The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.

The EU's Kaja Kallas calls for increased military support for Ukraine.

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Let them eat ballroom! youtu.be/TPMno56u6-s

Even those unfamiliar with the Wirecard scandal would find this investigation compelling, it’s worth the read.

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Lastly, consider watching some of his films this week. My favorites include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Three Days of the Condor, The Sting, Jeremiah Johnson, and All Is Lost. Rest in peace to a man who has given us much.

Seems like a good day to repost when my chalking went viral- Jan 26, 2024. $83.3 million. Even funnier today. Keep talking, loser.

Not just the UK, basically all democratic countries. We are collectively under grey zone attack, all the time.

Freedom has a price. Ukrainians are paying it for all of Europe. Happy Independence Day, thank you, and godspeed to all who defend Ukraine, in and out of uniform.

#ProudBlue Every word that Scott Galloway said 👏👏👏👏👏👏 I feel it all to my core. I’ve been screaming this since Trump came down the escalator. Why are we excusing their abhorrent behavior? Musk & Trump are morally bankrupt. Kevin O’Leary doesn’t even know what to do with his face.

A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Kremlin wants the world to remain ignorant about the many horrors inflicted by Moscow on those it colonized. Collective ignorance translates into collective indifference. The cancer of Russian imperial revanchism can only grow if we remain indifferent. Spread the word. #Asharshylyk

On this 80th Anniversary of VE Day, we remember all those who won the war against Nazis and remember the countless sacrifices they made to deliver it. The Greatest Generation stood up to evil to protect peace and freedom for generations. Now it’s our turn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNl...

Incredibly moving. 1000s of Lithuanians lined the streets of the capital Vilnius yesterday to honor the four US soldiers killed on their soil. As their bodies are repatriated to the US, their President will be nowhere to be seen, except on a Florida golf course. (📸 Gedinimas Varvuolis)

Mar A-Lago Golfing Again Nero had his fiddle…

Many props for the cartoon...

Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/dcei...

Back in November I drafted this memo warning about the specifics of the economic shock events that were likely to unfold in the first half of 2025. We are just getting started, and the worst is likely yet to come. docs.google.com/document/u/0...

@davetroy.com I particularly like your comparison of bitcoin to Wildcat Banking...

I am so saddened by my governments betrayal of Ukraine right now. It will be recorded by historians as one of our most shameful moments. At the same time, I have no doubt that Ukraine will survive and prosper as a strong, independent, democratic country. #SlavaUkraïni !

NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.

Once again, overlapping circles covering DOGE, Musk’s goons, his Haldeman mother’s side, Technocracy movement, and Russian state interests. krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/who-...

Morning chalking. Chef’s Kiss to the person who coined the phrase. Moscow Agent Governing America.

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

Using gulfof.mapquest.com

A #MakeRussiaPay thread answering so common objections. An absolute no-brainer. But our political elites still won’t commit to it, despite most amounts being held in euros, CAD, GBP & AUD, rather than USD. Push. Do the smartest—and right thing. Seize. & transfer to Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

@anntelnaes.bsky.social Here's a cartoon idea - A DJT-shaped Trojan horse with project 2025 inside, in the truck bed of a Tesla pickup...

A group of anonymous authors has published this well-sourced memorandum on Musk and the Neoreactionary movement. Please share widely. The threat is not well understood. Take a moment to read the one page executive summary now; then call Congress. america2.news/content/file...

Morning chalking. Trump is a domestic terrorist.

Gonna keep posting this one.

Karin knows how to walk the chalk and chalk the talk! ;-)

Afternoon chalking. Trump is a Convicted Felon.

@glandsbergis.bsky.social Apparently, Kaliningrad receives part of its electricity supply from Smolensk NPP overland via Belarus and Lithuania, and, perhaps related, apparently the Baltics will disconnect from the Russia power network after the BRELL agreement is set to expire next month? 1/

@bbclaurak.bsky.social I find your piece published today about Farage (www.bbc.com/news/article...) to be of poor premise - instead of normalizing the possibility of Reform winning, more effort should have been spent showing what a danger Farage is to the UK: his previous lies about Brexit, ...

@foreignpolicy.com How can you platform this GARBAGE from Anatol Lieven? There is no reasonable justification for this, nor all his previous crap viewable on your pages. foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/16/u...

Be sure to catch the end of this clever NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2022 (°C) science.nasa.gov/resource/vid... 🧪