Thand
@thand.bsky.social
Sci-fi and history wanderer, sans prétention j’espère, doch mit ein bisschen Sehnsucht
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Trump questioning if we would help despite easily proving that we did and then even belittling it (They stayed a little back, little off the frontlines) is the most shameless and disgusting statement in that reference that deranged and dishonorable draft-dodger could utter.
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Trump questioning if we would help despite easily proving that we did and then even belittling it (They stayed a little back, little off the frontlines) is the most shameless and disgusting statement in that reference that deranged and dishonorable draft-dodger could utter.
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Q: How do I unlock Sunglasses Macron?
A: It's very difficult to unlock Sunglasses Macron in the course of a normal game because it requires a specific and unlikely sequence of events. While default Macron is ruler of France, the USA must choose the monarchy path and then lay claim to Greenland.
A: It's very difficult to unlock Sunglasses Macron in the course of a normal game because it requires a specific and unlikely sequence of events. While default Macron is ruler of France, the USA must choose the monarchy path and then lay claim to Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Q: How do I unlock Sunglasses Macron?
A: It's very difficult to unlock Sunglasses Macron in the course of a normal game because it requires a specific and unlikely sequence of events. While default Macron is ruler of France, the USA must choose the monarchy path and then lay claim to Greenland.
A: It's very difficult to unlock Sunglasses Macron in the course of a normal game because it requires a specific and unlikely sequence of events. While default Macron is ruler of France, the USA must choose the monarchy path and then lay claim to Greenland.
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Si vous cherchez à réduire vos dépendances numériques aux US, je vous invite à jeter un œil sur le site European Alternatives qui recense des services européens dans pas mal de catégories (mails, messageries, VPN, cloud etc.) ⤵️
european-alternatives.eu/categories
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Service categories | European Alternatives
List of all categories on European Alternatives
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January 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Si vous cherchez à réduire vos dépendances numériques aux US, je vous invite à jeter un œil sur le site European Alternatives qui recense des services européens dans pas mal de catégories (mails, messageries, VPN, cloud etc.) ⤵️
european-alternatives.eu/categories
european-alternatives.eu/categories
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In six months or whatever, French people will be polled with questions such as “Do you support a nuclear strike on a major American city if the United States invades Brittany?”, 67% of the respondents will say “Yes, I strongly do”, and it won't even make the headlines anymore
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
In six months or whatever, French people will be polled with questions such as “Do you support a nuclear strike on a major American city if the United States invades Brittany?”, 67% of the respondents will say “Yes, I strongly do”, and it won't even make the headlines anymore
Very interesting take on how multiculturalism prevents a civilisation to adapt to societal changes. I highly recommend to read!
aymondeboissieu.substack.com/p/modernisat...
aymondeboissieu.substack.com/p/modernisat...
Modernisation Without Unity: Why the Ottoman Tanzimat Failed and What the West Risks Today
What the Ottoman Empire’s failed reforms reveal about multiculturalism, cohesion, and civilisational agility
aymondeboissieu.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Very interesting take on how multiculturalism prevents a civilisation to adapt to societal changes. I highly recommend to read!
aymondeboissieu.substack.com/p/modernisat...
aymondeboissieu.substack.com/p/modernisat...
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I wrote a thing: warontherocks.com/2026/01/what...
An interview for War on the Rocks' Cog's of War series discussing the role - or really the surprising lack of a much of a role - of technology and production in Thucydides.
An interview for War on the Rocks' Cog's of War series discussing the role - or really the surprising lack of a much of a role - of technology and production in Thucydides.
What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War
This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Bret C. Devereaux, an ancient military historian and Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of World
warontherocks.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 AM
I wrote a thing: warontherocks.com/2026/01/what...
An interview for War on the Rocks' Cog's of War series discussing the role - or really the surprising lack of a much of a role - of technology and production in Thucydides.
An interview for War on the Rocks' Cog's of War series discussing the role - or really the surprising lack of a much of a role - of technology and production in Thucydides.
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I read the new security strategy that Switzerland published a few days ago.
It’s really quite good in my view!
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The whole strategy is available in English here
www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BL...
It’s really quite good in my view!
A 🧵
The whole strategy is available in English here
www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BL...
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I read the new security strategy that Switzerland published a few days ago.
It’s really quite good in my view!
A 🧵
The whole strategy is available in English here
www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BL...
It’s really quite good in my view!
A 🧵
The whole strategy is available in English here
www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BL...
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Russia has been here before. Imperial wars don’t end the way the Kremlin hopes.
The Imperial Trap: Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Lessons of Failed Conquests
Since the release of the U.S. 28-point draft peace plan in late November, many officials and observers have suggested that a ceasefire in Ukraine may be
warontherocks.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Russia has been here before. Imperial wars don’t end the way the Kremlin hopes.
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Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
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Wow.
This says *everything* about the German defence debate, really.
For YEARS experts have fretted over public opinion on defence spending and how it would be impossible to justify spending over 1 or 2%. Turns out 35% (!!!!) of Germans think we’re already spending OVER 5 % of GDP. WTH.
This says *everything* about the German defence debate, really.
For YEARS experts have fretted over public opinion on defence spending and how it would be impossible to justify spending over 1 or 2%. Turns out 35% (!!!!) of Germans think we’re already spending OVER 5 % of GDP. WTH.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Wow.
This says *everything* about the German defence debate, really.
For YEARS experts have fretted over public opinion on defence spending and how it would be impossible to justify spending over 1 or 2%. Turns out 35% (!!!!) of Germans think we’re already spending OVER 5 % of GDP. WTH.
This says *everything* about the German defence debate, really.
For YEARS experts have fretted over public opinion on defence spending and how it would be impossible to justify spending over 1 or 2%. Turns out 35% (!!!!) of Germans think we’re already spending OVER 5 % of GDP. WTH.
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Quite the thread… 🙈
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Quite the thread… 🙈
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November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Pour ceux qui s'intéressent à l'Ukraine : voici deux rapports à garder dans vos tablettes, publiés par Vyatcheslav Likhachev sur la plateforme de l'Union of councils for Soviet Jews.
1. Un rapport récent sur l'état de la communauté juive en Ukraine ucsj.org/latest/artic...
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1. Un rapport récent sur l'état de la communauté juive en Ukraine ucsj.org/latest/artic...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Pour ceux qui s'intéressent à l'Ukraine : voici deux rapports à garder dans vos tablettes, publiés par Vyatcheslav Likhachev sur la plateforme de l'Union of councils for Soviet Jews.
1. Un rapport récent sur l'état de la communauté juive en Ukraine ucsj.org/latest/artic...
1/9
1. Un rapport récent sur l'état de la communauté juive en Ukraine ucsj.org/latest/artic...
1/9
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Les titres auxquels vous avez échappé pour cette émission sur la guerre du Sonderbund :
- mini carnage dans les alpages
- des cantons pas contents
- ça Valais pas la peine de se rebeller
- laisse moi Zoug Zoug Berne
- mini carnage dans les alpages
- des cantons pas contents
- ça Valais pas la peine de se rebeller
- laisse moi Zoug Zoug Berne
Mon petit doigt me dit que @surlechampfr.bsky.social fait son grand retour demain (26/10) dans Le fil de l'épée avec @alexjubelin.bsky.social pour un épisode helvétique mais néanmoins historique et dramatique.
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Les titres auxquels vous avez échappé pour cette émission sur la guerre du Sonderbund :
- mini carnage dans les alpages
- des cantons pas contents
- ça Valais pas la peine de se rebeller
- laisse moi Zoug Zoug Berne
- mini carnage dans les alpages
- des cantons pas contents
- ça Valais pas la peine de se rebeller
- laisse moi Zoug Zoug Berne
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🇬🇧 Great news ! We’ve unlocked 3 milestones:
€1,400 Backers Collection,
€4,000 GM Dice Prep
€10,000 Tables & NPC tools
Next: €13K for Boards States (You'll really love it)
#kickstarter #jdr #ttrpg
€1,400 Backers Collection,
€4,000 GM Dice Prep
€10,000 Tables & NPC tools
Next: €13K for Boards States (You'll really love it)
#kickstarter #jdr #ttrpg
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🇬🇧 Great news ! We’ve unlocked 3 milestones:
€1,400 Backers Collection,
€4,000 GM Dice Prep
€10,000 Tables & NPC tools
Next: €13K for Boards States (You'll really love it)
#kickstarter #jdr #ttrpg
€1,400 Backers Collection,
€4,000 GM Dice Prep
€10,000 Tables & NPC tools
Next: €13K for Boards States (You'll really love it)
#kickstarter #jdr #ttrpg
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Pour cet épisode sur les dynamiques de l'Ukraine en guerre, #LeCollimateur se penche sur l'état du pays avec deux chercheurs de retour de voyages d'études récents dans le pays, @colinlebedev.cpesr.fr et @elietenenbaum.bsky.social
Retrouvez cet épisode sur #LeRubicon
lerubicon.org/collimateur-...
Retrouvez cet épisode sur #LeRubicon
lerubicon.org/collimateur-...
Retours d'Ukraine - Etudes sur un pays en guerre
Pour ce nouvel épisode sur les dynamiques de l'Ukraine en guerre, le Collimateur se penche sur l'état du pays avec deux chercheurs de retour de voyages d'études récents dans le pays, Anna Colin Lebede...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pour cet épisode sur les dynamiques de l'Ukraine en guerre, #LeCollimateur se penche sur l'état du pays avec deux chercheurs de retour de voyages d'études récents dans le pays, @colinlebedev.cpesr.fr et @elietenenbaum.bsky.social
Retrouvez cet épisode sur #LeRubicon
lerubicon.org/collimateur-...
Retrouvez cet épisode sur #LeRubicon
lerubicon.org/collimateur-...
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Poutine a tenté de ressusciter un mort: le double soviétique de l’Eurovision.
Cyrille Bret et Florent Parmentier montrent comment, avec effets spéciaux mais sans audience, ce concours aux performances identitaires révèle surtout les limites du soft power russe.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2...
Cyrille Bret et Florent Parmentier montrent comment, avec effets spéciaux mais sans audience, ce concours aux performances identitaires révèle surtout les limites du soft power russe.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2...
Géopolitique de l’Intervision 2025 : l'échec du soft power de Poutine | Le Grand Continent
Vladimir Poutine a tenté de ressusciter un mort : le double soviétique de l’Eurovision. Avec beaucoup d’effets spéciaux mais peu d’audience, ce grand concours de chansons qui mêlait performances iden...
legrandcontinent.eu
September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Poutine a tenté de ressusciter un mort: le double soviétique de l’Eurovision.
Cyrille Bret et Florent Parmentier montrent comment, avec effets spéciaux mais sans audience, ce concours aux performances identitaires révèle surtout les limites du soft power russe.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2...
Cyrille Bret et Florent Parmentier montrent comment, avec effets spéciaux mais sans audience, ce concours aux performances identitaires révèle surtout les limites du soft power russe.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/2...
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I was expecting the Reichstag Fire parallel to be made, but I did not expect it to come from the right.
September 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was expecting the Reichstag Fire parallel to be made, but I did not expect it to come from the right.
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Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
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[🗺️ Carte] La puissance militaire en #Europe. #OTAN #UE
🔎 À retrouver parmi les 13 cartes originales publiées dans le #Ramses2026 ⤵️
www.ifri.org/fr/sommaires...
🔎 À retrouver parmi les 13 cartes originales publiées dans le #Ramses2026 ⤵️
www.ifri.org/fr/sommaires...
September 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
[🗺️ Carte] La puissance militaire en #Europe. #OTAN #UE
🔎 À retrouver parmi les 13 cartes originales publiées dans le #Ramses2026 ⤵️
www.ifri.org/fr/sommaires...
🔎 À retrouver parmi les 13 cartes originales publiées dans le #Ramses2026 ⤵️
www.ifri.org/fr/sommaires...
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Will we, in a few years, read something similar from an American, with Europe and America having switched places?
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Will we, in a few years, read something similar from an American, with Europe and America having switched places?
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“Consider the recent U.S. strikes on Iran. When the Iranians retaliated against the U.S. base in Qatar, they signaled they didn’t want this to be a lethal strike that would escalate the conflict. Would a machine have read the Iranian retaliation the same way?”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The AI Doomsday Machine Is Closer to Reality Than You Think
The Pentagon is racing to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia. Where will that lead?
www.politico.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
“Consider the recent U.S. strikes on Iran. When the Iranians retaliated against the U.S. base in Qatar, they signaled they didn’t want this to be a lethal strike that would escalate the conflict. Would a machine have read the Iranian retaliation the same way?”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...