strong post-Soviet vibes

Vladimir Putin wanted useful idiot Steve Witkoff to represent the US because he targeted him as someone whose greed would be easy to exploit. And when it comes to the Trump admin, Putin gets what he wants. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...

BlueSky Wrapped: Your mood this year 🇪🇺 me: ALWAYS 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

I really hoped this one was fake. it's not. what a despicable, worthless form of human existence.

absolute legend.

Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering. Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed. At least two suspects are in custody.

An earlier version of the NSS specifically said that the US should try to pry Italy, Austria, Poland and Hungary away from the EU www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes

💔 the saddest anniversary is approaching...

The US State Department is instructing its staff to deny visas to those engaged in activities like combatting misinformation, disinformation or false narratives, fact-checking, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

low voter turnout - particularly in local elections - remains a serious and persistent challenge across Eastern Europe. there is an urgent need for stronger education on civic rights, voter rights, and, above all, the functioning of national and EU institutions.

re-sharing my EU Starter pack in case EU institutions finally decide to quit Elon's hell hole for good. go.bsky.app/sy6gCf

I believe Trump promised all of them a pardon in advance.

El Chapo next?

we have lots of Mindichs, Chernyshovs and Hrynchuks in Bulgaria, a EU country. what we don't have is an anti-corruption body as effective and fearless as NABU. glory to 🇺🇦!

Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president

so, basically, Witkoff is more like an errand boy?

The Polish prime minister reacts

this Administration is an utter disgrace, I swear to God! Witkoff should get back to selling condos or whatever the hell he was doing before shredding the American diplomacy to pieces.

Donald is the first person in history to think he'll win a Nobel Peace Prize by siding with the invader.

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

May this be the end of European delusion, the end of self-humiliation and useless flattery. May this be the moment in which Europeans muster just a fraction of the courage that fellow European Ukrainians have demonstrated so far. #StandwithUkraine #EuropeAlone

My investigation into the PedoFiles so far:

The most blatantly and obviously corrupt admin in US history by far. Will ANY Republican have the integrity to speak up about this, the pardons, the crypto scam, ANYTHING?

Weber's words have no value. since when does he care about the rule of law? last time I checked he was still enthusiastically supporting one of the most corrupt leeches, #BoykoBorissov, and his crooked party #GERB.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published February)

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ICIJ's Bulgarian partner BIRD.BG found that Russian state-owned enterprise Goszagranostranost allegedly violated U.S. sanctions and EU regulations by organizing a secret auction to sell a property in Sofia, according to leaked files obtained by ICIJ. buff.ly/qIXfkFg

Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

and it gets even better!

ahhhh... gotta love Western "socialists".

we have the same neighbourhoods across Bulgaria... 💔

The British burned down the White House in 1814. Perhaps they were right?

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, @eppgroup.bsky.social, Bulgarians would love to hear your comments on this.

💥SCOOP: Orbán’s top think tank courting MAGA world appointed Serbian pro-Russian, pro-Iranian scholar & Valdai Club member Misa Djurković to lead its Center for Geopolitics. He has ties to figures linked to the GRU's 2016 Montenegrin coup attempt too. From our newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-orba...

the man, the legend, the Dagsson! 🦈

meanwhile, in season three of The Diplomat, the president is reading Autocracy Inc

Peevski is an oligarch sanctioned by US, yet nobody in Brussels asks any questions as another Bulgarian election sees Peevski’s party - literally - buy huge numbers of votes. State capture in Bulgaria has reached absurd levels. www.novinite.com/articles/234...

💥🔎NEW INVESTIGATION: We reveal how, under now-Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, Hungarian intelligence spied in Brussels against the EU, attempting to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions. @direkt36.bsky.social @papertrailmedia.de @spiegel.de @tijd.be @larsbove.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social

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the magnificent Remo Girone has died at 76. La Piovra was a big hit on 🇧🇬 TV back in the early 90s and I particularly liked his complex character, Tano Cariddi. watching brave cops fight the mafia, while on our very streets a real gang war was taking place, captured my imagination forever. grazie. 💔

yeah, the Bulgarian diaspora could learn a thing or two from them.

well done, 🇲🇩! as a Bulgarian, I can only admire your resilience and determination. now, the difficult part begins, and I hope Sandu's PAS won't waste this historical chance. battling Russian-bred corruption is the only way forward, along with independent institutions and media. stay strong! 🇪🇺

sadly, consistency is one of the many virtues he lacks. without any relevant action, these are just empty words.

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

Trump is now 30 minutes late for his much-hyped autism event, which leaves me wondering if RFK Jr is pumping Grok as I type this in a desperate attempt to get to the bottom of it

So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.

imagine that!

some wise words by @christogrozev.bsky.social

a great piece by the great Ian Dunt. 💡