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Seems appropriate in so many ways.

October 26, 2026

Lefties should be stoked about that poll, which shows the last two weeks of fulmination about gangs has had no practical impact on the numbers Everyone has priced it in. The extent of the strategic error was a foregone week of talking about how much the economy sucks and a Labour candidate pratfall

Alaska. The Comeys. California. East Potomac Golf Course. All of today's key court developments in one place. Catch up here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-day-ev...

A patriot speaks out on behalf of all of us.

#AtlasNetwork thinktanks funded by Big Oil/billionaires pushed privatisation of public assets in the '80s, then sold to Atlas insiders. They advocated for removal of taxation of fossil/polluting industry, undermine public support for climate policy & block clean energy with disinformation. #NZpol

This alone should get the govt booted from office. The question of course is would a Labour govt cancel the contracts or would #chrisagreewithchris yet again? via @bernardchickey.bsky.social #nzpol

I am attaching to this post just a few examples of Russian state advertising, showing the amounts in rubles for which “Russian kids” go to kill Ukrainians.

So if Musk truly cares about the lives of Russian soldiers, America must break the Russian necronomy’s ability to fuel this bloody war. But the Trump administration has done exactly the opposite. America has begun to finance it.

Yes, this bloody war must be stopped. And to stop it, we must make the cost of war for Putin higher than the cost of peace.

That’s why our Russian human rights colleagues call this kind of economy a “necronomy,” meaning a “death economy.” Russia sells death. Literally.

The families of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine are perfectly satisfied. They receive sums of money that their husbands or sons could never have earned, even if they had worked for the rest of their lives.

For them, signing a contract with the Russian army is often the only realistic path to social advancement, because it lets them earn the kind of money they could only have dreamed of in their impoverished home regions.

Russia pretends to be “great,” yet it is a very poor country. Its entire economy is comparable in size to that of the U.S. state of Texas. Millions of Russians live in economically depressed regions.

Their salaries are funded in part by the extra money Putin is receiving as a result of Trump’s recent decisions to waive some of the sanctions on Russia. And now, something very important.

"Our Russian human rights colleagues call this kind of economy a 'necronomy,' meaning a 'death economy.' Russia sells death. Literally."-- @avalaina.bsky.social Please look at the Russian advertisements below.

Donald Trump & his gang are in a desperate rush to grift as many $billlions as possible before the mid-terms & probable Democrats win, author & campaigner @Billbrowder tells me in my latest Lowdown podcast. On Apple etc: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... & On YouTube - please subscribe!

Yesterday, Germany was running on 99% renewables - solar and wind! Even today is 84% !!

Solar is booming.

Even though Trump caved in to great pressure over Starlink/Starshield, it doesn’t change the basic fact that the US is more and more an open ally of Russia. The US is still refusing to deliver purchased Patriot missiles, buying Russian diesel, has neutered Graham-Blumenthal, and there is more…

Join us tonight, Monday, at 8pm ET for a special Substack Live. There’s an anti-authoritarian movement afoot in elections around the world. Voting allows us to alter the course of history. joycevance.substack.com/p/what-in-th...

Putin does not recognise the authority of the European Union and does not want to talk to European leaders. Instead, Russia discusses European security issues with the United States and China, without Europe at the negotiating table. Europe needs its own position and initiative.

Putin's agenda being helped along by another, similarly ideologically-aligned psychopath... bsky.app/profile/real...

One by one, Moscow’s wish list items are being fulfilled, bringing pure joy to the Kremlin’s favorite experts & state TV pundits. Head of RT Margarita Simonyan proclaimed there would never be another Ukrainian president. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/putins-ghoul...

“Lasting stability and security in the Middle East can only be achieved by relying on the region’s own countries, and this meeting could pave the way for broader cooperation.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei: “Tehran’s hosting of senior military and security officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey is a key development toward establishing regional diplomacy.

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

Delighted to publish first part of our interview with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, former Chief of Defence Staff. Part One considers UK’s support for Ukraine,managing escalation with Russia, and lessons. Part Two is about MoD budget and procurement (£/free trial), samf.substack.com/p/when-russi...?

The worst part is that putin is both the driver and the instrument of #RussianCulture: a set of values and beliefs in which mass murder is perpetrated by some, encouraged by others, tolerated by most, and resisted by a tiny minority. kyivindependent.com/the-banality...

Musk's "Starlink not for military use" claim undermined by a Mr Elon Musk on X 4 years ago:

1/ Samuel Charap Jan 2022 "In short, the military balance between Russia and Ukraine is so lopsided in Moscow’s favor that any assistance Washington might provide in coming weeks would be largely irrelevant in determining the outcome of a conflict should it begin 2/ bsky.app/profile/lucy...

www.kielinstitut.de/research/top... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Remember, these are exactly the social conditions this coalition has worked hard to achieve for the last three years. The system isn’t ‘broken’, the system is working exactly as designed. Time to change the government #nzpol

Ever heard someone say "protest doesn't change anything"? Brazil and Serbia just proved them wrong. 🇧🇷 🇷🇸

Big Oil profits have skyrocketed since Trump launched his Iran War. Meanwhile, Trump himself owns up to $81 million in oil and gas stocks — which have increased in value by 43% since the end of 2025. When Trump says "we're making a freaking fortune," understand who he is really talking about.

But of course he did. Why be surprised? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Couple living at 148 Quay Street dont want their views spoiled by a new ferris wheel. People living BEHIND 148 Quay Street also didnt want their views spoiled by highrise built at 148 Quay Street. But here we are. #WeAreEntitledToOurEntitlements www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Stuff opinion comments today re; public servants: "Why ACT vote is going to boom". Reply: "No all of us sacked public servants are going to vote Act out for good. You and your children bothering friends will be out of work. I see why you don't like us we do useless things like protect children"

The shift away from the US continues. Ten countries have now signed on for Macron’s Forward Deterrence initiative, including the UK, Germany and Poland, WSJ reports. Under the plan, France would station nuclear-capable fighter jets across Europe as trust in the US erodes.

Luxon’s voter suppression tactics are perfectly aligned with his commercial experience at both Unilever and Air NZ - competition is something to be actively opposed at every turn, not a way of spurring innovation and better outcomes 🧵 #nzpol

I hope that a defeat of Flavio Bolsonaro and Darline Graham drives a stake through the heart of nepo-politics, leaving Don Jr. worried and sad.

Credit to @adamzyglis.bsky.social, as this is his work that’s been repackaged.