Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10hAll Trump’s overseas assets should be frozen. Hotels. Golf courses. Offshore accounts. Should not be permitted to enter the territories of the countries that are parties to ICC. 12947230
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 13hTrump is such a brazen power crazy desperate liar. 030
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15hSo Trump has been planning to stitch up Ukraine for weeks. 721198240
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 18hRussian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. 31780309
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 20hI don't see anything erratic here. For over a decade, Trump has prioritised "getting along with Russia"; since 20 January 2025, Trump administration policy has reflected that priority. It's perhaps the most consistent aspect of Trump foreign policy. 🧵on Trump and sanctions. 23414130
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 20hwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUkraine war: Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 peopleChildren are among the victims, authorities say, and more victims could still be buried in the rubble of a large apartment block that was destroyed. 000
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20hNEW: This is Zaporozhzhia, Ukraine last night. Family homes bombed by Russia. 5 adults and 3 children killed. 16 people were injured, including children. 12 people are missing. Trump and the United States might as well have dropped the bombs themselves. (🎥 Office of the Ukrainian President) 311949
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 10/10/2026A group of protesters clashed with police in Brussels as part of a national strike against planned government budget cuts. 44515
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 22hCurious about 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Check out some recommendations shared by Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy: www.nobelprize.org/what-to-read-ann… Happy Sunday reading! nobelprize.orgBook tips for Anne CarsonRead the book recommendations for 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson. 6407127
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 22h1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️ 93859522
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialShaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social · 22hLike many, I've been fascinated and confused by the mystery of Havana Syndrome for years. Reported this long piece on the history and recent developments, talking to victims/sufferers, intel sources, scientists, and the authors of an upcoming book www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.com‘Like a drill going into my eye’: why the mystery over Havana syndrome refuses to dieDozens of CIA officers have been afflicted by debilitating symptoms over the past decade. Are they the result of ‘mass hysteria’? Or are they from attacks with an energy weapon and, if so, who is resp... 0254
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026Trump started a stupid & illegal war in Iran that has driven up diesel prices. Now he wants to bankroll Putin's illegal war against Ukraine by buying diesel from him. One strategic disaster after the next. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comTrump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel pricesThe move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections. 1421751616
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just so we’re crystal clear: Trump is now funding the murder of Ukrainian women and children to try and win the midterms. America is lost. 32659223
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel. 30459932225
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelenskyy: “It would cost the US nothing, absolutely nothing, to help Ukraine. “And I said openly: Help us defend our skies and dominate them. And then Putin will sit down at the negotiating table. “Why? Because he will lose everything. Three months, two months — he will lose everything.” 416142
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We’re reaching a tipping point.chadbourn.substack.comThe Next Three MonthsTrump and Putin are now at their most dangerous 31454177
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialThe Insider @theins.press · 09/10/2026Montenegro to deport Russian pro-Kremlin war blogger and founder of Rybar propaganda project Mikhail Zvinchuk Prior to being arrested, Zvinchuk boasted on Telegram that he had entered Montenegro despite the sanctions and travel ban levied against him.theins.pressMontenegro to deport Russian pro-Kremlin war blogger and founder of Rybar propaganda project Mikhail ZvinchukMontenegrin authorities are set to deport Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the Russian pro-war propaganda project Rybar. Zvinchuk’s wife, Valeria, and three of the… 2103
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026All authoritarian cults resemble one another. All democracies are democratic in their own particular way. 30548163
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It was perhaps expected after the Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced but still, sanctioning the ICC! 000
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w... 32970488
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Say Artificial Intelligence instead of Super Intelligence and YOU are the enemy 🤣 …’…anyone that’ is certainly some super intelligence! 010
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialEuromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ukrainian sappers continue clearing the dangerous remnants of Russian attacks. In Kirovohrad and Odesa oblasts, bomb disposal teams removed a warhead from a Kh-101 cruise missile, two unexploded aerial bombs, and a Shahed warhead recovered from the Danube. 📷Ukraine’s State Emergency Service 0386
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialSlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 08/10/2026UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: Today, we are announcing more sanctions on Putin’s war machine, the shadow fleet, oil companies, crypto and war financing. We are your brothers and your sisters in this conflict. And we are going to be with you as long as it takes. 0163
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I feel angry every time I go past this on the bus. And more monstrosities going up as we speak. How this was allowed to happen beggars belief. Modern outrages dwarfing surrounding old buildings. Ryries looks lost now. 020
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Russia deliberately targeting civilians…again. Another horrific war crime. (Free to read). 010
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialEuromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Four children died at the scene and one in hospital after a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Pryluky on 7 October The strike killed 22 people in all and injured 54, including seven children. Rescuers saved 15 people. 📷️ State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Chernihiv Oblast 23619
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialJasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"U.S. lawmakers accuse the Trump administration of lifting sanctions on Bosnian Serb separatist leader...Dodik [to] enrich and empower allies of Mr. Trump, and of undermining longstanding U.S. foreign policy interests in the region in the process." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-u...cbsnews.comDemocrats cry foul as U.S. lifts sanctions on Serb nationalist, MAGA-linked firm gets huge Bosnia energy contractDemocratic lawmakers accuse the Trump administration of lifting sanctions against a Bosnian Serb separatist leader in a bid to help enrich the president's allies. 086
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026New YouGov. Trump unpopularity in Europe: Denmark: -91% Germany: -78% Italy: -76% UK: -75% Spain: -74% France: -67% And it’s getting worse. 53470145
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026An interesting and disturbing account on how Steven Pinker "lost his way". I had noticed he had an event in Edinburgh last month - it sounded remarkably unphilosophical. www.thenerve.news/p/steven-pin...thenerve.newsFrom celebrity intellectual to anti-woke outlaw: how Steven Pinker lost his wayThe pop psycholgist’s new book seems to betray a lurking fear of others’ criticism – about his Epstein links, his manosphere admirers and his discredited former field of study, writes Virginia Heffern... 000
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialAZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Massive fire reported in Russian Black Sea port city of Sochi; local channels say a ship exploded in the port area. 0319
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics. 31699286
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialRick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I want to hear more about the second of these writing sessions 491532282
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMeduza in English @meduza.io · 05/10/2026The sale of Lukoil’s foreign assets to Trump allies has become part of U.S.–Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine, sources told The New York Times. meduza.io/en/news/2026...meduza.ioLukoil’s foreign asset sale becomes part of U.S.–Russia talks on ending Ukraine war, NYT reports — MeduzaThe sale of Lukoil’s foreign assets has become part of Russia–U.S. talks on ending the Russia–Ukraine war, sources told The New York Times. 21810
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On the same day that Ukrainian authorities are separately warning that Russian strikes could cause major disruptions to mobile phone and Internet service in the country... 04215
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some weird reporting by the BBC: they’re leading on two alleged Russian deaths in the attack while skimming over the eight Ukrainians killed in a Russian attack. 2125745
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialEuromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Russia has taken control of assets belonging to Nestlé and Auchan. @b4ukraine.org had warned companies that remaining in Russia exposed them to asset seizure and helped generate revenue for a state waging war against Ukraine. euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/18/r... 125923
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMeduza in English @meduza.io · 18/09/2026French President Emmanuel Macron says he has ordered his government to draw up a plan to protect critical infrastructure, including defense industry sites, from drone and cyberattacks, citing what he called an intensifying Russian hybrid threat. meduza.io/en/news/2026...meduza.ioMacron orders France to prepare its critical infrastructure for drone and cyberattacks amid a growing ‘Russian hybrid threat’ — MeduzaFrench President Emmanuel Macron said he has ordered his government to draw up a plan to protect critical infrastructure — including defense industry sites — from drone attacks and cyberattacks… 02211
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMeduza in English @meduza.io · 18/09/2026Russian parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova, running on a “For Life, Peace, Freedom” platform, has posted a video after going missing following a meeting with voters. She says a “difficult conversation” left her needing psychological and medical help. meduza.io/en/news/2026...meduza.ioRussian pro-peace parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova resurfaces after going missing, saying a ‘difficult conversation’ left her needing psychological and medical help — MeduzaYulia Kuznetsova, a State Duma candidate from the Greens party who disappeared a day earlier after a meeting with voters, has posted a video. 1145
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Trump family has major business interests in the Balkans. So I asked two nominees to be ambassadors to the region if they would use their embassy to push Trump family deals. Watch this for their answers. Just chilling. 57708311
jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Never knew Nestle were still in Russia! That's no more Nestle products for me! www.nestle.com/media/pressr...nestle.comUpdate on Nestlé’s operations in RussiaNestlé takes note of Russia’s presidential decree, published yesterday, that places Nestlé Russia under temporary external administration. The company is assessing the situation and its options. 010
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialNate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The logical endpoint of decades of campaigning against civil society as a concept 1103
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026German federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation into a drone found near the Bundeswehr’s Wunstorf air base in Lower Saxony, BILD reports. It’s believed to be the same model used in the suspected drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport which authorities linked to Russia. 010220
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialScottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The three poetry films discussed are based on poems by e e cummings, WB Yeats and John Glenday. Links to the films are on the SPL website. 151
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialThe Insider @theins.press · 17/09/2026Russian commander awarded medal after firing flares toward Danish military helicopter This is not the first time Russian soldiers received awards following confrontations with NATO aircraft, as Su-27 pilots were given medals after smashing into a U.S. drone in 2023.theins.pressRussian commander awarded medal after firing flares toward Danish military helicopterRussian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov recently awarded the commander of the corvette Soobrazitelny a Medal “For Combat Distinction” after the ship fired two… 0197
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialEdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com · 17/09/2026🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here are your Thursday 7am headlines: 'Massive' uni cuts, grassroots bid for tourist tax funds, Princes St fire shops face cash questions + new edition of The Leither mag ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local newsletter: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... Photo by Rea Cris 2105
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialEuan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Explosions in Kyiv - Russian ballistic missile attack from Kursk Oblast. First two of three loud blasts in video. Odesa also under attack - another multistory residential block hit. Ballistics attacking Zaporizhzhia. In Kyiv, 3-4 more loud blasts. More… further off. 26120
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialedinburgher.eurosky.social @edinburgher.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026Spotted this pair on the opposite bank near the Water of Leith Conservation Centre. Haven’t seen deer this far into #Edinburgh before. 3469
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialDiego Cupolo @diegocupolo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Turkish police detained dozens of pro-LGBT protesters tonight in central Ankara. At least 200 people were taken into custody in recent days across Turkey, where a new wave of state pressure is targeting LGBT civil society groups, activists and the media that cover them. 12420
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026All going swimmingly: The Houthis have mined the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a Yemeni military source tells Al Arabiya. 1120353
Reposted by @jobytheway.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A major sabotage attack has hit the Netherlands railway network at more than 20 locations. Two-metre metal pipes were attached to tracks to trick the network’s warning system into registering that the tracks were blocked. 63609355