Epstein was involved with so many people across the world that there's hardly anyone that was more than a handshake or two away from him.

Ukrainian sports minister calls FIFA boss's suggestion about letting Russia back in "childish." Well of course, what would you expect from a guy whose name is "Infantino"? www.dn.se/sport/ukrain...

At last something positive from Musk. Or rather: a step back from something utterly disgusting. Hope it'll stay this way.

Stalinist cities weren't 15-minute cities. They were quite often commuting nightmares. Or, when people didn't commute, they often lived in unhealthy and extremely overcrowded barracks. But it could also have been both: awful barracks AND horrific commutes.

Might? I would say it is a certainty that Zelensky would either be killed or imprisoned (and then killed in jail like Navalny).

Riktig krigsjournalistik.

Concerning Russia's "unstoppable" army: consider they still don't control Pokrovsk. Not all of it at any rate.

New neo-fascist party launched in Italy. Don't they already have enough of them? www.corriere.it/politica/26_...

Oleksa Drachewych argues that Russia’s instrumentalization of its memory of WWII has played a significant role in leading Russian forces to commit similar atrocities in its war against Ukraine. ibidem-Verlag Columbia University Press www.ibidem.eu/Fachgebiete/... cup.columbia.edu/book/replayi...

"They are our brotherly people, why don't they love us? If they don't love us we must force them to do so."

In short: US security guarantees are worthless and Washington is a Russian ally.

13-year-olds might soon be sent to jail in Sweden. All consulted experts were against this idiotic idea (afaik), but the government is pushing for it anyway: www.dn.se/direkt/2026-...

T & F have made a microsite that brings together free resources about Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Can be useful: insights.taylorandfrancis.com/ukraine

About ten years ago, I used to tell my kids the story about Bananaman and the Discombobulator (TM). Today I find out that Trump's stolen the latter from me! edition.cnn.com/2026/01/25/p...

Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act

Nice, yes, but... "everyone"? The "situation"? That sounds like Pope Francis. C'mon Leo, you can name the perpetrator of these crimes. And demand stuff from Russia, not "everyone"

Yes the US has reached the ”nothing is true and everything is possible” stage. Refer to Russia for further information how it continues from there

Sad to see Bulgaria and Armenia here.

The Trump administration's shenanigans have led me to finally abandon US American spelling in English.

Excellent, excellent text by ‪@dietmarpichler.bsky.social‬. Truly a must-read: inved.eu/insight/west...

Senate? Does it even exist?

One of the largest Russian disinformation campaigns of the current year is the mass production of Ai videos presenting "Ukrainians" in various states of emotional desperation.

Trump's peace council has a gender imbalance problem.

And the day after it is introduced trump will threaten a huge tariff unless UA does him illegal favours. Can't trust their word. It's almost always a lie.

At least there won't be any russian strikes that day. He, like the US, is becoming more and more irrelevant.

Perhaps his military just flat out refused to plan a takeover of Greenland. There are decent people there, and I doubt they take Hegseth - or Trump - seriously. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/21/p...

Trump is bringing together a dream team. Now do Berdymukhammedov, lil' rocket man and the guy in Equatorial Guinea (can't remember his name) and it'll be perfection.

Beautiful

At least he's not hiding it.

Musk wants to buy Ryanair. I can think of no better way to make the airline lose its passengers and go bankrupt. www.di.se/live/elon-mu...

One more idea for US hybrid op against Canada: Demand an end to all forms of "discrimination of whites", launch special military operation to seize Ontario panhandle because this is where whites have been repressed for eight years. Organize secession referendum and ensure 93% approval.

While the crisis is about Greenland, Canada must be wondering if they're next, considering trump's already made a point about the country's not deserving to exist (a bit like putin re: Ukraine). But it isn't an easy task to occupy Canada. What trump needs is a plausibly deniable hybrid op. (1)

So Trump basically just told Norwegian PM that he wants Greenland because they didn't give him a Nobel prize. Impeach him now, please. This is the most moronic casus belli in the history of mankind.

Back in 2022, we warned that letting Ru get away with anachronistic conquest would unleash other conquests but it did not cross my mind for one second that the US would be the potential perpetrator and its allies the potential victims!

Let's start buying Canadian whisky.

Here's another thing, regarding US sec. guarantees to UA: at any moment, he could say "you'll have to give us some more stuff on top of what we agreed on, like, all of your offshore resources in the Black Sea. And space for a trump tower in the middle of Lviv's market square (=demolish town hall)"

Russia loves Trump’s message on Greenland, as Putin has openly said. It is worth asking whether this was a Russian idea. It certainly divides and could destroy NATO, and it distracts from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The fun thing about the States is they’ve skipped right over virulent charismatic authoritarian in favour of deranged old man. Fast dictator culture.

This is an incredibly recommended documentary. I think its greatest strength is how it captures conformism in Russia.

If Greenland is stolen by Trump, Russia will be (even more) tempted to occupy Svalbard. They're already there (in Barentsburg), and it is reasonable to assume they have contingency plans ready for such an operation.

I wonder if this was a gift or some form of extortion or plain deceit? She handed over the Nobel peace prize medal expecting the presidency of Venezuela (presumably) and got... hell knows... a MAGA cap in return? Why, why, WHY did they give it to her? edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/a...

I would like to hear from the Democrats and from what's left of the old GOP that, in the event of an American attack/annexation of Greenland, the island will be immediately returned to Denmark as soon as Donald Trump has been kicked out. Which will hopefully be well before his term ends.

So Machado gave her peace medal to Trump. Just like that. Instead of auctioning it out to raise money for a good cause (Trump could have placed the highest bid had he wanted to). What an utter disgrace and how immensely pathetic. Pity the prize can't be annulled. www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/7pK...

This was obviously coming.

Two pairs of Twin Cities are the current hotspots along the frontlines of the global war between democracy and autocracy: Minneapolis-St.Paul and Slovyansk-Kramatorsk.

This is a very big problem. Two million is a huge percentage of those eligible for draft. Ukraine's male population is of approximately 18 million people. A significant part of them are under 25 (draft age) or over 60, so only about half remain available. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/14/w... (1)

THe next step will be that Trump will say that the USA has to take Greenland as payment for their past contributions to Europe's defence.

. They’re looking into her background to try to find a way to retroactively justify the guy shooting her in the face through her car in a lynching