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Nellija Ločmele @nellijal.bsky.social · 10h

Kuldīgā mirušās Luīzes mamma uzticēja IR traģisko stāstu, lai brīdinātu citus vecākus. Luīzei bija 21 un, visticamāk, viņa nelegālās tabletes pamēģināja pirmoreiz mūžā. Kā skaidro ārsti, sintētiskās narkotikas ir tik jaudīgas, ka to pārdozēšanai pietiek ar niecīgu daudzumu.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5d

❗️Russian satellites have been trying to jam British military satellites with ground-based systems on a weekly basis - Maj Gen Paul Tedman,head of the UK Space Command

"We're seeing our satellites being jammed by the Russians on a reasonably persistent basis," Tedman said

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 5d

Viena no cienījamākajām pasaules protestantu baznīcām arhibīskapes amatā ievēl sievieti.
Cerams, piedzīvosim arī laikus, kad Latvijā šādus amatus ieņems sievietes.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Breaking News: Sarah Mullally will become the next archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the Church of England.

Sarah Mullally Is Named as First Female Archbishop of Canterbury

Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, will lead the Church of England. She has been a vocal supporter of the rights of women in the church.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 6d

Russia was trying to do its own version of spiderweb, but in NATO countries

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 6d

❗️Russia was preparing terrorist attacks in Europe using drones and corn cans filled with explosives.

In Lithuania, a cache of explosives was discovered in a cemetery, while in Poland authorities detained a suspected Russian operative carrying explosive-filled cans, drone components, and SIM cards.

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Pauls Raudseps @raudseps.bsky.social · 6d

Šodien "konservatīvie" norāva Saeimas sēdi, lai netērētu laiku "klimata glābšanai". Vakar 2000 gadus vēcas katoļu baznīcas pāvests Leons nosodīja tos, kuri "noniecina aizvien skaidrākās klimata izmaiņu pazīmes". Kurš ir īstais tradicionālo vērtību aizstāvis?
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World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says | The Catholic Weekly

People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told cl...

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 7d

Interesanti… Mūsu dienesti principā iesaka nelietot Telegram.

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 9d

Great news from Moldova!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pro-EU party in Moldova wins election mired in claims of Russian interference

The vote was seen as critical for Moldova's EU path, and President Maia Sandu warned the country's future was in danger.

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 13d

Jā, vienmēr var būt vēl gaužāk!😂

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13d

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

www.nytimes.com

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 13d

Zināmā mērā nomierina ziņa, ka arī kaimiņu politikā neiet viegli. Lietuvas kultūras ministra amatā iecelts makaronu un saldētās pārtikas ražotājs.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

Lietuvā apstiprināta jaunā valdība, nozare protestē pret kultūras ministru

Lietuvā ceturtdien noslēdzies vairākas nedēļas ilgais valdības veidošanas seriāls, kas sākās pēc iepriekšējā premjera Gintauta Palucka demisijas. Jaunās valdības veidošanu uzņēmās sociāldemokrātu poli...

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 16d

Having spent the last few days in Warsaw, I'm more conscious of the echoes of 1939-45 - not just Hitler's aggression & Stalin's treachery, but the fecklessness of the Western allies. Ukraine has had far more help than Poland, but if Putin ultimately wins, W fecklessness will have helped again.

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16d

On this day in 1939, German and Soviet forces marched together in a victory parade in Brest-Litovsk.

Moscow called it a “liberation campaign.” For Poland, it meant occupation, executions and mass deportations.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d

Three Russian fighter jets violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday for an unusually long period, some 12 minutes, in what Estonia’s foreign minister called an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion over the NATO country.

Russian Fighter Jets Enter Airspace of Estonia, a NATO Member

Estonia’s foreign minister described the flights, which lasted for an unusually long 12 minutes, as an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion.

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FreeBelarusLV @freebelaruslv.bsky.social · 23d

Baltkrievijā vēl joprojām notiek valsts līmeņa skaistumkonkursi. Šajā reizē dalībniecēm lika reklamēt apģērbu līniju ar Lukašenko citātiem, kuri kārtējo reizi parāda, ka šajā valstī sievieti uzskata par priekšmetu. Tās galvenais uzdevums - izdaiļot pasauli ar savu klātbūtni un pienest tēju vadonim.

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 25d

Bet runa jau ir tikai par AI rīku/-iem vienotai iepirkumu sistēmas izveidei. Drīzāk rīka nodēvēšana par ministru ir tāds PR gājiens.

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 26d

Meanwhile in Russia: top propagandist Vladimir Solovyov is so certain that Trump is in Putin's pocket that he blatantly invited America to fight on Russia's side against Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV69...

Vladimir Solovyov invites America to fight on Russia's side

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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Gunta Sloga @guntasloga.bsky.social · 27d

Tas sazvērestības teoriju apmērs, ko abas puses izplata Č.Kērka sakarā, ir neticams. Papildus diagnoze ASV sabiedrībai un vienlaikus brīdinājums citām valstīm, kur noved šādu apmēru polarizācija.

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The Economist @economist.com · 27d

NATO should state that all incursions in front-line states will be intercepted. It should deploy more aircraft on Baltic and Polish air-policing missions. And it should strengthen Ukraine’s ability to strike drone-production facilities deep inside Russia

The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility

The alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursions

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29d

This isn't "just" Shaheds on Poland

It's jamming v/d Leyen and German general's planes

It's bombing the EU HQ in Kyiv

It's bombing Ukr civilians every day and night with 800+ drones and missiles

AND THIS IS JUST LAST WEEK.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 28d

The main lesson from last night for Poland (indeed all NATO in CEE) should be that their defense starts in Ukraine.

Imagine the results if Russians could launch a massive UAV attack on Poland from just over the border in Ukraine?

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 28d

Russia will push NATO further and further. Next time there will be more drones and maybe they will hit a field somewhere. Then they will hit an old factory building. Then it will become normalized etc. This is what decades of appeasement has led to.

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28d

It’s essential NATO responds strongly, with increased aid to democratic Ukraine and more sanctions on fascist Russia.

If it doesn’t, Putin will see this as a sign of weakness and will test the alliance further - increasing the risk of a more dangerous escalation of the conflict with the West.

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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · 29d

Breaking News: There are Russian drones that have been shot down in Poland's airspace.

Polish, Italian, Dutch, NATO tankers and fighter jets are now in the skies above Poland.

I’m sure Donald Trump is going to give Putin another two weeks to explain his latest incursion into allied territory.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 28d

Up to 20 drones. That's not one random drone. Must be a planned action to test NATO. My bet is that NATO will not hit Russia back. Then Russia will escalate even more. Textbook case of what appeasement leads to.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 28d

They say "up to 20" (to translate the Polish / Ukrainian phrase meaning "from 11 to 20").

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · Sep 8

Putin's Russia: "According to Novaya Gazeta there have been 56 deaths of successful businesspeople and officials under strange circumstances since February 2022. Many of them have fallen out of windows."

www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/russi...

Russia’s New Fear Factor

How the war is driving a wave of purges and suicides among the country’s elites.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · Sep 7

Why are people calling russia (maybe accidentally) hitting the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv “an escalation”? Ru has been trying to assassinate Zelensky since 2022. They hit civilian targets all the time. I don’t think they’ve been holding back from attacking an empty govt building.

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