Reposted by RobinKJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 2hLike the #nazis preparing inmates for #RedCross visit to #Terezin❔️ ⤵️encyclopedia.ushmm.orgTheresienstadt as a Tool of Nazi Propaganda: The Red Cross Visit, 1944 | Holocaust EncyclopediaLearn more about the Red Cross visit to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1944 and Nazi efforts to hide the reality of life for Jews in the ghetto. 023
Reposted by RobinKThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 51mRussian drones have filled the skies over Kyiv, striking at the city around the clock, making it feel increasingly like there is nowhere safe to hide. Using newer jet-powered versions of Shahed-type drones, Russian forces have launched strikes almost nonstop.kyivindependent.comIn pictures: A week of Russian jet drone terror in KyivEditor's note: The Kyiv residents quoted in the story asked to be identified only by their first names. Russian drones have filled the skies over Kyiv, striking at the city around the clock, making i... 56638
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 14h»Moscow plans to increase defence spending to its highest level since the start of the war in Ukraine, as President Putin prepares Russia for years of confrontation with the West.« 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comPutin is counting the cost of a war without an endRussia’s record outlay on defence and national security is expected to swallow up 43 per cent of the state budget next year 031
Reposted by RobinKBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23hAnother way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity. 41837215
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 29/09/2026OpenAI Has Gone Rogue It’s impossible to know the extent of the AI-hacking crisis.theatlantic.comOpenAI Has Gone RogueIt’s impossible to know the extent of the AI-hacking crisis. 000
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 29/09/2026Brandmauer? Anyone?faz.netElif Eralp war bis 2025 Mitglied im linksextremen Verein Rote HilfeDer Verfassungsschutz stuft die Rote Hilfe als linksextrem ein. Die Berliner Bürgermeisterkandidatin Elif Eralp gehörte dem Verein jahrelang an. 001
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 29/09/2026Bomb Moscow. »A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.« 🎁 link (no paywall)nytimes.comRussian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries. 033
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 29/09/2026»Trump's envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.« 🎁 link (no paywall)theatlantic.comA Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With RussiaTrump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends. 012
Reposted by RobinKMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, in Russian propaganda: 47943340
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 28/09/2026Bomb Moscow. »Residents are fleeing Kramatorsk as homes, hospitals and everyday life disappear under the relentless threat of drones and bombs« 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.com‘I was scared I’d be burnt alive’: In Ukraine’s fortress belt where Russians hunt civiliansResidents are fleeing Kramatorsk as homes, hospitals and everyday life disappear under the relentless threat of drones and bombs 000
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 28/09/2026In the same vein: www.thetimes.com/article/3f0e... 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comErasing history: Putin’s ‘genocidal’ attacks on Ukrainian cultureFrom ancient cathedrals to publishing houses, Russia’s missile barrages are ‘systematically’ targeted at heritage sites, Ukraine’s culture minister warns 000
Reposted by RobinKTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Join us live now! snyder.substack.com 216336
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 28/09/2026Live right now: substack.com/live-stream/... Here's the article they discuss: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...substack.comLIVE NOW: Thinking about Corruption with Anne ApplebaumTimothy Snyder on Substack 000
Reposted by RobinKOlga Patlyuk @olgapatluyk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russians hit the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv with a drone. People are climbing out of windows to escape being burned alive. And the world is watching. Europe is lifting sanctions on russian oligarchs. Trump is asking Ukraine to slow down strikes1/2 59867
Reposted by RobinKNina @ninaselina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Happy Monday from beautiful Kharkiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦 The billboard says: “Kharkiv stands because you stand” ✌️ 3217
Reposted by RobinKAlina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026❗ Russian jet-powered drone struck Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. People are climbing out of windows to avoid being burned alive. Meanwhile, Europe is lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs, and #Trump is asking Ukraine not to hit Russian oil refineries. 34721
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 28/09/2026»A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions.« 🎁 link (no paywall)nytimes.comThe ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions (Gift Article)A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions. 012
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 27/09/2026According to media reports, Jürgen Klopp earns around 7 million euros per year as the German national team coach. The ROI is below zero. 000
Reposted by RobinKRoman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Russia is the enemy of humanity 49542
Reposted by RobinKLionel Dripps @lioneldripps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For those not following, there’s a city in Russia occupied Ukraine near the frontline cut off from everywhere by mines and torn up roads, the people who haven’t been able to evacuate have only food they can grow themselves or have been rationing for a year, and Russia does not care. 6287108
Reposted by RobinKJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Whatever happened to the *peace dividend* ❔️ "Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all." Evelyn Waugh 022
Reposted by RobinKPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The pay for a US Secretary of Defense is $246000 a year. They don’t even bother to hide the corruption these days 37878309
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 27/09/2026Want to help rescue Ukrainian animals like those in the video below? Domivka is one of several organisations doing just that. I've worked with them before and they are legit.domivka.org.uaHome of Rescued Animals - Shelter for Animals | Pets for AdoptionAnimal Shelter “Home of Rescued Animals” helps homeless animals find new homes. And also takes care of the residents of the shelter. Join us, support animals by becoming a volunteer or donating funds. 021
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 27/09/2026»The government has opened five boarding schools that are part grief counseling and part boot camp.« 🎁 link (no paywall)wapo.stUkrainian boarding schools train teens to replace fallen fathers in warThe Washington Post was granted rare access to one of five boarding schools the government has opened. They are part grief counseling and part boot camp. 020
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 27/09/2026»Ukrainian prosecutors are drowning in evidence of suspected war crimes. Now they are learning to 'map' it and catch the men who gave the orders« 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comUnmasking Russian ‘war crime’ commanders with British moneyUkrainian prosecutors are drowning in evidence of suspected war crimes. Now they are learning to ‘map’ it and catch the men who gave the orders 022
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 27/09/2026»In an exclusive extract from his prison diaries, the Wall Street Journal reporter reveals how he survived - and won his freedom« 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comJournalist Evan Gershkovich: My 491 days as Putin’s political prisonerThe Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia thought he was meeting a source. Instead, he was arrested for spying. In an exclusive extract from his prison diaries, he reveals how he survived — and won h... 020
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o... is every bit as demented as the headline leads one to believe. Good luck, America.nytimes.comOpinion | The War Is Going Better Than You Think (Gift Article)How the fight in Iran compares to past conflicts. 001
Reposted by RobinKMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Donald is always talking about "deals" instead of treaties—because he thinks like a used car salesman, not a statesman. 3967878
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026Equating both sides as equally valid overlooks a critical distinction - the pro/con article relies on a false equivalence: one side notes serious constitutional and radical concerns regarding the Berlin Left, while the other dismisses them as hysteria. 000
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026wapo.st/4ydMtZx is the gift link (no paywall) in case anyone needs it.wapo.stPentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran warWith the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows. 010
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026»Operation Dead Hand. The building of Russia's nuclear doomsday bunker« Oh, hi!, German here. Bunker traditionally very good for genocidal fascist's last stand, please do it, Iwan, vielen Dank und будь ласка. 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comRevealed: Putin is preparing a base for doomsday nuclear strikesExclusive investigation: Operation Dead Hand has been revived to guarantee retaliation if Russia comes under nuclear attack 131
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026One could reasonably trace this back to Merkel's move to lead the party from the chancellery instead of the party HQ (cf eg Vad above). And one would not quite be wrong. Merz obviously isn't able to reverse this move, so, I have little hope for the party. My party since 1984, by the way. 000
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026Merz never even tried to fill that void. So, looking at the KAH, you have 15+ years of brain drain, a whole generation of young Conservative talent lost, more secretaries general than in the 40 years before that. The party is intellectually burnt out, lacks vision and mission, and lacks leadership. 100
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026The Conservative HQ (Konrad Adenauer Haus, KAH), started shedding old-school Conservatives in significant numbers in the late aughts. Some of them, feeling politically homeless in Merkel's CDU, joined the AfD, others withdrew from politics. Others associated with the KAH went insane (eg Erich Vad). 100
Reposted by RobinKJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Horrible *every day* 🖤 🇺🇦 #MakeRussiaPay 0127
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 26/09/2026Or maybe they were simply taking Matthew, 5,3 too literally. 000
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 25/09/2026»According to Trump’s Law of Military Achievement, that means a declaration of complete victory over the Houthis is due from the White House any day now.« 🎁 link (no paywall)theatlantic.comThe Houthis Have a Rich Sense of Irony and TimingSupposedly decimated last year, they are back and stronger than ever. 020
Reposted by RobinKNico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Der Ukraine nicht mehr helfen wollen, die Ukrainer russischer Zerstörung und Unterdrückung ausliefern wollen, aber gleichzeitig beklagen, die Politik hätte „zu wenig Empathie“. Offenbar nur noch Selbstmitleid übrig! 429148
Reposted by RobinKNina @ninaselina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most of the summer flowers have already faded, and it’s getting colder every day. I’ve already bought disposable hand warmers to add to the care packages for our Defenders ❤️🔥 They say it’s still okay for now, but winter is coming soon #BeautifulUkraine #WarDay1674 1196
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 25/09/2026That's not an army. That's a genocidal terrorist organisation and should be treated as such. »The economic damage from Russian strikes, resulting in lost sales, disrupted workdays and logistical snarls, is in the billions of dollars.« 🎁 link (no paywall)nytimes.comStuck on the Battlefield, Russia Wages ‘Total War’ on Ukraine’s Economy (Gift Article)The economic damage from Russian strikes, resulting in lost sales, disrupted workdays and logistical snarls, is in the billions of dollars. 000
Reposted by RobinKPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Latest piece. It’s bad enough that Chinese leadership mocks the US openly in the White House, however the real problem is that they did this once before and then went on to help Iran rebuild its military. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/its-not-th...phillipspobrien.substack.comIt’s Not That Xi Insults Trump Once...It’s that the Chinese are actively destroying the US global position while the US president bows and scrapes 1221571
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 25/09/2026»As analysts warn of impending doom, experts across Europe give a more nuanced picture of a war waged with political and paramilitary tools« 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comIs Russia planning to attack Nato? What defence chiefs truly thinkAs analysts warn of impending doom, experts across Europe give a more nuanced picture of a war waged with political and paramilitary tools 011
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 25/09/2026»The West must answer Russia's gathering threat in the grey zone. Russia's increasing hybrid warfare attacks against Nato require a robust response« 🎁 link (no paywall)thetimes.comThe West must answer Russia’s gathering threat in the grey zoneRussia’s increasing hybrid warfare attacks against Nato require a robust response 010
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 24/09/2026»Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president.« 🎁 link (no paywall)theatlantic.comThe Deferential PresidentNot long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. 021
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 24/09/2026The AfD wants to destroy Germany. »The current crises are taking a toll on the population. AfD supporters, in particular, see the solution in a different political system, as an Allensbach survey commissioned by the F.A.Z. shows.« 🎁 link (no paywall)faz.netDeutschland in der Krise: Wächst der Zuspruch zur AfD?Die aktuellen Krisen belasten die Bevölkerung. Vor allem AfD-Sympathisanten sehen die Lösung in einem anderen politischen System, wie eine Allensbach-Umfrage im Auftrag der F.A.Z. zeigt. 010
RobinK @templeofhate.com · 24/09/2026Oh, I remember visiting Skopje on behalf of the OSCE in 2019. The "How to name and not name the country we're in" presentation had 19 slides. If "Macedonia" were a vibe, it would be quite lethal. The picture below is, of course "Macedonia square"... 010
Reposted by RobinKIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tonight I took the car and drove across all of Kyiv, just to see how my beloved city feels at this time. It’s a strange feeling. 6641135
Reposted by RobinKNina @ninaselina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Good evening dear friends 💙💛 Our defenders liberated part of Kharkiv Oblast 🥹 In my ranking of happy news liberation of our land comes 1st. Burning Moscow takes 2nd place 😄 One day all Ukraine will be free 🇺🇦 And every amazing person who supports Ukraine is helping bring that day closer. Thank you ❤️🔥 13113
Reposted by RobinKAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good thread, but as a caveat it's worth noting stark differences between polling in NRW for national elections where Merz would be on the ballot and polls on NRW Bundesland elections in that dataset where Hendrik Wüst would be on the ballot An indicator of how and with who the CDU could recover 4346