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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 18/07/2026
"Surrogacy is not permitted in Germany and the CDU opposes its legalization. Spahn and his husband had their child through a surrogate mother in the United States." DW www.dw.com/en/germany-c...
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Germany: CDU's Jens Spahn resigns amid surrogacy controversy
Surrogacy is not permitted in Germany and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) opposes its legalization. Spahn and his husband had their child through a surrogate mother in the US.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
‘You can stop your war’: Zelenskyy’s open letter to Putin – in full www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘You can stop your war’: Zelenskyy’s open letter to Putin – in full
Russians are increasingly tired of the conflict and the time to end it is now, Ukraine’s president tells his Russian counterpart in an open letter
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🇺🇦🚀 Ukraine received only about 600 modern Patriot missiles during the entire 4 years of the war, — OP At the same time, in the first days of the war alone, the countries of the Middle East used more than 800 of these missiles.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The world is being consumed by fascist leaders and corrupt political parties being supported by Russia & MAGA. Everyone must continue doing their part to stay informed, stay engaged, and continue resisting those who would destroy our democracies. Defend your country and continue supporting Ukraine!
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 22/01/2026
The brilliance of Carney's "Sign in the Window" speech was that he was not attacking totalitarianism, but the hypocrisy of liberal democracies. It's about how we pretended to believe the fiction of a rules-based international order because it was convenient—and that time has come to be honest.
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 17/01/2026
Trump can put a million-percent tariffs on Denmark, and it still doesn't change the answer about Greenland. There are only two possible endings to this bizarre story. Either Trump gives up, or else he goes through with a military invasion.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Worth every second
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Bree Fram @breefram.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth. This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
"One for all, and all for one. Otherwise, we are finished,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, adding that Europe must finally believe in its own strength, and continue to arm. Tusk’s warning comes after U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his threats to take control of Greenland.
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FabPaule @fabpaule.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A few days after his forces. literally cleared a village & kidnapped all the inhabitants, forcibly taking them to Russia 🙄
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OCB1640 @ocb1640.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
“Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas this year is the total economic & political collapse of the Russian Federation”
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a young boy is laying on the floor writing a letter to dear santa
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
"If it weren’t for Ukraine, Russian tanks would already be in Poland. For four years, Ukraine has been fighting for all of Europe, and we are still debating whether to admit it to NATO." - Kasparov criticized NATO at the International Security Forum in Halifax.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Tom Friedman’s piece in the NYT today again brings up the specter of Neville Chamberlain in ‘39. I disagree. A better analogy is saying to Hitler: “keep the Sudetenland, don’t worry about the Holocaust, & we’ll give you a few years to rearm to attack into Belgium again. Let’s sign that!”
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given. The same is true for everyone who swear their oath. Hope that clears things up.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14/11/2025
Slovak PM Robert Fico lashed out at students who challenged his stance on Ukraine, telling them to “go fight” if they support the war. The students walked out, waving a Ukrainian flag.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
😔 Zelensky: We found about 400 places in Russia where kidnapped children are kept. Ukraine is working on the issue of returning children with Qatar, with the Vatican. ‼️"We have returned more than 1,600 children. About 19.5 thousand kidnapped children in Russia."
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Sheffield Hallam's treatment of Laura Murphy's courageous research into the Chinese genocide of the Uyghurs, including slave labor is a worthwhile, if very depressing, read: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Putin said that Russia "historically has always treated a defeated enemy with mercy." And this is what #Ukrainian Defenders who survived Russian captivity say: ◾️ Dmytro Polovian: "They forced us to walk to interrogations on broken legs; some were beaten, some were jabbed with an awl."
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A video by #Kharkiv resident Maryna Aheienko shows her little son, who is not yet three years old, recalling a drone attack on their kindergarten. At the moment of the Russian drone strike, forty-eight children were in the shelter,all of them were evacuated to a safe location. 📹marina.aheienko
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Russians were asked what they remember Putin for this year. The answers are shocking.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
"I abducted a child from Mariupol and brought him into my family." Russia's Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, has admitted guilt in a war crime - the abduction of Ukrainian children - for which the Hague court issued a warrant.
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Gavin Sums @willowsandpines.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
“It is a lie to say we abduct and indoctrinate Ukrainian children, as evidenced by the Ukrainian child I abducted and indoctrinated.”
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John McFella @handle.invalid · 20/10/2025
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This article by @radiofreetom.bsky.social is a must read for all those wearing the uniform, but as importantly for all those wanting to maintain our Constitutional republic. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
1/ Tired, depressed, and angry Russian soldiers mobilised in 2022 have been reflecting on their three years at war. "I feel like I'm in The Hunger Games", one remarks. Others speculate that the Russian government wants to exterminate ethnic Russians. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/did:...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🇵🇱 "We know that you disregard international law and cannot live in peace with your neighbors. Your extreme nationalism is a thirst for domination that will not end until you accept that the era of empires is over and yours will not return," — Sikorski told the Russian representative at UN meeting.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 21/09/2025
For your Sunday reading
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🇨🇿✈️ The Czech Republic call for shooting down Russian military aircraft that invade the airspace of third countries. 🗣️Petr Pavel: "Russia will very quickly realize that it crossed the permissible limits. This is balancing on the verge of conflict, but in the face of evil, one cannot retreat."
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blackskin6.bsky.social @blackskin6.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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justbrowsing123.bsky.social @justbrowsing123.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
the language of "spheres of influence" and "buffer states" is not of this world or century 🙂 civilized sovereign nations choose their future themselves 🙂
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
We don't do propaganda to make you believe something. It's to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 18/08/2025
7. Given all they’ve endured for freedom, Ukrainians are not going to give up large portions of their country because two corrupt old men say so. Trump is a disgrace. In his coddling of a murderous authoritarian, he is making the entire world less safe and prosperous. /end
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Putin's declaration of "brotherly love" for #Ukraine and what it looks like in reality. Putin is a maniac and a sadist. We know who we're dealing with. Peace through force and ironclad security guarantees for Ukraine are needed. Putin's promises are worthless.
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 29/06/2025
Good list of things the West could do to stop Israel's war crimes in Gaza. For Europe, inaction is related to the same dynamics as NATO's "Daddy Summit". European leaders are so afraid of a confrontation with Trump that they have lost the capacity for independent action.
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sherrimcgrath.bsky.social @sherrimcgrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
These are the stories that should be in media daily not the storm of the convicted felon running the US! This is about bravery, brotherhood, humanity, we need more of this and less on rich, criminal grifters.
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Beau @runningsignal.com · 15/06/2025
My oldest asked last week if boys can love other boys. A kid at school was saying it wasn’t nice. You’re not supposed to. He worried he couldn’t say it to me or his brother. This is my Father’s Day gift bag. After our talk he rewrote Love over like (lick) before giving to me. Teach love Be love
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions. Now, it has to happen in us. A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
BFM, a French TV channel showed children marching in Russian-occupied #Mariupol. School ceremonies there take place with soldiers and the Russian tricolor. The video report is titled "I Want to Become an FSB Agent: Russification of the Young Generation Underway in Mariupol."
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The amount of naivety in the West is staggering, when it comes to dealing with Russia. The majority of Russians live their whole life by pushing others. It starts from childhood, permeates in every aspect of their lives and never ends. If you don’t push back, they will push you all eternity.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Zelenskyy stated Ukraine will never recognize occupied territories as Russian. Only Ukrainians define their land within constitutional, internationally recognized borders. Per the Constitution, all occupied territories remain Ukraine’s and will never be legally ceded.
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 11/04/2025
Strong email. She knew she would be fired.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Belgium will allocate a €1 billion defense aid package to Ukraine - Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Thank you, Belgium! 🇧🇪🇺🇦 Bart De Weber added that they plan to provide a minimum of €1 billion in bilateral military aid every year
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/04/2025
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/04/2025
China is using generative artificial intelligence to ramp up disinformation against Taiwan to ‘divide’ Taiwan's public, the island's National Security Bureau said reut.rs/42l3zWB
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Taiwan says China using generative AI to ramp up disinformation and 'divide' the island
China is using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to ramp up disinformation against Taiwan to "divide" Taiwan's public, the island's National Security Bureau said.
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michielvdc.bsky.social @michielvdc.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is an excellent video about their probable plan. It won't work though when they're demolishing all the trust the US has built up in a century (in just a few months mind you) m.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts5...
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Why Trump's tariff chaos actually makes sense (big picture)
YouTube video by Money & Macro
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/03/2025
JD Vance: "What we think is gonna happen is that the Greenlanders are gonna choose through self-determination to become independent of Denmark, and then we are gonna have conversations with the people of Greenland from there ... we do not think that military force is ever going to be necessary."
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Milly Bouter @thuisblijvend.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I have a better idea:
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