The US has a much higher stake in Russia's war on Ukraine than most people think. As Americans consider the costs of continuing to help Ukraine fight the Russians in the coming years, they deserve a careful consideration of the costs of allowing Russia to win.

DEC 2023 report: isw.pub/Ukraine121423

PROPHESY: When AI perfects deep-fakes of people, places, & things, no news will be trusted. Even those who previously believed fake news will think their fake news is faked. At that moment a tear in the spacetime continuum will open and swallow all social media from the internet.

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

Settler leader Daniella Weiss says she entered Gaza— into Netzarim Corridor, whose footprint has expanded radically in recent months— at same time as Smotrich refuses to support ceasefire/hostage release and says “there *will* be settlements in Gaza.”

The choice is always there, and we can’t escape it: we co-create the world we want, or we let others create it for us.

First snow on the frontlines.
Glory to our Defenders!

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@kajuror.bsky.social thanks for the follow Barry, I was struggling to find you using their search function…

Estates liable for Inheritance actual and forecast showing Reeves's changes. From 2023/24 to forecast 2029/30 number liable doubles, deaths grow by 8.6%, those liable grows from 5.2% to 9.5% of deaths and tax take grows from £7.5bn to £13.9bn. Source: OBR October 2024.

@robcorp.bsky.social thanks for the follow Rob- it’ll be a gradual move over- watch this space
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