Christian Thwaites
@christianthwaites.bsky.social
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All things capital markets, MotoGP, Asterix
https://christianthwaites.substack.com/
"Trump is a despicable, cheap bully," Carlo Calenda, the leader of the small Azione party, wrote on X, expressing his support for Meloni. Yes, about right
www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Trump goads Italy's Meloni again on eve of NATO summit
Italy's defence minister stressed the importance of good transatlantic relations on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump again goaded erstwhile ally Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-goads-italys-meloni-again-eve-nato-summit-2026-07-06/
8 days ago
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Same CEO who said that there was "nothing innovative about Ukrainian drones...just Ukrainian housewives with 3D printers...playing Lego" So, yeah, no
#$HIT
, he was blindsided.
@financialtimes.com
@rentwaffnen.bsky.social
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How Rheinmetall gambled on Germany’s doomed warship project — and lost
Arms company’s €15bn frigate blow tests faith among investors
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/dc369470-b70f-4307-9833-c68032d1a64a
18 days ago
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Excellent pod from
@juliusstrauss.bsky.social
and Battleground Ukraine team. "Neutrality favors the aggressor".
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412. The Superhumans of Ukraine with Eddie Scott
Podcast Episode · Battleground · June 24 · 26m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battleground/id1617276298?i=1000773956852
20 days ago
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Alert is over.
26 days ago
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Dnipro. Big bang just went off. Right side of river. Normally they hit left side. Another one. Much louder. I never know if they're close or not because they make such a big bang.
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26 days ago
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Home for the next 16 hours. Dnipro bound.
@artesansresc.bsky.social
@denkmit.bsky.social
28 days ago
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"US Secretary of State Rubio congratulated the Russian people on Russia Day on behalf of the United States. He said Washington remains committed to advancing a peaceful resolution to Russia’s war against Ukraine and hopes lasting peace leads to more constructive relations" 🤮🤬
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US Secretary of State Rubio congratulated the Russian people on Russia Day on behalf of the United States. He said Washington remains committed to advancing a peaceful resolution to Russia’s war against Ukraine and hopes lasting peace leads to more constructive relations. 🤬🤮
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@matoxley.bsky.social
in case you missed it!
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Honda and the power of (broken) dreams
A brilliant and adventurist beacon for Japanese industry in the past is now stumbling
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/ab08eec0-23f9-4f65-84c7-eb8e20a015d6
3 months ago
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Private Eye Magazine
4 months ago
Trump Attacks Iran. How Operation Epic Fury unfolded… The new Private Eye is out now.
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Today we delivered the Mercedes Sprinter to 4th Medical Battalion. It was immediately driven up to the front line north of Kharkiv. The guys were very appreciative and send their thanks to everyone on Convoy 53. This was vehicle number 300 from Driving Ukraine.
4 months ago
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There are still a few US commentators who think the US is supplying aid to Ukraine. It's not. Neither financial or military.
5 months ago
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Good to see EU fight back
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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Elon Musk’s X office in France raided over ‘abuse of algorithm’
Elon Musk has been issued with a request for a voluntary interview as part of a cybercrime investigation that opened a year ago
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/france-elon-musk-x-paris-office-m28d3sj0f
5 months ago
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How Russia steals Ukrainian culture.
@denkmit.bsky.social
@tomisitt.bsky.social
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“Mom, everything is fine. I’m wearing a hat”
Russia wants to erase Ukraine and its culture. It won't succeed.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/mom-everything-is-fine-im-wearing?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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I don't believe him.
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Trump claims Putin agreed not to strike Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities 'for a week'
"I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week," Trump said. "And he agreed to do that."
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-claims-putin-agreed-not-to-strike-kyiv-ukrainian-cities-for-a-week/
6 months ago
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🍇😜💀 RIP Bobby
6 months ago
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6 months ago
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South African recruits scammed by Russia....who would have thought?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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South Africans who say they were scammed into joining Russia's war in Ukraine dig trenches, dodge bullets
South African father-of-three Dubandlela was overcome with pride when his 20-year-old son signed up in July to receive elite training as a VIP bodyguard in Russia. Five months later, Dubandlela is in ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/south-africans-dragged-into-russias-war-ukraine-dig-trenches-dodge-bullets-2025-12-22/
7 months ago
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Dead Souls – How Russia Treats its Wounded
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Dead Souls – How Russia Treats its Wounded
Russian wounded suffered terribly in World War II. It's the same today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/dead-souls-how-russia-treats-its?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
7 months ago
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@tomisitt.bsky.social
did your book come out ? I've been in Dnipro for 4 months this year and behind on lots of stuff!
7 months ago
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Tim White
7 months ago
Please listen and share. An 11 year old boy gave testimony today at the European parliament in Strasbourg, there was not a dry eye in the house. Roman Oleksiv was almost killed in a Russian missile strike in Vinnytsia. His mother did die in front of his eyes.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
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damn
8 months ago
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Ukrainian Railways. Total Bradshaw's. Respect.
9 months ago
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Russian bonuses aren't cutting it
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Life is cheap
In Russia a human life costs around $190,000. In the U.S., it's around $13 million.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/life-is-cheap?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
9 months ago
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John Gavin, Audie Murphy, current Secretary of War
#hesgethisanidiot
10 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
10 months ago
Trump on who he wants investigated: "Soros is a name certainly that I keep hearing. I don't know. I hear a lot of different names. I hear names of some pretty rich people that are radical left people. Maybe I hear about a guy named Reid Hoffman."
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10 months ago
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A very Russian crime: kidnap, isolate and indoctrinate Ukrainian children. A follow up is to return them to the occupied territories and claim they all want to be Russian.
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Moscow holds Ukrainian children at hundreds of sites across Russia
Yale University reports thousands are being indoctrinated and forced to undertake military training
https://on.ft.com/46E2fl5
10 months ago
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Seem to remember John Hopkins got his P45 when he did this with his Suzuki?
@denkmit.bsky.social
@matoxley.bsky.social
10 months ago
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Reuters
10 months ago
Fearful of Russian aggression, Poles flock to military training
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Fearful of Russian aggression, Poles flock to military training
More than 20,000 Poles signed up for voluntary military training in the first seven months of 2025 - in line with record levels last year.
https://reut.rs/4n2Ujji
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Andrea Devon
10 months ago
⚖️ Fed Governor Lisa Cook is pushing back against fraud claims. New documents show she told lenders her Atlanta house was a vacation home. Not her primary residence. That detail complicates the fraud case.
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Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fed-governor-cook-declared-her-atlanta-property-vacation-home-documents-show-2025-09-12/
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How very sad.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Ukrainian, 23, stabbed to death on train in US after fleeing war
Footage showing Iryna Zarutska being killed by homeless ex-convict sparks outcry over crime
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/07/ukrainian-23-stabbed-to-death-on-train-in-us/
10 months ago
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China flexes military might with leaders of world's 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th largest armies. US shoots a speed boat.
10 months ago
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Staggering how Trump's incompetence has driven India closer to Russia and China, lost the US a massive LNG market and handed China a diplomatic victory.
10 months ago
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Bought Casey Stoner's GP bike for £413,000. Pretty chuffed. Bloke said paperwork was in the mail. 👍🏼👍🏼🏁
@matoxley.bsky.social
@denkmit.bsky.social
11 months ago
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She's a brave woman. We should all thank her for standing up to the orange Muppet. Fed Governor Cook sues Trump over his attempt to fire her -
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Fed Governor Cook sues Trump over his attempt to fire her
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump has no power to remove her from office, setting up a legal battle that could reset long-established norms for the U.S. central bank's independence.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/fed-governor-cook-sues-trump-over-his-attempt-fire-her-2025-08-28/
11 months ago
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Russia’s economy is precarious. Yes, people have forecasted imminent collapse for a while, but it is a full-blown war economy with inflation, labor shortages and expenses.
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Ukraine: How do you see our prospects?
A good friend in Lviv asked, after the flurry of photo-ops in Anchorage and Washington, what are the prospects for Ukraine. Here’s what I replied.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/ukraine-how-do-you-see-our-prospects?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
11 months ago
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Japan will invest much more in the U.S. than the White House thinks.
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Japan will invest much more in the U.S. than the White House thinks.
Japan's agreement with the White House demanded $550 billion in investments. Japan already does four times that.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/japan-will-invest-much-more-in-the?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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Why is the U.S. trading with Russia?
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Why is the U.S. trading with Russia?
It's inexplicable and immoral. Saying we don’t trade is a lie. Calling it just “fertilizer” ignores that it's $3 billion a year of hard currency heading into Russia, which then buys weapons.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/why-is-the-us-trading-with-russia?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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Exactly the sort of sell out and treachery you'd expect from Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US and Russia Plan Truce Deal to Cement Putin’s Gains in Ukraine
Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with t...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/us-and-russia-plan-truce-deal-to-cement-putin-s-gains-in-ukraine?srnd=homepage-europe
11 months ago
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”EU to Russia: “We’re open.” The EU issued 607,000 visas to Russian tourists in 2024. The culprits? Italy, France and Spain. They all seemed happy to issue visas so Russians can holiday in the Med.
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EU to Russia: “We’re open.”
The EU issued 607,000 visas to Russian tourists in 2024. The culprits? Italy, France and Spain. They all seemed happy to issue visas so Russians can holiday in the Med.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/eu-to-russia-were-open?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Uh-oh? Steve Moore up again?
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Adriana D. Kugler submits resignation as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, effective August 8, 2025
The Federal Reserve Board announced on Friday that Adriana D. Kugler will step down from her position as governor of the Federal Reserve Board, effective Augus
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20250801a.htm
12 months ago
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Banana Republic President tries to humiliate Central Banker....ends up looking stupid
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Trump and Powell clash over renovation costs at Federal Reserve
YouTube video by CNN
https://youtube.com/shorts/EvYljCN970s?si=HIJHzxowFlE-WqYe
12 months ago
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The war beyond the grave: How Russia tortures parents and families
“Why are you taking pictures?” A woman called over as I walked through Krasnopilske cemetery in Dnipro.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christianthwaites/p/the-war-beyond-the-grave-how-russia?r=v275&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
12 months ago
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Dnipro to Lviv after a month. Hard to leave 💪🏼🇺🇦💙
@denkmit.bsky.social
@kyivindependent.com
about 1 year ago
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Lev Parikian
about 1 year ago
Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner
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We've had about 15 of these in the last 24 hours. It's indiscriminate. But also smacks of desperation.
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
@kyivindependent.com
about 1 year ago
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Christian Thwaites
The Washington Post
about 1 year ago
Protests have sprung up in response to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Venice wedding, including a variety of life-size mannequins placed throughout the city. The satirical project is protesting the billionaire's wedding as a symbol of unchecked wealth inequality.
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about 1 year ago
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The full Risorgimento (unification of It Italy) was in march 1870) but.... Garbaldi's victory in Sicily was in June 1860 and on this date. The Leopard was in this period. Tancredi fought with Garibaldi.
about 1 year ago
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