Dan
@dhjo.bsky.social
Mostly here for the final victory over evil.
Lavrov accusing Ukraine of state terrorism…
a man wearing headphones with the words very risky play below him
ALT: a man wearing headphones with the words very risky play below him
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lavrov accusing Ukraine of state terrorism…
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Putin spending all week screaming from the rooftops that he does not want peace and has no intentions of backing down from his maximalist aims in Ukraine.
Meanwhile world’s most perceptive, people-savvy empath:
Meanwhile world’s most perceptive, people-savvy empath:
December 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Putin spending all week screaming from the rooftops that he does not want peace and has no intentions of backing down from his maximalist aims in Ukraine.
Meanwhile world’s most perceptive, people-savvy empath:
Meanwhile world’s most perceptive, people-savvy empath:
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Russia invaded Ukraine on February 20, 2014. Russia's current war has lasted 11 years, 10 months, 8 days but armed aggression by the Moscow Empire has gone on for centuries.
Because of Western appeasement, what was a regional war has become an existential threat to civilization.
Because of Western appeasement, what was a regional war has become an existential threat to civilization.
December 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 20, 2014. Russia's current war has lasted 11 years, 10 months, 8 days but armed aggression by the Moscow Empire has gone on for centuries.
Because of Western appeasement, what was a regional war has become an existential threat to civilization.
Because of Western appeasement, what was a regional war has become an existential threat to civilization.
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⏳ "A night of 1,000 Ukrainian drones - it's just a matter of time"
The launch of UAVs is just a small part of the work of the 1st SBS Center. The main thing is the preparation of operations: reconnaissance, route construction, evading air defense systems, and technical
The launch of UAVs is just a small part of the work of the 1st SBS Center. The main thing is the preparation of operations: reconnaissance, route construction, evading air defense systems, and technical
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
⏳ "A night of 1,000 Ukrainian drones - it's just a matter of time"
The launch of UAVs is just a small part of the work of the 1st SBS Center. The main thing is the preparation of operations: reconnaissance, route construction, evading air defense systems, and technical
The launch of UAVs is just a small part of the work of the 1st SBS Center. The main thing is the preparation of operations: reconnaissance, route construction, evading air defense systems, and technical
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"This war is from side of Russia about power, not security."
This is a war of choice, not a war of necessity."
- Kaja Kallas
This is a war of choice, not a war of necessity."
- Kaja Kallas
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"This war is from side of Russia about power, not security."
This is a war of choice, not a war of necessity."
- Kaja Kallas
This is a war of choice, not a war of necessity."
- Kaja Kallas
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GENERAL LEONID IVASHOV STRONGLY CRITICIZES THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP
The well-known Russian general, General Leonid Ivashov, has sharply criticized the Russian leadership and assessed the 1,400 days of the “special military operation” as follows: “Before the start of the ‘special military operation,’
The well-known Russian general, General Leonid Ivashov, has sharply criticized the Russian leadership and assessed the 1,400 days of the “special military operation” as follows: “Before the start of the ‘special military operation,’
December 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
GENERAL LEONID IVASHOV STRONGLY CRITICIZES THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP
The well-known Russian general, General Leonid Ivashov, has sharply criticized the Russian leadership and assessed the 1,400 days of the “special military operation” as follows: “Before the start of the ‘special military operation,’
The well-known Russian general, General Leonid Ivashov, has sharply criticized the Russian leadership and assessed the 1,400 days of the “special military operation” as follows: “Before the start of the ‘special military operation,’
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🧵1/12: Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed, but it is suffering immensely. It still runs, but only because the central bank keeps it alive with constant REPO liquidity. What was once emergency support is now the daily operating system.
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🧵1/12: Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed, but it is suffering immensely. It still runs, but only because the central bank keeps it alive with constant REPO liquidity. What was once emergency support is now the daily operating system.
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
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This is true. Some narco subs have mechanisms to scuttle the vessel before they are boarded to destroy evidence linked to larger cartel operations. In this case, the US did it themselves, and even the lowest level drug runners eluded charges
The only outcome more preferable to drug cartels would be flawless delivery. The evidence is destroyed, no one talked and they even got some of the expendable crew back free of charge.
Coast Guard interdiction would have seen them all in federal lockup right now looking to cut deals.
Coast Guard interdiction would have seen them all in federal lockup right now looking to cut deals.
OF ALL THE VESSELS SUNK BY THE U.S. it was the likeliest to have been carrying drugs: a semisubmersible with at least one convicted trafficker on board. The U.S. blew it up, destroyed the evidence and let the survivors go GIFT LINK @schmidtsam.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social
wapo.st/4qq5ymS
wapo.st/4qq5ymS
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is true. Some narco subs have mechanisms to scuttle the vessel before they are boarded to destroy evidence linked to larger cartel operations. In this case, the US did it themselves, and even the lowest level drug runners eluded charges
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#Ukrainians do not need to be persuaded that peace is needed. Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else, because war is our daily reality.
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#Ukrainians do not need to be persuaded that peace is needed. Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else, because war is our daily reality.
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
A lasting peace and a ceasefire depend on Russia, which started this war and continues to wage it.
There is no peace because Russia wants war⤵️
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Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Warriors from the Alpha special operations unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have destroyed more than 500 Russian air defense systems.
📹SSU
📹SSU
December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Warriors from the Alpha special operations unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have destroyed more than 500 Russian air defense systems.
📹SSU
📹SSU
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Nearly continuous drone attack on Kyiv region lasts over 16 hours. Air raid alert sounded again in the capital.
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Nearly continuous drone attack on Kyiv region lasts over 16 hours. Air raid alert sounded again in the capital.
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🤯 In Kyiv, drones fly so low that they cling to power lines
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🤯 In Kyiv, drones fly so low that they cling to power lines
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I’ve been saying this for years. A successful multicultural multiethnic London is an offensive idea to some right wing world views so they make up bollocks to try to knock London down
Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
www.ft.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’ve been saying this for years. A successful multicultural multiethnic London is an offensive idea to some right wing world views so they make up bollocks to try to knock London down
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Stranger Things started out as a fun, clever, well-made little distraction from the hellscape of 2016. Then we all started living full-time in the Upside Down, a franchise-thirsty streamer stretched one season's worth of story into four, and—much like our brains—the show never recovered.
'Stranger Things' Was a Casualty of the Franchise Machine
How the nostalgic, well-made treat we couldn't help devouring amid the traumas of 2016 devolved into a content factory
time.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Stranger Things started out as a fun, clever, well-made little distraction from the hellscape of 2016. Then we all started living full-time in the Upside Down, a franchise-thirsty streamer stretched one season's worth of story into four, and—much like our brains—the show never recovered.
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Ukraine is absorbing another wave of strikes while targeting Russia’s military backbone in Crimea and deep inside Russia. The Zelensky–Trump meeting is now a high-stakes test of whether real security guarantees can be locked in before the war drags into another year.
TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 26 December 2025 — Meanwhile in Ukraine
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buymeacoffee.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Ukraine is absorbing another wave of strikes while targeting Russia’s military backbone in Crimea and deep inside Russia. The Zelensky–Trump meeting is now a high-stakes test of whether real security guarantees can be locked in before the war drags into another year.
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Another morning of terror in Kyiv.
A Russian Shahed-136 drone struck a residential high-rise in the Pozniaky district.
This is not warfare.
It’s the deliberate targeting of civilians.
A Russian Shahed-136 drone struck a residential high-rise in the Pozniaky district.
This is not warfare.
It’s the deliberate targeting of civilians.
December 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Another morning of terror in Kyiv.
A Russian Shahed-136 drone struck a residential high-rise in the Pozniaky district.
This is not warfare.
It’s the deliberate targeting of civilians.
A Russian Shahed-136 drone struck a residential high-rise in the Pozniaky district.
This is not warfare.
It’s the deliberate targeting of civilians.
Same cloth.
Putin will destroy Russia rather than face defeat in the war he started against Ukraine.
Trump will destroy the United States rather than face justice for his crimes and treason.
Trump will destroy the United States rather than face justice for his crimes and treason.
December 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Same cloth.
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The US declassified exchanges between US President Bush and Putin from 2008 in which Putin already called Ukraine an „artificial“ state, clearly denying its right for existence.
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The US declassified exchanges between US President Bush and Putin from 2008 in which Putin already called Ukraine an „artificial“ state, clearly denying its right for existence.
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JD Vance has declared that France and the United Kingdom having nuclear weapons is a security threat to the United States.
Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.
Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
JD Vance has declared that France and the United Kingdom having nuclear weapons is a security threat to the United States.
Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.
Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.
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Undoing the harm caused by this administration - massive censorship & intimidation of media outlets at home, and transnational repression of international bodies & civil society abroad - is going to absorb a lot of time & effort in the next presidency.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Undoing the harm caused by this administration - massive censorship & intimidation of media outlets at home, and transnational repression of international bodies & civil society abroad - is going to absorb a lot of time & effort in the next presidency.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This story is a striking illustration of what that means in practice: This ICC judge — sanctioned because she authorized an investigation into alleged crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan — can’t even use a credit card. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This story is a striking illustration of what that means in practice: This ICC judge — sanctioned because she authorized an investigation into alleged crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan — can’t even use a credit card. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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US issues visa sanctions against five European figures, with demands that boil down to Europeans can’t enforce their own laws and must give special treatment to Trump-favored tech oligarchs.
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
The US has issued visa sanctions against 5 people Marco Rubio called “leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex.”
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
US issues visa sanctions against five European figures, with demands that boil down to Europeans can’t enforce their own laws and must give special treatment to Trump-favored tech oligarchs.
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?
The sensible response from Europe would be a hard no, and deeper regulation enforcement. Are they up for it?