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Belarus political prisoner Siarhei Tikhanousky has been released today together 13 more political prisoners. He is already with his wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Previously, Keith Kellogg met Lukashenko.

A damaged Roshel Senator is evacuating Ukrainian soldiers from the front line even on three wheels.

Kim Gordon’s reworked version of “Bye Bye” is deadpan funny, writes @skornhaber.bsky.social, and avoids some of the anti-Trump-protest pitfalls:

Of course open source software has been used in war before, but seeing ArduPilot Mission Planner being used to blow up Russian strategic bombers is still wild.

David Goliath

An airstrike on a bridge with Russian troops and their equipment, filmed from a first-person perspective in Zvanoye, Kursk region.

👏👏 #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne (📸 Carol Hedges)

🕯️ These children were killed by Russia…

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

💔🇺🇦 "I'm home, mom" - touching footage of today's exchange of defenders

About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.

UPDATE: Yale just confirmed that State terminated the contract in a statement to me: "Researchers at the Humanitarian Research Lab were notified recently that government funding for their work on the war in Ukraine has been discontinued." Yale notes the Lab's work defending "Ukrainian children."

Karoline Leavitt says Corey Comperatore, who is dead, will be at Trump's speech tonight

Important: Commission plan ‘Rearm Europe’ will not require unanimity. Hungary and Slovakia cannot block it on their own ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Beautiful

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

This has to be right. Starmer's summit on Sunday has become a potentially decisive moment. If Europeans don't throw their weight behind Ukraine and behind a massive and immediate increase in their defence efforts (& damn the deficits), Europe will find itself at the mercy of Putin & Trump.

In case you didn't read it, these few people with a backbone were not brought on by Musk, but people who were already working for the Federal Govt. whose department got turned into Musk's DOGE agency.

This👇 Trump does this all the time. Outrageous statement followed by walkback or pretend it didn’t happen x days of headlines later. Don‘t let the news-outrage cycle waste your energy or guide your comms. That’s one of the reasons the Democrats lost to him, twice.

Today's front page of The New York Post.

💬 “Capitulation is pathetic and weak.” Democratic Sen. Blumenthal slams Trump’s attacks on Ukraine, calling them a “disgusting betrayal” of a nation fighting for freedom. “What world is he living in? His words defy facts and truth.”

Wednesday: „We need peace with Russia.“ Friday: „Russian drone hits the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.“ We reap what we saw, and the seeds of appeasement have accuracy to deliver total war by 100%.

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

„Zoberme palice, lopaty a poďme do Národnej rady. Zoberme palice, lopaty a poďme na úrad vlády. Navozíme sem desať tisíc ľudí pred Národnú radu a z toho parlamentu zostane iba kopa kameňov" Robert Fico

CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz said he’d want 🇩🇪 to have “consensus” with Russia before joining a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. That’s like saying a woman who left her husband after he tried to kill her can only date new guys with her ex’s consent. kyivindependent.com/german-peace...

Národné tradície. (foto od @mirokollar.bsky.social )