@surpriseduck.bsky.social
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just generally I'm getting very tired of "if you were at all worth a shit you would simply have easily accomplished the thing I want most, which has never in human history occurred"
i don't think this works when one side is unilaterally trying to annex territory
January 19, 2026 at 11:38 PM
just generally I'm getting very tired of "if you were at all worth a shit you would simply have easily accomplished the thing I want most, which has never in human history occurred"
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Kyiv is under attack.
First, the power went out.
Now, the heating too.
-12 °C outside.
I want the world to know what russia does.
First, the power went out.
Now, the heating too.
-12 °C outside.
I want the world to know what russia does.
January 20, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Kyiv is under attack.
First, the power went out.
Now, the heating too.
-12 °C outside.
I want the world to know what russia does.
First, the power went out.
Now, the heating too.
-12 °C outside.
I want the world to know what russia does.
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National security: R+9
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
National security: R+9
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Kharkiv right now ‼️ fuck russia!
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Kharkiv right now ‼️ fuck russia!
The condescension will continue until the threat of armed invasion ceases
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The condescension will continue until the threat of armed invasion ceases
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i can‘t believe people who are having a gun waved at them by a government we elected aren’t showing more solidarity with us
I am not here for Europeans telling me Americans don't know how crazy things are. The Nazis are killing people over here at the moment so we're busy but thanks for the input. I had hoped for solidarity but I suppose I'll have to settle for sneering condescension instead.
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
i can‘t believe people who are having a gun waved at them by a government we elected aren’t showing more solidarity with us
The writers are getting a little on the nose with the satire at this point
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The writers are getting a little on the nose with the satire at this point
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Americans elected an idiot for president. They own that problem.
Americans fail to oust the idiot from office. They own that problem.
Americans have a constitution that fails to provide basic rights and freedoms to its citizens. They own that problem.
So, Americans, get your house in order. Please.
Americans fail to oust the idiot from office. They own that problem.
Americans have a constitution that fails to provide basic rights and freedoms to its citizens. They own that problem.
So, Americans, get your house in order. Please.
January 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Americans elected an idiot for president. They own that problem.
Americans fail to oust the idiot from office. They own that problem.
Americans have a constitution that fails to provide basic rights and freedoms to its citizens. They own that problem.
So, Americans, get your house in order. Please.
Americans fail to oust the idiot from office. They own that problem.
Americans have a constitution that fails to provide basic rights and freedoms to its citizens. They own that problem.
So, Americans, get your house in order. Please.
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My Greenland prediction:
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My Greenland prediction:
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
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Meanwhile in Russia: pundits rejoiced about Trump's approach to Greenland, which they surmised is "delivering a catastrophic blow to NATO" and is "truly tremendous for Russia."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThS...
Russian pundits are thrilled with Trump's approach to Greenland
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Meanwhile in Russia: pundits rejoiced about Trump's approach to Greenland, which they surmised is "delivering a catastrophic blow to NATO" and is "truly tremendous for Russia."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThS...
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Good lord.
If Trump seizes Greenland, he will have launched an unprovoked attack on a treaty ally, a true knife in the back of an old friend who bled for us in Afghanistan.
THAT, not healthcare, not anything else, is the story.
Trump proposes to rob and murder our old friends, are we to let him?
If Trump seizes Greenland, he will have launched an unprovoked attack on a treaty ally, a true knife in the back of an old friend who bled for us in Afghanistan.
THAT, not healthcare, not anything else, is the story.
Trump proposes to rob and murder our old friends, are we to let him?
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Good lord.
If Trump seizes Greenland, he will have launched an unprovoked attack on a treaty ally, a true knife in the back of an old friend who bled for us in Afghanistan.
THAT, not healthcare, not anything else, is the story.
Trump proposes to rob and murder our old friends, are we to let him?
If Trump seizes Greenland, he will have launched an unprovoked attack on a treaty ally, a true knife in the back of an old friend who bled for us in Afghanistan.
THAT, not healthcare, not anything else, is the story.
Trump proposes to rob and murder our old friends, are we to let him?
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the issue here is that the EU is currently looking to see if anyone in the US opposition is actually capable of, you know, assisting them against being economically coerced, you know?
He’s making a completely different point about how fucked up life is here for most people. It’s not targeted to our EU allies.
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 AM
the issue here is that the EU is currently looking to see if anyone in the US opposition is actually capable of, you know, assisting them against being economically coerced, you know?
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you are responding to "we are going to steal your home and your land" with "have you considered that this is messaging for the midterms?"
do you realize why people not in the US are freaked
do you realize why people not in the US are freaked
like i feel like Yanks do not get how utterly batshit the moment we are currently in is
the issue here is that the EU is currently looking to see if anyone in the US opposition is actually capable of, you know, assisting them against being economically coerced, you know?
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 AM
you are responding to "we are going to steal your home and your land" with "have you considered that this is messaging for the midterms?"
do you realize why people not in the US are freaked
do you realize why people not in the US are freaked
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It should be absolutely clear by now that any security guarantees given by Trump as part of a Ukraine-Russia peace deal would be completely meaningless. For Trump promises are for losers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
It should be absolutely clear by now that any security guarantees given by Trump as part of a Ukraine-Russia peace deal would be completely meaningless. For Trump promises are for losers.
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My general take is that elected officials don’t take this seriously enough, because they are not prepared to do what taking it seriously would mean.
January 19, 2026 at 4:09 AM
My general take is that elected officials don’t take this seriously enough, because they are not prepared to do what taking it seriously would mean.
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Hi from Kyiv , it’s 1:44 am here and with 30 Russian drones moving around -I thought you might be wondering if 30 drones is a lot - so well, yes and no. Yes because even one drone can do much damage. No because there’ve been nights when Russia would send hundreds of drones to attack us .
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Hi from Kyiv , it’s 1:44 am here and with 30 Russian drones moving around -I thought you might be wondering if 30 drones is a lot - so well, yes and no. Yes because even one drone can do much damage. No because there’ve been nights when Russia would send hundreds of drones to attack us .
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Bluesky posters will be like you “you think massive universal legal resistance with total support from the population works? that pales in comparison to my strategy, winning a shootout with an ICE army” and then not win a shootout with an ICE army
Oh my god theyre killing rosa luxemburg again lmao, your failure to engage in armed resistance is speedrunning you towards death camps
There’s no real debate. I have witnessed a very small number of ICE activists advocating for carrying firearms or even trying to agitate by physically striking ICE vehicles, etc. Let’s be clear: the incredibly vast majority of people resisting ICE correctly believe these people are fools.
January 18, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Bluesky posters will be like you “you think massive universal legal resistance with total support from the population works? that pales in comparison to my strategy, winning a shootout with an ICE army” and then not win a shootout with an ICE army
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
i think, however, this is a crystal clear example that the next cold war is actually democracy vs autocracy and the battle lines run right through every single advanced democracy. there aren't really any safe harbors.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
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The blackmail has caused a strong response in Greenland itself.
In protest to this step the current prime minister, Jans-Frederik Nielsen, accompanied by the previous PM, Mute Bourup Egede, and the Speaker of the Parliament marched to the US consulate in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
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In protest to this step the current prime minister, Jans-Frederik Nielsen, accompanied by the previous PM, Mute Bourup Egede, and the Speaker of the Parliament marched to the US consulate in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
OJoelsen
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The blackmail has caused a strong response in Greenland itself.
In protest to this step the current prime minister, Jans-Frederik Nielsen, accompanied by the previous PM, Mute Bourup Egede, and the Speaker of the Parliament marched to the US consulate in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
OJoelsen
In protest to this step the current prime minister, Jans-Frederik Nielsen, accompanied by the previous PM, Mute Bourup Egede, and the Speaker of the Parliament marched to the US consulate in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
OJoelsen
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Its wild to me they’re running more cover for this than Venezuela
the fact that Republican senators like Schmitt can’t even write a fascist screed on their own and instead have to rely on chatGPT perfectly captures the unique combination of evil and stupid that defines the modern Republican Party
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Its wild to me they’re running more cover for this than Venezuela
I see a fair few people on this site who seem to act under the assumption that if the Epstein files were released it would immediately lead to the removal of Trump.
And while it is important that they be released in order to bring justice to the victims and prevent further abuse 1/?
And while it is important that they be released in order to bring justice to the victims and prevent further abuse 1/?
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I see a fair few people on this site who seem to act under the assumption that if the Epstein files were released it would immediately lead to the removal of Trump.
And while it is important that they be released in order to bring justice to the victims and prevent further abuse 1/?
And while it is important that they be released in order to bring justice to the victims and prevent further abuse 1/?
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hi from Kyiv. It’s 2:03 am here and Russia is attacking us with drones. Heard multiple explosions and air defense work, more reported coming but it’s quiet for now . We had reports it could be an attack tonight but then reports appeared saying probably not. And now this.
January 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
hi from Kyiv. It’s 2:03 am here and Russia is attacking us with drones. Heard multiple explosions and air defense work, more reported coming but it’s quiet for now . We had reports it could be an attack tonight but then reports appeared saying probably not. And now this.
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While I am here: there is much to despair about in our present moment, but the fact that Stephen Miller keeps trying *and failing* to use the vast power of the state to spark localized pogroms against minority groups speaks well of us.
These tactics usually work, but not here, not right now.
These tactics usually work, but not here, not right now.
January 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
While I am here: there is much to despair about in our present moment, but the fact that Stephen Miller keeps trying *and failing* to use the vast power of the state to spark localized pogroms against minority groups speaks well of us.
These tactics usually work, but not here, not right now.
These tactics usually work, but not here, not right now.
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It’s tough to deal with an American administration that can’t be trusted on anything it says.
It’s like dealing with Russia
It’s like dealing with Russia
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
It’s tough to deal with an American administration that can’t be trusted on anything it says.
It’s like dealing with Russia
It’s like dealing with Russia