Reposted by Simon TreanorVatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Swiss Vatnik Party initiative was strongly rejected today! A yes would have greatly reduced Switzerland's ability to sanction belligerent states, such as russia. 735491
Reposted by Simon TreanorEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 07/09/2026We haven’t just changed our weather. We’ve changed the climate in which our weather happens. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/learning-f...climatelabbook.substack.comLearning from the summers of 1976 and 2026We have changed the climate in which our weather happens 1261122
Reposted by Simon TreanorMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣) 557241336661
Reposted by Simon TreanorMarco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Very happy with this result. Combination of #eclipse images (time lapse) with 35 mm lens, one image per 5 minutes, from #Leiden, the Netherlands. Old Leiden Observatory bottom right. 382581501
Reposted by Simon TreanorYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026i've run the numbers three times now and it's always the same 262239611
Reposted by Simon TreanorAtlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with 360159493256
Reposted by Simon TreanorStephane Siohan @stefsiohan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Ce matin en marchant au vert j'écoutais un podcast média français, avec experts, qui répétait qu'en Ukraine la ligne de front était gelée, qu'elle ne bougeait pas, que la guerre sans fin était embourbée. Rien n'est plus faux, puisque la ligne de front n'existe plus et que tout bouge (1) 613853
Reposted by Simon TreanorKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.” 380153235990
Reposted by Simon TreanorPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026'Engineering Human Souls': How Russia’s Disinformation Machine Has Evolved Leaked documents show the Kremlin’s influence machine now combines paid influencers, fake citizens and “cognitive strikes” to inflame tensions and shape European politics open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...open.substack.com'Engineering Human Souls': How Russia’s Disinformation Machine Has EvolvedLeaked documents show the Kremlin’s influence machine now combines paid influencers, fake citizens and “cognitive strikes” to inflame tensions and shape politics across. PLUS TICKETS FOR 23 JUNE 15293171
Reposted by Simon TreanorFiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more. 151160584418
Reposted by Simon TreanorAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"I have come from the future. This is the state of the blockades by the end of next month." This is art ht @mcfestus02.bsky.social old.reddit.com/r/NonCredibl... 2268
Reposted by Simon TreanorAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Boots is actually the successor organisation to a Soviet pharma and sandwich smuggling agency called БутСовМаш, which is why they haven't updated their stores since 1991 2353
Reposted by Simon TreanorMinna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Happy for the Swedish coast guard guys who are finally getting the action they’ve been yearning for :) This new interpretation of the laws of the seas clearly goes a long way. Makes a difference when you have a legal basis to operate on.gov.ukThe growing risks to maritime safety 621646
Simon Treanor @simontreanor.bsky.social · 01/03/2026New article: a practical blueprint for writing TypeScript in a more F#‑like, functional style — discriminated unions, exhaustive checking, branded types, and clean modules, plus patterns you can reuse in your own codebases. simontreanor.dev/articles/Fun...simontreanor.devThe Functional Blueprint: Teaching TypeScript to Speak F# 0170
Reposted by Simon TreanorAdam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social · 06/03/20251/31 Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine. Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker. It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods 36591388
Reposted by Simon TreanorAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Such a powerful image in Le Monde. (The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes") Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka 141308526
Reposted by Simon TreanorMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/02/2026A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.democracydocket.comFederal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusadeThe judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun. 402171006345
Reposted by Simon TreanorThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/01/2026Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art. She never expected to slay. wapo.st/45BXc3S 372562696
Reposted by Simon TreanorOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/01/2026Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio) 151114214371
Reposted by Simon TreanorLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026Board of Peace - Season 1 472115336469
Reposted by Simon TreanorHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Jimmy Kimmel dug up a video of Stephen Miller in high school. He’s always been a complete asshole. 53072082934
Reposted by Simon TreanorUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 31/12/2025Meloni delivers an unusual holiday message. 1110518
Reposted by Simon TreanorDimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 30/12/2025My publisher started a substack, great insights to Reframing Ukraine, written in English, from Ukraine. I suggest more people follow! narizhna.substack.com/ 04010
Reposted by Simon TreanorVatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 26/12/2025What should the peace talks with russia actually be negotiating about? I'll start: the size of the DMZ inside russia. 621279345
Reposted by Simon TreanorGovernor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 20/12/2025I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND, EXCEPT OUR CLINICALLY ILL FELON PRESIDENT, STEPHEN MILLER, JD VANCE, JD’S COUCH, JD’S FUTON, KASH KANT KATCH ‘EM PATEL, KOSPLAY KRISTI, PARTICIPATION-TROPHY PETE, KAROLYN’ LEAVITT, SECRETARY BRAINWORM, AND MIKE “ALWAYS ON HIS KNEES” JOHNSON. — GCN 602412622
Reposted by Simon TreanorBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This is called ‘Twenty Modern-Day Proverbs’. 14331117
Reposted by Simon TreanorJoerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 12/12/2025It’s stupefying to see the debunked “change through trade” - agenda (that blinded Germany towards the totalitarian turn of 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳) make a comeback in Witkoff/Trump‘s Russia dipomacy (make money, not war). Putin doesn’t care for 💵, he wants his empire back. Germans learned it the hard way. 1218636
Reposted by Simon TreanorCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/12/2025FAO Time Magazine 536171
Reposted by Simon TreanorPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Good analogy “attacking American companies over garbage”. Yes, the polluters should pay. The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers. 2028173
Reposted by Simon TreanorJana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇 51744348
Reposted by Simon TreanorAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/12/2025While passenger planes fly across the skies over Europe, in Ukraine the skies are filled with Russian missiles and drones. One continent, but two different realities. 📹: posterbureau / Instagram 10679265
Reposted by Simon TreanorPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 28/11/2025For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...pdjukes.substack.comHow Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad MachineThe debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online 8448238
Reposted by Simon TreanorDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/11/2025We’ve mapped the mansion tax. You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you. Full interactive map here 👇 1720170
Reposted by Simon TreanorLena Berger @lena4berger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025“NATO was built to fight only one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country fighting this war — and we’re still discussing, ‘Should we include them or not?’ Ukraine is the only country fulfilling NATO’s destiny!” Can't thank Mr. Kasparov enough for these words 🙏 7445187
Reposted by Simon TreanorMiami DSA @miamidsa.org · 26/11/2025Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷 8155570914733
Reposted by Simon TreanorKeir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Consider Mexico. A thread. Once upon a time, not even so very long ago, you would often hear from Russia's propagandists and their little helpers in the West about the "Mexico scenario". Russia liked people to think that it only invaded its neighbours because it was forced to do so by NATO - 1/12 46426
Reposted by Simon TreanorÏne Back Ïversen @ineiversen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025💔Ternopil. A father gently rocking the coffin carrying his child. Today, his wife and two children were all laid to rest. They were among the 33 victims killed in the massive russian attack Nov.18th. The father is the only survivor from their home. Never forgive. Never forget. 🕯️ 33319
Reposted by Simon TreanorTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/11/20251) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime 2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression 3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press 4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim. Russian policy 2025 24496333530
Reposted by Simon TreanorCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..." arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1 1512917752
Reposted by Simon TreanorCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 20/11/2025From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021. 14737202
Reposted by Simon TreanorUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/11/2025Air defense intercepts a Russian drone just moments before it was supposed to hit a residential building. 523147
Reposted by Simon TreanorPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 12/11/2025BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special The new Private Eye is out now. 21882350
Reposted by Simon TreanorGylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Dear Britain: Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR. ➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74) 🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110) 🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38) 🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55) 🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10) 🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2) 🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7) 1517573
Reposted by Simon TreanorIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...news.sky.comElon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows howElon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how 23263143527
Reposted by Simon TreanorSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Gotta love Private Eye. Always cuts through the crap. 262653853
Reposted by Simon TreanorGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files. 713183326235
