Henry Sperling
@hysperling.bsky.social
Past deeds; present prig. Opinions are my wife's. Pronouns: 1st pers.sing. (plural when not amused)
Surprising how many installations Liberia has in the Arctic
🇩🇰Denmark is hopelessly lacking behind on national satellite capacity according to a new report from the Danish Institute on International Studies. This has significant impact on the capacity to monitor and communicate in the High North including 🇬🇱& 🇫🇴
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Surprising how many installations Liberia has in the Arctic
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The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
The only surprising thing about this - if you've been following events (and OBrien) and can put 2 and 2 together - is that a military organisation still uses the word 'flank' for its frontline
But---I thought the USA under Trump was going to stand up to Putin.
Please wake up Europe--the USA will not defend you against Russia. www.reuters.com/world/us-wil...
Please wake up Europe--the USA will not defend you against Russia. www.reuters.com/world/us-wil...
U.S. to withdraw some troops from NATO's eastern flank, Romania says
Romania and NATO allies were notified of U.S. plans to cut the number of troops stationed on Europe's eastern flank including soldiers who were to be stationed at Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, Romania's defence ministry said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The only surprising thing about this - if you've been following events (and OBrien) and can put 2 and 2 together - is that a military organisation still uses the word 'flank' for its frontline
We've been busy donating to Ukraine and trying to rally support ---but we have probably also spent quite a lot of mental bandwidth processing the sheer amount of European naivety on display since November last year 😒
I just hope Ukraine supporters in Europe haven’t wasted more time fantasising about what Trump will do for Ukraine. This is now Europe’s responsibility
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We've been busy donating to Ukraine and trying to rally support ---but we have probably also spent quite a lot of mental bandwidth processing the sheer amount of European naivety on display since November last year 😒
Another good cause
Hey all, I’d appreciate your reposts for this fundraiser for equipment for my classmate’s Oleksii unit. Below is the list of the required stuff (sorry for the botched translation), and him with a cat 😸
Would appreciate your reposts!
To donate:
Monobank: send.monobank.ua/jar/6PXgBwLo...
PayPal ⬇️
Would appreciate your reposts!
To donate:
Monobank: send.monobank.ua/jar/6PXgBwLo...
PayPal ⬇️
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Another good cause
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Medals for soldiers who shot unarmed women and children on their own land? No wonder you like Russia so much
September 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Medals for soldiers who shot unarmed women and children on their own land? No wonder you like Russia so much
At least one thing from Russia that won't get through to Europe
By escalating strikes in Ukraine and now Poland, Putin is sending a message: He is not interested in a ceasefire, or in peace. He plans to keep fighting.
From @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
From @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
Putin’s Message to Ukraine, Europe and Trump: I Won’t Back Down
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At least one thing from Russia that won't get through to Europe
"on Ukraine" 🤡
If naivety was a protective shield, Europe would be impregnable
If naivety was a protective shield, Europe would be impregnable
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"on Ukraine" 🤡
If naivety was a protective shield, Europe would be impregnable
If naivety was a protective shield, Europe would be impregnable
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The 93rd Brigade is here and they need our help. We still cannot get them the last drone because the fundraiser is stuck 🥺
But our awesome fella @fenrisismad.bsky.social proposed us a matching up to €200. Can we do it?🥺
send.monobank.ua/jar/2EzCErxKUK
PayPal [email protected]
But our awesome fella @fenrisismad.bsky.social proposed us a matching up to €200. Can we do it?🥺
send.monobank.ua/jar/2EzCErxKUK
PayPal [email protected]
August 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The 93rd Brigade is here and they need our help. We still cannot get them the last drone because the fundraiser is stuck 🥺
But our awesome fella @fenrisismad.bsky.social proposed us a matching up to €200. Can we do it?🥺
send.monobank.ua/jar/2EzCErxKUK
PayPal [email protected]
But our awesome fella @fenrisismad.bsky.social proposed us a matching up to €200. Can we do it?🥺
send.monobank.ua/jar/2EzCErxKUK
PayPal [email protected]
But we need the Russian envoys to deliver our strongly worded condemnations to! How else to make them tremble with fear?!
Don’t just summon Russia’s envoys. Close their embassies in the EU and UK and send their “diplomats” back to Moscow. That would be an appropriate response to their murdering civilians and bombing the British Council and EU delegation offices last night.
August 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
But we need the Russian envoys to deliver our strongly worded condemnations to! How else to make them tremble with fear?!
Extraordinary that this needs saying, much less saying again and again 😒
The fact that Monday’s White House meeting wasn’t a total disaster doesn’t make it a success. No solid commitments came out of it. And just yesterday, Trump once again blamed Ukraine for the war.
Until Trump actually *does* something, anything he *says* is completely unreliable.
Until Trump actually *does* something, anything he *says* is completely unreliable.
August 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Extraordinary that this needs saying, much less saying again and again 😒
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Reality check: Nothing that happened in Alaska or Washington will make Russia think they have anything new to lose by continuing to kill Ukrainians. They won’t stop until we stop them.
August 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Reality check: Nothing that happened in Alaska or Washington will make Russia think they have anything new to lose by continuing to kill Ukrainians. They won’t stop until we stop them.
To those who like raffles and helping Ukraine---
Hello again!! With the combined donations from PayPal and the jar, you helped to raise approximately $530! Thank you!!
The total remaining goal of the jar is a bit over 26k UAH or ~$650
Could you please keep sharing the fundraiser?
Oh and please don’t hesitate to join the raffle, see details below
The total remaining goal of the jar is a bit over 26k UAH or ~$650
Could you please keep sharing the fundraiser?
Oh and please don’t hesitate to join the raffle, see details below
Hello! I’m back with the new fundraiser 🤍 🐈
This one is for drone jammers for the artillery of the 59th Assault brigade (Pokrovsk direction). I’d like to try and raise 42k(~$1000) out of 200kUAH
To donate:
send.monobank.ua/jar/222YFZQwht
PayPal: [email protected]
And there’s a raffle too!
1/ ⬇️
This one is for drone jammers for the artillery of the 59th Assault brigade (Pokrovsk direction). I’d like to try and raise 42k(~$1000) out of 200kUAH
To donate:
send.monobank.ua/jar/222YFZQwht
PayPal: [email protected]
And there’s a raffle too!
1/ ⬇️
August 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
To those who like raffles and helping Ukraine---
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True. But in fairness, AI is utterly incapable of executing practical tasks, like most people with PhDs
Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.
OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
True. But in fairness, AI is utterly incapable of executing practical tasks, like most people with PhDs
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Fair enough, as sending poor and ignorant people to the front lines is a traditional Russian value!
The Huffman family moved to Russia from Texas in early 2025, admiring "traditional values" and "life without Western propaganda." The family has been documenting their experience on social media and doing interviews with the Russian media outlets⤵️
July 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Fair enough, as sending poor and ignorant people to the front lines is a traditional Russian value!
Peak Europe
There are states that don’t take security seriously, states that really don’t take security seriously, and states that really really don’t take security seriously.
And then there is Spain.
therecord.media/spain-awards...
And then there is Spain.
therecord.media/spain-awards...
Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps
Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.
therecord.media
July 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Peak Europe
The citizens of Europe should defend Europe. Just a thought...
America withholds aid and Europe doesn’t send enough. But we citizens can help Ukraine defend themselves: United24 is fundraising for 10 AI-controlled air defense turrets to protect Ukrainians from russian attacks. Donate here to #SkySentinel at U24:
t.co/SYQlkv1JMB
t.co/SYQlkv1JMB
https://u24.gov.ua/sky-sentinel?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=sky-sentinel
t.co
July 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The citizens of Europe should defend Europe. Just a thought...
If only Britain had had some sort of parliamentary system and legal traditions in place to constrain a capricious, authoritarian monarch...
Happy July 4th! A day when we remember what was in the Declaration of Independence.
The King, Jefferson wrote,
1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)
The King, Jefferson wrote,
1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)
July 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If only Britain had had some sort of parliamentary system and legal traditions in place to constrain a capricious, authoritarian monarch...
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Or ignorance...
June 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Or ignorance...
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AI should stand for average intelligence, as LLMs are trained on the opinions of billions of people, many of whom are wrong often, so the "average" is going to be wrong a lot.
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
AI should stand for average intelligence, as LLMs are trained on the opinions of billions of people, many of whom are wrong often, so the "average" is going to be wrong a lot.
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Hey, look! We are close to the 50% mark! Thank you for donating and boosting! Please keep sharing this fundraiser and donate if you can! You also have a chance to win a little prize for your donation, and honestly I can’t wait to begin the draw because I want you to get a bit of Ukrainian something😊
June 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Hey, look! We are close to the 50% mark! Thank you for donating and boosting! Please keep sharing this fundraiser and donate if you can! You also have a chance to win a little prize for your donation, and honestly I can’t wait to begin the draw because I want you to get a bit of Ukrainian something😊
The Russians keep finding new ways of cheapening every aspect of human life.
This is depressing to watch as a parent, but they manage to make you cringe as well.
This is depressing to watch as a parent, but they manage to make you cringe as well.
"Thank you for your son!" Here's a microwave for you!
In Russian-occupied Skadovsk, Kherson region, Aleksandr Dudka, the head of the occupation "administration", presented a microwave oven to the father of a killer "special military operation hero" in honor of Russia Day.
In Russian-occupied Skadovsk, Kherson region, Aleksandr Dudka, the head of the occupation "administration", presented a microwave oven to the father of a killer "special military operation hero" in honor of Russia Day.
June 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Russians keep finding new ways of cheapening every aspect of human life.
This is depressing to watch as a parent, but they manage to make you cringe as well.
This is depressing to watch as a parent, but they manage to make you cringe as well.
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Every time I hear “women are too emotional to be President/CEO/Commander-in-Chief/etc.” I’ll think of these guys and laugh to tears
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every time I hear “women are too emotional to be President/CEO/Commander-in-Chief/etc.” I’ll think of these guys and laugh to tears