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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 14 hours ago • 125 comments

So you think Russia is winning in Ukraine? The Bright bright red is what Russia took in 2024. Almost nothing, and it cost them hundreds of thousands dead. Slava Ukrainii

submitted 36 days ago • 303 comments

Some newspapers are acting as if they were solely a commercial enterprise, without the mission to uncover and report on the truth. It is us, the readers who have to make our judgment and use our critical thinking to understand the world. Sadly, the @nytimes.com has become a clickbait generator.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates. Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍

submitted 49 days ago • 35 comments

I’ve literally had to sit on my hands to hold back from calling out these two atrociously orientalist articles. But if stuff like this doesn’t get called out, reporters who appreciate nuanced (and informed!) reporting will struggle to push back when asked to frame stories in the same way.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.

submitted 49 days ago • 1173 comments

“If we’re waiting for the ‘real’ war per our past time’s definition, we may not recognize the enemy is fighting war against us now.” A good piece on responding to Russian, Chinese and Iranian hybrid warfare from @maxboot.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 49 days ago • 12 comments

Peter W. Singer really knows his stuff. Thanks for sharing, Mick! And all the best for 2025.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

“According to an estimate by the China Media Project, he [Xi] published 120 volumes in the first decade of his rule. This year at least nine have been added to the pile (“Excerpts from Xi Jinping’s Discourses on Natural Resources Work” is hot off the presses…).” www.economist.com/china/2024/1...

submitted 92 days ago • 11 comments

Weather vs climate

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The same for emissions reductions…

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Interesting review of Russian media monitoring. I like the first third and the last fifth of the blog post. Only wondering when people in Russia will have enough of their system and how that could come to Change.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Oh, here, too 😀 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Lázár Ervin: A négyszögletű kerek erdő (The square around forest) Day 1/20

submitted 183 days ago • 4 comments

This made the rounds a few weeks ago, pre-Bluesky video, but now it needs to be here. No idea who created it, but here's David Attenborough narrating the "evolutionary disadvantaged" Cybertruck.

submitted 154 days ago • 51 comments

I swear Tim Walz is so good at this.

submitted 156 days ago • 141 comments

The EU wants answers from Hungary about work visas for Russia and Belarus

submitted 172 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t stop talking about Ukraine 🇺🇦 Stand With Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ukraine WILL Win 🇺🇦

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

Today was another massive attack by russia combining missiles of many types. A few hours later I still don’t see any major western media reporting that russia damaged Islamic Cultural Center and mosque in Kyiv. Please follow Ukrainian media #UkrainianView united24media.com/latest-news/...

submitted 174 days ago • 2 comments

😳🚫 Wow! Verkhovna Rada banned the activities of the Moscow Patriarchate on the territory of Ukraine, — people’s deputy Zheleznyak ❗️The communities of UOC MP will have 9 months to break ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.

submitted 187 days ago • 2 comments

The Ukrainian operation in Kursk is almost into its third week. How might Russia respond in the coming days and weeks, and what are its medium and long term options for dealing with the Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory? My latest at Futura Doctrina. mickryan.substack.com/p/the-kursk-...

submitted 188 days ago • 3 comments

Interesting profile/interview w/ David Keith in the NYT about solar geoengineering. The article hints at what my main objection to this line of research is, but isn't explicit, so here's a quick thread on my thoughts... www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/c...

submitted 206 days ago • 18 comments

Preaching to the choir a bit here but: How to quit Twitter - on.ft.com/3yKPS8J

submitted 190 days ago • 52 comments

Since a few of you have asked, here's another gift link for the next 300 hits, but if i do any more, @janinegibson.bsky.social might shout at me, or - worse - look over her glasses at me in a really disapproving manner on.ft.com/4cu0FC0

submitted 190 days ago • 29 comments

Do you have doubts about human-caused global warming? Have you ever wondered why? Have you asked yourself who planted the seeds of doubt? Have a look at this must-watch BBC documentary. youtu.be/I32R6Yx9PTI?...

submitted 193 days ago • 8 comments

This gave me feels.

submitted 199 days ago • 3 comments

Series of tips for new BSky users. (Some useful for NOT-so-new users?) ~ Jan 2024 version In +/- "chronological" order (starting w Set-up). h/t @lunabelle.bsky.social @occupyonelove.bsky.social @anonymous.expectus.fyi Obvs: Skip all you know! Skip a post if/when too much, or not ready yet! 1/12

submitted 404 days ago • 9 comments