@vortipor.bsky.social
Interested in Ukraine, Iran, Israel and Australian nature.
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Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
Brussels floats ‘emergency’ powers to raise €210bn from Russian assets
Contentious proposal to fund Ukraine would mark watershed moment for EU
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
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"Having silenced most institutional dissent within his first nine months, what could Trump accomplish in the next fourteen?" My column. www.ft.com/content/a284...
America’s accelerating exit from itself
After the Kirk murder, Trump is pulverising the country’s founding principles with astonishing ease
www.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Having silenced most institutional dissent within his first nine months, what could Trump accomplish in the next fourteen?" My column. www.ft.com/content/a284...
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Not sure this is a wise move by the French company Le Ponant. Friends of Prigozhin may pose some compliance issues
A group of super-rich and well-connected Russian hotshots will on August 21 board French luxury yacht Le Commandant Charcot in the Norwegian Arctic port of Longyearbyen and head towards the North Pole
Super-rich Russians plan big party on North Pole
Rock band Leningrad will perform and popular DJs, stand-up comedians and fitness celebrities will entertain. A group of well-connected Russians will on August 21 board the French luxury yacht Le Comma...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Not sure this is a wise move by the French company Le Ponant. Friends of Prigozhin may pose some compliance issues
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Trump sanewashers were always craven but now stand exposed as outright fools. There is no theory of trade policy, or school of foreign policy, that can support this imbecilic administration. It's just a cult.
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump sanewashers were always craven but now stand exposed as outright fools. There is no theory of trade policy, or school of foreign policy, that can support this imbecilic administration. It's just a cult.
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I vacilate hourly between, "Thank god they're terrible at this" and "for all our sakes I wish they were better at this."
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I vacilate hourly between, "Thank god they're terrible at this" and "for all our sakes I wish they were better at this."
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Elon Musk is a criminal. He just wants to implicate others who are not, just like Trump.
Musk is the greatest conflict of interest ever & that is corruption.
Musk is the greatest conflict of interest ever & that is corruption.
No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.
February 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Elon Musk is a criminal. He just wants to implicate others who are not, just like Trump.
Musk is the greatest conflict of interest ever & that is corruption.
Musk is the greatest conflict of interest ever & that is corruption.
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Musk reminds me of Ernst Röhm, who was a close friend of Adolf Hitler & leader of Hitler's stormtroopers, the Sturmabteilung (SA). After one year in power, Hitler had Röhm killed.
I wonder if impatient Trump can tolerate over-bearing Musk that long.
I wonder if impatient Trump can tolerate over-bearing Musk that long.
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Musk reminds me of Ernst Röhm, who was a close friend of Adolf Hitler & leader of Hitler's stormtroopers, the Sturmabteilung (SA). After one year in power, Hitler had Röhm killed.
I wonder if impatient Trump can tolerate over-bearing Musk that long.
I wonder if impatient Trump can tolerate over-bearing Musk that long.
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Inside a chaotic 48 hours of firings and rehirings at the agency responsible for maintaining the the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Managers were given 200 characters (not words) to justify why staff shouldn't be fired.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Managers were given 200 characters (not words) to justify why staff shouldn't be fired.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons
The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to...
www.npr.org
February 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Inside a chaotic 48 hours of firings and rehirings at the agency responsible for maintaining the the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Managers were given 200 characters (not words) to justify why staff shouldn't be fired.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Managers were given 200 characters (not words) to justify why staff shouldn't be fired.
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...
Gang Gang cockatoos
February 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Gang Gang cockatoos
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"What Trump is essentially offering America is economic autarky and the destruction of the western alliance. That would be an economic and strategic disaster for American business — and for the US as a whole."
Financial TimesFinancial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"What Trump is essentially offering America is economic autarky and the destruction of the western alliance. That would be an economic and strategic disaster for American business — and for the US as a whole."
Is @stephendziedzic.bsky.social planning to write anything about the impact of the USAID shutdown on Australian aid programs in the Pacific? Would be interesting to know more.
February 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Is @stephendziedzic.bsky.social planning to write anything about the impact of the USAID shutdown on Australian aid programs in the Pacific? Would be interesting to know more.
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Never let an American crow about overthrowing a tyrannical monarch ever again.
February 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Never let an American crow about overthrowing a tyrannical monarch ever again.
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The equivalent of a recovering alcoholic deciding that one drink couldn’t do any harm. Some countries are apparently determined not to learn the lessons of the last 20+ years about the consequences of dependency.
Genuinely bad news - EU debating return to Russian gas as part of Ukraine peace deal
First instance of the EU's competitiveness and security agendas coming into conflict
Good scoop by @henryjfoy.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a19a...
First instance of the EU's competitiveness and security agendas coming into conflict
Good scoop by @henryjfoy.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a19a...
EU debates return to Russian gas as part of Ukraine peace deal
Advocates say reopening pipelines could help settlement with Moscow and cut energy costs
www.ft.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The equivalent of a recovering alcoholic deciding that one drink couldn’t do any harm. Some countries are apparently determined not to learn the lessons of the last 20+ years about the consequences of dependency.
Back in the neighbourhood
January 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Back in the neighbourhood
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Middle East Eye reports that Iran, in its treaty with Russia, has refused to recognize Crimea and other occupied territories as Russian.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-ru...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-ru...
January 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Middle East Eye reports that Iran, in its treaty with Russia, has refused to recognize Crimea and other occupied territories as Russian.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-ru...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-ru...
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Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates.
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
January 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates.
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
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NEW I Iran appears increasingly as though it seeks to foment sectarian conflict in Syria, which it could then exploit to establish proxy and partner militias there. 1/5
December 31, 2024 at 12:26 AM
NEW I Iran appears increasingly as though it seeks to foment sectarian conflict in Syria, which it could then exploit to establish proxy and partner militias there. 1/5
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"Living Within the Truth"
Vaclav Havel's "Green Grocer"
open.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Bearded dragons on yesterday’s walk.
December 31, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Bearded dragons on yesterday’s walk.
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No matter how ridiculous American reactionaries get, they can’t compete with the complete clownshoes level buffoonery of English reactionaries
December 29, 2024 at 9:42 PM
No matter how ridiculous American reactionaries get, they can’t compete with the complete clownshoes level buffoonery of English reactionaries