@sim1904.bsky.social
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Based speech by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker:
As we seek a just end to this brutal, unprovoked war, I urge everyone in Washington, in Kyiv, in the great capitals of Europe to remain united and to remember who we are dealing with in the form and person of Vladimir Putin.
As we seek a just end to this brutal, unprovoked war, I urge everyone in Washington, in Kyiv, in the great capitals of Europe to remain united and to remember who we are dealing with in the form and person of Vladimir Putin.
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Based speech by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker:
As we seek a just end to this brutal, unprovoked war, I urge everyone in Washington, in Kyiv, in the great capitals of Europe to remain united and to remember who we are dealing with in the form and person of Vladimir Putin.
As we seek a just end to this brutal, unprovoked war, I urge everyone in Washington, in Kyiv, in the great capitals of Europe to remain united and to remember who we are dealing with in the form and person of Vladimir Putin.
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She is literally being interviewed by the wife of Trump's Transportation Secretary!
FOX & FRIENDS: In spite of the Nobel Prize Committee saying you couldn't transfer your Nobel Prize to anyone, especially to President Trump, you did. Why did you do that?
MARIA CORINA MACHADO: Because he deserves it. It was a very emotional moment.
MARIA CORINA MACHADO: Because he deserves it. It was a very emotional moment.
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
She is literally being interviewed by the wife of Trump's Transportation Secretary!
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Russian West Group commander Kuzovlev again claimed full Kupiansk control to Defense Minister Belousov, but Russian military bloggers suddenly got furious, calling it pure lies and accusing commanders of fabricating reports while failing to stop Ukrainian forces.
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Russian West Group commander Kuzovlev again claimed full Kupiansk control to Defense Minister Belousov, but Russian military bloggers suddenly got furious, calling it pure lies and accusing commanders of fabricating reports while failing to stop Ukrainian forces.
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Yes, this was predictable. From October, 2024:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Yes, this was predictable. From October, 2024:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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Where are all the campus marches against genocide?
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Where are all the campus marches against genocide?
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Long before construction jobs became dominated by immigrant workers, the appeal of those jobs for American workers began to collapse. Only *then* did immigrants start to fill them.
From a *great* story by @rondakaysen.bsky.social + Rob Gebeloff: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
From a *great* story by @rondakaysen.bsky.social + Rob Gebeloff: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
January 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Long before construction jobs became dominated by immigrant workers, the appeal of those jobs for American workers began to collapse. Only *then* did immigrants start to fill them.
From a *great* story by @rondakaysen.bsky.social + Rob Gebeloff: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
From a *great* story by @rondakaysen.bsky.social + Rob Gebeloff: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.
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Germany is going from a country proud of its trade surplus („Exportweltmeister“), to being afraid of other‘s surplus. Rightly so.
Look at the new numbers for Chinese trade with Germany. It’s just not sustainable.
Look at the new numbers for Chinese trade with Germany. It’s just not sustainable.
Full 2025 Chinese trade data now out. Headline is clearly a historical global record $1.2 trillion surplus with the world
What of Europe?
📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1%
📈 with Germany: +108%
📈 with France: +23.9%
📈 with Italy: +32.6%
📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
What of Europe?
📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1%
📈 with Germany: +108%
📈 with France: +23.9%
📈 with Italy: +32.6%
📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
January 14, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Germany is going from a country proud of its trade surplus („Exportweltmeister“), to being afraid of other‘s surplus. Rightly so.
Look at the new numbers for Chinese trade with Germany. It’s just not sustainable.
Look at the new numbers for Chinese trade with Germany. It’s just not sustainable.
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Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
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The NSS is very explicit about not giving a shit what Russia does to Eastern Europe or what China does to Taiwan but we *do care* what they do to *checks notes* Greenland?
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The NSS is very explicit about not giving a shit what Russia does to Eastern Europe or what China does to Taiwan but we *do care* what they do to *checks notes* Greenland?
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Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk, after the final match at the Brisbane tournament, used the moment to draw attention to the harsh conditions Ukrainians are enduring right now due to Russia’s ongoing attacks on critical infrastructure.
January 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk, after the final match at the Brisbane tournament, used the moment to draw attention to the harsh conditions Ukrainians are enduring right now due to Russia’s ongoing attacks on critical infrastructure.
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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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Donald Trump says he’d be honored to have Maria Corina Machado give him her Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s 1500 words on young people’s pathetic need for participation trophies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Donald Trump says he’d be honored to have Maria Corina Machado give him her Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s 1500 words on young people’s pathetic need for participation trophies.
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In 1933 a plurality of Germans voted for the NSDAP -- winning an election doesn't make your actions moral.
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
In 1933 a plurality of Germans voted for the NSDAP -- winning an election doesn't make your actions moral.
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Europe's crippling security dependency on the US means Eur leaders self-censor out of fear of compromising their own or Ukraine’s security. As long as Europe is limited by the military capabilities it can deploy independently, this dependence will cloud any course of action or response to US policy.
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Europe's crippling security dependency on the US means Eur leaders self-censor out of fear of compromising their own or Ukraine’s security. As long as Europe is limited by the military capabilities it can deploy independently, this dependence will cloud any course of action or response to US policy.
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Thousands of people gathered at a vigil for Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minnesota woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
Read more: nyti.ms/45GxB9K
Read more: nyti.ms/45GxB9K
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Thousands of people gathered at a vigil for Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minnesota woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
Read more: nyti.ms/45GxB9K
Read more: nyti.ms/45GxB9K
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The second video is even worse..
CAUTION ADVISED when watching 🙏
CAUTION ADVISED when watching 🙏
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The second video is even worse..
CAUTION ADVISED when watching 🙏
CAUTION ADVISED when watching 🙏
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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Trumpsche Sicherheitsgarantien sind wertlos. Für die Ukraine. Für uns. Und wir Europäer haben dem Kreml vier Jahre lang unmissverständlich klar gemacht, dass wir für die Ukraine kein Risiko eingehen (das ist keine Bewertung, nur eine Feststellung). 1/2
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Trumpsche Sicherheitsgarantien sind wertlos. Für die Ukraine. Für uns. Und wir Europäer haben dem Kreml vier Jahre lang unmissverständlich klar gemacht, dass wir für die Ukraine kein Risiko eingehen (das ist keine Bewertung, nur eine Feststellung). 1/2
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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Leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and the European Union issued a joint statement reaffirming that Greenland belongs to its people and any decisions concerning its future must be made solely by Denmark and Greenland.
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and the European Union issued a joint statement reaffirming that Greenland belongs to its people and any decisions concerning its future must be made solely by Denmark and Greenland.
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI is used to digitally undress images of women and children
Elon Musk’s Grok AI is used to digitally undress images of women and children
The degrading pictures are being posted to X despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate them
Degrading images of children and women with their clothes digitally removed by Grok AI continue to be shared on Elon Musk’s X, despite the platform’s commitment to suspend users who generate them.
After days of concern over use of the chatbot to alter photographs to create sexualised pictures of real women and children stripped to their underwear without their consent, the UK’s communication’s watchdog, Ofcom, said on Monday that it had made “urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK”. Ofcom added that it would assess whether an investigation is necessary based on the company’s response. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Elon Musk’s Grok AI is used to digitally undress images of women and children