Randy 🇺🇦
@rendissimo.bsky.social
I post a lot about Baltic and European security stuff. Also cats. Don’t mind me and my saudade. Views my own. #славаукраїні
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Randy 🇺🇦
@rendissimo.bsky.social
· Oct 28
This happened over the weekend.
I want you to watch it.
I want you to understand that wiping it out has been a major Russian imperial objective for literally centuries—under the Tsars, under the Soviets, and now.
youtu.be/5XSBK81UeYU?...
I want you to watch it.
I want you to understand that wiping it out has been a major Russian imperial objective for literally centuries—under the Tsars, under the Soviets, and now.
youtu.be/5XSBK81UeYU?...
Valeriia Vovk and the Ukrainian Retro Revival
YouTube video by #DogShirtTV
youtu.be
Was blessed to see this concert on Saturday. Saying it was a “bucket list” moment doesn’t do it justice. It simply felt like a blessing, and not just because the show ended up taking place in a church!
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There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information.
There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
🚨 NEW: ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database: As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database. @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...
ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
www.wired.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
There’s no legitimate purpose for ICE to have this information.
There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
There are a ton of nefarious ones, though.
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The United States and Canada have been friends, partners, and allies for more than 150 years across 32 presidential administrations. And now, solely because of the arrogance, incompetence, and ego of the current occupant of the White House, that relationship is being driven straight toward a cliff.
August 23, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The United States and Canada have been friends, partners, and allies for more than 150 years across 32 presidential administrations. And now, solely because of the arrogance, incompetence, and ego of the current occupant of the White House, that relationship is being driven straight toward a cliff.
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Honestly, it’s exhausting to have such dumb, corrupt, incompetent, reckless and evil people currently running the country. What a sad expression of the failure of education and morality in a country that once could pride itself on advancing talented and capable people.
April 24, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Honestly, it’s exhausting to have such dumb, corrupt, incompetent, reckless and evil people currently running the country. What a sad expression of the failure of education and morality in a country that once could pride itself on advancing talented and capable people.
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Watching everyone allow Trump to destroy the world and do nothing is soul destroying.
March 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Watching everyone allow Trump to destroy the world and do nothing is soul destroying.
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Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
www.motherjones.com
March 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
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Called and left messages for both of my Dem Senators opposing any funding for ICE.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Called and left messages for both of my Dem Senators opposing any funding for ICE.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership?
Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.
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These Megan Kelly clips are pretty good proof that a lot of people have gotten much much much worse over the last 10 years
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
These Megan Kelly clips are pretty good proof that a lot of people have gotten much much much worse over the last 10 years
Was blessed to see this concert on Saturday. Saying it was a “bucket list” moment doesn’t do it justice. It simply felt like a blessing, and not just because the show ended up taking place in a church!
This happened over the weekend.
I want you to watch it.
I want you to understand that wiping it out has been a major Russian imperial objective for literally centuries—under the Tsars, under the Soviets, and now.
youtu.be/5XSBK81UeYU?...
I want you to watch it.
I want you to understand that wiping it out has been a major Russian imperial objective for literally centuries—under the Tsars, under the Soviets, and now.
youtu.be/5XSBK81UeYU?...
Valeriia Vovk and the Ukrainian Retro Revival
YouTube video by #DogShirtTV
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Was blessed to see this concert on Saturday. Saying it was a “bucket list” moment doesn’t do it justice. It simply felt like a blessing, and not just because the show ended up taking place in a church!
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Federal agents doing slapdash safety check checkpoints because they have nothing better to do than harass American citizens is repugnant to our foundational principles. We should not tolerate it in a free society.
August 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Federal agents doing slapdash safety check checkpoints because they have nothing better to do than harass American citizens is repugnant to our foundational principles. We should not tolerate it in a free society.
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Last week I took a group to the infamous 9th Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania, which was the site of infamous crimes against humanity. This ended up begging the question: if this is the 9th fort, what about the others?!
Thread.
Thread.
August 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Last week I took a group to the infamous 9th Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania, which was the site of infamous crimes against humanity. This ended up begging the question: if this is the 9th fort, what about the others?!
Thread.
Thread.
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DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
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When he’s right, he’s right, folks.
i really think the only reason we haven't created new states — which was a common political tactic in the 19th century, see nevada and the dakotas — is that 50 is a round number
August 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When he’s right, he’s right, folks.
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"Never Again"
Empty platitudes, devoid of meaning and designed to defer a decision on concrete action.
Empty platitudes, devoid of meaning and designed to defer a decision on concrete action.
July 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"Never Again"
Empty platitudes, devoid of meaning and designed to defer a decision on concrete action.
Empty platitudes, devoid of meaning and designed to defer a decision on concrete action.
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In the ongoing saga of my research topic becoming current events...I have been wondering what will happpen with the property of immigrants being disappeared in America.
My husband and I left for vacation and were away for 3 weeks. When we returned, our neighbors, immigrants, with several children born in the USA, had disappeared. The house had a sold sign in the yard, but all of their belongings were still there. I have no idea what happened or where they went. 💔
July 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In the ongoing saga of my research topic becoming current events...I have been wondering what will happpen with the property of immigrants being disappeared in America.
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As a German political scientist who used to live in the US I cannot say how deeply disturbing it is to see these masked ICE goons dragging people off the streets, and the GOP building up this massive secret police force. What a shameful moment in history this is.
July 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As a German political scientist who used to live in the US I cannot say how deeply disturbing it is to see these masked ICE goons dragging people off the streets, and the GOP building up this massive secret police force. What a shameful moment in history this is.
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Today, 30 years on, we remember the victims of the Srebrenica genocide.
In a world still scarred by conflict, we must learn from the past and confront hatred and prejudice wherever it occurs.
Never again must mean never again. #Srebrenica30
In a world still scarred by conflict, we must learn from the past and confront hatred and prejudice wherever it occurs.
Never again must mean never again. #Srebrenica30
July 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Today, 30 years on, we remember the victims of the Srebrenica genocide.
In a world still scarred by conflict, we must learn from the past and confront hatred and prejudice wherever it occurs.
Never again must mean never again. #Srebrenica30
In a world still scarred by conflict, we must learn from the past and confront hatred and prejudice wherever it occurs.
Never again must mean never again. #Srebrenica30
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really wish the news would stop covering musk like a harmless celebrity feuding with politicians via mean tweets and more like a malignant, foreign-born billionaire spending billions to brute-force our government to better serve him and harm millions.
July 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
really wish the news would stop covering musk like a harmless celebrity feuding with politicians via mean tweets and more like a malignant, foreign-born billionaire spending billions to brute-force our government to better serve him and harm millions.
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I think this is an unfair mischaracterization of the use intended, and lumping it in with the sort of mine warfare that afflicts global civilians is counter-productive to the humanitarian purpose of the law.
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland all heading in the wrong direction:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Defending your country should not mean killing civilians. Very odd these 5 want to be more like Russia... www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Defending your country should not mean killing civilians. Very odd these 5 want to be more like Russia... www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
Five European States Withdraw from Mine Ban Treaty
The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines unnecessarily puts civilians at risk.
www.hrw.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I think this is an unfair mischaracterization of the use intended, and lumping it in with the sort of mine warfare that afflicts global civilians is counter-productive to the humanitarian purpose of the law.
It’s almost as if this were written by someone whose people have never had to endure Russian aggression.
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland all heading in the wrong direction:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Defending your country should not mean killing civilians. Very odd these 5 want to be more like Russia... www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Defending your country should not mean killing civilians. Very odd these 5 want to be more like Russia... www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
Five European States Withdraw from Mine Ban Treaty
The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines unnecessarily puts civilians at risk.
www.hrw.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It’s almost as if this were written by someone whose people have never had to endure Russian aggression.
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NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
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A good time as any for a reminder of key points from On Tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social
More and more of those are directly relevant for us in our failing democracies, sliding towards authoritarianism one Social Media misinformation after another...
More and more of those are directly relevant for us in our failing democracies, sliding towards authoritarianism one Social Media misinformation after another...
June 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A good time as any for a reminder of key points from On Tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social
More and more of those are directly relevant for us in our failing democracies, sliding towards authoritarianism one Social Media misinformation after another...
More and more of those are directly relevant for us in our failing democracies, sliding towards authoritarianism one Social Media misinformation after another...
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Monitoring channels strongly warn: don't touch unknown objects -- russia attacked Kyiv with cluster munitions.
Cluster munitions.
On a city of 4M people.
Let that sink in.
Don't talk about "both sides."
Don't ask Ukraine to give up.
Peace comes only when russia is defeated.
Cluster munitions.
On a city of 4M people.
Let that sink in.
Don't talk about "both sides."
Don't ask Ukraine to give up.
Peace comes only when russia is defeated.
June 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Monitoring channels strongly warn: don't touch unknown objects -- russia attacked Kyiv with cluster munitions.
Cluster munitions.
On a city of 4M people.
Let that sink in.
Don't talk about "both sides."
Don't ask Ukraine to give up.
Peace comes only when russia is defeated.
Cluster munitions.
On a city of 4M people.
Let that sink in.
Don't talk about "both sides."
Don't ask Ukraine to give up.
Peace comes only when russia is defeated.