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Antanas Manstavičius

@mantanas.bsky.social
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Everything is politics, but only political animals know it. Lithuanian 🇱🇹, European, human. Opinions my own, RTs ≠ endorsements. LT/EN/DE/RU & some ES

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Seems bad: "Anyone who regularly comes into contact with rubber tires may be inadvertently exposing themselves to brain-altering chemicals."
futurism.com
Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer's May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis
A surprisingly common substance was found to have a causal relationship with the kind of brain damage associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A truly great, generational talent. Not his fault, really, that there was never a real rivalry between him and Messi. (Nobody stands a chance against GOAT.) Where Ronaldo could have done better, for sure, was this "I".
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"Moscow can annex territory, stage referenda, rewrite textbooks and erect billboards proclaiming unity. It cannot reliably provide clean water, functioning sewage, or consistent heat to the people it claims as its own." engelsbergideas.com/notebook/rus...
engelsbergideas.com
Russia's empire of ruins
From blackouts in Kherson to water shortages in Luhansk, Russia’s new imperial domains in Ukraine’s occupied territories are in turmoil.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing."
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Putin and those around him openly declare that their main goal is to destroy the independent state of Ukraine. For them, territorial gains are secondary. The legacy of Kyivan Rus' will always haunt Russian nationalists, for it does not belong to them. Their insecurity is profound.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/06/2025
‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
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‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts
As territories shift and divide families, desperate parents are travelling to Russia to find their children, many of whom have been moved into military camps or orphanages
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
That was unexpected. All those Lithuanians everywhere!
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 24/04/2025
Russia is using military gear "within weeks" of it leaving the factory, and is weaker than people think, said Michael Carpenter, a former US official.
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Russia has 'dramatically' upped its military production but is using it all within weeks, former Biden official says
Russia is using military gear "within weeks" of it leaving the factory, and is weaker than people think, said Michael Carpenter, a former US official.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Impressive. Even more impressive was Iceland becoming the first state to recognize Lithuania's independence. Takk, Ísland!
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster: “This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.” He was right. We just didn’t listen. Me, in CityLab 🧵
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The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is our country. And we are holding it together. Long live the brave, free, and independent Republic of Lithuania🇱🇹! #Kovo11 #March11
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Water supply of strategic Baltic island Gotland was sabotaged last night. Someone broke into the pump controls and destroyed them. The pumps serve a large part of Gotland (pop 61k) and had it gone unnoticed could have left all island without water. Security services are notified. Water is ok.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Normality bias - ‘the tendency to underestimate the likelihood or impact of a potential hazard, based on the belief that things will continue as they have in the past’ - is a very hard habit to break.
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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 28/02/2025
The most important skill for this moment is the capacity to discern between important and unimportant things. Once you filter out all the noise, there are about 20x fewer things on which to focus your attention.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Those living in Russia's neighbourhood know these methods very well. „Fears have grown that Russia is seeking to fuel social unrest in Britain and other western European states via covert digital campaigns aimed at exploiting ethnic and religious tensions.“
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News Breaking LIVE @newsbreakinglive.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
“Three lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic Russian prison camp just under a year ago, were sentenced to prison on Friday, highlighting the risks of having any ties to the opposition in Russia, even for professional lawyer-client relationships.”
washingtonpost.com
Russia sentences lawyers of late opposition figure Navalny to prison
Arrested in 2023, the lawyers were charged with extremism for relaying messages from Alexei Navalny while he was in prison before his death.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
There is something primeval in how Lithuania celebrates freedom and pays homage to national heroes. We often turn to fire, as if to embrace it. For us, freedom is always burning. It is young and restless, and delicate. Like a flame. Eager to spread and conquer new territory.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
IMPORTANT: Study finds electrifying SUVs/pick-ups could actually INCREASE emissions by using up scarce battery material that could otherwise be used to electrify a lot MORE smaller cars (and e-bikes). Via @sciencedirect.bsky.social SUVs are too big. #CarBloat www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
The new electric SUV market under battery supply constraints: Might they increase CO2 emissions?
Two trends have shaped the European car market over the past decade: electrification and SUVisation. Recently, they have merged in a new product: the …
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
That is one bold prediction by Wired. Is there still some hope amid an AI-generated storm?
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just look at this graph. We're in for a rough ride.
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Kiwi 🇺🇦 @kiwi.qirim.land · 19/11/2024
1000 days since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. 3926 days since the beginning of the russian-Ukrainian war and occupation of Crimea. Ukraine keeps resisting because giving up is not an option for us. #UkrainianView
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
There’s one thing I know for sure after 33 years working in cities all over the world — there’s nothing inevitable or unchangeable about the way your city is. Your city is the result of decisions & choices. Like every city. Different decisions or choices could have been made, and STILL can be made.
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Antanas Manstavičius @mantanas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
OK, so I'll try. Looking good so far. To mark this new beginning, let me share some photos from Neringa, Lithuania. Truly spectacular place!
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