Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 25/06/2026Your government literally banned you all from installing heat pumps that cooled. that's a YOU problem. I'm not trying to be snarky here but the UK has had 23 years to do something, beyond letting people die. 316410
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialDr. Petr Brož @chmee2.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Vypadá to, že dneska v noci došlo ve Venezuele k jedné poměrně neobvyklé události. Během pouhých 39 sekund oblast zasáhla dvě silná zemětřesení o magnitudách 7,2 a 7,5. Nešlo přitom o hlavní otřes a dotřes, ale o tzv. zemětřesné dvojče (earthquake doublet). 🧵 22712
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response. 241851398
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialKraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It's now confirmed. Russian military logistic and supply have collapsed to such an extent that the forces of Russian 337th Airborne have withdrawn from the Kinburn Spit. 412718
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialDavid Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Treating any communication platform that algorithmically selects which content to put in front of a user as a publisher, and legally responsible for that content, is the screamingly obvious solution that will deeply upset maybe seven companies and make life considerably better. 4744266
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joybbc.co.ukUK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices riseThe waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. 401030247
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialAlex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The Green Party needs to deal extremely firmly and extremely quickly with antisemitism within the party. I am on the Left, I am a Jew, and believe me when I say: the Left has an antisemitism problem. Ppl need to educate themselves *quickly* on where anti-🇮🇱 and AS intersect so they can call it out 23710
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This is obscene. Trump orders safe conduct for Alexei Mordashov's $500 mn superyacht, Nord. Mordashov is a key Kremlin henchman who has expanded his fortune building bombs Putin dropped on hospitals and nurseries in Ukraine. He is a war criminal. But Trump just loves him because of his ostentation.reuters.comRussian superyacht crosses blockaded Strait of HormuzA superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, shipping data showed, one of very few vessels to transit the blockaded shipping... 25733381917
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026Three dynamics are now dissolving it. First: the algorithmic shift. Platforms moved from social graphs to interest-based recommendation. You see what the model predicts will hold your attention, not what your network shared. TikTok set the template; everyone copied it. The social network is dead. 8637109
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This is how we used to get humanitarian aid to Sudan versus how we have to do it now because Trump wanted to have a little war iandunt.substack.com/p/trumps-war... 11324103
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 23/04/2026They fundamentally do not know that life changed in 2014, that life changed in 2022, even as it increasingly affects /them./ They just don't know it. The knowledge, obviously graspable from thin air, has not reached them. 1934
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialLucia Hudackova @luciahudackova.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Toto si zasluzi zazniet aj tu! 🤍 (A nielen preto, ze sa jedna o Trencin) 5334
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon 5216051037
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/04/2026This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win 17241651614
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialEuan @euan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Scottish Labour manifesto is out, don’t vote for them 561898684
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialBruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026“Iran showed up in Pakistan this weekend with a team of 30 people, many …with Ph.D.s & diplomacy experience. America’s delegation was five real-estate developers and venture-capital dudes who were shocked when the Iranians didn’t succumb to their Glengarry Glen Ross high-pressure sales pitch.” 9357113
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/04/20261. A lot of people are focused on the apparent contradiction/absurdity of Trump blockading the Strait if he wants to open it. And yes, that is a real issue. But the even more immediate concern is what the U.S. Navy must do to actually put this plan into effect. 27620152
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 08/04/20261/ This Yanis Varoufakis screed made me so angry the only way I can salvage my day is to go through it line by line as catharsis. You are welcome to come on the journey toward my aneurism with me. An angry h/t to @sianushka.bsky.social for bringing this into my life. unherd.com/2026/04/why-...unherd.comWhy I went to Moscow 951375433
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialDr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026On Mir, solid waste was bagged up and put in a capsule with the other rubbish. It was then fired toward Earth to burn up in the atmosphere. Urine was vented into space as it is for Integrity. Apparently Mir was surrounded by a sparking halo 🧪 #ArtemisII 823020
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 31/03/2026e.g. bsky.app/profile/sky.... 3886
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialThe 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Born 30th March 1930, actor John Astin. Sadly, the majority of the original cast of "The Addams Family" are no longer with us, but, happily John is still around. John Astin played Gomez Addams in the show from 1964 to 1966. He is 96 today. #JohnAstin #Gomez 1414261490
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialColin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026A rare Substack piece from me on the biggest problem with the earned settlement proposals. It's not the unfair treatment of those already here, as bad as that is. It's the forward-looking, permanent change for all future migrants. open.substack.com/pub/wewanted... 04729
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Humpback whales perform an incredible bubble feeding spectacle right in front of a lodge in Canada. Witnessing this behavior is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 283106651829
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialKraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026If you are unaware what happened in Serbia today. There were local elections today, masked and armed thugs of the ruling party gathered at polling stations who then intimidated and assaulted opposition members, election observers, and voters. 13334171
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Yet another position that's almost identical to the policy promoted by English fascists in the 1930s. There seems to be a kind of ideological homing instinct at work. Before long, the entire package will be back in place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comNigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to doubleExclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis 29602206
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialTim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Happy 58th birthday to Lucy Lawless, who has always understood the assignment. 14473731017
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialRalphie🐈😻&Mom @coolcatlady.bsky.social · 28/03/2026PSA: Black cats are NOT bad luck!! They're beautiful, have pretty eyes, and shiny hair. Consider adopting a black cat and you'll be glad you did. Thank you, friends!! 2832818281
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialAnnemiek 🇺🇦 🇳🇱 🇮🇹 🇵🇸 @annemiekvanmoorst.bsky.social · 28/03/2026French General Michel Yakovleff just compared joining Trump's Iran war to "buying cheap tickets for the Titanic" after it already hit the iceberg He laid out five distinct reasons why every European nation should flatly refuse. Each one is more damaging than the last substack.com/@volley2me/n...substack.comTeri Taylor-King (@volley2me)French General Michel Yakovleff just compared joining Trump's Iran war to "buying cheap tickets for the Titanic" after it already hit the iceberg. And then it got even worse for Trump. Yakovleff is n... 082
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialBart King @bartking.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I know everything is terrible, but “Medellín, Colombia has seen a 542% rise in bookstores over the past 70 years. The city of 2.5 million has over 110 bookstores and 25 libraries, many of which were once prisons and police facilities.” www.unesco.org/en/articles/...unesco.orgUNESCO designates Medellín as World Book Capital for 2027UNESCO has designated Medellín, Colombia, as the World Book Capital for 2027. The city saw a 542% rise in bookstores over the past seven decades, leading the country’s national reading index. The 1245
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 26/03/20261/ With American ground forces building up in the Gulf region, much attention has been paid to Kharg Island in the northern Persian Gulf. But what about the Iranian-held islands in the Strait of Hormuz? Here's why they might be a higher priority for possible landings. ⬇️ 18403113
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialKraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Just to be very clear on this, Trump is stealing funds from 750 million dollars that WE EUROPEANS gave to the United States to SUPPORT UKRAINE. 830197
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 26/03/2026 17221125
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialVláďa Foltán @vladafoltan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026⚠️🤦 Další den, další naprosto nehorázný skandál. Jeden z nejznámějších amerických proruských kolaborantů a konspirátorů, bývalý poradce pro národní bezpečnost generál Michael Flynn, dostal od Donaldova režimu odškodné 1,2 milionů dolarů. Proboha za co, ptáte se? K tomu se 4396
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialCyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026teal snek alert! 05313
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 25/03/2026This is the best thing I've read on what it really means to introduce AI to kill chains - that speeding up decision making and calling it efficiency is in fact just removing the safeguards that allow systems to work in the first place. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comKill ChainOn the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children 03016
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026We're rapidly heading to a situation where the US, Iran and then Israel all one after the other miss their best opportunity to negotiate an agreement to their advantage and opt to overplay their hand and make things worse instead 1118047
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🇺🇦❗️🇭🇺 SBU identified Zoltan Andre, a career officer of the Hungarian military intelligence. He led an espionage network in the Zakarpattia region, which Ukrainian counterintelligence neutralized in early 2025 during the full-scale invasion. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/sbu-identifi...theukrainianreview.infoSBU Identifies Hungarian Handler of Espionage Network in Western UkraineThe Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) identified Zoltan Andre, a career officer of the Hungarian military intelligence. He led an espionage network in the Zakar 6380124
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialImagineBGP @bearku.bsky.social · 22/03/2026If seagulls had hands 8771
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The International Energy Agency has announced that this energy crisis caused by Trump and Netanyahu’s war is worse than the 1970s oil crisis and the one following Russia's invasion of Ukraine combined. Record-breaking work for all involved. 18418152
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I just feel like if you're attacking ambulances you're not the good guy 354553
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó gave Russia inside access to EU meetings by calling Lavrov during breaks and sharing real-time updates, WaPo reports. 60968486
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia 227201175665
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 19/03/2026Oh man, the hit at Ras Laffan has taken almost 20% of output (i.e. roughly 3% of global LNG volumes) offline for *3-5 years*.reuters.comExclusive: Iran attack damage wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for three to five years, QatarEnergy CEO saysIran’s attacks on Qatar have damaged facilities that produce 17% of the company’s liquefied natural gas export capacity and it will take three to five years to repair them, QatarEnergy CEO Saad ... 352023801
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialPhil Jones' body double @philsbodydouble.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I love the Labour view. Brexit is bad! For everyone & everything! Oh, our poor sovereign economy is suffering so much. But not only will we keep doing Brexit, we will make sure we keep doing it in a hard way with all red lines intact. Because reasons. 43613
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialThe Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 17/03/2026UKRAINE CONTINUES A STEADY METHODICAL ADVANCE It almost seems impossible to continue to say it, but Ukraine continues to methodically roll back Russian advances. Bit by bit, every day their tactics bring results. The range of drones in this tiered system is now so great that it’s reaching deep into 1330687
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialMarika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Pakistan and Afghanistan have been conducting airstrikes against each other since late February and we don't even hear about it. Wow. 47118
Reposted by @scharlatanka.bsky.socialDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose. 17115573255
