#putin’s Top Officials Laugh About How Dumb #trump Is Behind His Back > “We have continually shown them intelligence that shows the Russians are lying,” a senior UK security official told The Spectator on Thursday. “The Russians are privately mocking Trump over his naivety about Putin’s […]

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/02/25/after-four-years-of-war-in-ukraine-russia-s-economy-could-fall-into-recession_6750871_19.html #russia #ukraine #fuckputin

I prefer soju to #sotu. Fuck that guy.

Russia's insistence on getting the rest of Donbas shows they plan on continuing the war, there is no other reason to need that land. #ukraine #russia #fascists

Anybody watching the Shining tonight? #newyork #nyc

Breaking: The U.S. dispatches health insurance claim denial ship to Greenland.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/22/how-a-messianic-movement-is-changing-the-israeli-military_6750740_4.html #palestine #israel #genocide

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/116110969646649726 So they still have $343 billion left in gold…

here's gaby in 2022 on border surveillance tech and death-defying crossings www.theverge.com/c/23203881/b...

“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”

#uspol #norway #taxes #TAX

So, the “Ukraine coup”… I’m sure you’ve heard about it, didn’t you? Caused all the war and stuff - but what really happened? It was **21 February 2014** and here’s how what #Russia today calls “the coup” _actually_ looked like. A bit… unusual setting for a […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/18/nemesis-the-identitarian-activists-behind-feminist-masks_6750599_117.html #france #fascism

@rikefranke This sounds like they need two completely different aircraft, no? The different needs will only increasingly diverge? https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/18/chancellor-merz-says-germany-does-not-need-same-fighter-jets-as-france_6750606_4.html

All nation states represent the interests of the oligarchs and their various mafias. They are all the same. #fascism

We won't get out of this mess, not really, until we address the greatest wealth disparity America has ever known. Support unions! Support labor! Tax the rich! Tax corporations! America belongs to its people--all of them. #unionstrong #wealthdisparity #taxtherich #USpol

do YOU have any experience in art, social, organizing, fundraising, comms, graphic design, & want to help us try to raise an insane amount of money to keep immigrant families in MN housed? I am looking for folks who would want to throw down. having a meeting monday evening. DM me if you're in.

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/116062080356043533 1, 250,000 dead or disabled Russians and counting. #ukraine #russia #empire

Murder and rape victims are only political to people supporting the murderers and rapists.

#punk #resistance #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRHuiRyVEE

EU nations continue to blame the wrong people. #palestine #israel https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/11/france-urges-removal-of-un-rapporteur-over-remarks-on-israel_6750392_4.html

Watching Russia, the USA and Israel slowly self destruct as they ostensibly fulfill their most extreme, genocidal goals is pretty wild.

free palestine, free cuba… #politics

So long Bud

ELP 10 day mystery TFR has been canceled. #adsb #aviation #elp https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=tfr

Depressive speech by #russia military blogger Maxim Kalashnikov who talks openly about the failure of the ‘special military operation’ and economy https://video.echelon.pl/w/8VH8F3S14SYxZjULyveVsm

Long interview with David Gilmour about almost everything. #davidgilmour #pinkfloyd #guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_KFCidz_s&t=6474s

A very good deconstruction of the #nato expansion fable, with lots of details and actual document sources. Much recommended. https://waronomics.substack.com/p/the-nato-expansion-myth

A cool video from a #ukraine artist Alina Pash. Impactful. "The line between there and here is thinner than you think" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfqSTBTJXQ #musicvideo

If you have any recommendations for punk/metal bars/shows in Tokyo let me know please. #tokyo #metal #punk #japan

"Democracy is now back to 1985 levels according to some metrics, with 72 percent of the world’s population now living under autocracy. Russia and China are less free today than 20 years ago. And so is the United States". -Human Rights Watch, World Report 2026 https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026

mike ☭ 🇵🇸🔻 from tw/x: 'genuinely is wild seeing every single left wing political theory being proven absolutely right over the space of a few days.' https://x.com/__mike91/status/2019697380036313532 #capitalism #conspiracytheories #left #socialism #anarchism #uspol #eupol #europe

The Ukrainian origins of avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich, long mislabelled as Russian #Ukraine

They will not control us, we will remain victorious... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog&list=RDw8KQmps-Sog&start_radio=1 #muse #rock #resistance

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/116021782776953887 Canada with the EU now.

Via AU & Bluesky, a new cartoonist to me, but clearly top shelf, Cathy Wilcox. Bigly truth about the #TrumpVirus / #Epstein #crime empire, the #TrumpEpsteinFiles / #EpsteinFIles, & continuing violations of law and human decency. Sir Stable Genius' concept […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

It's like all the oligarchs read the dystopian science fiction of my childhood and decided to become the villains. #philipkdick #jeffbezos #musk #trump #sciencefiction #PalmerEldritch

enshittification= patriarchal billionaires

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

Throwback to this bsky.app/profile/rike...

Too many in the West still believes negotiations is going on. But listening to the Russian news, you will find out no such thing is happening. What’s really going on? A joint pressure campaign from #USA and #Russia to push #Ukraine to capitulation. @bbcstever.bsky.social

Much recommended analysis of #chomsky dealings with #epstein over the years, which not only sheds light on how the “world’s brightest intellectual” relied on a sexual predator on his tax evasion but also his persistent amplification of #russia lies about #syria and #ukraine […]

Cavalcade of creeps. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-list-of-powerful-men-named-in-the-epstein-files-from-elon-musk-to-former-prince-andrew #epstein

Sobering... “Brexit, just the beginning,” Epstein told Peter Thiel in 2016. After it comes: “Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances. You and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, and as I said in your office. Finding things on their way to collapse was […]

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/116005842631730925 The chance of Europe and US working together on actual defense: 0% The chance of either Europe or US agreeing with Ukraine that Russia’s future attacks invoke this clause: 0% The chance that Russia stops attacks because of this […]

COLOMBIA PROTECTS AMAZON FROM EXPLOITATION 🌿 New law turns the Amazon biome within its territory into a reserve, unavailable to new oil and large-scale mining projects. ❌ Announcement means 43 oil blocks and 286 mining proposals won't move ahead. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Country seeks to prioritize long-term […]

"A new form of money, on a world wide basis" is especially interesting: Russia was pushing cryptocurrency hard in the 2010s, and there are Russian figures behind some key crypto projects in the west. And of course crypto is an extremely useful tool for Russia […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Everyone let's welcome @angelodimambro. journalist extraordinaire, dear friend, #newhere, and not necessarily fully convinced about maintaining a presence on the fediverse. Who should he follow? Any starter pack?

Israel out of Palestine. https://www.france24.com/en/