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An expert on authoritarianism and its dissidents, @alexislerner.bsky.social's work details the complex reality of artistic expression as political discourse.
Come listen to her on this week's episode, and check out her book below! ⬇️
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Come listen to her on this week's episode, and check out her book below! ⬇️
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487525422
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
An expert on authoritarianism and its dissidents, @alexislerner.bsky.social's work details the complex reality of artistic expression as political discourse.
Come listen to her on this week's episode, and check out her book below! ⬇️
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487525422
Come listen to her on this week's episode, and check out her book below! ⬇️
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487525422
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Working with local journalists & foreign correspondents to tell underreported stories was undoubtedly the best part about editing The Beet. With the newsletter pausing publication, writing this best of 2025 list was bittersweet. meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
The Beet’s top five stories of 2025 From hardened borders to fading factories, these dispatches trace how history, identity, and power shape everyday life across Eastern Europe and Central Asia — Medu...
For the past three years, The Beet newsletter has supplemented Meduza’s regular coverage with original reporting from Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. When we launched this ...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Working with local journalists & foreign correspondents to tell underreported stories was undoubtedly the best part about editing The Beet. With the newsletter pausing publication, writing this best of 2025 list was bittersweet. meduza.io/en/feature/2... @meduza.io
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ICE fascists shot a Minnesota woman in the face at point blank range. I'm still processing this horrific attack. We must stand united against this violent fascism.
Today I shared an article about how we fight back & protect our communities during Trump's mass immigration raids. Link below.
Today I shared an article about how we fight back & protect our communities during Trump's mass immigration raids. Link below.
ICE fascists shot a woman in the face point blank range. We must unite against this violence.
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
ICE fascists shot a Minnesota woman in the face at point blank range. I'm still processing this horrific attack. We must stand united against this violent fascism.
Today I shared an article about how we fight back & protect our communities during Trump's mass immigration raids. Link below.
Today I shared an article about how we fight back & protect our communities during Trump's mass immigration raids. Link below.
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Real Household Disposable Income per person is set to grow this Parliament, meeting the Government’s target of growing living standards...
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Real Household Disposable Income per person is set to grow this Parliament, meeting the Government’s target of growing living standards...
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
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This was inevitable. As Mike correctly points out, plenty of people (including me) said this the day the law came into effect. 100% of the easily accessible porn sites in the UK don't follow UK law around explicit content.
A new report from a UK child protection org sounds the alarm. The Online Safety Act's verification mandate has been pushing Britons to unregulated sites with CSAM.
Half of the UK is now going to unregulated sites where CSAM, revenge porn and stolen content thrive.
Who could have predicted?
Half of the UK is now going to unregulated sites where CSAM, revenge porn and stolen content thrive.
Who could have predicted?
Nearly half of porn users admit to being on adult sites with no age checks, says survey
Lucy Faithfull Foundation warns those who don’t want to share their identity are more likely to see child abuse images
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January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This was inevitable. As Mike correctly points out, plenty of people (including me) said this the day the law came into effect. 100% of the easily accessible porn sites in the UK don't follow UK law around explicit content.
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Thanks to a bill signed by Putin yesterday, Russia’s conscription system will become year-round starting January 1. Here’s what that means for Moscow’s call-up capacity.
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Russia’s conscription system will become year-round starting January 1. Here’s what that means for Moscow’s call-up capacity. — Meduza
Though Russia’s conscription system is separate from its wartime mobilization campaign, completing mandatory military service against the backdrop of the full-scale war in Ukraine remains a major…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thanks to a bill signed by Putin yesterday, Russia’s conscription system will become year-round starting January 1. Here’s what that means for Moscow’s call-up capacity.
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According to new investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a lavish mansion was built for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the southern coast of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
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A ‘palace’ fit for an occupier New investigation reveals luxury residence built for Putin in Ukraine’s Crimea — Meduza
According to new investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), a lavish mansion was built for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the southern coast of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. The FBK…
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December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
According to new investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a lavish mansion was built for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the southern coast of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
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What does “motherland” mean after exile, war, and decades behind the camera? In an interview with Meduza, photographer Sergey Maximishin reflects on leaving Russia and guessing at what from his work will endure. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
If I could save time in a photo Meduza interviews photographer Sergey Maximishin about his two-volume farewell to Russia and a century of history captured in his work and amateur images — Meduza
In December 2025, the Russian photographer Sergey Maximishin released a two-volume album titled “Rodina” (Motherland). The first volume consists of amateur photographs from different years — images…
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January 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
What does “motherland” mean after exile, war, and decades behind the camera? In an interview with Meduza, photographer Sergey Maximishin reflects on leaving Russia and guessing at what from his work will endure. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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In 2025, Russia’s book industry faced raids, bans, and self-censorship. The year ahead could be even worse.
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A dark chapter In 2025, Russia’s book industry faced raids, bans, and self-censorship. The year ahead could be even worse. — Meduza
Last year was arguably the worst one yet for Russia’s publishing industry. Bookstores were raided; independent publishing houses were shuttered; publishers pulled beloved novels from sale; and…
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January 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
In 2025, Russia’s book industry faced raids, bans, and self-censorship. The year ahead could be even worse.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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How do exiled pro-democracy activists continue to make inroads into Putin’s Russia? Meduza asks Free Russia Foundation president Natalia Arno. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Agents of change How does Russia’s pro-democracy movement make inroads in exile? Meduza asks Free Russia Foundation’s Natalia Arno. — Meduza
As Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, Vladimir Putin’s grip on power appears as strong as ever. But Natalia Arno maintains that change is imminent — and that…
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January 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
How do exiled pro-democracy activists continue to make inroads into Putin’s Russia? Meduza asks Free Russia Foundation president Natalia Arno. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Today’s summit in Paris has ended with the “Coalition of the Willing” signing a declaration on security guarantees for Kyiv. The U.K. and France also committed to deploying forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Kyiv’s allies sign declaration on security guarantees. U.K. and France commit to deploy troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal. — Meduza
The “Coalition of the Willing” summit in Paris has ended with Kyiv’s allies signing a declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine. This was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron at a press…
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January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Today’s summit in Paris has ended with the “Coalition of the Willing” signing a declaration on security guarantees for Kyiv. The U.K. and France also committed to deploying forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
38d.gs
January 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
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Israel is moving the so called 'yellow line', seizing more land in the Gaza strip and squeezing Palestinians into a smaller and smaller area.
Hani Mahmood reporting.
Hani Mahmood reporting.
January 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Israel is moving the so called 'yellow line', seizing more land in the Gaza strip and squeezing Palestinians into a smaller and smaller area.
Hani Mahmood reporting.
Hani Mahmood reporting.
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So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
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Two things, firstly the government is looking increasingly stupid. Second, would the media have grilled a conservative government the same way? Why do they not press Nigel Farage for a response to this? Often tipped as the next PM, ask Farage how he would respond, had he been in no.10.
“Has the Prime Minister decided yet whether President Trump has breached international law?”
#BBCbreakfast
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January 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Two things, firstly the government is looking increasingly stupid. Second, would the media have grilled a conservative government the same way? Why do they not press Nigel Farage for a response to this? Often tipped as the next PM, ask Farage how he would respond, had he been in no.10.
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Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
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It seems that, unlike Starmer,
not every country leader takes kindly
to the prospect of being illegally invaded
and its natural resources stolen ...
not every country leader takes kindly
to the prospect of being illegally invaded
and its natural resources stolen ...
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 AM
It seems that, unlike Starmer,
not every country leader takes kindly
to the prospect of being illegally invaded
and its natural resources stolen ...
not every country leader takes kindly
to the prospect of being illegally invaded
and its natural resources stolen ...
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US President Donald Trump told reporters that the US is ready to carry out a second military strike on Venezuela if its government refuses to cooperate with his plan to ‘resolve’ the situation there, following the US abduction of President Nicolas Maduro.
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
US President Donald Trump told reporters that the US is ready to carry out a second military strike on Venezuela if its government refuses to cooperate with his plan to ‘resolve’ the situation there, following the US abduction of President Nicolas Maduro.
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Oops. Someone realising they said something rather unpopular is now desperately trying to change what they actually said
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Oops. Someone realising they said something rather unpopular is now desperately trying to change what they actually said
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So which country is going to attack the US in the dead of night, bomb them, and kidnap President Trump to be tried in their courts?
You know, just like he has done to Maduro?
You know, just like he has done to Maduro?
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
So which country is going to attack the US in the dead of night, bomb them, and kidnap President Trump to be tried in their courts?
You know, just like he has done to Maduro?
You know, just like he has done to Maduro?
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Just a reminder: here is all that it took to get president Andrew Johnson impeached.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Just a reminder: here is all that it took to get president Andrew Johnson impeached.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
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Why has Trump attacked Venezuela? Oil have to have a think about that..
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Why has Trump attacked Venezuela? Oil have to have a think about that..
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9/10 The relationship with Latin America is being reshaped and history matters here (Guatemala '54, Chile '73, Panama '89). The U.S. track record of "liberation" producing democracy is... not strong. Latin Americans remember. The neo-imperialist tone may fuel resentment and undermine US legitimacy.
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
9/10 The relationship with Latin America is being reshaped and history matters here (Guatemala '54, Chile '73, Panama '89). The U.S. track record of "liberation" producing democracy is... not strong. Latin Americans remember. The neo-imperialist tone may fuel resentment and undermine US legitimacy.
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7/10 Removing Maduro beheads the autocracy but doesn’t dismantle it. The coercive apparatus—and its ties to organized crime—doesn’t evaporate. The risk ranges from just a coup to even "warlordism." It remains unclear who will rule in a fractured, armed landscape.
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
7/10 Removing Maduro beheads the autocracy but doesn’t dismantle it. The coercive apparatus—and its ties to organized crime—doesn’t evaporate. The risk ranges from just a coup to even "warlordism." It remains unclear who will rule in a fractured, armed landscape.
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6/10 Most Latin American leaders have condemned the U.S. military operation so far. Sheinbaum quoted Art. 2(4) verbatim (“clear violation”). Lula warned it “evokes the worst moments of interference.” Colombia mobilized border forces, anticipating refugees. Only Milei and Noboa have celebrated.
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
6/10 Most Latin American leaders have condemned the U.S. military operation so far. Sheinbaum quoted Art. 2(4) verbatim (“clear violation”). Lula warned it “evokes the worst moments of interference.” Colombia mobilized border forces, anticipating refugees. Only Milei and Noboa have celebrated.