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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 10h

I see so many ostensible progressives or liberals "joke" about how Canada has no real culture but they're a brotherly people so making them part of the US would be a net positive for them which is identical to the justifications that Russians use for genociding Ukrainians

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Hervé Doumbia @almouslime.bsky.social · 17h

Mali 🇺🇸🇲🇱 le département d'Etat américain demande au personnel de son ambassade non essentiel de partir avec leur famille. Les USA sont pas en mesure d'assurer leur sécurité en dehors de Bamako.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

Is it too early to ask: What if Congress never meets again? What if the President just decides by himself, with the help of private donors, what he wants to spend money on or not?

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Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · 1d

Same in french "filer à l'anglaise"

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Teabree Shark @nurse.fish · 9d

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16d

it's fun how every Trump tantrum about China has a 95 percent chance of blowing over in two weeks and a 5 percent chance of destroying the global economy.

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Africa Confidential @africa-confidential.com · 16d

#Kenya appoints a consul-general to #Goma – in rebel-held territory. #Kinshasa fumes, but the signal is clear: regional comfort with an independent eastern #Congo is growing.

africa-conf.com/peace-talks-...

Peace talks falter as M23 tightens its grip on the Kivus

Kinshasa balks at signing economic framework as Kigali-backed rebels consolidate territorial gains and set up proto-state

africa-conf.com

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Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · 19d

Another peculiarity: it has "observer" status a the UN, the only other with this status being Palestine

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Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · 20d

True, also French political parties have never been good at making coalitions

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23d

"Apologists for oppression in Taiwan, and on the mainland, said, 'Liberal democracy is incompatible with Chinese culture.'

'Well,' Cohen told me, 'Taiwan is a living refutation of that claim.'

He was not willing to write off the democratization of China either."

open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...

A Scholar of China and a Friend to Its Persecuted

On Jerome A. Cohen, a great, and good, helmsman.

open.substack.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 23d

The United States is not a signatory to the ICC.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 24d

Zohran Mamdani: “If Netanyahu comes to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next year while I am mayor, I will move to honor the ICC arrest warrant issued in The Hague against him — just as I would against Putin."

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Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · 23d

Being a diplomat, or even a head of state, does not grant immunity from ICC warrants. But there is another simpler matter : the US never ratified the Rome statute, so the warrant is not enforceable on US soil. So it's all just empty posturing by Zohran.

Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · 26d

Exactly. Limited, but servile to the point of abandoning all principles. But somehow he is even stupider than Keitel

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Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · 26d

The poor man's Wilhelm Keitel

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Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 26d

Sahel 🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪 MAP: The situation in the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin as of September 2025.

This map is a joint production by @warmapper.org and myself

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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 27d

Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Race to Save America’s Democracy

Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aleksi Roinila 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦 @aleroi.bsky.social · 27d

If the West gives Ukraine security guarantees and deploys troops to Ukraine only *after* a ceasefire, what incentive does Putin have to stop the war?

We must first help Ukraine defeat Russia. Think about deterrence later.

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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · Sep 26

The craziest part of the gasoline shortage so far for me is that even today you have Russians talking about how the shortage is artificial either manipulated by the big oil companies or by the government to cover the deficit or both.

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Silent Charlie @silentcharlie.bsky.social · Sep 25

Turkey gave several warnings before downing a Russian fighter jet in 2015. Let's see if it will go that far again

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Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · Sep 25

America had to scramble jets last night because Russian jets were approaching Alaska, after entering NATO airspace over the last couple weeks. This is not coincidental.

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · Sep 24

Hurricane Gabrielle hurries eastward across the Atlantic Ocean.

A hurricane warning is currently in effect for all of the islands of the Azores.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · Sep 22

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Sep 21

⚡️Ukraine's security guarantees will require readiness to fight Russia, Finland's Stubb says.

Countries that provide post-war security guarantees to Ukraine will be ready to fight Russia if it renews fighting, Finnish President Alexander Stubb told the Guardian in an interview published Sept. 20.

Ukraine's security guarantees will require readiness to fight Russia, Finland's Stubb says

"Security guarantees, in essence, are a deterrent. That deterrent has to be plausible, and in order for it to be plausible, it has to be strong," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Sep 20

Per Reuters, Pentagon has informed European diplomats that the United States will partially halt military assistance to the Baltic nations and NATO member states bordering Russia.

The department stated that the decision is linked to the United States’ new priority — “homeland defense.”

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Sep 20

As part of the “America First” program, Pentagon has classified certain weapons types, including Patriot, as “in short supply” and is beginning to block requests for these systems from European partners.

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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · Sep 20

20.09 #Mali
JNIM appear to be moving along the Kita - Bamako route, following an ambush of a fuel tanker convoy yesterday fighters returned to the scene again today to count how much damage they'd inflicted.
At least 10 fuel tankers were continuing to burn.

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