Dr. Ian Garner
@irgarner.bsky.social
Prof of Totalitarian Studies @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
The death penalty for being a bit shouty.
January 30, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The death penalty for being a bit shouty.
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Belgorod. 'In a reader survey conducted in January by Fonar, a local news publication, a quarter of respondents felt “devastated and disappointed” ... Only 6% said they gave aid to participants in Russia’s “special military operation”.' www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
Near the front line, Russians are growing tired of war
A report from Belgorod, where not all residents see Ukrainians as enemies
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Belgorod. 'In a reader survey conducted in January by Fonar, a local news publication, a quarter of respondents felt “devastated and disappointed” ... Only 6% said they gave aid to participants in Russia’s “special military operation”.' www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
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I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.
January 25, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.
"Regime's secret police continues executions in provincial city"
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 AM
"Regime's secret police continues executions in provincial city"
This article in Post-Soviet Affairs was among the top 5 according to altmetric across all Taylor & Francis journals last week. Read it, the authors are onto something! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Independent media under pressure: evidence from Russia
Existing literature recognizes growing threats to press freedom around the world and documents changes in the tools used to stifle the independent press. However, few studies investigate how indepe...
www.tandfonline.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:10 AM
This article in Post-Soviet Affairs was among the top 5 according to altmetric across all Taylor & Francis journals last week. Read it, the authors are onto something! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trump’s ersatz UN “Peace Board” is going to create more wars than it solves. It’s bound to be a chaotic Trump plaything - until he gets bored. unherd.com/newsroom/inv...
Inviting Putin to Gaza peace board undermines US interests
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” was originally intended to be part of a post-war plan for Gaza. Without formal discussions, the US President is now poised to turn this part of the peace agreement into...
unherd.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Trump’s ersatz UN “Peace Board” is going to create more wars than it solves. It’s bound to be a chaotic Trump plaything - until he gets bored. unherd.com/newsroom/inv...
Considering Norway has not awarded me the Nobel Prize in Physics despite me following ALL of Newton’s and Einstein’s laws, I will be forced to think of myself and wage war on gravity
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Considering Norway has not awarded me the Nobel Prize in Physics despite me following ALL of Newton’s and Einstein’s laws, I will be forced to think of myself and wage war on gravity
Nobody told me when we moved to Poland we would have to do all this dressing up for winter
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Nobody told me when we moved to Poland we would have to do all this dressing up for winter
The fun thing about the States is they’ve skipped right over virulent charismatic authoritarian in favour of deranged old man. Fast dictator culture.
January 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The fun thing about the States is they’ve skipped right over virulent charismatic authoritarian in favour of deranged old man. Fast dictator culture.
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⚡️ Kadyrov's son Adam reportedly in Moscow hospital after car accident in Grozny, Chechnya.
The motorcade had reportedly been moving at a high speed before encountering an obstacle, leading to a mass accident and a number of victims.
The motorcade had reportedly been moving at a high speed before encountering an obstacle, leading to a mass accident and a number of victims.
Kadyrov's son Adam reportedly in Moscow hospital after car accident in Grozny, Chechnya
The motorcade had been moving at a high speed before encountering an obstacle, leading to a mass accident and a number of victims.
kyivindependent.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
⚡️ Kadyrov's son Adam reportedly in Moscow hospital after car accident in Grozny, Chechnya.
The motorcade had reportedly been moving at a high speed before encountering an obstacle, leading to a mass accident and a number of victims.
The motorcade had reportedly been moving at a high speed before encountering an obstacle, leading to a mass accident and a number of victims.
A day at Polskie Radio is always a good day
January 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A day at Polskie Radio is always a good day
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Kemi Badenoch calling Greenland a "second order issue" while Labour leaders hide from it is another datapoint for how UK political elites are intellectually and psychologically able to cope with an imploding global order that no longer matches the world they grew up in during the 90s and 00s
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Kemi Badenoch calling Greenland a "second order issue" while Labour leaders hide from it is another datapoint for how UK political elites are intellectually and psychologically able to cope with an imploding global order that no longer matches the world they grew up in during the 90s and 00s
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On that note, justified European anxiety over Greenland has distracted many from how despite all the sound and fury of the Maduro kidnapping the situations around Venezuela and Cuba are not just unresolved but even deteriorating.
Focus as much on where US forces are concentrated as what Trump says
Focus as much on where US forces are concentrated as what Trump says
This pretty much gives the game away in the latest piece suggesting the US conquest of Cuba from a groyper-aligned "think tank" whose anonymous members in Trump's Washington machine view themselves as the future of Republican foreign policy
defenseanalyses.org/work/cuba-as...
defenseanalyses.org/work/cuba-as...
January 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
On that note, justified European anxiety over Greenland has distracted many from how despite all the sound and fury of the Maduro kidnapping the situations around Venezuela and Cuba are not just unresolved but even deteriorating.
Focus as much on where US forces are concentrated as what Trump says
Focus as much on where US forces are concentrated as what Trump says
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A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment - ICT
At least five Native American men have been detained by ICE around Minneapolis following significant immigration raids
ictnews.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
ictnews.org/news/i-felt-...
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Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
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Spoiler alert, the picture is a bleak one. Nevertheless, great to pick the brain of @irgarner.bsky.social as we face another year of intense Russian aggression. Take a listen 👇
416,000 Russian casualties in a single year. The invasion of Ukraine grinds on. The losses mount. But is any of it enough to change Putin’s mind or is this war now unstoppable?
@chrisjonesprod.bsky.social sits down with @irgarner.bsky.social to find out.
🎧 Listen: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
@chrisjonesprod.bsky.social sits down with @irgarner.bsky.social to find out.
🎧 Listen: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Spoiler alert, the picture is a bleak one. Nevertheless, great to pick the brain of @irgarner.bsky.social as we face another year of intense Russian aggression. Take a listen 👇
16 views in 10 years for a very good article in a top journal on Russian media. Academia's a miserable affair, isn't it?
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
16 views in 10 years for a very good article in a top journal on Russian media. Academia's a miserable affair, isn't it?
Russia supports fascists all over the world. They should invade themselves to stop this.
Leading UK far-right activist spoke at Russian extreme nationalist event
Exclusive: Patriotic Alternative’s Mark Collett addressed forum along with ideologue described as ‘Putin’s brain’
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Russia supports fascists all over the world. They should invade themselves to stop this.
What if Trump doesn't want to create a "sphere of influence" and there is no plan beyond chaotically blowing stuff up because it gets likes on social media?
Trump : politique de la destruction spectaculaire | Le Grand Continent
Pour gouverner les États-Unis et rester au pouvoir, Donald Trump a besoin de mettre en scène un rituel sacrificiel continu : détruire l’Amérique et les Américains. Cette nouvelle politique n’a pas de ...
legrandcontinent.eu
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
What if Trump doesn't want to create a "sphere of influence" and there is no plan beyond chaotically blowing stuff up because it gets likes on social media?
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Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
charlieangus.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
“This is a highly relevant and empirically valuable article that makes a significant contribution”. Reviewer 2, you beauty, what a nice new year’s gift!
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
“This is a highly relevant and empirically valuable article that makes a significant contribution”. Reviewer 2, you beauty, what a nice new year’s gift!
The purest America can only be achieved by removing all Americans, destroying America, and replacing it with a parking lot next to a drive-thru McDonald’s.
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The purest America can only be achieved by removing all Americans, destroying America, and replacing it with a parking lot next to a drive-thru McDonald’s.
Went for a run, submitted a grant application. 2026 is going great so far.
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Went for a run, submitted a grant application. 2026 is going great so far.
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Happy Shooting Ceaucescu in the Face Day to everyone
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy Shooting Ceaucescu in the Face Day to everyone
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”