Off work today! What’s on my to do list? • Make some overdue changes to one of our Windows PCs. • Reinstall Linux on Ye Olde Mac Mini for a new project. • Finish Daggerheart prep for this weekend’s game. • Clean the garage. • Various small chores. What am I doing? • Going back to bed.

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

I think @bylinetimes.bsky.social are onto something with their investigation of links between Epstein and Farage.

a small weapon set I designed for fun #art

🇮🇷 Large-scale protests against the government in Iran. According to local sources, millions of Iranians have already joined the protests against the political authorities.

The Prime Minister of India has never once criticised a russian missile attack on civilians and civilian objects in Ukraine. Yet he takes this opportunity to spread russian lies. Even the russian ministry of defence was unaware of any supposed attack. Go fuck yourself, Modi.

So nice of Modi to worry about a strike that didn’t happen, but stay silent when Russia strikes Ukrainian civilians

No words… 🇮🇳😵‍💫

Modi keeps hitting new lows

India under Modi is a supporter of the genocide Russia is committing in Ukraine. Shame on India!

**BREAKING** Images of a Chinese merchant vessel with containerised missile launchers, radar/comms and close in defense are legitimate. Collaborated via other sources. Sobering. Merry Xmas

India test-launched its next-generation K-4 SLBM from the sub Arighaat. www.aninews.in/news/nationa... Read more about India’s nuke programs: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Of GREAT INTEREST Unconfirmed reports from Russian social media, a Russian vessel attacked in Mediterrean and a high-ranking official of a security service was killed. Don't want to spewculate publicly at this stage Awaiting more information

Per Russian reporting shared via @bunkerhunter.bsky.social, it is a tanker, and the high-ranking official General Andrei Averyanov of the GRU. Why would a GRU boss be on a shadow fleet tanker? ;)

Don't normally repost Reuters, but this is interesting. Russian 'gun runner' Adler has been anchored off the Swedish coast for a little bit...

Russians started wrapping their tanks in anti-drone containers.

**CAUTION** I won’t be following the #IndiaPakistan fighting closely, don’t have bandwidth. Beware, #OSINT reporting in both countries is already often low quality + biased, and it’s about to be flooded with more fanboys and click grifters. Treat all claims and new-found ‘expertise’ with caution

🇮🇳 More from India Today…

India gives a warm welcome to mass murderer and war criminal Putin.

India loves to finance Russia’s war and genocide against Ukraine. Shame on Modi!

As Putin is about to land in India for his first visit since invading Ukraine. The red carpet is out: flags, banners, even religious ceremonies. Despite US pressure, Delhi keeps doing defense deals with Moscow, reportedly including a $2B submarine purchase. India remains Russia’s top oil customer.

Putin arrived in India. PM Modi greeted him by the plane and gave Putin a hug.

India chose russia.

◾️Europeans need to get themselves involved into working on a settlement, not get in the way. My comment: Russia will continue the war. Its rhetoric towards Europe is becoming increasingly more hostile. Russia can only be stopped by force.

Oh, and one more interesting moment: in the announcements of the interview, the India Today host kept saying that India and Russia have stood for each other through thick and thin - so that's the general "emotional background" with which they will treat Putin's visit.

Ahead of Putin's visit to India, he gave an interview to India Today media. Some points from the interview: ◾️Russia suggested Ukraine withdraw troops from Donbas and not start combat, but Kyiv prefers to fight. ◾️Russia doesn't plan to return to the G8.

FT just named Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan one of 2025’s “most influential leaders She is head of RT channel. Sanctioned by the US, EU, UK

91 UN member states have supported the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution “Return of Ukrainian Children,” initiated by Ukraine together with 46 co-sponsors.

The Moscow empire is waging a genocidal war of aggression against Ukraine. India supports Moscow imperialism. The Moscow empire is a brutal colonizer of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar peoples. India supports Moscow colonialism. India denies the right of self-determination.

Closing the Black Sea to russia would be the best sanction possible. And we must do it to survive. If someone doesn’t like it — go to Putin and demand that he end the war and free Ukrainian land. That is the only way. End/

India’s GDP might slow down because of a shortage of Russian oil? Well, maybe that will finally make them think about how to end the war — instead of cozying up to Putin and making money off our suffering. 6/

I believe it was a major mistake to allow the world to put on soft slippers, grab a beer, sit comfortably on the couch, and watch us being killed on TV. Because when you now ask why the world has suddenly stopped caring about our problems — well, why should it care if everything is fine for them? 4/

Serhii Marchenko, a Ukrainian soldier "We made our war very comfortable for the world. We considered everyone’s interests. We acted carefully and reasonably." 🧵 1/

Putin has arrived in India and was personally greeted by PM Modi. The visit lasts two days and will cover everything from tourism and migration to weapons deals. Despite Western pressure, Russia’s influence in India clearly hasn’t faded.

Putin arriving in India

During his visit to India, Putin, together with Russian propagandist Simonyan, launched the propaganda channel RT India. "Russia Today's goal is not simply propaganda for Russia and its culture or its position on domestic and international affairs.

Putin and Modi beam at the Russia-India business forum in Delhi. Putin calls for expanding ties beyond energy and defense “in all areas.” Modi briefly spoke about the Russian invasion and said India stands “on the side of peace” Yet the red carpet for a war criminal says more than any speech could

Putin in India: we didn’t annex Crimea

Welcome to the dark side India.....

For god's sake, they still live in a caste based society, something that sound really good for leaders like putin, trumpf, Modi, Xi, & the rest of the kleptocracy who thrives by making most of their citizens poor & themselves obscenely rich. Somehow India has evaded scrutiny. Per capita 👇

I’m confused because Trump months ago demanded that India stop buying Russian oil and he told us that Modi agreed not to. What happened with that?

This joke has multiple variants, like:

Going thru customs in India today: - Name? - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin - Occupation? - No, those are self defence militias and Russia is not involved

I've paired the cartoon with some images from what Ukraine endures from Russia. Are the images below ever shown on India Today? (Followers in India, if you could share how the media show Russia's war in Ukraine in India, I'd be very grateful for your stories.)

The more India embraces Russia, the more their currency implodes.

Recommended movie: The Ghetto Millionaire, which only scratches the surface of India. Corruption, rape as a national sport, child trafficking, child marriage, extreme poverty, pollution, still 22% illiterate, almost a third of women. No wonder they love murderer-rapist russia.

Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa. Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days. Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is

🇩🇰 Danish Armed Forces have 122 photos of six Russian ships in the area of ​​the blown up Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosion. One of the ships, the SS-750, had a mini-submarine on board, - FAS

The square antenna on the top of the fuselage of this Russian jet-powered Geran (Shahed) drone looks like Starlink (?)