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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 5h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 20h

I’m writing to let you know that today (Oct 11th) our team will release a major report. It covers nearly a decade of tank production across various variants. This document-based report will uncover Russian plans to expand and modernize its tank fleet. I hope you’ll have a chance to read and share it

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 8h

There’s always an Oleg somewhere. 🧐

Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 8h

'Nadia Sass and her husband Oleg Volochyne are involved in at least three major cases of Russian influence in France or Europe and espionage for the Kremlin between 2015 and 2024'

dwaind.bsky.social @dwaind.bsky.social · 11h

Wow, you have all the receipts.
It really is in open sight, can use browser to translate. desk-russie.eu/2024/09/08/n...

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · Jun 16

In fact, the Finnish military intelligence did not really exist officially until the 1990s, when its personnel were first allowed to tell their families what kind of work they were actually doing.

It publishing official reports is really a very new thing. puolustusvoimat.fi/-/sotilastie...

Sotilastiedustelun julkinen katsaus 2025 on julkaistu

puolustusvoimat.fi

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 9h

💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.

The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the global appeal of his system — is at stake as his government faces its biggest political test.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

Racist, fascist billionaires control consumer-facing "A.i." Do not use this propaganda tech.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 8h

A nation of idiots.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9h

Russian propagandists want Ukraine and Europe to pay reparations to Russia.

"And what reparations could Ukraine pay? Belgium will pay. France will pay. The Netherlands, too."

"Well, we’ll go after Belgium, France. We know perfectly well how this will end."

"We’ll pursue it at a military tribunal"

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Sebastian Bohrn Mena @bohrn-mena.at · 1d

Mein Kommentar zu #Machado und dem #Friedensnobelpreis für sie hat für viel Aufsehen gesorgt. So viel, dass @mimikama.org mit Anfragen wegen eines Fakten-Checks überrannt wurde. Und das haben sie jetzt, wie immer, fantastisch gemacht:

www.mimikama.org/machado-frie...

Faktencheck: María Corina Machado – Nobelpreis & Rechtsaußen?

María Corina Machado erhielt den Friedensnobelpreis – doch ihre Nähe zu ultrarechten Netzwerken, marktradikalen Plänen und einem früheren Staatsstreich sorgt für heftige Kritik.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 12h

Because the Global Financial Crisis and the Eurozone Crisis that followed have largely been memory holed 20 years later, a friendly reminder that after economic destabilisation the crises then ran out of control because of political failures such as TARP delay and slow Eurozone state responses

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13h

According to some prominent news outlets if Europe does not emulate these innovative practices it will never catch up with America's current trajectory

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 12h

And because this is legal, no consequences for the creators and real consequences for a society (no one believing anything anymore).

One can only watch in horror.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

dontbeonline • 1d ago
Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
• Contains: Bad Boys (The...

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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 18h

Putin Failed Again! 🤡
The "First in history," as it was loudly declared, the Russian-Arab summit for Putin had to be canceled due to the refusal of Arab country leaders to attend the event, - Bloomberg

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Dana, 🌒 Night & Gale 🌬️ @danaenight.bsky.social · 14h

October 11th. Fifteen years ago today I had my first day of work with a little game dev team in Austin, Texas called Arkane Studios. They were just gearing up full production on a new game in a new IP, called Dishonored.

I was terrified. 1/24

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 14h

“I don’t think the reality of what drones mean on the battlefield has really sunk in for the U.S. Army,” said Lt. Gen. Barno, a former commander in Afghanistan. “We certainly haven’t encountered the psychological impact of having a machine looking at you all the time that’s devoted to killing you”

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones

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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 15h

Gestern übersehen: die NATO hat ein drittes Operationszentrum zur Luftverteidigung im hohen Norden in Dienst gestellt
ac.nato.int/archive/2025...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 14h

“The new drones gave Colonel Glonek a view of the 60-square-mile battlefield that, until recently, he had never thought possible. He also knew the enemy could see him and his troops.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones

www.nytimes.com

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

russia took most of Belarus heavy equipment and is heavily involved in the armed forces coordination and leadership. An argument could be made the Belarusian army exists on paper only (and that is by russian design).

I think the reason is because they saw what arrogance lead to in Ukraine. 👍

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

Clearly not the best at evading fire, tho.

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 14h

🚁 russia has lost a Ka-52 helicopter — in z-publics they are already mourning the tub with the crew

~ I’m correcting his line “not heaven takes the best but hell takes the worst (read: orcs)”

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

Dedushka fishing to get slapped by Azerbaijan.

OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 15h

🇷🇺🇦🇿 “Azerbaijan is a Russian-speaking country; practically everywhere there, people learn Russian.” – Putin.

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

Always such a “Hold me back, bro!” energy with these announcements from Belarus. 😬

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 14h

❗️The Armed Forces of Belarus have been brought to a state of full combat readiness, – press service of the Ministry of Defense

*Source in Belarusian

www.mil.by/ru/news/1796...

В рамках проверки боевой готовности — Военный информационный портал Министерства обороны Республики Беларусь

Сообщения пресс-службы Министерства обороны Республики Беларусь

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

Beautiful. 👌

Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 14h

More than 800 russians who failed to confirm passing the Latvian language exam must leave Latvia by October 13, Politico reports.

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

Fingers crossed all the techbro companies that crawled up Trump’s ass will, errr, benefit from this the way they deserve. 👍

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14h

This is like disbanding your military during World War Two.

The Trump regime is firing many of the 2,540 employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) during the ongoing government shutdown. Why? CISA dismissed Trump’s allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump one of the first hit with federal firings due to government shutdown

CISA plans to keep just 889 employees on duty during a shutdown while furloughing 65% of its workforce.

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Sturm Liouville @sturmlliouville.bsky.social · 14h

Verdammte Phicker

Kreml Plots | #standwithukraine @kremlplots.bsky.social · 17h

"Unter den sieben Ländern, die ihre Käufe erhöhten, verzeichnete Frankreich einen Anstieg von 40 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr und importierte 2,2 Milliarden Euro , während die Niederlande ihre Einfuhren um 72 % auf 498 Millionen Euro erhöhten."
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Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

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Simple Slav @simpleslav.bsky.social · 14h

Yup, and Tomahawk I won’t believe until I see craters made by them, anyway. 👍

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