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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1h

How about approving some new U.S. aid NOW instead of blabbering about maybe selling some U.S. wunderwaffe in the future?

A bar chart of quarterly aid allocations from the U.S. and Europe to Ukraine from 2022 to 2025. The U.S. aid goes to almost zero in Q1 2025, and literally zero in Q2 2025. Trump hasn't approved any new aid to Ukraine at all in the first half of 2025.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 11h

This is a better summary of that history:
bsky.app/profile/east...

Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 1d

Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.

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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 1d

Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 15h

Russia invaded Ukraine as an imperialist war of conquest, with the intent to destroy Ukraine as a sovereign nation, its people, culture, language, and history. It's a textbook genocide.

Their top political leaders say so publicly, as does their state media and propagandists.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 15h

Russian law forbids conscripts to serve abroad, including in Ukraine. They must sign a contract to do so.

Granted, a few are coerced and the bonuses to sign up are huge, but generally, Russian soldiers in Ukraine have volunteered for it.

www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...

Russian Conscripts Can't Be Sent Into Battle. This One Was. And He's Not Happy About It.

Putin has promised repeatedly that young Russian conscripts would not be deployed in combat with Ukrainian forces. But dozens of conscripts have gone missing or captured after Ukraine’s cross-border invasion last summer. And others have reported ending up in outright combat.

www.rferl.org

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 18h

Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak

Central bank says market concentration hasn’t been this extreme in 50 years.

arstechnica.com

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 18h

"Advancing" isn't important in a war of attrition, it's all about maximizing enemy losses while preserving your own resources. This is Ukraine's strategy, retreating from positions that are no longer viable to defend, to preserve personnel & equipment.

Russia will be defeated, it's inevitable.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 18h

"Advancing" but at what cost?

On Apr 3 2022, Russia occupied 18.35% of Ukraine, on Oct 7 2025 it had advanced 0.7% to 19.05%. (Source: deepstatemap.live)

For that measly +0.7% Russia lost >1.1 million KIA+WIA, tens of thousands each of tanks, IFVs, artillery. A bankrupt economy + fuel shortages.

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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 1d

I see from CNN that Canada’s economy is in “crisis”.

A word of unsolicited advice to everyone: don’t believe a single word any US media says about Canada. None. They don’t know shit about us and they don’t care.

It’s in the US’ interest to describe us as being in crisis. Not ours.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 21h

Russia invaded Ukraine as an imperialist war of conquest, with the intent to destroy Ukraine as a sovereign nation, its people, culture, language, and history. It's a textbook genocide.

Their top political leaders say so publicly, as does their state media and propagandists.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 21h

But they ARE discussing ALL the topics you mentioned. It's not a problem that some of them discuss the marketing rules for the word "sausage" at the same time. You seem to have a poor understanding how the EU works tbh. Your post is just dumb.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

As I said, I think it's harmful to Ukraine and its supporters to spread false claims - it damages our credibility and makes it harder to understand what actually happens.

I'll be the first to applaud Ukraine when they actually launch FP-5 strikes inside Russia.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not against Ukraine using Flamingos, please don't resort to Ad Hominem.

I'm not denigrating Ukraine in any way. I'm just saying there's no evidence for the title of this AI video that OP posted. The AI that made it seems to have to misunderstood an article it "read".

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

No, it's not. Ukraine has other missiles (various models of the Neptune missile) that have been used inside Russia.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

MSN

www.msn.com

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but circumstantial evidence is just that, circumstantial, it doesn't actually *prove* anything. And *saying* something has happened doesn't qualify as circumstantial evidence.

Anyway, you're free to believe whatever you want about FP-5 strikes inside Russia, even if there's no evidence of it.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

No, that's not how debate works, or even how courts work. You're innocent unless proven guilty, it's the party that claims something occurred that has to provide the evidence it did.

It's a fallacy to demand proof of a negative.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_...

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's harmful - it just makes it harder to understand what's actually happening in this war. I have no doubt Ukraine will use FP-5 inside Russia eventually, but let's wait until there's actually some evidence of that before making such claims.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

What? Your response doesn't make any sense. It's the person that claim something has happened that has to provide the evidence that it actually did if they want to be believed.

Look at my post history, I'm as pro-Ukraine as can be, but I don't see the point of spreading these false claims.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

Well, you're the one making the claim, so it's on you to back it up with evidence.

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

Is there any actual evidence of that?

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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. Green Party is influenced by Russia to siphon off votes from the Democrats, in favor of electing their preferred candidates, like Donald Trump aka agent Krasnov.

Photo of Jill Stein, USA Green Party leader, at a dinner party with Putin and a bunch of other traitors like Michael Flynn

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