KS
@shieldmaid8.bsky.social
Sussex-based German with Brexit gripes.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 Rheinmetall has officially confirmed the start of deliveries of the latest Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles to the Ukrainian Defense Forces, - Militarnyi
The first batch of armored vehicles will arrive in the army in early 2026.
The first batch of armored vehicles will arrive in the army in early 2026.
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Rheinmetall has officially confirmed the start of deliveries of the latest Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles to the Ukrainian Defense Forces, - Militarnyi
The first batch of armored vehicles will arrive in the army in early 2026.
The first batch of armored vehicles will arrive in the army in early 2026.
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'Old phone' warning as 3G network switched off. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shutdown of 3G: Owners of phones more than 10 years old warned
The shutdown will affect some older phones, burglar alarms and personal alarms.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
'Old phone' warning as 3G network switched off. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Conservatism as an ideology is always destined to fail in a democracy. It is human nature to grow and evolve, to change as we become more informed - and any government that actively tries to resist that serves only to spark more demand for that change as they try to stifle it.
They can't stop us.
They can't stop us.
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Conservatism as an ideology is always destined to fail in a democracy. It is human nature to grow and evolve, to change as we become more informed - and any government that actively tries to resist that serves only to spark more demand for that change as they try to stifle it.
They can't stop us.
They can't stop us.
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Kyiv said goodbye to Serhii Smoliak,a medic killed by a Russian attack on January 9
Serhii to arrived at the site of a strike to help people,then Russia launched a 2nd strike,killing Serhii&injuring more people
Serhii escaped from Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka.He was 56yrs old
Deepest condolences
Serhii to arrived at the site of a strike to help people,then Russia launched a 2nd strike,killing Serhii&injuring more people
Serhii escaped from Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka.He was 56yrs old
Deepest condolences
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Kyiv said goodbye to Serhii Smoliak,a medic killed by a Russian attack on January 9
Serhii to arrived at the site of a strike to help people,then Russia launched a 2nd strike,killing Serhii&injuring more people
Serhii escaped from Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka.He was 56yrs old
Deepest condolences
Serhii to arrived at the site of a strike to help people,then Russia launched a 2nd strike,killing Serhii&injuring more people
Serhii escaped from Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka.He was 56yrs old
Deepest condolences
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We all knew this attack on Powell was coming. Trump couldn't cope with the fact that Powell embarrassed him last year by correcting him in front of the press. It's also to do with Trump scapegoating Powell for his own inability to manage the economy.
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
We all knew this attack on Powell was coming. Trump couldn't cope with the fact that Powell embarrassed him last year by correcting him in front of the press. It's also to do with Trump scapegoating Powell for his own inability to manage the economy.
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⚡️Norway is sending an immediate $400 million aid package to Ukraine to bolster energy infrastructure and provide critical budget support this winter.
Norway Announces $400 Million Aid Package for Ukraine to Support Energy and Budget Needs
Norway reveals a $400 million aid package for Ukraine, focusing on winter support and budget assistance to address energy needs amid ongoing challenges.
united24media.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:06 AM
⚡️Norway is sending an immediate $400 million aid package to Ukraine to bolster energy infrastructure and provide critical budget support this winter.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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What to Know About the Investigation Into Jerome Powell
time.com
What to Know About the Investigation Into Jerome Powell
twp.ai
January 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
What to Know About the Investigation Into Jerome Powell
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Musk helping to make the case for X being banned
Nice to see Musk taking the allegations against his platform seriously
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Musk helping to make the case for X being banned
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This is so silly I had to go and check the full text of her post and... it's actually even sillier? She's claiming this as a policy breakthrough? "just 5% of the area" lol
January 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This is so silly I had to go and check the full text of her post and... it's actually even sillier? She's claiming this as a policy breakthrough? "just 5% of the area" lol
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Huge Roman villa found under popular park dubbed town's 'Pompeii.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'
The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam County Park.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Huge Roman villa found under popular park dubbed town's 'Pompeii.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Americans starting to realize they may officially be at war with Canada, France, the UK, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Romania, Iceland, Croatia, the Czech Republic and a bunch of other countries soon. #Greenland
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Americans starting to realize they may officially be at war with Canada, France, the UK, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Romania, Iceland, Croatia, the Czech Republic and a bunch of other countries soon. #Greenland
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«Here's a gyroscope from Oreshnik. Yuri Gagarin flew with one of these.»
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
«Here's a gyroscope from Oreshnik. Yuri Gagarin flew with one of these.»
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Your periodic reminder that globalfishingwatch.org is a phenomenal resource for free AIS and other vessel tracking data.
Playing with the Galway hydrophone data again today and using gfw to try and correlate the vessels that were heard.
(Yes, I am distracting myself from everything being terrible)
Playing with the Galway hydrophone data again today and using gfw to try and correlate the vessels that were heard.
(Yes, I am distracting myself from everything being terrible)
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Your periodic reminder that globalfishingwatch.org is a phenomenal resource for free AIS and other vessel tracking data.
Playing with the Galway hydrophone data again today and using gfw to try and correlate the vessels that were heard.
(Yes, I am distracting myself from everything being terrible)
Playing with the Galway hydrophone data again today and using gfw to try and correlate the vessels that were heard.
(Yes, I am distracting myself from everything being terrible)
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Did someone do something?
Infamous zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA just made a 180° turn halfway through Danish Straits and is doing max speed towards North Sea.
Being a stateless ship any navy is in their full right to stop her anywhere. She has been in news during week with demands for action.
Infamous zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA just made a 180° turn halfway through Danish Straits and is doing max speed towards North Sea.
Being a stateless ship any navy is in their full right to stop her anywhere. She has been in news during week with demands for action.
January 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Did someone do something?
Infamous zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA just made a 180° turn halfway through Danish Straits and is doing max speed towards North Sea.
Being a stateless ship any navy is in their full right to stop her anywhere. She has been in news during week with demands for action.
Infamous zombie-tanker ARCUSAT/TAVIAN/TIA just made a 180° turn halfway through Danish Straits and is doing max speed towards North Sea.
Being a stateless ship any navy is in their full right to stop her anywhere. She has been in news during week with demands for action.
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MAIA-1 and SIYANIE SEVERA, though from different ports, share overlapping routes: MAIA-1 called at Arkhangelsk, also linked to SIYANIE, now heading south. SIYANIE SEVERA’s unusual destination, Sfax, Tunisia, hints at possible strategic or logistical motives beyond normal Arctic trade.
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
MAIA-1 and SIYANIE SEVERA, though from different ports, share overlapping routes: MAIA-1 called at Arkhangelsk, also linked to SIYANIE, now heading south. SIYANIE SEVERA’s unusual destination, Sfax, Tunisia, hints at possible strategic or logistical motives beyond normal Arctic trade.
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Todays third shadow tanker doing something odd:
SIRIUS 1, doing a sharp turn towards the Atlantic
False flagged and listed on a known false maritime authority website masquerading as Mali
sketchy.boats/9285847
SIRIUS 1, doing a sharp turn towards the Atlantic
False flagged and listed on a known false maritime authority website masquerading as Mali
sketchy.boats/9285847
January 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Todays third shadow tanker doing something odd:
SIRIUS 1, doing a sharp turn towards the Atlantic
False flagged and listed on a known false maritime authority website masquerading as Mali
sketchy.boats/9285847
SIRIUS 1, doing a sharp turn towards the Atlantic
False flagged and listed on a known false maritime authority website masquerading as Mali
sketchy.boats/9285847
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“To intimidate me, Maher would blow smoke in my face, but because he was using an e-cigarette, all I got was a gust of strawberry-smelling vape. It wasn’t quite the tough-guy routine he was after.“
- Amazing read; academic fieldwork in 🇮🇶 Iraq ended in a bizarre kidnapping experience for E. Tsurkov
- Amazing read; academic fieldwork in 🇮🇶 Iraq ended in a bizarre kidnapping experience for E. Tsurkov
I Was Kidnapped by Idiots
An academic trip to Iraq unexpectedly turned into an immersive field study on the ways authoritarian regimes use brutality.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“To intimidate me, Maher would blow smoke in my face, but because he was using an e-cigarette, all I got was a gust of strawberry-smelling vape. It wasn’t quite the tough-guy routine he was after.“
- Amazing read; academic fieldwork in 🇮🇶 Iraq ended in a bizarre kidnapping experience for E. Tsurkov
- Amazing read; academic fieldwork in 🇮🇶 Iraq ended in a bizarre kidnapping experience for E. Tsurkov
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Update:
🚨#ZombieShip
TAVIAN w/fake IMO 1095337:
After an obvious "let's get the heck out of here, QUICK", for wh/ever reason, the ship keeps speeding (now at 15.7kn) northbound thr/ Kattegat➕is abt to pass Skagen/DK. It will be interesting so see where to she'll be heading next.
(12.01.26 8:10 CET)
🚨#ZombieShip
TAVIAN w/fake IMO 1095337:
After an obvious "let's get the heck out of here, QUICK", for wh/ever reason, the ship keeps speeding (now at 15.7kn) northbound thr/ Kattegat➕is abt to pass Skagen/DK. It will be interesting so see where to she'll be heading next.
(12.01.26 8:10 CET)
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Update:
🚨#ZombieShip
TAVIAN w/fake IMO 1095337:
After an obvious "let's get the heck out of here, QUICK", for wh/ever reason, the ship keeps speeding (now at 15.7kn) northbound thr/ Kattegat➕is abt to pass Skagen/DK. It will be interesting so see where to she'll be heading next.
(12.01.26 8:10 CET)
🚨#ZombieShip
TAVIAN w/fake IMO 1095337:
After an obvious "let's get the heck out of here, QUICK", for wh/ever reason, the ship keeps speeding (now at 15.7kn) northbound thr/ Kattegat➕is abt to pass Skagen/DK. It will be interesting so see where to she'll be heading next.
(12.01.26 8:10 CET)
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Ukraine & Moldova have jointly enacted a full blockade against Transnistria by closing all crossings and applying customs & security controls to everything moving in or out.
Strategic goal: Isolate Russian troops without firing a shot: 1,500 soldiers cut off from vital logistics and political cover.
Strategic goal: Isolate Russian troops without firing a shot: 1,500 soldiers cut off from vital logistics and political cover.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Ukraine & Moldova have jointly enacted a full blockade against Transnistria by closing all crossings and applying customs & security controls to everything moving in or out.
Strategic goal: Isolate Russian troops without firing a shot: 1,500 soldiers cut off from vital logistics and political cover.
Strategic goal: Isolate Russian troops without firing a shot: 1,500 soldiers cut off from vital logistics and political cover.
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In Russia’s Rostov region, a district thermal power plant caught fire in the morning following a UAV attack. It is one of the most powerful thermal power plants in southern Russia.
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
In Russia’s Rostov region, a district thermal power plant caught fire in the morning following a UAV attack. It is one of the most powerful thermal power plants in southern Russia.
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ICE's Killing Of Renee Good Mirrors 2 Similar Instances In Illinois, Gov. Pritzker Says
www.huffpost.com
ICE's Killing Of Renee Good Mirrors 2 Similar Instances In Illinois, Gov. Pritzker Says
twp.ai
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
ICE's Killing Of Renee Good Mirrors 2 Similar Instances In Illinois, Gov. Pritzker Says
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Planter seen on sale in my local supermarket.
Just best not to use it to house those lovely daffodils next to Auntie Edie's bedside in the hospital where she's recovering from that haemorrhoid surgery.
Just best not to use it to house those lovely daffodils next to Auntie Edie's bedside in the hospital where she's recovering from that haemorrhoid surgery.
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Planter seen on sale in my local supermarket.
Just best not to use it to house those lovely daffodils next to Auntie Edie's bedside in the hospital where she's recovering from that haemorrhoid surgery.
Just best not to use it to house those lovely daffodils next to Auntie Edie's bedside in the hospital where she's recovering from that haemorrhoid surgery.
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The worst case scenario is Khamenei remains. The second worst case scenario is he’s ousted and replaced by another regime figure with a few minor cosmetic concessions so the system continues. That would be a complete betrayal of the Iranian people and all the lives lost.
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The worst case scenario is Khamenei remains. The second worst case scenario is he’s ousted and replaced by another regime figure with a few minor cosmetic concessions so the system continues. That would be a complete betrayal of the Iranian people and all the lives lost.