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Trump’s Ukraine policy is based on fabricated numbers ($350bn). His Russia policy is based on fabricated numbers (majority support for Russia in occupied territory). Why are we surprised that his trade policy is also based on fabricated numbers?

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

I leave experts like @aslak.bsky.social & @sandertordoir.bsky.social to comment on the economic effects of Trump's tariffs, but note that the UK, which runs a trade deficit with US, gets hit with 10% tariffs (& 25%on cars); Russia, with a $2.5b surplus w US in 2024, is untariffed. Who's the enemy?

submitted 15 hours ago • 5 comments

The Economist not mincing its words. They could add geopolitical to "economic error"

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.

submitted 19 hours ago • 10 comments

Indeed 🤯

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

At least Britain destroyed its world economic dominance to win a war, this is just bonkers

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Meanwhile, in #Gaza, #Israel defence minister announces intention to seize land & a group of medical first responders are killed, buried in a mass grave, their vehicles also buried, & show signs of being executed whilst tied up www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Even the #BBC is contemplating 'personalised news'? This is not good for democracy. Sure, the world can be overwhelming and terrible, but ignoring it won't make it go away. Rather, it creates the conditions in which disinformation & conspiracy thrives www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Love this joke that conflates my #Mesopotamian Trap piece in @internatltheory.bsky.social with #Trump 🤣 More on the wonderful Ea-Nasir here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea-n%C4...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

#Trump 's international relations illiteracy in 3 claims: 1. Peace in 24 hours! 2. Peace in 100 days! 3. Peace in as long as it takes! #Russia #Ukraine

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Too early?

submitted 8 days ago • 107 comments

Danish authorities confirm that F-35 spare parts kept on Skrydstrup Air Base can be moved away on a whim, as they are US owned. This was confirmed in the aftermath of "Danish" spare parts being sent to Israel, against DK policy. www.berlingske.dk/indland/rege...

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

The figures who represented the Trump administration in secret talks with Zelensky’s domestic political opponents included former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and two of the U.S. president’s relatives, according to Politico.

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

submitted 17 days ago • 630 comments

British Army of the Dnieper (BAOD)

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies" From Graeme Wood www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 26 days ago • 379 comments

it is grimly hilarious that, given the immense, decades-long fetishization of "leadership" and "leadership skills" in business-oriented academia and politics, even unto the formation of leadership institutes, there should turn out to be no leaders in any positions of power

submitted 20 days ago • 49 comments

Erm...🤔

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

A list of words banned in various US federal government texts. Looks like decolonise is going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Whatever narratives the #Trump / #Putin axis are trying to push on #Ukraine, on the front line #Russia 's struggles deepen as Ukraine regains more land Russian Forces Depleted and Stalling on Eastern Front, Ukraine Says www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Indeed. What is missing in all the media commotion about Trump-Vance-Zelensky is discussion of Russia's very real & very current problems in the war. These are deepening by the day, with many estimating that Russia faces real challenges on several fronts (military & economic) by the end of 2025

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Decent people thank Ukraine.

submitted 34 days ago • 231 comments

First world problems. This whole visit seems like a set-up.

submitted 34 days ago • 123 comments

Looks like @washingtonpost.com is turning into a #MAGA Pravda under billionaire #Bezos #USA

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Trump just posted an AI video depicting the Gaza Strip as 'Trump Gaza.' Here are some screenshots.

submitted 36 days ago • 1068 comments

#Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Hungary, Sudan, Israel...and the #USA 🤔 #Ukraine

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

The Revolution will be AI-icized

submitted 38 days ago • 3384 comments

The best part is the very end. Trump spins a lie the Europe will get it's money back from Ukraine with interest but Macron puts his hand on Trump's arm and says "No" 😂

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Blackshirts in #Idaho

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

BBC News - Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 40 days ago • 1474 comments

According to a NASA official, DOGE workers already have access to contracts, partnerships, classified national-security information, and satellite data, among other materials. They said, in the wrong hands, such knowledge could erase generations of advantage in aerospace and defense capabilities.

submitted 42 days ago • 6 comments

Have been listening to the Engines of Outrage series from @npr.org . As a Brit, Episode 1 was particularly illuminating on how we got to where we are in terms of #disinformation, Trump, & the rise of the global #farright. Ep. 2 adds #socialmedia to the mix www.npr.org/2025/02/06/1...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

@meilyr21.bsky.social croeso!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s see what motivates this guy to join DOG…oh

submitted 46 days ago • 229 comments

Also perhaps a glowing realisation that Trump's #USA is not just ignoring or complaining about #Europe but is actively working - alone or with #Russia - against Europe & #Ukraine. The potential ramifications are indeed seismic

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. The Education Department accuses colleges of discriminating against white students.

submitted 46 days ago • 221 comments

‘Cybertruck Man’ a cartoon in defiance of Musk #political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

submitted 48 days ago • 116 comments

WSJ sub: “Indian Partition went smoothly enough, right? Will try to remember to check this before publishing.”

submitted 49 days ago • 479 comments

Any European leader who wakes up tomorrow and says confidently that Europe can rely on the USA to be a dependable defense partner, should be removed from office on grounds of wilful insanity.

submitted 50 days ago • 46 comments

Trump Govt orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed from scholarly research. This is unprecedented censorship of thought and inquiry. A return to the middle ages. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

submitted 50 days ago • 23 comments

Extraordinary🧵 list of key words that, if used, could lead to a research grant being pulled in the US. Read the 🧵. Includes "political", "women", "systemic" & other words crucial to most fields #trump #highered #research

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

What could go wrong? Suspect Russian intel services are about to have a field day. "Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to run the FBI, is expected to shrink the bureau’s counterintelligence and counterterrorism work, according to his aides" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 56 days ago • 15 comments