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Josy B

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Never forget these two delivered Brexit. They screwed the country, they crippled the economy, they made people poorer, they gave people funds to their mates and they are still free. They should be in prison.
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🇨🇵 Clare Price-Jones 🇪🇺 @clucksky.bsky.social · 1h
FFS. Wake up serfs!
mirror.co.uk
Andrew's pals 'urge him to take legal action against King Charles'
King Charles stripped Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his titles and royal status last year after it emerged he continued to message Jeffrey Epstein despite claiming he cut off contact
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 1h
Trump intends to stay in power regardless of the result of elections. He therefore expects the people to rise up against him. Hegseth has removed most of the senior military who are loyal to the constitution. Whether those that remain would support the orange tyrant, still remains to be seen.
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 9h
LET BOOKS BE ACCESSIBLE! Attempts to limit access for the intended audience are acts of censorship. Let's take a look at the harmful myths and misinformation censors use to justify their actions. And find ways to push back! #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1h
Farmers can't plan for the next decade when government support barely survives the next funding round. After another difficult harvest, Britain's food security needs something more substantial than short-term grants and crossed fingers. Martin Lines reports.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Food security and resilience vital after extreme summer drought
After this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient
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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 1h
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv blasts peace talks as just ‘smokescreen’ for Trump‘s Russian diesel deal Trump’s announcement a betrayal of Ukraine, Democrats say; Ukraine strikes major datacentre in Russia. What we know on day 1,690
theguardian.com
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv blasts peace talks as just ‘smokescreen’ for Trump‘s Russian diesel deal
Trump’s announcement a betrayal of Ukraine, Democrats say; Ukraine strikes major datacentre in Russia. What we know on day 1,690
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 19h
Imagine deciding to go out and pitch that the Pope is the Woke Antichrist because he has concerns about AI, when you look like the lovechild of Satan and the guy whose face melts in Robocop. If a homeless guy gave this 'lecture' in Hyde Park, he would be sectioned. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 20h
In just two days, Russia’s rampage of violence has killed 78 people and wounded 215. Buses attacked. Innocent civilians targeted as they go about their daily lives. Never to return home. Pure and simple - these are war crimes.
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McDaragh @mcdaragh.bsky.social · 2h
It's really difficult to miss. His racism has been publicly called out several times. He's particularly racist against black people so his condescension towards Badenoch really isn't surprising - www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/b...
nytimes.com
I’m Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can’t Defend Him. (Published 2020)
He’s one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades, but he’s shadowed by a 1994 magazine cover story that claimed to show a link between race and I.Q.
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Sad Eyed Lady @phdler.bsky.social · 10h
Can't stress this enough. If you are as angry as I am about how the current regime is collaborating with Putin against Ukraine, let the Ukrainians know Americans do care. Join me in making a donation to help Ukraine. You can choose amount and what it is used for. u24.gov.ua
u24.gov.ua
UNITED24 — The initiative of the President of Ukraine
The official fundraising platform for collecting donations to support Ukraine
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2h
Look at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2h
This has got to be one of my favourite Grok replies after it blamed Ukraine for the Russian invasion. After allegations of intellectual theft, Musk’s LLM is asked does it paraphrase user data? Grok goes…. No, blah blah blah blah, actually yes
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h
Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.
bbc.co.uk
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Policy Vibe · by NoMAGA @policyvibe.bsky.social · 15h
People don’t integrate by passing a cultural purity test. They do it through schools, workplaces, neighbours and civic life—spaces public policy can either open or close.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 10h
Two days after Russia killed children in Pryluky and one day after Russia killed bus passengers in Kramatorsk, Trump is falling all over himself praising and enriching Putin. Americans and the whole wide world have no illusions about the morally worthless creature that is Trump.
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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 2h
NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics The brain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and other staff is leaving the NHS “weaker” and making it more likely that people will be forced to seek private healthcare.
theguardian.com
NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics
Brain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere
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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 2h
‘Would I sit down with Tommy Robinson? It’s not a definite no’: lessons from people who fought the far right in the 70s, 80s and beyond Extremists are on the rise globally – but UK activists have seen them off in the past in everything from football, politics, music and more.
theguardian.com
‘Would I sit down with Tommy Robinson? It’s not a definite no’: lessons from people who fought the far right in the 70s, 80s and beyond
Extremists are on the rise globally – but UK activists have seen them off in the past in everything from football, politics, music and more. How did they do it?
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 13h
A cent or so off a gallon of diesel for the US consumer versus not fuelling Putin's war machine to crush Ukraine. A tough call for a moral coward. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Trump agrees deal with Putin for Russia to release diesel on to global market
Pact between Washington and Moscow comes just weeks before critical midterm elections in the US
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 2h
If you are looking to fiscal policy to make people "feel better off" then you are looking in entirely the wrong place. There needs to be some luck in geopolitics, some leadership on the EU and some strategy on sovereign AI. Then things might shift. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition
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EleriTudor @eleritudor.bsky.social · 2h
When is someone going to have the guts to call Trump a traitor? is Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2h
And others... bsky.app/profile/rola...
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 6h
How can anybody be surprised that Trump makes a for the US meaningless Diesel deal with Putin to end sanctions on Russia? Have you not understood that Trump supports Russia against Ukraine, the West & the US? Few things are more obvious.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19h
As with just about anything else, it depends on both why and how the pressure for change is applied. Is it in the service of propaganda and nationalism or in the service of clarity and/or respect? >>
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19h
I've been talking to journalists a LOT recently, and it was particularly delightful to get to speak about questions of linguistics, language change and prescriptivism, for once: www.cnet.com/tech/service...
cnet.com
AI Is Not 'Super Intelligence.' Why No One Should Use Trump's Term - CNET
Commentary: Words evolve based on public use and technical precision, not because a president orders people to adopt them.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 2h
💯 > The rebranding is also a distraction, redirecting public attention away from resource-pillaging data centers, a fragile economic bubble and rising safety concerns. This is a core MO of the industry to avoid critique and escape regulation. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
intelligence.” It shows that since the start imprecise jargon was used to make exaggerated promises
with the goal to please investors, claims that fundamentally remain promises to this day.
Although some differentiate AI and non-AI systems by appealing to generative models versus
other types of AI, we are convinced that this does not bring clarity to the discussion, and we can
fall head first into misuse of terminology and fostering industry hype (see Table 1 and Figure 1; cf.
Guest 2025). Granting that distinction, for example, makes classifiers such as Bernoulli naive Bayes,
formally a generative model, AI technology similar to hyped applications (Efron 1975; Jebara 2004;
Mitchell 1997; Ng and Jordan 2001; Xue and Titterington 2008). However, a statistical model like the
Bernoulli naive Bayes classifier, which is used to analyse data, is unrelated to industry hype. By the same
token, spellcheck software (which has not historically been composed of generative nor stochastic
models) also falls under AI in some definitions, but not under others. Similar terminological problems
also hold for phrases like ‘agentic AI’ (Chawla et al. 2024; Hosseini and Seilani 2025) — systems that
can autonomously adapt their environment, make context-sensitive ‘decisions’, and act upon them
without any human intervention. Formally, systems like thermostats, microwave ovens, and traffic
lights are agentic in this sense and fall under AI, but are not products we wish to proscribe. Informally,
however, ‘agentic’ is misused to induce anthropomorphisation that we cannot endorse (cf. Bandura
2001; Barrow 2024; Helfrich 2024).
There is nothing privileged about generative AI, nor any AI technology, in any pedagogical or
sociotechnical sense (see Table 1). Importantly, all technology under our purview as academics, ought
to fall under the same critical considerations. Thus, to frame generative AI as unique or dramatically
different to other AI systems appears anti-intellectual. Recall that gene…
The Euler diagram in Figure 1 demonstrates that such hyped labels — Large Language Model
(LLM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), generative model, chatbot — are interwoven in complicated
ways such that their referents remain ambiguous (cf. Guest 2025). Importantly, this holds under any
rearrangement of the sets and elements: one cannot use these words without encountering additional
problems and fostering ambiguity (Alkhatib 2024). We cannot escape this quagmire with more jargon.
And so, we are convinced that when the technology industry presents use cases for the label generative
AI (such as for LLMs, but not Bernoulli naive Bayes; Figure 1), this is a strategy to elicit confused
responses against ‘generative AI,’ deflecting attention from other problematic AI systems (Table 1).
This feeds into the hype and obstructs a more general critique of similar unethical or unwanted AI
systems (cf. Guest 2025). Should we continue down this road, the technology industry will slip through
such a distinction, skipping from terminology to terminology, consolidating its power. It has indeed
done so many times before by using previous phrases as buzzwords like big data, machine learning
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RichC @rmc-vu.bsky.social · 3h
So a President can go against Law made by the Congress? What's the point of Congress? Or maybe the answer is to drop the role of President.
apnews.com
Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms
President Donald Trump says he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia. It's a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fue...
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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 2h
I saw Iran execute a man in public. Is this what the US wants? It is odd for US defense secretary to lay the groundwork for an event that could be organized by Tehran It was a searing, unforgettable experience that deeply imprinted on me the ruthlessly repressive nature of the Islamic republic
theguardian.com
I saw Iran execute a man in public. Is this what the US wants? | Robert Tait
It is odd for the US defense secretary to be laying the groundwork for an event that could be organized by Tehran
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🇨🇦Stéphane Prévost-Fella @stephaneprevost.bsky.social · 6h
Dear Kate, at every paycheck I give to u24.gov.ua. It is my prefered way of contributing. With the years I came to hope that every time a drone hits something, maybe there is a tiny bit of my money in there. It is all I can do for now, but I do it. I invite others to do the same if they can. ☮️
u24.gov.ua
UNITED24 — The initiative of the President of Ukraine
The official fundraising platform for collecting donations to support Ukraine
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Patricia 🇺🇦🇨🇦⚜️ @pbossy.bsky.social · 6h
Trump’s America is NOT even a « supposed » ally. trump chooses russia over Ukraine. The only difference now is that he is doing so openly and brazenly. Just as russia losing on the battlefield has made putin desperate, trump is also going down hard and thus is openly leaning into his pro 🇷🇺 position.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 7h
I’m feeling sick! ​Today, our supposed allies decided to give the mad goblin in the Kremlin more money to keep killing us, and blamed us for it in the process! We made them buy russian oil, you see? By defending ourselves. Freaking circus. ​Donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Corrado Andriani @andricor.wsocial.eu · 12h
So Trump agrees with Putin that Russia can sell more diesel while the civilised world is trying to stop Russia from selling anything. The world is in a very bad state right now and I’m sooooooo thankful that we live in Europe where normality is still a thing.
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 2h
Hopes are fading of a "Brexit reset bargain with the EU". Seems the UK wants to take but not give. We've still not got the hang of EU/UK negotiations, even after a decade. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk
The new EV threat to UK Brexit deal
Hopes fade of deal on university tuition fees and access to new EU trade rules
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2h
The real risk of an ‘AI apocalypse’ is idiotic humans using AI in situations where real things that matter happen.
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Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 2h
Fiona Dhawunymurruwuy will be evicted on Sunday, along with 120 other First Nations people: ‘There’s no place for me’ The NT government turned down $6.5m to keep the Darwin emergency housing open, saying it’s a ‘waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money
theguardian.com
Fiona Dhawunymurruwuy will be evicted on Sunday, along with 120 other First Nations people: ‘There’s no place for me’
The NT government turned down $6.5m to keep the Darwin emergency housing open, saying it’s a ‘waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money’
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Stef_Soren @steso.eurosky.social · 3h
There will be nothing to talk with dumbo government after this betrayal. US don't want anything good for Ukraine and it is vaste of time to continue discussion with them! No weapons help, no economic help, no license for interceptors. Only lies lies and more lies from that administration!
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 3h
Nothing surprising after what Trump just did. Talks between the US, Ukraine, European countries, and NATO in Miami ended earlier than planned. There won’t even be a second day. Apparently, ending russia’s war against Ukraine is becoming less important than doing business with the aggressor.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h
In Syracuse, Trump thanks the war criminal Putin: “Russia agreed to send us millions and millions of barrels of oil, and it’s diesel. That’s what we really need. “So thank you!”
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 14h
Remember when we warned you that the bill that was supposed to help Ukraine by imposing "massive" "biting" "mandatory" sanctions on Russia and forcing Trump to use tariffs to shut down their fossil fuel exports was badly flawed and would achieve none of those objectives? Yeah.
Semafor: US Trade Representative Won't Commit To New Russian SanctionsTrump on Truth Social: I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Love Wins Always @lovewinzalways.bsky.social · 12h
They did; the Graham Act allows Trump to do this, and its proponents (including many Dems!) simply refused to believe he would.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 13h
The Trump Administration just **LIFTED** sanctions on Russian diesel for six months. Just a few weeks after the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia Act passed. IF ONLY SOMEONE HAD WARNED AGAINST THIS bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h
UK accused of giving people of Gaza false hope over new refugee safe route
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UK accused of giving people of Gaza false hope over new refugee safe route
Only ‘very small number’ of people already in Lebanon or Jordan will be referred, says organisation running scheme The Home Office is facing claims it gave false hope to the people of Gaza after it emerged that a new safe route for Palestinian refugees will only be open to those who have already escaped to Lebanon or Jordan. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, announced the reopening of a resettlement scheme for refugees at Labour’s annual conference last month. A statement from her department said: “Around one in four referrals will be for Afghan women and girls and Palestinian refugees, fleeing war and persecution.” Continue reading...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
Formal probe launched into Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Greek Grift Empire. Clock now ticking.
dailymail.com
Kimberly Guilfoyle's Greek party life investigated by State Department
The State Department is officially investigating complaints into Kimberly Guilfoyle's allegedly 'tyrannical' leadership and lavish perks at the US Embassy in Athens, the Daily Mail can reveal.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 8h
Ukrainian long-range drones struck the oil terminal in Rostov, Russia.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 12h
Donald has lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. We will use the money to help Iran. Who are fighting the USA. Donald is paying us to help kill American soldiers.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 3h
🚨 BREAKING: Trump reportedly struck a diesel deal with putin after Zelenskyy ignored at least SIX US requests to stop attacking russian oil refineries, Axios reports. Zelenskyy offered to stop if russia stopped bombing Ukraine’s power plants. Trump rejected the condition.
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Jonas Schaible @beimwort.bsky.social · 3h
Wochenendlektürevorschlag:
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3h
‘Mob rule’ is also, of course, an insulting way of referring to democracy.
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Nico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 11h
That little Russian diesel, if exists at all, will not do much for Trump in the mid term elections but the money going to Russia will help killing sleeping families and children with Russian missiles and drones. Appaling.
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 3h
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have accelerated preparations for the type of grey zone conflict in which Russia excels, including attacks on critical infrastructure.
chathamhouse.org
Russia’s Kaliningrad threats show the value of Baltic preparedness
Moscow’s nuclear rhetoric should be taken seriously. But Baltic states know grey zone attacks and territorial incursions are equally serious threats.
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Matt Leeds @mleeds2048.bsky.social · 12h
This NYT Article Is Relevant To This Announcement👇🏻 Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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