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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria is making his first trip to Moscow, which backed the regime his rebels overthrew last year. Both sides have reasons to put the past aside.

Syria’s New Leaders Are Talking to Russia, a Former Enemy

President Ahmed al-Shara is making his first trip to Moscow, which backed the regime his rebels overthrew. Both sides have reasons to put the past aside.

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Mark Youngman @threatologist.com · 5h

Dagestan, meanwhile, has decided to ban the publication of information on terrorist attacks, drone strikes, the location of defence forces and infrastructure, and other security information.

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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 1d

Sixteen-year-old Muslim Murdiev’s imprisonment for a 2023 street brawl brought him sympathizers ranging from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to the strongman’s fiercest critics in exile.

Why did his case strike such a nerve?

A Teenage Boy’s Jailing Unites Chechens and Tests Kadyrov’s Influence - The Moscow Times

When a Moscow court sentenced a 16-year-old boy from the republic of Chechnya to nearly two years in a penal colony last month, it did so in defiance of Chechens across the political spectrum.

www.themoscowtimes.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 1d

"There is no such thing as the Russian Soul, or any special Russian Path. And if there were, we see them in the daily bombings against Ukrainian towns."

If only most Russians agreed with this Russian journalist's opinion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R4a...

Виктория Крымова, главный редактор «Русского слова» в Праге о том, почему «надежды нет никакой»

YouTube video by TV2media

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Martin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 1d

Clash of Seasons

#dolomites #autumnsnow #nature #mountains

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 2d

Això de fer un vídeo quan estàs mig histèric per una parida i penjar-lo a les xarxes està de moda o què?

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 4d

Trump té una debilitat per Putin increïble. Deu ser el seu ídol: un líder autoritari, conservador, poderós...

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 4d

😂

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

“Thank you to President Putin!”

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 5d

Menys mal q m'he pirat de Twitter, així m'estalvio agafar emprenyades.
I clar, ell tan antifa i encara a la plataforma d'un nazi. Tot molt coherent.

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 5d

Mira que arriba a ser cínic

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Brian Cutts @briancutts.bsky.social · 5d

“While a fundamentally 20th-century war is raging,” he said earlier this year, “someone is talking about how we’ll soon be going to Mars. I hope Putin and his sympathisers will be the first passengers.”

Serpent's Tail @serpents-tail.bsky.social · 5d

'The 71-year-old has been compared to Kafka, Beckett and Melville for his long, serpentine paragraphs and mournful, dystopian themes'

Catherine Taylor on László Krasznahorkai, following the Hungarian author's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Why László Krasznahorkai deserves the 2025 Nobel prize fo...

The Hungarian novelist won the 2025 Nobel prize in literature for political dystopias that bear the unmistakable imprint of his country’s communist past

observer.co.uk

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 5d

Mira, ja em cau bé 👍🙂

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Eye on Transcaucasia @scaucasus.bsky.social · 5d

Amid Strained Relations With Baku, Putin Admits Russian Role In Azerbaijan Jet Crash #RFE #Azebaijan

Amid Strained Relations With Baku, Putin Admits Russian Role In Azerbaijan Jet Crash

President Vladimir Putin, in his most candid admission to date, admitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that Russia played a role in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed at least 38 people.

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 5d

So sorry 😞

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 6d

The TikTok outlines that a specific goal of these animations is to multiply their reach by cultivating secondary coverage

And indeed, dozens of major outlets like BBC, CNN and Sky News have aired them, in part or in full, often without context

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d

Israel making Russia look like amateurs.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d

Disinformation, now in 3D.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 7d

La mateixa por q PP té de VOX

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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 11d

Courtesy of Donald Trump, Europe has vastly surpassed the U.S. in terms of aid to Ukraine. www.kielinstitut.de/topics/war-a...

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 12d

Light explosion from Norway….

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 12d

El "Yaume" s'entén justet, no sé si diuen aquest nom. Però que parlen castellà, si.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12d

Even if the world stopped burning coal, oil and gas tomorrow, what we eat would still be enough to heat the climate beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, warns the EAT-Lancet Commission.

Food is wrecking the planet. And Europe has lost its appetite for change.

A landmark study says food systems are breaching Earth’s limits. Europe once promised to lead the way, but the revolution fizzled.

www.politico.eu

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 12d

This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)

Denni, a golden retriever with a sweet face, sits and looks up at the camera with a smile. she has a passenger clinging to her back. a baby koala. the joey's eyes peak over the top of Denni's head.

Denni is standing and looking off to the left of the frame. the baby koala on her back looks at the camera.

a super zoomed photo of the baby koala and their mom high up in a tree. the adult koala holds onto her joey and looks down at the camera with what we would like to think is appreciation for caring for her baby.

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Marta Ter @martater.bsky.social · 12d

Кадыров обвинил генерала и депутата Шаманова в убийстве мирных жителей в Чечне и пригрозил ему судом: "Гиена, который выводил из домов невинных людей и убивал, и который должен пойти под трибунал… Ты должен встать на колени и попросить прощения у чеченского народа".

www.kavkazr.com/a/kadyrov-ob...

Кадыров обвинил генерала и депутата Шаманова в убийстве мирных жителей в Чечне и пригрозил ему судом

Глава Чечни Рамзан Кадыров назвал "гиеной" генерала и депутата Госдумы Владимира Шаманова, обвинил его в убийстве мирных жителей во время войны в республике и пригрозил судом. Такой была реакция главы региона на несогласие Шаманова с переименованием чеченских станиц. "Гиена, который в одном...

www.kavkazr.com

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