OTD in 1860 the Treaty of Peking was signed. An unequal treaty, Russia gained about 600,000km of Chinese territory. We said "we just need to secure Russian borders" Imagine that happening today.

This would be great but it’s kinda funny that Germany would still have a small total force + reserve than Finland (wartime strength 280,000 and total reserve about 900,000) www.ft.com/content/6cbf...

Nepotism and corruption in Russia A critical analysis of reports on wide scale nepotism and corruption in Putin’s regime in Russia A free thread from Beefy. Please share and support him with a coffee ! open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...

Not reported in UK mainstream media: Britain’s Wind Boom Has Slashed Energy Bills. The UK has rapidly developed its wind energy sector and is one of the biggest wind power producers worldwide. A UCL study found that wind power reduced consumer energy bills by $137 billion between 2010 and 2023.

This! Just do the Eurobonds already. Do it now!

Russia's rhetoric towards Europe and NATO is becoming increasingly more hostile.

Väldigt viktigt. Gäller även här där extrema minoritetsuppfattningar ofta får lika stor vikt som vedertagna välgrundade i media.

They’re exposed German bureaucracy is pretty limiting, and as with most things connected to Germany, anything involving Russia gets complicated

Belgium plans to invoke article 4. Which is going to deter us far more than Belgium releasing the Russian assets to help Ukraine win.

Så attackerar Kina den akademiska friheten i väst. Den som tror att det finns "liberala universitet" i Kina är vilseledd. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Svenska högre befattningshavare tycks lida av strukturella kognitiva problem. Hur kan det här vara värt kostnaden för en demokrati? (Det kan det inte)

Hur – och mot vilka – använder polisen Palantir? Vad har skattebetalarna hittills fått betala för det här? Har beställaren insyn i algoritmerna som används? Hur kontrolleras det att missbruk av AI-lösningen inte sker? Var lagras all information? Vad blev sagt på Grand Hôtel?

Sveriges AI-strategi

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Nationellt cyberspacecenter, en del av FRA

A Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft linked to Wagner PMC landed in Venezuela, Defense News reports, describing the flight as Moscow's attempt to expand its military presence in Latin America.

A Russian woman Irina came to Ukraine to see her husband, who had been taken prisoner. 📹: May 2025, DW

A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...

A beautiful meeting. The bestest ever.

The electronic budget system shows a 6.05 trillion ruble deficit as of 28 October 2025

i just realized all the McKinsey companies must be shitting their pants over chatgpt. expensive bad advice that lets ceos do the thing they already wanna do is their only thing.

Over-compensating for blocking €140bn from going to Ukraine, Belgium?

I'm also proud to say that this is my first cover story for the print @theatlantic.com magazine, and if you thought my first book earlier this year was a bummer... you'll probably find this to be a bummer too www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

❗️Content linked to the Russian state appeared in almost one out of every 5 responses by AI to questions about Russia’s war against Ukraine -the Institute for Strategic Dialogue Researchers analyzed responses from 4 popular chatbots - 🔽

Me talking about our nuclear fueled missile that totally works.

I recently read an interesting article by a journalist and one of the founders of the Babel online outlet, Hlib Husiev, who spent three days with the group that created the "Horynych" drone. Main points:⤵️

Måste-lyssning & läsning. En vanlig felkälla som förklaras är spegeltänkande: vi misslyckas att förstå en motpart eftersom vi tolkar dem utifrån vår egen spegelbild. De borde ju vilja ha fred eftersom vi vill ha fred!? www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/ny-b...

🔹Mechanical engineering, which relied on government orders, went down by 0.1% after growing by 15.7% in August. Analysts believe that the defense industry no longer supports the economy and is facing a budget shortfall. 5/6

A London court sentenced six people to prison terms ranging from 8 to 17 years for setting fire to warehouses containing humanitarian aid for Ukraine on behalf of the Wagner Group. The fire occurred on March 20, 2024, and caused £1.3 million in damage. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Usually, the White House has been busy taking credit for Ukraine's achievements, so it's refreshing with this kind of admission that they actually are doing nothing to help.

This is a perfect match and an opportunity to fund switching Gripen E powerplant and other essential components to a fully European supply chain.

Dear EU @katjabego.bsky.social and I have a great solution for the frozen Russian assets question: Use them to pay for Ukraine’s 150 JAS Gripen fighter jets from Sweden

Pity about the american made powerplant, but all in all a good move towards European sovereignty after all.

Tonight, a Russian drone hit a busy crossroads in Sumy. Nine people injured, over 10 vehicles damaged, windows shattered, civilian infrastructure damaged - Radio Liberty Casual Russian terrorism that will never make headlines but continues bringing tragedies to Ukrainians.

Puckon, verkligen. Så oerhört tragiskt det här. Vi ger bort nycklarna. Betalar till och med för det.

‼️ Russia: “Russians have almost stopped depositing money into banks.” 🍿 www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/20/r...

Can we please all agree that all visits - every single one ever - to the White House orange will be an utter disappointment for proponents of freedom and democracy. Yet I have the feeling that next time the pointless shade of orange yaps, media and bloggers will again repost everything again

Sweden called on European countries to shift into war mode to defend and sustain peace, Defense Minister Pål Jonson told RND. Around 90 percent of Swedes support maintaining or expanding aid to Ukraine, he said. www.rnd.de/politik/inte...

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Shameful behaviour from both media and bloggers. Stop regurgitating authoritarian crap whether Trumpian, Orbán or Putins.

Well. Whaddayaknow. Can we now please stop reposting stupid crap that the orange whitehouse excuse of a man randomly burps out? There are far more important people to look to here.

And yet, we let them in. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

French police has prevented an assassination attempt against Vladimir Osechkin,a journalist,human rights activist, founder of Gulagu. net -Le Parisien The French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office has arrester 4 men aged 26 to 38.Three of them are from Russian Dagestan

A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again – Byline Times Support this publication! bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...

I've always admired the condescension with which rich westerners view soviet trained engineers. "The folks who put soviet things in space would have no chance to make the ready made parts of a nuclear program work. Not even a crude dirty bomb" That's the spirit. Helps absolve us now.

Needs to be repeated. Over and over again. Never listen to them talking. Watch what they are doing.

Reported on russian social media: There are a total of 83 regions in the Russian Federation suffering from fuel shortages now, plus the occupiers count 6 more occupied Ukrainian regions as part of them: 1/3

P.s - Macron led the way on refusing to cut russian Schengen visas - in the latest round of sanctions, yet to be ratified by the EU. 4/4 www.reuters.com/business/ene...

I know I probably shouldn´t but nowadays I just assume that if its a global sport of any kind, it is rotten to the core.