The U.S. is completely compromised. Russian intelligence succeeded with a 50 year old operation to break and dominate the U.S. in the information space. The world’s most capable military and intelligence agencies got defeated by Russian influence operations targeting the stupid and the powerful.

💔 This is how “Shchedryk” sounded at one of Ukraine’s thermal power plants destroyed by Russia. 📹DTEK Group

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

Russian invasion of Ukraine is the logical consequence of the unpunished invasion of Georgia. Russian ​invasion of Europe will be the inevitable result of Impunity in Ukraine, if allowed.

❗️At night, 10 Shaheds strike Mayak bridge. And then in the afternoon, ballistics hit the bridge, - Flash A cluster bomb won't damage the bridge, a cluster bomb will kill civilians in line around the bridge.

I speak as a commercial rival who stands to make lots of money if it disappears. But more importantly I speak as a patriot and believer in the BBC’s ethos, mission and impact.

What really matters most at the moment is that Ukraine will get the necessary funding of 90B€ for the next two years. Thank you, dear EU.

President of the European Council António Costa announced that the EU has reached an agreement to provide €90 billion in funding for Ukraine for 2026–2027‼️‼️‼️

The Ranch View 1 Erin Elizabeth Ross 2024

A tune so ancient, it's positively prehistoric. #CursedCarols

Seems like a small thing, but that’s three cohorts of undergraduates deprived of what can be a horizon-altering experience, all because of the pathetic whims of a venal chancer.

Sabine Meyer gave her final concert last night in Bern, closing an international career that reshaped the clarinet’s place on the concert stage. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/sabine-meyer...

HURRAH! Petitions are crap at making gov'ts do things they don't want to. But they are good for two things: First, making them explain why they won't do something, but second (and more important) nudging/giving them permission to do something they DO want, but that's been crowded out bandwidth-wise.

Banks save £2 billion a year from abandoning our high streets and town centres. Our post offices pick up the slack, but they are not funded by the banks anywhere near enough to be able to maintain their presence. This must change.

If this doesn’t bring him to cease fire. Then it is time to turn up the military heat and confiscate every ship coming out of that shit hole country. Blockade St Pete and the French and Canadians can shut down the Pacific. If he threatens you with war then let Poland take Belarus. Time to grow up.

On a bright side, I have beautiful people like you to talk to, my family and loved ones to share a life, and a friend I can stay with while at Kyiv center . I am rich . Thank you for that friends

Bravely fighting back the woke liberati, I valiantly, with no thought for my own safety, began the descant, knowing this might be the last year that we might hear them.

@christogrozev.bsky.social tells a story how he caught a russian spy Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera using her 🐈! Happy #caturday

Poland marks December 13 as a day of remembrance for victims of communist repression after martial law in 1981, but the message resonates across the entire region. Every country the Red Army once occupied still remembers the terror that came with Soviet rule. 🧵 1/12

Trump is pressuring Zelensky to have elections in Ukraine because that is what Putin wants Trump to do. Russia wants Ukraine to have elections in the hope it will be divisive for the country and break Ukraine's unity.

This is a city of 1 million people, including 200,000 children. Russia’s aim is clear: to create a humanitarian catastrophe in Odesa on the eve of Christmas. Another wave is expected — over 50 Shahed drones are approaching. We will keep you updated. Please share this post.

About 1/2 m Welsh people, including many Welsh children, have English as a second language. One of these is Rowan Williams, past Archbishop of Canterbury, whose fluency and eloquence in English is second to none Also bilingualism has a lot of neuro-developmental benefits

When they keep making essentially the same 'error' in favour of racist talking points, the logical conclusion has to be that it was never an error.

You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

I understand the predicament that Labour has been in. People have short memories of how divisive and awful those years were, right up until recently. I understand why KS made those red lines, at the time, the country was still divided. I have the guts to say I’ve changed my mind. Now Labour should

#AdventInFemDur Tür 12 🎄 Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831) – ohne sie wohl keine Chopin-Nocturnes, denn sie war es, die die Romantik & Nocturnes in Polen einführte. Ihre brillanten Klavierwerke werden bis 🕯️ www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/szymanowska-... 🎁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9t0...

💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv. The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.

All debate on every issue has been reduced to what the law ALLOWS one to say. But that only delineates the MINIMUM. It's not a target. Civility, even a veneer of it, lubricates society. Good manners was something that - at least to this foreigner - made Britain great. How about rediscovering grace?

Suddenly, all the rush makes sense. The Russian economy is in big trouble, and Trump needs to act quickly to save it.

Most bonkers part of the story for me is that the Murdoch money was donated via News International (now News UK) - owner of The Times, The Sun, TalkTV etc. In other words, a media company donating to a political pressure group. And these same outlets have the gall to whinge about BBC “bias”

This isn’t about Zelensky, it’s about Ukraine’s sovereign right to choose its leaders without Russian troops, missiles or propaganda anywhere near the ballot.

La lune éclaire la foret Claude Picher 1977

People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

That’s all you need to know….

A school student in the UK who likes Adolph Hitler needs a PREVENT referral.

Rant alert: Trump’s national security strategy trashing the EU and core values at heart of transatlantic alliance makes it all the more urgent for Starmer to pursue bolder reset with EU. His timidity loses valuable time and risks leaving us even more subject to events rather than shaping them. 🧵

I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends. It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.

🚨BREAKING🚨 MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union. The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

Pay attention to the video quality ❗️ The tech you see here was created by our Wild Hornets engineers. We’ll share the details soon. In the meantime, enjoy this perfect Shahed interception by the 1129th Bila Tserkva Air Defense Regiment.

Night Snow Maud Lewis c. 1958

The penny is dropping. A customs union is the best way turbocharge our economy and tackle the cost of living. Labour MPs who agree with us should vote to back our bill on a customs union tomorrow.

Elon Musk is on a quest to weaken and destroy state power in all Western democracies so he can expand his own corporate power, reach, and control over our societies.

The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."

I don't understand why European leaders aren't communicating this

An obvious gap in the Farage story is what Priti Patel makes of his vocal objection to the Patels of Dulwich College, burning the school roll when the Patels outnumbered the Smiths. Maybe this would be pro-Farage testimony of how he has softened towards some Patels over time, but it is a clear gap

Pages 25 to 27 are most relevant here and should be read in their entirety

The West faces its most dangerous threat since World War II. In his latest book, Alt-Reich, Dr Nafeez Ahmed (@nafeez.bsky.social) uncovers the neo-fascist network war weaponising hate to crush democracy. Pre-order now: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/alt-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubD...

"patriotic European parties" in this context is quite a euphemism.