Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6hI think it's absolutely fantastic. It shows what an extraordinary country I live in and that refugees can fully integrate and participate in society 1021499225
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 5h“Sir, we are cratering in the polls, please try and not do anything nuts for the next month. Maybe on social, just keep it benign.” “Like what?” “I don’t know. People like animals. A lot of people just post like cat videos and stuff.” “Gotcha, say no more.” 451175250
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 8h⚡️Ukraine advances EU membership bid with 4 of 6 integration to-do lists unlocked Ukraine celebrated the opening of two more EU enlargement clusters at a ceremony in Luxembourg on Oct. 13, a key milestone in the process to eventually become a member state. 119248
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22hOur analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 5617491014
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 8hY’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation. 1363743987
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 7hHere’s X posts by hour for posts containing “AfD” from Oct 5 thru Oct 13. Time is in Pacific. My understanding is that first impact would be around 2:30pm PDT on Oct 7, and second 6-8pm PDT on Oct 10. I don’t see any significant decrease in X traffic around these times or during this period at all. 848245
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026no one can calibrate how successful the interference was but of course there was interference, people 1320716
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026there was plenty of this coverage at the time 216116
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026As expected, Trump's gift to Putin had nothing to do with lowering diesel prices, but everything to do with giving him a foundation to then forbid Ukraine from striking Putin's oil industry. No affect at all across the.. 1032278
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Are you sure you can get Putin to return the mortgage on the USA you’ve gifted him? 1426448
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/10/2026 641898477
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time 33749209
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026US energy policy in a nutshell: the US wants the free flow of energy from the Persian Gulf but is enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports while sanctioning Russia and trading for its diesel at the same time while Saudi oil/gas facilities are under attack by the Houthis that the US won't help fight 614147
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12/10/2026BREAKING: Following initial success destroying Yandex Data Centers, Zelenskyy pledges to escalate his battle against online Russian propoganda by individually sitting down for a cup of tea and honest chat with the mothers of every single person still on Twitter. 216719
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Absolutely. We know Russia tries disinformation campaigns, and we know that, in western democracies at least, they don't make much difference. But the broader chaos of the information environment is a huge problem. 1215727
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It's a lot easier to point the finger at foreign actors than deal with the fundamental change in the information environment and multitude of downstream consequences from that. 2341
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialRobin Wilde @robinwilde.me · 12/10/2026The world of Pokémon is post societal collapse. Technology like cloning and teleportation exists patchily but basic infrastructure like schooling and services like policing are limited, and small children are required to wander the woods siccing their dogs on people to travel safely. 0183
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Saudi Arabia spends about $80bn annually on defence. 9474
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The SIPRI data suggests, in per capita dollar terms, that’s the 6th highest in the world. Can’t say they are getting especially good value for it. 4462
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12/10/2026Zelensky questioned Trump’s diesel deal with Russia: “Why didn’t America make a diesel supply deal with Ukraine? We decide whether fuel tankers move. We decide whether Russian oil refineries will operate.” He argued Russia’s proposed volumes are too small to move global prices. #Ukraine 31724125
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12/10/2026❗️Zelenskyy says Russia has already violated the energy ceasefire announced by Trump, noting Russia struck a Kharkiv power plant shortly after Trump’s post. He says Ukraine will respond with strikes on Russia whenever Moscow refuses to observe the energy ceasefire this winter. #Ukraine 126441
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026the caption that tells you everything you need to know 26902389
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialantibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 11/10/2026To those implying that Kremlin-controlled social media bot/troll farms became silent after Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, posting this CloudFare chart ( radar.cloudflare.com/bots/as13238 ): Hate to disappoint you all ⤵️ 30940479
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialantibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов @antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 11/10/20263️⃣ as you can see in Russia-totals chart, volume of bot traffic this week (as measured by CloudFare) is largely the same as any other week. radar.cloudflare.com/bots/ru?date... 529943
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialTom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"The vague title and axis label are compatible with someone prompting an LLM "generate a graph that shows that Russian troll activity has decreased recently" 1144
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Right-wing nationalist populist movement led by charismatic demagogue, failed in coup attempt but later got some power electorally and illegally seized more, deployed secret police to put minorities in concentration camps, and launched aggressive war, but do not compare to the Nazis, that’d be rude. 1034888
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Second Saudi airport attacked, this time King Fahd International, the third busiest in the country, and largest by area. Houthis appear to be focusing on the oil industry and airports — international commerce and the economic basis of Saudi power. This situation is going to get worse. 1027084
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center? 673259825520
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Michael Weiss: ‘Several Ukrainians source told me they can indeed continue deep strikes without U.S. intelligence (should that be cut off, which so far it hasn't), as long as Europe continues to help.’ 1/ 315928
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.social(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Poland‘s Prime Minister Tusk had a phone call with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy. He made the following statement afterwards: 291978427
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff 6668592174
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/10/2026The public evidence we have shows low-level use of fake social media accounts during the referendum – and much larger use after it when it became a bitter social divide. If the PM is saying something more happened, that's significant – but we need more detail than just saying something happened. 1433
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026There is a cacophony of noises out there. Russians planning to assassinate European officials, the US president riding to Vladimir Putin's aid, the Russians increasingly targeting Ukrainian civilians to break their will. The one constant tune? Russia is getting desperate. 37991275
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time 471391606
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialLondonDiscuss @londondiscuss.bsky.social · 11/10/2026As the outgoing Russian Ambassador said of us as he received his honour from Putin. "We have left them (the UK) on their knees where they will not rise again for many years." 310025
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026..comes militarily, he will back Moscow. The US is now a fascist state, aligned with Russia, pushing a glibal fascist takeover, and Musk's tech is the backbone to make it all happen. 1030757
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialJay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Europeans integrating with anything owned by Musk, including allowing X and Starlink, must understand that he is on Russia's side. Not only now ripping apart the electoral system across Europe, working to install pro-russian governments, but when Russia.. 15520169
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Possibly an even greater one than we realize, and certainly greater than the Russians want us to believe. 1493477
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026On a positive note, judging by how furious these fucks are and how they've brought out the real big guns to force Ukraine to stop, the strikes against Russia's oil industry are clearly having a very serious impact. 632581490
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialRen Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Theresa May ‘knew’ Boris Johnson ‘knew’ They were told at the time by MI5 and US intelligence. 29248
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 11/10/2026Trump says Zelensky “should have elections” and claims he could have ended the war or made a deal “many times.” Trump said Russia wants a deal, blamed Zelensky for refusing one, and said Putin “would very much like to see a deal made.” He also praised Russian oil exports. #Ukraine 7919433
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026“President Zelenskyy could’ve solved the war” — Trump (The one person with the power to immediately end the war is Putin, the aggressor) 3614178852
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10/10/2026Over on Threads Seth Abramson’s losing his mind about closed source software and I’ve never been more sure that Closed Source software is going to be fine because of it 1440629
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Free weekend out. The big story is that Donald Trump is now free to be what he always was--strong supporter of Vladimir Putin and an agent pushing for Russian victory. He no longer has to pretend he cares at all about Ukrainian dead or Russian War crimes. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...phillipspobrien.substack.comWeekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always BeenRussian Strikes Against Civilians; Do Ukraine And Europe Understand What They Must Do? 33623250
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Europe, take note. 523722
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off. 1616120854034
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialBosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump has been hiding his Russian diesel deal for over a month: the deal was announced yesterday, but it was likely agreed when Witkoff and Kushner visited the Kremlin on 5th September. While Trump was signing the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on 18th September,… 1787319
Reposted by tonymascarpone.bsky.socialNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10/10/2026Kellogg turns against Trump. Former US special envoy for Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, says Ukraine should continue striking Russian oil refineries. “This is war. They are attacking correctly,” he said, backing Kyiv’s continued campaign against Russian refining infrastructure. #Ukraine 491353337
