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sevenyakima.bsky.social
Disoriented Twitter refugee. European who grew up behind the Iron Curtain and misses the good old USA. Expert in energy matters. Hobbyist in geopolitics. Optimism is lack of information.
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Boston strong!

submitted 23 hours ago • 55 comments

Auch eine demographische Beobachtung.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Should Poland have nuclear weapons? The majority of respondents answered yes. The first effects of Trump's policy are emerging.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Ich würde niemals eine Wahlempfehlung abgeben, aber eines muss man den Menschen schon sagen: Wenn alle Kleinparteien in den Bundestag einziehen, würde das eine stabile Regierung massiv erschweren. Man wählt sich so Ampelchaos 2.0 herbei. Womöglich sogar einen finanzpolitischen Deadlock.

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Once upon a time, these were actions by a private company. Now they are actions being undertaken by a high-ranking government official, in connection with his public activities. This raises 1A issues that didn’t exist before.

submitted 2 days ago • 56 comments

We finally have an actual 1A question about social media and I’m wondering where the Twitter Files dupes are?

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

Lesenswerter Artikel.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Is this what JD Vance was concerned about?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.

submitted 3 days ago • 395 comments

Whether it’s Joe Biden accepting a presidential salary or Elon Musk restructuring the federal government to benefit his private companies, presidents of both parties have used the office to financially enrich themselves.

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.

submitted 5 days ago • 133 comments

Olaf Scholz mocked British railways over “broken tracks and bad trains”, claiming that "nothing works any more” in the UK. Turns out: Germany rail problems have become so bad that Deutsche Bahn long-distance service is less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain. www.ft.com/content/d3b6...

submitted 4 days ago • 51 comments

“Tate is a prominent online misogynist shitfuck who regularly instructs his audience of insecure young men and boys to feel manlier by treating women like actual garbage. Tate has been accused of rape, human trafficking, and developing an organized crime racket for the purpose of exploiting women.”

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

As Lavrov chats to Rubio in Saudia Arabia, Putin ramps up the war

submitted 4 days ago • 45 comments

Best thing about solution Yanis proposes is that Ukraine suffer the same consequences for receiving a genocide as Austria did for participating in one.

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

Based on currently available information, Russia is not expected to make major concessions, placing the burden of concessions on Ukraine. The sentiment in Ukraine suggests that it won't accept a lopsided deal. Trump's team is being played by a former KGB officer like children

submitted 5 days ago • 40 comments

A Rare White Bison

submitted 5 days ago • 290 comments

My readout from Saudi Arabia is that U.S. has signaled relations with Russia will no longer have Ukraine as the central organizing principle.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Yup. We need to put on our big boy pants but leave the brown shirts in the closet.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 6 days ago • 200 comments

Trump Demands Ukraine Pays Reparations for Being Invaded by Russia

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

If someone shows you data saying 12 million people fraudulently collect Social Security every month simply by claiming to be 110+ years old but not dead, you could say “But that’s more people than live in New Jersey! Something’s wrong with this number.” Or you could be like Musk.

submitted 6 days ago • 128 comments