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It "cuts my heart" and is a "betrayal". This was the response of a Ukrainian soldier in a frontline combat regiment directly affected by Donald Trump's decision to pause US military support to #Ukraine . news.sky.com/story/us-pau...

Ukrainian women inspire with their strength, courage, and indomitable spirit. They teach, save lives, evacuate the wounded, and defend Ukraine from russian invaders. Let’s support them: u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...

French Eutelsat is preparing to replace Starlink in Ukraine and plans to send about 40,000 communication terminals. Matching Starlink’s 40,000 would take “a couple of months, not years.”

There are, of course, a thousand things going on in parallel, but I think this, by @davidfrum.bsky.social, goes a long way to explaining the relish and sheer nastiness of that Oval Office meeting. ~AA

Doctors call for a ban on the harmful act of smacking children, although there is some evidence to suggest there should be exceptions to the rule

‘Please let Mr Hitler speak’: the trouble with ‘hearing from both sides’ – the Stephen Collins cartoon www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Guardian provides needed antidote to idiotic Carville #BrokenTimes op-ed: "Ask the post-first world war German Social Democrats–they also believed that the Nazis would disgrace themselves and be rejected by the public once their true colors were shown." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We've worked with the crew that run the @Prayer4Uyghurs.bsky.social account on a few projects over the years, really doubt they broke TOS given what they do. Why are they suspended @bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app ? Can you reinstate them please?

This description of the current situation by French senator Claude Malhuret is worth watching in full. "This is not merely an illiberal drift. It is the beginning of seizure of a democracy." ~AA youtu.be/QIK9vbQRwBQ?...

Reminder: Amazon Blackout—starting tomorrow. Amazon ❌, Whole Foods ❌ off the to-do list!

I for one am shocked that the fake government department manned by pale virgins and named after a meme for nonces is fucking up on a colossal scale.

Majority of western Europeans think Trump is threat to peace, survey finds

Today I’m replacing twitter with Bluesky. Twitter isn’t what it was, but crucially the owner is part of a government that is waging economic war against Canada. I think Halifax should ditch twitter too (thanks @lecwhite.bsky.social for starting that process). O’Canada.

#SlavaUkraini #NAFO #FuckPutin #FuckTrump

Trump has betrayed Ukraine. Trump has betrayed our allies Trump has betrayed American values. Trump stands with Russia

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped. American voters:

BREAKING: Emmanuel Macron: 'I want to believe US will stand by our side but we have to be ready for that not to be the case We need to be able to recognise the Russian threat & better defend ourselves in order to deter such attacks The future of Europe cannot be decided in Washington or Moscow'

Seen yesterday on a public bus in Heidelberg, Germany.

As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

This is an address to Ukrainian Allies and partners from the frontlines by Andrii Melnyk, a Ukrainian officer. In civilian life, he is a historian and a school principal in Kyiv. ‼️Friends, please listen and share⤵️

Look, they held up some little signs so you can't say they didn't try.

Donald Trump says stopping military aid is the best way to get peace, except in the middle East where apparently it's best to keep arming Israel

Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.

Someone needs to remind President Trump that President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country, a hero who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...

‘Trump must help poor Vladimir Putin out of this tragic situation, overthrow the tyrant Zelensky, and enable their two great coutnries to grow rich together. Details to follow.’ @jamesmeek.bsky.social on Trump’s Ukraine interventions: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques

If Trump was President in 1940

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social: “Trump, Vance & others either have forgotten or never knew that Zelensky signed a ceasefire agreement with Putin in 2019. Three years later, Putin launched his full-scale invasion. So, signing another ceasefire with no security guarantees feels like suicide for Ukrainians.”

It might be time to stop treating Farage as if he's some sort of special confidante of Trump. The human skid mark hasn't got a clue what's going on in the White House, as the Chagos situation demonstrated, or what on earth Trump will do next.

The U.S. forced Europe to spend trillions on defense—only to be left out of the market. European defense firms are thriving, while America loses its grip on military contracts. Not exactly the art of the deal.

Good night, dear friends. See you tomorrow. 📹 This is the man they attempted to humiliate in the Oval office. Zelenskyy will be remembered as a leader of resilience and honor, who stood firm in the face of his country’s darkest hours. His courage and dedication will leave a lasting mark on history.

Justin Trudeau, "We can see an end to this war tomorrow, if Russia decided to stop it's illegal invasion of Ukraine" "On Friday at the Oval office, Zelenskyy pointed out that Putin is a criminal and cannot be trusted because he has time and again broken agreements"

Send this Around the World. And, make sure it Flys right over the Gulf of Mexico!

Next thing you know, Trump will expect Jews to stop saying negative things about Hitler.

Imagine the difference in how VZ feels tonight, Canada has pledged 5 billion, UK nearly 3 billion, Norway discussing releasing more funds, Nordic company refusing to refuel American vessels. Denmark and the scandis reopening ammunition factories, France talking about sharing nuclear deterrent how...

Trump and Vance wanted Zelensky to thank them for an aid package that Vance voted against and Trump opposed.

This was so beautifully accepted on Twitter, I thought I’d share here too