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I wrote this week on how China has become the single most important enabler of Russian defence industry & by extension the war in Ukraine. It is still avoiding large-scale lethal aid, but there are signs it has walked up to the line, or stepped across. www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

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Strange to suggest that the Islamic revolution in Iran ever had liberal pretensions. That is misreading the intentions of Khomeini at the time. Velayat-e Faqih is totalitarian by definition. Only Montazeri ever had that drive and he was placed under house arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

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The LtCol O-5 payscale in the US spans $80k to $137k annually. An entry level software engineer makes $100k in CA, USA. The insight is extremely valuable but you'd like these positions to be available throughout the hierarchy. taskandpurpose.com/military-lif...

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Yes, this is a podcast about a fraudster and Russian spy, but it’s also becoming clear that Sam Jones has seized the chance to explore what drives people operating at the margins, traits exploited by spy and aid agencies (and newspapers?) for their own ends

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'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

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They turned Bakhmut into ashes. Once a city full of life — now just shattered walls, empty windows, and silence. Russian troops didn’t “liberate” anything — they erased it. Street by street. Home by home. This isn’t war. This is deliberate, merciless destruction.👇

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This is exactly as advertised. Comprehensive, thoughtful and deeply informed. Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to be smarter on this conflict.

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What do retired spies really think about disinformation, AI, Putin, and the state of U.S. democracy? Former CIA Station Chief John Sipher pulls back the curtain on intelligence, ethics, and the fight for truth in a polarized world. Don’t miss this one. #NationalSecurity youtu.be/TpeRbgmc3Bo?...

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Sufi Persian poet Rumi is certainly one of the greatest humanity has ever seen. The risk now is that this war turns into a dirty one in which the Iranian people take the side of the regime. That will set back the potential for a Persian renaissance for generations.

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Visual analysis: GPS interference raises risk of accidents in Strait of Hormuz https://on.ft.com/4kKAsnB

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Chancellor Merz has made very clear what his opinion is regarding the Israeli operation in Iran: “This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us. If not done we might have seen the terror of the Iranian regime for months and years to come - and then maybe even facing a nuclear bomb.”

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Nu alle ogen begrijpelijkerwijs gericht zijn op het Midden-Oosten, gaat Poetin door met brute agressie in Oekraïne. Vannacht weer een zware aanval op o.a. Kyiv. Maar dit blijft niet onopgemerkt. We gaan onvermoeibaar door met steun aan Oekraïne en het versterken van defensie.

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Our piece today taking stock of how much damage Israel has inflicted on Iran’s nuclear programme in four days of war, and what might follow in the days ahead. www.economist.com/middle-east-...

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During WWI, Marie Curie created a vehicle that contained a hospital bed, a generator, an X-ray machine and photographic darkroom equipment. These “petite Curies" (below) could be driven right up to the Front. Curie also helped train 150 women as radiology technicians.

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Last year, Iranians in both Iran and the diaspora had to reckon with the failures of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and the regime’s persistence. A lack of organized political opposition was to blame, argues @arashtehran.bsky.social‬ in @newlinesmag.bsky.social

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Lets hope that at the end of this darkness lies an Iran that #mashaamini would have loved to live in. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Excellent read by @economist.com - the worst thing Israel can do is target non-regime civilian infra and turn the Iranians against them. That can wreck Iran for generations. Will Iran’s hated regime implode? www.economist.com/middle-east-... From The Economist

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Russia’s Wagner Group reportedly planned arson attack on London business with links to Ukraine www.yahoo.com/news/russia-...

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Returning to Ukraine for a moment: "What air defense doing?"

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Americans have perfected the art of marching. Just not able or willing to show it last Saturday. youtu.be/ggk-WHBfR7o?...

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Sobering assessment by @gideonrachman.bsky.social Israel apparently couldn't risk for Iran to go nuclear, but the ensuing chaos may be just as uncontainable. Especially with a US administration lacking vision and consistency. www.ft.com/content/3a8d...

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President Macron’s lightning visit to Greenland today marks a significant shift in his cautiously friendly dealings with Donald Trump since he returned to power. From the moment he landed in Nuuk, the first French president ever to do so, Macron was trolling Trump. 1/ youtu.be/P3cKxMXC-ms?...

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If you are Ukrainian, it's very difficult not to lose faith in humanity, justice and anything good in this world now. The betrayal is in the air, we are being accused of the war that has been unleashed upon us. Former partners side with our enemies. Past promises of support are forgotten.

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russia has launched a massive and coordinated disinformation campaign against Macron, insinuating that the tissue on the table is a bag of drugs. All of russia’s assets in France are on it. Don’t fall for it — but it also shows that russia is angry, which is a good sign

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In just the past 14 days, Russia attacked Ukraine with 2,800 strike drones, nearly 3,000 guided bombs, and 140 missiles of various types. European allies' fighter jets remain comfortably parked on their respective airfields because [insert rationalization for cowardice here].

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Reports say Israel has destroyed two factories in Iran producing Shahed drones and other UAVs.

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"the event was just one part of the Trump administration’s vast, billion-dollar government effort to make the leader feel good about himself. " www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran when Obama was president. Obama said no and he didn’t. Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran when Biden was president. Biden said no and he didn’t. Netanyahu wanted to strike Iran when Trump is president. Trump said no and he did.

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In case anyone wondered why the operation was called rising lion: this is the pre -revolutionary flag of Iran

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