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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat)
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🌊🌊🌊 #HarrisWalz2024 Somewhat left of center. #NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable #UkraineWillWin #HamasIsIsis NO BITCOIN #IsraelHasARightToExist If you hate Terfs don't follow me.
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · Feb 8
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
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but a fly @claudialanz.bsky.social · 15h
Russian gunrunner LAUGA enr from Haydarpasa/Turkiye to St. Petersburg/Russia deviated course and reduced Speed significantly appr. 40 NM off Hvide Sande/Denmark.
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 11h
⚡️On the night of October 10th, Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure and residential buildings.

🔗Read details: militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...
Russia Strikes Dnipro and Kremenchuk With Kinzhal Missiles, Targeting Energy Infrastructure - Militarnyi
On the night of October 10th, Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure and residential buildings.
militarnyi.com
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Naval News @navalnews.com · 10h
Bollinger Shipyards, in partnership with Rauma Marine Constructions (Rauma), Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan), and Aker Arctic Technology Inc. (Aker Arctic), has been selected for the design and construction of six Arctic Security Cutters (ASC) 🇺🇸 🇫🇮
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
White House Selects Bollinger-Led International Team to Build Six U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters - Naval News
At a White House event on October, 9, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that Bollinger Shipyards, in partnership with Rauma Marine Constructions (Rauma), Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan), and ...
www.navalnews.com
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9h
Yet another massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine, which lasted all night. Russia used:

◾️ 465 Shahed and Gerbera drones;
◾️ 2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles;
◾️ 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
◾️ 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
◾️ 2 Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles.
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militarnyi.com
Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 9h
🇸🇪 Sweden will invest SEK 3.5 billion ($367 million) in expanding its counter-drone capabilities between 2026 and 2028.

militarnyi.com/en/news/swed...
Sweden to Spend SEK 3.5 Billion on Counter-Drone Systems - Militarnyi
Sweden will invest SEK 3.5 billion ($367 million) in expanding its counter-drone capabilities between 2026 and 2028.
militarnyi.com
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h
…on the fundamental principles that we discussed in Alaska," he said during the meeting with the leaders of CIS countries.

What fundamental principles?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h
Putin said the results of the talks with President Trump in Alaska are assessed positively and remain in effect.

"I would like to inform you in more detail on the results, which we generally assess positively, and, of course, our subsequent work on resolving the conflict in Ukraine will be based⤵️
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 8h
🔥SBU strikes Russian positions with Ukrainian FP-2 long-range guided drones with 105kg warhead
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militarnyi.com
Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 7h
✈️ F-16 fighter jets, provided to Ukraine as part of military aid, carry out about 80% of all combat sorties flown by the Ukrainian Air Force.

These combat aircraft are used, in particular, to intercept Russian cruise missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones.

militarnyi.com/en/news/f-16...
F-16 Fighter Jets Carry Out 80% of Ukrainian Air Force Combat Missions - U.S. Statement - Militarnyi
F-16 fighter jets, provided to Ukraine as part of military aid, carry out about 80% of all combat sorties flown by the Ukrainian Air Force.
militarnyi.com
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7h
Because we Ukrainians are very stubborn. We want to survive and to save our land, our families, and our country. That's why, no matter what, we keep moving forward.

May the force be with us.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7h
We cherish every moment.

Are we afraid? Yes, because we have children.We fear for our children,for their childhood,for their future

We know that our enemy leaves only scorched earth behind…

But we are not in despair.We have not given up.This morning,our children went to school, we went to work
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7h
The 📷 shows an apartment building in #Kyiv hit by a Russian Shahed last night.It captures the overall atmosphere in the city with painful accuracy

A hellish night of Russian strikes...We cherish every moment of life,because any moment,any day could be our last.That's why we live a bit desperately⤵️
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Nature @nature.com · 6h
Researchers who study trends in illicit drug use are concerned that sales of a potent class of synthetic opioids are on the rise globally.

go.nature.com/48VvPnB
Dangerous ‘nitazene’ opioids are on the rise: researchers are worried
This class of synthetic opioids is more potent than heroin and morphine.
go.nature.com
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WIRED @wired.com · 6h
The newfound interest in the league has more men watching the sport than women, and the overwhelming rise of sports gambling has encouraged some to engage in gambling practices that experts warn aren’t just pseudoscientific, but sexist, too. www.wired.com/story/men-ar...
Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles
Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."
www.wired.com
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 7d
Sad to report that we've lost another #kakapo, and a particularly significant one. Solstice was the last kākāpō rediscovered, found on Rakiura in 1997. She died on the weekend as a result of complications from the #disease cloacitis. There are now 237 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots #birds
An adult female kākāpō in an underground nest next to three eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby
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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 1d
🔺Russian surveillance - contd

The location of the PVO unit is unknow but it likely resides within the Leningrad MD.

It could not be determined if other Allied reconnaissance platforms warrant similar I&W reporting however, to date, no similar warnings have been detected in the Baltic theatre.
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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 1d
🔺Russian surveillance - contd

The provision of maximum I&W time suggests the capability and/or tasking of these two SWAF platforms is of specific interest to Russa, such that it warns subordinate Forces to their imminent presence along the border of the Kaliningrad MD. ⬇️
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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 1d
🔺Russian Baltic Surveillance activity 🧵

An unidentified Russian PVO Air Surveillance unit appears to be specifically reporting the operational departure of Swedish AF Korpen surveillance aircraft 102002 & 102003 from Malmen aerodrome. ⬇️
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 7h
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Nazi legacy complicates Germany’s efforts to fight Russian drones
Postwar constitutional provisions meant to keep the German military out of domestic affairs leave the country more vulnerable to the Kremlin’s incursions.
www.politico.eu
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Uncle_Wolf @demiurg.bsky.social · 9h
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan Mariá Corina Machad.

We truly need to deploy the Icelandic word "Upptyppingar" to describe Trumps reaction to this.
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 7h
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules
Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.
www.politico.eu
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · Oct 18
You wanted a reality show host as a president, well now you’re on Survivor.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 9h
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with Skyranger 35 worth hundreds of millions of euros using Russian money, - Defense Express

Skyranger 35 - an anti-aircraft self-propelled gun based on the Leopard 1.

The procurement will be financed from frozen Russian assets.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8h
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 8h
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
Bill Browder: It’s Time to Make Putin Pay for His War - The Moscow Times
Once a leading investor in Russian markets, U.S.-born British financier Bill Browder has been an outspoken critic of the Kremlin since the death of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in a Russian prison in...
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