Portentious
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portentious.bsky.social
Hi friends, you may know me from my previous incantations as owning my own business, maps, GIS, tech, strategy, IT, green stuff and renewable energy. Glad to see familiar folk here! :)
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phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Hi all, Just sent out my free weekend update. It ended up being focussed on the strategic air war. Russia, once again, is trying to make Ukrainian cities unliveable in winter. They have benefited by the US slow walking air defense--though Europeans are helping more. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #154: The Strategic Air War And The Approaching Winter
Russian Attacks, Ukrainian Options for Defense, and F-16s
open.substack.com
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torstenluetten.bsky.social
Brilliant format! Well done.
H/t @arianehsajadi.bsky.social
arianehsajadi.bsky.social
For those who don’t seem to quite get it yet.

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1earthmedia.bsky.social
The Knitting Nannas have gone global ... led by Aunt Tifa.

#AuntTifa #KnittingNannas #GrandmasUnite #UmbrellaSquad #IamAuntTifa
portentious.bsky.social
I think you’ll find that @carolecadwalla.bsky.social did quite a lot to join the dots. As well as @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and @gaslitnation.bsky.social.
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samfr.bsky.social
New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
Russia and the rise of the radical right
Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
open.substack.com
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stevenfeldman.bsky.social
Map Mural of Ljubljana

Niklas Alt said "There probably is nothing more fitting to illustrate a tour with the editor of the forthcoming #HistoricTownAtlas of #Ljubljana than this #MapsInTheWild. This is a very accurate carved historical map of 17th century Ljubljana from the 1960s in an atrium on…
Map Mural of Ljubljana
Niklas Alt said "There probably is nothing more fitting to illustrate a tour with the editor of the forthcoming #HistoricTownAtlas of #Ljubljana than this #MapsInTheWild. This is a very accurate carved historical map of 17th century Ljubljana from the 1960s in an atrium on main street."
mappery.org
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shehackspurple.bsky.social
I came from from Ontario to very wet and dying flowers. They have something called powdery mildew and it means the end of this season. I'm going to post pics as I prepare for winter. #infosecgardening
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cwebbonline.com
Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.
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trance.bsky.social
Fascist kleptocracy.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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thestudyofwar.bsky.social
3/ Russian forces are still using tanks to advance on the battlefield during infrequent mechanized assaults when Ukraine’s drone defenses are degraded, indicating that tanks remain and will remain a relevant weapon on the battlefield under proper tactical conditions.
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“Hidalgo spearheaded legislation that constrains her eventual successor from reversing her policies & long-term goals, such as the creation of 55 acres of new green areas by 2040, and requiring at least 65% of any site bigger than 150sq.m remains soil or plants, with no building or paving allowed.”
Seine swimming pool opening gives Paris mayor another jewel in her green crown
Making the famed river swimmable is one of the final big projects Anne Hidalgo will inaugurate before she leaves office next year.
www.politico.eu
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earlofedgecombe.bsky.social
If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
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savic.bsky.social
BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬
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habtamudehoop.bsky.social
GroenLinks-PvdA doet met 36,6 miljard, het grootste investeringspakket in volkshuisvesting in decennia. De roep om sociaal woonbeleid is ook onder kiezers luid!

“Kiezers willen sterker volkshuisvestingsbeleid”

www.woonbond.nl/nieuws/meerd...
Kiezers willen sterker volkshuisvestingsbeleid
Een meerderheid van de kiezers wil dat de politiek meer doet om wonen betaalbaar te maken.
www.woonbond.nl
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carnage4life.bsky.social
Doing this while making it harder for regular people to get COVID vaccines. Anti-vax in the streets and pro-vax under the hospital sheets.
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mark-bray.bsky.social
Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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catneilan.bsky.social
The donation is seen as a potential "watershed moment" in political funding.

@suehawley.bsky.social of @spotlightcorruption.org warned that neither parties nor the EC have the expertise to prevent anonymous donations, leaving the UK "extremely vulnerable" to hostile states and organised crime
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sesmith.lol
A little something to take the edge off as you head into the weekend @erinbiba.bsky.social