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submitted 23 hours ago • 27 comments

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

submitted 14 hours ago • 125 comments

Europeans need to work on the assumption that Trump won’t support us militarily and he won’t uphold NATO. But we are almost 600 million people, have the army most experienced in fighting Russia (Ukraine), advanced technology and two nuclear powers. Time to get to work. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on | Jay Rayner

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.

submitted 7 days ago • 60 comments

A drone hit the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine early this morning, per the IAEA. The Chernobyl New Safe Confinement unit caught fire and was damaged, but the IAEA reports the inner structure was not breached and radiation levels have not risen outside.

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

By that logic, why can’t Israelis? Somehow that would be bigotry but this isn’t.

submitted 10 days ago • 20 comments

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 10 days ago • 523 comments

Engineers, remember: users couldn’t care less about your tech stack, your architecture, or how clever your code is. They just want fast products, gorgeous UIs, and a smooth experience. That’s what matters.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

🔥 AMAZING. Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia. It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.

submitted 14 days ago • 306 comments

If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.

submitted 14 days ago • 46 comments

fuck around then, Pingu

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...

submitted 16 days ago • 168 comments

Oh wow, Captcha, which is the worst thing ever, is even worse than you think.

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/w...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Guys, I’ve just seen the worst job advert in the world. Absolute state of this.

submitted 18 days ago • 521 comments

Scallop cheese? What could go wrong?

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

You can’t post your way out of fascism Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them 🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

submitted 18 days ago • 124 comments

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 18 days ago • 2838 comments

I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI

submitted 17 days ago • 586 comments

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

submitted 18 days ago • 1105 comments

Tomato and basilica: in Conclave, Stanley Tucci plays Stanley Tucci – and that’s absolutely fine

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

Me: "My brain like almost can't compute the amount of bad news at like every single part of government systems." @mmasnick.bsky.social: "It's a distributed denial of service attack on people who believe in reality."

submitted 20 days ago • 22 comments

submitted 24 days ago • 10 comments

Feeling a warm glow reading this Reddit thread about how much love people have for GOV.UK www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/c...

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

“It’s because of the woke”

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

submitted 60 days ago • 388 comments

people say the government haven’t achieved anything yet but they have made Isabel Oakeshott leave the country

submitted 27 days ago • 56 comments

Really nice thread, giving an idea of the direction a clean European electricity grid is heading towards. Also makes a good point on nuclear: it can be a good complement to renewables, even if not a good replacement for them.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.

submitted 31 days ago • 338 comments

submitted 32 days ago • 1013 comments

For all new BlueSky joiners - here is a starter pack i did a couple of months ago and have just updated! For anyone interested in UK current affairs and political commentary go.bsky.app/QbLkQQK

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