Gabriel Glickman
@gabrielglickman.bsky.social
PhD: Middle East Studies, @KingsCollegeLon. Research/Writing: history of international relations. Book: US-Egypt Diplomacy under Johnson (@IBTauris).
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President Zelensky: "We are facing one of the most dangerous periods in Ukrainian history, a choice between losing our dignity and freedom and losing US support. We choose dignity. My answer is my oath of office. I did not betray Ukraine in Feb 2022 and we won’t betray in now."
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
President Zelensky: "We are facing one of the most dangerous periods in Ukrainian history, a choice between losing our dignity and freedom and losing US support. We choose dignity. My answer is my oath of office. I did not betray Ukraine in Feb 2022 and we won’t betray in now."
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hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine illustrates a new world order emerging. What the Europeans do next will shape how that new order looks.
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine illustrates a new world order emerging. What the Europeans do next will shape how that new order looks.
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Two things are true:
1. Immigration judges are not, well, judges. they are members of the executive branch. you do not receive the kind of process you associate with courts from them.
2. This framing will encourage ppl to apply who will make things worse.
1. Immigration judges are not, well, judges. they are members of the executive branch. you do not receive the kind of process you associate with courts from them.
2. This framing will encourage ppl to apply who will make things worse.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Two things are true:
1. Immigration judges are not, well, judges. they are members of the executive branch. you do not receive the kind of process you associate with courts from them.
2. This framing will encourage ppl to apply who will make things worse.
1. Immigration judges are not, well, judges. they are members of the executive branch. you do not receive the kind of process you associate with courts from them.
2. This framing will encourage ppl to apply who will make things worse.
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"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect
The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
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JAPAN PART 4:
Reserve balances at institutions subject to Japan's reserve requirements continues to crater. Another 100+ TRILLION Yen in the span of a day. I don't think this is a nothing burger. Hang on to your butts. WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE POSTING ABOUT THIS ANYWHERE. @financialtimes.com ???!?!?
Reserve balances at institutions subject to Japan's reserve requirements continues to crater. Another 100+ TRILLION Yen in the span of a day. I don't think this is a nothing burger. Hang on to your butts. WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE POSTING ABOUT THIS ANYWHERE. @financialtimes.com ???!?!?
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JAPAN PART 4:
Reserve balances at institutions subject to Japan's reserve requirements continues to crater. Another 100+ TRILLION Yen in the span of a day. I don't think this is a nothing burger. Hang on to your butts. WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE POSTING ABOUT THIS ANYWHERE. @financialtimes.com ???!?!?
Reserve balances at institutions subject to Japan's reserve requirements continues to crater. Another 100+ TRILLION Yen in the span of a day. I don't think this is a nothing burger. Hang on to your butts. WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE POSTING ABOUT THIS ANYWHERE. @financialtimes.com ???!?!?
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What the actual fuck are we doing here
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What the actual fuck are we doing here
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The U.S. Border Patrol has been secretly using a nationwide network of license-plate readers and predictive algorithms to track millions of American drivers — even far from the border. The system flags “suspicious” travel patterns, then tips off local police to pull drivers over
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The U.S. Border Patrol has been secretly using a nationwide network of license-plate readers and predictive algorithms to track millions of American drivers — even far from the border. The system flags “suspicious” travel patterns, then tips off local police to pull drivers over
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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This is a classic sign of bubble. Everybody trying to jump on the bandwagon and relabel themselves as "that thing everyone is talking about".
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a classic sign of bubble. Everybody trying to jump on the bandwagon and relabel themselves as "that thing everyone is talking about".
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if you're a single-issue "affordability" voter, this should be concerning
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
if you're a single-issue "affordability" voter, this should be concerning
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My oath said to disobey illegal orders - 1972. My grandson’s Army oath last month, at the end of all the words, said to obey all presidential orders. Yes. The last sentence said to obey ALL presidential orders. This scares the s-it out of me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My oath said to disobey illegal orders - 1972. My grandson’s Army oath last month, at the end of all the words, said to obey all presidential orders. Yes. The last sentence said to obey ALL presidential orders. This scares the s-it out of me.
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guy who shot himself in the foot yesterday wants credit for not doing it two days in a row
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
guy who shot himself in the foot yesterday wants credit for not doing it two days in a row
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If war is a continuation of politics by other means and our politics are incredibly stupid and incoherent then our wars should be too. That's just theory.
The Trump administration is rapidly escalating its pressure campaign against Venezuela, even as President Trump’s aides provide conflicting accounts of what, exactly, they are seeking to achieve. nyti.ms/49nV4PY
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If war is a continuation of politics by other means and our politics are incredibly stupid and incoherent then our wars should be too. That's just theory.
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WTF? What are we running here, Dachau?
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
WTF? What are we running here, Dachau?
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I can’t remember a plausibly threatened invasion by the US that has received less attention and alarm by the press.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I can’t remember a plausibly threatened invasion by the US that has received less attention and alarm by the press.
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#NEW: President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the Indonesian National Armed Forces to ready 20,000 troops for a potential UN-mandated peacekeeping mission in Gaza, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#NEW: President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the Indonesian National Armed Forces to ready 20,000 troops for a potential UN-mandated peacekeeping mission in Gaza, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said
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Bacon: "If we're gonna go to war with Venezuela, the president needs to make his case. And they've done 0 on this. He needs to come to Congress."
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bacon: "If we're gonna go to war with Venezuela, the president needs to make his case. And they've done 0 on this. He needs to come to Congress."
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Exclusive: European financial stability officials are debating whether to create an alternative to Federal Reserve funding backstops by pooling dollars held by non-US central banks in a bid to reduce their reliance on the US under the Trump administration, sources say reut.rs/47OPvJf
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Exclusive: European financial stability officials are debating whether to create an alternative to Federal Reserve funding backstops by pooling dollars held by non-US central banks in a bid to reduce their reliance on the US under the Trump administration, sources say reut.rs/47OPvJf
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*Government will reopen
*ACA subsidies NOT extended, causing premiums to rocket for 24M+
*A bunch of Republican senators could net millions in taxpayer dollars for themselves, with at least one hoping to net more than $1M.
*Intoxicating hemp banned
*Govt could shut again 1/31
*ACA subsidies NOT extended, causing premiums to rocket for 24M+
*A bunch of Republican senators could net millions in taxpayer dollars for themselves, with at least one hoping to net more than $1M.
*Intoxicating hemp banned
*Govt could shut again 1/31
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
*Government will reopen
*ACA subsidies NOT extended, causing premiums to rocket for 24M+
*A bunch of Republican senators could net millions in taxpayer dollars for themselves, with at least one hoping to net more than $1M.
*Intoxicating hemp banned
*Govt could shut again 1/31
*ACA subsidies NOT extended, causing premiums to rocket for 24M+
*A bunch of Republican senators could net millions in taxpayer dollars for themselves, with at least one hoping to net more than $1M.
*Intoxicating hemp banned
*Govt could shut again 1/31
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The first woman to serve with the elite SEAL Team Six as a troop commander has had her orders revoked just days before she was supposed to take over a new command.
Pentagon Pete Accused of Ousting Hero Who Was First Female in SEAL Team Six
The Navy captain’s orders were revoked just days before she was supposed to take over a new command.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The first woman to serve with the elite SEAL Team Six as a troop commander has had her orders revoked just days before she was supposed to take over a new command.
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I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal
Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Seems like a big deal.
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Seems like a big deal.