Nostr notes by Kevin Rothrock

If Trump during his China visit can convince OnePlus to maintain ...

2026-05-13T15:22:47Z

If Trump during his China visit can convince OnePlus to maintain its foreign operations, it wouldn't win me over to his administration, but it would still be nice.

Pack in the Orban-defeat victory confetti, Western libs: Rumen ...

2026-04-20T05:33:18Z

Pack in the Orban-defeat victory confetti, Western libs: Rumen Radev's party wins an absolute majority in Bulgaria's parliamentary elections, with nearly two-thirds of votes counted, positioning it to form a government without coalition partners. https://t.me/alexander_kynev/20333?single

does the mean he can't be knocked over

2026-04-16T23:17:14Z

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does the mean he can't be knocked over

I'm not a Catholic, let alone a Christian, so I can't say ...

2026-04-16T05:36:30Z

I'm not a Catholic, let alone a Christian, so I can't say for certain whether questioning the Pope's authority on theology is a strange thing for a Catholic to do, but it seems strange.

This photo of Earth from a window in the Artemis II is simply ...

2026-04-03T22:36:41Z

This photo of Earth from a window in the Artemis II is simply awesome. I wish the world's leaders could get this humbling glimpse firsthand (just before they were all pushed out the airlock).

nice to watch launch footage of astronauts instead of weapons for ...

2026-04-01T22:52:02Z

nice to watch launch footage of astronauts instead of weapons for a change

he seems to be losing it faster and faster ...

2026-03-22T00:06:01Z

he seems to be losing it faster and faster

The Republicans have managed to combine Russia's aggressive, ...

2026-03-20T05:44:13Z

The Republicans have managed to combine Russia's aggressive, poorly planned war-of-choice model with Ukraine's hopeless pay-us-reparations demands. It truly is a grand old party.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov makes it official: trilateral ...

2026-03-19T06:40:42Z

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov makes it official: trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the USA are suspended (apparently indefinitely) thanks to the Iran War. I suspect Moscow and Kyiv are secretly relieved to be done with the charade. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8515368?tg

Trump's Iran War costs the U.S. $1.88 billion a day. At that ...

2026-03-12T04:38:53Z

Trump's Iran War costs the U.S. $1.88 billion a day. At that rate, it will take less than 2 months to match the $109 billion sent to Ukraine over three years during the Biden admin. In only six days, the U.S. has already spent 10% of what it disbursed to Kyiv after Russia's Feb 2022 invasion.

A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine & ...

2026-03-10T07:28:13Z

A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine & China used tools that were likely designed by U.S. military contractor L3Harris. Intended for Western spies, the tools "wound up in the hands of various hacking groups, including Russian govt spooks & Chinese cybercriminals." https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/an-iphone-hacking-toolkit-used-by-russian-spies-likely-came-from-u-s-military-contractor/

It seems Moscow is giving Uncle Sam a taste of his own medicine ...

2026-03-06T14:32:15Z

It seems Moscow is giving Uncle Sam a taste of his own medicine in Iran by maybe, possibly, potentially providing targeting intel for retaliatory strikes on U.S. forces. "Not on a par with America’s but still ranks among the world’s best." Dueling proxy wars! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/

just an old lunatic elected by tens of millions of people, folks ...

2026-02-27T20:54:11Z

just an old lunatic elected by tens of millions of people, folks

On this week's Naked Pravda, Eilish Hart spoke to Janis Kluge ...

2026-02-20T23:10:56Z

On this week's Naked Pravda, Eilish Hart spoke to Janis Kluge about the regional funding dynamics of Russia's surprisingly successful, possibly teetering military recruitment system. https://meduza.io/en/episodes/2026/02/21/russia-s-recruitment-machine-runs-on-cash-and-the-regions-bankrolling-it-are-starting-to-run-out-we-asked-researcher-janis-kluge-how-much-longer-putin-can-avoid-another-mobilization

"Hungary and Slovakia have accounted for 68% of Ukraine's ...

2026-02-20T14:54:32Z

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"Hungary and Slovakia have accounted for 68% of Ukraine's imported power this month, according to Kyiv-based consultancy ExPro. Hungary also accounts for about a third of Ukraine's current gas imports, according to the country's gas transit operator."

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/hungary-considers-cutting-power-gas-exports-ukraine-russian-oil-row-2026-02-19/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Budapest says it may halt electricity and gas shipments to ...

2026-02-19T18:14:21Z

Budapest says it may halt electricity and gas shipments to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline. Hungary and Slovakia — both now drawing on strategic reserves — have already stopped diesel exports to Ukraine. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/hungary-considers-cutting-power-gas-exports-ukraine-russian-oil-row-2026-02-19/

Michael McFaul vs catturd2 ...

2026-02-10T01:06:40Z

Michael McFaul vs catturd2

Kyiv knew Russia had smuggled Starlink, but it didn't want ...

2026-02-07T00:13:42Z

Kyiv knew Russia had smuggled Starlink, but it didn't want SpaceX to cut it off — too many Ukrainian units relied on unregistered, non-whitelisted terminals, too. What changed? Russia started using Starlink-equipped drones to strike 50 miles behind Ukrainian lines. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/02/07/russia-was-never-supposed-to-have-starlink-so-why-did-spacex-wait-so-long-to-cut-it-off

looking forward to this fucker getting impeached every week after ...

2026-02-06T16:34:56Z

looking forward to this fucker getting impeached every week after the midterms

A joke about a man who lost his legs in a mine blast and who was ...

2026-02-05T00:38:43Z

A joke about a man who lost his legs in a mine blast and who was pushing himself through a Moscow subway station on a skateboard has landed Russian comedian Artemy Ostanin in prison for SIX YEARS. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world/europe/russian-comedian-jokes-about-veterans.html?searchResultPosition=2

well, there goes my last reason for reading WaPo even ...

2026-02-04T16:39:51Z

well, there goes my last reason for reading WaPo even occasionally

just insane ...

2026-01-19T15:30:36Z

just insane

New podcast episode. I spoke to historian William Jay Risch about ...

2026-01-15T00:04:28Z

New podcast episode. I spoke to historian William Jay Risch about his new book on the Euromaidan Revolution, which certainly challenges the conventions of American academic work on Ukraine. He writes about how escalating revolutionary violence weakened Ukrainian unity just as Russia intervened. https://meduza.io/en/episodes/2026/01/15/historian-william-jay-risch-looks-back-at-euromaidan-and-ukraine-s-road-from-revolutionary-euphoria-to-the-madness-of-war

enemies of america, your children are about to be groked. also, ...

2026-01-13T05:04:39Z

enemies of america, your children are about to be groked. also, allies of america. americans, you too.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. Wow. ...

2026-01-12T03:14:23Z

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. Wow.

When asked what? ...

2026-01-11T10:13:32Z

When asked what?

We all know Moscow's long-term strategy in Ukraine has been ...

2026-01-11T08:38:17Z

We all know Moscow's long-term strategy in Ukraine has been to wait out the West, betting that its commitment will always outlast what America & Europe can muster, but I think even Putin would've called you nuts in 2022 to talk about open warfare between NATO members in 2026.

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings: A ...

2026-01-11T02:12:20Z

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings: A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/videos-show-how-ice-vehicle-stops-can-escalate-to-shootings-caf17601?mod=mhp

I watched that horrific POV cell phone video, and I don't see ...

2026-01-09T20:02:13Z

I watched that horrific POV cell phone video, and I don't see a domestic terrorist out for blood. I did learn something, though.

Renee Good’s last words to ICE Agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.”

Ross, after shooting and killing her, seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”

ICE shot some more people today, this time here in Portland, ...

2026-01-08T23:55:24Z

ICE shot some more people today, this time here in Portland, Oregon. "Officers have determined the two people were injured in the shooting involving federal agents." I assume the feds fled the scene again? https://www.portland.gov/police/news/2026/1/8/two-shot-and-injured-federal-agents-hazelwood-neighborhood?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Shelled out for a month of Claude to see if Claude for Chrome can ...

2026-01-06T16:27:45Z

Shelled out for a month of Claude to see if Claude for Chrome can hold a candle to ChatGPT Atlas. Apparently Claude is marvelous for coding, but I don't do any of that, and Atlas remains far more useful, IMO.

Zelensky made his position on foreign troops in Venezuela clear ...

2026-01-03T18:00:41Z

Zelensky made his position on foreign troops in Venezuela clear in August 2024.

Looks like Russia's "Special Military Operation" ...

2026-01-03T08:37:25Z

Looks like Russia's "Special Military Operation" might be getting a little cousin.

New Bloomberg investigation into the covert “shadow fleet” of ...

2025-12-29T22:57:27Z

New Bloomberg investigation into the covert “shadow fleet” of LNG tankers China and Russia use to circumvent sanctions. Shell companies, older vessels, deceptive practices, and at least $500M in discounted gas for China and crucial revenue for Moscow. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-china-russia-lng-shadow-fleet/?embedded-checkout=true

Trading in my OnePlus Open for a OnePlus 15. May I never run out ...

2025-12-29T16:47:57Z

Trading in my OnePlus Open for a OnePlus 15. May I never run out of battery ever again.

US media inching closer to admitting that the country is running ...

2025-12-26T19:00:49Z

US media inching closer to admitting that the country is running concentration camps.

Watching The Blue Brothers with the kids (my millionth viewing, ...

2025-12-20T20:30:20Z

Watching The Blue Brothers with the kids (my millionth viewing, their dozenth), and I'm struck as always by the insane quality of the stunt work and car chases. And then the movie went and featured some of the best musical performances in cinema history.

Interesting: a Ukrainian delegation headed by Umerov is also ...

2025-12-18T06:41:47Z

Interesting: a Ukrainian delegation headed by Umerov is also expected to arrive in Miami later this week for talks with Witkoff and Kushner, but no trilateral meeting is currently planned. Puts some pressure on the weekend meeting with the Russians. Do your thing, Florida sunshine! https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-russia-ukraine-war-peace-talks-putin-envoy-miami

Surely the most suitable font for this administration is ...

2025-12-10T08:19:03Z

Surely the most suitable font for this administration is Wingdings. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html

there it is. the guy with zero decision-making authority, ...

2025-12-09T07:37:52Z

there it is. the guy with zero decision-making authority, who's wanted to nuke Europe for years, says Russia is at war with Europe, can you believe it

Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National ...

2025-12-07T19:07:14Z

Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.

🤡

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvd01g2kwwo?utm_source=perplexity

just one of those Saturdays ...

2025-12-06T17:06:44Z

just one of those Saturdays

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the Chernobyl ...

2025-12-06T08:17:33Z

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the Chernobyl sarcophagus, built to prevent radioactive release from the melted reactor and damaged in a drone strike this February, has "lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability." https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-331-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine

the main obstacles I’m running into with my fledgling attempts ...

2025-12-02T04:24:33Z

the main obstacles I’m running into with my fledgling attempts at making YouTube videos are (1) they look bad and (2) they are bad, but beyond that, I think the sky’s the limit

"A dark fleet of tankers carried tens of billions of dollars ...

2025-10-28T04:12:17Z

"A dark fleet of tankers carried tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil to Asia, evading Western sanctions. Reuters found the ships were connected by one thing: a small insurance company in New Zealand, run by a British family." https://www.reuters.com/investigations/iran-russia-new-zealand-insurer-that-kept-their-sanctioned-oil-flowing-2025-10-28/

I'm sure this will turn out fine: data from 11 of ...

2025-10-27T23:49:38Z

I'm sure this will turn out fine: data from 11 of Russia's 89 federal subjects shows that local govts are drawing down emergency reserve funds to pay military recruiters. Total spending on these boys now nearly rivals the regional budgets for education, healthcare, and other welfare.

https://istories.media/stories/2025/10/27/rossiiskie-regioni-zaplatili-verbovshchikam-na-voinu-ne-menee-2-mlrd-rublei/

i know Putin threatened a massive retaliation for US aid to ...

2025-10-24T19:29:44Z

i know Putin threatened a massive retaliation for US aid to Ukraine, but reaching all the way to Washington, DC, like this is incredible

my kids are gonna kill me, but these annual $30 price hikes are ...

2025-10-22T19:36:07Z

my kids are gonna kill me, but these annual $30 price hikes are out of control

Imagine sharing this text exchange and feeling yourself ...

2025-10-20T17:42:36Z

Imagine sharing this text exchange and feeling yourself vindicated.

Firing howitzers over the freeway sounded like the most American ...

2025-10-19T22:56:01Z

Firing howitzers over the freeway sounded like the most American thing imaginable, but it turns out that fucking up firing howitzers over the freeway is even more so.

I've seen One Battle After Another twice now, and I can't ...

2025-10-18T03:50:51Z

I've seen One Battle After Another twice now, and I can't remember the last time a film reinvigorated my love of the movies so intensely. I can't get to the theater as easily as before, as I have numerous small children, and that's eroded my cinematic meditations. I'm rekindled by PT Anderson!

Has anyone found a web browser with agentic navigation that ...

2025-10-17T17:08:32Z

Has anyone found a web browser with agentic navigation that rivals Comet? I've used Comet to automate news-scraping tasks, and it's amazing. But I've started running into quota limits even with a Pro account.

nothing from George Orwell or Terry Gilliam rivals the horror ...

2025-10-12T16:03:02Z

nothing from George Orwell or Terry Gilliam rivals the horror that is today's LinkedIn copy

Reuters: Some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are ...

2025-10-09T17:01:05Z

Reuters: Some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war economy slows, domestic demand stalls, and exports dry up. Overdue salary arrears are up, and there's even talk of a moratorium on bankruptcies in the metals industry.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-industrial-titans-furlough-workers-its-war-economy-stalls-2025-10-09/

The hacker group "Black Mirror" releases more Rostec ...

2025-10-08T17:36:43Z

The hacker group "Black Mirror" releases more Rostec files, revealing alleged collaboration with China on electronic warfare tech, including field tests in Ukraine and requests for detecting drones on 4G and countering Starlink signals. Rostec also engaged in a little industrial espionage, it seems. https://t.me/b8m_info/341

Vyacheslav Leontyev, the former long-time director of the Pravda ...

2025-10-07T03:45:25Z

Vyacheslav Leontyev, the former long-time director of the Pravda publishing house, died over the weekend after falling from his sixth-story apartment. Officials say it was suicide following a nervous breakdown and/or heart attack. His wife had been recently hospitalized. https://rtvi.com/news/umiral-pod-oknami-svoej-kvartiry-kak-pogib-eks-glava-izdatelstva-pravda-leontev/

U.S. District Judge Immergut has just barred Trump's attempt ...

2025-10-06T05:02:53Z

U.S. District Judge Immergut has just barred Trump's attempt to sidestep her restraining order by sneaking in federalized National Guard troops from CA and TX. Very welcome news, but it's terrifying that we're at this point.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/judge-issues-new-broader-order-barring-any-national-guard-from-being-relocating-to-oregon.html

Cool Oregonian report from outside the ICE center here in ...

2025-10-05T16:50:09Z

Cool Oregonian report from outside the ICE center here in Portland. Besides the brutality of ICE security, note how the arrival of "high-energy streamers" and "bloggers and high-profile journalists" apparently acts as a catalyst for violence and escalation.

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/24-hours-outside-portlands-ice-facility-is-this-what-lawless-mayhem-looks-like.html

Psyched for America's plans to load Kyiv up with long-range ...

2025-10-03T05:49:12Z

Psyched for America's plans to load Kyiv up with long-range Tomahawk missiles? Well, set phasers to disappointment because it turns out that the current inventories are already committed to the U.S. Navy, and America only manufactures 50–90 of these bad boys a year. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-tomahawk-missile-shipments-ukraine-unlikely-sources-say-2025-10-02/

Oh welp: "Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor ...

2025-10-01T04:23:50Z

Oh welp: "Russia remained the top supplier of nuclear reactor fuel to the U.S. last year, even after a ban on Russian enriched uranium imports became law in May, data from the Energy Dept. show." This, as Trump lectures Europe and others to curb reliance on Russian oil and natural gas. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/russia-still-top-supplier-of-us-nuclear-fuel-despite-import-ban

So, Durov claims (for the 1st time publicly, apparently, though ...

2025-09-30T22:30:28Z

So, Durov claims (for the 1st time publicly, apparently, though ole Lex seems to have been in the know) that he was poisoned some 7 years ago, amid Russia's Winter of Discontent. "Blood vessels were broken all over my body" — is he sure he wasn't released out of an airlock? https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/10/01/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-says-he-thinks-he-was-poisoned-in-2018

what an asshole ...

2025-09-27T15:33:01Z

what an asshole

watched it in a political science seminar after Black Sunday

2025-09-25T17:26:40Z

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watched it in a political science seminar after Black Sunday

Russia has applied “torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, ...

2025-09-23T23:04:40Z

Russia has applied “torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, including sexual violence” in a “systematic and widespread manner” against Ukrainian civilians in 100+ detention centers, the U.N. Human Rights Office reported today. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/treatment-civilians-deprived-their-liberty-context-armed-attack-russian

RFE/RL’s deep dive on Rubicon, Russia’s secretive, elite ...

2025-09-17T21:57:00Z

RFE/RL’s deep dive on Rubicon, Russia’s secretive, elite drone unit. Different detachments have specialized focuses, but the unit increasingly targets other UAVs, systematically hitting targets far inside Ukrainian defensive lines. “Let’s hope they don’t expand,” says a Ukrainian drone commander. https://www.svoboda.org/a/tayna-rubikona-bpla-spetsnaz-v-parke-patriot-/33531165.html

A question: I’m seeing this in a BBC report. Do the British use ...

2025-09-12T17:21:55Z

A question: I’m seeing this in a BBC report. Do the British use miles when speaking like this, or is it some localization thing where it only shows this if you’re reading from America?

YouTube's new default autodubbing "feature" is a ...

2025-09-10T19:41:21Z

YouTube's new default autodubbing "feature" is a giant fucking nightmare for anyone who speaks more than one language.

Russia's largest overnight air attack of the whole war, so ...

2025-09-07T06:54:58Z

Russia's largest overnight air attack of the whole war, so far, sets the main building of the Ukrainian govt in Kyiv ablaze (a first) and leaves three people dead, including an infant. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-largest-air-attack-ukraine-sets-fire-main-government-building-2025-09-07/

Here's some of that footage, btw. CCTV, you can address your ...

2025-09-06T15:01:40Z

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Here's some of that footage, btw. CCTV, you can address your takedown order to Kevin Rothrock c/o Barbara Streisand.

LOL, China's state television network, China Central ...

2025-09-06T14:51:14Z

LOL, China's state television network, China Central Television (CCTV — nice), has forced Reuters to take down its video of Xi and Putin talking about living to 150, or maybe forever, on biotech breakthroughs. Beijing is revoking legal permission to use the footage. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reuters-withdraws-xi-putin-longevity-video-after-china-state-tv-pulls-legal-2025-09-06/

Want to risk 10 years in prison for little pay, no training, ...

2025-09-02T22:24:03Z

Want to risk 10 years in prison for little pay, no training, & being discarded like trash after completing your spying/sabotage mission? German officials report that all this could be yours if you, too, enlist with Moscow’s social media recruiters as a “disposable agent.” https://apnews.com/article/germany-russia-spying-social-media-campaign-4ffac951b38a2092e159993998df77b4

“Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia ...

2025-08-22T16:21:00Z

“Trump has purged one of the CIA’s most senior Russia analysts: The move will have a chilling effect inside American spy agencies. […] The removal of the CIA officer, who oversaw hundreds of analysts and other personnel, prompted alarm among many current and serving intelligence officials.” https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/08/21/donald-trump-has-purged-one-of-the-cias-most-senior-russia-analysts

Earlier this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote ...

2025-08-20T05:33:29Z

Earlier this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote the foreword for a monograph questioning the existence of the Lithuanian language & Lithuania’s very statehood. Now, a journal that Lavrov oversees has an article warning that the Baltic Sea could become a “military operations theater.” https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/20/northern-exposure

A short & sweet overview from Faridaily on Monday’s summit. ...

2025-08-19T04:33:04Z

A short & sweet overview from Faridaily on Monday’s summit. There’s a disconnect between today’s (informal) readouts. Trump, Zelensky, et al seem to think Putin has agreed to meetings directly w/ Ze. That doesn’t track with Ushakov’s statement or Kremlin rhetoric.

https://t.me/faridaily24/1725

I’m very interested to know the details here. ...

2025-08-18T20:26:52Z

I’m very interested to know the details here.

man, soldiers sure have to stand around doing fuck-all for long ...

2025-08-18T16:45:58Z

man, soldiers sure have to stand around doing fuck-all for long periods of time

So, to sum things up, no one-on-one Putin–Trump sit-down, the ...

2025-08-15T23:57:13Z

So, to sum things up, no one-on-one Putin–Trump sit-down, the whole thing lasted half as long as the Kremlin said it would, there was no working lunch or expanded summit meeting, and journalists were permitted ZERO questions at the press conference. High five?

“Find 7 differences” ...

2025-08-15T20:39:49Z

“Find 7 differences”

gonna be a quick summit ...

2025-08-13T20:01:58Z

gonna be a quick summit

With the State Dept's Bureau of Intel & Research newly ...

2025-08-13T06:55:42Z

With the State Dept's Bureau of Intel & Research newly gutted, Washington's Russian experts won't likely be in the room when Trump meets Putin in Alaska. "It’s safe to say that Trump does not have a single policymaking person who knows Russia & Ukraine advising him,” says ex career diplomat Eric Rubin.

https://www.ft.com/content/89f39aea-30dd-4481-93c8-842576dff3fc

Superman will enter the public domain on January 1, 2034!

2025-08-09T20:45:42Z

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Superman will enter the public domain on January 1, 2034!

lol whut ...

2025-08-09T20:25:38Z

lol whut

This WSJ report makes no sense: “Putin told Witkoff he would ...

2025-08-08T20:31:39Z

This WSJ report makes no sense: “Putin told Witkoff he would agree to a complete cease-fire if Ukraine agreed to withdraw forces from all of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.” And abandon claims on Zaporizhia & Kherson? Nothing about Ukraine’s security posture? Huh? https://www.wsj.com/world/putin-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-proposal-0021453b?mod=e2tw

what's the horse?

2025-08-08T15:41:09Z

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what's the horse?

New Yorker story on the results of Republicans' evisceration ...

2025-08-08T14:14:48Z

New Yorker story on the results of Republicans' evisceration of public broadcasting: "The ironic part of the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is that the hyperlocal content is going to go away, & the cheap NPR content is going to take its place." https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-happens-to-public-media-now

I have many favorite bad movies, but the deep-fried comfort food ...

2025-08-08T05:20:36Z

I have many favorite bad movies, but the deep-fried comfort food I come back to more than anything has got to be the 2003 science fiction disaster film "The Core." Every line delivery from Stanley Tucci and Delroy Lindo is delicious gold.

Taylor Adam Lee, 22, of El Paso, Texas, was arrested yesterday ...

2025-08-07T19:50:22Z

Taylor Adam Lee, 22, of El Paso, Texas, was arrested yesterday for trying to transmit sensitive national defense information to Russia regarding the operation of the M1A2 Abrams, America’s main battle tank, in exchange for Russian citizenship. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/active-duty-soldier-arrested-and-charged-espionage-and-export-violations

Komsomolskaya Pravda — supposedly Putin's favorite ...

2025-07-23T20:03:58Z

Komsomolskaya Pravda — supposedly Putin's favorite newspaper — published an article yesterday laying out three scenarios for EU/NATO armed aggression "against Russia" (Kaliningrad, Moldova, and "the North"). Alongside European fears that Moscow will test NATO solidarity, this rhetoric is scary.

https://www.kp.ru/daily/27727/5117453/

I wrote a summary of the KP article here: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/23/putin-s-favorite-newspaper-warns-that-europe-could-attack-russia-by-2027

Quite the crowd in Kyiv this evening outside the Ivan Franko ...

2025-07-23T18:48:14Z

Quite the crowd in Kyiv this evening outside the Ivan Franko Drama Theater, which is the closest protesters can get to Zelensky's office. There's certainly no shortage of civic spirit in Ukraine. https://t.me/stranaua/204289

Unclear how many of Zelensky’s admirers in the West actually ...

2025-07-22T21:09:11Z

Unclear how many of Zelensky’s admirers in the West actually read about political developments in Kyiv, but the Ukrainian president’s personality cult might take a hit today among those who follow the news.

Russians losing WhatsApp is especially hard to fathom because ...

2025-07-18T20:14:13Z

Russians losing WhatsApp is especially hard to fathom because “What’s app,” in my head, always sounded like someone with a Russian accent trying to ask what’s up.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/18/there-s-a-99-percent-chance-it-will-happen

With Trump’s waffling act still rolling, it’s still (always) ...

2025-07-15T23:16:38Z

With Trump’s waffling act still rolling, it’s still (always) a good time to consider what constraints the White House faces when it comes to arming Ukraine, even if the Donald makes the unlikely decision to go all in.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/15/what-it-would-take-to-save-ukraine

𝕏 has become a Nazi cesspool, but nothing saps my will to live ...

2025-07-15T04:38:32Z

𝕏 has become a Nazi cesspool, but nothing saps my will to live like three minutes on LinkedIn.

For the first time since returning to office, Trump will send ...

2025-07-10T22:30:40Z

For the first time since returning to office, Trump will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power that Biden frequently used. Trump’s team will identify arms (possibly worth around $300 million) from U.S. stockpiles under the Presidential Drawdown Authority. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-use-presidential-authority-send-weapons-ukraine-sources-say-2025-07-10/

Grok is now openly advocating for Adolf Hitler. ...

2025-07-08T21:12:13Z

Grok is now openly advocating for Adolf Hitler.

President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two ...

2025-06-24T13:12:14Z

President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing." 🫢

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2025-06-21T06:52:41Z

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A growing military presence near the border with Finland presents ...

2025-06-19T04:22:17Z

A growing military presence near the border with Finland presents strong evidence that Russia is, in fact, capable of waging a full-scale war in Ukraine while simultaneously bolstering its troops and armaments against NATO’s second-newest member. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/19/sky-high-evidence

what a pairing of news ...

2025-06-18T13:26:53Z

what a pairing of news

🍿 Carlson: How many people live in Iran, by the way? Cruz: I ...

2025-06-18T06:12:16Z

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Carlson: How many people live in Iran, by the way?

Cruz: I don’t know the population.

Carlson: At all?

Cruz: No. I don't know.

Carlson: You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?

Cruz: How many people live in Iran?

Carlson: 92 million. How could you not know that?