Matthew Bodner

Damn, they were doing so well

I swear to god if I hear that song one more time today

Opinion | Putin Should Be Careful What He Wishes For

No, a world shaped by Trump’s mercurial temperament & might-is-right principles actually isn’t good for Putin - for as long as he indulges his illusion of total victory in Ukraine.

The Alaska summit won't change that.

My essay in @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

Russia's foreign minister arrived in Alaska today wearing a "USSR" sweatshirt.

Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, say people briefed on call US president encouraged Ukrainian leader to step up deep strikes on Russia

Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, according to people briefed on the discussions.
w/ @henryjfoy.ft.com @maxseddon.bsky.social.
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Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media

AI will fix this

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Slava Ghorman

European messaging today in Paris was exemplary. Strong message that Europe won’t prematurely lift sanctions for sake of a terrible Black Sea deal. Efforts to goad Trump into seeing he’s being played. Signals that Europe won’t accept caps on Ukraine‘s military. And pressing on w/ coalition planning.

The Kremlin has been messaging all day that it wanted a pause in arms deliveries to Ukraine as a condition of a full ceasefire. (As though Russia would cease taking deliveries from China, Iran and N. Korea.)

The absence of a full ceasefire suggests the White House didn't cave.

There’s no money to be made in Russia American companies shouldn’t assume that a thaw in US ties with Moscow will make doing business there easier

People have asked me recently... what if...? would you go...? My personal and strongly held opinion is that opportunists who rush back to Russia will get what they deserve, and probably won't have to wait long for it

But don't listen to me, here's @eribakova.bsky.social for the FT
on.ft.com/41OUjtE

Prediction: Putin is about to hit Trump with a major reality check.

Its a better look than eyeliner tbh

Yah, next scene, not uniform

Also some navy stuff like this in the early 2000s. I think we might be able to say its been 20 years tbh since hes actually put on a real uniform.

Also perhaps this (but hard to tell, its maybe just a hunting jacket) in Chechnya right after he first becomes prez, as seen in the excellent @nbcnews.com documentary Putin's War: Killer Instinct

Crowdsourcing this: I know Putin has worn various military regalia in the past, but can anyone recall a single example of fatigues/an actual uniform rather than a field jacket/overcoat and funny hat?

This is why I like Bluesky

Maybe the reboot can clarify

One of the most fascinating sub-topics of this era is how so many "libertarians" claimed Rand as their ideological mother only to completely turn on all of her core assertions when Obama was elected...and then went on to *all of this*. (This is neither pro/anti-Rand, its just how many of them went).

Its been too many years...but do I recall correctly President Clark backing the Centauri annexation of Narn?

This was all covered in Babylon 5 btw

Ukraine hopes its minerals deal will dig it out of a hole with Trump A provisional draft of the agreement is vague but better than feared

'Ukraine appears to have steered away from America’s first brazen, extractive demands into something that is closer to a joint investment venture. The deal looks to be a good way short of the $500bn “payback”' www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

We want the big click wheel thing back

@covertshores.bsky.social Mr. Sutton hello! Hoping to chat with you for NBC News. Any chance you can point me to direct contact details?

Why is there not more talk of the Gaza deal creating a whole new wave of Islamic terrorism? Or is that unlikely?

Doge v USAid: How Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency Takeover of USAid agency by Doge operatives seen as a pilot for a large-scale overhaul of the federal government

SCOOP: Elon Musk in multiple phone calls pressured USAID administrators and security to give the "Doge kids" access to personnel data and secure rooms. My insider piece on the tense meetings and chaotic standoffs at USAID as four young Musk acolytes shut it down. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I can’t believe we lived long enough to see the South Park movie become relevant again

The lore is going to be deeper than we are prepared for I think

Bro I’m in