If these 23,000-plus files are fed to AI, I am guessing that ChatGPT and Grok are going to yield very different takeaways.

"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse" From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

"[A]uthoritarian regimes are reinventing 'news' as a weapon to oppress opposition...This book is the ultimate guide to this brave *news* world."--Peter Pomerantsev DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and ThomasColley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

The collapse of Putin's system will only happen if it can be overloaded with more problems than it can manage. @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social in the bunker with Prez & Liubov youtu.be/vjQHcJ0EyLA

Very telling that oligarchs want to be called aristocrats. On the donors who think they deserve to rule: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

While watching this academic lecture by @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social, I thought; why, are so few seeking ways to undermine far-right populist #propaganda? It floods info channels globally, sweeps up followers in myths & distortions while the opposition...reacts to it. Instead of disrupting it?

"It's not about the facts. Disinformation is about identity, emotion and trauma" - Peter Pomerantsev www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0b...

On the self-destructive psychology of populist’s desire to ‘take back control’ …a form of self harm www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/oc...

“The Russian can see us just from the other side of the river, and a minute later they hit you - and they are specifically targeting residential areas, kindergartens, hospitals.” read this horrific report from Kherson: open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...

Latest from the bunker for Patreons features @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social "What Putin fears most is losing control" He made his own drinks. www.patreon.com/posts/142096...

Velkommen til hybridkrigen, Danmark. Her kommer tre gode råd

To make Putin worried enough to consider a cease-fire more seriously, the West must act in the informational domain, write Peter Pomerantsev and Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi.

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

You may call it ‘Chatfishing’, but I shall only refer to it as ‘Cyrano de Berger-App’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Trump govt did not reverse these firings out of goodness or self-owning a "mistake." They would have been happy to get away with it. This reversal is the result of strong opposition. We undercut our own power when we give them the credit. Resistance matters. And remaining cuts are still devastating.

‘Everyday Amulets: On House Keys from Crimea to Palestine and Beyond’ by Maria Sonevytsky londonukrainianreview.org/posts/everyd... 10/10

‘Lessons from the Empire: The Concert Hall as Security’ by Leah Batstone londonukrainianreview.org/posts/lesson... 8/10

Some ‘putin getting fed the data he wants to see on Ukraine’ vibes….propaganda works as a tool as long as you don’t get high off your own supply

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

I feel very moved by the Portland resistance - inflatable people, hot-to-go dancers and twerking dinosaurs, as this piece outlines , it’s true courage, defanging fear

This interview with @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social is quite brilliant. »Olesya Khromeychuk spoke to Peter Pomerantsev about the subtleties of waging information warfare, the challenges of cultivating a world of truth and justice today, and creating the kind of space where democracy can be practised.«

"How to Win an Information War: Sefton Delmer, the Genius Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler"-Peter Pomerantsev. Read this based on a Ted talk by the author. It's an expanded version of that w/more history, details, citations. Fascinating look at the propaganda war in WWII (both sides). #booksky #204

@timothysnyder.bsky.social great books are important- but nothing is quite as tangible in its direct impact as his campaign to fundraise frontline trucks and buses with anti drone equipment. Join us! www.help99.co/patches/timo...

When are words war crimes? www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Lib Dems are right. I know for a fact that a lot of Russian interference isn’t publicised. The Government needs to start calling it out every time it happens so that the public understands we’re at war,

Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Poland says it is facing up to 50 Russian sabotage attempts daily, including hacks on hospitals and city water supplies. This is clearly war. And there is no doubt which country Putin is targeting after Ukraine.

Finished “The Damned King” by Justin Lee Anderson (enjoyed but do wish there would be summaries of the previous books when reading a series…my memory is not what it was). Now on to “How to win an Information War” by Peter Pomerantsev - which so far is an entirely new perspective on WW2 history

As Russia, China and Iran augment their information war tools America retreats from the cognitive domain…

The Bad Guys are Winning, from 2021 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Even the world's most surveilled state can't control the thoughts and dreams of its citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...

this point—that this era is not forever and accountability can come in many forms—has for some reason proved bizarrely elusive for democrats

New work by @brendannyhan.bsky.social & @jasonreifler.bsky.social shows further evidence of positive impact of prebunking This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing” www.science.org/content/arti...

"And the only thing more dangerous than an aggrieved dictator is a world too afraid to confront him".

"Eleven years into its crusade against a neighbor one-quarter its size, Russia holds less Ukrainian ground than it did in 2022, and its latest tactics — terrorizing civilians — are best described as a tyrant tantrum."

New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...

Bringing a proposal for somewhat improved bureaucratic coordination to a no-holds barred geopolitical cage match.

I think this turned out pretty well.

What did Putin think of the Alaska summit? Well, he just sent drones and missiles to hit an apartment building, a shopping mall and the headquarters of the European Union in Kyiv. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Is the international rules based order dead? And what even is it? My latest video for The Times youtu.be/4T6oSqazmlw?...

The Pentagon is blocking Ukraine from using long-range missiles to hit Russian military targets. No wonder Putin still thinks he can win the war www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Reminder that Trump is also discarding sanctions, putting pressure on Ukrainians and ending support for Russian-language indepdendent media, all of which encourages the Kremlin www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

On the partisan groups that work inside occupied Crimea. Long term occupation will not be easy for Russia www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukrainian-...

In Georgia the past is being rewritten about Russia’s invasion- turning the victim into an aggressor. What happens in Georgia then repeats in Ukraine and beyond. This is often the test tube for Russian imperialism www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...

“Russia is apparently treating Moldova as a proving ground for various pre-election hybrid attacks.” www.dw.com/en/russias-h...