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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

What Trump said just a little while ago about sending Tomahawks to Ukraine. Nothing has changed, he hasn’t agreed to send them and seems very reluctant to do so.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 2d

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War and Power

A bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of ec...

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Hi All, Just sent out this post. The recent rush of the USG to claim great credit for the Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is typical success leeching that we have seen in this war. The US could help in one way, but it others the claims are laughable. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

One Cheer For Intelligence Sharing

The Trump Administration Trying to Associate Itself With Ukrainian Success

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨This is bad (and surprising) news: Recent report published today by @kiel.institute suggests that military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months. 🧵
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...

'Surprising' drop in military aid to Ukraine in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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Elena Adaal @elenaadaal.bsky.social · 1d

UK schools should hire EU coach drivers for this.

Very good that the new EU entry/exit system will now flag this.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Translation: British coach drivers routinely overstay unlawfully in Schengen.

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Sophia Aram @sophiaaram.bsky.social · 1d

Ce matin, une chronique avec de la joie, des otages enfin libérés, les mots apaisants de Delphine Horvilleur et le "doigt d’honneur" de Jean-Luc-l’élégance-Mélenchon à Bejamin Duhamel !
@rabbidelphineh @Ben_Duhamel @franceinter.fr

youtu.be/HGMraC-WRao?...

Réparer les vivants - Le billet de Sophia Aram

YouTube video by France Inter

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 1d

Here's the deal, SNCF workers

SNCF exists to transport passengers. It does not exist - primarily! - to keep you in work
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/normandie/se...

If you want to make the case against régions giving contracts to others, BE BETTER jonworth.eu/connecting-t...

Ouverture du train régional à la concurrence : "Ce sera beaucoup plus compliqué et beaucoup plus cher, il ne faut pas se leurrer"

Suite à l'attribution des liaisons TER de "l'étoile ferroviaire caennaise" à RATP Dev face à l'historique SNCF par la Région, les syndicats de cheminots normands se mobilisent contre l’ouverture à la ...

france3-regions.franceinfo.fr

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

Deep breath. My publisher @johnmurrays.bsky.social informs me that my book about 🇬🇧,
"Fantastic Kingdom“
which will come out in June 2026,
is now available to pre-order, and that @waterstones.bsky.social is offering a 25% preorder discount this week.
www.waterstones.com/book/fantast...

Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck | Waterstones

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

Agreeing that the minimum Ukraine could achieve is a dirty bonb, based on soviet engineering expertise, is enough of a concession that the main point stands unchallenged.

Thanks for playing. Occidentalism is common but not a winning strategy.

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 2d

The EU found some courage. Let’s see for how long

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 3d

Brussels to back net-zero shipping deal despite Trump sanction threat

Trump administration threatens 'sanctions on officials sponsoring activist-driven climate policies'

dlvr.it

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 23h

"An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories."

Excellent by @stephenkb.bsky.social #Giftlink

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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Fabrice Arfi @fabricearfi.bsky.social · 2d

« Non, Nicolas Sarkozy n’est pas une victime ».

La tribune très forte dans @liberation.fr des vraies victimes de l'affaire des financements libyens, reconnues comme telles par le tribunal de Paris : les familles de victimes de l'attentat terroriste contre le DC-10.
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Nous, les «filles du DC10», étions au procès Sarkozy et nous avons vu s’exercer une justice humaine et respectueuse

Composé de sœurs ou de filles des 170 victimes de l’attentat organisé par le régime de Kadhafi en 1989, le collectif était au procès des «financements libyens». Elles battent en brèche l’idée d’un «ac...

www.liberation.fr

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Stephane BLIN @stefapblin.bsky.social · 1d

Non mais c'est pas vrai !¿?
Après avoir raconté n'importe quoi sur le covid et son traitement miracle. Après avoir volontairement falsifié des études, volontairement raconté n'importe quoi sur des turbo-cancers, manqué de déontologie. #Raoult mérite une bonne visite de quelques années à la #Santé

Grompf @grompf3.bsky.social · 1d

Rappel : Il y a 10 ans, un célèbre médecin français expliquait dans les médias et dans ses bouquins qu'il n'y avait aucune raison d'avoir peur de l'antibiorésistance, que tout cela était une panique injustifiée, etc, etc.

https://www.lepoint.fr/debats/raoult-cessons-de-nous-alarmer-sur-l-antibioresistance-20-10-2015-1975216_2.php

https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/g1732800_001_023/invite-didier-raoult

https://www.lamarseillaise.fr/societe/pr-raoult-pas-de-quoi-s-alarmer-OFLM042419

https://www.lequotidiendumedecin.fr/specialites/infectiologie/le-pr-didier-raoult-lance-un-pave-dans-la-mare-la-resistance-aux-antibiotiques-nest-pas-une-menace

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Grompf @grompf3.bsky.social · 1d

"Nous ne sommes pas en panne d'antibiotiques mais les antibiotiques les plus anciens qui ne coûtent rien (amoxicilline) sont impossibles à trouver car non rentables. L'OMS invente des crises fantasques"

Je ne suis pas expert, hein, mais...

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Grompf @grompf3.bsky.social · 23h

"Je suis celui qui a le plus publié au monde sur les antibiotiques, je ne suis pas un outsider, je suis le sachant. C'est pas parce que je dis le contraire des autres que je ne sais pas de quoi je parle."

https://x.com/Tipuncho/status/1295325731778711552

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in or close to the White House is making a killing with inside information on what Trump will threaten next before chickening out.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

And they were sent after the insurrection to investigate, not before it even happened. Sheesh.

A tweet by Evan Kilgore says: “Can somebody please explain to me how ‘the Biden FBI’ placed 274 agents into the crowd on January 6th… when Donald Trump was President on January 6th? Joe Biden had no control over the FBI before January 20th. Does Trump think we’re stupid or am I missing something?”
It quotes a tweet from Donald J. Trump reading, “THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6… What a SCAM – DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

That’s because his picture isn’t close to accurate.

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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t about ‘hating America.’ It’s about standing up to Trump’s authoritarian regime. That’s what loving America actually looks like.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23h

So perfect.

Viral Photo Of Trump With Golden Sconce Behind Him Gives Fittingly Devilish Optical Illusion

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23h

Well done!

A tweet by Gramps says “RELEASE THE FILES!” with a photo showing a projection on a wall of several people edited into a parody movie poster titled “Guardians of Pedophiles,” referencing “Guardians of the Galaxy.” A car is passing by the projection on the street.

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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 23h

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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