The rise of populist right sits on an ecosystem of partisan media, platform algorithms, Kremlin amplification, and billionaire influence that normalizes radical-right ideas and scales their message beyond any electoral strength @peterjukes.bsky.social - @bylinetimes.bsky.social youtu.be/ya41IXdWnO4

Sergiy Stakhovsky, who once beat Federer, now flies drones for Ukraine’s elite Alpha unit striking deep inside Russia. 🧵 1/7 ⬇️

They lead the polls in Germany, France and the UK. The question therefore needs to be asked. Does Europe Really Want To Save Itself?

Just sent out this post. Three and a half years after Bucha, after mass child abductions started, after nightly attacks on civilians, the political strength of parties sympathetic to Russia (which is doing these things) is growing not declining. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Calling all experts on Bluesky who can shed reliable light on the impacts of Brexit: I know you don’t really want to, but I think we must … “Gully Foyle” has re-upped a November 2024 X 🧵 as a book claiming 75 “Brexit benefits”. Let’s go through them together. Many hands make light work. /1.

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A Russian woman who is not afraid to speak the truth says: “Of course, our great strategist Putin has many “achievements,” but the most outstanding ones, in my opinion, are the following. He replaced truth and reality with wild propaganda.

The future of Moldova is in Europe! 🇪🇺🇲🇩 On this historic step forward, the people of Moldova have chosen the path of democracy, hope and opportunities. They have chosen Europe. Europa este Moldova. Moldova este Europa.

Ming Campbell was a dedicated public servant and a true Liberal giant. His principled leadership opposing the Iraq War was a mark of his morality, courage and wisdom. But more than that, he was an incredibly warm and caring friend and colleague. We will miss him terribly.

President of Finland Alexander Stubb: "When we look at war, there are elements of it that are brutal, vulgar, and unethical. But the kidnapping of children, I think, goes beyond all of that. And we have to think that it's not only about the children being abducted⤵️

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Nigel Farage plans to hand a massive fracking windfall to a Trump donor. Reform's policies would allow Lincolnshire to be drilled by a firm whose boss has given money to the past two Trump campaigns. 📝 @desmog.com scoop 👇

Excellent piece by @anandmenon.bsky.social:

Monday morning podcast re-up: peace in Ukraine (remains distant), Foreign Agenting in Russia (Putinism betraying its partisans) and three books on Ukraine (illuminating how we think of the war)

Perspectives from a European millennial on growing up "in a Europe where Russia was largely irrelevant and the whole continent was becoming accessible in completely new ways, thanks to the free mobility granted by the Schengen system. [..] War? It seemed like a very far-away phenomenon"

A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent. Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA

🚨 BREAKING - 🇬🇧 Britain is boosting its cadet forces by 40,000 and Air Cadets will now receive drone training as the systems become essential tools in modern warfare. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/40000-more-c...

25% of councils where Reform are the largest party have now seen their leader or deputy leader resign

Because of russian invasion, many animals have been left homeless. Some have found shelter with Ukrainian defenders❤️

So Trump wants to force Kyiv to expose its underbelly so that phase three of Ukraine’s partition will be easier to accomplish. Shameful.

British poet &musician Benjamin Clementine turned his hit song "London" into "#Kyiv." It happened during the artist's headlining performance at the Vyrii ethno-electronic festival in Kyiv.As the song was being performed, the colors of the Ukrainian flag were displayed on the screen 📹theatre_more__

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Sound statement by EU leaders: We "stand firmly by the side of Ukraine." No negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine. defend its territorial integrity. Meaningful negotiations only after a ceasefire or reduction of hostilities. Trump has abandoned these 4 positions. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

“Step Right Up! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the greatest geopolitical circus on Earth — featuring a trained killer, a conman, and hordes of gullible media.” The Alaska Summit Spectacle became a total circus — who humiliated whom at the summit? youtu.be/LvzZGaJE-9E

THIS!!! 'putin Cannot Be Trusted': Nordic-Baltic Leaders Demand russia End Ukraine War and Return Abducted Children Joint statement from the 'Eight' welcomes @POTUS' pledge to provide security guarantees for Kyiv as they insist on russia's full withdrawal Full Statement 👇

EX AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA MCFAUL: “Putin doesn't look at all of this stuff as a sign of strength. He looks at it as a sign of weakness. He had to do absolutely nothing to get this meeting. Putin has gained everything and given nothing in return.”

Damn! @ldfreedman.bsky.social got there with 'Half-baked Alaska' before I could. Anyway, excellent piece, & excellent comment by Roderic Lyne below it. Putin can now be confident that Trump will not put him under additional pressure; Zelenskyy has good reason to fear another ambush in DC on Monday.

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Most of us had assumed, I think, that the Anchorage summit ended early because the sides couldn’t agree on much. Turns out Putin just decided to quit while he was ahead. The ball is now in Europe’s court.

💥After the Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska, let's recall Viktor Orbán’s recent blunt remark: the war goes on because Donald Trump is “not strong enough” to push Europe to abandon Ukraine. Not a slip—he keeps repeating it. Clear enough: Orbán sides more with Putin than with Trump.

Zelensky said Ukraine is receiving intel reports on preparations for the Alaska meeting and on what Putin is bringing to the talks. He stressed the war continues because there are no signals from Moscow about ending it. “On the day of negotiations, they are still killing — and that says a lot.”

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God, the Royal Ballet and Opera House's leadership is just a complete shambles on this.

The New York Post says it how it is.

Another sign of Russia being desperate. They now are false-flag blowing up their own cities.

🔴 July was Ukraine’s deadliest month for civilians since 2022, UN reports. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Tice & Reform are pushing the “protecting women” narrative strongly. More on tomorrow’s @quietriotpod.bsky.social. I reread their contract/festo. The word “women” appears just 3 times, each only in context of “service men and women”. They are not protecting our rights, but seeking to subjugate us.

"Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine..." – 17 years ago, Polish President Lech Kaczyński warned the world from the podium at a rally in Tbilisi. His words sounded like a prophecy. 📹: Echo of the Caucasus

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russia-Controlled Luhansk is Operating 'Child Trafficking' Database A database from the russia-installed administration's Education Ministry contains data on 294 Ukrainian children under the age of 17 who have been separated from their parents. - Mykola Kuleba, the Head of Save #Ukraine

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1. The first ‘special forces’ style mission from a submarine occurred in August 1915 WW1 when Lt. Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, Royal Navy, swam with a makeshift raft to blow up a Turkish coastal railway

Exciting plane spotting yesterday, Ukraine's Antonov AN-124, the world's largest active cargo aircraft paying Dublin Airport a visit Runway 28 Rooftop Bar & Restaurant / Instagram

Ofwat/Govt promised this to England's water company investors. “right to collect” revenues from customers, “opportunities for upside”, “capped liabilities” and “investment positive” ... “no exposure to competitive or market stranding risks” This is a licence to fleece people. archive.ph/brCru

I turn on TV and see Farage all over Sky News. Ed Davey would never be given this coverage. The MSM is serving as the propaganda mouthpiece for Putin's lying fascist tool, Farage. And when will our media question Farage's creepy support for Andrew Tate?

Truer words cannot be spoken of the present day corruption of the GOP into Maga immorality.

“Only 29% would back Brexit now — poll proves tables have turned” - @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Yesterday, during a russian drone attack in the Sumy region, 12-year-old Kirill Holovko was killed. He was near the site of the strike with a friend when it occurred. Kirill sustained fatal injuries and died before medical help arrived. Another boy, aged 13, was wounded by shrapnel.

1 month ago today Human Rights Watch reported Russian army is committing war crimes in Kherson, deliberately hunting civilians with drones in "human safaris". The UN has said it too You'd think a permanent UNSEC member doing this would be bigger news. Maybe even some campus shutdowns as a result...