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A long thread on the war and the current situation. Although the worst-case scenarios didn’t materialize in 2024, it was the most difficult period since spring 2022. There were positive developments, and bright spots, but the current trajectory is negative. 1/
January 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A long thread on the war and the current situation. Although the worst-case scenarios didn’t materialize in 2024, it was the most difficult period since spring 2022. There were positive developments, and bright spots, but the current trajectory is negative. 1/
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Putin enshrined his alleged policy of Ukrainian "denazification" in a new state strategy document about countering extremism, demonstrating how Putin continues to make the same demands for the removal of the Ukrainian government that he made in 2022 when launching the full-scale invasion. (1/3)
December 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Putin enshrined his alleged policy of Ukrainian "denazification" in a new state strategy document about countering extremism, demonstrating how Putin continues to make the same demands for the removal of the Ukrainian government that he made in 2022 when launching the full-scale invasion. (1/3)
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Brilliant piece.
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
December 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Brilliant piece.
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
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Gonzo's delivery of the single greatest line in film history is made infinitely better once you realise it is an EXACT rendering of Charles Dickens' own emphasis in the original story.
December 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Gonzo's delivery of the single greatest line in film history is made infinitely better once you realise it is an EXACT rendering of Charles Dickens' own emphasis in the original story.
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🔥 Tens of thousands march to the center of Tbilisi, paralyzing the city with traffic jams. Protests in Georgia continue over election fraud and the government's refusal to pursue EU membership talks until 2028.
December 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
🔥 Tens of thousands march to the center of Tbilisi, paralyzing the city with traffic jams. Protests in Georgia continue over election fraud and the government's refusal to pursue EU membership talks until 2028.
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Looks like Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign has changed up tactics, and is now finding students talking online and deepfaking their voices so they can use them to put out their usual anti-Western messages. The below is taken from this original www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9L5...
December 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Looks like Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign has changed up tactics, and is now finding students talking online and deepfaking their voices so they can use them to put out their usual anti-Western messages. The below is taken from this original www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9L5...
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Brilliant article, thanks for sharing. Here's is the 🎁 link (i.e., no paywall)
Ukraine’s Hardest Winter
Weary soldiers and citizens express fatalistic optimism while preparing for the loss of U.S. military support.
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Brilliant article, thanks for sharing. Here's is the 🎁 link (i.e., no paywall)
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New development regarding North Korean troops in Kursk: Zelensky says “Russia has begun using a significant number of North Korean soldiers in its assaults.” He adds the North Koreans “are being integrated into combined units and deployed in operations within the Kursk region.”
December 14, 2024 at 4:08 PM
New development regarding North Korean troops in Kursk: Zelensky says “Russia has begun using a significant number of North Korean soldiers in its assaults.” He adds the North Koreans “are being integrated into combined units and deployed in operations within the Kursk region.”
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In 2014, my team was studying rumors of crisis events. Analyzing tweets shared after the downing of MH17 (by Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine) made our heads spin. There were so many counter narratives to the truth, eg claims that someone else did it or that the plane was full of dummies, etc.
December 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM
In 2014, my team was studying rumors of crisis events. Analyzing tweets shared after the downing of MH17 (by Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine) made our heads spin. There were so many counter narratives to the truth, eg claims that someone else did it or that the plane was full of dummies, etc.
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Overnight, Ukrainian saboteurs were able to sneak onto Russia's Krymsk Airbase and torch a modern Russian Air Force Su-30 Flanker.
December 14, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Overnight, Ukrainian saboteurs were able to sneak onto Russia's Krymsk Airbase and torch a modern Russian Air Force Su-30 Flanker.
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Reporting from the Syrian revolutionary celebrations in Ummayad Square, Damascus
December 13, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Reporting from the Syrian revolutionary celebrations in Ummayad Square, Damascus
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Europe must determine whether Ukraine is essential to the continent’s security.
December 13, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Europe must determine whether Ukraine is essential to the continent’s security.
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Great reporting from Clarissa Ward and the CNN team - ‘Are you serious?’: He spent months in a Syrian prison. CNN’s camera caught the moment he’s freed edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention | CNN
While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery when a rebel fighter uncover...
edition.cnn.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Great reporting from Clarissa Ward and the CNN team - ‘Are you serious?’: He spent months in a Syrian prison. CNN’s camera caught the moment he’s freed edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
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Jealous of how good this is.
An upsettingly concise reading of Where We Are Now
The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture | Defector
I can’t ease you into this one, so: Haliey Welch, colloquially known as the “Hawk Tuah girl,” launched a bespoke cryptocurrency token called HAWK last Wednesday, the same day she told Fortune it was “...
defector.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Jealous of how good this is.
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If video games turned you into a killer I'd have a wardrobe full of human skin suits by now.
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
If video games turned you into a killer I'd have a wardrobe full of human skin suits by now.
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do wonder what it must feel like to be Assad and be watching this from afar; presumably being a dictator involves a level of lying to yourself about doing horrible things "for the right reasons", and about most of your people being okay with it - how odd it must be for him to watch Syria rejoice
Video shows thousands of cars jamming roads to Damascus as displaced people return to the capital after hearing the Assad regime had been overthrown by the opposition.
December 9, 2024 at 9:27 AM
do wonder what it must feel like to be Assad and be watching this from afar; presumably being a dictator involves a level of lying to yourself about doing horrible things "for the right reasons", and about most of your people being okay with it - how odd it must be for him to watch Syria rejoice
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In images I never thought I would see in my lifetime, the revolutionary Syrian flag is being raised at the Syrian embassy in MOSCOW.
Few things explain the scale of Russia’s military and strategic defeat in Syria more than this.
Few things explain the scale of Russia’s military and strategic defeat in Syria more than this.
December 9, 2024 at 8:17 AM
In images I never thought I would see in my lifetime, the revolutionary Syrian flag is being raised at the Syrian embassy in MOSCOW.
Few things explain the scale of Russia’s military and strategic defeat in Syria more than this.
Few things explain the scale of Russia’s military and strategic defeat in Syria more than this.
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Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
December 7, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
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The unprecedented decision to strike down the vote, which was won by far-right candidate Călin Georgescu, came after documents published this week indicated Moscow co-ordinated hybrid attacks seeking to undermine the election. www.ft.com/content/2248...
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
The unprecedented decision to strike down the vote, which was won by far-right candidate Călin Georgescu, came after documents published this week indicated Moscow co-ordinated hybrid attacks seeking to undermine the election. www.ft.com/content/2248...
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The Battle for Aleppo is over, the Battle for Hama now begins.
December 4, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The Battle for Aleppo is over, the Battle for Hama now begins.
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The good news: European Council greenlights accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova. Phew.
The bad news: EU released 10bln to Orban so he wouldn't block the decision. He didn't vote for, but was absent as the rest voted unanimously. Expect more Orban blackmail in the future.
The bad news: EU released 10bln to Orban so he wouldn't block the decision. He didn't vote for, but was absent as the rest voted unanimously. Expect more Orban blackmail in the future.
December 14, 2023 at 6:20 PM
The good news: European Council greenlights accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova. Phew.
The bad news: EU released 10bln to Orban so he wouldn't block the decision. He didn't vote for, but was absent as the rest voted unanimously. Expect more Orban blackmail in the future.
The bad news: EU released 10bln to Orban so he wouldn't block the decision. He didn't vote for, but was absent as the rest voted unanimously. Expect more Orban blackmail in the future.
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People who say Hank Hill would have voted for Trump are smoking something.
December 13, 2023 at 6:04 PM
People who say Hank Hill would have voted for Trump are smoking something.
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Pay attention to how Republicans are justifying impeaching Biden using the same sophistry they used to justify J6. They scream for months about baseless conspiracy theories, then turn around and cite the fact their voters believe them as evidence what they're saying is true.
December 13, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Pay attention to how Republicans are justifying impeaching Biden using the same sophistry they used to justify J6. They scream for months about baseless conspiracy theories, then turn around and cite the fact their voters believe them as evidence what they're saying is true.