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This chart is insane. This shows Russia's casualties over time compared to Russia's territorial gains in Ukraine over the last five years. No sane or rational person would say continuing the war to try and take more of Ukraine's territory is worth the casualties.

A growing number of Engalnd football supporters are fighting back against the far right attempt to assert exclusive ownership of the English flag meme via Adrian Sawyer

⚡️ Russian attacks left 2,433 civilians dead or injured in September, marking an 85% increase compared to last year.

No, it won't. Putin doesn't want to meet Zelensky, and Trump isn't going to push him.

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

Many people have a wrong idea about what US intelligence sharing with Ukraine is. In reality it's largely early warnings about air strikes so Ukrainians can seek shelter. This requires US satellites. But it looks like Trump might have instructed his military to stop giving Ukrainians that warning.

See it, Say it, Suet

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It's important to recognise is that this *isn't* about the US getting "back" to business with Russia, because there's never been much US-Russia business of any kind beyond arms control. What the Trump admin is pushing for is an unprecedented alignment of the US with Russia.

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

❗️The EU paid about €7.88 billion for Russian LNG from the Yamal Arctic project in the first nine months of 2026, Euronews reports, citing Urgewald and Kpler. A record 12.18 million tonnes reached European ports, up 9.5% year-on-year. #Russia

Maybe the most amazing aspect of the Russo-Ukraine War is that Russia is getting backing from both China and the USA, the two largest powers of the moment--and Ukraine could still emerge triumphant as long as Europe backs it stoutly.

Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.

I don't see anything erratic here. For over a decade, Trump has prioritised "getting along with Russia"; since 20 January 2025, Trump administration policy has reflected that priority. It's perhaps the most consistent aspect of Trump foreign policy. 🧵on Trump and sanctions.

If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

@hossenfelder.bsky.social any thoughts on this?

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Stargazing 5 xkcd.com/3301/

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Kash Patel unveils Ultimate Dog sex bot

Currently feels like I need to repost this weekly… : Meanwhile, in about 250 million years time… “It’s a fossil human. They ruled the earth millions of years ago, but went extinct.” “What happened, mummy? Was it a meteorite?” “No darling; they were just epic f*ckwits.” #PlaymobilInfestation

BREAKING: Ed Sheeran to represent Piddington at Eurovision

Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her

"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"

Not even a hint of, “Putin could stop the war today and withdraw his occupation troops back to Russia. But right now Russia does not want to do that”. Why are the US ‘negotiations’ so unbelievably one sided?

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

If Ukraine would just surrender we could get on with making business deals

The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe and NATO will not just maintain our pressure on Russia, we will increase it and we will not stop. Not until Russia stops bombing and killing innocent children, men and women in Ukraine.

@drbecky.bsky.social needs to be on BlueSky so we don't miss awesome stuff like this!

Journalists need to stop describing these incidents in terms implying software has agency and intent. It does not. The people who created a faulty and dangerous product are the ones responsible for whatever happens, and must be held to account, with punitive financial penalties for damage done.

Black Gate, spire of St Nicholas Cathedral and Dog Leap Stairs, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1889.

If Serbia insists on burying Maladić with state honours, that is its sovereign prerogative. However such a move would be entirely inconsistent with being a candidate for EU membership, and the accession process should be formally suspended as a result.

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❗️Almost 40 hours of continuous attacks on Kyiv: since yesterday, the capital has already declared an air alert 21 times due to jet Shaheds, — Monitoring channels

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

Ironically, sickle cell anaemia is a good example of the problems of reducing issues to racial categories. Because African Americans and Britons of Caribbean origin suffer disproportionately from the trait… 1/

I’m off to Edinburgh today ahead of my seven shows at this year’s Fringe. As ever, my train ‘journey’ has got off to a spectacular start.