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@templeofhate.com

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Neocon apostate, neorealism convert, unapologetic liberal democrat. Volunteer for Ukraine. Posts in 🇬🇧 or 🇩🇪. https://blueskyroast.com/roast/templeofhate.com #PolSci, #GeoPolitics, #Ukraine

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RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · Sep 7

What sunrise sounds like when your neighbouring country is a genocidal, imperialist, fascist regime. Every Russian is guilty.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #РусниПизда

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is “creating a media monopoly in order to keep himself in power...the larger pattern, not just TikTok...we have seen countless media companies like the coming under control of right-wing oligarchs. We have seen constant pressure on the press, new rules from the Pentagon...”

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17h

OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born.

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

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RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · 15h

They're more Aktion T4 (the receiving end) than Lebensborn. American Nazis are at least as bad at naziing as their Russian role models. Deplorable.

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Jan Skudlarek @janskudlarek.bsky.social · 15h

Sehenswerte Doku von Olaf Sundermeyer über Zustände im Osten, die einen sprachlos machen:

www.ardmediathek.de/film/blaues-...

Blaues Land – Wie die AfD den Osten verändert - hier anschauen

Dokumentation Deutschland 2025 +++ In Brandenburg ist die AfD zur stärksten Kraft geworden. Autor Olaf Sundermeyer zeigt, wie die Partei das Miteinander in Gemeinden verändert, rechtsextreme Ideologie...

www.ardmediathek.de

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RobertReid @redneckhack.bsky.social · 16h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · 20h

I am once again begging subscribers to share gift links. Discussing headlines makes one dumber. Here's the 🎁 link (no paywall) www.thetimes.com/article/c563...

P.S. Please also boycott Tesla.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle

Tommy Robinson faces trial after officers said he refused to unlock his phone while carrying thousands in cash and driving a Bentley to the Channel Tunnel

www.thetimes.com

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 20h

This new Pentagon press policy is not good for our press or our military.

And I’m saying that as a former soldier who knows the importance of a free press.
www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · 20h

Whoever thinks the Ukrainians will ever surrender has not been to Ukraine.

Also, the 🎁 link (no paywall) for those who need it.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Putin Is Not Winning

Underestimating the Russian leader is dangerous, but ascribing dark powers to him plays right into his hands.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chiweenie Fella @chiweeniefella.bsky.social · 22h

In their 2011 book, Why Civil Resistance Works, Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan looked at 323 resistance movements from 1900 to 2006, including more than 100 nonviolent resistance campaigns. What Chenoweth & Stephan showed is that citizens are not powerless; they have many ways to defend democracy.

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 22h

Haaretz berichtet, dass man den Führerbefehl gefunden habe, mit eindeutig genozidalen Anweisungen

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 1d

Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply?

You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.

A screenshot of “Allow others to be notified of your posts” with “No one” selected

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

"Freedom of speech has a point. It is there so people can speak truth to power. Often that truth is spoken first by young people."
snyder.substack.com/p/gaza-and-p...

Gaza and Protest

Why freedom of speech matters

snyder.substack.com

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · Dec 3

Beginners Propaganda and Disinformation course - Udemy: www.udemy.com/course/propa...

Propaganda & Disinformation - Level 1 (Beginners)

Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world

www.udemy.com

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Olga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 1d

Air raid alert. Everyone’s in the shelter.
A song echoes underground.
It’s not fear — it’s life, it’s strength.
Ukrainians. Together. Unbreakable.

🎥y.krasinskyi

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Nico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 1d

Sehr gut, dass die Nachrichtendienste zu Russlands Kriegführung gegen uns öffentlich angehört werden und sehr gut, dass sie deutlich sprechen. Die „Leute nicht beunruhigen zu wollen“, war der falsche Ansatz. Offenheit und Klarheit helfen.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d

Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.

Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 2d

What causes WW3 as per my tankies:
🇹🇷Shooting 🇷🇺jet down
🇺🇸Killing 🇷🇺troops in🇸🇾
🇺🇸bombing Assad
🇺🇦Defending itself
Giving🇺🇦:
Training
Javelins
155mm shells
Patriots
Tanks
F-16s
HIMARS
ATACMS
Tomahawks
🇺🇦striking crimea
🇺🇦Deep striking🇷🇺
🇺🇦Occupying🇷🇺
Cutting🇷🇺off swift

What doesn't cause WW3:
🇷🇺attacking places

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

The forced deportation of children and rape are among the darkest chapters of Russia’s war. Today we are providing another €6 million to support the care of children deported by Russia and survivors of sexual violence," @kajakallas said.

Thank you, EU! 🇪🇺🇺🇦

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
newrepublic.substack.com/p/maga-implo...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.substack.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I will be there on October 18th, and I hope you will be too.
#NoKings
snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...

No Kings — Freedom (video)

Why protest is patriotic

snyder.substack.com

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RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · 2d

Or listen (again). 😏

Either way, a sensational book by @timothysnyder.bsky.social.

RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · 2d

Not enough people have read this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodla... And it shows, especially in Germany where the slow drip of Russian propaganda has poisoned people's perception and furthered the rise of Russia aligned parties like BSW, Linke, and, most prominently, the AfD. Read it.

#NAFO

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RobinK 👊🇪🇺🔥 @templeofhate.com · 2d

Gerne doch: www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

Ihr Link verweist auf die FAZ-App im Android Play Store - ist auch super!

Religiöse Rechte in den USA: Christentum im Kampfmodus

In den Vereinigten Staaten fällt die Kluft zwischen den Parteien immer stärker mit einer religiösen Kluft ineinander. Darin steckt eine Lehre für Europa.

www.faz.net

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