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An Israeli intelligence assessment says the number of protesters killed is in the thousands, not hundreds. Bear in mind there’s always an agenda at work. But The Economist’s Shashank Joshi says the figure is “plausible”.
January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
An Israeli intelligence assessment says the number of protesters killed is in the thousands, not hundreds. Bear in mind there’s always an agenda at work. But The Economist’s Shashank Joshi says the figure is “plausible”.
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Georgians stand with the people of Iran.
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Georgians stand with the people of Iran.
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
Everyone but the regime pillars, that is.
Day 409 of #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeIran #FreeGeorgia
📷 MOSE
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2000 people killed by the regime in the last 48 hours, according to opposition news agency Iran International.
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
2000 people killed by the regime in the last 48 hours, according to opposition news agency Iran International.
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Iran’s Attorney General Movahedi Azad said protesters will now be considered “enemies of God”. That charge carries the death penalty
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Iran’s Attorney General Movahedi Azad said protesters will now be considered “enemies of God”. That charge carries the death penalty
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No flag
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
No flag
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
No insurance
No problem!
Rustbucket zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA will enter Baltics in ~3 days.
This will be her third fetch of Russian oil since October.
No flag, no state, no identity and no registry -> she is basically lawless.
Some would even argue states have obligations here.
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Sounds like a good place to hold a mass trial for treason when all this is over.
Trump on the ballroom: "It will take care of the inauguration with bulletproof glass, drone-proof ceilings, and everything else unfortunately that today you need."
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Sounds like a good place to hold a mass trial for treason when all this is over.
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In this first (and maybe last?) Basiji Soup, we’ll look at… the Islamic Republic of Iran, its disinformation operations, its hypocrisy, how it sells its atrocities as virtue and its repression as morality, how it serves the Kremlin, and the current protests against it.
1/20
1/20
January 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
In this first (and maybe last?) Basiji Soup, we’ll look at… the Islamic Republic of Iran, its disinformation operations, its hypocrisy, how it sells its atrocities as virtue and its repression as morality, how it serves the Kremlin, and the current protests against it.
1/20
1/20
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Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The systemic violation of our laws at national and European level is a deliberate choice by Musk. Those with enforcement powers who are failing to exercise them become enablers & complicit in these repeated violations
cc @conorom.bsky.social @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
cc @conorom.bsky.social @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
January 9, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The systemic violation of our laws at national and European level is a deliberate choice by Musk. Those with enforcement powers who are failing to exercise them become enablers & complicit in these repeated violations
cc @conorom.bsky.social @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
cc @conorom.bsky.social @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
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Musk's (adjusted) business model: We will continue to break the law and facilitate the production of non-consensual deepfake sexualised images of children/women as long as you are a paying customer...
@michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
@michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
Grok have limited the ability to produce nonconsensual harassment to paying customers!
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Musk's (adjusted) business model: We will continue to break the law and facilitate the production of non-consensual deepfake sexualised images of children/women as long as you are a paying customer...
@michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
@michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social
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Russia carried out a double-tap strike on an apartment building in Kyiv — hitting it again while rescuers and medics were on site
A medic was killed. Five rescuers, four medics, and a police officer were injured
In total, four people were killed in Kyiv and at least 25 injured
A medic was killed. Five rescuers, four medics, and a police officer were injured
In total, four people were killed in Kyiv and at least 25 injured
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Russia carried out a double-tap strike on an apartment building in Kyiv — hitting it again while rescuers and medics were on site
A medic was killed. Five rescuers, four medics, and a police officer were injured
In total, four people were killed in Kyiv and at least 25 injured
A medic was killed. Five rescuers, four medics, and a police officer were injured
In total, four people were killed in Kyiv and at least 25 injured
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Basically another instance of the Trump administration saying that rules, institutions & partners don't matter - only raw power. Getting harder & harder to see how European govts can work with the US in these circumstances. Its approach is inimical to the interests of small & medium powers. 2/2
January 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Basically another instance of the Trump administration saying that rules, institutions & partners don't matter - only raw power. Getting harder & harder to see how European govts can work with the US in these circumstances. Its approach is inimical to the interests of small & medium powers. 2/2
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This is the other shoe dropping. It’s not unexpected that the Trump admin wants an authoritarian they can work with to do their bidding, not democracy
Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens
giftarticle.ft.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:44 AM
This is the other shoe dropping. It’s not unexpected that the Trump admin wants an authoritarian they can work with to do their bidding, not democracy
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Is this what Trump meant when he said we are "running" Venezuela?
Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens
giftarticle.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Is this what Trump meant when he said we are "running" Venezuela?
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Trump incited the Jan. 6 insurrection, in hopes of interrupting certification of the 2020 election & destruction of ballots. He got nearly $60M in settlements from platforms for their removing his accounts in the days after. Bolsonaro incited a coup in Brazil and got 27 years in prison.
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Trump incited the Jan. 6 insurrection, in hopes of interrupting certification of the 2020 election & destruction of ballots. He got nearly $60M in settlements from platforms for their removing his accounts in the days after. Bolsonaro incited a coup in Brazil and got 27 years in prison.
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The US commander in chief has famously claimed that Greenland waters are teeming with Russian and Chinese vessels.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The US commander in chief has famously claimed that Greenland waters are teeming with Russian and Chinese vessels.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
According to AIS data this is bollocks to speak European.
There are 8 Chinese and 0 Russian vessels in US waters, none in Greenland.
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As we're still asking "what airdefense doing" after Venezuela, here's a vid about our S-400 missiles, which don't work already, and might soon not be possible for us to even build if Ukraine hits a few factories that make components.
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
As we're still asking "what airdefense doing" after Venezuela, here's a vid about our S-400 missiles, which don't work already, and might soon not be possible for us to even build if Ukraine hits a few factories that make components.
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😁🤡 Russia condemns the US act of international aggression against Venezuela, says Russian representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.
I’m out of words. Maybe you have something to say?
I’m out of words. Maybe you have something to say?
January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
😁🤡 Russia condemns the US act of international aggression against Venezuela, says Russian representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.
I’m out of words. Maybe you have something to say?
I’m out of words. Maybe you have something to say?
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A few arguments for those cheering the Trump Administration's act of aggression against Venezuela to consider:
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 AM
A few arguments for those cheering the Trump Administration's act of aggression against Venezuela to consider:
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
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Da. Just imagine if we tried to grab Zelensky...
What a great day for Vladimir Putin! I can picture him in the Kremlin, watching the EU & the UK play dumb while Trump trashes Int. Law, their media reporting Maduro's abduction as an 'arrest'. I bet he's thinking: Should I also detain Zelensky and subject him to Russian justice?
January 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Da. Just imagine if we tried to grab Zelensky...
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This guy is not only evil, he is also really dumb. Russia tried to murder Zelenskyy already on February 24th 2022. Then Russia tried again and again.
What a great day for Vladimir Putin! I can picture him in the Kremlin, watching the EU & the UK play dumb while Trump trashes Int. Law, their media reporting Maduro's abduction as an 'arrest'. I bet he's thinking: Should I also detain Zelensky and subject him to Russian justice?
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This guy is not only evil, he is also really dumb. Russia tried to murder Zelenskyy already on February 24th 2022. Then Russia tried again and again.
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Comparison of tweets from comrade
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Ukraine & Venezuela.
-Russia "enters", USA makes "illegal attack"
-Russia actions excused cos of NATO. USA accused of wanting oil
-Russia created a "crisis" & offered diplomacy. USA "should be condemned by everyone"
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Ukraine & Venezuela.
-Russia "enters", USA makes "illegal attack"
-Russia actions excused cos of NATO. USA accused of wanting oil
-Russia created a "crisis" & offered diplomacy. USA "should be condemned by everyone"
January 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Comparison of tweets from comrade
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Ukraine & Venezuela.
-Russia "enters", USA makes "illegal attack"
-Russia actions excused cos of NATO. USA accused of wanting oil
-Russia created a "crisis" & offered diplomacy. USA "should be condemned by everyone"
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Ukraine & Venezuela.
-Russia "enters", USA makes "illegal attack"
-Russia actions excused cos of NATO. USA accused of wanting oil
-Russia created a "crisis" & offered diplomacy. USA "should be condemned by everyone"
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Today is the FINAL day to cast your vote for 2025 Tyrant of the Year. After a year of brutal crackdowns on free speech, let's hold these rulers accountable! Cast your vote & share:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/tyra...
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Who is 2025's Tyrant of the Year? - Index on Censorship
Choose from our shortlist of 10 authoritarian leaders and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
www.indexoncensorship.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Today is the FINAL day to cast your vote for 2025 Tyrant of the Year. After a year of brutal crackdowns on free speech, let's hold these rulers accountable! Cast your vote & share:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/tyra...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/12/tyra...
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On the question regarding opposition leader María Corina Machado Trump responded:
„I think it would be tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country.“
What a slap for Machado. It appears that different plans have been made.
„I think it would be tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country.“
What a slap for Machado. It appears that different plans have been made.
January 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
On the question regarding opposition leader María Corina Machado Trump responded:
„I think it would be tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country.“
What a slap for Machado. It appears that different plans have been made.
„I think it would be tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country.“
What a slap for Machado. It appears that different plans have been made.