Freedom_Armed

I'm working on a book proposal at the moment, the core thesis of which is "Democracy fails not when lies spread, but when verified reality can no longer alter incentive structures." and we're seeing it happen in real time. Which is good for the book, but bad for democracy.

Fuck this year - Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell reveals he has cancer: ‘Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch’ www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

A new month begins. Will it bring increased optimism? Mixed messages so far, but with another Russian ally having some "local problems" in Tehran, another supply line may be cut, increasing the chances of Moscow having to cut a deal with Ukraine. Day 1467 - this is the daily🧵

The 5th year of war in Ukraine has begun. At 4am on this day in 2022, Putin ordered his troops to destroy Ukraine. They tried. They failed. It's Day 1462 and a daily thread with all the fact-checked news, free, every single day. Please send a coffee if you like my work🙏

Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than 250,000 people - most of them exiled Iranians and their supporters - peacefully demonstrated in Munich during the MSC with no major incidents. German police explicitly thanked them for this truly peaceful event.

Finally some good news!

What I want to know is who plays Boo? - ‘Baldur’s Gate’ TV Series Continuing Game’s Story In Works At HBO From ‘The Last Of Us’ Co-Creator Craig Mazin & Hasbro Entertainment deadline.com/2026/02/bald...

These Epstein files are so horrific that we could see Tehran carpet-bombed, Obama arrested and martial law declared in Minneapolis in the next few days.

From rape of minors to murder and a LOT of other sick stuff.

Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.

We just published our full analysis of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti on Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.

People have to come to terms with the fact Trump confuses diplomacy for capitulation. He's posting this because he thinks it's a victory.

Reminds me of this

The world turns at a crazy pace. It's only 18 January and 2026 has already seen Venezuela, Iran, now Greenland again dominate the news. And through it all, innocent residents in Ukraine continue to freeze after the illegal invasion of their country nears a 5th year. Here's the🧵

"Release the Epstein Files"

(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal. Here we go.

Things gradually slotting into place.

They may all rot in hell.

One good thing about Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign emailing us their fake news posts everyday of the week is you can get a sense of what really worries Russia. The last few days have been dominated by videos about how unpopular Macron is for wanting to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

Russia's disinformation campaign is now using deepfaked audio of Holocaust survivors to attack Armenia, in videos published on the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel.

Putin: “Russia has never been racist. We advocate for diversity. One color world would be a dull place.” *carries on sending anyone who’s not an ethnic Russian to the frontline*

„the book carries a worryingly resonant warning in light of recent events.“ www.thetimes.com/article/cb18...

I'm finally looking forward to Russia's disinformation campaign no longer emailing us endless fake news videos about Moldova and Maia Sandu. Guess they won't be getting their bonuses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

History shows that when democracies face crises, strengthening and reinvigorating democratic participation is essential to prevent democratic backsliding and the rise of authoritarianism. This is not that.

For those those reminded me about this :)

Alex Jones, living the meme.

lol

Man and I was hoping to see Eliot's game stats! Would be way more interesting 😄

Let's hope 🍊💩📉 holds that new opinion for more than 24 hours. #ArmUkraineNow

A reminder that it took Turkey 17 seconds to shoot down a Russian Su-24 in 2015.

It’s always exciting to watch our freedom of speech slowly eroding away…..

Elmo will only get hit in the pocket when governments start pressuring him by stepping away from SpaceX/Starlink and xAI and thus harming his stance as an important defence contractor. The cars obviously don't matter.

Worth reading.

The picture is starting to become clear. Conventional MAGAs like Governor Cox and Kash Patel can deliberately misread the evidence all they like, but the truth always comes out eventually. Tyler Robinson is a Groyper; it is that theory of the case that explains everything about how we got here.

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

Never forget, why you sleep peacefully.

European operation identifies alleged Belarusian spy ring www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Straight to exploiting his shooting (and likely death). I guess you live by the sword, you die by the sword, and get exploited by the fans of the sword.

Reports of an attack, allegedly by a drone, on a vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), while anchored outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. The below video shows the moment of the incident. Keep it in mind when you read the next post. www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_M...

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Because noise has become the signal.

Lol his rant against Hungarian politicians with a spine and morals makes this even better. Vatnik tears are the best tears.

New batch of emails from Russia's disinformation campaign, which added Chancellor Merz of Germany to its list of targets, which has previously focused on Moldovan president Maia Sandu and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Russian colonialism. A long 🧵 Some didn´t get the memo but Russia was - and is - a colonial power. Let´s take a tour around this marvelous empire: (I merged two threads here. That´s why the Balts are more thoroughly pictured) 1/x

It just occurred to me that of all the state leaders meeting in the White House, Zelensky represents the country with the largest army. Sure, the US and others have more expensive equipment, but it's still food for thought.

Joining Zelenskyy in DC tomorrow will be European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finish President Alexander Stubb and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.

“Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.” The Kyiv Independent is not holding back in its new editorial.