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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 4h

1/ Russia is reportedly preparing to carry out a "sanitisation of the state" to purge "officials, military personnel, and members of the media and public" who are suspected of undermining the war against Ukraine. ⬇️

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 4h

Weil Politik in der schnell alternden Rentner- und Pensionärsrepublik Schland fast ausschließlich für die alles entscheidende Alterskohorte Ü-60 gemacht wird (42,5%).

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Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 6h

12/ Combining all known figures for T-90M, T-90M2, and even T-72B3M, Russia’s armored modernization target reaches 2,611 tanks from 2026–2036, in addition to vehicles already produced in 2024 and 2025. That’s enough to fully refresh its tank fleet for another large-scale war

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Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 6h

Russia’s T-90 tank production in 2024 reached around 240 units, including both new and modernized tanks. But internal planning papers analyzed by Frontelligence Insight show Moscow’s plan to lift output by 80% and launch production of a new T90 variant. 🧵Our Special Report:

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 6h

Grozny 2000. Dubrowka Theater 2002. Schule Beslan 2004. Man wußte Bescheid. Ein gutes Buch über die atemberaubende Schamlosigkeit deutscher Politik, die, dem "Russenkitsch" (Schlögel) verfallen, weggeschaut hat.

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Putin: Warum ignorierte Deutschland so lange die Gefahr? Mit Georg Mascolo & Katja Gloger

Podcast-Folge · RONZHEIMER. · 12.10.2025 · 1 Std. 48 Min.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 7h

Still no electricity in Slovyansk.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 23h

Aufbauend auf den großartigen Büchern Reckwitz' und Illouz' wird im Buch Amlingers und Nachtweys ("Zerstörungslust") sehr gut die stetig wachsende Begeisterung für Unmenschlichkeit und Bösartigkeit herausgearbeitet.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Like the Germans of old, too many Americans have waited to indulge their long time suppressed ahuman behaviour. Now they let it all out.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Ich lerne jetzt FPV Drohnen fliegen. Ukraine braucht kämpfendes Personal.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Cruise missiles.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Dnipro. Alles klar?

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome! Welcome to the Russkiy Mir!

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 1d

1/ Russian soldiers are stopped from retreating by the use of blocking units, which threaten or if necessary shoot retreaters to discourage others. This is risky work for the blockers too, as the story of a soldier named Ivan, call sign 'Angel', shows. ⬇️

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Then please read this book. It’s actually worse.

Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 2d

I really appreciate this review of Gilded Rage in The Bulwark. I hoped that some of the book's concerns -- corruption, authoritarianism, rule of law, inequality, our shared stake in society -- would have broad appeal.
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-our-te...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

www.thebulwark.com

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

That’s why this is a good book.

Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 2d

I really appreciate this review of Gilded Rage in The Bulwark. I hoped that some of the book's concerns -- corruption, authoritarianism, rule of law, inequality, our shared stake in society -- would have broad appeal.
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-our-te...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

www.thebulwark.com

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Well, since late 2023, Western arms supplies - the matériel so very much needed on the front lines - have come to a trickle. I have been in the regions where it hurts several times, and it's not pretty. How many MBTs, IFVs, APCs, SPHs, mobile EW systems, etc. does Europe deliver to Ukraine per week?

Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel really lost his marbles.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Hilarious. Look at the facts, and listen to what the mayors of Kyiv and Lviv said today.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

All the while, weak and fearful Europe continues to indulge in navel-gazing, huffing and puffing.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 2d

I really appreciate this review of Gilded Rage in The Bulwark. I hoped that some of the book's concerns -- corruption, authoritarianism, rule of law, inequality, our shared stake in society -- would have broad appeal.
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-our-te...

Why Our Tech Overlords Took a Hard Right Turn

A new book tells the story of how Elon Musk and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs became angry admirers of authoritarianism.

www.thebulwark.com

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Huh? You're claiming Ukraine is winning and Russia is on it's last legs, while the contrary is the case.

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social · 1d

Fredagsfika bei den Warägern 🤣