Sign in

calumblu.bsky.social

@calumblu.bsky.social
99 followers 184 following 3 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
531936539
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
4083524810612
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On this day 20 years ago, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow, on Putin’s 54th birthday. She had spent years reporting on Putin’s Russia and exposing atrocities committed during Russia’s war in Chechnya. Dozens of journalists have been killed for their work under Putin.
16839387
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026
In light of the man-made starvation that is unfolding in occupied Oleshky, I recommend to take that free course on the Holodomor, by the University of Alberta. It shows that Oleshky isn't an isolated event, and that Moscow repeatedly uses hunger against Ukrainians👇 www.coursera.org/learn/holodo...
coursera.org
Famine as Genocide: The Holodomor in Ukraine
Offered by University of Alberta. The Holodomor, one of the major tragedies of the twentieth century, became the subject of serious study ... Enroll for free.
35329
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 'peace' of Ukraine.
A black-and-white political cartoon featuring four minimalist stick figures arranged horizontally against a plain white background, illustrating a critique of foreign perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine war.
From left to right, the scene unfolds as follows:
• The Aggressor (Far Left): A stick figure facing right holds a detailed grey assault rifle directly at the next figure's face. A grenade and a knife hang from its waist. A rectangular Russian flag (horizontal stripes of white, blue, and red) is pasted across its upper chest. A speech bubble above its head reads in bold black text: "I will destroy you and take all your land."
• The Victim (Center-Left): A stick figure stands defenseless, leaning backward with its hands raised in a gesture of retreat or surrender. A rectangular Ukrainian flag (horizontal blue and yellow stripes) is pasted across its chest. It looks at the armed figure with a sad, worried expression.
• The First Detractor (Center-Right): A stick figure faces left, pointing an angry finger at the Ukrainian figure. It wears a bright red baseball cap with the letters "MAGA" in white. Its mouth is wide open in a yell.
• The Second Detractor (Far Right): A stick figure stands closely behind the MAGA figure, also facing left with a stern, angry glare. It is drawn with a red torso and wears a grey, Soviet-style ushanka winter hat featuring a small red star emblem on the front.
A joint speech bubble originates from both the MAGA and Soviet-hatted figures, pointing directly at the Ukrainian figure. It reads in bold black text: "Ukraine, why don't you want peace? Make peace with Russia!"
15709201
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. Remember this.
892166717
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Also yet another example of how absurd it is to believe threat is fully in the eye of the beholder and can’t be objectively measured. We know Ukr wasnt planning anything. To allow second guessing the facts to say that perhaps Lavrov isn’t lying but is deluded/mistaken is a travesty against truth.
311012
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Alumina exports from Ireland to russia are getting busy again, with now the third such shipment in 4 days KARILIN owned by Hansa shipping of Estonia is on her way to russia with approx 6028 tons of alumina As ever, this is grotesque by Ireland and the EU but suicide for Estonia" (@realLangerDan)
22015
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Imagine having to read your emotions from a teleprompter
2321936
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Given all the reporting is coming from Trump I suspect this is little more than what was basically in place and Trump as usual is over exaggerating his win.
199014
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is AI as dangerous as they say or is it just a grift? Or both? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
I used to think AI would kill us all, until the techbro CEOs said AI will kill us all and now I’m not so sure | First Dog on the Moon
Is AI going rogue the worst that could happen? Maybe not …
27829
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I call on One Nation to explain what happens to the businesses, industries and essential services that rely on these workers under its destructive and divisive migration plan.
118932
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Max Moran @maxmoranhi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"THE MACHINES COULD EXTERMINATE ALL HUMAN LIFE. EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS AT RISK. NOTHING HAS EVER THREATENED THE SURVIVAL OF OUR SPECIES MORE THAN THIS TECHNOLOGY." So unplug it. "noooooooo but we don't want to lose moneeeeyyyy I like having moneeeeeeyyyyy you guuuyyyyssssss 😭😭😭"
"On Tuesday, the Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon announced his resignation, warning that Anthropic and OpenAI were gambling with human life. “Do not underestimate the power of this technology,” he wrote in a post on X. “These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight and acquire real power and resources.”

“This is not a marketing stunt,” Mr. Coxon added.

Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s lead for alignment science, soon responded. “Jacob is correct here — we really do earnestly believe A.I. could kill all humans!” he wrote. “I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.”1. Shut it all down, now.

The obvious way to prevent A.I. from killing everyone is to issue a global ban on A.I. research. The problem is that our society has already gambled more than a trillion dollars on A.I.’s upside, so a ban would have ruinous side effects. The stock market, concentrated in tech, would probably plummet. Data center operators would miss payments on loans, potentially leading to a cascading series of defaults. Tax revenues would nosedive and many people would lose their jobs. It would be ugly.
0379
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Spam Facebook accounts are stirring up debate online with AI-generated videos purporting to show Australians protesting about a variety of social and political issues. bit.ly/4gWiJcm
01112
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
4 days later Nazi Germany & USSR exchanged telegrams concerning common arrangements for our joint invasion of Poland. Topics were state of Polish army & Kremlin told Berlin its plan to attack Poland 09/17/1939 & how propaganda would explain it.
122726
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
OTD in 1939 USSR sent congratulations to Nazi Germany for their conquest of Warsaw. Imagine today Russia being aligned with the German far right..
14569187
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you don't want the ridicule, don't be ridiculous
1522963
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Francesca Albanese is very considered with her words…. “Do not behave like Nazis if you don't want to be called Nazis.” 🎯💯👏
3337137
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy Beetaloo Day!!!
910561
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The warsaw pact was an anti imperialist tool of USSR that kept attacking itself when members wanted to leave.
858967
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Day 643 of nonstop protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests 📹 David Chkheidze
15224
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
14264120
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor is falsely claiming one of Australia's largest banks confirmed rents will rise 30 per cent due to Labor's tax changes. bit.ly/4gFwJXA
0106
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is - in more military language - what Putin set out in his July 2021 article 'On the historical unity of Russians & Ukrainians'. Putin's aims for Ukraine were & are genocidal. No-one in Europe should kid themselves that this is a war for territory, still less 'to prevent NATO expansion'.
4176108
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
OTD in 1994 the last soviet troops left Estonia & Latvia. They had originally come as a result of absolutely nothing to do with Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, but had been “invited in”. For some reason as soon as they can, all our neighbors demand we leave. Mystery.
9572124
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
OTD in 1939 Nazi Germany staged the Gleiwitz incident. After accusing Poland of ethnic cleansing against his countrymen, Hitler staged a false flag to justify invasion & genocide. Imagine such bullshit being tolerated today....
7574127
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Põhja Ohakas @eex97623.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Why do we lead in Europe on cyber security? Why are we partners in cybersecurity for European Space Agency? Why is NATO cyber defence centre in Tallinn? 2007: world's first state-on-state cyber war, 19yrs ago, sanctioned by 'you-know-who' — since we have been very focused. 🧵
youtu.be
How Hackers Paralyzed an Entire Country
YouTube video by Cybernews
1144
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Russia has no plans to invade: Moldova.. Ok. But not Georgia Ok but not Ukraine. Ok, Just Crimea Ok, just Crimea & part of Donetsk Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk Ok, Just Crimea & all of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk & Zaporizhzhia Ok, all of Ukraine But not NATO…
16961257
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Põhja Ohakas @eex97623.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Narva is not next, this fantasy has been going on since 2014. Nothing other than clickbait. Baltics are not next. Platforms and channels, regardless of nationality, pumping out this recycled bs year after year, can't be taken seriously. Amplifying Kremlin info ops is utterly shameful.
1112
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
OTD in 1939 the Jabłonków incident took place. Units of the German army attacked Poland thinking the original invasion was still scheduled for that day. The Nazis claimed they were "rogue units with nothing to do with Berlin". Imagine lying like that today.
335467
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/08/2026
Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16 ft.trib.al/jBWxBs2
ft.trib.al
Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16
Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on allies to pile ‘real pressure’ on Moscow to end the war
74725
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Ukraine Aid Operations @ukraineaidops.org · 23/08/2026
Our 46th Brigade warriors sent us a video with their newly supplied ⚡️generators and powerstations⚡️ Thanks you for continuously supporting our fundraisers and to all who help Ukraine🇺🇦
0204
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Happy Ukrainian Flag Day. 🇺🇦 This flag has come to represent far more than a nation. Freedom, Defiance, Sacrifice & Resilience. From occupied cities to the frontline, Ukrainians have fought, suffered and died beneath these colours. The flag still flies in 2026 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
318344
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Lithuania MFA | #StandWithUkraine @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 23 August 1939, a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union paved the way for the WWII. In protest against the Soviet occupation, OTD in 1989, 2 million people in 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 stood in the Baltic Way, expressing the will to break free from the evil empire.
02715
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
10 months since this account last mentioned Ukraine.
20729151
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Happy, happy, happy Ukrainian Flag Day! This day belongs to you, too, dear supporters of Ukraine around the world.
371269235
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
OTD in 1989 around 2 million people formed a human chain through Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia to beg mother Moscow *not* to remove its troops which were genuinely invited in as a result of nothing to do with our first treaty with Nazi Germany OTD 50 years prior...
556096
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
OTD in 1939 the Molotov Ribbentrop pact was signed. It remains one of the very few treaties we have honored.
271157306
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
OTD in 2023 Prigozhin developed a terminal case of altitude cancer and died. In unrelated news, he had recently said the reasons for our invasion of Ukraine were bullshit. Making a deal with Prez really worked out well for him, didn't it.
14655145
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Mats Marcusson @matsmarcusson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
marcusson.substack.com/p/today-is-b...
marcusson.substack.com
Today is Black Ribbon Day. The anniversary of Soviet's pact with the Nazis.
The truth about it is illegal in muscovy.
066
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/08/2026
One of the things I hate the most about tariffs is that we knew they were illegal, and when the court finally decided they were illegal, they forced Trump to refund the tariffs. But the refunds went to the corporations, and not the people the corporations raised prices on. What a scam.
43884412053
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
2239
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Jaanus K 🌻🇪🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 @jaanus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
35 years ago, on August 20 1991, Estonia 🇪🇪 stopped being part of russian filth empire, and restored our independence It took three more years for russian occupation and WW2 to actually end, when last russian occupying troops left in August 1994 Let’s make sure they never come back
Tallinn 🇪🇪
617844
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For many westerners democracy is a foreign concept, the idea of self determination and civic duty and what that entails or looks like eludes them. When democracy works so well you forget how to practice it then your life is too comfortable. Ukraine and many states under threat have not forgotten.
1541881
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Coastal flooding is a growing climate risk for communities like ours. Rising seas, extreme rainfall and development are putting homes, infrastructure and insurance affordability under pressure. We need stronger national leadership and investment in resilience.
12510
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
saepurusass.bsky.social @saepurusass.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Right now, just a few powerful polluters are holding the whole world hostage - stopping a Plastics Treaty that could protect our health, wildlife, and planet. Speak up for a strong global policy to protect us from plastic pollution! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
action.wemove.eu
End the Plastic Era!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: End the Plastic Era!
141
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Day 626 of #GeorgiaProtests 📷 Giorgi Burjanadze
118465
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In a world full of Trumps, Musks, Jenricks and “Tommy Robinson”, choose to be a Hannah Arendt.
8491139
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
7831991512853
Reposted by @calumblu.bsky.social
AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It is being falsely claimed that "Christian" has been removed as a category from the list of religions on the 2026 census. Christianity has never been listed as a single tick-box option on the census. bit.ly/4wZTAUU
097