Reposted by Chris CostelloeAlina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 8h13-year-old Kseniia Pikalova might well have been outraged by the Starlink restrictions #Musk imposed without warning. But she never will be – because a Russian Smerch rocket attack killed her, her mother, and her grandmother on October 12. 7229112
Reposted by Chris CostelloeOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 1hToday's lesson for Europe: if your national security relies on US oligarchs' tech, they'll cut you off when you most need it. 519594
Reposted by Chris CostelloeIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 4hThis should set off a siren in every defence ministry in Europe: there needs to be much more urgency about developing autonomous capabilities, not subject to US caprices, for early warning of attacks, countering ballistic missiles, communicating with forces or controlling offensive weapons. 31885369
Reposted by Chris CostelloeDinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 9hRemembering Gwyneth Bebb today. She passed Oxford law finals with first class marks in 1913, but was refused a degree. The CA rejected her claim to become a solicitor, saying only men were "persons" within the legislation. In 1920 she finally became a Bar student. But died in childbirth in 1921. 16726246
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 10hIt seems very likely that the US has decided to facilitate Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians to try to force Ukraine to surrender. Betrayal. And if they can do that to Ukraine, they can do it to any ally. We should take note. 510937
Chris Costelloe @chriscostelloe.bsky.social · 10hNice of Gerhard Schroeder to remind us that there are former political leaders even worse than Liz Truss… www.reuters.com/world/merz-o...reuters.comMerz 'outraged' that German former Chancellor Schroeder attended Putin's birthdayGerhard Schroeder has faced criticism over his links to Russian businesses and Putin. 000
Reposted by Chris CostelloeLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Step by step, brick by brick. Will still take a while but all good things at worth waiting for 119819
Reposted by Chris CostelloeIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Europeans bemoan their economic problems & the weakness of their defences; but standing up to a Russia is matter of understanding Russia's weaknesses & Europe's strengths, & learning from Ukraine how to exploit Russia's vulnerabilities. My new piece for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social has some ideas. 35123
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The 2016 Brexit vote was targeted by Russian “state-sponsored interference”, Andy Burnham has said, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Kremlin-backed attempts to influence their countries’ politics. www.ft.com/content/4fcb...ft.comRussia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy BurnhamUK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process 28483181
Reposted by Chris CostelloeDr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026One of the things I find most bizarre about the lingering sympathy for Russia on the crank left is that Russia's long history of imperialism *doesn't* get framed as the dreaded 'settler colonialism' - even though it clearly was. Did it not count because Russia conquered by land rather than sea? 34014
Reposted by Chris CostelloeRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It's important to recognise is that this *isn't* about the US getting "back" to business with Russia, because there's never been much US-Russia business of any kind beyond arms control. What the Trump admin is pushing for is an unprecedented alignment of the US with Russia. 36606222
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10/10/2026just when you thought it couldn’t get worse 43566187
Reposted by Chris CostelloeTimothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 10/10/2026How to respond to Russian escalation vs Europe & Ukraine… my latest commentary, just gone live… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukraine | Timothy Garton AshMoscow’s imperialist strongman believes decadent European democracies can be cowed. Our job is to prove him wrong, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash 13275104
Reposted by Chris CostelloeLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The descent of the US government into filth and depravity always seems to have further to go. Even so, from live-streamed state-sponsored snuff films to bailing out Putin is a lot for just over 24 hours. 25613
Reposted by Chris CostelloeSchona Jolly KC @womaninhavana.bsky.social · 09/10/2026An inspired win for Navi Pillay and international law, at a time when it, along with its institutions, are coming under sustained attack (indeed on the very day). Congratulations Navi Pillay! #nobelpeaceprize 27825
Reposted by Chris CostelloeRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States." 561808768
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ever since I first saw it, this scene has epitomised Amerlcan elegance for me. I wrote a short story about it for Radio 4 (never broadcast) and it's why I drink Gibsons even though nobody who works in a bar these days knows what they are. A perfect scene - RIP Eva Marie Saint. 1357480
Chris Costelloe @chriscostelloe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A historic building burnt out by drone attack in Europe in 2026 … www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukUkraine: People escape historic Kyiv building hit by Russian droneThe BBC's Paul Adams reports from the scene of the strike on Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences. 001
Reposted by Chris CostelloeStephane Siohan @stefsiohan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A drone strike in the centre of #Kyiv at 2pm destroyed the National Academy of Sciences of #Ukraine, 100 meters from the German Embassy and 200 meters from the National Opera House and the city’s main university. The strike was likely aimed at an internet service provider. At least 1 dead. 14837
Reposted by Chris CostelloeStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471185353
Reposted by Chris CostelloeSimon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How four decades of consuming public wealth rather than building it has eroded Britain’s resilience and its long-term debt sustainability - first in a two part series on how Britain wrecked its balance sheet and how to repair itnixons.substack.comHow Britain Wrecked its Balance SheetFour decades of consuming public wealth rather than building it has eroded Britain’s resilience and its long-term debt sustainability, leaving the country acutely vulnerable to deglobalisation 02414
Reposted by Chris CostelloeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The difference between the performance of immigrants in England and Western Europe is staggering. (20 pts equals a year of learning.) I looked at this in detail in the post - it can't be explained away by language or relative advantage of different immigrant communities. There is a policy factor. 3529697
Reposted by Chris CostelloeHenry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 23/09/2026So it's official. EU sanctions on Russia are no longer only for the benefit of Ukraine's existential fight against Moscow's invasion - they are now currency for EU capitals to trade for prisoners. Welcome to the Brussels bazaar. 58948
Chris Costelloe @chriscostelloe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Great if depressing article here on the destruction of cultural heritage in today’s wars…bbc.co.ukCultural treasures are being destroyed by war, and people want justiceA cauldron of conflicts is bubbling across the world, with cultural monuments being destroyed. These people are fighting against it. 032
Reposted by Chris CostelloeLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 19/09/2026(For the avoidance of doubt: the invasion of Ukraine is the central issue of our time for everyone in Europe, overriding all other domestic and international crises. Anything short of unconditional support for Ukraine against Putin's aggression is morally equivalent to historical appeasement.) 0515
Reposted by Chris CostelloeThe Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Victorian Society is deeply saddened to announce the death of Joe Holyoak. Joe Holyoak was a powerhouse for Birmingham’s heritage, and for the Society’s Birmingham & West Midlands Group. A full tribute can be read here: tinyurl.com/28pu3788 074
Reposted by Chris CostelloeThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Trump denies that his conflict with Iran caused a jump in fuel prices, instead blaming Ukraine for strikes on Russian refineries, - Politico European official familiar with the US negotiating efforts called it an attempt by Trump admin to find a “scapegoat” ahead of the US midterm elections. 47476174
Reposted by Chris CostelloeKaterina Horbunova @blue-eyed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A reminder to the rest of the world: we are still here, in Ukraine. russians continue to take the lives of Ukrainians literally every day, every hour. Year after year. And none of this would be happening if the invaders had stayed in their own homes and had no desire to come into someone else's. 811458
Reposted by Chris CostelloeWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Everyone still using X is using a website that produces and distributes CSAM. It is disgusting and immoral and nobody has any excuse for not being fully aware at this point. 16901316
Reposted by Chris CostelloeThe Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today we welcome the publication of the seventh title in the Society's Victorian Architects series. It is on E.W. Godwin written by Aileen Reid. Front cover: Elevation drawing by E.W. Godwin of the first design for a studio-house for Frank Miles, 1878 (detail). Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1158
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJoel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Blair-era City Hall is being torn down by the Department for Visual Metaphors 35216
Reposted by Chris CostelloeMeanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Imagine telling a man wanted by the ICC over alleged war crimes that meeting him will be one of the greatest memories of your life. ㅤ Witkoff told Putin he would be “right at the top” of his retirement stories. ㅤ Ukraine was invaded. Putin gets admiration. Kyiv gets pressure. 2323370
Reposted by Chris CostelloeSelina Chen @minkfossa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Wake up to US tech as a weapon. 14225
Reposted by Chris CostelloeKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026First Person View drones for sport, fun, and target practice. This is unspeakable, monstrous crime against basic humanity, and it continues unpunished, virtually ignored by the world for years. 418634
Reposted by Chris CostelloeLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit. 46531
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...pravda.com.uaNearly 5,000 cultural heritage sites and institutions damaged by Russian aggression in UkraineUkraine's Ministry of Culture has updated its statistics on cultural heritage sites and cultural institutions that have been damaged and destroyed by Russia. As of 2 September 2026, damage or destruct... 153
Reposted by Chris CostelloeDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115643175
Chris Costelloe @chriscostelloe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It would be perfectly reasonable for the Dutch central bank to be concerned about the risk of Trump ordering the contents of Fort Knox to be melted down to make a giant statue of himself… 010
Reposted by Chris CostelloeIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This 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 Chris CostelloeElaine @mypups.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Trump’s 250-ft. arch gets green light despite ‘adverse effects’ on historic sites www.cnbc.com/2026/08/29/t... I hope the next administration tears it all down.cnbc.comNational Park Service backs Trump’s 250-foot arch despite ‘adverse effects’ on historic sitesThe park service is backing the arch, despite finding that it would adversely affect historic sightlines and other visual relationships among nearby landmarks. 122
Reposted by Chris CostelloeDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times. 131363640
Reposted by Chris CostelloeIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The answer is no - there should not be a referendum. Nothing to do with water. Just because having a referendum to decide standard government policy opens the gates to referendum on almost anything, and most policy matters should be decided by elected representatives. 59120
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I was asked by @newlinesmag.bsky.social to write about the death of Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladić. He was a war criminal but above all he was a coward. And it is on his cowardice, and the courage of those he sought to exterminate, that we should reflect. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...newlinesmag.comThe House Ratko Mladić Could Not DestroyRatko Mladić, the commander in charge of the Srebrenica genocide and architect of the Sarajevo siege, died serving a life sentence. He died a coward, much as his political progeny today still live as ... 28130
Reposted by Chris CostelloeJasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Serbia’s Justice Minister announces that genocidaire Ratko Mladic will be buried in the country with the highest state honors. It’s good that the Serbian government is doing this, so everyone can finally see the true, monstrous face of the Vucic regime. No illusions. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...klix.baSramota koja se nikada neće oprati: Srbija će sahraniti zločinca Mladića uz najviše državne počastiMinistar pravde Srbije Nenad Vujić rekao je da će presuđeni ratni zločinac Ratko Mladić biti sahranjen u Srbiji uz najviše državni počasti. 12411210
Reposted by Chris CostelloeRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 26/08/2026An interesting thread from a UK perspective because of how much of this *isn't* true here: my TV is a PVR because I plugged a hard drive into the back, allowing me to record anything broadcast. Taking my Ford to an independent mechanic doesn't invalidate the warranty. 9328
Reposted by Chris CostelloeHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026An interesting and worrying article about the relationship between Poland and Ukraine www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIn Poland, compassion for Ukrainians has turned to contempt. The consequences could be dramatic | Mateusz MazziniWarsaw failed to anticipate that refugees would build new lives and Kyiv would demand an equal place at the European table, says Polish journalist Mateusz Mazzini 14812
Chris Costelloe @chriscostelloe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The War of 1812 might have something to say about the claim that “US-Canada relations are now arguably at their lowest point yet”… 000
Reposted by Chris CostelloeAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A friend found this clipping in some old files. Haven't seen this before. Mind blown. 352484739
Reposted by Chris Costelloesianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I read Antony Lloyd’s heartbreaking report from Russia’s attack on Kyiv yesterday and it is so stark, the impact of Trump’s decision to cut off patriots. So long as Kyiv can’t shoot down ballistics, Russia will keep murdering. 110137
