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Medvedev once again threatens war - this time in space. He claims that Starlink satellites will be shot down. Russia already officially threatened to destroy Starlink satellites in October 2022.
Since 2024, Russia has begun targeted use of electronic warfare systems to disrupt Starlink signals.
Since 2024, Russia has begun targeted use of electronic warfare systems to disrupt Starlink signals.
October 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Medvedev once again threatens war - this time in space. He claims that Starlink satellites will be shot down. Russia already officially threatened to destroy Starlink satellites in October 2022.
Since 2024, Russia has begun targeted use of electronic warfare systems to disrupt Starlink signals.
Since 2024, Russia has begun targeted use of electronic warfare systems to disrupt Starlink signals.
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❌🛳️ St. Petersburg will not hold the Russian Navy Day parade this year, - Fontanka
This parade has been held in St. Petersburg annually since 2017. The event traditionally covered two locations - the Neva River and the Kronstadt raid.
This parade has been held in St. Petersburg annually since 2017. The event traditionally covered two locations - the Neva River and the Kronstadt raid.
June 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
❌🛳️ St. Petersburg will not hold the Russian Navy Day parade this year, - Fontanka
This parade has been held in St. Petersburg annually since 2017. The event traditionally covered two locations - the Neva River and the Kronstadt raid.
This parade has been held in St. Petersburg annually since 2017. The event traditionally covered two locations - the Neva River and the Kronstadt raid.
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‘Nguyen gives the example of the endless ways that universities are now ranked. These measures are often fairly arbitrary. But once the measure becomes a rating and institutions can move up and down a league table, the scores start to acquire a life of their own.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Trivial Pursuits: Gamification
What makes a game liberating to play is also what makes it stifling and oppressive: in both cases it’s because the...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
‘Nguyen gives the example of the endless ways that universities are now ranked. These measures are often fairly arbitrary. But once the measure becomes a rating and institutions can move up and down a league table, the scores start to acquire a life of their own.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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🤬 An art museum in Kharkiv caught fire as a result of a Russian strike. A one-month-old baby was also injured.
The number of casualties has risen to 5.
The number of casualties has risen to 5.
June 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
🤬 An art museum in Kharkiv caught fire as a result of a Russian strike. A one-month-old baby was also injured.
The number of casualties has risen to 5.
The number of casualties has risen to 5.
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🇮🇹 Italian PM Meloni:
There are countries that, instead of recruiting military personnel, are training children who are used to playing on PlayStation to pilot drones remotely in a possible future war. This is a debate the West needs to have.
There are countries that, instead of recruiting military personnel, are training children who are used to playing on PlayStation to pilot drones remotely in a possible future war. This is a debate the West needs to have.
June 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
🇮🇹 Italian PM Meloni:
There are countries that, instead of recruiting military personnel, are training children who are used to playing on PlayStation to pilot drones remotely in a possible future war. This is a debate the West needs to have.
There are countries that, instead of recruiting military personnel, are training children who are used to playing on PlayStation to pilot drones remotely in a possible future war. This is a debate the West needs to have.
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A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide
Trump administration must restore history, science materials at parks, US judge rules
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationw...
www.reuters.com
June 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide
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Day 35 since the Victory Day parade.
We’re still waiting for the 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange that Trump claimed ownership of.
For those trapped in Russian prisons, announcements are so easy, actually delivering is something else.
We’re still waiting for the 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange that Trump claimed ownership of.
For those trapped in Russian prisons, announcements are so easy, actually delivering is something else.
June 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Day 35 since the Victory Day parade.
We’re still waiting for the 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange that Trump claimed ownership of.
For those trapped in Russian prisons, announcements are so easy, actually delivering is something else.
We’re still waiting for the 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange that Trump claimed ownership of.
For those trapped in Russian prisons, announcements are so easy, actually delivering is something else.
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The EU flag is flying at Hungary’s parliament again after Péter Magyar was sworn in as prime minister — the first time it’s been displayed there since Viktor Orbán had it removed in 2014.
May 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The EU flag is flying at Hungary’s parliament again after Péter Magyar was sworn in as prime minister — the first time it’s been displayed there since Viktor Orbán had it removed in 2014.
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"The U.S. administration has suggested that the troop withdrawal was meant to punish German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for criticizing Washington’s Iran policy. But in fact it punishes the pro-American German middle class"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Real Cost of Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Germany
The American drawdown is a cultural divorce as well as a military one.
www.theatlantic.com
May 10, 2026 at 7:23 AM
"The U.S. administration has suggested that the troop withdrawal was meant to punish German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for criticizing Washington’s Iran policy. But in fact it punishes the pro-American German middle class"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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“That day, we realized the Russians had come to kill us” is how one theater survivor put it to me. “They didn’t come to fight with Ukrainian soldiers. They just wanted to kill us.”
from James Verini, an excerpt from his book "The Theater"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
from James Verini, an excerpt from his book "The Theater"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Surviving Mariupol
How the Drama Theater became an emblem of Ukrainian resistance under siege
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
“That day, we realized the Russians had come to kill us” is how one theater survivor put it to me. “They didn’t come to fight with Ukrainian soldiers. They just wanted to kill us.”
from James Verini, an excerpt from his book "The Theater"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
from James Verini, an excerpt from his book "The Theater"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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"Europeans may imagine that the EU is a mere bureaucratic inconvenience. But the Russians have never believed that. On the contrary, the Russian president has long understood that when unified, Europe can resist Russian influence and Russian corruption."
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Europe Day
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Europe Day
A Speech to Europe 2026 »The European Moment« - ERSTE Foundation
In her speech »The European Moment«, Anne Applebaum warns of global threats to democracy and the EU and calls for greater European sovereignty and cohesion.
www.erstestiftung.org
May 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
"Europeans may imagine that the EU is a mere bureaucratic inconvenience. But the Russians have never believed that. On the contrary, the Russian president has long understood that when unified, Europe can resist Russian influence and Russian corruption."
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Europe Day
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Europe Day
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Autocrats don’t just attack educational institutions; they seek to turn them into “a place that breeds the values of authoritarianism, suspicion, hostility,” Ruth Ben-Ghiat tells @anneapplebaum.bsky.social. Listen to the full episode of “Autocracy in America”: theatln.tc/4xDXZcjA
May 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Autocrats don’t just attack educational institutions; they seek to turn them into “a place that breeds the values of authoritarianism, suspicion, hostility,” Ruth Ben-Ghiat tells @anneapplebaum.bsky.social. Listen to the full episode of “Autocracy in America”: theatln.tc/4xDXZcjA
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This is preposterously false. Ask Stalin. But since you can’t, take it from someone who reads nonstop about World War 2. Hitler knew that a successful allied landing in Northern Europe would be a deathblow and did everything he could to prevent it. But the allies landed where he didn’t expect it.
June 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is preposterously false. Ask Stalin. But since you can’t, take it from someone who reads nonstop about World War 2. Hitler knew that a successful allied landing in Northern Europe would be a deathblow and did everything he could to prevent it. But the allies landed where he didn’t expect it.
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🇺🇦 Kyrylo Budanov said he sees no signs that Russia is preparing a nuclear strike. He also expressed confidence that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow could eventually help end the war.
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Budanov sees no signs of a Russian nuclear strike preparation
Kyrylo Budanov said he sees no signs that Russia is preparing a nuclear strike. He also expressed confidence that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow could eve
theukrainianreview.info
May 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
🇺🇦 Kyrylo Budanov said he sees no signs that Russia is preparing a nuclear strike. He also expressed confidence that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow could eventually help end the war.
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Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.
April 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.
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The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender.
Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender.
Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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🛢️ A reduction in Russian oil production is inevitable: Ukraine's attacks on refineries and infrastructure led to a decrease in export opportunities by 1 million b/s — Reuters
At least 20% of the total export capacity of Russia is out of order. In March, this indicator reached 40%.
At least 20% of the total export capacity of Russia is out of order. In March, this indicator reached 40%.
April 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
🛢️ A reduction in Russian oil production is inevitable: Ukraine's attacks on refineries and infrastructure led to a decrease in export opportunities by 1 million b/s — Reuters
At least 20% of the total export capacity of Russia is out of order. In March, this indicator reached 40%.
At least 20% of the total export capacity of Russia is out of order. In March, this indicator reached 40%.
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According to El País, Spain will transfer five PAC-2 version missiles for the Patriot to Ukraine.
elpais.com/espana/2026-...
elpais.com/espana/2026-...
March 30, 2026 at 10:57 AM
According to El País, Spain will transfer five PAC-2 version missiles for the Patriot to Ukraine.
elpais.com/espana/2026-...
elpais.com/espana/2026-...
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AI has the capacity to take the harms facilitated by social media and turbocharge them. Yet Trump and his GOP allies are pushing an AI strategy that gives Big Tech firms almost limitless leeway, including on chatbot safety. trib.al/HQtfRt3
March 30, 2026 at 11:01 AM
AI has the capacity to take the harms facilitated by social media and turbocharge them. Yet Trump and his GOP allies are pushing an AI strategy that gives Big Tech firms almost limitless leeway, including on chatbot safety. trib.al/HQtfRt3
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
March 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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Czech police arrested a fourth suspect in the Pardubice factory arson that destroyed thermal optics and drone production for Ukraine.
The "anti-Israel" group that claimed the attack created its accounts one day before the fire
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/30/f...
The "anti-Israel" group that claimed the attack created its accounts one day before the fire
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/30/f...
Fourth suspect arrested in arson attack on Czech factory that made drones and thermal optics for Ukraine
Czech police say more suspects are expected. Those three detained earlier face terrorism charges. The "anti-Israel" group that claimed responsibility created its accounts one day before the attack —…
euromaidanpress.com
March 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Czech police arrested a fourth suspect in the Pardubice factory arson that destroyed thermal optics and drone production for Ukraine.
The "anti-Israel" group that claimed the attack created its accounts one day before the fire
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/30/f...
The "anti-Israel" group that claimed the attack created its accounts one day before the fire
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/30/f...