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According to some unconfirmed sources, Mr. FAFO has experienced FAFO during ongoing infighting in Gaza. Below are examples of propaganda roles he was running for Hamas terrorists ..

FT: Under the new rules, foreign companies will need Chinese government approval to export products that contain even trace amounts of Chinese-sourced rare-earth minerals, or that were manufactured using the country’s rare-earth extraction, refining or magnet-making technology on.ft.com/4714pdE

Interesting Times article by Matthew Syed. Free link from Glyko here

Last night there were pro Pal rallies across the country with the usual chants & arrests for assaulting police: inc Manchester, London, Brighton, Leeds, Glasgow. As usual the BBC didn't report it, & such things don't taint bluesky. A 🧵on the character of these marches over the last 2 years

Putting things into perspective, The Island, area between Arnhem and Nijmegen. #WW2 #HISTORY

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution: Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

Call me a pedant but unless it has "whisper mode", "turbine boost", and an electric 20mm rotary cannon capable of 4000 round per minute, you CANNOT call it Blue Thunder. May the shade of Roy Scheider haunt them

The OnlyCat ai cat flap proving its worth. The female here still hasn’t figured out she can no longer bring us presents. She tried to bring this mouse in 4 times in two mins. Her smarter brother seems to have given up and eats them outside and not under our bed 👍

Lol. Makes this random interaction I had with him on Twitter a couple of days ago even funnier www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Europe seems to be tied to the idea that sanctions alone can stop Putin’s war 🧵In reality, they will never be enough Without a credible military posture, sanctions are only an inconvenience (Read on)

witching hour vibes theorb.bandcamp.com/album/yarns-...

This chap is a lib dem councillor

So Hypnotits wrote to Starmer about 'upholding international law' on the seas. Should have asked his deputy Mothin Ali, whose expertise on such things includes saying Yemen* firing missiles at international shipping is "upholding internal law"

#OTD in 1944, Nijmegen. Champagne, left by the previous owners. #WW2 #HISTORY

He fought for what's right. He paid the ultimate price. A true warrior for liberty, his sacrifice won't be forgotten. #RussiaIsATerroristState #NAFO 🎁 link (no paywall)

Same tailor as Stan?

Eli Staiman's spoof alter ego has been fired for making a video about the shooting of 'you know who'... He's asking for trantifa comrades to donate at www.coveredincome.com 🙏

At 1.30 a.m., in the night between 13 & 14 September 1943, the various units of Italian troops (12,000 in all), mostly conscripts of the Acqui Division, occupying the Greek island of Cephalonia, receive an unusual message from their Commander, General Antonio Gandin [Warning: long thread] >> 1

🌱 I am not joking: Someone has the munchies! This isn’t the first grasshopper I have found on our CBD plants. It looks like they are feasting on the pistils!

(With sound. 😊) 1939, France. British troops singing "Beer Barrel Polka", also known as "Roll Out the Barrel", a song which became popular worldwide during #WW2. #HISTORY

Russian officials continue pursuing an anti-Finland rhetoric: Finland is becoming a hotbed of fascism, and the irresponsible policy of its leadership could lead to a conflict with Russia, Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma's defense committee, said

Tillie descending a tree, with top tail balancing skills. I slowed down video the video so I could see how she uses her tail. She also scared herself enough that the fur along her spine went up when she was done

A cut out and keep to the Your Party Jezza Sultana splits. This underplays it TBH

There are no bounds to the lawlessness of this regime, this person risked their life to benefit the USA. Until this regime is physically removed, the rest of the world can't trust the USA. militarnyi.com/en/news/us-i...

Jessi the dog is looking for her owner, who was killed by the Russian attack on #Kyiv. Rescue workers continue to search for people who may be under the rubble. Russia killed 19 people in Kyiv today, including four children. 📹: slidstvo. info/TikTok

After years of being woken up by the cats bringing rodents in, dropping them under the bed leading to Tom & Jerry scenes at 3am, we bought an AI catflap. Which seems to work, now just need to remove the decapitated prey from the door mat

1/ John Swinney used yesterday’s Ofgem price cap news to once again claim that independence is the solution to high energy bills in Scotland. Coincidentally, Dorenell Windfarm Ltd published its accounts yesterday, and those accounts expose the vacuity of Swinney’s rhetoric.🧵

1/ The US government has for months been blocking Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian targets using US-supplied ATACMS missiles and the UK-French Storm Shadow cruise missile, under a previously undisclosed review procedure created by Pentagon official Elbridge Colby. ⬇️

My new phone alarm sound

Most of this can be summarized as follows: Speak in plain English. Avoid bullshit buzzwords that make you sound like a literary theorist, because most voters will think you're weird. And yet the holier than thou crowd in the comments are highly offended.

Let´s turn east first: The conquest of Siberia was as bloody as it could get. Every tribe that resisted was brutally slaughtered and brought to heel. This process continued into the 19th century and all along Russian settler colonialism was ongoing with the result that

13th August 1940: 82 Squadron and the Aalborg raid. As the air battle over southern England raged, RAF Bomber Command continued its efforts to attack Luftwaffe airfields, despite the misgivings of AOC Charles Portal. 82 Squadron were tasked with attacking the airfield at Aalborg in Denmark. 🧵1/13

Incredible serac fall from Hengsteren Glacier on Wetterhorn (3,690 m, Grindelwald) 🧊 37 degrees in the valley yesterday when this serac carve off 🥵 Meanwhile on the Monta Rosa the same day the temp at 3500m was between 6 and 13°C! 🔥 🎥 Kenton Cool

In an effort that will no doubt torch my follower base, I have laid out some basic numbers around our fiscal situation. Obvious, but still a little sobering for me. freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...

vorsprung durch horseshoe Sydney this weekend. Notable that "supreme leader" Khamenei there on the placard calls for the death of all infidels which, by definition, includes Assange 🤷‍♂️ p.s. Has Assange got a time share with Corbyn's red tie?

If people like those in the @greenparty.org.uk are not stopped from advocating and encouraging men to be violent, we may soon have another Jo Cox situation on our hands. It was apparently “just property” this time, what next? Also, people work there and yet bastards like this think it’s ok.

Every single campaign to get further aid to Ukraine. From "Release the Leopard tanks" to ATACMS to Cluster munitions, was accompanied by screeching opposition and fury, by the Stalinist shitrag.

14/ A few suggestive points that it may. First, clearly costly power is a problem for what's left of Britain's energy-intensive manufacturing sector. The ONS did a good recent look: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/eco...

#OTD in 1944, Nortmandy. Signal men from 6 Airborne Divison, playing cricket. #WW2 #HISTORY

Just an average column on one of Russia's largest state-owned media outlets today. One might think that they weren't all that interested ending their war in Ukraine.

🤬 Russian missile hit a residential building in Dnipro at night…

How Russian: "While held in a Russian-run prison, he’s told “We are going to kill you” by an official; later, it transpires that said official is his defence lawyer" www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

As @rich-bryant.uk reminded me of how good Lil Louis's French Kiss was. I then wandered of to listen to Renegade Soundwave's Women Respond To Bass (Women Respond in Heaven mix), which sadly wasn't as good as I remember. However RSW's finest 6 minutes and 32 seconds is still ace youtu.be/6d5fU4aO4WI

OTD in 2009 Natalia Estemirova received Russia's prestigious 7.62mm award for investigative journalism & died on the scene She reported on Novye Aldi massacre on 5/2/2000. We killed 60 Russian civilians, raped at least 6 women & burnt homes Imagine our army still doing that..

Operation Jupiter, the assault on Hill 112 started 81 years ago today. Audio: Rifleman Douglas Rosewarn, 5th Bn Somerset Light Infantry. IWM 17500 Film: 129 and 130 Brigade going in on the attack on Hill 112, Eterville and Maltot. IWM A70 76-6

Procurement: "Our products are systematically discriminated in public procurement, because of Beijing's “Buy China” policy. Goods and services that are “made in China” get an automatic 20% price advantage in public bids. This is simply not fair. The system is explicitly rigged"

"I don't know what happened to my cats.They probably burned down.There's nothing there." Among the houses damaged by the morning Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia is the home of 67-yr-old Iryna Korzh.She was at home with husband,son, &pets. During the Russian strike, Iryna suffered a head injury