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Holy shit! They are selling out the whole Western United States! Both, national public land in brown and green, of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the US Forest Service (USFS), will be eligible for sale. #dataviz

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

The provocations by Russia are observable on all fronts: the shadow fleet has to get through, no matter what.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Es hat ja schon etwas von Betrug, was Ralf Stegner da mit @ennolenze.de gemacht hat.

submitted 51 days ago • 13 comments

High-ranking member of German Coaltion party SPD, Ralf Stegner, engages in private diplomacy with a high ranking Russian delegation. Individual activities like this undermine a credible and coherent policy towards Russia. www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

On Friday, April 11, traders placed large, aggressive bets that Apple’s stock would jump within days. They bought contracts that would only be profitable if the stock moved up fast. Hours later, the White House quietly announced a major policy shift. data-and-politics.ghost.io/173-returns-...

submitted 78 days ago • 30 comments

Switzerland seeks closer EU ties in response to Trump shock. Sounds like a plan www.ft.com/content/fba6...

submitted 79 days ago • 24 comments

Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history. They aren't even bothering to hide it.

submitted 80 days ago • 2327 comments

In today‘s #ZOiS_Spotlight @oonuch.bsky.social and I share insights from our survey research on Ze‘s high approval ratings and list all the main reasons why elections now would be undemocratic.

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Farida Rustamova's (@faridaily.bsky.social) sources confirm that Putin has postponed his address to the Russian parliament due to his planned meeting with Trump. Clearly, from the Kremlin's perspective, this is seen as a momentous opportunity to formulate an optimistic message t.me/faridaily24/...

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt

submitted 142 days ago • 163 comments

As we move into the second month of the year, Frontelligence Insight has prepared an early assessment report covering recent developments on the frontlines and within both Ukrainian and Russian military forces. Below are some key highlights from the report. 1/ 🧵Thread:

submitted 145 days ago • 8 comments

I have a lot of respect for those who defend human rights, campaign for dialogue and remind us what matters most. Ukrainian and Russian HRD started the campaign: People First. Please sign: people1st.online

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

Spoofing means manipulation of GPS signals with potentially severe consequences. Advice at the end of the article: bring compass and maps when in the area on the ground - just to be sure.

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr are pushing back against claims that a credit crisis is imminent in Russia due to subsidized loan programmes, underlining also that these benefit a range of industries, not only defense plants. en.thebell.io/no-russia-is...

submitted 162 days ago • 7 comments

International business as usual will not stop this process: Clear analysis by Y. Trofimov: With the postwar international order in decline, Russia, China and the U.S. are aiming to carve up the planet in a new age of empire, writes the WSJ’s Yaroslav Trofimov. www.wsj.com/world/in-a-n...

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

NEW REPORT: The Kremlin is in the endgame of a decades-long strategic effort to de facto annex Belarus, which will permanently augment Russia’s military and economic capabilities to pursue its revanchist geopolitical objectives against the United States and NATO. (🧵1/5)

submitted 165 days ago • 12 comments

The practice of throttling YouTube will soon serve as best practice in other countries. Legal and technological building blocs are shared already and promote repressive standard-setting.

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

A very balanced and well-informed analysis of the Russian economy. If interest rates stay high, the state's role in the economy will even grow beyond 65% of GDP.

submitted 177 days ago • 2 comments

The UN General Assembly has just adopted (without a vote) the new, much debated Convention against Cybercrime (see here undocs.org/A/79/460) The signing ceremony will take place in Hanoi in 2025

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Meduza explains how Russian lawmakers just adopted legislation making it possible to list anyone as a "terrorist and extremist" on the mere suspicion of spreading “fake news” or “discrediting” the military and authorities.

submitted 198 days ago • 7 comments

Att: @spignal.bsky.social @shashj.bsky.social

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Norway is probing the market in the lead-up to the expected long-range air defence project. Raytheon among others has received a Request for Price and Availability. Kongsberg has also claimed that they will be able to deliver a NASAMS long-range capability. www.tu.no/artikler/for...

submitted 203 days ago • 2 comments

I wrote a lengthy response (open access!) to this essay by Sarty. "Misreading Russia" is the latest in the literary tradition of "getting Russia wrong," in which the West worries incessantly about all the things it made Russia do by not understanding it. A not-so-short 🧵 doi.org/10.22215/cje...

submitted 211 days ago • 3 comments

YouTube is probably giving in into pressure from Roskomnadzor in 🇷🇺. At it's request, Youtube is asking more than 300 bloggers to delete videos that explain how blocking can be circumvented via VPN. Information about this has recently been banned by law. www.rbc.ru/technology_a...

submitted 212 days ago • 0 comments

A detailed analysis of the updated version of Russia's basic principles of nuclear deterrence. Useful threat in order to counter half-informed discussions on the matter.

submitted 222 days ago • 0 comments

#CivicsAndCynics explores global politics through the lens of digital technology. By @Pathto_Power project at @HPI_DE, Dr.Umer Jan & Dr.Jamie Ranger with Dr. Niloufer Siddiqui & Dr. Kiran Garimella unpack misinformation's impact on South Asia's politics. 👉https://bit.ly/4eLubVv

submitted 222 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 222 days ago • 0 comments

I made a starter pack for public interest technology, critical data studies, and related fields. LMK who else I should add, please. #PublicInterestTech #PublicInterestTechnology #DataforSocialGood go.bsky.app/He8HTaC

submitted 231 days ago • 93 comments

For nearly 3yrs journalists have called regularly to ask: how will Ru respond to the West doing X to help Ukraine? Now no one is calling me to ask: How will the West respond to this obvious Ru escalation? Instead, the media is discussing stuff like this:

submitted 245 days ago • 2 comments

Grozev is full of cheer today

submitted 247 days ago • 0 comments

In der Nacht waren wieder Schwärme tödlicher Drohnen über der Ukraine unterwegs. In solchen Nächten hängst du übermüdet am Handy, schläfst wieder ein, wachst von Explosionen auf und schläfst dann gar nicht mehr. Zeit, um über die Schieflage der deutschen Debatte nachzudenken. 1/6

submitted 266 days ago • 6 comments

After observing Russian "elections" upon invitation of the CEC of Russia, the chairman of the Tunisian election commission ISIE has signed a MoU with its Russian counterpart. Focus of the cooperation shall be the use of modern technologies, the exchange of experiences and trainings.

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The Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime presented its Key Positions on the draft UN Cybercrime Treaty yesterday at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin. globalinitiative.net/wp-content/u... The treaty runs a real risk of damaging efforts to prevent counter organised crime.

submitted 571 days ago • 0 comments