Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 6hI suppose the only way to find out what was actually achieved by this is to look at what they actually do about it when China shrugs and continues in exactly the same way? 120
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 8hWe all know this and this conversation has now got precious little to do with the original post. We will most likely have different thoughts about whether or not communism is the practical answer to anything or just the opposite end of the horseshoe. 100
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 15hThe thing is that such people use empty promises and over time invariably deteriorates to quickly totalitarianism. And even if you might not agree with that, citing some temporary outlier, the example at hand was the intellectual heirs of Bolshevik thugs as the pic shows. 100
Reposted by NitpickerCaolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My Kherson report is going viral on TikTok and a huge amount of people say they had no idea the human safari was happening. This is why reporting on the ground is so important. Thank you for sharing my reports 🙏0 16331107
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Låter just nu mer som USA än Ryssland om man läser mellan raderna. Där finns ju en historik redan. 000
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Not really going into that discussion with you. Totalitarianism is quite apt for this particular nugget of insight. The particular brand shown here is communism. 000
Reposted by NitpickerRej @rejfella.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Companies are renewing their trademarks in Russia to protect their intellectual property from being stolen, copied, or hijacked by local entities and "trademark trolls". It does not mean they are trading there 2131
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There will be no Europe there. There will be no ”deals”. Ukraine will attempt to ride it out without jeopardising Starlink support. Then the war will continue until Russia falls apart, just as it has always done historically. 050
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And I was making fun of the fact that the protestors are themselves just another brand of horrific totalitarianism. 100
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You see democracy. I see autocratic infighting. But I am not complaining :D 110
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They would have been forked had it not been for their USian bedfellows keeping prices up by being inept in Iran. 081
Reposted by NitpickerNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out. 852052486
Reposted by NitpickerDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Churchill specifically wanted ‘corkscrew’ thinkers. He believed that the Germans were too conventional, conservative. Too ‘straight’ Geoffrey Pyke. Prolific inventor. Very beardy and weird Turing. Code breaker. Gay. Dudley Clarke. Invented SAS. Bonkers. Cross dresser 3339981
Reposted by NitpickerPatrik Oksanen @patrikoksanen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Saliga äro de saktmodiga ty de skola frysa Ryskortodoxa kyrkans medlemskap på det femte året av den fullskaliga invasionen. www.dagen.se/nyheter/nytt...dagen.seNytt besked från Sveriges kristna råd om rysk-ortodoxa kyrkanHar pekats ut av Säpo som verktyg för Rysslands ”säkerhetshotande verksamhet”. 0192
Reposted by NitpickerThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/10/2026Sanctions and diplomatic ostracism only grew after the Lukashenko regime aided Russia's war against Ukraine by allowing Russian forces to use Belarusian territory for an assault against Kyiv in 2022. Now, channels to the West seem to have opened up again. 2599
Reposted by NitpickerThe Baltic Sea Diving Resort @balticseadivingr.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Påminner om att samma person som är produktionsdesigner för klonbaletten som ska turnera i Skandinavien i vinter också har designat hemsidan åt det ryska Tovrest, som ritar och restaurerar de här ryska kyrkorna. Sedan tidigare i höstas är han dessutom involverad i betydligt värre saker än så. 192
Reposted by NitpickerDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It remains a genuine mystery to leading luminaries of international relations like @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Chomsky and @dipshitbunchofnunbers as to why NATO is so popular amongst all the people we did things like this to. Totally. 332129
Reposted by NitpickerOscar Jonsson @oajonsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Det finns en populär, men ihålig, föreställning om att rysk upprustning drivs av västlig upprustning. Problemet är bara att väst rustade ned i 30 år till ~2020-22 och det gjorde inget för att påverka rysk upprustning. Om det och annat i P3 Dystopia: Om kriget kommer 2. 14110
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This, and numerous similar charts, says it all. www.globalpetrolprices.com/fuel_price_t... Trump exists because his electorate has been permitted to remain illiterate baufoons.globalpetrolprices.com 010
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With NATO exposed for what it really has become, a projection device for US global dominance, not European security, the US should be pushed out ASAP. 010
Reposted by NitpickerLeif Nixon @nixon.now · 30/09/2026Slagsmål mellan piloterna i cockpit på FlyDubai 1073. Eventuellt försökte den ena piloten störta flygplanet. Han ska ha blivit övermannad av den andre piloten och passagerare. De har landat säkert på en regional flygplats i Saudiarabien. 2213
Reposted by NitpickerCorporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com · 30/09/2026What does it mean when we say NATO would reinforce the Nordics in case of war? How many, how would they come, and crucially, do we have the transport infrastructure? I've had the opportunity to together with our team talk to a lot of knowledgeable people to find the answer.riskintelligence.euNorthern Nordics Military Mobility | Risk IntelligenceHow prepared is Northern Nordic infrastructure for military mobility? Explore key transport challenges, bottlenecks and opportunities. 25015
Reposted by NitpickerAlex Voronov @alexvoronov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Det heter att de europeiska länderna inte är redo för krig. Så är det. Men Ukraina var inte heller redo för (fullskaligt) krig. Inget land som inte är inställt på att *inleda* ett krig är fullt förberett. Ett normalt land kan inte mobilisera och mentalt kalibrera för krig förrän det smäller. 56513
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Regrettably, many USians seems by and large oblivious or wilfully ignorant to the outside views of their rapid decline. I think arrogance is the last superpower attribute that dies. 150
Reposted by NitpickerNick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“American power will never recover from Trump. We’re looking at a superpower suicide.” Reposting my interview with Anne Applebaum. This time with an edited transcript!nickcohen.substack.comAnne Applebaum on Trump’s Empire of GriftPodcast with transcript 1129980
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wrong aircraft in pic. A bit of a self-goal and/or clickbaiting? But regardless - about time they got their act together and sent the damn things. 021
Reposted by NitpickerThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 29/09/2026“Fascist imperial Russia has not seen and does not see Western companies as partners for mutual benefit, only as targets for weaponization, manipulation, and confiscation," write Bennett Freeman and Nataliia Popovych in this op-ed.kyivindependent.comAfter Nestle and Auchan seizures, Russia is coming for othersThe recent Russian seizure of assets belonging to corporate giants Nestle and Auchan made headlines, all the more striking given the companies' years of loyalty to the Kremlin regime, including throug... 17383123
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Granted- there was nothing 'average' about Dublin in the 90s. I think the bareback galloping down O´Connell street was the highlight among the many horse-related observations I made. But that was years and years ago. No sheep though, come to think of it. 010
Reposted by NitpickerUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/09/2026I don’t claim to understand the financial market but reading about a loss-making company that warns its product might wipe out humanity does not motivate me to buy their shares. 1524049
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026While corruption can exist anywhere, the Russian brand of corruption is something special indeed. I recommend googling ”krysha” for starters. Then perhaps going down the historical rabbit hole towards the Mongol influence. Most of the old Russian empire, like Ukraine, inherited this. 000
Reposted by NitpickerRusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Slava Ukraini!" 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 The 668th consecutive day of protests in Georgia. 211541
Reposted by NitpickerThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/09/2026The majority of companies supplying components for Russia's Molniya series of drones are not under sanctions, while the manufacturer itself is not currently subject to U.S. or U.K. sanctions, according to research obtained by the Kyiv Independent. 110730
Reposted by NitpickerThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/09/2026Washington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking "This compulsive dealmaking won't put an end to Russian warmaking. To a Moscow-centered predatory empire, accommodation is encouragement," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.kyivindependent.comWashington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking"I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions," Lindsey Graham joked hours before his passing. Nine weeks later, the bill bearing his name became law with the U.S. president's signature. ... 618356
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I consider this the usual US hot air until delivered. 020
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Amazing that this has to be explained. Still. The urge to go full ”bothside-ist” is strong in many. 060
Nitpicker @nitpicker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Always good to see more AA gone. Was a while ago I saw any hobby intel on remaining stocks of e.g. AA systems. They did have lots and lots. 000
Reposted by NitpickerAnders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 23/09/2026The debate in Denmark about this deal is whether the US got anything at all, or if it's all just a reconfirmation of things that were already established. It says something about how little Trump has achieved when people can't even identify the new stuff with certainty. 1018424
