Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Zelensky said he'd stop bombing Russia so we can have an election that's free. But our elections are free Of opposition candidates. 976691
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 14/02/2026"Deserve a seat" is odd wording. Do Europe's arms purchases create military leverage over the outcome or veto power that would make its absence fatal to a deal? Europe's willingness to pay is irrelevant if the US can force Kyiv's capitulation by cutting off weapons and intel. 2216
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 15/02/2026The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should. www.state.gov/releases/off... 683080806
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Europe has become the abused spouse grateful just not to be beaten. Believing this jellyfish is a fool's errand. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comRubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes WildJust over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t... 2426980
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialGregory Koblentz @gregkoblentz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin Source: GOV.UK www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukUK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxinUK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body. 011
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialPavel Podvig @russianforces.org · 14/02/2026I have a working paper that looks into the history of (some) Soviet and Russian false alarms and nuclear weapons incidents. A short summary (and a link to the full paper) is in the post. Links below. (Image: Fire on the Yekaterinburg submarine in 2011) 1/2 14512
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialNahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 15/02/2026This part of Rubio’s speech is especially confusing because Europe (a continent, not a country) has always been multilingual, multiethnic, multi-religious etc. There are Muslim majority European countries. Gee, I wonder … 6184
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialRSF @handle.invalid · 02/05/2025🔴 #RSFIndex2025 | In 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed. #WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay 02516
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialInstitute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 04/05/20252/ Russian forces recently advanced near Lyman, Siversk, Novopavlivka, Kurakhove, and Velyka Novosilka. isw.pub/UkrWar050325 09313
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialInstitute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 04/05/2025NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied that Ukraine would concede to the vague terms of Putin's unilateral May 8-11 Victory Day ceasefire proposal. The Trump admin appears to have finalized its first military equipment sale to Ukraine. Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar050325 318240
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index. 742032708
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialInstitute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025NEW: Russia continues preparations to deport tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to summer camps across occupied Ukraine & Russia, including to areas of Crimea that are unsafe. Russia is systematically torturing Ukrainian POWs and civilians held in Russian detention.🧵1/3 isw.pub/OccupationUp... 417773
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/05/2025Trump on his faith advisers: "They work right out of the White House. That's never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say 'separation between church and state.' I said, alright, let's forget about that for one time." 4492100660
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/05/2025BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump exceeded his authority in his Alien Enemies Act proclamation addressing alleged members of Tren de Aragua, issuing a permanent injunction barring AEA proclamation-based removals from the Southern District of Texas. 9144551176
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Correction, Sandy Cay not Sand Cay 2702
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Updated estimate 10 x SRBM, likely KN-23 20 x LACM, Hwasal-2 8 x AShM, likely KN-19 44 x SAM, Meteor-1 1 x CIWS, Pantsir-M (Ru) 2 x AAA, 30mm 1 x 130mm DP gun 2726
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Some notes on this morning’s remarkable emergency stay order granted by SCOTUS, stopping Trump Adm from summarily removing Venezuelans under his Alien Enemies Act proclamation. SCOTUS acted while the NDTexas & 5th Circuit courts dragged their feet. Thread: 1/10 bsky.app/profile/anna... 11396113
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Putin declared an Easter truce, says the Kremlin. Russians will supposedly halt combat from 6:00 PM April 19 to midnight April 21. 2715316
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service reports a coal crisis in Russia, cutting coal transport by 30% in 2025. A surplus of 295,000 railcars strains infrastructure. Sanctions and export issues may also collapse Russia’s transport system. 1038447
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17/04/2025NEWS: DOJ is appealing *both* today's order finding probable cause for criminal contempt from Judge Boasberg in the AEA case to the D.C. Circuit *and* the April 10 order from Judge Xinis in Abrego Garcia's case finding the government in noncompliance with that court's orders to the Fourth Circuit. 46658234
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialAlice Callahan @alicecallahan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...nytimes.comLeading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship (Gift Article)Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months. 20728295
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/04/2025JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain) 6682213718424
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 20/02/2025New Russian law: 5 yrs jail for tearing down propaganda posters. There is a growing problem with people damaging pro-war posters and symbols, lawmakers explainthebarentsobserver.comTear down propaganda poster, face 5 years jailThere is a growing problem with people tearing down and damaging pro-war posters and symbols, Russian lawmakers explain as they adopt new repressive legislation. 0205
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 19/02/2025A new study by the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) shows that meltwater from glaciers on #Svalbard releases methane. To study a particular glacier, researchers lived in a remote cabin for a total of 9 months. Only a reduction of fossil fuel emissions can help improve the situation, experts warn.thebarentsobserver.com“We are playing with fire. It highlights the urgency for action”A new study shows that meltwater from glaciers on Svalbard releases methane into the atmosphere. Only a reduction of fossil fuel emissions can help improve the situation, experts warn. 23414
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 17/02/2025An estimated 27,000 #salmon escaped from a #fish farm in northern #Norway.thebarentsobserver.comFugitive salmon wantedAfter thousands of salmon escaped from a fish farm in northern Norway, a bounty is being offered for their capture, and environmentalists file a police report. 0193
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 13/02/2025Police investigations come to an end with the main question unanswered. Who intentionally cut the fiber optic cable to Evenes Air Station in Northern Norway?thebarentsobserver.comAngle grinder used to cut telecommunications cable to NATO’s northernmost QRA basePolice investigations come to an end with the main question unanswered. Who intentionally cut the fiber optic cable to Evenes Air Station in Northern Norway? 13613
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 07/02/2025Moscow declares the Barents Observer an 'undesirable organisation'thebarentsobserver.comMoscow declares the Barents Observer an 'undesirable organisation'The newspaper publishes 'anti-Russian materials' that are aimed at 'igniting protest among the people of Northern Russia,' the Russian General Prosecutor says. 149933
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 06/02/2025The European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of the Barents Observer in the case against Russia's censorship agency Roskomnadzorthebarentsobserver.comThe Barents Observer beats Russia in courtThe European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of the small Norwegian newspaper in the case against Russia's censorship agency Roskomnadzor. 05518
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 05/02/2025A Soyuz-2 rocket that carried several military satellites was this morning launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russiathebarentsobserver.comLift-off for new Russian military satellitesThe Russian Aerospace Forces in Plesetsk have launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with military payload. 02211
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 31/01/2025"It was like sexpionage" Russian journalists have exposed a woman who allegedly faked being a lawer and lied about her human rights work to gain access to sensitive information. The "fake biography" began in Murmansk.thebarentsobserver.com'It was like sexpionage'Russian journalists have exposed a woman who allegedly faked being a lawer and lied about her human rights work to gain access to sensitive information. The 'fake biography' began in Murmansk. 0145
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for 14348601782
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialHenry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 20/02/2025European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office - @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/3436... 2219
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warnAs administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’ 217659
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/02/2025President Trump said he would have had a “very nasty life” if he lost the presidential election, a surprisingly public acknowledgment that his legal challenges could have consumed his life and brought jail time.nytimes.comTrump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the ElectionThe president’s remarks were a surprisingly public acknowledgment that he had campaigned for his freedom as much as for the White House itself. 2751487345
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 20/02/2025North Korean troops are back in action in the Kursk region. They are now using smaller assault groups of 10-15 people instead of the previous 50. Lieutenant Stanislav Krasnov explained that this is part of their new cautious tactics. youtu.be/Rf_lKz_bQO8 728429
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Plaintiff unions seek discovery in a DOGE case. They want to ask, among other things, a fair question: Who's running it? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... /1 529291
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialAnkit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This should make debates about what the US nuclear force should look like post-New START interesting. 185
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 20/02/2025I summarized Vladislav Gorin’s excellent interview with Carnegie Center fellow Maksim Samorukov. He doesn’t quite get to this point, but US disengagement, Euro indecision, and Ukraine’s isolation seem to suggest a rolling back of some of Europe’s post-1991 realignment. meduza.io/en/feature/2...meduza.io‘Why would Russia concede anything when it’s already winning?’ Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center fellow Maksim Samorukov explains Donald Trump’s negotiating disadvantages and likely cynical plans in Ukra...On February 18, representatives of Russia and the U.S. met in Saudi Arabia to begin discussions about ending the war in Ukraine. According to journalists, negotiators developed a three-stage plan, env... 2204
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 20/02/2025If protests keep getting larger, and they will, we’re quickly approaching the point at which Trump tells Hegseth to order the military to fire on protesters. Trump yearns for this. The question is if the soldiers under Hegseth will carry out these illegal orders. I don’t think the answer is clear. 87900166
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 19/02/2025SCOOP: The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position. “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” she said.wrd.cmUSDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’“I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” wrote Anne Marshall in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. 452270745
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19/02/2025New EU sanctions on Russia will target the aluminum industry and the shadow fleet, according to FT. The list also includes several individuals and entities aiding Russia in its war against Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/8735... 2161376
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialHenry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 19/02/2025EU capitals have agreed a fresh sanctions package against Russia, as Brussels vows to step up pressure on Moscow and increase its support for Kyiv despite a rapid push by US President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/8735... @financialtimes.comft.comEU agrees new Russia sanctions in the face of US push to end Ukraine warLatest package takes aim at Russian aluminium industry and tightens restrictions on oil exports 089
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 05/02/2025The downing of flight MH17 in 2014 inspired a movement of online researchers to search for answers... Now, you can see how the Bellingcat team helped uncover those answers in a new three-part documentary series on National Geographic. 221237338
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 06/02/2025Peace talks could happen by late 2025, says Ukrainian serviceman Kyrylo Sazonov. "Russian forces are advancing slowly but are exhausted, while Ukraine prepares counterattacks and regains initiative. The current positions at the front are not even close to what they will be at that time," he said. 1238648
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/02/2025Ukraine war briefing: I will sit down with US, Europe and Putin, says Zelenskyytheguardian.comUkraine war briefing: I will sit down with US, Europe and Putin, says ZelenskyyUkrainian president ready to ‘move to the diplomatic track’; Russian strike kills five civilians including pregnant teenager. What we know on day 1,078 Continue reading... 1517836
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Russia attacked Izium, Kharkiv region. It is already known about five dead and 20 injured. A part of the city council building was destroyed, the regional military administration reported. "We must put pressure on Russia,…to stop terror and protect lives," Zelenskyy wrote. 1128066
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 04/02/2025"This was part of Zelenskyy's victory plan." - the OP said, responding to Trump on rare earths. Ukraine has key resources, including rare earth elements, and must prevent them from falling into Russia’s hands. Zelenskyy proposed securing them and using them with key partners. 2036835
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/02/2025"In the spring,summer,or fall, Putin will deploy forces on the territory of Belarus&drag it into the war." -Zelenskyy "I don't know if there will be an invasion. In my opinion, after they attacked Ukraine with missiles, they were already in this war," he said. 333268
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 04/02/2025⚡️ Zelenskyy: Ukraine will push to de-occupy Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in first talks with Russia. Russia took two Ukrainian energy workers hostage.united24media.comZaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant De-Occupation to Be Discussed in First Ukraine-Russia Talks, Zelenskyy SaysUkrainian President Zelenskyy stresses the importance of regaining control over the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in future negotiations with Russia. 010221
Reposted by @junia.bsky.socialWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 04/02/2025"If we are not joining NATO, then Russia must return all occupied territories because that was the very reason they invaded - to prevent us from joining the Alliance." - Zelenskyy. 468673
