Carol of the Bells was written by a Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914. In January 1921, a chekist (a bolshevik secrete police) shot him and robbed the family. youtu.be/TIaAz32XgZo

Russia's new Molniya-2R reconnaissance drone uses a British Raspberry Pi 5, Chinese cameras, and Windows 11 Moscow has adapted its Molniya drone from an FPV kamikaze weapon into a reconnaissance platform capable of monitoring Ukrainian positions euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/n...

"Chinese firms are on track for a 75% jump this year in global shipments of lithium-ion battery cells for energy storage,.. They have exported more than $65 billion worth of storage and electric-vehicle batteries this year, cementing their dominance in a sector vital to backing up wind and solar.."

"Vineyard Wind is almost done with construction, with only one turbine tower left to send out, and then some blade sets to install. It has been sending power to the grid all through the year. It is unclear if the project must now cease sending power." Trump's energy revolution!

Georgia has always been the first testing ground for Russia: civil war, separatism, invasion, installing a puppet regime, masterminding new methods of election rigging, cracking down on all civic liberties, etc. But what begins in Georgia has never stayed in Georgia. You can be the next. 1/2

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Climate change caused by fossil fuels is destabilizing agriculture and food supply chains around the world—meaning higher grocery prices for Americans. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-fossil-fuels-and-global-extreme-weather-increase-americans-food-prices/

Europe is failing to provide Ukraine with the necessary manufacturing capacities to supply the needs of the Ukranian Armed Forces. And that is NOT acceptable. 😠

YFQ-48A ‘Fighter Drone’ Designation Given To Northrop Grumman’s Talon By USAF www.twz.com/news-feature...

Founder of Russia’s far-right Espanola brigade shot dead at his dacha in occupied Crimea, Astra reports Video surveillance footage released by the independent outlet depicts armed men arriving at Stanislav Orlov's residence in Sevastopol on Dec. 4.

I just donated to @msf.ca to support #Gaza Please consider a donation if you can spare it

"...the tragic reality is that we are going to face more and more climate disasters, some in effect fuelled by AI, and we may start to face more direct AI-induced disasters too." Some thoughts on #AI and why it's the last thing #climate needs. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2565188...

The world has moved toward renewable energy, that future is already here. Except in the United States, where the Trump administration is an agent of the oil and gas industry, desperate to take the country's energy infrastructure back a few decades. www.bbc.com/news/article...

150 days to publication of my next book THE FATE OF THE WORLD: A HISTORY AND FUTURE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS can now be pre-ordered from most booksellers @harpernorth.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

This might be the most batshit crazy (and corrupt) thing ever posted to the Interior Department's website. www.doi.gov/pressrelease...

👀 The Venezuelan military has begun distributing rifles to civilians in the country’s working-class neighborhoods. The initiative is part of the ‘comprehensive defense’ concept promoted by the government of Nicolás Maduro. militarnyi.com/en/news/vene...

Russian elites are obtaining Serbian passports with visa-free access to the EU during the war. Among them are an FSB special forces member, a friend of Nikolay Patrushev, nuclear weapons manufacturers, a close associate of Ramzan Kadyrov, and dozens of others. storage.googleapis.com/istories/en/...

⚡ DIU raiders set fire to two fighter jets at an airfield near Lipetsk. The footage shows that one of the fighters is a Su-30SM “12” red RF-95838. The other is a Su-30SM “82” red RF-81740. 👉🏻 Find out more: militarnyi.com/en/news/diu-...

🔎🇺🇸Eastward Shift: USS Ford Moves to the Flank of the Windward Islands OSINT Confirmed (Dec 21): The USS Gerald R. Ford (CSG 12) has shifted its operating area to the eastern flank of the Caribbean, while simultaneously conducting distributed logistics operations.

20 years ago today your Prez said "Russia will be an energy superpower". Today we're selling oil for 13% less than it costs us produce and for about 40% less than what our budget needs. I remain a master strategist.

A longer holiday read on the currently quite messy Arctic security dynamics, courtesy of the US. I hope everyone can get some rest over the holidays, despite everything !

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using "national security concerns" to halt all offshore wind construction. Here's @jael.bsky.social with what's going on — and what happened last time they tried this argument: heatmap.news/sparks/trump...

The new Great Game in Central Asia > The Russian war machine’s scramble to secure an unlikely component for its ammunition – cotton pulp – looks to a new plant in Uzbekistan with ties to an Uzbek tycoon, Rustam Muminov, recently sanctioned by the UK and EU. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim of reining in Western space superiority that has helped Ukraine on the battlefield, the AP reports, citing NATO-nation intelligence services.

Arctic security remains a key priority for the European Union, and one in which we seek to work with allies and partners. Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.

We already knew that climate change is likely making tropical cyclones stronger. But new research suggests warming could also make the precursors to these storms more intense.

The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have demanded respect for their borders after Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to the largely self-governing Danish territory.

If you think this will stop even after a 'peace' deal, think again. Ukrainian agents will continue sending Russian war criminals to hell until they're all dealt with.

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"While nobody knows what's going to happen next, the state security services are on high alert."

The French should know better than to collaborate with the enemy. ☢️

Putin's spare butt plug, Andrej Babiš, appears to threaten Czech-led, Western-financed scheme organising artillery ammunition supplies for Ukraine. news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

Nit exactly a knock out blow though. Do we want to win this war or not?

❗️🇯🇵Japan to provide 🇺🇦Ukraine with financial assistance worth $6 billion in 2026

"Killing our wildlife for fun is no longer acceptable" @chrisgpackham.bsky.social on the govts newly announced animal welfare strategy #GMB

Wait, I thought the Trump administration had pivoted to help Ukraine? Someone better tell Trump that the likely GOP nominee in 2028 disagrees with him….

"Israels defence industry is making records profits with its weapons manufacturers marketing their products as battle tested [on Palestinians]" Nour Odeh reports.

Hydrogen does not directly warm the climate, but interacts with OH to extend the life of CH4. "More hydrogen means fewer detergents [OH] in the atmosphere, causing methane to persist longer &, therefore, warm the climate longer" phys.org/news/2025-12... Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Trump says he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as “special envoy” to Greenland. Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.

Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, investigators say

What comes after Trump? Turning Point USA endorses Vance amid party discord.

Military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen on the $90 billion for Ukraine and European strategic leadership that this decision shows.

Pick one Or Maybe everything

Drama over. Russian weapons transport ADLER is making way northwest, about 2 hours to international waters, leaving Swedish territory and a brief detention. Thanks @ttaero.bsky.social for tag.

As if we don’t have the world’s greatest military force. Private militias on the high seas is just what the world needs. Freekin idiot.

The “shadow fleet” used by Russia, Iran and Venezuela to avoid western sanctions and ship cargo to customers including China and India is “exploding” in its scale and scope, and there are concerns that efforts to counter it are drawing closer to dangerous military confrontations.