Hi 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m still here! And I’d like to thank my friend Jonathan for taking time (over a year ago!) to record this episode with me on US Army Engineers in the Second World War — an important part of the story that the series hasn’t covered yet. Links in comments below or search for “Why We Fight”

The Russian MinFin for the second week in the last 30 days has canceled the debt auctions that were to be held on Wednesday due to instability on the market. That means the Russian domestic market now considers Russian debt riskier due to the fuel crisis.

The Iran war has cost Americans roughly $1,000 per household in higher fuel, food, and other expenses since February 28, according to Moody's. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...

OTD in 1941 USSR involuntarily switched to allied side of WW2.

How it started (March 2025) / how it's going (June 2026)

One of Trump’s longtime donors is shutting down an Ohio manufacturing plant and moving operations to China. Billionaire John Paulson, who raised over $50M for Trump’s 2024 campaign, plans to offshore Conn Selmer, the largest U.S. maker of brass and orchestra instruments. (TNR)

BTW, that applies to the US military and its civilian leadership as well. Such as the Speaker of the House, who is an idiot.

"Ayatollbooth"

And, as you've mentioned, Trump is not a trustworthy actor. His word, his promises, his agreements, are worth nothing. The only way I see around this is the very old method of exchanging hostages to guarantee adherence to a deal. I suggest Barron and Don, Jr.

Seeing quite a lot of people reacting with very positive feelings to the stauncher stance on shadow fleet shown by Swedish authorities last week. This one takes the prize though. A full song celebrating it =)

Because we can't describe *HOW* LLMs "reason", hallucinations are widely documented and some systems appear to try to resist being shut down, Anthropic's warnings should be taken even more seriously. www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/t...

I’d like to thank Dr. @philipwblood.bsky.social for this episode on Aachen, which we recorded a year ago so bear with me when there are notes such as the release of his latest book, War Comes to Aachen. We also recently recorded a new episode but it will be out when I get to the 1945 content.

This federal officer being assaulted by Trump supporters was the only person in the picture below who didn't get a pardon.

Even if Trump says there are no documents of Danish right for the Greenland - there are: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

There is paperwork. It's from 1916 when the US bought/traded $25M & official acknowledgment of Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland to Denmark for the Dutch West Indies because (stop me if you heard this one) the US was afraid another country would take it over. bsky.app/profile/robv...

4. What do governments spend money on? (Instagram) → www.instagram.com/p/DJrmL9kx1uQ/

Each Friday, we’re sharing highlights from our Top of the Charts, a look back at our most popular charts, articles, and more in 2025. Today we give you our top 5 most-popular social media posts. 🧵 1. Does the news reflect what we die from? (Instagram) → www.instagram.com/p/DQY7zhcAgoW

“The head of VTB announced the banks' readiness to restructure Russian Railways' loans.” Right…the state majority owned banked that was bailed out by the National Welfare fund is read to bail out the 100% state owned Russian Railways. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8248707

Throwback Thursday: in 2022, host Olga Skabeeva shouted at journalist Dmitry Galkin, who predicted that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would cause thousands of deaths per day. Skabeeva said the war will be over the moment Russian troops set foot in Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIg...

Maybe someone should tell Petey about this math…. 👇

Pardon me, but what the fuck?

Vale Tom Lehrer (1928-2025), who funded Harvard mathematics and an academic career with his biting satirical songs: concerts, a world tour, albums and songs on a weekly TV show. In 2022 he released his songs from copyright: the songs and lyrics may be downloaded from tomlehrersongs.com

‼️ Russia: “Russian Orthodox Priest Praises ‘The Simpsons’ for Promoting ‘Traditional’ Values” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/30/r...

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

DJT also put 10% tariff on Ukraine. No tariff on Russia, although it charges US 20-25%.

Which president had the best taste in fireplaces? 😇

McDonald's in Ukraine, which is 100% owned by McDonald's Corporation, is one of many American corporations operating in the country. Some of them had US citizens as employees. Doesn't seem like the Russians cared. Poor security guarantee, if you ask me.

“In 1959, around the time when the FAA was created, one in every 25,000 flights ended in a fatal accident. At today’s air traffic volume, that would mean a fatal crash every 13 hours.” The civil service keeps us all safe.

1/ Let's talk about rule of law versus rule by law. Rule of law is the legal system that applies in democratic states, and is foundational to democracy. It holds that the law is the supreme authority to which everyone, including government officials, is subject.

If actually believe in this stuff, maybe pointing out that Putin is Libra will change your mind.

Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates. Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍