Ian Goldring
@goldring.bsky.social
I share and comment on things that interest and/or amuse me. Somewhat eclectic, Brussels bubble escapee, happy to live in Valencia - reasonable positivity please.
Canadian/Irish, pro love is love, human rights and so forth
Canadian/Irish, pro love is love, human rights and so forth
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1364
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦accord. Notably: 100 Rafale within ~10 yrs. 8 Mamba Aster30 ~3yrs. 600 Hammer asap
2. Pipeline explodes near Omsk
3. Zuivska+Starobesheve TPPs hit in occuped Donbas
4. RR track blown up in 🇲🇨@Mika (near Lublin)
5. 4 Iskander-M strike; 13 leakers out of ~70 Shahed. Dnipro hit
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦accord. Notably: 100 Rafale within ~10 yrs. 8 Mamba Aster30 ~3yrs. 600 Hammer asap
2. Pipeline explodes near Omsk
3. Zuivska+Starobesheve TPPs hit in occuped Donbas
4. RR track blown up in 🇲🇨@Mika (near Lublin)
5. 4 Iskander-M strike; 13 leakers out of ~70 Shahed. Dnipro hit
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1364
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦accord. Notably: 100 Rafale within ~10 yrs. 8 Mamba Aster30 ~3yrs. 600 Hammer asap
2. Pipeline explodes near Omsk
3. Zuivska+Starobesheve TPPs hit in occuped Donbas
4. RR track blown up in 🇲🇨@Mika (near Lublin)
5. 4 Iskander-M strike; 13 leakers out of ~70 Shahed. Dnipro hit
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦accord. Notably: 100 Rafale within ~10 yrs. 8 Mamba Aster30 ~3yrs. 600 Hammer asap
2. Pipeline explodes near Omsk
3. Zuivska+Starobesheve TPPs hit in occuped Donbas
4. RR track blown up in 🇲🇨@Mika (near Lublin)
5. 4 Iskander-M strike; 13 leakers out of ~70 Shahed. Dnipro hit
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Major Ukrainian defence firm names Mike Pompeo to new advisory board reut.rs/3WWQWit
Major Ukrainian defence firm names Mike Pompeo to new advisory board
A leading Ukrainian drone and missile manufacturer said on Monday that it has named former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to its newly launched advisory board, a move aimed at tightening oversight while it is investigated by anti-corruption authorities.
reut.rs
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Major Ukrainian defence firm names Mike Pompeo to new advisory board reut.rs/3WWQWit
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November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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A big big deal. 100 Rafale 8 Mamba 600 Hammer 🇺🇦🇲🇫
🇺🇦 Macron et Zelensky signent une lettre d'intention pour l'achat futur par Kiev de jusqu'à 100 Rafale, de défense antiaérienne et de drones, a annoncé l'Elysée.
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A big big deal. 100 Rafale 8 Mamba 600 Hammer 🇺🇦🇲🇫
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Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage'
An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
www.reuters.com/world/explos...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
Very well expressed piece
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Very well expressed piece
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To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
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⚡️Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later
Natalia Khodymchuk, the widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv overnight on Nov. 14–15 after suffering severe injuries in a mass Russian attack on t...
kyivindependent.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
⚡️Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
Natalia Khodymchuk, widow of Valerii Khodymchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv after suffering severe injuries in a mass overnight Russian attack on Nov. 14–15.
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1362
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦air defence & a/c agrmnt to be signed Monday between Zelensky & Macron
2. Gas for🇺🇦 deal to be sifned today between Zelensky & Mitsotakis today in🇬🇷
3. Biggest corruption deal in Zelensky's term roils Kyiv
4. 1 Iskander-M & 37 Shahed leakers out of ~100
5. 1200 POW deal in view
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦air defence & a/c agrmnt to be signed Monday between Zelensky & Macron
2. Gas for🇺🇦 deal to be sifned today between Zelensky & Mitsotakis today in🇬🇷
3. Biggest corruption deal in Zelensky's term roils Kyiv
4. 1 Iskander-M & 37 Shahed leakers out of ~100
5. 1200 POW deal in view
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1362
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦air defence & a/c agrmnt to be signed Monday between Zelensky & Macron
2. Gas for🇺🇦 deal to be sifned today between Zelensky & Mitsotakis today in🇬🇷
3. Biggest corruption deal in Zelensky's term roils Kyiv
4. 1 Iskander-M & 37 Shahed leakers out of ~100
5. 1200 POW deal in view
1. 🇨🇵🇺🇦air defence & a/c agrmnt to be signed Monday between Zelensky & Macron
2. Gas for🇺🇦 deal to be sifned today between Zelensky & Mitsotakis today in🇬🇷
3. Biggest corruption deal in Zelensky's term roils Kyiv
4. 1 Iskander-M & 37 Shahed leakers out of ~100
5. 1200 POW deal in view
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A lot of the core points in this good piece come down to a political and media system in the UK that has forgotten that being good at campaigning doesn't make you good at politics or policy
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A lot of the core points in this good piece come down to a political and media system in the UK that has forgotten that being good at campaigning doesn't make you good at politics or policy
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Russian troops caught on camera again executing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered, according to @Deepstate_UA analysts. The Russians were reportedly killed in Ukrainian FPV drone attacks shortly after.
I will not post the video.
I will not post the video.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Russian troops caught on camera again executing two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered, according to @Deepstate_UA analysts. The Russians were reportedly killed in Ukrainian FPV drone attacks shortly after.
I will not post the video.
I will not post the video.
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❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian ground drone equipped with a machine gun replaced infantry and held a position for a month and a half
As reported, the task of the ground drone was to control an intersection from a certain settlement, from where enemy forces periodically advanced.
As reported, the task of the ground drone was to control an intersection from a certain settlement, from where enemy forces periodically advanced.
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian ground drone equipped with a machine gun replaced infantry and held a position for a month and a half
As reported, the task of the ground drone was to control an intersection from a certain settlement, from where enemy forces periodically advanced.
As reported, the task of the ground drone was to control an intersection from a certain settlement, from where enemy forces periodically advanced.
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1361
1. ~80 Shahed launched, 41 leakers. 1/3 Kinzhal down
2. Otherwise, rhe usual grind of the war on the front and against the cities (notably Kyiv and Dnipro)
1. ~80 Shahed launched, 41 leakers. 1/3 Kinzhal down
2. Otherwise, rhe usual grind of the war on the front and against the cities (notably Kyiv and Dnipro)
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1361
1. ~80 Shahed launched, 41 leakers. 1/3 Kinzhal down
2. Otherwise, rhe usual grind of the war on the front and against the cities (notably Kyiv and Dnipro)
1. ~80 Shahed launched, 41 leakers. 1/3 Kinzhal down
2. Otherwise, rhe usual grind of the war on the front and against the cities (notably Kyiv and Dnipro)
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🇭🇺‼️🇺🇦 Hungary will give its share of the peace fund to the Lebanese army, not the Ukrainian Armed Forces, - Szijjarto
"We will not use our share of the European Peace Fund to arm Ukraine. Instead, we are redirecting €1.5 million to support the Lebanese armed forces."
"We will not use our share of the European Peace Fund to arm Ukraine. Instead, we are redirecting €1.5 million to support the Lebanese armed forces."
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🇭🇺‼️🇺🇦 Hungary will give its share of the peace fund to the Lebanese army, not the Ukrainian Armed Forces, - Szijjarto
"We will not use our share of the European Peace Fund to arm Ukraine. Instead, we are redirecting €1.5 million to support the Lebanese armed forces."
"We will not use our share of the European Peace Fund to arm Ukraine. Instead, we are redirecting €1.5 million to support the Lebanese armed forces."
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The best defense against rumors and false allegations are my own words. I stand by my words.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The best defense against rumors and false allegations are my own words. I stand by my words.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
It is impossible to do stand by one's words when someone deletes them and then rewrites them – which is what the BlueSky administrators did.
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1360
1. Drones in 🇨🇵 notably at munitions plant near Bergerac
2. Neptunes hit Novorossyisk (S-400, Pantsir, oil terminal)
3. 300 Shahed salvo. 19 missiles/14 down (2/3 Kinzhal, 6/9 Iskander-M, 6/6 Kalibr, 0/1 Zirkon)
1. Drones in 🇨🇵 notably at munitions plant near Bergerac
2. Neptunes hit Novorossyisk (S-400, Pantsir, oil terminal)
3. 300 Shahed salvo. 19 missiles/14 down (2/3 Kinzhal, 6/9 Iskander-M, 6/6 Kalibr, 0/1 Zirkon)
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1360
1. Drones in 🇨🇵 notably at munitions plant near Bergerac
2. Neptunes hit Novorossyisk (S-400, Pantsir, oil terminal)
3. 300 Shahed salvo. 19 missiles/14 down (2/3 Kinzhal, 6/9 Iskander-M, 6/6 Kalibr, 0/1 Zirkon)
1. Drones in 🇨🇵 notably at munitions plant near Bergerac
2. Neptunes hit Novorossyisk (S-400, Pantsir, oil terminal)
3. 300 Shahed salvo. 19 missiles/14 down (2/3 Kinzhal, 6/9 Iskander-M, 6/6 Kalibr, 0/1 Zirkon)
Just a vulgarian, but surprises me Chomsky was somehow in his circle
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just a vulgarian, but surprises me Chomsky was somehow in his circle
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¿Cuánto ha subido la cesta de la compra de la dieta mediterránea?
Comprar legumbres y hortalizas frescas es un 99 % más caro que hace diez años, periodo en el que los huevos se han encarecido un 76,8 % y las frutas un 52,8 %.
Por Lucía Ruiz Simón
efe.com/espana/2025-...
Comprar legumbres y hortalizas frescas es un 99 % más caro que hace diez años, periodo en el que los huevos se han encarecido un 76,8 % y las frutas un 52,8 %.
Por Lucía Ruiz Simón
efe.com/espana/2025-...
¿Cuánto ha subido la cesta de la compra de la dieta mediterránea? - EFE
Comprar legumbres y hortalizas frescas es un 99 % más caro que hace diez años, periodo en el que los huevos se han encarecido un 76,8 %.
efe.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
¿Cuánto ha subido la cesta de la compra de la dieta mediterránea?
Comprar legumbres y hortalizas frescas es un 99 % más caro que hace diez años, periodo en el que los huevos se han encarecido un 76,8 % y las frutas un 52,8 %.
Por Lucía Ruiz Simón
efe.com/espana/2025-...
Comprar legumbres y hortalizas frescas es un 99 % más caro que hace diez años, periodo en el que los huevos se han encarecido un 76,8 % y las frutas un 52,8 %.
Por Lucía Ruiz Simón
efe.com/espana/2025-...
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📺 TV en DIRECTO | Mazón, en la comisión de la dana: "Mi persona sigue siendo la gran excusa política para tapar las causas de la tragedia" social.elpais.com/bzsnu
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📺 TV en DIRECTO | Mazón, en la comisión de la dana: "Mi persona sigue siendo la gran excusa política para tapar las causas de la tragedia" social.elpais.com/bzsnu