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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 30/04/2026

Rosatom plans to resume construction at Iran's only operating nuclear plant, Bushehr, once the US and Israel commit to stop bombing the country. 632 Rosatom workers were evacuated earlier this month. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8633082

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Постпред Ульянов: «Росатом» намерен продолжить строительство блоков АЭС «Бушер»

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The idea that Russia might incorporate Chinese chips into its more advanced weapon and C2 systems any time soon is strange to consider, but, then again, these are strange times. END

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Indeed, Ukrainian hackers reportedly gained access to a Minpromtorg call this week in which participant bemoaned the volume of foreign, and especially Chinese, materials and components used in Russian drones – including plastic and copper. www.kyivpost.com/post/74379 10/n

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Hackers Breach Russian Ministry Call, Reveal China Supplies ‘90%’ of Drone Electronics

A recording of the meeting, published by Ukrainian prankster Yevgen Volnov, captures officials discussing supply chains for unmanned aerial vehicles.

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Alternatively, Element and Tramplin might be looking to backfill demand from electronics-intensive sectors of the Russian civilian economy, though that scenario appears to be unlikely given the Kremlin’s prioritization on the ongoing war effort in Ukraine. 9/n

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The deals at issue are likely just facets of a broader engagement whose most significant manifestation would be Chinese fabs producing Russian-designed chips or analogues of western chips, including those already used in Russian weapon systems. Such deals are on the cards already, per CNews. 8/n

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

For the Russian microelectronics sector and its stakeholders, engagement with their Chinese peers is probably a necessary compromise. Even so, it’s not a great sign for Putin’s “technological sovereignty” aims when the Russian microelectronics has to lean on Chinese IP. 7/n

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Such dealings w/China industry point to stresses in Russia’s microelectronics sector. Sanctions/export controls have tangled the acquisition of the equipment necessary to enhance Russia’s fab capabilities. 5/n

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The past two weeks saw two significant news stories. Both stories evidence the Russian microelectronic sector’s growing interest in – and risk appetite for adopting - Chinese-origin IP. A 🧵 with my minor thoughts. 1/n

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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Perhaps Magyar's most important promise, and the one that certainly resonates with voters: "never again a country without consequences!" The crowd chants: "To prison! To prison!" [with the corrupt officials of the outgoing government]

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2026

more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 12/04/2026

“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth. The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors. ➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

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Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive

SF organization losing access to some news content

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Read this but also even just the paragraph that starts “On the 30th anniversary of the massacre, Thompson went back to My Lai and met some of the people whose lives he had saved…” www.latimes.com/opinion/op-e...

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Op-Ed: A forgotten hero stopped the My Lai massacre 50 years ago today

Everybody’s heard of the My Lai massacre — March 16, 1968, 50 years ago today — but not many know about the man who stopped it: Hugh Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot.

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C4ADS @c4ads.org · 06/05/2025

NEW: #CCP-owned entities behind the #BRI are growing their global reach while local workers, economies, and ecosystems pay the price. We looked at illicit activity in host nations — and assessed which could be most at risk in the future. 🧵 1/ Read 👇 buff.ly/1u1sgSJ

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has long been plagued by accusations of corruption, fraud, environmental degradation, and labor exploitation — now, a combination of Chinese BRI, corporate,…

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

ShowerCiv, the new 4x civilization game for glass touch screen shower doors. automatically saves and quits game when it detects you have prune hands, via governmental mandate

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 06/05/2025

NEW: In 2016, Belgrade mayor Siniša Mali told a court that foreign friends had paid school fees for his children that cost 5x his salary. We found that the money came from three offshore companies — including one owned by Mali himself. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

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Pricey Private School Tuition for Serbian Official’s Children Was Paid Through Offshore Companies

Siniša Mali, the former mayor of Belgrade and Serbia’s current finance minister, sent his children to an elite school where a year’s tuition cost far more than his official income. He claimed that the...

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 06/05/2025

Small update on Russian recruitment: Based on regional data, the high pace of recruitment continues. Moscow Oblast has spent over 11 billion rubles on bonuses this year (~6,000 contracts), Bashkortostan 7-8 billion (~5,000 contracts), Sverdlovsk Obl. 7 billion (~4,000 contracts).

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Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The signing of this economic partnership deal is a reminder that Ukraine has never been the obstacle to peace or progress with the U.S. Ukraine has agreed to just about everything Trump has asked for. Putin, on the other hand, keeps playing Witkoff and stringing the U.S. along.

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Nicki Kenyon @nickikenyon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Last month, I gave a talk to the Kansas Federation of Republican Women, addressing the myths I have encountered about Ukraine and US support for the country. It's lengthy, but I do think it was informative. ENJOY! irenekenyon.substack.com/p/a-chat-abo...

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A Chat about Ukraine

Address to the Kansas Federation of Republican Women

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/04/2025

voters just want to be taken seriously and treated like adults

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Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @zeyiyang.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Think semiconductors are spared from the tariffs? Think again. WIRED found that the list of exempted imports contains only a narrow range of items, omitting key products like GPUs, servers, lithography machines. It makes building data centers & chip plants harder. from me & @willknight.bsky.social

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival

While the White House carved out a narrow exemption for some semiconductor imports, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs still apply to GPUs and chipmaking equipment.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Great comic timing from the Danes here.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "Is there some way that we cut Medicare so that it's-- excuse me, reform Medicare."

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 31/03/2025

Russia's non-military production seems to be in a slight downtrend (orange), while total industrial production still grows, but only slowly (red). This means that resources (especially workers) are shifting from the civilian to military sector of the economy.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

You can see why. 404.

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Teaching Americans foreign languages, especially those they might not learn as much otherwise, is 1) cheap 2) good policy

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

dont be ridiculous-i've made my position on the trump admin abundantly clear-its a disaster for Ukraine, European security & the US- which is why Europe is acting to go alone. Just because trump is awful doesnt mean Biden team can be spared criticism - they had the chance to solve this & blew it to

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

They’ve lost Ann Coulter on this

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him. Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.

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Rachel Ziemba @reziemba.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

DC bound today for discussions on energy with the Canadian Club @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social I imagine tariffs will come up, just perhaps.

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A.K. Maggard @zerkzal.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

If you're India, having spent a great deal of treasure and political capital on developing the Chabahar port - what's the read on having Belt-adjacent naval exercises being held out of there?

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Emily L @laskin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Hey guess what! I got laid off because Meduza ran into funding struggles about which I can’t go into detail, but which are Elon Musk’s fault. Would you like to hire me, a Russia understands and expert shitposter, or do you know someone who would? Please lmk.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2025

KEILAR: So you endorse the cuts to key support staff on the veteran hotline? BANKS: There have not been cuts to key support staff at the VA KEILER: Sir, there have. It's easy to find. BANKS: The VA is gonna work more efficiently KEILAR: Senator, that's just not true

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The moves come at a time when China, the main rival of America, has overtaken the United States in number of global diplomatic posts. China has forged strong ties across nations, especially in Asia and Africa, and exerts greater power in international organizations. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.

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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Listening to the wireless, hearing an American congressman discuss how Putin won't harm American business people. Have these people not heard about Evan Gershkovich, Brittney Griner, and Marc Fogel?

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Senator Mark Warner says "I respect the office of the president," adding that Trump has "made great, great progress on border crossings — that's something we ought to celebrate." "On the border, I give him good marks."

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If your response to fascism is to sit politely while wearing pink, you need to resign and let someone else do your job.

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