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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 6d

Davon so ein AI nostalgie video

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 11d

Immerhin schön zu sehen, dass die NYT noch klare Worte finden kann, abseits von Phrasen wie “in an unusual move” oder “the President has been known to interpret his powers in ways some of his critiques say is unprecedented”

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 14d

This might be the clearest example ever of media false equivalence ever where literally the entire leadership of the Republican Party, which currently controls every branch of the Federal government, insists Donald Trump was cheated in 2020 vs like four podcasters in a trenchcoat doing 2024 BlueAnon

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15d

After Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat, Republicans used dubious arguments to say he had been cheated. Now the left is dabbling in some of those same questionable theories to claim that Kamala Harris really won last year’s election, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.

The People Who Are Still Convinced Kamala Won

The left is dabbling in 2024-election-fraud theories.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 22d

These four types of political violence are all unacceptable.

The right can’t frame this as a left-wing issue.

It’s an American problem—one that affects all sides, but hits harder on the right

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 24d

I mean literary the person he references in the clip initially came to power through a democratic process..

Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 26d

Of course almost none of the examples they mention could even remotely be connected to “progressive campus ideas” - or do they think the Minnesota Democrats were shot because they were not woke enough? But I guess that is just silly details.

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 26d

Ross Douthat eine so große Plattform zu bieten hat definitiv Vor- (Einblicke in die Welt der Rechten in seinen Interviews) und Nachteile (Vollkommen unkritische Haltung zu Extremismus)

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Liviu Horovitz @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social · 26d

Available evidence suggests that Russia’s nuclear deployment to Belarus was primarily motivated by extended deterrence, but also by power projection to intimidate NATO & by desire for future arms control leverage - less by assurances, argues @alexsorg.bsky.social in The Nonproliferation Review 6/10

Nuclear Belarus: explaining Russian security guarantees

In 2022, Russia announced its plans to deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus, which would mark the first such deployment in an allied state since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Deploying nuclear weapons ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 28d

If you follow me, I can dm you

Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks @lanoszka.bsky.social for the kind words, and for reminding me to engage in SELF PROMOTION ☝️ Russian ☢️-deployments to Belarus are driven by 🇷🇺 interests: preventing interference in 🇧🇾 and using them as a lever against NATO. At least, that is what I deduce from the limited evidence available.

Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social · 28d

A timely new article by @alexsorg.bsky.social looks at the reasons for why Russia might have positioned nuclear weapons in Belarus. As he puts it, it is "potentially the first new foreign nuclear-weapons deployment by any state since 1974."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nuclear Belarus: explaining Russian security guarantees

In 2022, Russia announced its plans to deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus, which would mark the first such deployment in an allied state since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Deploying nuclear weapons ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's not a big leap from the govt sending people to a death prison for having the wrong tattoo to blowing up 11 people that may or may not have had drugs on their boat.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · Sep 4

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

In the former official’s opinion, it was more likely that the vessel was carrying migrants on a human smuggling run. It would be impossible to know for sure, however, given that any evidence of drug smuggling was destroyed in the attack.

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Maik Hamjediers @mhamjediers.bsky.social · Aug 29

In the context of debates on military capacities, this small research note uses the exact date of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an unexpected event during a survey to corroborate that willingness to fight rises with proximity to conflict (cf. doi.org/10.1017/eis.2025.12)

Any feedback is welcome!

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · Aug 20

I only saw random twitter screenshots, and google did not help either: how is it connected to college campuses? (Honest question)

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 11

Israel is assassinating journalists

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jul 28

This is one of those moments when the hollowness of our democratic systems becomes visible to the public. Facts are verified, but deliberation is pure performance, and accountability is nowhere. The system absorbs truth without ever acting on it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 28

Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik

Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.bsky.social · Jul 29

@gtconway.bsky.social So much for holding firm.

Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute

www.nytimes.com

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.bsky.social · Jul 29

@gtconway.bsky.social So much for holding firm.

Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute

www.nytimes.com

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Layla Al-Zubaidi @lalzubaidi.bsky.social · Jul 27

Die #rechtsextremen Minister der #israelischen Regierung werden in den deutschen Medien oft erwähnt, aber selten zitiert. So hört sich das an. Und es sag bitte keiner hinterher, dass man ja nichts wusste. Es ist bekannt und veröffentlicht, denn sie halten ja mit nichts hinter'm Berg. #Staatsräson

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · Jul 26

Es ist peinlich, dass die Union jetzt Macron kritisiert, statt endlich Druck gegenüber der israelischen Regierung aufzubauen.
Erinnert mich daran, wie man jahrelang Macron kritisierte, weil er die strategische Autonomie Europas forderte, aus Angst, die USA zu verprellen.

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Alexander Sorg @alexsorg.bsky.social · Jul 26

Vielleicht fangen wir mal bei den Grünen an wo prominente Parteimitglieder immer noch *täglich* posten, Israel würde genug essen liefern und sich auch sonst angemessen verhalten. Wie kann so jemand noch in der Partei sein? Wo sind klare Statements zu dem, was in Gaza passiert vom Rest der Partei?

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Jul 26

"Without question I witnessed war crimes by the Israel Defence Forces, without a doubt.

"Using artillery rounds, mortar rounds, firing tank rounds into unarmed civilians is a war crime.”

youtube.com/watch?v=72aZ...

Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just an all timer that captures this era of journalism.

Imagine it applied to any other example of war crimes or ethnic cleansing in history.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Jun 27

the regularity of this makes it brutally clear it's the result of deliberate policy, something confirmed by Haaretz reporting - www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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