Reposted by Jim NicholsonRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 1hIt'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. 23376152
Reposted by Jim NicholsonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 6hjust when you thought it couldn’t get worse 34449157
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side 172375462779
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3hZelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32% 881920418
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3hOr an alternate possibility is that as with every previous supposed breakthrough between Russia and the US it eventually falls apart due to Trump's mush-brained ineptitude and binds Russia closely to a US President who is reaching Yeltsin levels of unpopularity among Americans 1639
Reposted by Jim NicholsonKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 20hZelensky on today's Trump–Putin diesel deal: “I think they [the Trump admin] are just using our team as a front. And that’s definitely dishonest, definitely not how partners should treat each other. And in my view, it’s a weak decision. Unfortunately, it’s a weak decision by strong partners."rbc.uaУкраинскую команду в США используют как ширму, это не по-партнерски, - ЗеленскийПодробнее читайте на сайте 27010
Reposted by Jim NicholsonEugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Once we are done with the ICC, we will be livestreaming the execution of Ukraine and paying Russia so that gas prices go down. It's crucial to buy from Russia so it could give more to Iran to target US troops when we restart the war, for which we need the gas prices go down. Stable genius. 822156
Reposted by Jim NicholsonRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 14hWaking to another Trump outrage as he bails out his pal in the Kremlin by buying his diesel oil just in time for a winter offensive against Ukraine. This just weeks after tough new sanctions on anyone who buys Russian oil. But for the Times this llatest betrayal is not big news, just fifth story 1544179
Reposted by Jim NicholsonIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 15hExactly. Trump is a willing participant, with his recent suggestion that Ukraine’s strikes on RU refineries were to blame for diesel prices, not his own idiotic war against Iran. 315446
Reposted by Jim NicholsonBen Winkley @benwinkley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Moscow recently extended its ban on diesel exports until the end of October. 011
Reposted by Jim NicholsonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026This is as treasonous as it gets 1553162475894
Reposted by Jim NicholsonEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's because the phrase is used to identify those loyal to the in-group, and identify those members of the out-group who need to be targeted and attacked. 45528140
Reposted by Jim NicholsonJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🚨🚨 My scattered thoughts on this: Yes, #brexit was exactly this, absolute crap (financially, socially politically and in all thinkable ways) and the Johnson-hammered #hardbrexit EU-UK TCA deal is obviously not working for the UK (surprise: works quite well for the EU). 810931
Reposted by Jim NicholsonCheburashka @leshij.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Pairing this with the ruins of an ancient city that pursued national power, destroyed its alliances, and was eventually shithoused by one of the worst states to ever exist is certainly a choice 522734
Reposted by Jim NicholsonJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban 131213362
Reposted by Jim NicholsonVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Still Life - Vase with Twelve Sunflowers - 1889 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 017837
Reposted by Jim Nicholson🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Allowing Iran to destroy some (most?) of our bases in the Middle East, which we are now going to abandon sounds like something Fox would make up about Obama 214638
Reposted by Jim NicholsonJames MacCleary MP @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just another gimmick from a party with no credibility on defence. £10bn wouldn't even touch the sides for a complete UK-wide 'Iron Dome'. The Tories need to review their dodgy sums or be honest about which parts of the country their Patchwork Dome wouldn’t cover. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTories pledge £10bn British 'Iron Dome' air defence systemThe Conservatives say their plan would protect the UK at a time when Nato allies have warned of Russian drone incursions. 34019
Reposted by Jim NicholsonNick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on what explains the UAE's aggressive legal strategy in the Manchester City case. It's what they do and they have consistently gotten away with it. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m... 0177
Reposted by Jim NicholsonRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Kemi Badenoch, who is currently purging the Tory candidates list, tells Today she stands for "uniting the country" and wants to "bring the country together". She then laments the Coalition years when "we had to make concessions". It's amazing how often "unity" means "everyone must agree with me". 719637
Reposted by Jim NicholsonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity. 541459521
Reposted by Jim Nicholsonmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former 423359711
Reposted by Jim NicholsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language. 631285164
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio: 107858971699
Jim Nicholson @jnichretired.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.maptap.gg October 3 100🎯 100🎯 99🔥 100🎯 99🔥 Final score: 995maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 120
Reposted by Jim NicholsonBen Winkley @benwinkley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026via Fatih Birol's twitter, Trump can't get his camera to work 271
Reposted by Jim NicholsonMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Headline writers saying Putin "warned the West against escalation" should stop helping the russian dictator manipulate the narrative. He started the war. If he attacks more European countries, he'll be escalating. The West hasn't matched his escalation, let alone ever escalated. 524967
Reposted by Jim NicholsonMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is pathetic. Obviously political parties must allow journalists to attend their conferences, including journalists from outlets that have strong ideological disagreements with them. 0197
Reposted by Jim NicholsonEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As was entirely predictable, in the absence of full support for Ukraine from the West, the war is intensifying and getting closer to the EU border. The West's response should be to increase aid to democratic Ukraine to help it fight back against and then defeat fascist Russia. 05116
Reposted by Jim NicholsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself. 25660238
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income." 7621528337
Reposted by Jim NicholsonTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's never an ask for Russia. Ukraine are going after the refineries to bring their economy and war economy to a halt so that they stop killing Ukranians and leave Ukraine. 43880181
Reposted by Jim NicholsonChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/20261/ Ukraine has taken a reported 250 Russian prisoners and claims to have killed 2,000 more Russians in its ongoing Operation Vivaldi near Lyman. A Russian warblogger says that Ukraine has overturned Russian assumptions about its capabilities. ⬇️ 6496108
Reposted by Jim NicholsonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh... 22696195
Reposted by Jim NicholsonEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Russians are working their way down a civilian target list of warehouses, business centers, data centres, mobile operator offices, shopping malls and markets in Kyiv. They aim to make life in Ukraine's capital as difficult as possible ahead of their winter bombing campaign. 27035
Reposted by Jim NicholsonColin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think Bluesky is better than Twitter not because it is more liberal (that’s just another reason, but because algorithmic social makes you stupider. Algorithms feeds you the same stuff over and over, pushing you down ever narrower rabbit holes in a way that you just don’t get on Bluesky. 1205
Reposted by Jim NicholsonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132731209
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAmbassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Putin is recycling his justification for his unprovoked attack on Ukraine. 2167
Reposted by Jim NicholsonJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234071270
Reposted by Jim NicholsonBaltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 26/09/2026Great journalism here in the Times from Oliver Moody, Larisa Brown, and Marc Bennetts listened to a wide range of European security officials and defence ministers. A quick summary.🧵 www.thetimes.com/world/russia... 23415
Reposted by Jim NicholsonUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/09/2026This is bad. From @economist.com 522067
Reposted by Jim NicholsonEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321010544
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAndrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What are Russians fighting for? According to British intelligence, Russia suffered 1.5 million casualties, half a million dead. The vast majority of the losses were incurred after January 2023 in exchange for 2% of 🇺🇦's territory. Putin says he wants all of Donbas. Have American envoys asked why? 33420
Reposted by Jim NicholsonAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and crueltybbc.co.ukMost migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025. 14531178
Reposted by Jim NicholsonRick Turner @rickturner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm saving this in case I ever meet someone sympathetic to this grifter. 'Tommy Robinson' pays for his children to fly by private jet at the same time as begging for donations. Hilarious. 3139
Reposted by Jim NicholsonPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Xi Jinping looks like a man who has psychologically prepared himself to hear a lot of bullshit and just ignore it. 2274973