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Dr. Ian Garner

@irgarner.bsky.social

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Russian Prof @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 5h

⚡️ Putin calls Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “right and timely,” portraying mass destruction as “liberation.”
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Putin Calls Invasion of Ukraine “Right,” Portrays Mass Destructions as “Liberation“

Putin asserts the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as timely and correct, claiming significant territorial gains in 2025 amid ongoing military operations.

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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 3h

Zach Battat: Russia can sustain a long war. The real urgency for peace lies in Western capitals, not in waiting for change in Moscow.

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Ukraine war: Why the West must regain the diplomatic initiative

Russia can sustain a long war. The real urgency for peace lies in Western capitals, not in waiting for change in Moscow.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 8h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 7h

And just to get in there before reviewer 2: no, your research is all awful and wrong

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No matter how long you do academia for, hitting send on a submission always heralds a brutal wave of imposter syndrome.

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 8h

Is this before or after they ate all the swans?

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 8h

The Russian military is not stupid: it "has become a military that is capable of both evolving during this war and readying itself for future, high-tech conflicts."

They are deadly serious about fighting in Ukraine and beyond. We should be too.

How Russia Recovered

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies @camukrainistyka.bsky.social · 1d

At @notredame.bsky.social, Rory Finnin called attention to Volodymyr Ananyev — the Kremlin's oldest Ukrainian political prisoner.

💬 “The Kremlin relies on our silence to keep its political prisoners anonymous, faceless. Please learn the name of Volodymyr Ananyev and share his story with others."

Rory Finnin called attention to Ukrainian political prisoner Volodymyr Ananiev at the University of Notre Dame

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 1d

Science can and does prove things, unless you are a wildly ambitious postmodernist.

Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 1d

Tylenol’s link to autism is not “unproven.” It is proven not to be linked.

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 1d

The 20,000 children "stolen by Putin" - brainwashed, tortured and sexually abused. A fascist war crime in the name of making good young Russians.

The 20,000 kids 'stolen by Putin' - brainwashed, tortured and sexually abused

'This is not collateral damage. It is deliberate - and it is a war crime,' warns Helen Pattinson, CEO of War Child UK.

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If you swap out all the original body parts, is it still the same dictator?

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 1d

The fucker’s 73 and made of botox, surely he can’t make it much longer

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 1d

Wishing a very final birthday to Vladimir Putin 🎉

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount on.ft.com/46WLxfN

EU to curb Russian diplomats’ travel as suspected spy attacks mount

Intelligence agencies say sabotage operations are often led by spies posing as diplomats

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 1d

Bona fide good news: renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️Explosions rock western Ukrainian cities as Russia launches large-scale drone attack.

Russia launched a wave of drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, including Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, overnight on Oct. 5.

The Air Force has warned of Russian drones approaching various regions of Ukraine.

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Blacque Jacque Shellacque @bornwithatail.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sorry but I’m going to laugh so hard if a Canadian team wins this year’s World Series

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 4d

Objectively hilarious though

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 4d

This isn’t sport, it’s a modern Greek tragedy

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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 4d

Warsaw really is the most wonderfully relaxed modern city. Perfect cafés for a morning read, coffee, and dog nap.

Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 4d

Adopting the old “the enemy of my enemy is a friend, even if he also my enemy and a raging antisemite” policy. Can’t fail.

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 4d

Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?

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