Another report from Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi. The very same place that Gerasimov has already "taken" three times, "liberated" five times, and "reported upward" eight times. Ukrainian battalion commander Roman Kovalev sends yet another greeting to Gerasimov and his army, together with Anton and Alexei.

Cuba should trade land for peace, pledge neutrality and stop bringing foreign militaries into the US sphere Apparently that's how this works.

I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis. If not, why not?

2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe. 2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty. Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

If you're interested in seeing how framing contests are taking shape after the ICE killing of another person in Minneapolis, here's a window into the conversation on X this morning. Link to interactive graph: faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Spot... * I put this together quickly. Sorry for any errors

It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct

“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh

Wiener Kunstakademie bietet Donald Trump Studienplatz an www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/wien...

Deprived of light and heat, #Kyiv residents find strength in togetherness. Neighbours gather, share food prepared over open flames, and turn moments of hardship into ones that will stand out in their memory. This is what an unbreakable city looks like United 24 Media / Instagram

Four years, well over a million casualties, a war economy, and huge support from allies, yet Russia has nothing to show for it. Russia still hasn’t managed to capture a single regional capital or special-status city in Ukraine. What a pathetic failure! @thestudyofwar.bsky.social

Faking E200. Ma tahaks metainfot näha esimese asjana neil failidel..

The use of the word "needlessly" in the title is absolutely peak Westsplaining by The Economist. Even if you oppose the policies, to call them needless when Ru weaponizes and propagandizes Ru-speakers to justify its aggression against its neighbours is clueless privilege, not an analytical position.

Ukrainian Defenders of the 15th Steel Border Mobile Border Guard Detachment,"Korea"&"Pastor,"held positions in the Sumy region for 131 & 94 days without rotation,respectively.Together,they repelled 6 massive assaults.In December,"Korea" sustained a gunshot wound but decided to remain at the position

“These findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Tulsi Gabbard in 2019: "The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".

OTD in 2002 Russian foreign minister Lavrov said it was Ukraine's decision to join NATO if it wanted. Which is *very* strange thing to say if you got a promise from NATO that Ukraine wasn't going to be allowed to even apply. Or maybe it's bullshit.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

Bohdan Krotevych, #ukraine lieutenant colonel , Chief of Staff of the Defense of Mariupol posted this: > I have reviewed the article “The Bear in the Baltics: Reassessing the Russian Threat in Estonia,” published by the European Council on Foreign Relations. Its authors, Jennifer Kavanagh and […]

“During the Korean War, negotiations dragged on for three years - until Stalin died,” commented a source close to Zelenskyy on the current talks. I guess it gives us an idea of just how much of a waste of time and energy that was.

Henry Bolton,British politician,former leader of the UK Independence Party: We,the people of Europe&our governments,recognize the stakes.We know what war is.But if we reward Putin for his aggression now,we’ll have to pay again later-in the Baltics,in the Balkans,in Moldova,perhaps even in Poland

During WWI, then minister-of-munitions David Lloyd George looked at the BEF's estimates for machine guns (4 per battalion) and quipped, "square it, multiply that result by 2, and when you are in sight of that, double it again for good luck." Which turned out to be the real final number.

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

*INTERnational

"Iga katse selgeltnägijate võimeid väljaspool stsenaariumi testida lõppes tema sõnutsi alati läbikukkumisega. „Ma ütlen teile ausalt, et 15 aasta jooksul saates töötades ei kohanud ma ühtegi selgeltnägijat." Kes oleks küll võinud seda arvata?

He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”

Zelenskyy: ‘I Don’t Need A Ride, I Need More Ammunition’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk90...

Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say. Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.

I will post a very rare link out to twitter because this is a very useful analysis of all the ways the 28-point Ukraine plan is illegal under current treaties and obligations: twitter.com/eeriknkross/...

props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody

This is a concept from Iain M Banks’ Culture series, and as usual, Elon is entirely clueless about the underlying assumptions of the setting (The Culture is about as Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space Communism as it gets).

I predict you will hear this term a lot very soon “AI free business”

Ahoi, ajakirjanikud! Ükskord prahvatab ving, mis kogunen'd salaja: Ingliskeelse sõna "minerals" vaste eesti keeles ei ole "mineraalid" vaid "maavarad".

"Русский Мир" Russische Diplomatie! Gesponsert von #AfD #BSW und Politikern der #SPD. 👇

fuks arounds, finds outs.

The Ukrainian military—the toughest, most experienced, most adaptable, most successful on the modern battlefield—is beardy old men, women, artists, gamers who can’t deadlift sh*t but can fly a drone into a Russian helicopter rotor Focusing on capabilities, not “looks,” is how you achieve victory

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

This started with "I need ammo, not a ride.."

Ukrainian military specialists have been deployed to Denmark to boost the country’s drone defenses.

An investigation has revealed that the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna died on 19 September 2024 in a pre-trial detention centre in the town of Kizel, Perm Krai, Russia. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Estonianization progress "However even if Trump pivots, he has destroyed the narrative that Ukraine cannot win and Russia is a military steamroller. That narrative will be harder to restore now. And what is more, the intelligence that is circulating in Washington now seems to be very different"

Poland's statement to Russia at the UN. "If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or 'by mistake', and gets shot down, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned." ~AA

‼️Following the brazen incursion of Russian military aircraft into EU and NATO airspace, European leaders must issue a statement that any further provocations will result in Russian aircraft being shot down.

A cat account I follow on X (don’t judge me!) is based in NL & they posted that given upcoming election, their account has been flooded with hateful political rhetoric, so they will go on mute Just goes to show how the bots actually work - they don’t care about content, rather about large accounts