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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1h

Yes. Was tempted to mention that, but the notion of tätort that includes multiple communes while excluding parts of the eponymous commune is internationally difficult to comprehend. Although Brussels technically is the same. More or less.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 11h

On my way back home from London, where I had the pleasure of being the external examiner of an excellent PhD thesis at UCL. And I also allowed myself to take two 25 km-walks - one after midnight and one this morning. Here are some sights.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 12h

Last week I took my students on a field trip to Stockholm. Stockholm was more beautiful than I have ever seen it before (and I used to live there). The last picture is from Solna, so technically not Stockholm.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

Basically, she partially blames Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine on Poland and the Baltics.

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d

If this isn't taken out of context, it shows that Merkel still doesn't understand much about Russia: www.unian.ua/world/viyna-....

Меркель звинуватила Польщу і країни Балтії у вторгненні Путіна в Україну

Меркель також заявила, що початку війни в Україні сприяла пандемія COVID-19.

www.unian.ua

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 3d

So now Fox favours the Democrats?

The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 3d

For claiming to be a badass, he sure bitches a lot.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

Reportedly, this is an encounter of a Russian soldier with a pig in a tunnel in Kharkiv region.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4d

Massive Russian missile and drone attack on #Ukraine last night. Russia used different types of cruise missiles, Kinzhal missiles and drones on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian objects. Western regions of Ukraine were under the most intense attack.

◾️Lviv and Lviv region: massive attack.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4d

Clap. Clap. Clap. Well done, Czechia. You chose shame and failure.

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 5d

Absolut rekommenderad läsning.

Martin Gelin @martingelin.bsky.social · 5d

Recenserar Martin Kraghs "Historiens återkomst" i GP.
Boken om Europas moderna historia är både folkbildande och rykande aktuell. Men allt mer kommer Europa behöva titta bortom den egna kontinenten för att förstå framtidens säkerhetspolitiska utmaningar.
www.gp.se/kultur/recen...

Recension: ”Historiens återkomst“ är lysande och rykande aktuell

Martin Kragh skriver briljant om en kontinent som inte längre styr världen.

www.gp.se

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 5d

Please, please, please, people of Czechia. Do the right thing. Don't let yourself be fooled, and don't stop supporting Ukraine. You can be next.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 6d

⚡️ Russia keeps targeting farms in Ukraine.

A Russian drone strike on a Kharkiv region killed 13,000 pigs and destroyed 8 of 10 barns after deliberate hits on livestock shelters.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

Peace in our time!!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

So basically the US is just Russia, but with leaders that are not only evil but also dumb.

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 8d

Over the past century and a half, the US military has developed an entire body of law relating to the legitimate use of force that Hegseth completely erases here. To most in the armed forces, it is important to have a code of ethics (no matter how imperfect). Otherwise they are just hired killers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

I can't help but fear that the US (i.e. Trump and his sycophantic cabinet, Hegseth in primis) are cooking up something really reckless on the international scene.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

Christ...

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

And this is from...? Fox?

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

I agree, but this isn't about managing Ukrainians in Poland. It's symbol politics vs. Ukraine, a way of turning up the temperature in regard to a memory conflict that needs to be shelved until an entirely independent commission can deal with it. Nawrocki should not be the one opining on this matter.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

Evvai!

Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 8d

Great. Nothing could be more confrontational than this. Champagne bottles popping in Moscow.

The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 8d

Polish President Karol Navrotsky has submitted to the Sejm a draft bill introducing criminal liability for the “propaganda of Bandera ideology” and Volyn tragedy denial.

Polish President submits 'Stop-Bandera' bill to Sejm

Polish President Karol Navrotsky has submitted to the Sejm a draft bill introducing criminal liability for the “propaganda of Bandera ideology” and Volyn tragedy denial, Poland's government site wrote...

english.nv.ua

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 9d

My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.

It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...

We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario

The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality.

www.thebulwark.com

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Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 9d

Sahel 🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪 MAP: The situation in the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin as of September 2025.

This map is a joint production by @warmapper.org and myself

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 9d

Orban just got even worse: www.politico.eu/article/so-w...

‘So what?’ Orbán says spy drone incursion into Ukraine was no big deal.

Hungarian PM says “Ukraine is not an independent country” while advising Kyiv to pay more attention to its eastern border.

www.politico.eu

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 9d

Bjöd de åtminstone på kaffe och kanelbulle?

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, dear Moldovans!

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