Redback
@redback.bsky.social
Australian 3D Artist/Animator
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the thing of it is... russia's invasion of ukraine is already a decisive strategic defeat and has been for some time.
-did not achieve war aims
-minimal territorial gains, w/little economic significance
-major loss of russian life/materiel
-2 new nato members www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
-did not achieve war aims
-minimal territorial gains, w/little economic significance
-major loss of russian life/materiel
-2 new nato members www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Russia’s tiny advances in 2025 sold Putin on inevitable victory in Ukraine
Grinding progress for Russia on the battlefield this year has resulted in thousands of casualties but enough progress for Putin to refuse any compromises in diplomacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
the thing of it is... russia's invasion of ukraine is already a decisive strategic defeat and has been for some time.
-did not achieve war aims
-minimal territorial gains, w/little economic significance
-major loss of russian life/materiel
-2 new nato members www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
-did not achieve war aims
-minimal territorial gains, w/little economic significance
-major loss of russian life/materiel
-2 new nato members www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.
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The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
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Apparently it had its own custom projection! As far as I can tell, the Dudley Projection also faded into obscurity, as I find no other reference to it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Apparently it had its own custom projection! As far as I can tell, the Dudley Projection also faded into obscurity, as I find no other reference to it.
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She simply quoted US Intelligence, it’s not ‘fake’ question, but triggered him so hard he had a 5yo temper tantrum!
Trump is in a downward spiral.
She’s a hero! Say her name Mary Bruce from ABC! 🏆
Trump is in a downward spiral.
She’s a hero! Say her name Mary Bruce from ABC! 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
She simply quoted US Intelligence, it’s not ‘fake’ question, but triggered him so hard he had a 5yo temper tantrum!
Trump is in a downward spiral.
She’s a hero! Say her name Mary Bruce from ABC! 🏆
Trump is in a downward spiral.
She’s a hero! Say her name Mary Bruce from ABC! 🏆
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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AOC: Trump has been saying the economy is booming, but it’s really only seven tech companies. They’re driving this growth in just one sector: AI.
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
AOC: Trump has been saying the economy is booming, but it’s really only seven tech companies. They’re driving this growth in just one sector: AI.
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
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And now MBS is getting the blood-red carpet treatment to the White House.
Vile and disgusting.
Absolute thugs rule us.
Vile and disgusting.
Absolute thugs rule us.
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
And now MBS is getting the blood-red carpet treatment to the White House.
Vile and disgusting.
Absolute thugs rule us.
Vile and disgusting.
Absolute thugs rule us.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
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every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
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Shall I tap the sign again?
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
SEALs flatten 'weak' Hegseth as elite captain's career ruined because she's female: report
The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to...
www.rawstory.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Shall I tap the sign again?
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
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To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
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This, from @attackerman.bsky.social, is brilliant and appropriately brutal. Must read.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This, from @attackerman.bsky.social, is brilliant and appropriately brutal. Must read.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Unfortunately, I find it easier to chart a concrete path towards a complete breakdown of the constitutional order than to envision a democratic turnaround: Escalate the conflict in the streets to declare “emergencies”; attack the elections; criminalize all opposition as “domestic terrorism.”
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Unfortunately, I find it easier to chart a concrete path towards a complete breakdown of the constitutional order than to envision a democratic turnaround: Escalate the conflict in the streets to declare “emergencies”; attack the elections; criminalize all opposition as “domestic terrorism.”
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My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
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On All Saints' Day or All Hallows' Day a beautiful poem to remember our departed loved ones 🖤
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
On All Saints' Day or All Hallows' Day a beautiful poem to remember our departed loved ones 🖤
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This is why the right has worked so long and so hard to push the idea that tolerance doesn't mean accepting human brotherhood and free speech doesn't mean the right to protest, they both mean smiling politely when someone says the most fucked-up thing you've ever heard in your life
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is why the right has worked so long and so hard to push the idea that tolerance doesn't mean accepting human brotherhood and free speech doesn't mean the right to protest, they both mean smiling politely when someone says the most fucked-up thing you've ever heard in your life
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Aside from Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being a disgusting piece-of-shit who should be thrown in jail, it's pretty interesting from a comms perspective to watch how Buckingham Palace navigates their deserved PR crisis and it's unclear how long it'll take them to recover, if at all.
(quick thread)
(quick thread)
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Aside from Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being a disgusting piece-of-shit who should be thrown in jail, it's pretty interesting from a comms perspective to watch how Buckingham Palace navigates their deserved PR crisis and it's unclear how long it'll take them to recover, if at all.
(quick thread)
(quick thread)
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Very important not to become accustomed to the fact the US is literally in the "masked men are rounding up your neighbors" phase
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Very important not to become accustomed to the fact the US is literally in the "masked men are rounding up your neighbors" phase
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It’s weird that of all the scifi media predicting the future Tim and Eric’s Celery Man sketch got it the closest
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s weird that of all the scifi media predicting the future Tim and Eric’s Celery Man sketch got it the closest