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ok, so basically I'm trying to make this post go viral.

submitted 26 days ago • 508 comments

Ever since Feb 2022, @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and I have been regularly consulting with an Estonian analyst "Karl" to get his assessments about where the war is going. Karl is known for his sober and non-alarmist analysis. Here is Karl's latest. 👇👇

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Here it is: my viral Bluesky thread significantly expanded into a full essay. Hope you will share it with anyone you think might be interested.

submitted 78 days ago • 280 comments

Hi All, Just sent out a post that uses actual Trump quotes to show just exactly what he is saying about Russia and Ukraine--and its really not good. He is doing everything possible to shore up Russia, and telegraph that Ukraine aid is being cut. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 82 days ago • 15 comments

Given this week’s events Assad's regime is finished & it’s a race to Damascus. The Russian position in Syria, and MENA region writ large is consequently in deep trouble, because of Syria’s importance as a logistics hub for Russian operations. Short thread. 1/

submitted 86 days ago • 24 comments

Latest in @TheAtlantic. I never wanted to write. The Biden Administration was given an unexpected opportunity to make the world a safer, more democratic place after the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine. However they failed and made the world more dangerous. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 93 days ago • 101 comments

I feel like not enough people know that Elon Musk first became wealthy by being so awful at running a company that his own management team mutinied when he went on his honeymoon; his own board of directors then fired him; and his replacement then turned the company into PayPal. 1/

submitted 99 days ago • 196 comments

Revolting mob rule, Stalinist, Maoist, fascist, call it what you want, it is disgusting, with the power of the state and social media to mobilize the US version of China's Red Guard to target civil servants, professionals doing their job. Gift article. Please repost. www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...

submitted 100 days ago • 145 comments

It’s a mistake to think Elon Musk’s fans like him DESPITE him being a mediocre sociopath instead of BECAUSE.

submitted 100 days ago • 112 comments

The problem with pieces like this, which are countless, is the prevailing media assumption that left-of-center Americans need constant corrective instruction about how to be in and engage with the world, whereas right-of-center Americans are simply to be observed in awe, like rainbows or mountains.

submitted 101 days ago • 343 comments

Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy” All Around Us What are the reasons behind the pervasive tendency among ostensibly anti-MAGA elites to accommodate authoritarian power and preemptively signal compliance with Trumpism? Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵1/

submitted 101 days ago • 13 comments

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

submitted 102 days ago • 87 comments

Soft launching something tonight. The American collapse was avoidable, but we failed to meet the moment. Now, we need to preserve our democratic values in a rapidly changing world. America 2.0 is all about what comes next. Join us. america2.news/welcome-to-a...

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running companies like Tesla Inc., SpaceX and Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives. 1/23

submitted 104 days ago • 179 comments

1000 days of avoidable tragedy. 1000 days of lost time. 1000 days of sacrifice and heroism of Ukraine's best and bravest. 1000 days of defiance against 1000 days of terror. 1000 days too many. And if we stick with our current failed strategy, the next 1000 days might be worse.

submitted 104 days ago • 22 comments

Hier kun je realtime de groei van #bluesky zien bcounter.nat.vg

submitted 104 days ago • 16 comments

Our follower base is growing rapidly, so a warm welcome to all new followers on BlueSky! Will you help us make our account as visible as possible by reposting this message? ➡️ Do you want to be updated daily on the news about the war in #Ukraine. Follow us and discuss topics in the comment section.

submitted 108 days ago • 33 comments

When world leaders ask Ukraine to negotiate they are explicitly telling them to surrender. Any notion that Putin can be negotiated with is born from malice and stupidity. The only negotiation Putin has left is his boarding pass on the river Acheron.

submitted 104 days ago • 89 comments

We have a shit ton of trolls coming here They're losing traction on the hellscape & r getting desperate So its simple: DO NOT ENGAGE REPORT IF THEY THREATEN OR PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE TELL US, THEN BLOCK If you engage with them, they'll be everywhere Does everyone understand the assignment?

submitted 104 days ago • 913 comments

I’m getting media inquiries about Artem Klyushin, as he was a key figure in my 2018 NYT bestseller Proof of Collusion. The Russian oligarch and Putin ally hosted Trump in Moscow in November 2013 and—per Trump bodyguard Keith Schiller—offered to send women to Trump’s suite during his stay. {cont.}

submitted 105 days ago • 62 comments

There is something deeply amusing about musklings coming here and realizing there’s no algorithm to boost their rage bait, which was their main advantage.

submitted 106 days ago • 858 comments

submitted 105 days ago • 42 comments

Final thoughts today. My conclusion is that many in the US have no idea what's coming for it. Can't/won't believe. 'The institutions will hold'. 'There's always the courts.' Let's hope so. But the plan is shock & awe. Think high-profile scapegoats, a climate of fear, institutional cowardice.

submitted 106 days ago • 143 comments

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 106 days ago • 1169 comments

The Russian reaction to the West allowing Ukraine to use Western provided long range weapons to strike targets inside Russia - which will be nothing - will immediately expose the abject folly of delaying this decision for so very long.

submitted 106 days ago • 7 comments

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, in a significant change to Washington's policy. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days.

submitted 106 days ago • 372 comments

Sunday reading: What awaits us in a second Trump presidency? A much more extreme rightwing regime that is vastly better prepared and will be operating under conditions that are significantly more favorable to its political cause. I wrote about what’s different than in 2016/17. This week’s piece:

submitted 106 days ago • 23 comments

There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries? www.threads.net/@profsander....

submitted 106 days ago • 337 comments

To President Biden and all elected Democrats: Stop playing by rules that no longer exist. At this point, it's not just spinelessness, it's complicity.

submitted 107 days ago • 1408 comments

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️

submitted 107 days ago • 289 comments

Musk wants to crash the markets, undermine the dollar, and force the US to shift crypto. That’s why Trump giving him power to act independently of government but with full White House cooperation is so fucking dangerous. They are trying to destroy everything so they can profit off rebuilding it.

submitted 108 days ago • 29 comments

Over liberalisme, Halsema en de PVV. Geen fan van de Groene (erg ingewikkeld altijd) maar dit is echt een fantastische analyse, ik meen zonder betaalmuur. www.groene.nl/artikel/popp...

submitted 108 days ago • 6 comments

Iemand vroeg me waar ik allemaal m'n nieuws rond de oorlog vandaan haalde, dat is een combi van historici, analisten, journalisten en Oekrainse burgerjournalistiek. Je vindt dat starterpack met die namen hier... go.bsky.app/CrTEsT9

submitted 108 days ago • 4 comments

I think the Kremlin is preparing to conduct massive sabotage operations on underwater Internet cables. First of all, Russian authorities is planning to do a series of exercises to disconnect the RuNet from the global Internet. 1/2

submitted 108 days ago • 105 comments

5 days in a row with Russian personnel losses above 1500. Russia's kamikaze meat wave tactics are in full effect.

submitted 108 days ago • 30 comments

Voor #TerugvolgVrijdag een hele mooie lijst van regiokenners, specialisten en nieuwsbrengers over de situatie in de mondiale wereld. Ik zal vast een aantal zijn vergeten. Ik krijg zoveel meldingen. For #FollowBackFriday a list of people who give you int. news & analyses. go.bsky.app/GfBYmHC

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

submitted 109 days ago • 439 comments

Een starterpack van iets meer dan 50 namen van bekendere Nederlandse twitteraars en journalisten en wat mensen die X kleur gaven. go.bsky.app/LdgTHQM

submitted 110 days ago • 50 comments