Moscow has officially closed the door for joint rescue cooperation with 🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪 in northern regions.

much of the work on AI-generated misinformation focuses on regular users/communities, while ignoring how political and economic elites can seal themselves into a hermetic slop box -- a repeat of the same mistake we made with radicalization and conspiracism in the previous decade

"Die russischen Streitkräfte haben seit 2022 keine Fähigkeit gezeigt, große Bevölkerungszentren wie die im Festungsgürtel – dem Rückgrat der ukrainischen Verteidigung im Gebiet Donezk – zu erobern.“ [Das soll jetzt wohl der „Friedensplan“ erreichen.] understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...

As many as 16 bomber planes flew from Belaya air base in Siberia to the Olenya air base south of Murmansk on Monday.

Trump officials’ meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about latest Ukraine proposal reut.rs/4ifAdRh

Man will also die Ukraine zur Kapitulation zwingen zu Bedingungen, die den nächsten Angriff möglich machen. Cool, cool

When the German version of the the book came out, it was already surpassed by reality (with tongue out and both middle fingers raised). So Carlo Masala is far too optimistic about the US president in this scenario. That’s the only thing that I have to criticise. Essential reading. 👇

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Deputy Prime Minster and Presidential Envoy Yuri Trutnev few months ago shot at Ukrainians with a sniper rifle. This week, he chaired a meeting in Russia's so-called Governmental Commission on Svalbard

„Things happen“ Kashoggi was dismembered, murdered, at the Saudi consulate, at the orders of the man Trump is defending and sitting next to.

As Norwegian researchers emphasise, exposure to high levels of mercury can impair brain function.

The 🇷🇺 Yantar pointed lasers at UK military aircraft. Russia's Embassy in London says the British accusations "only cause a smile".

Streets have been renamed, Ukrainian monuments removed, and murals painted over. Bellingcat investigates how apartment blocks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been demolished to make way for a new Russian suburban utopia… www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...

The latest satellite photos of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, for instance, illustrate the extent to which local glaciers have melted. "We need to dramatically reduce emissions", - a new research emphasises.

The upgrade on the Kotelny island is just a small part of what appears to be a much larger modernisation programme for meteorological stations across the Russian Arctic, which covers 53% of the Arctic Ocean's coastline.

Moscow is making great efforts in building its Runet — a closed and strictly controlled Russian internet. The Barents Observer has compiled an overview of what is happening in the Russian segment of the internet

The Copenhagen Conference on Information Integrity starts tomorrow (11 November 2025) at UN City in Copenhagen. Democracy, journalism, and science vs. disinformation, cognitive and information warfare. Looking forward to some fresh ideas on how to tackle this.

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The man who has caused this will now be a trillionaire. 600.000 deaths, two thirds of them children.

„Projections by the researchers show that if USAID cuts continue, more than 14 million additional deaths could occur by 2030, including over 4.5 million among children under 5“ 14 million deaths.

October in Norway this year was the eighth warmest on record since measurements began in 1901. #climate

An important comment, and something we need to talk about publicly. We need to prepare for scenarios like this, otherwise we‘ll get „surprised“ again and again. 👇

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In Folge #100 diskutieren @wiegold.de @rikefranke.bsky.social @drfranksauer.bsky.social & @carlomasala1.bsky.social die Frage, wie wir jetzt umgehen müssen mit “kein Krieg, aber irgendwie auch kein Frieden”. Jetzt in eurem Podcatcher - oder mit Bewegtbild in der ARD Mediathek. Bilder: Fabian Bimmer

Last week, we revealed the scale of wildfires that tore through one of Africa’s largest nature reserves. 🌍🔥 www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10... Now, we’re detailing how our team uncovered the story — and the open-source tools that made it possible. 🧵

Nach langer Pause sind wir wieder da! In der neuen Episode von "Kreuz und Flagge" sprechen @lukashermsmeier.bsky.social und ich über die Stilisierung des ermordeten Charlie Kirk zum Märtyrer - und über die Vorträge, die Peter Thiel zum Antichristen hält.

Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet

Viel zu lange haben Politik + Medien in Deutschland hart ignoriert mit welcher Aggression Russland die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Westen vorantreibt. Spionage, Sabotage, Cyberangriffe, Wahlbeeinflussung + Anschläge auf #Kritis. Wenn wir nicht endlich entschlossen reagieren,ist es zu spät.

Well, that’s quite shameless by academia[.]edu. Account deleted. 🤷‍♂️

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

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Estonia summoned Russia's charge d'affaires on Sept. 19 after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Baltic nation's airspace; The European Commission unveiled on Sept. 19 the proposed next package of sanctions against Russia; and more.

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Disney: capitulating right away when the core idea of your major franchises is creative resistance.

Two incursions in one day. And it’s no longer drones.

⚡️NATO confirms Russian incursion into Estonian airspace, calls it "reckless." "NATO responded immediately and intercepted the Russian aircraft. This is yet another example of reckless Russian behaviour and NATO’s ability to respond," NATO Spokesperson Allison Hart said.

URGENT ⚡️ Mario Guevara, the only journalist behind bars in the United States, faces imminent deportation following charges related to his live streaming of law enforcement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

French hospitals have been asked to prepare for a possible military engagement. Health minister rightly points out that this is part of preparedness (and resilience). www.bfmtv.com/politique/vi...

Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Russian state-controlled media outlets and allied social media accounts have seized on the killing of Charlie Kirk to push narratives that favor the Kremlin and aim to divide Americans, researchers say.

The NYT wielding its full toolbox of euphemisms to sugarcoat the administration's attack on democracy and free speech.

„Masala’s warning extends beyond Ukraine. In the high-stakes game of deterrence, he suggests, China and Russia might be more adept than the west. They are the agents of disruption, willing to overturn the existing global order — and they may view our fear of escalation as weakness. „

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

LICHTGESCHWINDIGKEIT ist das hier. Die neue Folge ist online. sicherheitspod.de/2025/09/16/9...

⚡️Canada to appoint special representative for Ukraine's reconstruction. Canada is set to appoint a Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Sept. 16.

"CPJ is concerned by President Donald Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times. These types of defamation suits send a chilling message and can entangle news media in time-consuming and costly legal processes." — Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ's U.S., Canada and Caribbean Program Coordinator