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Russian Foreboding as Putin Marks Victory Day | "Russians were told to expect a defining speech from Putin, but got only the same old messages and a sense that the Kremlin has lost direction." Irina Borogan & @andreisoldatov.bsky.social cepa.org/article/russ...

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#SunbedWars #Priorities 🙃

The IMF calls for stronger policy and international cooperation in the face of Mythos and artificial intelligence-powered cyber risks... 👉 [read]

The Russians have built a museum of "Polish Russophobia" at the site of the Katyn massacre, where Stalin murdered tens of thousands of Polish officers. This is all part of a campaign to erase the memory of Stalin's crimes, writes @elpais.com elpais.com/internaciona...

Great piece on our new fare Hopper announcement. A “whopper” of a deal…

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Some sad news to bring you. Former Formula 1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has died at the age of 59. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

⚡️At least 2 killed, 7 injured after Russian drone hits civilian bus in Kherson. At least two people were killed and seven others injured after a Russian drone struck a civilian bus in Kherson in the early hours of May 2. kyivindependent.com/at-least-2-k...

Italian ceramics artist Clara Holt, who decorates her work with images of ancient myths #WomensArt

Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #ZacPolanski and the #antisemitic terror attack in #GoldersGreen #Terrorism #MetPolice @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

⚡️Ukraine strikes Russian airfield nearly 1,700 kilometers away, damages 2 fighter jets, General Staff says. Ukrainian forces hit a Su-57 and a Su-34 fighter jet on May 1 at the Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk, Russia, the General Staff said.

Zack Polanski is discovering you don’t need hypnotherapy to make a massive boob.

May Day music.

How big is the problem of women leaving STEM? And how do we fix it? Today I look at the findings of the 2025 Lovelace Report (no relation) which details the UK's tech industry financial losses due to the loss of female talent, and outlines solutions. adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/ald-report...

Because the world urgently needed another podcast, we got you covered: The Mildly Alarmed, a podcast on European security, featuring yours truly, @lapatina.bsky.social, @kaeggen.bsky.social & @frhoffmann.bsky.social is out ! In the first episode, we discuss the current state of affairs in Ukraine

CEPA is delighted to welcome three leading experts at the intersection of tech and national security to our Tech Policy and Transatlantic Defense and Security programs: Dr. James Lewis, Laura Galante, and David Cattler. cepa.org/external-app...

Wind Dancing with Spring Flowers, 1969 by Alma Woodsey Thomas #womensart #MayFlowers

Bristol, facing a multi-million funding shortfall, is stumping up another £2m for an already over-budget, overdue housing IT project. The Green-led council has agreed a £10m price tag for the scheme which will be ready in March 2027 – despite an original £7.5m bill and completion date of Dec 2024.

THREAD: A heat-pump tumble dryer could save households more than £700 Lots of overblown reaction to govt phasing out standard dryers – reminds me of when 2009 Mail frontpage wailed about "beloved" incandescent bulbs But heat pump dryers are just a much better technology 1/5

The Queen of #May, 1900, (detail) by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh of the Glasgow School, who pushed the boundaries of Art Nouveau #WomensArt #May1st #FridayFeeling

NEW: Russian officials continue to temporarily deport children from occupied Mariupol to St. Petersburg for cultural indoctrination. 🧵 (1/9) Read the full update: isw.pub/OccupationUp...

þrāg-bisig, adj: occupied for a time (?), periodically employed (?). (THRAW’CH-BIH-zih / ˈθraːx-ˌbɪ-zɪj) Read my Mōnaþ-spell (monthly update) on Patreon: buff.ly/LiIIfdA #OldEnglish #WOTD

I can't alt text this because I don't have this in a typed out format, but I don't think I have ever seen a political leader rebuked like this.

⚖️ The stakes could not be higher! Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will help determine the fate of Temporary Protected Status for Syria, a life-saving program that today allows ~7,000 Syrians who cannot otherwise return to remain in the US. (1)

This thread is only a fraction of what I've seen & what people told me in the Sagaing region of Myanmar. If any editors would be interested in any stories about Sagaing, the people, fighters, refugees, war crimes, drone units etc, or if anyone know of any editors who might, my DMs are open!

Where the hell is this impetus for the re-integration of Russia into various sports coming from? ('Trump' is a lazy answer. Bribery or some other corrupt practice?) As for expecting any sportsperson, especially a Ukrainian sportsperson, to stand anywhere near a flagged Russian is unconscionable.

East Kent currently has no permanent Chair, are two NEDS down, a CEO who’s not at work, a Medical Director who’s acting as CEO, no Director of Midwifery & no Deputy Head of Midwifery... What role, if any, did NHSE play in creating the mess they're now trying to manage? www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/n...

A perfect ten announcements from our Labour Government in the last couple of days. Media still going to great lengths to shield you from such positive news of course. #DoingTheMediasJob #LaboursAchievements #FixingBritain

Syrian authorities announce the arrest of Adnan Abboud Hilweh, a prominent Assad-era general accused of responsibility for the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack. — @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/news/syria-a...

🇬🇧 Far Right Farage sees an opportunity - and ignores his own antisemitism. #Ghoul

VPN crackdown imminent. If the Iron Curtain was closing, it's going to be firmly shut soon. Interesting use of Iran by Russian editors as proxy to talk about the internet & VPN restrictions. Presumably, the bans impact western news journalists still trying to operate in re-booted Soviet Russia?

This is obscene. Trump orders safe conduct for Alexei Mordashov's $500 mn superyacht, Nord. Mordashov is a key Kremlin henchman who has expanded his fortune building bombs Putin dropped on hospitals and nurseries in Ukraine. He is a war criminal. But Trump just loves him because of his ostentation.

Iran/Ukraine, what's the difference

⚡️EU Culture Commissioner to boycott Venice Biennale over Russia presence.

Dr Nagat Karroum, Uniper Renewables, says that Europe could – technically – manufacture everything domestically for clean-energy expansion (rather than buying from China). But she adds that this would come with trade-offs in terms of cost and speed of deployment.

She also straight forward lied in claiming the number of unemployed people claiming benefits was up 1.5m - when she knows that number is largely about people transferring from legacy benefits onto UC. I’m sure she’ll be referring herself to the privileges committee any moment now

The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good has been quietly relocated to a different state and allowed to resume work.

Any TV News interviewer who wants to ask Zack Polanski whether this is a "perception of unsafety or actual unsafety", be my fucking guest.

"Two people have been stabbed in Golders Green in north London after a man with a knife was seen running down the high street, attempting to stab Jewish people in the area." No words.

Chosen as #PickOfTheDay in @Telegraph ODD MAN OUT (1947) tonight at 9:10pm #TPTVsubtitles

Seems that controlling the Strait of Hormuz is giving Iran more power than have a nuclear bomb. It’s leverage you can actually use…turning on and off, helping friends, punishing foes. Hard to see them giving this up, nor how US would ‘force’ them. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Hilarious to hear Today’s Justin Webb describe the Guardian as “loyal” to the Government. Its editorials & most of its columnists have been relentlessly critical & undermining of this Government, as it has been of every Labour Government in office.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... The sheer scale of Trump’s corruption is breathtaking yet barely gets a mention in UK media

🇺🇲 Timely. And if it weren't so significant, it would be 🍿🍿🍿 time. Who is she and how come Trump appointed her in the first place?

Melania attacks satire and the First Amendment anntelnaes.substack.com/p/melania-at...

Price rises in UK shops slow as retailers apply heavy discounts to lure shoppers

In today’s #ReadingRussia: how to interpret Vladimir Putin’s comment to lawmakers that “fixating on prohibitions…is counterproductive.” Plus, today’s Russian papers report “Investment crisis becoming difficult to mask” and “Big pessimism of small business.”