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Lyle Austin

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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The only 'White House' this man belongs in is a psychiatric ward.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I for one wasn't impressed that Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, and I'm not in the least bit surprised by her latest action.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It's surreal reading some of the responses to the Nobel Peace Prize announcement by Americans who perhaps hadn't heard of Maria Corina Machado before yesterday.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The NZ government has decided not to recognise Palestine. It's a pretty spineless decision, IMO, grounded in fear of retribution by an ailing dictator who couldn't find NZ on a map. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
rnz.co.nz
NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces
The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It's great to see that France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, and San Marino have now joined the list. Four of the five permanent members of the U.N. security council, most of NATO, and almost half of the members of the E.U. have now recognised Palestine. And I'm sure the number will continue to climb.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 22/09/2025
On this day in 1939, German and Soviet forces marched together in a victory parade in Brest-Litovsk. Moscow called it a “liberation campaign.” For Poland, it meant occupation, executions and mass deportations.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Well done Canada, the U.K., Australia, and Portugal for recognising Palestine. I'm hopeful that New Zealand will join the ever-growing list later this week, but Winston Peters likes to keep his cards close to his chest and keep everyone guessing.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
1/ South Korean workers who have been deported from the US have spoken of enduring squalid conditions in ICE custody, including being chained, handcuffed and zip-tied, being made to lick up water rather than drink it, and having to menstruate and use the toilet in public. ⬇️
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
AI is being used to help revitalise Ainu, and there's even a project for Ainu speech synthesis. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
bbc.com
Can AI speak the language Japan tried to kill?
More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Looking past the next-level sycophancy, what really alarms me about this letter is the praise of the air strikes against Iran. These were clearly dangerous and destabilising, and may lead to a much more serious war that NATO members would almost certainly be asked to join.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 24/06/2025
Rutte’s Peak Sycophancy. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 24/06/2025
Over the weekend, thousands took to the streets in Russia’s Altai Republic to oppose changes to the region’s constitution and a set of amendments eliminating local self-governance. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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‘We want our own people in charge’ Residents of Russia’s Altai Republic protest Kremlin-driven reforms that strip local authority — Meduza
Over the weekend, thousands took to the streets in Russia’s Altai Republic to oppose changes to the region’s constitution and a set of amendments eliminating local self-governance. Passed by regional…
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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
"Forget about intelligence". GW Bush, Blair and friends at least had the courtesy to forge or blatantly misrepresent intelligence.
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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Welcome, American foreign policy scholars to the world of Russia experts in late 2021 and early 22, when so many people could not bring themselves to believe that a war would happen simply because it made no sense, there was no real threat, the President wasn't *that* crazy and didn't roll that way
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Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Now we wait and see if the Iranian regime tries to close the strait of Hormuz.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic No such luck
Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power
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++ radiobelly ++ @michaeljameshawk.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The only thing standing between us and, potentially, World War III was (and is) the judgement of someone who has no understanding of history or international relations, who compulsively sticks his grubby fingers in every mess, and who is vain, easily manipulated, and as predictable as a leaky pipe.
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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Israel's preemptive gamble. www.rferl.org/a/israel-ira...
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Israel's Attack On Iran Stuns Military But Could Empower Tehran's Nuclear Drive
Israel’s surprise strike on Iran, dubbed Operation Rising Lion, stunned Tehran’s military leadership but left key nuclear sites intact. As fears of regional war grow, analysts warn the attack may unde...
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Saving Ryukyuan cuisine. There's a fairly large Okinawan community in Osaka, and quite a few restaurants that are trying to preserve the traditional cuisine. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
bbc.com
The women saving Japan's vanishing cuisine
For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion cuisine is being revived.
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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
This fightback was exactly what Ukraine needed to put some balance in the negotiations. By making Putin pay a strategic price for continuing the war. A little less pessimistic today than I was yesterday. Still, the challenge remains daunting.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
theguardian.com
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Operation Pavutyna ("Spider Web") was a very impressive feat, targeting and disabling some of the most critical assets of the Russian air force. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Inside Ukraine's AI-Drone Strike That Cost Russia $7 Billion and a Third of Its Bombers
Ukraine pulled off a staggering blow to Russia’s strategic air fleet—an elite-level operation few nations could execute. Dubbed “Trojan Truc…
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Sāmapriyavasuḣ @avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
My Circassian teacher’s new book with fellow student of hers, John Lechner, will soon be out!! :)
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Kevork Oskanian @drkevorko.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Looks like a dramatically successful hit. youtu.be/lHKT9RXl3EU?...
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‘Russian Planes Burning En Masse’: Ukraine Claims Huge Airbase Drone Strike
YouTube video by Times News
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Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
#Sudan 🇸🇩 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Sudan as of 01/06/2025. This past month was marked by a series of attempts by the #SAF to advance into south and west Kordofan. Attempt which initially seemed succesful but were later reversed by the #RSF, showing the war is still very far from being decided.
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Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
#Myanmar 🇲🇲 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Myanmar as of 01/06/2025. The past month was marked by a series of modest advances by the resistance. A number of junta camps were seized in the states of Karen, Bago, and further in the south. The resistance controls between 60-65% of the country.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Impressive! Ukraine has launched a major drone attack on Russia, hitting more than 40 planes in at least 4 different airbases, including bases in Irkutsk and Murmansk oblasts. Western countries should be doing more to support this. www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
bbc.com
Ukraine war live update: Drones 'emerged from trucks' before strikes on jets during major attack in Russia
A major operation has been launched by Ukraine using drones to destroy Russian bomber planes, according to the Ukrainian security service.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Wounded Knee, South Dakota, December 29th, 1890. America was founded on the genocide of its Indigenous populations. Native American history IS U.S. history. Teach it all. Yes?
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Western countries, and especially EU members, really need to do a lot better than this. They need to tighten up on sanctions and close the refining loophole, and they need to do a lot more to support Ukraine. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine
Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Trump's policies are driving academics away from the U.S., but European countries need to invest more if they want to benefit from this brain drain. f24.my/BCZJ.BS
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Reversing the brain drain: Can Europe successfully woo scientists amid US research cuts?
US President Donald Trump recently announced a spate of funding cuts to universities and research institutions across the US, leaving thousands of scientists and researchers unemployed or in a state…
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Trump really doesn't want the U.S. to be a global leader in education any more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews
Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A letter to Europe by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Trump claims that the EU treats America "very, very unfairly", ... open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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A Letter to Europe
You’re stronger than you think. Act like it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/05/2025
Beyond parody
I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever. I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia! Likewise, President Zelenskyy is doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop. This is a War that would never have started if I were President. This is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s War, not “Trump’s,” I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred.
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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
"For Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option." An insightful piece, but what if "forever war" will be the global default for the next decades? Not "World War 3" but a constant, rumbling, chaotic, and borderless conflict. Chaos for everybody. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump refuses to accept that for Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option | Simon Tisdall
The US president thought he could impose peace through sheer personality, but he didn’t reckon with two leaders with so much to lose, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Jelger Groeneveld @jelgerg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This is what people in the West do not want to face, but it is true that nations that think they are still an empire with “historically justified” imperial claims can only be pushed back by real defeat.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Absurd levels of cringe. "Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness'" www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches
A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.
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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If anyone ever needs a step-by-step guide to destroying democracy, just see what Viktor Orbán and his government have been doing in #Hungary. www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
hrw.org
How to Gut Democracy: Daily Brief
Advice for aspiring autocrats – from Andrew Stroehlein in Human Rights Watch’s Daily Brief:
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Today, 21 May, is the Circassian Day of Mourning, commemorating the day on which the ancient land of Circassia was annexed by Russia and its remaining population expelled from their homeland.
Flag of Circassia
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
what does trump's foreign policy mean for separatists and secession movements around the world? our new piece with @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social argues breakaway regions could find new opportunities but also a lot more risks www.foreignaffairs.com/world/new-pr...
foreignaffairs.com
The New Price of Statehood
Trump is a mixed blessing for the world’s separatists.
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Lucas Knotter @lucaslitmanen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Really insightful piece on the potential ramifications of a Trumpian foreign policy. 'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.'
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Putin is happy to let the war continue, and I'm sure he believes his chances of victory are better with Trump in the White House. Trump seems to want to stop the war so he can get a trade deal with Russia and perhaps a Nobel Peace Prize, but he is really just prolonging the bloodshed.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/05/2025
“Putin is tired of this whole thing,” Trump said on Fox News. “He’s not looking good. And he wants to look good.” In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Ukrainians are confident that they can continue fighting, even without the same level of American support.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Congratulations to Nicuşor Dan for winning the Romanian presidential election. It's great to see a gold medallist from the Maths Olympiad rise to such a position. He will face many challenges as president, but he's clearly more capable than the alternative. www.imo-official.org/participant_...
imo-official.org
International Mathematical Olympiad
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Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Ukraine says 9 people were killed when a Russian drone hit a passenger bus in the Sumy region (only a few hours after the underwhelming conclusion of peace talks in Istanbul.)
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Tribal Army @tribalarmyorg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
“Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace.” - Martin Luther King Jr. On #InternationalDayofLivingTogetherinPeace and every day, let's build on his work as we continue working for a better world.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The United States' credit rating is slipping. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits
Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as the country’s debt soars.
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Lyle Austin @lyleaustin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Major Silicon Valley tech companies - Google, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, and, of course, Amazon - are all compromised, and it's not surprising they're becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's time for serious competition to develop in other parts of the world.
washingtonpost.com
Big Tech takes a harder line against worker activism, political dissent
A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.
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