Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialstate song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026i said a while ago that our country is being run by people to stupid to realize that Starship Troopers (1997) was satire but i never expected it to get this literal 727651
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialYvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Heavy gunfire at Niamey airport 33725
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialProfit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The death estimate is very uncertain but the lower bound is over 8 million and the upper bound is over 19 million. All while US spending has increased overall. Just a monstrous policy choice by monstrous people. 7978276
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialLisa @lisadorina.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Levi is back. G&G Website (🇬🇧+🇩🇪): greenandgoldcomic.de/chapters/cha... 🇬🇧 Tapas: tapas.io/episode/3922... WT: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr... 🇩🇪 Animexx: www.animexx.de/doujinshi/64... 0387
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialBeJohnSay 🖤🤎✡️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @bejohnsay.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Here is the report. www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...ohchr.org 101
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialA. Chill @atchill.bsky.social · 28/06/2026JFC... share.google/Lu7FDonStuxs...share.googleIsrael continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian childrenGENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the W... 089
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026IDF "soldiers shot a 16-year-old boy and then ran over his body with a tank, mutilating it. “A 15-year-old boy holding a white flag — and his brother who came to his rescue, as well as their mother — were shot by .338-caliber Israeli sniper rounds from 200 meters away"washingtonpost.comIsrael deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, U.N. commission saysThe Israeli Foreign Ministry called the findings a “libelous sham.” 17274195
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialSarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"That night we learned three physicians and one nurse from our team would be blocked from entering Gaza. I was allowed in." "To tell a doctor or nurse that they cannot help someone punctures both their sense of self and their faith in humankind in ways that are difficult to explain or anticipate."commondreams.orgWhen Hate Trumps Healing: How I Joined the Blocked-by-Israel Club | Common DreamsBeing of Jewish descent, an American, and a nurse affords no protection in the eyes of the Israeli or American governments. I was there to help Palestinian babies, so I was a threat. 01511
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/06/2026 21639741882
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I generally don't like cross-posting from Twitter, but Mike Young absolutely nails how the US wound up with a resurgence of the flesh-eating screwworm decades after it had been eliminated. 5223571056
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg want tougher safeguards for new EU countries to avoid a repeat of the Orbán era. The joint proposal pitches a "non-regression clause", a faster Article 7 and a pause on veto right. I have all the details.euronews.comFive EU countries push tougher safeguards for future membersGermany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg want stronger safeguards to act faster against democratic and legal breaches in future EU members. The proposal reflects the lessons learned fr... 1110035
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026If true, I have serious concerns about this being a war crime. Under the laws of armed conflict: Proportionality: the military advantage has to outweigh the anticipated civilian harm. Hard to see what military advantage would outweigh robbing 20k people of drinking water. 60768912806
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 29/04/2026To understand what the Supreme Court is doing, you have to recognize that this is how authoritarians in Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela consolidated power. Scholars call it autocratic legalism. The Court isn’t complicit. It’s an active participant. Roberts is following a script. 131161444
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026 230159544493
petrogradswe.bsky.social @petrogradswe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I'm gonna assume it was intended as a compliment. 000
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAnders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 15/04/2026We need to move beyond the discussion about security guarantees to Ukraine. For their own security, European NATO members should pursue a real alliance. In this video, I explain why Ukraine is so important for Europe's ability to deter Russian aggression.youtube.comUkraine's role in European securityYouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen 20513129
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/04/2026To interpret the hesitation of NATO allies to join in Trump's unilateral and incoherent war as abandonment is to misunderstand the alliance entirely. Which, of course, is what the president is doing.lnk.thebulwark.comWhy Quitting NATO Would Be a Huge MistakeHow to understand the value of the alliance. 1014134
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026You can be opposed to the Iranian regime AND the reckless bombing of school kids. You can support the troops AND be opposed to sending them into senseless wars. You are not an antisemite if you decry the Israeli regime’s genocidal rampage. Don’t let morons impose their idiotic view of the world. 12854991448
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialRisa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 01/04/2026As someone who studies politicization of democratic militaries this statement on X is a five- alarm fire. It creates an undeniable permission structure for overt partisan behavior by mil. It's part of a concerted effort by civilian leaders to turn the U.S. military into a partisan aligned force. 6330871016
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialShiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026On March 12, Israeli drone attacks killed Dr. Hussein Bazzi Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University’s Rafik Hariri Campus in Hadath, and Dr. Mortada Srour, Professor of Chemistry and Physics at the same institution. See MESA letter: mesana.org/advocacy/com...mesana.orgMiddle East Studies AssociationOur letter protesting the recent targeted killings by Israel's armed forces of two Lebanese professors and calling upon international organizations and actors to to condemn this egregious violation of... 22526
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Alex Younger, who was head of MI6 (the British CIA) until 2020, says that, as much as it pains him to admit it, the Islamic Republic of Iran is winning this war — in part because they are in a battle for survival, while Trump is engaged in a war of choice. 16332100
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialMichelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 23/03/2026"The panic now visible in British Columbia is not evidence that reconciliation has gone too far. It is evidence that reconciliation has begun to have material consequences." @khelsilem.bsky.social in @macleans.bsky.social: macleans.ca/politics/can...macleans.caCanada’s Reconciliation Panic - Macleans.caIndigenous peoples are gaining territory and political and economic clout. Not everyone is ready for what that will mean. 013355
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialArturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated. 10840202190
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/03/2026I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children. This is learned today: Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n... 13140782063
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 12/03/2026My latest for @972mag.com on how Israel’s war is against Lebanon. Not Hezbollah. Lebanon. www.972mag.com/israels-rene... Quoted @justinsalhani.bsky.social972mag.comIsrael’s renewed war on Lebanon is about more than just HezbollahAfter violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions. 315597
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 06/03/2026media.tenor.comsome of you may die written on a poster with shrek and two knightsALT: some of you may die written on a poster with shrek and two knights 312835
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right. 22159302497
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/02/2026"The confrontation has spooked the AI-policy world, which has until now viewed the Trump administration as highly AI-friendly." There's nothing these guys won't mess with, or mess up. Today's Morning Shots, from @eggerdc.bsky.social and @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4rzYBkflnk.thebulwark.comAI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong?Pete Hegseth is trying to bully Anthropic out of objecting to “lethal autonomous weapons systems” and mass surveillance. 813759
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum. 5151251745
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I just yelled so loud my husband came from the other room to check on me. The problem for these Sam's Club brand Nazis is that they cannot mobilize enough Americans to do the ethnic cleansing for them. And without mass popular support, ethnic cleansing fails. Genocide scholar here. Fuck this. 1406
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 01/02/2026"Our founding fathers expressly opposed masked agents of the state." DW Phillips is a constitutional attorney and joined the podcast this week to explain how far into a police state America has fallen. youtu.be/UBaZE5FAVWAyoutu.beHow Bad is America's New Police State?YouTube video by Jake Broe Overflow 827368
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Turns out pizza-gate was more or less real, but full of Republicans and not Hillary or Obama. Go figure. 13551141011
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialMike Spagat @michael-spagat.bsky.social · 28/01/20261. New analysis by @karlfrost.bsky.social shows Israel's civilian-to-combatant ratio in Gaza is far worse than Netanyahu claims. He told the Economist it's 1.5:1. The data says otherwise—likely 5:1 to 8:1 depending on scope. @aoav.bsky.social aoav.org.uk/2026/why-isr...aoav.org.ukWhy Israeli claims of low civilian-to-combatant harm in Gaza do not hold up - AOAVA rigorous reassessment of casualty data shows that Israel’s campaign in Gaza has produced an exceptionally high civilian-to-combatant death ratio, far exceeding official claims and placing the confli... 182
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group. 512157572
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialMark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 27/01/2026That there are five #ICE offices in Canada - in Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, & Vancouver - is not only morally reprehensible but a public security issue. They are not law enforcement; they're the paramilitary branch of a fascist leader. Their operations in Canada must be ended. 56226
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 26/01/2026www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...startribune.comChris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against MinnesotaHis exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state. 17385104
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/01/2026“They are using the mechanism of armed officers with masks who are killing citizens to create disruption so they can use more force to eliminate the possibility they could be removed from office and suffer criminal sanctions for the crimes they are now committing” 31989582995
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26/01/2026On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken. 5058031810
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 24/01/2026In three years either ICE will be abolished or the USA will be a police state. Hard to see it ending any other way. 631583371
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening: -"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant" -"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents" -"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars" -"used force on people who were already restrained"nytimes.comVideos From Minnesota Show How Aggressive ICE Has Gotten During Arrests and Encounters With ProtestersFor weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera. 431714718
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/01/2026The United States government is disarming and executing people. Are there any foreign leaders that can help us? 48056791412
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty." 5763932338
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/01/2026Absolute banger of a comment on r/military: www.reddit.com/r/Military/c... 9195473302
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Trump and MAGA are now acting and negotiating like the Russians. This clip of Kaja Kallas explaining how the Soviet Union negotiated keeps going viral online but you can just swap out Russia for America and it applies the same today with Trump. 19365101
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The funny thing about this standard MAGA response to protest is that in this case not only is it once again a lie, but the people they’re protesting — immigration officers — are literally paid agitators and chaos agents from out of state. 1023537882
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying." 15152401921
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Not being able to grasp that the Nobel committee is independent is, as it happens, something Trump and the Chinese leadership share 744047
Reposted by @petrogradswe.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Missed this a few days ago: Two U.S. citizens grabbed by ICE say there were cells reserved for Americans. Also, they weren’t given medical attention or allowed to go to the bathroom. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory... 291560748
