America was an unprecedented global hegemon because it used to be good at the boring shit needed to stay powerful.

The dataset includes strikes on civilian infrastructure: homes, schools, mosques, shelters, and healthcare facilities. Twenty-eight strikes on schools involved US-made munitions. Civilian deaths were recorded even where evacuation notices were issued.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

Some of you keep asking me why I quit X. Well, there are many reasons, but the silliness of using a platform you are engaged in a legal battle with is one of them. Oh, and not having to deal with all the "please kill yourself" people in my DMs was a nice change, too.

Patrick Mimford, one of the few Brexit economists, literally told them this.

I'm pro-NATO obviously and I take the Russian threat seriously, but a lot of this borders on hysterionics.

Ukraine's military budget in 2021 was $5.8 billion. Germany's was 56. Russia ground to a halt.

Ukraine's troops are heroic and innovative, but they're not Space Marines.

Far safer to say less and do more, visibly, to ensure that Europe can deter Russia on its own which is what is required in today’s world.

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