state trolls...

"You don’t have to be a wild-eyed leftist to think all of this has a pre-French Revolution vibe. It feels like a 'let them eat cake' moment—and that’s to say nothing about the Trumpist kleptocracy that competes every day for headlines with our Muskian plutocracy." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Excellent observation

The “too close to Milley” cudgel is one that Hegseth can wield against a huge proportion of senior Army officers, since so many worked for him at one time or another Here (first pic, no helmet) is Woke Pat Work on the hike in to the Turbine 33 crash site in the Korengal in 2005

Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul

OK, this "Roman Routefinder" on @nature.com of high-resolution maps for ancient Roman roads is super cool. I'll be spending some time with this tonight: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.

I mean, on one level, congratulations. I still think Tesla is basically entirely reliant on PRC battery pricing and non-dumping PRC electrics ex US - but clearly investors think there is hope value in the stock - and that is after all what the stock markets are at one level about.

This is beyond terrible - but there is a basic question here - why should the US continue to fund this with debt they can ill afford - when countries with trade surpluses should be doing so. (Including China - ie Less 'wuhan' more aid air-lifting)

New Chinese Mystery Flattop Emerges The vessel, which appears to have been built very quickly, has features in line with an amphibious assault ship or small carrier. www.twz.com/news-feature...

Cornell paid millions to get illegally frozen grants unfrozen, and effectively agreed to help the Trump regime's assault on academic freedom to get bad faith investigations dropped, while also agreeing the govt can launch new investigations! Full text here: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants. Appeasers.

Air traffic controller Skeyes now confirms to Belgian news outlet VRT that the airspace above Brussels Airport was closed. A drone was sighted around 21:20 local time (CET). Airport operations have resumed just now, around 22:00 CET.

released early 'with ties to Russian intelligence'

Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.

US: PRIVILEGE IS AT RISK WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTS YOUR COMPANY’S INTERNAL INVESTIGATION On 6 November, a post from the New York University School of Law contained this warning if a company’s outside counsel shares findings with government investigators wp.nyu.edu/compliance_e...

Reposting at a slightly more sociable time...

Border Patrol agent appeared to brag about his accuracy after shooting Chicago woman five times, messages in court reveal www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/u...

The ICA on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election has been investigated and validated multiple times in 9 years Durham found no criminality after years of investigation. Enough already! www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

US: ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES & CARTEL FINANCE On 6 November, Homeland Security Today published an article saying that illicit massage parlours are engines for human trafficking, cash-intensive money laundering & platforms for human and cyber espionage www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...

The English expression for this is they are being a bunch of tossers.

This is one of the things that annoys me about Boris - he was passionate to the press about 'green' issues - but instead of realising there is a global market to be led in green technology, he really didn't put in place any industrial policy pipelines to get there.

Scientists in Japan made a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours and biodegrades in dirt in 10 days. It’s made from food additives, releases nutrients like plant vitamins, and doesn’t leave microplastics. #Ecology #environment #Innovation [🎞️ the. stream.roller]

❗️NATO Secretary General Rutte says Russia is not alone in its efforts to undermine global rules — it is working with China, North Korea, Iran, strengthening defense-industrial cooperation to an unprecedented level and preparing for a long-term confrontation. We cannot be naive, we must be ready.

Trump keeps claiming that Putin wouldn’t have dared start the war in Ukraine if he were president, but why does Putin dare to escalate the war now that Trump is president then?

#Voters #MadeTheirPoint Love this cartoon 🌊🌊💙

To be fairer to Dump - I think this is taken out of context - initially he was concerned - I think here he is perhaps trying to give the gut some privacy of sorts whilst remaining in his office.

The Telegraph reported that Moscow is exploring a deal to position advanced missile systems capable of striking U.S. territory from South America in Venezuela. Russian officials have indicated Moscow’s openness to supplying Venezuela with advanced hypersonic missile systems.

Leave Tucker Carlson to Russia Today and his 'supplements' sales.

The FAA will require airlines to begin cutting flights from these 40 airports starting as early as today. Airlines will starts cutting 4% of flights per day until they reach 10% per day early next week. List of airports that will experience cuts:

Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including dementia and diabetes. Now, research shows that people with both gum disease and more tooth cavities also have a notably higher risk of stroke. www.sciencealert.com/21-year-stud...

AUSTRALIA: SANCTIONS OFFICE ISSUES NEW ADVISORY NOTES On 6 November, the ASO released 8 new advisory notes to assist the regulated community understand their sanctions risks. www.dfat.gov.au/news/new-adv...

It was later revealed that the researchers fabricated the study

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: Until recently, Russia was producing more ammunition than all NATO Allies put together. But not anymore. Across the Alliance, we are now opening dozens of new production lines and expanding existing ones. We are making more than we have done in decades.

“Until recently, Russia was producing more ammunition than all NATO Allies combined — but not anymore.” - Mark Rutte Secretary General of NATO

🤔 Putin has appointed a minimum of 24 relatives to governmental roles or positions within state-controlled companies.