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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/05/2026
maybe the funniest possible sentence to include here
Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone.
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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I have another #paleobotany restoration guide for this #FossilFriday. This time, it's Kimuriella densifolia, a whole plant bennettitalean from the Late #Jurassic of Japan. This plant is composed of three organ taxa: Williamsonia, Zamites, and Weltrichia. #paleoart #sciart #botany
A portrait page with a full restored branch onto the left. It has 6 palm like leaves at the end of one branch, hiding a cone, with a second mature cone below it. On the top right is a male floral organ, which is start shaped, and in the bottom right is a cut-way of the female cone showing its development.
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Another vintage panel from one of those DC Comics PSAs. Two men in sombreros talking. 
"All these things you have learned--could you teach them to the people of my village?"
"Gladly, Carlos," the other guy says, "We want to help others, for as the ILO experts told us: 'Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.'"
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Terry Dodson @terrydodsonart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our Exclusive Superman Spider-Man #1 Variant Cover in my SHOP shop.terrydodsonart.com/products/sup... Standard, Signed and Remarked versions available by Rachel Dodson and Me @dcoffical.bsky.social
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy publication day to the legend, the great geobiologist and paleontologist Andy Knoll! His new book is like a jovial & witty fireside chat, and by the end of it, you'll come to appreciate how life and Earth have been intertwined for four billion years.
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CNN @cnn.com · 31/03/2026
Sky watchers can soon catch the spring season’s first full moon rising in the night sky. cnn.it/4sauVKf
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Paul D Storrie @storrieville.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I loved Lavender Jack by @danschkade.bsky.social as a webcomic. Very excited that it's going to be in print. It's a pulpy, steam-punky, masked-man-of-mystery delight. Treat yourself!
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/03/2026
Endangered Rice's whales live their entire lives in the gulf, where they're vulnerable to vessel strikes, noise pollution, oil spills and climate change — all of which could increase with more drilling, scientists said. to.pbs.org/4sUKB5a
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What to know about Rice's whale, a rare species in the way of Trump's plans for more Gulf drilling
Scientists fear that expanding oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could push the giant mammal to extinction.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/03/2026
Céline Dion to return to performing after lengthy hiatus due to rare health condition
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Céline Dion to return to performing after lengthy hiatus due to rare health condition
Titanic singer will perform 10 shows in Paris in September, after six years’ absence from the stage with stiff body syndrome Céline Dion has announced her long-awaited return to performing live after a lengthy break caused by a rare health condition. Addressing fans on social media in a video released on her birthday, the 58-year-old singer called the news of her comeback “the best gift”. She said her condition had improved and she would perform a series of shows in Paris, beginning in September. Continue reading...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/03/2026
How Kevin Chalker became Fred E. Snappleton, a C.I.A. officer who convinced the J. Robert Oppenheimer of Iran to reveal his country’s nuclear secrets. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It's #ManateeAppreciationDay, and we're having a special #Twitch stream appreciatin' the sirenians — manatees, dugongs, and sea cows. Join us as we discuss how these critters made the evolutionary transition to the water from the land, and how we can protect them today. twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me in my office, pointing to a framed picture of the modern (and recently extinct) sirenians.  There's a bunch of other framed  scientific figures featuring sirenians and other mammals behind me too
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/03/2026
"Russia is close to completing a phased shipment of drones, medicine and food to Iran, according to western intelligence reports that detail Moscow’s efforts to keep its embattled partner fighting" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Russia sending drones to Iran, western intelligence says
Moscow close to completing phased deliveries of lethal weapons, food and medicine to Tehran
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/03/2026
Scientists say they have found the earliest direct evidence of plate tectonics on Earth — the only known planet to have the geological process. cnn.it/4dPreFY
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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The O.G. "Go ahead, make my day."
The Shadow seen in silhouette with the gun pointed at the viewer, a murder framed in the shadow
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/03/2026
The history of Ukraine helps explain the present - if you want to understand how we got to where we are now, the Holodmor Research and Education Consortium has created a free course in the history of the Ukrainian famine. Sign up here: www.coursera.org/learn/holodo...
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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.
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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Catholic Church has a message for Holy Week: rebutting Carrie Prejean Boller and other conservatives who have gone down the antisemitism rabbit hole.
forward.com
Catholic Church urges clergy to address 'misleading statements' about Jews by far-right influencers
Ahead of Easter, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops says it wants to head off conservative pundits 'claiming to be speaking on behalf of the church'
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Augie’s my man,” Bob Dylan once said. “He’s like an intellectual who goes fishing using bookworms. Seriously, though, he’s the shining example of a musician, Vox player or otherwise, who can break the code.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/a...
nytimes.com
Augie Meyers, Pioneer of Tex-Mex Music, Dies at 85
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Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Yes. The last murder in a gas chamber by the Nazis happened in the Austrian concentration camp Mauthausen 4 weeks before the end of the war. The entire leadership of the Austrian social democrats were gassed on direct orders from Hitler, to ensure they wouldn't be part of building a post-war Austria
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Stephanie Drumheller @uglyfossils.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Live from the field (and by 'field' I mean 'camping with my kids over spring break'), meet Lucy's Hunter: Crocodylus lucivenator. 🧪 📸 Tyler Stone - paleoart and Brochu et al., 2026 - skull figure
paleoart of a crocodile lurking at the water's edge while a hominin drinks some of the watercrocodile skull photographs in dorsal,ventral, rear, and lateral view on the left, line drawing interpretations of the same skull and the same views on the right
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Stephanie Drumheller @uglyfossils.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
You can read up more on the study here: www.discovermagazine.com/a-massive-pl...
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A Massive Pliocene Crocodile May Have Hunted Lucy and Other Early Hominins, 3 Million Years Ago
Learn how the newly identified crocodile Crocodylus lucivenator lived alongside Lucy’s species in ancient Ethiopia — and why researchers say it may have been the region’s most dangerous predator.
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Stephanie Drumheller @uglyfossils.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This fossil is from the Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk of Alabama. These rocks (and others from around the same slice of time) are absolutely full of bite marks and embedded teeth, making them an interesting case study for reconstructing feeding and fighting interactions. 📸 UTK student Miles Mayhall
hypothetical attack of the Xiphactinus on a Polycotylus
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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
🧵OK it's time for some catch up on recent papers in marine mammal paleontology. First up, out yesterday - bite marks on dwarf baleen whale and a beluga from the early Pliocene (3-4 myo) of Belgium, Lambert et al. 1/ www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Partial cranium of the balaenid Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti, 2005 A. RBINS M.2344 (Kattendijk Formation, Lower Pliocene; Vrasenedok,
Belgium), right lateral view: photograph (A1), explanatory line drawing (A2), dorsal view: photograph (A3), explanatory line drawing (A4), posterodorsal
(A5) and anterior (A6) views. B. NMB 42001 holotype (Kattendijk Formation, Lower Pliocene, Waaslandkanaal, Belgium), 3D model in right lateral (B1)
and dorsal (B2) views provided for comparison. Grey shading indicates main parts covered with sediment; hatching, main break surfaces; red lines, shark
bites marks; small blue spot, shark tooth tip interpreted as belonging to the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788); red rectangles
in A, the location of detailed photos shown in Figure 3; red rectangles in B, the corresponding preserved part in RBINS M.2344. Bite mark types (TI–V)
follow Collareta et al. (2017a). Scale bars 100 mm.Fig. 4. A, C, D. Monodontid Casatia sp. (RBINS M.1922) from Kattendijk Formation, Lower Pliocene, Vrasenedok, Belgium. A. Partial cranium in dorsal
view (A1), detail of the rostrum base in dorsal view: photograph (A2), explanatory line drawing (A3). C. Fragment of the occipital shield in posterior view:
photograph (C1), explanatory drawing (C2). D. Proximal part of a single-headed rib in lateral view: photograph (D1), explanatory drawing (D2). B. 3D model
of the cranium of the Recent beluga Delphinapterus leucas Pallas, 1776 (USNM 305071) in dorsal (B1) and posterior (B2) views; to indicate the position of the
preserved parts (model downloaded from Phenome10k). Red lines, shark bites marks; small blue spot, shark tooth tip interpreted as belonging to the extinct
lamnid shark Carcharodon plicatilis (Agassiz, 1843). Bite mark types (TI–V) follow Collareta et al. (2017a). Scale bars A1, B, 100 mm; A2, A3, C, D, 50 mm.Reconstructed bite sequence corresponding to the set of parallel bite
marks observed on the occipital shield of the balaenid Balaenella brachyrhynus
Bisconti, 2005 (RBINS M.2344). The shark tooth best matching
the bite marks is the large (first) lower tooth of the bluntnose sixgill shark
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (RBINS P.968, the Neogene of
Antwerp). The proposed sequence includes: (I) contact of the principal
cusp and at least five distal cusplets with the supraoccipital bone, followed
by a movement of the shark’s jaws towards the right side of the whale
cranium and at an angle with the tooth’s mesiodistal axis, (II) break of
the tip of the principal cusp, with the tip remaining stuck in compact bone
and related local broadening of the main bite mark, and (III) only the truncated
principal cusp retains a contact with the bone, together with the more
mesial part of the tooth crown, creating an additional mark posterior to
the mark made by the principal cusp. The cranium of the holotype of B.
brachyrhynus (NMB 42001) is shown in the same orientation to illustrate
the position of the bite marks (red rectangle) and the direction of the bite.
Large arrows, the proposed direction for the movement of the shark tooth;
small arrows, the orientation of the whale cranium; red lines, shark bite
marks; blue spot, broken shark tooth tip embedded in whale bone. Scale
bar for the cranium 100 mm; interpretive drawings not to scale.
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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
March 23, 1769, birthday of British engineer, land surveyor and geologist William Smith. Geognostic maps showing where certain rocks can be found were published already in the 15th century, but Smith recognized that rocks and fossils were not distributed randomly...
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EmyChu 🍄🐸🌿 @emychu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Me returning from the Cretaceous with a suspiciously Doolysaurus Huhmini shaped suitcase(s)......... #paleoart #paleontology
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“Is Brontosaurus real?” Is, of course, the wrong question. The animal has always existed. It’s the human-invented name that has fluctuated in and out of use. But it’s interesting/annoying how readily people conflate the two.
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm still recovering from an ear infection (ugghhh...) but we're having a chill #paleontology Q&A stream right now, and you're welcome to join us and hang out! twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Twitch screenshot of me (looking slightly uneasy) in my office, flanked by a life-sized 3D-printed Majungasaurus skull, a coelacanth papercraft model, a cycad, and other stuff in the background
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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
VERY excited for this! The intersection between paleontology & pop culture is a particular interest of mine — especially how paleontologists can help communicate our science to the wider world through media. If you're gonna be at #WonderCon #WC2026, make sure you see our panel!
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Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I remember when Assad fell and the Sednaya torture prison opened, and we found out that even though the regime knew it was over, it spent the last bit of energy it had murdering the brightest and most inspirational dissidents it had in its dungeons. I fear this is exactly what the IRGC is doing now.
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 23,1955
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 
P1-NANCY IS IN BED , WHEN SHE IS AWAKENED BY THE TELEPHONE…
RING RING 

P2- NANCY GETS OUT OF BED AND ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE 

NANCY: HELLO---NANCY
SPEAKING

UNKNOWN PERSON ON THE TELEPHONE: SORRY... WRONG
NUMBER


P3-WHILE NANCY IS HOLDING THE TELEPHONE, NANCY LOOKS UP TOWARDS THE CEILING, WHEN THE PLASTER FALLS FROM THE CEILING AND LANDS ON NANCY’S BED

P4-NANCY SPEAKING TO THE PERSON ON THE TELEPHONE:

WELL, WHOEVER YOU ARE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🎵🎶🎵 Ow'l be loving you...owlways! 🎶🎵🎶
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hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social @hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This better not prolong the winter. 🙃
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Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
That's not all you are doing. You have also now falsely blamed Ukraine for the continuation of the war 8 times, after Russia rejected ceasefire agreements 8 times.
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hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social @hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
www.snopes.com/fact-check/n... While getting punished in Hell, the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein et al are forced to look at this, and probably uttering, "Whoa, slow down Nick."
snopes.com
Did Nick Fuentes say 'all women' should be 'sent to the gulags'?
Fuentes said, "The No. 1 political enemy in America is women."
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 15,1966
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 
P1- NANCY LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW AND SEES IRMA COMING UP THE WALKWAY 

NANCY: HERE'S IRMA AGAIN- - -
SHE'S GETTING TO BE A PEST

P2- NANCY AND IRMA ARE SITTING AND TALKING 

IRMA: WELL, NANCY...
WHAT'S NEW ?

NANCY:I TAUGHT MY DOG A NEW TRICK

P3- HER DOG POOCHIE IS SITTING NEXT TO HER 

NANCY: POOCHIE- -
SHOW IRMA YOUR NEW TRICK

P4- POOCHIE MUCH TO THE SURPRISE OF IRMA, HAS BROUGHT HER, HER HAT AND COAT
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hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social @hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social @hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
In the Lord's Year 2026.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We are polluting our air and running out of drinking water so we can render fake photos of people with six fingers and so that students can mindlessly have computers do their homework for them? Win-win in the dystopian Trump world we live in!
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 14,1949
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 
P1- NANCY NOTICES SLUGGO WALKING BY, AND HE ACTING VERY HAUGHTY 

NANCY: HEAR YOU'VE GOT AN AFTERNOON JOB AT THE BANK

SLUGGO: YEP--- BIG
STUFF

P2-SLUGGO KEEPS ON WALKING AS HE SPEAKS…A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION I'M IN CHARGE OF DEPOSITS

P3-NANCY LATER STOPPED AT THE BANK TO SEE SLUGGO, SHE ASKS TO CLERK AT THE DEPOSIT WINDOW ABOUT SLUGGO

NANCY: WHERE'S SLUGGO?..
HE'S IN CHARGE OF
DEPOSITS

P4-NANCY GOES TO SEE SLUGGO AND IS VERY SURPRISED 

SLUGGO IS EMPTYING A TRASH CAN INTO A LARGE BIN, ON THE BIN IN LARGE LETTERS IT SAYS 

DEPOSIT TRASH HERE
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CNN @cnn.com · 15/02/2026
The International Space Station is now fully staffed after a SpaceX capsule arrived carrying four astronauts from around the world, relieving the previous bare-bones crew. cnn.it/4qxxLb7
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hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social @hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
"Good Luck, Chimpui Eri!" short film can still be seen exclusively at the Fujiko F Fujio Museum (Kawasaki) until June 21, 2026. Directed by Nobutaka Yoda (feat. Naoyuki Asano). fujiko-museum.com/blog/?p=37712/
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yes he was handsome. But give some credit to the meticulous attention his wife Anna Murray Douglass paid to his care, his home, & the presentation of his garments. It was Anna, a free woman who he met in Baltimore, who out of her meager savings gave FD the money for his train ride to escape.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/02/2026
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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🟢RNGundam @rngundam.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) Episode 14 - Time, Be Still 22:08.481
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Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The more you read into the tactics and methods of authoritarianism by communist regimes, the more you realise what a mistake it was that we do not teach them more. You clearly see them reflected in modern far-right regimes, like that of Orbán, Putin, and also Trump.
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hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social @hammer-birchgrove.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Seems harsh, but fair.
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Baron @inhumanbaron.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
HEY YOU! My birthday is coming up so I wanna do something special for it! SO! Reply with a pic of your vtuber or sona or whatevs and when I stream on the 12th during my birthday, I'll reply to you with an aircraft (real OR fictional) that I feel fits you! #vtuber #envtuber #VSky #vtuberuprising
Baron hitting the dab, art by @nekrimancer
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/02/2026
⚡️Japan could join NATO-led initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine, media reports. According to the NHK report, aid that Tokyo could fund for Ukraine through the program would be limited to non-lethal provisions.
kyivindependent.com
Japan could join NATO-led initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine, media reports
According to the NHK report, aid that Tokyo could fund for Ukraine through the program would be limited to non-lethal provisions.
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Jaanus K 🌻🇪🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 @jaanus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🇪🇪 Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service knows its stuff and russia well They have published their 2026 yearbook. Always an interesting read Here are the top findings:
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