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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Bought a steepletone radio about a year ago because my mother was catsitting and hates silence, have started listening to Radio 3. Surprised that I just heard Duo Ruut! #bbc #radio #estonia #classical #music #hannahpeel #experimental #estonia #baltic

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

they have also since been enjoying sleeping in a drainage channel, and against an unframed seascape #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon #blackcats #voids

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

This new episode of The Reckoning Project’s podcast unpacks the role of propaganda in genocides and war crimes, from WWII to the present day. Wonderful to work on it, despite the dark subject matter...please do listen! www.bylinesupplement.com/p/fighting… […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

@bylinetimes.bsky.social @trpforjustice logged onto :birdsite: to promote this and thank goodness I've mostly missed another round of "Russia's invasion of the Baltics is imminent" discourse

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

An introductory interview with Janine di Giovanni, preceding the release of our podcast miniseries exploring the human stories behind war crimes litigation, with Byline Times. @bylinetimes.bsky.social @trpforjustice www.bylinesupplement.com/p/each-sto… […]

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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Russia killed 437 Ukrainian civilians in July and injured 2,610 more (these are just the official numbers). This is a 30% increase compared to the previous month. Unfortunately, this horrible statistics just keeps getting worse - each month is the numbers are […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

For this article, we spoke with Ukrainian citizens suffering from various physical and mental impairments. They were coerced into fighting on Russia's behalf. With @trpforjustice, for CEPA. cepa.org/article/russia-forces-sick… #Ukraine #russia #news #war […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

caught a small phrasing error in this article yesterday which I tried to fix, holiday weekend means it should be rectified Monday

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Explaining the UK air conditioning debate to my American partner: "the thing you have to realise, is the entire country is basically one giant HOA". #ukpol #uk #london #heatwave

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Death toll in overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv has risen to 21, according to emergency services #Kyiv #Ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukraineWar #russiainvadedukraine #news #worldnews

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Emergency service workers dressed in blue carrying an orange stretcher with a person on top from the rubble of a building destroyed by Russian overnight strikes on Kyiv

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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

The aftermath of Russia's massive attack on Kyiv Wednesday night... Russia killed at least 13 people; 90 others, including children, were injured. Rescuers are still searching for people trapped under the rubble. The attack lasted more than 11 hours. Russia […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Russia kills at least 4, wounds further 28 in attack on Ukraine's Dnipro, according to Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha #Ukraine #Dnipro #russia #russiainvadedUkraine #russiaUkrainewar #war #imperialism #news #worldnews

Emergency services of Ukraine attending to the scene of the Dnipro attack, courtesy of national police

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Just called my gym to ask when the leg press and adductor machines will be working again, lady fielding the call was very polite, said she'd check for updates and with gym manager etc. After some slightly muffled conversations in the background I hear her yell "A FEW MONTHS?!??! JESUS CHRIST!!" […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 26/06/2026

I am exhausted by the moronic behaviour of western academics who say nothing about Russia's bombing and murder of tens of the thousands of civilians, but scream the moment Ukraine fights back ‘Morale bombing’ Moscow is not justified | Ukraine | The Guardian […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

The story of five generations of the same Crimean Tatar family, forced from their homes because of Moscow. With @trpforjustice, for Spanish daily @lavanguardia www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/… […]

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It's not like Hitchens couldn't have easily found details of what Phillips got up to in Ukraine, there's multiple article detailing it, such as this one theweek.com/news/world-n...

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Graham Phillips: the civil servant-turned-Putin propagandist

Former bureaucrat interviews British PoW in Ukraine

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hitchens fails to address that Phillips is a pro-Russian propagandist, literally partied with occupying forces in Ukraine, denied war crimes, and filmed tortured POWs, and proudly received medals from Russian backed military groups for his efforts.

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Lithuania's cold pink soup (šaltibarščiai) cult is getting out of hand. This is lube. (photocredit: u/Grazhke) #lithuania #vilnius #šaltibarščiai #pinksoup #food #borsch #borshch #sex #Šaltibarščiųfestivalis

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/05/2026

Politico ownership had tried to legally claim during their battle with unions that their broken AI journalism couldn't be expected to adhere to basic journalistic standards (or their agreement with the union) because it was created by coders, not journalists

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Lmao, Schröder? What an absolute joke, this nauseating human's dealings with Russia is part of the reason the war started, solidifying European energy dependence on Russia, cutting defence spending, working in Russian energy companies, and still making idiot public statements about how the west […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

You know what? Good for them, props to Culture Minister Giuli too. The earlier decision not to let Russia and Israel be eligible for awards was flimsy and pathetic. This move has a degree of actual substance. But continuing to allow their participation still sucks & I'm sure letting visitors […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

Can't help but feel it would have been smarter for The Onion to be more subtle about the InfoWars takeover, they had the chance to access their core audience and now with the rainbow logo and everything I reckon ... they're gonna notice #onion #infowars #media #medianews

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The @nerve.news’s investigation show Palantir recruited the two most senior AI strategists from the Ministry of Defence & NHS…& won multimillion £ contracts with both, a pattern repeated across the UK govt. 2/ www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-r...

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The Palantir pipeline: how Peter Thiel's surveillance firm hired more than 30 senior UK officials

The AI company holds £670m in UK government contracts. It has also hired dozens of senior officials from the departments awarding them – raising what transparency experts call an 'acute' corruption ri...

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

Met a man today who tried to convince me there was no distinction betweens Russians and Ukrainians because he lived in Russia and "couldn't tell the difference". Buddy, your dearth of observational skills and unwillingness to learn Ukrainian and listen to Ukrainians is the problem, not the […]

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally. It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

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Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

RE: mstdn.social/@aliide/11639706991097… These people also have a tendency to project their understanding of Russia onto other countries. After Morozov's arrest in Estonia there was at least one academic specialising in Russian society (and no background studying the Baltics) who […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Inside my laptop power cable, wires form the Estonian flag 🇪🇪 #eesti #estonia #baltic #baltics #tech #plannedobsolescence

Black partially degraded cable with internal wires exposed on slightly dusty black desk. Coaster in background with partially drunk glass of kombucha

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

"Both sides accuse". Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia lies constantly; the "ceasefire" was never going to be a ceasefire. Anything Ukraine does in self-defence is justified. Why are people still treating this like Russia and Ukraine are mutually culpable? […]

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Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Bye-bye, and take your friends with you!!!

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

Ah, this question has been somewhat addressed: "Kontler, the pro-rector for Budapest at CEU who watched its expulsion unfold from the inside, warns that the deepest damage will be the hardest to repair. Rebuilding funding and governance structures is conceivable. What is harder to legislate for […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

I wonder if my Central European University tote bag (bearing a city map of Budapest) will soon no longer be a relic of bygone times..? #education #universities

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If Orban loses, curious how much the Hungarian gravy train for right-wing academics and think-tankers will dry up. This was the means by which Orban helped to build his stature in the West. He tried to insulate these institutions from election losses. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

One foundation, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) was handed $1.7 billion in government money and asset to train conservatives and create programming for primary and secondary education. Even if Orban loses elections, his loyalists will remain. Advisory board members appointed by Orban were given lifetime positions, and they are the only ones who can select new members. This is a basic form of cronyism, a bribe to retain power. Orban appointed Balazs Orban (no relation), to lead the MCC even as he served as state secretary in the prime minister’s office.

The Lesser Orban serves as an ambassador to far-right academics and think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation.

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

Nostalgic about very little in Russia these days, what with the country being what it is, but the closure of one of my favourite Moscow bookstores does make me a tiny bit sad: www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/558681-v-m… #russia #books […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

@MarkSquiresWine thank you so much! high acidity seems to be the way forward as it can get quite fatty, I'm also not a huge fan of raisins/berries in food, and some people put dried apricots, raisins, barberries in plov so thought it could be nice to look for those flavours in wine pairings too 🙂

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

@MarkSquiresWine I'm crowdsourcing a list of different wines to pair with Uzbek plov (casting a wide net here as can vary wildly too, but moderately fatty beef/lamb, cumin seed, garlic) — do you happen to have any suggestions to throw into the hat? This looks like it might work given […]

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Aliide @aliide.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

Yes, this is how I also feel when someone knocks at the door #cat #catsofmastodon #cats #voidcats #void #blackcats

Void cat with airplane ears looking down from atop a beige staircase

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