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Well, of course. No ability to create, only to copy. Absolutely legal to re-use Wikipedia's content - provided of course that Grokipedia is acknowledging its sources. I'm not going to go and check - I don't want to give it even a little traffic.
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This is a sign that the West should impose and strictly enforce even more sanctions on fascist Russia - the sooner the Kremlin loses the capacity to wage its war of aggression, the sooner the war comes to an end.
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On the 500th anniversary of #BattleofAgincourt, Britain found itself in need of a national myth. The victory of 1415 was soon put to service in the #FirstWorldWar

⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free

www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Agincourt’s First World War Legacy
www.historytoday.com
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1/ The fatal capsizing of a Russian floating crane in Sevastopol has highlighted the inability of the Black Sea Fleet's principal shipyard to build the cranes needed for the construction of new naval vessels, as a critical Russian commentary notes. ⬇️
🌊 A video has surfaced of the sinking of the Russian floating crane PK-400 "Sevastopol," which had been under construction at the Sevastopol Marine Plant for eight years.

‼️Ultimately, the Russian shipbuilders capsized the crane and sank it, never completing its construction.
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The Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest was cancelled after Russia sent a memorandum demanding territorial concessions from Ukraine, major force reductions, and NATO membership ban, Financial Times reports citing sources.
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The markets are speaking. They saw Trump fold on China yesterday, and have concluded that his “sanctions” on Russia will have “limited” value (to put it kindly). Oil analysts aren’t going to be fooled like MAGA propagandists. www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/comm...
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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
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Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...
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Vladimir Putin’s shadow loomed large inside Paris’ bright, light-wood-lined modern courthouse on the second day of the trial of four Bulgarian men accused of conspiring to tag red handprints on the Paris Holocaust memorial in a suspected Russian hybrid war operation.
Putin haunts Paris courtroom in red hands trial
Intelligence notes seen by POLITICO point to organized nature of stunt targeting Holocaust memorial.
www.politico.eu
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Haven’t read full article, but the thesis that Ukraine is about to collapse is false: Ukraine has secured billions in funding commitments until 2030, and it’s long-range strike capability will soon be widening & intensifying.Tiny, incremental ground losses do not spell defeat.
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Kyiv confirms Russia has used the Novator 9M729 cruise missile, banned under the INF Treaty, in 23 strikes on Ukraine since August. One flew over 1,200 km. This is the same missile that triggered the US withdrawal from the treaty in 2019.
Reminder that it's Russia that refuses any move towards peace.
💯Absolutely. But someone was just telling me maybe it's time to stop helping Ukraine because they haven't been successful and therefore perhaps they should accept that this is their territory now to save lives and have peace. As if Ru is offering this option rather than rejecting it every single day
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The Economist says Europe will have to give Ukraine nearly double what it's already supplied to keep Kyiv afloat long enough for Putin to realize "that he cannot win a long war." That's $389 billion between 2026 and 2029. The magazine takes a reparations loan as a given. Then? Eurobonds, baby!
What will it cost to make Vladimir Putin stop?
Europe must offer Ukraine a big enough financial package to deter the Kremlin
www.economist.com
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Love this story about the new analysis of an important Nanotyrannus fossil and resulting conclusions. Why am I never surprised when a long debate in paleontology is ultimately settled by just letting researchers study a fossil that has been hidden from them?

arstechnica.com/science/2025...
New study settles 40-year debate: Nanotyrannus is a new species
“This fossil doesn’t just settle the debate. It flips decades of T. rex research on its head.”…
arstechnica.com
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Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.

Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Of course, 'hit' doesn't necessarily mean 'permqnently put out of action'.
Ukraine’s drone campaign has hit 21 of Russia’s 38 major refineries, crippling nearly 40% of its oil refining capacity and plunging Moscow into its worst fuel crisis in decades.

🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/mapping-ukraines-drone-campaign-to-destroy-russias-oil-empire-12927
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Portugal has contributed $12 million to the International Fund for Ukraine and another $50 million to the NATO-led PURL initiative to purchase American weapons for Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s Defence Minister Shmyhal.
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Ukraine’s Navy has received additional Combat Boat 90 vessels from Sweden and Norway, completing a full division based on this platform. The CB90s are among the world’s best fast assault boats, used by many NATO countries for troop landings, coastal defense, patrol, and maritime security operations.