alina
@ramshackle78.bsky.social
EM doc. Politics nerd 🇷🇴🇬🇧🇫🇷
European at core
Into military stuff nowadays, out of necessity
European at core
Into military stuff nowadays, out of necessity
Great article on the perennial unresolved problem: the SHADOW FLEET, this time from POV of Russia launching drones from them
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Great article on the perennial unresolved problem: the SHADOW FLEET, this time from POV of Russia launching drones from them
Look, one thing where Germany is doing big things militarily, not just money wise: Arrow-3, the antiballistic missile system bought from Israel has achieved IOC.
And this covers all of Europe
en.defence-ua.com/analysis/ger...
And this covers all of Europe
en.defence-ua.com/analysis/ger...
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Look, one thing where Germany is doing big things militarily, not just money wise: Arrow-3, the antiballistic missile system bought from Israel has achieved IOC.
And this covers all of Europe
en.defence-ua.com/analysis/ger...
And this covers all of Europe
en.defence-ua.com/analysis/ger...
One thing that is, at the same time pretty revolutionary and pretty common sense about Mamdani's oft repeated 'a city that the people living in can afford'.
It's almost a cliche to say cities like NY or London are unaffordable and there's nothing you can do about it.
It's almost a cliche to say cities like NY or London are unaffordable and there's nothing you can do about it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One thing that is, at the same time pretty revolutionary and pretty common sense about Mamdani's oft repeated 'a city that the people living in can afford'.
It's almost a cliche to say cities like NY or London are unaffordable and there's nothing you can do about it.
It's almost a cliche to say cities like NY or London are unaffordable and there's nothing you can do about it.
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I have an undergrad who is doing work on how different news networks used different terms over the past 15 years. Here is "woke" at Fox News and in official congressional e-newsletters
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I have an undergrad who is doing work on how different news networks used different terms over the past 15 years. Here is "woke" at Fox News and in official congressional e-newsletters
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Libs got traditional names in the national divorce.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Libs got traditional names in the national divorce.
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We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Absolutely.
A lot of people are going to notice more 'taxation' money being taken from them & then become even more distrustful of the system/ready to burn it all down when other people try to tell them that taxes haven't gone up. Should have raised taxes the honest way
A lot of people are going to notice more 'taxation' money being taken from them & then become even more distrustful of the system/ready to burn it all down when other people try to tell them that taxes haven't gone up. Should have raised taxes the honest way
Call me crazy, but I just feel like the thing people care about when it comes to tax is...the amount of money that actually gets paid into their actual bank account at the end of the month.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Absolutely.
A lot of people are going to notice more 'taxation' money being taken from them & then become even more distrustful of the system/ready to burn it all down when other people try to tell them that taxes haven't gone up. Should have raised taxes the honest way
A lot of people are going to notice more 'taxation' money being taken from them & then become even more distrustful of the system/ready to burn it all down when other people try to tell them that taxes haven't gone up. Should have raised taxes the honest way
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This. It’s possible to be skeptical and critical without being a whack jobbing illiterate asshat bent on murdering millions.
Science is about skepticism at some level, but that’s not an “I believe what I believe…cuz Google” get-out-of-jail-free card.
RFK Jr: Stupid, illiterate, AND mendacious.
Science is about skepticism at some level, but that’s not an “I believe what I believe…cuz Google” get-out-of-jail-free card.
RFK Jr: Stupid, illiterate, AND mendacious.
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This. It’s possible to be skeptical and critical without being a whack jobbing illiterate asshat bent on murdering millions.
Science is about skepticism at some level, but that’s not an “I believe what I believe…cuz Google” get-out-of-jail-free card.
RFK Jr: Stupid, illiterate, AND mendacious.
Science is about skepticism at some level, but that’s not an “I believe what I believe…cuz Google” get-out-of-jail-free card.
RFK Jr: Stupid, illiterate, AND mendacious.
And they say social media can't be good.
This thread disproves that: it started at trans rights, went through religion and ended at Cicero trilogy.
This thread disproves that: it started at trans rights, went through religion and ended at Cicero trilogy.
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And they say social media can't be good.
This thread disproves that: it started at trans rights, went through religion and ended at Cicero trilogy.
This thread disproves that: it started at trans rights, went through religion and ended at Cicero trilogy.
So glad the great videos are not stopping.
If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So glad the great videos are not stopping.
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Dim Philby at work.
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Dim Philby at work.
And the US under Trump can't wait to join them
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (CRINK) are increasingly cooperating to challenge the U.S. and global governance. New charts show how China and Russia anchor CRINK cooperation and how the war in Ukraine has accelerated CRINK alignment.
🧵Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/cri...
🧵Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/cri...
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
And the US under Trump can't wait to join them
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Strengthening CRINK security ties since the Ukraine war are also evident in frequent joint military exercises. CRINK countries average nearly 10 joint exercises per year since 2022, a major uptick from earlier: From 2003 to 2021, CRINK averaged just over three exercises per year.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Strengthening CRINK security ties since the Ukraine war are also evident in frequent joint military exercises. CRINK countries average nearly 10 joint exercises per year since 2022, a major uptick from earlier: From 2003 to 2021, CRINK averaged just over three exercises per year.
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Growing security and economic cooperation among CRINK countries has been supported by engagements between top leaders and diplomats. Since January 2022, political leaders and diplomats from China and Russia have met nearly 50 times, significantly outpacing other CRINK pairs.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Growing security and economic cooperation among CRINK countries has been supported by engagements between top leaders and diplomats. Since January 2022, political leaders and diplomats from China and Russia have met nearly 50 times, significantly outpacing other CRINK pairs.
It should be noted that all these changes require primary legislation.
Which means heavy House of Lords scrutiny with all the accumulated expertise present there.
If it's bad legislation I can see HoL defeating govt on this like they did Blair govt on fraud (trial without jury) bill in 2007.
Which means heavy House of Lords scrutiny with all the accumulated expertise present there.
If it's bad legislation I can see HoL defeating govt on this like they did Blair govt on fraud (trial without jury) bill in 2007.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It should be noted that all these changes require primary legislation.
Which means heavy House of Lords scrutiny with all the accumulated expertise present there.
If it's bad legislation I can see HoL defeating govt on this like they did Blair govt on fraud (trial without jury) bill in 2007.
Which means heavy House of Lords scrutiny with all the accumulated expertise present there.
If it's bad legislation I can see HoL defeating govt on this like they did Blair govt on fraud (trial without jury) bill in 2007.
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there's a world where some of them eventually answer for their actions, but we have to build it, it doesn't exist right now
The fact that the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" can just pack up and go home is some of the most insane shit I've ever seen in the history of genocide studies.
Mercenaries hired from an explicitly racist American biker gang openly slaughter hundreds, participate in the deaths of tens of thousands.
Mercenaries hired from an explicitly racist American biker gang openly slaughter hundreds, participate in the deaths of tens of thousands.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
there's a world where some of them eventually answer for their actions, but we have to build it, it doesn't exist right now
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That will do wonders for morale.
An expensive vehicle delivered 8 years late which is still apparently causing troops to suffer hearing injuries - 2 weeks after it was declared safe.
An expensive vehicle delivered 8 years late which is still apparently causing troops to suffer hearing injuries - 2 weeks after it was declared safe.
UK halts use of Ajax armoured vehicles after soldiers report hearing problems
Suspension raises fresh questions around Ministry of Defence’s procurement processes
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
That will do wonders for morale.
An expensive vehicle delivered 8 years late which is still apparently causing troops to suffer hearing injuries - 2 weeks after it was declared safe.
An expensive vehicle delivered 8 years late which is still apparently causing troops to suffer hearing injuries - 2 weeks after it was declared safe.
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The issue with a smorgasbord budget is that instead of annoying everyone once with a big policy move that works, you’ll annoy a whole load of interest groups very specifically in ways that will keep the compromises salient as they campaign for changes/carve-outs.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The issue with a smorgasbord budget is that instead of annoying everyone once with a big policy move that works, you’ll annoy a whole load of interest groups very specifically in ways that will keep the compromises salient as they campaign for changes/carve-outs.
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ditto, just read this great essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social, this quote pulled it all together ⬇️
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
Essential essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social on new configurations of state ownership + state investment funds being deployed in the race for military, AI, and energy supply chain dominance. The trend rhymes with earlier eras of Great Power conflict but updated for a networked global economy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ditto, just read this great essay by @iliasalami.bsky.social, this quote pulled it all together ⬇️
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
"the new state capitalism resonates with a much older phenomenon, the chartered "company-states” which acted as vanguards of global capitalism and European imperialism in the 17th & 18th centuries"
We're doing PFI again.
'250 neighbourhood health centres, some of which will be privately funded'
www.ft.com/content/33cd...
'250 neighbourhood health centres, some of which will be privately funded'
www.ft.com/content/33cd...
NHS centres to be built using private finance in England
Chancellor will use Budget on Wednesday to announce 250 neighbourhood health clinics
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We're doing PFI again.
'250 neighbourhood health centres, some of which will be privately funded'
www.ft.com/content/33cd...
'250 neighbourhood health centres, some of which will be privately funded'
www.ft.com/content/33cd...
Interesting nugget in this reporting that Leonardo had to go south of the 'border' to Newcastle for engineering talent as they ran out of available talent in Scotland.
Tucked on the edge of Scotland’s capital, this facility is one of the UK's most important defence hubs, shaping the future of air combat and surveillance. We were given access earlier this year to see what goes on behind the scenes.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/behind-the-s...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/behind-the-s...
A look inside Leonardo UK in Edinburgh
Tucked on the edge of Scotland’s capital, this facility has quietly transformed into one of the UK's most important defence hubs, shaping the future of air combat and surveillance. We were given access to see what goes on behind the scenes.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Interesting nugget in this reporting that Leonardo had to go south of the 'border' to Newcastle for engineering talent as they ran out of available talent in Scotland.
IISS now has a webinar discussing their recently released paper on European long-range strike capabilities
www.iiss.org/research-pap...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Wk...
www.iiss.org/research-pap...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Wk...
Report Launch: Deep Precision Strike: Europe’s Quest for Long-range Missile Capabilities
YouTube video by The International Institute for Strategic Studies
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
IISS now has a webinar discussing their recently released paper on European long-range strike capabilities
www.iiss.org/research-pap...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Wk...
www.iiss.org/research-pap...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Wk...
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