"You know some real shit went down when Jon Stewart shows up on a day that aint Monday" (comment with 14k likes)

"Kritiker sehen in den Klagen einen Angriff auf die Pressefreiheit." Kritikerinnen sehen in dieser Einordnung eine Abwesenheit von Haltung.

Following recent reports that Germany's governing parties had refused to provide possible additional military aid amounting to €4.5 billion, BILD has now published a government document revealing that the Ministry of Finance has cut a total of €10.6 billion in planned military aid for 2026 & 2027.

Wenn eine Person islamischen Glaubens die Positionen von Charlie Kirk verbreiten würde stände er als Hassprediger mit einem Bein im Gefängnis.

Russische Luftangriffe auf Zivilisten und Drohnen auf Polen: - Schengen-Visa für russische Diplomatenpässe canceln, - Zahlungen an Russland und Abnahme von Öl, Gas, LNG stoppen, - Ukrainische Flugabwehr integrieren, NATO Luftverteidigung auf Luftraum über Westukraine erweitern.

Historic selfie. Ukraine’s government leadership always visit the sites of Russia’s drone and missile attacks. Today Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko just had to walk down the hall. This is the cabinet of ministers building in central Kyiv after the biggest Russian drone attack of the war.

⚡️ Lithuania to sound sirens during drone incursions after Russian UAV crash. The measure comes after two Russian Gerbera drones, one of which was armed, crashed in the Baltic country in July after entering from Belarus.

Neue Folge von "Streitkräfte & Strategien" mit @claudmajor.bsky.social (leider hier nicht aktiv) & natürlich @kuestnerk.bsky.social. Meines Erachtens ist der Elefant im Raum ob wir bereit sind für den Schutz der Ukraine zu sterben. Darüber muss klar gesprochen werden. Da traut sich niemand ran.

Thiel's power grab is already upending the world. Remember yesterday's scandal, that the Trump admin has been running active measures against our NATO ally Denmark, to get Greenland to secede? That's a Thiel mad-king project too: our ambassador to DK is Peter Thiel's close friend Ken Howery. 7/

Eine weitere Nacht des Terrors. Eine von zu vielen. Wieder richtet Russland massive Zerstörung in Kyjiw an. Wieder verletzt und tötet Russland Zivilisten, auch Kinder. Russland will seine Ziele mit brutalen Kriegsverbrechen durchsetzen. Eine freie Welt darf das niemals zulassen.

Ich bin in meiner Bewertung meist zurückhaltend, doch die russische „Diplomatie“, die wir in Kyjiw heute Nacht erlebten, spricht eine deutlichere Sprache als jegliche Worte. Terror.

As @holgerstark.bsky.social hasn't found the time to post his very interesting talk with @ozkaterji.bsky.social here let me help out:

Ukraine’s stolen commodities: Russian flag cargo vessel SV Nikolay transited Bosphorus carrying stolen coal from occupied Mariupol to Algeria.

I do not know what he's been through but I've read enough to know I wouldn't have survived it. Three years have marked him like three decades and still there's the ghost of a smile and a spark of kindness.

Do not forget how many people validated the “immigration issue” by supporting right wing talking points instead of calling it out for the racism it was. It was not just fascists who got us here. And forgetting that creates the conditions for this to keep happening on a loop.

WHOA: megapublisher Axel Springer asks German court to ban an ad-blocker. They claim HTML/ CSS code of websites are protected computer programs. And influencing how they are displayed (e.g by removing ads) violates copyright. Endless security, privacy and technical downside & absurdity 1/

@gresselgustav.bsky.social hat auf mich gehört 🙂 und doch einem Interview(schnipsel) zugestimmt, ab 1.45h

Europe is sighing with relief that Trump mostly behaved himself so far. They shouldn’t. Ignore what he says, whether it’s crazy or sane. His words don’t matter, he backtracks constantly. Judge only what he does to help Ukraine or punish Russia. And don’t wait for him. Act now.

It's a bit ridiculous to watch the Western press excited about Trump's message about security guarantees for Ukraine without reporting that the Russians simultaneously deny having made such a concession.

Meanwhile, even as everyone is talking about security guarantees and “land swaps”, note what we’re not talking about: reparations, accountability for war, crimes, and dealing with the fact that Russia is bent on military dominion in its neighborhood. /9

Europe will spend the day handwringing over how to react to this wholly predictable, typical mad Trump meltdown rather than doing what actually has impact: React to Russia. Seize Russian assets, ban Russian imports, sink the shadow fleet, send Ukraine more aid, & #SkyShieldNow

@mihajlovicfreiburg.com Snyder criticizing The Guardian on this matter might save your evening🌒🦉

Let's focus on the security guarantees that Europe/US can provide to Ukraine. The more loudly Ru objects to them, the better and more realistic they are in protecting Ukrainian and European security. Anything Ru agrees to is likely a version of the toothless Budapest Memorandum and a betrayal.

A deliberate strike by the terrorist state on a market in Sumy in the middle of the day during peace negotiations in Alaska. russia clearly doesn’t want peace. They’re craving for more blood.

Haven't heard from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social today, he probably went there, too.

Groundhog Day: Trump talks tough, sets a deadline, Ru continues the war, deadline passes, Trump does nothing, claims progress. He'll pressure Ukraine again, fail again to make them surrender, and then say he's walking away. The tragedy is that different Ukrainians die in each cycle.

But even if something lies to you "only" 15% of the time, it's not helpful, it's not saving you time, it's not making you smarter, it's just lying to you. That's more work. If your research assistant lied to you 15% of the time you would no longer work with them.

To conclude: both Trump and Putin use the “Good Tsar, Bad Boyars” model to build a system where blame is never theirs. Failures are pinned on advisors, bureaucrats, or made-up enemies. Successes, real or staged, are credited solely to their strength, wisdom, and leadership. 20/20

Hier ist der Text (samt meinem Bild, das ohne meine Zustimmung zu den Konditionen veröffentlicht wurde): im ganzen Textverlauf gibts keine namentliche Nennung meiner Recherchearbeit, lediglich einen Link. taz.de/CDU-Politike...

Wie anders es hätte sein können 💔 how different it could have been #KamalaHarris #StephenColbert

Apokalyptische Bilder aus Kyjiw. Russische Luftangriffe töten Menschen im Schlaf. Putin setzt voll auf Terror und Vertreibung. Eine Rakete schlug direkt in einem Wohnhaus mit neun Stockwerken ein. Kriegsverbrechen.

Here is the public image from Orbán to celebrate the occassion, presented with flags as if on a government to government visit. He certainly is going all-in with his embrace of Weidel and the AfD:

🚨 BREAKING: Kherson is on track to become the first city in history under full drone siege. Russians aim to block the road to Kherson with FPV drones. There’s still time to act. Huge thanks to Ivan Antypenko for sounding the alarm. with @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

🚨 BREAKING: Kherson is on track to become the first city in history under full drone siege. As human safari is raging. There’s still time to act. Huge thanks to Ivan Antypenko, a Ukrainian journalist and photographer, for reporting and sounding the alarm. bylinetimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant. The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs. That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.

HOWEVER, some Western journos better stfu! We're fighting a war, and the success of our soldiers hinges on the stability of our nation. We're united in this, and we'll only get through it together. Also, who even asked for your opinion, Owen?!

"A sick and poor country is less likely to resist" explains much of what is happening now - gutting healthcare, desaster relief or the monitoring of epidemics to name a few. Always worth your time listening to @wajali.bsky.social and @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

Während wir noch überlegen, ob wir wirklich fremde Drohnen über kritischer Infrastruktur abschießen wollen & wer dafür zuständig ist 🙃 läuft in Russland ein massives nationales militärisches Drohnenpiloten-Rekrutierungsprogramm für Kinder. Reportage vom Team @christogrozev.bsky.social

Have downloaded this bit of inspired chanting to add to my medicine chest.

450 Drohnen, Marschflugkörper, ballistische Raketen und aeroballistische Raketen ließ Putin letzte Nacht auf die Ukraine abfeuern. Menschen übernachten in U-Bahn-Stationen, Wohnhäuser brennen in Kyjiw. Wir Europäer können das nicht einfach geschehen lassen.

Trump describes the area around Alligator Alcatraz as a wasteland of pythons and alligators. But it is a sacred site still used by the Miccosukkee Tribe today. The tribe is suing, claiming the facility's construction threatens ceremonial sites.

Bis Oktober in der Mediathek. Es ist noch gruseliger als ich dachte. Wer Atomkraft für die Lösung hält weiß das alles nicht oder findet Abhängigkeit von Russland nicht an sich schlecht. So wie Macron & Erdogan offensichtlich. #Atomenergie #Uran #Rosatom

Einordnung des gestrigen Nothingburgers von @gresselgustav.bsky.social - alle haben so getan als wäre irgendwas zugunsten der Ukraine passiert. Ist es nicht.

Morning in Lviv, Ukraine.

Hab nicht mitgekriegt ob Bundestagspräsidentin #Klöckner diese Einmischung der Kirche in die Politik auch verurteilt hat 🤔

#ARD Brennpunkt fasst in 14 Minuten sehr gut die gegenwärtige Lage in #Ukraine und internationalen Kontext zusammen. Mit @golod.bsky.social @inaruck.bsky.social @jakluge.de @nicolange.bsky.social. #Sehenswert www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

4: In the first half of 2025, the total number of civilian casualties reached 6,754 — a 54% increase compared to the same period last year, when 4,381 casualties were recorded. Over the past six months, the number of civilian deaths rose by 17%, and injuries by 64%.

Kyiv under massive attack from Russian drones & ballistic missiles right now. Countless explosions. Ukraine’s air defenses trying to shoot down drones buzzing over city center. Authorities say several residential buildings have been hit and fires burning. Medics called to at least 3 districts.

Warte schon lange dass Uran zum Thema wird. Noch nicht in der Mediathek. Sendetermin 15.Juli. Weiß nicht, wie brisant das ist. Nur, dass.

🔴 Dmitryk, 14 months old, killed by a Russian strike drone in Pravdine, Kherson region at home. He was with his great-grandmother. - @Prokudin__ , the head of Kherson Military Administration Russia turned the Kherson region into a human safari park. The world is silent.