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At least 5 people from northern Italy are under investigation by Public Prosecutors in Milan on suspicion of being "weekend snipers" who paid to act as snipers, shooting and killing people during the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1996 for "recreation".
Cecchini italiani a Sarajevo negli anni Novanta, altri quattro entrano nelle indagini
C’è un indagato di San Vito al Tagliamento. Ma ora gli inquirenti stanno accertando altre posizioni, tra cui quelle di un banchiere di Trieste, un residente ne…
www.repubblica.it
February 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
At least 5 people from northern Italy are under investigation by Public Prosecutors in Milan on suspicion of being "weekend snipers" who paid to act as snipers, shooting and killing people during the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1996 for "recreation".
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Russia continues to answer diplomacy with missiles.
We are determined to make that choice painfully expensive.
Today, we present our 20th sanctions package.
Sanctions severely hurt Russia’s economy.
And every sanction chips away at its capacity for war. (1/9)
We are determined to make that choice painfully expensive.
Today, we present our 20th sanctions package.
Sanctions severely hurt Russia’s economy.
And every sanction chips away at its capacity for war. (1/9)
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Russia continues to answer diplomacy with missiles.
We are determined to make that choice painfully expensive.
Today, we present our 20th sanctions package.
Sanctions severely hurt Russia’s economy.
And every sanction chips away at its capacity for war. (1/9)
We are determined to make that choice painfully expensive.
Today, we present our 20th sanctions package.
Sanctions severely hurt Russia’s economy.
And every sanction chips away at its capacity for war. (1/9)
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Russian terror bombing of Ukraine continues. Ukraine's allies donate generators but not long range missiles to strike Russia's capacity to terrorize. Western media ignore the humanitarian disaster altogether.
Ukraine was rocked by a massive overnight Russian assault, with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles slamming into the country’s energy system.
Rescue and recovery operations are continuing across the country.
Rescue and recovery operations are continuing across the country.
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Russian terror bombing of Ukraine continues. Ukraine's allies donate generators but not long range missiles to strike Russia's capacity to terrorize. Western media ignore the humanitarian disaster altogether.
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White House with image of a Black man and an emoji of chains.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
White House with image of a Black man and an emoji of chains.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
And the chosen image is of Don Lemon doing journalism.
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Bondi: "At my direction" feds arrested journalists.
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Bondi: "At my direction" feds arrested journalists.
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
At direction of AG may be because:
"Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved...The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges." (per @kylegriffin1.bsky.social re @carolleonnig.bsky.social)
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This week, Europe has a historic opportunity, and duty, to finally designate the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
This is more than symbolic. This matters.
This is more than symbolic. This matters.
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This week, Europe has a historic opportunity, and duty, to finally designate the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
This is more than symbolic. This matters.
This is more than symbolic. This matters.
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""Extrajudicial killings are not the sign of a strong regime," ... Paul Musgrave writes. “But they may be the portent of a bloody one." This is what we in America now have to prepare for: a hostile government that has lost patience with establishing sufficient control by more subtle means"
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 AM
""Extrajudicial killings are not the sign of a strong regime," ... Paul Musgrave writes. “But they may be the portent of a bloody one." This is what we in America now have to prepare for: a hostile government that has lost patience with establishing sufficient control by more subtle means"
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This isn't a crisis we fact-check our way out of, we need to build something bigger and more radical to resist the tide of authoritarianism engulfing our democracies. We can't wait for institutions to act, it's up to us to organise.
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This isn't a crisis we fact-check our way out of, we need to build something bigger and more radical to resist the tide of authoritarianism engulfing our democracies. We can't wait for institutions to act, it's up to us to organise.
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“There is a strong chance that — within a month — Trump will have moved on from Greenland and will be indulging another obsession or looking for another victim to pick off. But Europeans, Canadians and other American allies will not forget the Greenland episode.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 AM
“There is a strong chance that — within a month — Trump will have moved on from Greenland and will be indulging another obsession or looking for another victim to pick off. But Europeans, Canadians and other American allies will not forget the Greenland episode.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
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Trump will lap this up. Europe has to assume that as long as Trump is in the White House, it will face a Trump-Putin partnership determined to divide and conquer Europe (Trump will divide; Putin will conquer - if they're allowed to).
Putin-world egging Trump on:
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Europe is at a total loss': Russia gloats over Greenland tensions
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg analyses why pro-Russian government papers are full of praise for Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Trump will lap this up. Europe has to assume that as long as Trump is in the White House, it will face a Trump-Putin partnership determined to divide and conquer Europe (Trump will divide; Putin will conquer - if they're allowed to).
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The world is so broken that somehow Cow Tools are real now -
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The world is so broken that somehow Cow Tools are real now -
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Trump tariffing countries over Greenland is a test. If Europe just swallows it and tries to move on, it increases the odds of the WH thinking it can seize Greenland without consequences. Europe therefore has to respond.
Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/
Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Trump tariffing countries over Greenland is a test. If Europe just swallows it and tries to move on, it increases the odds of the WH thinking it can seize Greenland without consequences. Europe therefore has to respond.
Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/
Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/
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I hope humour will shield us from the madness of today's international politics. (My ChatGPT app has almost started boiling creating these pics)
January 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I hope humour will shield us from the madness of today's international politics. (My ChatGPT app has almost started boiling creating these pics)
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🆕Will voters punish President Trump for undemocratic actions?
Research suggests not, writes @saskiabr.bsky.social for Democracy Without Exception. In polarized contexts, voters rarely cross partisan divides to rebuke autocratic policy.
Instead, pro-democracy advocates need new coalitions⬇️
Research suggests not, writes @saskiabr.bsky.social for Democracy Without Exception. In polarized contexts, voters rarely cross partisan divides to rebuke autocratic policy.
Instead, pro-democracy advocates need new coalitions⬇️
Don’t Count on Voters to Punish Trump’s Autocratic Moves
Saskia Brechenmacher on why polarization erodes electoral accountability
democracywithoutexception.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🆕Will voters punish President Trump for undemocratic actions?
Research suggests not, writes @saskiabr.bsky.social for Democracy Without Exception. In polarized contexts, voters rarely cross partisan divides to rebuke autocratic policy.
Instead, pro-democracy advocates need new coalitions⬇️
Research suggests not, writes @saskiabr.bsky.social for Democracy Without Exception. In polarized contexts, voters rarely cross partisan divides to rebuke autocratic policy.
Instead, pro-democracy advocates need new coalitions⬇️
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Recommending the assassination of a foreign leader to the most deranged president in history?! What can possibly go wrong?
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...
MAGA Senator Shockingly Advises Trump to ‘Kill’ World Leader
The MAGA senator called Donald Trump “the Ronald Reagan-plus of our time.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Recommending the assassination of a foreign leader to the most deranged president in history?! What can possibly go wrong?
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...
www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...
"The Telegram–TikTok linkage will become tighter. Telegram will remain the space where fakes are launched, while TikTok will serve as the channel for mass emotional reach and normalization of the desired interpretation."
frontliner.ua/tiktok-i-tel....
frontliner.ua/tiktok-i-tel....
У 2026 фейки про війну посиляться в TikTok і Telegram
Синтетичні відео, ШІ та масові вкиди робитимуть фейки переконливішими. Як у 2026 розпізнавати маніпуляції в TikTok і Telegram – поради.
frontliner.ua
January 12, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"The Telegram–TikTok linkage will become tighter. Telegram will remain the space where fakes are launched, while TikTok will serve as the channel for mass emotional reach and normalization of the desired interpretation."
frontliner.ua/tiktok-i-tel....
frontliner.ua/tiktok-i-tel....
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An Israeli intelligence assessment says the number of protesters killed is in the thousands, not hundreds. Bear in mind there’s always an agenda at work. But The Economist’s Shashank Joshi says the figure is “plausible”.
January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
An Israeli intelligence assessment says the number of protesters killed is in the thousands, not hundreds. Bear in mind there’s always an agenda at work. But The Economist’s Shashank Joshi says the figure is “plausible”.
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Georgians stand with the people of Iran.
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Georgians stand with the people of Iran.
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
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2000 people killed by the regime in the last 48 hours, according to opposition news agency Iran International.
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
2000 people killed by the regime in the last 48 hours, according to opposition news agency Iran International.
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Iran’s Attorney General Movahedi Azad said protesters will now be considered “enemies of God”. That charge carries the death penalty
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Iran’s Attorney General Movahedi Azad said protesters will now be considered “enemies of God”. That charge carries the death penalty
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No flag
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
No flag
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
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Sounds like a good place to hold a mass trial for treason when all this is over.
Trump on the ballroom: "It will take care of the inauguration with bulletproof glass, drone-proof ceilings, and everything else unfortunately that today you need."
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Sounds like a good place to hold a mass trial for treason when all this is over.
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In this first (and maybe last?) Basiji Soup, we’ll look at… the Islamic Republic of Iran, its disinformation operations, its hypocrisy, how it sells its atrocities as virtue and its repression as morality, how it serves the Kremlin, and the current protests against it.
1/20
1/20
January 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
In this first (and maybe last?) Basiji Soup, we’ll look at… the Islamic Republic of Iran, its disinformation operations, its hypocrisy, how it sells its atrocities as virtue and its repression as morality, how it serves the Kremlin, and the current protests against it.
1/20
1/20
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Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...