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The difference between how @thebulwark.bsky.social approaches "trans issues" and how the prestige mainstream intelligentsia/punditocracy does is fascinating, and I really think a lot of it comes down to the difference in how people's worldviews were shaped and the milieu they've been marinating in.

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My answer to this is we need a culture that doesn’t take citizenship for granted but reinforces the duties and responsibilities involved. This means rejecting the nihilistic cynicism and ironic detachment that is present in so much political content. open.substack.com/pub/sincerec...

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Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

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I wrote briefly for CURRENT on some of the strands of Russocentrism that pervade Western academic and cultural institutions and on how Ukrainians and other Central and Eastern Europeans effectively aren't trusted with their own history and experiences. currentpub.com/2024/05/28/t...

submitted 280 days ago • 0 comments

There goes my PhD in the US

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Incredible referencing guide for Google StreetView, and therefore for geolocation in general: license plates, sign posts, types of bollards, roof tiles, etc. Thanks @aric.bsky.social for sharing. plonkit.net/guide

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Clausewitz is actually a useful antidote for us, albeit with the "Trinity" interpreted in a manner differently than people often receive it in professional military education

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

submitted 28 days ago • 1548 comments

Bluesky will NEVER beat Twitter until it has THIS

submitted 93 days ago • 8 comments

Peter Thiel meeting a former Slovak minister of interior Vladimír Palko to discuss Palko's book on Antichrist was not on my bingo card for 2025.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I talk about populism. Populism includes a range of political stances with the focus on the idea of the “common people” in opposition to the “elites”. In recent decades, populism has been on the rise around the world, especially in the US & Europe. 1/25

submitted 28 days ago • 18 comments

Musk claims he's shutting down USAID because it's a hotbed of the far left, while the actual far left celebrates the move as a step towards curbing US imperialism. Meanwhile, russia and local dictators rejoice because the human rights and opposition activists lost their funding. The dumbest times!

submitted 29 days ago • 6 comments

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"KPD (AFD) is not a German party only a section of the Socialist (Rightoid) international. Only Thalmann (Wendel) can save Germany is the cry from Moscow (DC) from Bukharin (Musk), head of the COMINTERN (DOGE). Soviets to send Radek (Sacks) to organize the German comrades"

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Barack Obama's end-of-presidency legacy essay ran in The Economist; Biden chose @theprospect.bsky.social. prospect.org/economy/2024...

submitted 78 days ago • 10 comments

One of the challenges with teaching media literacy is making sure it addresses the content young people encounter, which is increasingly video based. Teaching them to fact-check headlines isn't much use when they never encounter them in their daily media diet.

submitted 78 days ago • 43 comments

The Wagner Group has generated over $2.5 billion from illegal gold mining since the start of the Ukraine invasion, according to a report by the World Gold Council. Russia is taking resources from Africa to fund the Ukraine war and no one is doing anything. www.lbc.co.uk/news/wagner-...

submitted 93 days ago • 19 comments

🔴 Liste de comptes de propagande / désinformation russes à bloquer. Cette liste sera mise à jour régulièrement. *** 🔴 List of Russian propaganda/disinformation accounts to block. This list will be updated regularly. bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 100 days ago • 49 comments

Boycott ALL companies that continue to do business in/with Russia. som.yale.edu/story/2022/o... 2nd link is a detailed sortable/searchable database. Highly recommend you check these before any purchase. www.yalerussianbusinessretreat.com

submitted 113 days ago • 22 comments

Populist Leaders and the Economy - watch this cool video (by #econimate) summarizing the main findings of Manuel, Moritz and Christoph's study. 👇 Paper published in the American Economic Review. #econsky @schularick.bsky.social youtu.be/CtD0_cl2ZlA

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and meanwhile everyone except us terminally online maniacs seems to be ignoring the role of our dysfunctional media/information environment the more misinformed you were the more you supported trump this is not a response to "objective material" conditions!

submitted 107 days ago • 6 comments

Один Проти Всіх / One Against All (animation)

submitted 108 days ago • 26 comments

This is a very depressing read about how politics actually works, which is basically that voters just think what they want to think and vote independently of facts.

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments

#Climate and diplomacy grandees are calling for an overhaul of the UN COP process, reports @guardian.extwitter.link Our report with @anticorruption.bsky.social sets out a reform agenda that addresses risks illustrated by #COP29 in Baku & previous summits. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

Enjoy the premiere with me tomorrow morning while a script slowly deletes every single thing I've posted on X in the last 15 years. The Really Dark Truth About Bots www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5X...

submitted 107 days ago • 60 comments

Excited my kids convinced me to launch M4Studio - a YouTube channel to share the behind the scenes of some of my team's most insane investigations over the years - how we burned hundreds of spies, exposed implausible government plots and conspiracies, and leveraged new open-source methods to do it.

submitted 106 days ago • 8 comments

I actually hope that Bluesky won't become an echo chamber. I think we need to have serious conversations, but social media platforms should be able to fight against organized and malign influence campaigns. Both Elon and Zuck have refused to do this.

submitted 107 days ago • 111 comments