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bfry1981.bsky.social

Journalist, academic, consultant with over 2 decades of experience in conflict analysis, public policy, politics, international development, humanitarian aid, foreign policy/affairs, history. Anti-fascist, pro-democracy https://realcontextnews.com/#donate

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Within a few hours of Harvard's motion for a new temporary restraining order, judge grants the temporary restraining order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 18 hours ago • 36 comments

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

submitted 19 hours ago • 329 comments

Would be a pity if someone told Trump about this.

submitted 22 hours ago • 17 comments

MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship

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SO MANY BAD THINGS here, but if you're scratching your head, Equatorial Guinea's a minipetro bribery state less than 11k sqmi w/ about 1.8 million people. Well, scratch no more, this is obviously a play for secret crypto deposits from EG's corrupt leaders www.timesofisrael.com/trump-bans-e...

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David is a very thoughtful, kind Christian. For most of Christian history, he would've represented a tiny sliver of the elites who ran that religion for most of its 2000 years. realcontextnews.com/on-christian...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Look what Jake Tapper did to us. His garbage book—which contains none of the proof it claims to include—is the foundation a vile madman will now use to justify ending our democracy by undoing actions he’d otherwise not be able to touch. Democracy dies as Tapper swims in gold, Scrooge McDuck-style.

submitted 1 day ago • 105 comments

Trump’s playing 4-D chess again.

submitted 1 day ago • 174 comments

No one has described the full extent of Trump's attack on the American scientific enterprise—it's too vast and still evolving. So when you look at this excellent visualization of funding cuts, keep in mind that, as appalling as they are, the full story is even worse. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Congress is working to pass a deadly & dangerous budget that will harm millions of Americans. 13 million people will lose access to healthcare. 11 million will lose SNAP benefits. The Senate must vote NO on this disastrous budget.

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Trolls, bots, elites, and ignoramuses

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✈️👀 About cleaning up traces at airfields, - Oko Gora ▪️1 photo - taken on June 2-3. Tu-95. ▪️2 photo - taken on June 4. It's like new. ❗️Some kind of magic, either they dragged it away and installed a new one, or cosmetic repairs…

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Q: What's your bagel order A: An English muffin

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

Anyone interested in buying a bridge? One not very careful owner..

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

Radio Liberty has published "before and after" satellite images of the Russian “Belaya” airbase in the Irkutsk region, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones. At least 11 strategic bombers were destroyed there: 7 Tu-95s and 4 Tu-22M3s. In addition, an An-12 transport aircraft was damaged.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

🇺🇦 For over two years, we've covered the war in Ukraine, translating thousands of videos and materials for media, journalists, creators, and the public. Support our voluntary efforts and contribute! 💬 buymeacoffee.com/wartranslated 💳 paypal.me/mdmitri91 🎗️ patreon.com/WarTranslated Thank you! 🫡

submitted 225 days ago • 24 comments

Trying to make my comeback as a journalist after getting canned by Elon's DOGE. Your help is essential, am already working on a half-dozen projects coming out soonish but please donate what you can to keep the content coming, many thanks!! realcontextnews.com#donate/

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Crimean Telegram channels report a new attack on the Kerch bridge: ◾️Apart from the very fact that a strike on the bridge support was missed, what also draws attention is the enemy’s free access to the webcams installed there.

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

Ukrainians say they have hit the underwater base of the Crimean bridge www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

submitted 3 days ago • 44 comments

Kerch bridge hit! Over the course of several months, SBU agents mined the supports of the bridge, before detonating 1,100 Kilograms of explosives this morning at 4:44am. Apparently, the bridge is now in a state of emergency