Benjamin Jude

Benjamin Jude

@benjaminjude.bsky.social

You can call me Jude. Songwriter and recording artist. Pretty much just West Ham and righteous angst over here. Героям слава 🇺🇦

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Photoonist
@photoonist.bsky.social

DeEuphemization “Boots on the ground” -> Soldier shooting at people and getting shot at. Sometimes killing, sometimes dying. Often getting wounded physically and psychologically. Might accomplish a mission if their commanders know what the mission is.

Benjamin Jude
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UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

🚨 BREAKING: Putin says he agrees to a 30 day ceasefire "with conditions," according to Russian media. 💬 "We want guarantees that during the 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine will not mobilize, train troops, or receive weapons."

united24media.comPutin Claims He Agrees to U.S. Ceasefire Proposal, But Demands “Long-Term Peace”Vladimir Putin claimed Russia is open to ending hostilities but insisted any ceasefire must secure "long-term peace" and address the "root causes."
Benjamin Jude
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Makes me nervous...

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social

👀 Zelensky did not confirm that he is flying to the US on Friday: "There was an invitation. The offices are working. We are waiting for when and what." ❗️"I will preserve the quantitative composition of the army as much as possible, because this is the best guarantee of security."

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

This, all day long. Escalate the shit out of these twats. Russia is a shambles and will break under pressure. The way out is through.

Conflict Dispatch@conflictdispatch.bsky.social

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 France may deploy several nuclear-armed fighter jets in Germany as the presence of US forces on the continent is uncertain, reports The Telegraph. A French official suggested this would send a signal to Putin, while Berlin diplomats expect the UK to follow suit

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AnarchoTerran
@anarchoterran.bsky.social

If Europe gets its act together, Europe will become a superpower. The USA has lost its superpower status. Russia is not a superpower at all. At this moment in time, China is the only superpower, and Europe needs to stand up and take its place in the world.

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

Seriously who expected the yanks to be the baddies in the end?

Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social

This is insane. Marco Rubio explains that America needs to take advantage of "the incredible opportunity to partner with the Russians geopolitically, on issues of common interest and economically".

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

Tbh we are working our way through this list backwards and we don't even know it yet. We in Europe must get it together and go all-in on Russia's defeat, for the sake of the entire world.

haraldthebonker.bsky.social@haraldthebonker.bsky.social

Prediction: 1. Europe will destroy ruSSia 2. The US will lose all its allies 3. Europe will be the fortress of democracy and the beacon of hope for the world 4. The US will sink into a third world dystopian shithole.

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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.

Ellen Nakashima@ellenwapo.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story. wapo.st/3EF3aWN

wapo.stU.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty testCandidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”
Benjamin Jude
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So what we said would happen, is immediately happening.

Ben Hodges@general-ben.bsky.social

Superb analysis and well-written as always. Trump Administration parroting Kremlin talking points. Ukraine should decide if and when it has elections, not the US or Russia. Otherwise why don’t we demand Russia holds a free and fair election as a condition for a settlement? Hahahahaha

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

In 4-5 months, Russia's losses in Ukraine will have reached 1M. The degree to which this war constitutes an utterly catastrophic and irreparable failure from which Russia will never recover cannot be truly grasped at this point.

Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social

www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202... Putins new targets of 4 Ukrainian Oblasts, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia by the end of 2025 and Kursk by the end of January is a signal Russia have failed, and failed miserably.

pravda.com.uaPutin sets task to drive Ukrainian troops from Russia's Kursk Oblast by 20 January – ZelenskyyUkrainska Pravda
Benjamin Jude
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This. All of this.

Gabrielius Landsbergis@glandsbergis.bsky.social

🧵There are five illusions about Ukraine that lead to flawed “peace” plans that are doomed to fail. I have listed the illusions here in the hope that reality-based discussions can soon become the norm.👇 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

LEGEND ⚒️⚒️

Denys from Ukraine@glushko.bsky.social

💔🇺🇦💪 Ukrainian defender and anti-aircraft shooter Nataliia Hrabarchuk, who hit a Russian cruise missile on Nov 17, made the first symbolic kick in the Ukrainian Premier League match Shakhtar Donetsk – Rukh Lviv. 📹 Shakhtar Donetsk

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

The hypocrisy of 21st century Western appeasement is simply shocking.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

You know what is funny? When russia uses Iranian drones to kill us, it's fine When russia uses North Korean missiles, shells, and troops to kill us, it's fine When russia recruits Yemeni to join the fight against us, it is ok But if we dare to defend ourselves OMG ITS WW3!!

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

The willful delusion of the US right and right-of-centre will go down in history as one of the great corrective movements towards evil in history.

God@thegodshow.com

I’m still amazed people think Project 2025 isn’t going to happen. Nobody writes a 920 page manifesto and then at the very end says, “just kidding!”

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

Further proof that Russia are pissing themselves at the thought of the West involving itself directly in the war. Staying on the fence costs more and more Ukrainian lives each day – soldiers AND civilians. We can end this tomorrow. Do it.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

“A U.S. official said that Washington was pre-notified by Russia shortly before its strike.” - Reuters Best sign yet that Russia still doesn’t want to use nuclear weapons - deconfliction channels are still open and being used.

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

Calling Bluesky an echochamber is analogous to calling underground anti-Nazi / anti-Soviet resistance groups "echochambers".

Rio Tazewell@riotazewell.bsky.social

Bluesky is not an echo chamber, it’s the next digital frontier of the resistance against fascism. We won’t cede ground anywhere, but we will build up our power and alliances everywhere.

Benjamin Jude
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Launching the first ever intercontinental ballistic missile sure does seem like escalation, eh POTUS? No.10? Scholz? You lot can end this today if you want to.

Kyiv Post@kyivpost.com

Western inaction continues to give Putin the greenlight as Russia hits Ukraine with an ICBM. www.kyivpost.com/post/42599

kyivpost.comRussia Launches Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on Ukraine, Air Force ReportsRussia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine, along with other missile types, targeting critical infrastructure. The attack caused damage and power outages.
Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

How many times before western leaders stop pretending not to notice?

Gabrielius Landsbergis@glandsbergis.bsky.social

If I had a nickel for every time a Chinese ship was dragging its anchor on the bottom of the Baltic Sea in the vicinity of important cables I would have two nickels, which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

There were reasonable justifications in 2016. There could even have been excuses and rationalisations made in 2020. Anyone who voted for these tossers in 2024 -- they own it this time. This is who they are. All of it.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

we’ve no doubt had sexual predators in office forever, but the fact that people are knowingly, willingly voting for predatory men at all levels of government is disturbing in a way that’s difficult to articulate.

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

After 1000 days of full-scale war, with #Ukraine fighting for freedom and independence, defending its people against genocide, facing an imperialist horde on one front and its subversive proxies on the other, one thing is still crystal-clear in my eyes. We will win. Героям слава.

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

Just days after Russia accuses the West of plotting sabotage is undersea internet cables... We know the playbook.

Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social

Alarming news that has been under reported is several cases of undersea data cables being severed….. And a Russian spy ship escorted away from an area with critical cables under the Irish Sea

Benjamin Jude
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Spot-on.

Jessica Berlin@berlinbridge.bsky.social

Things sent to Ukraine that won’t cause WWIII: -Javelins -HIMARS -ATACMS -Tanks -Jets -Permission to hit Russia with the above Things likely to cause WWIII: -Appeasing genocidal autocrats -Enriching expansionist dictators -Failing to respond when the above sabotage and attack us

Benjamin Jude
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The West can claim complicity in this attack on civilians.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

⚡ Russian forces carried out one of the largest attacks on Ukraine, using 120 missiles and 90 attack drones. Explosions were reported in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Dnipro, Kherson, Zhytomyr, Poltava, and Volyn regions

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

The West could end this tomorrow if we had courage.

Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social

While the West sits caught between the headlights of an advancing Russian coalition unable to find the backbone or a credible response to North Korea now assisting Russia to topple a democratically elected government within Europe, Russia’s bombardment of civilians is allowed to continue

Benjamin Jude
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I don't know how this happened, maybe something I ticked when signing up, but approximately every 5th post I see in the timeline is a photograph from deep space. So 80% #NAFO and 20% gorgeous galaxy, nebula and star imagery. Simply marvelous. 10/10 recommend.

Benjamin Jude
@benjaminjude.bsky.social

Russia continues acting with impunity – in Ukraine and elsewhere – and the West sit on their hands.

Rinat@riririri.bsky.social

Russians failed to defeat Moldovans during the presidential election. Now they are taking revenge.