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Françoïs Guesnet
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Based in London and Berlin.
Modern Jewish history @ University College London, focus Poland/Eastern Central Europe.
Co-editor 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', Secretary European Association for Jewish Studies.
Stand with Ukraine!
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Political science 66%
Sociology 18%

Check for yourselves.

SW sucking up to Putin's foreign policy advisor. Disgusting.
This transcript of a short phone call on 14 October between Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, is the most mind-bending thing you will read for a long time. Who obtained the recording, and how? (gift link)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com

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Russian forces have struck a residential building in Zaporizhzhia. Multiple floors are on fire, according to regional head Ivan Fedorov. Emergency services are on site.

Russian approval of the peace plan.

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This transcript of a short phone call on 14 October between Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, is the most mind-bending thing you will read for a long time. Who obtained the recording, and how? (gift link)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com

You mean ‘departure’?
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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Greetings from Kyiv,
which has survived another russian attack.
The main target was energy infrastructure.
Six people were killed.
There’s damage across the city.
Having my warcoffee.

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Want to get a PhD in Yiddish or Hebrew? Or Yiddish AND Hebrew? We are accepting applications for the PhD in Jewish Languages & Literatures! Please help me get the word out!

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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🔴 Russia pounded Kharkiv overnight with Shahed-type drones, killing four people and torching homes.
Russian Drone Strike on Kharkiv Kills Four, Injures Dozens in Night-Long Assault
Kharkiv Mayor confirms that a drone attack has resulted in four fatalities and multiple injuries, highlighting ongoing assaults on civilian areas.
united24media.com

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1️⃣ Bei einem schweren Anschlag auf Charkiw sind 3 Menschen getötet und 15 verletzt worden.

Der Feind hat heute die Stadtteile Schewtschenko, Saltiwka und Cholodnogirskij in Charkiw angegriffen, – Bürgermeister.

Es wurden Privathäuser,
Es gibt auch Berichte über 2 Tote und 8 Verletzte.
⤵️

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The Telegraph published a 24-point European counter-plan proposing ceasefire at current lines, NATO-style US security guarantees for Ukraine, return of abducted children and prisoners, Ukrainian control of Zaporizhzhia plant and Kakhovka dam, plus reconstruction funded by frozen Russian assets.

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💔 Ein Vater wiegt den Sarg mit dem Leichnam seines Kindes: In Ternopil nehmen sie Abschied von Maria und ihren Kindern Kamila und Nazar.
🖤🕯🖤🕯🖤🕯
Ihr Vater ist der Einzige, der den Angriff in der Wohnung überlebt hat.😭

#RuzziaIsATerrorstate

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No, it’s not a “good morning” in Ukraine.

russian terrorists once again tried to force their “peace plan” — by hitting a residential building.

In Dnipro, 14 people were injured. Among them is an 11-year-old girl.

Source: x.com/NAFOvoyager/...
Someone please explain WTF is going on in the US.

We're pretty sure the 28 point plan came from @kadmitriev, because @SteveWitkoff admitted it.

@marcorubio confirmed this to US senators, calling it a Russian proposal.

Later he said it was US-authored.

What a clown show.🤡

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Democratic Sen. Angus King said during a panel that Rubio told him that the plan was a "wish list of the Russians" and was "not the administration’s plan," with Republican Sen. Mike Rounds echoing the comments, adding that it appeared "more like it was written in Russian to begin with."

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Btw, I do hope people understand what they have seen today. It was a well-planned and deliberate ambush of Ukraine by Trump, to force the Ukrainians to bend the knee to Putin's dictatorship. It was not slip-shod, rushed, impulsive or an accident. It was prepared malice.

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“Scholars from Vilnius University in Lithuania have launched a breakthrough AI tool capable of reading handwritten Yiddish.”
www.jns.org/vilnius-univ...
Vilnius University launches new AI tool that accurately reads handwritten Yiddish
This will “contribute to advancing archival research on the history of Jews in Eastern and Central Europe,” said Sergii Gurbych, who created the model.
www.jns.org
I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?

Looking forward to your talk in London in February 2026! Have fun at the ASEEES conference!

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In Ternopil, rescuers working at the site of the apartment building destroyed by a Russian strike honored the victims with a moment of silence.

Holocaust denial à la musk
La #LDH porte plainte contre la publication de #Grok, l’intelligence artificielle du réseau social X, pour contestation de crimes contre l’humanité.

Unsurprising but still terrible developments
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com

Horrific
⚡️Update: 25 killed, 122 injured, emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia launches mass missile, drone attack.

A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile reportedly struck one of the residential buildings in Ternopil, Yurii Ihnat, head of the Air Force's Communications Department, said.
25 killed, 122 injured, emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia launches mass missile, drone attack
Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine, including 47 cruise missiles and one ballistic missile, the Air Force reported.
kyivindependent.com

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⚡️Update: 25 killed, 122 injured, emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia launches mass missile, drone attack.

A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile reportedly struck one of the residential buildings in Ternopil, Yurii Ihnat, head of the Air Force's Communications Department, said.
25 killed, 122 injured, emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia launches mass missile, drone attack
Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine, including 47 cruise missiles and one ballistic missile, the Air Force reported.
kyivindependent.com
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
La #LDH porte plainte contre la publication de #Grok, l’intelligence artificielle du réseau social X, pour contestation de crimes contre l’humanité.

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Ein Vortrag von Grzegorz Rossolinski-Liebe ist - soviel ist klar - auf Druck der polnischen Botschaft "verschoben" worden.

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On leaving Nazi Germany

10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited

With the exception of:

Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm

👇🏻 translation & original

Ob się Ministerpräsident Kretschmer mitgenommen haben? Der würde ja blendend in den AfD Putinfreundschaftsverein reinpassen

Richard Tauber
Also on youtube

Comedian Harmonists
Should be on youtube