Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.

Ukraine war briefing: Estonia warns of Putin distraction tactics as EU leaders meet to discuss ‘drone wall’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Worth noting, and the recommendations are good (will copy paste them below). Also worth remembering: AFAIK there are records of people lamenting that writing is a death blow to clear, original thinking. And of others saying the same of the copy-paste functionality.

"One might conclude that Russia has fewer and fewer people fit for active duty who are still willing to die for Putin, even for large sums of money. Continuing the war in its current form may become unexpectedly difficult for Russia," says 🇪🇪 Defence Ministry official. news.err.ee/1609813251/o...

It would be really funny if our journey of scientific discovery would eventually lead us to the conclusion that our world is actually a simulation that was started c. 7500 years ago, as per scripture.

Rootsis kaotas 2015. aastal tervislikel põhjustel juhtimisõiguse 4318 inimest ja liiklussurmade arv Euroopa Liidu üks väiksemaid. Eestis arstidel sellist kohustust seadusega ette nähtud ei ole, kuid see on üks võimalus, mida liiklusohutuse parandamiseks... — Anu Hedman, cit. via: Einar Ellermaa

We're neither Nordic nor Baltic but Finnic in my view, despite what the BBC says. But if you want to know where New Sweden is, the article explains it. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

et sa ei peaks lugemise peale aega raiskama - ettevõtjate nõukoda, kus istub ka teadagi kes, tellis riigikantselei kulul analüüsi, kuidas saaks looduskaitse miinimumini viia, et võimalikult palju metsa oleks majandatav (loe: lageraiutav) www.postimees.ee/8330292/riig...

Praeguse valitsuse pea- ja välisministrile võiks ette heita halba inglise keele oskust, mis kindlasti vähendab nende mõju. @tsahkna.bsky.social esinemine ÜROs sisaldas lugematu hulga keelevigu ja palju arusaamatut hääldamist. Ei ole vajalikul tasemel. youtu.be/of1xIMeFmu4?...

The Polish foreign minister spoke well as usual. youtu.be/rpwHKpyQ8go?...

On this day in 1939, German and Soviet forces marched together in a victory parade in Brest-Litovsk. Moscow called it a “liberation campaign.” For Poland, it meant occupation, executions and mass deportations.

Of all the bingo cards you never had, I'll bet you never had this one the most. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Morning Bluesky. As Israel begins its ground offensive in Gaza City.

The Russians are laughing at Trump. Alexei Zhuravlev, first deputy chairman of the Duma’s defence committee: “Trump remains in his normal state. He is either waiting to have a conversation with Putin, talking to Putin, or is explaining how well he spoke to Putin.”

In September 2021, @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social published 'What Deters Russia', which looked at what succeeds and what fails when trying to dissuade Russia from doing something appalling (like invading its neighbours for instance.) www.chathamhouse.org/2021/09/what... [1/4]

Impotent statements like these are why Russia feels free to attack us. This wasn’t an “incursion of drones.” Russia attacked Poland. We shouldn’t “condemn it.” We should hit Russia with serious, damaging consequences. We shouldn’t “call on Russia” to stop. We should stop them.

On September 7, the Russians struck the Cabinet of Ministers building not with a Shahed drone, but with an Iskander-K cruise missile. Its 450 kg warhead did not detonate, according to Defense Express. defence-ua.com/news/u_budiv...

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

Palju õnne Soomele ja muidugi ka Eestile, sest suures võidus oli osaline ka üks "pärnakas". 😁 sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

The Baltics should finally call out TACO and embarrass him. This is how you treat "model allies" you pussies? @kristenmichalpm.bsky.social @tsahkna.bsky.social

russian refinery bingo.

The good thing about current US policy is that it's forcing Europeans to take responsibility for our own defence. And let's be honest -- most Europeans wouldn't do a thing unless forced because it's far easier to just rely on Daddy than grow up. Time to grow up now.

Nice article about Estonia’s bogs, which are very much on my list of places I need to visit!

After Ukraine wins, this is something real to deal with. Why? Because we 🇪🇪 would love to keep them. And Ukraine needs them. But many have made a new home and have litteral nothing to go back. Still, victory first, then social themes

The fallen Estonian soldier Olev Roost is being sent on his final journey home from Kyiv by his brothers in arms. Heroiam slava! 🇺🇦🤝🇪🇪 💔🇪🇪🇺🇦 Bless your courageous heart Olev 🕯️ Eternal memory 🙏

In a world full of sissies, be a sissi. 😉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SotR...

Juhtub, kui naabritega ei taha läbi saada

How to arm Ukraine for negotiations, and finally bring Russia’s devastating invasion to an end: www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/how-a... @foreignaffairs.com

China now clearly establishing itself as the 2nd pole of a bipolar world.

Kollektiivne vastutus tähendab, et keegi ei vastuta. www.err.ee/1609787352/k...

Tuleva viikko tai pari voi nähdä aikamoisia railoja USAssa. JOS Teksasin kansalliskaartia (NG) ollaan lähettämässä Chicagoon, vastoin Illinoisin osavaltion Pritzkerin toivetta, eikä Tx NG ole otettu liittovaltion käskyn alaiseksi, vaan pidetään muodollisesti Tx komennossa ... 1/x

Tere! I'm in Estonia 🇪🇪 at Uni of Tartu Skytte Institute for 2 months researching the intergenerational effects of Soviet repression. I'm interviewing Estonians whose family experienced deportation/other repression. Interested? Please DM me, email [email protected] & share widely. Aitäh!

Sõjahirmu mahavõtmiseks. Eelmise nädala Ekspressi artikli ja selle jätku peale, eestlaste suurest sõjahirmust, mõtlesin, et teen lühikese lõime. Võiks päevi rääkida ehk siia saab ainult natuke kokku Lpeil (Liiga pikk,ei loe) , Kas Venemaa ründab Eestit? Ei, vastus on ei. Kindel ei, päriselt ei.

The Prime Minister of a European country there... 🤡

Unusual daylight air raid by Russian/Iranian Shahed attack drones continuing in Kyiv and surrounding regions (just had heightened threat alert on phone app.) Putin has escalated his air attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks.

Good news gets so little attention. Between 2015-24, humanity recorded the fastest expansions of basic welfare of all time: 961 million people gained safe drinking water, 1.2 billion gained safe sanitation, and 1.5 billion gained access to basic hygiene services fixthenews.com/p/ftn-309-co...

Päev 1287. Droonirünnak. Sumõs 3 vigastatut. UA tegi diskot Rostovis Taganrogis. UA vabastas Donetskis Novoekonomitšne. Augustiga vallutasid tiblad juurde 464 ruutkm-i. Tiblade käes on kokku 19% UA territooriumist. #SlavaUkraini

The plane carrying EU top Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land manually after being hit by GPS/GNSS jamming. News texts seem to indicate it was directed specifically at Von der Leyen and the airport Plovdiv. "GPS around airport was knocked out for an hour."

Russian Experts Outraged by Azerbaijan President’s Programmatic ‘Al-Arabiya’ Interview, a Turning Point in Baku’s Relations with Moscow windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/08/russian-experts-outraged-by-azerbaijan.html

Ehk pmst põletame toamööblit aga valitsus rõõmus, et soe on.

Germany & #Estonia highlight: It is crucial that we, as #EU and #NATO, stand rock-solid by Ukraine’s side. Without any ifs and buts. We continue to back #Ukraine with weapons & every support. — @aussenminister.diplo.de in Tallinn

Іt’s tіme the wоrld heаrs the full hіstоry оf 20th-century Western Ukrаіne — nоt just the оne-sіded Vоlyn nаrrаtіve pushed by rаdіcаl Pоlіsh nаtіоnаlіsts. Reаd everythіng cаrefully befоre cоmmentіng. It’s a lot of text, but it worse reading to clarify the real history (1/8)

The irony is that the largest mass surveillance project is primarily pushed by the Nordic countries of Sweden and Denmark. fightchatcontrol.eu

WW2 ended with the absolute, unconditional surrender of the 3 Axis countries, after Germany & Italy were invaded and completed destroyed, and Japan had 2 atomic bombs dropped on them. Is this what he thinks “negotiation” means?

Not all bad then, Trump.

Viimase 15 aasta jooksul on Eesti nominaalne SKT kasvanud keskmiselt 4% aastas, aga riigieelarve kulude maht keskmiselt 8% aastas. Huvitav, miks maksud kogu aeg tõusevad...? Asi ei ole ainult kaitsekulutustes. www.err.ee/1609779522/s...

Meenub, et viimase 15 aasta jooksul on Eesti nominaalne SKT kasvanud keskmiselt 4% aastas, aga riigieelarve kulud keskmiselt 8% aastas. Kuigi kliimaministeerium lubas tänavu oma tööjõukulu kärpida ligi 340 000 euro võrra, on see hoopis 700 000 euro võrra kasvanud. arileht.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

😮❗️NATO drones supplied to Ukraine have become obsolete and "unnecessary" on the front, - Corriere della Sera with reference to soldiers of AFU 📍Now Ukrainians are teaching our allies in Europe and the US the technologies of a new war in the air.