🇺🇸🇮🇷💣 U.S. intelligence agencies have detected signs that Iran is beginning preparations to deploy large numbers of naval mines in the shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz.
10.03.2026 19:24
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Why Vladimir Putin is the biggest winner from the war in Iran
U.S.-Israeli strikes in the Middle East have driven up the price of oil, strengthening the Kremlin’s ability to fund its military campaign.
For Russia, the surge in oil prices after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran amounts to an economic windfall at a crucial moment.
It's leaving the Kremlin well placed to emerge as one of the main beneficiaries of the conflict in the Middle East.
09.03.2026 16:44
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Just recently Peter Thiel was warning us against people who promise safety and peace.
09.03.2026 16:59
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💭 Iran at War: The Russian Angle
@nicolegrajewski.bsky.social explains how tensions involving #Iran could affect #Russia’s broader interests in the Gulf, where Moscow’s economic ties to GCC states often exceed its ties to Tehran.
Full conversation in the comments ⬇️
03.03.2026 16:10
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Should Illegal Drug Use Cost Someone Their Gun Rights? SCOTUS Appears Skeptical
The justices heard oral arguments in a case that could determine whether people who use marijuana and other illegal drugs can lawfully own firearms.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could determine whether people who use marijuana and other illegal drugs can lawfully own guns. During the hearing, justices peppered the government with questions that suggested they were uncomfortable with the extent of the ban.
03.03.2026 00:52
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Inside Iran’s Preparations for War and Plans for Survival
A few days ago the NY Times profiled extensive contingency succession planning
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/w...
28.02.2026 21:28
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At all three places where I taught, veterans and military students are admired for their service, their ability to get their academic work done quickly and extremely well, and for often balancing family and school.
Not *once* have I ever heard a faculty member disparage a military student.
28.02.2026 01:02
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The U.S. administration did not send a single representative to the official commemoration events marking the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nor did it issue a single word through its embassy in Kyiv -- not even a standard diplomatic boilerplate.
24.02.2026 13:03
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Iran agreed secret shoulder-fired missile deal with Russia
Leaks reveal €500mn contract for man-portable ‘Verba’ system to rebuild Tehran’s air defences
"Iran agreed a secret €500mn arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles in its most significant effort to rebuild air defences shattered during last year’s war with Israel." www.ft.com/content/d034...
23.02.2026 00:16
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RAND Is Sunsetting Its Gun Violence Research Initiatives Amid Trump’s Cuts
Experts lamented the think tank's closures as a loss for policymakers, advocates, and researchers who have relied on the data to prevent shootings.
RAND is closing down its Gun Policy in America project, an initiative that provided what experts called the most sweeping and reliable synthesis of evidence on the effectiveness of various gun laws. The think tank is also sunsetting an initiative that poured funding into gun violence research.
22.02.2026 00:51
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The challenge is not just to win the election but to rebuild and reform captured and politicised institutions without further undermining rule of law - a “post-illiberal trilemma” that Poland’s liberal-centrist government has struggled with (see @jodemocracy.bsky.social article by Stanley/Bill).
01.02.2026 17:20
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Data centers use MASSIVE amounts of water
Just one Google data center in Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 -- enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water use for 5 days. ⬇️
08.02.2026 00:41
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A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before.
More > tcnv.link/q09MFqr
03.02.2026 17:21
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graph tracking democratic backsliding is occuring more quickly in the US than elsewhere.
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
31.01.2026 15:12
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The Documentary Podcast - Hungary: The alternative to Orban - BBC Sounds
Can opposition leader Peter Magyar challenge Viktor Orban?
Interesting profile of Hungarian opposition Peter Magyar. Long interview in English (which Magyar speaks well) with veteran BBC reporter Nick Thorpe who really knows his stuff in Hungary /CE. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
29.01.2026 21:39
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putin's most impressive accomplishment is getting europe to cheer for German rearmament
27.01.2026 19:55
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