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Grown up behind the Iron Curtain, communication facilitator by profession, photographer by passion (www.thepictureangle.com), avid knitter, social media user since the noughties, bit of a geek (according to others), anti-autocracy, pro-democracy
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I hope Trump and Hegseth are aware that purging high-ranking military capable leaders in favour of lickspittles is something Stalin tried and sorely regretted when WW2 happened... 🤔

Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian forces over 83 years to capture the remaining 80 percent of Ukraine, assuming that they can sustain massive personnel losses indefinitely. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

It was the same with Brexit. Everyone was talking about the 52/48% split but the turnout was 72.2%. Go figure.

Warning, 🧶 post. 😊 I have finished a lovely soft cashmere version of Valentina Bogdanova's Farfalla tee, that I am very happy with.

Trump just alleged without evidence Ukraine should hold elections because Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating” Recent polling from Kyiv International Institute of Sociology shows as of December 2024, 52% of Ukrainians trust Zelensky I’m sure UK News shows will be all over this in the morning

I wonder about EU FoM and Green Deal given such prices for rail travel for the extended weekend before Easter. That's one adult and one senior (same price as adultbother?) for under 900 km of journey. Flixbus outbound only without extras. Should we rent a car? #greendeal #roadtorail #airtorail #EU

History does repeat itself, despite everyone always insisting that this time is different.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Call to Action: Nationwide General Strike incoming. At least 11 million people are needed to pledge, that's nearly 3.5% of the US population. When the number hits 11 million it's time to strike. Spread widely. Pledge today: generalstrikeus.com #3E #GSUS #USprotests

www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers

Don't put up with any of they're bullshit

If Macron is trying to sell France to the Indians as a site for data centres, maybe he should stop offending the Indian in the room by not letting her get a word in edge-wise. @francetv.bsky.social 2.

Let me complement this article with another from the Atlantic, and the similarities between what happened then and is happening now are chilling: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"FORK you!!!" - Love the creativity of staff being told by a 'musk rat' (thank you, Sen. Whitehouse) to take the fork in the road offer, answering with spoon emojis. 😂 youtu.be/tUknIBHhN9k?...

Could the one of those DoJ people involved with Trump cases who last handled the second Jack Smith report please take it with them when clearing out their desk? And then slip it to a trustworthy investigative journalist? Please?

It is time to end the special relationship with Trump? Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse @chasmanthium.bsky.social

Now you get an idea of what it was like growing up post-war in Germany.

Looks like Musk is turning into the Dominic Cummings of the US government. All I can say is: Good luck with that!

Irony is well and truly dead: the IP thieves suspect others of stealing stolen IP from them. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I am just as weary of DeepSeek as I am of pretty much anything coming out of China but I breathe a sigh of relief. Because of it, the dream of US AI companies to rule the world and eliminate labour costs globally has been taken down a few pegs by making sure they will never be profitable.

This is not very promising. How did our young people end up there? www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/stud...

The new definition of DEI from Strict Scrutiny on Crooked: Dicks, Ex-husbands, Imbeciles. Seems to fit most nominees.

Can't some IT geek please set up an alternative to the internet we have now and the dark web for people who are not criminals but do want to protect themselves from tech surveillance when interacting with others via the web?

"Marxism became socialism, then democratic socialism and is now represented by the terms social justice and equity." Straight quote from the "Project 2025 Private Training Video: Left-Wing Code Words and Language" (ProPublica YT). A straight example of language manipulation. 🤦‍♀️

The laboriously neutral US newspaper headlines "suggest people shouldn’t actually believe their own eyes. And it’s either too early, or much too late, to point out that this George Orwell said was the final ultimate demand: to reject the evidence of your own eyes and ears."

FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅ FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅ W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀 Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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In pardoning all of the J6th insurrectionists, with barely a whimper of opposition, Trump has signalled a new age of acquiescence in American politics. He's trying to control not just the present but the past. In effect, he was pardoning himself. New from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...