Es ist aber auch unfair. Jedes Mal, wenn Russland seine Grenzen erweitern will, hat jemand was dagegen.

Stephen Miller is just such a disgusting piece of shit.

subtle.

Boy, does that sound bad. Read the full thread.

Well, well, well.

China is building an extensive network of launch pads, bunkers, and communications facilities near its nuclear missile silos in the remote Xinjiang desert, Reuters reports. Analysts say the scale is unprecedented.

Vietnamese are exhuming corpses of their loved ones to make way for a Trump golf course and luxury condos. This was a way to get Trump to reduce tariffs from 46% to 20%. Etc Trump says the development will be “the envy of all of Asia and of the entire world” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Fired 60 Minutes-er Cecilia Vega put out this statement: "In recent months, my producing teams and I have experienced efforts to insert political bias into our stories. Reporting teams have held back on submitting story pitches about important news topics out of fear of the internal repercussions."

Netanyahu says he has directed the IDF to increase control of Gaza to 70%.

Aqqaluk Lynge spent decades championing Greenland's independence from Denmark. After Trump's repeated demands for control of the Arctic island, the 78-year-old activist now says Greenland must stay in the Danish realm for protection.

A Russian drone strike on an apartment building in Romania’s southeastern city of Galaţi, which injured two people, is the most serious military spillover in a Nato and EU member state resulting from Moscow’s years-long war against Ukraine. via @henryjfoy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/c834...

Translation: They're going to try to push through a version of a foreign agents law through an Executive Order.

@cemoll.bsky.social hat wirklich gar keine Lust mehr, ein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen. Sehr angenehm im Kontrast zu so manchen Beschwichtigern, die es immer noch gibt. Fazit: Trump wird Europa nicht zuhilfe kommen, falls es ernst wird. Wir müssen uns auf uns selber verlassen.

Sweden to supply Ukraine with 16 Gripen jets. That's terrific news.

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20-Jährige, die nen KFA von 30% haben, Gymshark T-Shirt und ESN Pulle mit pissgelber Plörre, range of motion im homöopathischen Bereich, 8 Reps, dafür 10 in Reserve - UND DANN 10 MINUTEN SATZPAUSE, DIE AM HANDY VERBRACHT WERDEN, WÄHREND DAS HANDTUCH LIEGEN BLEIBT. Habe Puls.

“Afghanistan and Russia have long-standing and historic relations, and we want to move forward in this direction.” Well, this is awkward.

Franz Stefan Gady im gestrigen FAZ-Podcast: Würde Russland jetzt einen Angriff mit Drohnen gegen Deutschland durchführen - Deutschland wäre vollkommen ungeschützt. ➡️ Aufbau einer Drohnenabwehr bzw. der Ausbau der flächendeckenden Luftverteidigung allgemein muss Priorität haben. +

Wer wissen will, was eine "kill chain" ist, wie sie sich durch KI verändert, welche Gefahr die Autonomie von Waffensystemen birgt (auch welche Vorteile) - der lese das Interview, das ich zusammen mit meinem Kollegen @haukefriederichs.bsky.social mit @drfranksauer.bsky.social geführt habe. @zeit.de

Thread. Einer der Gründe, warum reine "Abwehrmaßnahmen" ohne Fähigkeiten zu Deep Precision Strikes schlicht keine Option sind.

‼️ A large majority of 🇺🇦 Ukrainians would support defending 6 other European frontline countries with their own troops🇺🇦: 🔹Lithuania: 63% ✅, 33% oppose 🔹Latvia: 62% ✅, 33% oppose 🔹Estonia: 61% ✅, 33% oppose 🔹Moldova: 60% ✅, 35% oppose 🔹Finland: 59% ✅, 33% oppose 🔹Poland: 58% ✅, 37% oppose Amazing.

Peace deal imminent.

It increasingly lacks the alliances, too. It just takes a bit more time to manifest more clearly.

Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war, GCHQ says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The amount of destroyed Russian trucks and other vehicles along the main supply routes in Ukraine's South is mind-boggling. We are talking about more than 100 destroyed vehicles in a matter of around 2 weeks, and this is only what has been published. The number is certainly far higher.

@gresselgustav.bsky.social hat Recht.

German MoD wants to bring back mandatory exercises for reservists.

I recognise there are serious trade-offs here but this brings me close to physical pain

Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton to Copenhagen Democracy Summit: “Trump sees international relations as embodied in the relations of heads of state. “So if he's friends with Xi Jinping, he thinks the US-China state-to-state relations are in great shape. He calls Xi 'King.' 1/2

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

Hi All, just sent out this free midweek update. US decline is happening in front of us, in real time and gory color. It is mostly about the Iran War, but also contrasts China and Taiwan. While China supports Iran a weakened US leaves Taiwan twisting in the wind. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

German media reports about US reduction plans of NATO troops in Europe: - fewer strategic bombers - 30% fewer fighter jets - fewer destroyers - no more submarines - no more reconnaissance drones - fewer fighter drones But on the working level the relationship has been so good recently?!? /cynicism

Restrictions to stop capital from leaving China. Restrictions to stop AI engineers from leaving China.

Reports in Spain that former socialist PM Zapatero was offered a lucrative Venezuelan oil contract by China in exchange for political lobbying for Huawei. Some suggesting that current PM Sanchez’s past Huawei-friendly positions may have been influenced by this. theobjective.com/espana/polit...

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Tell me you’re not an empire anymore without telling me you’re not an empire

Both these things can be (and in fact are) true: Trump’s bruited “deal” with Iran is a strategic catastrophe for the U.S. *AND* a return to war is unacceptable and will only make things worse. That’s what happens when you lose a war!

Looks like Ukraine landed a very painful hit.

Words of truth (thread).

Repost with a favorite photo of yourself

Die Leute stehen überall gedrängt in den Gängen, aber der Snackverkäufer muss natürlich noch durchgejagt werden. 🙄

Yet another delay of US kit sold to allies because of the Iran war. This time it impacts Japanese deterrence against China. www.ft.com/content/406b... US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war

"Last week, the market’s willingness to indulge Trump snapped. US Treasury yields are now flirting with levels not seen since the eve of the global financial crisis." And about bloody time. Read the rest, its worth it.

Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.

60 Minutes confirms Iran is bypassing the US blockade and exporting 100,000 more barrels of oil per day than before the war. Most of it is reportedly going to China.

Why would Russia fire an Oreshnik IRBM at a bunch of garages in Bila Tserkva in Ukraine? Because they were aiming for a nearby air base, but their missile's targeting is crap.

Russia is starting to lose.