Douglas MacKenzie

Very prescient of them. The trail has already been laid in the Humanities with @timothysnyder.bsky.social, @marcishore.bsky.social and Jason Stanley leaving Yale for the Univrsity of Toronto. The leadng experts on authoritarianism (and a lot else besides) leaving not just the USA but Yale says much

'it's always been clear to me that the lesson of 1933 is that it's better to get out sooner rather than later'- Marci Shore.

Trump reverses termination of program tracking mass child abductions in Ukraine The rare reversal of a Trump administration edict terminating a program to track mass child abductions in Ukraine follows a Washington Post report and concerns from U.S. lawmakers and Christian evange...

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In the course of 26 years, Putin has broken 190 deals -military analyst Michael Clarke

"The biggest one of all,I suppose,was 1994,the Budapest Memorandum,which is when Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons…, and Ukraine was the one country that could have used them," he said

'Russia isn’t a nation; it’s a prison of nations, bound not by shared values but by force and fear.' - Andrew Chakhoyan

Dnipro now. Does it look like ceasfire?

USAGM agrees to partially fund RFE/RL as judge weighs case over Trump cuts RFE/RL sued USAGM on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, arguing that the step violates federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.

⚡️ USAGM agrees to partially fund RFE/RL as judge weighs case over Trump cuts.

RFE/RL sued USAGM on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, arguing the step violates federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.

OTD in 1949 Operation Priboi started. USSR forcibly deported *90,000* Baltic people to 'inhospitable parts' of Russia. 70% of those deported were women & children under 16.

Imagine mass deporting children today....

'Watching Witkoff’s interview from anywhere in the world can be embarrassing. Watching it in Kyiv is also frightening.'

So Hungary can still veto Ukraine’s accession. With regard to the €40 billion in military aid Ms Kallas is trying to base this on voluntary contributions so it avoids any vetos.

If only this were true, The argument was over a message of support for Ukraine which does not require unanimity. A joint statement cam be attached as an annexe to a resolution to which all have agreed. This ONLY applies to statements without legally binding commitments.

Absolutely over the moon to reveal that I’m painting a Wild In Art book bench sculpture for The Book Bench Trail!!

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In aid of Clan Cancer Support charity and my design is being sponsored by Albyn School.

#Scotland #WildInArt #WildInArtArtist #Aberdeen #illustrator

''They are Russian-speaking, and there have been referendums,' — Witkoff parrots Russian propaganda, legitimising Putin's claims in Ukraine'

Any organisation Musk tries to muzzle must be providing valuable insights and is worth supporting. In addition to their work in Ukraine, very grateful for the data they collected around the Romanian elections.

My friend Adriana in Romania @ingadriana.ro shared this beautiful short film about landscape-scale restoration in the Carpathians. The project supports traditional livelihoods to support nature & is driven by and for local people.

Brilliant - and wait till you see the Carpathian sheepdog pups 💚💚💚

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And when Putin lies, Trump parrots those lies ....

Welfare spending as a percentage of GDP.

- France: 31% of GDP.
- Finland: 29%.
- Belgium: 28.9%.
- Italy: 28%.
- Germany: 26%.
- Spain: 25%.
- Denmark: 25%.
- Sweden: 25%.
- Norway: 25%.
- Japan: 22%.
- United Kingdom: 21%.

This is before £5 Billion of Labour cuts!

Rusia implică PSRM în protestele din România. Fratele lui Bătrîncea recrutează moldoveni pentru manifestația pro-Georgescu | Deschide Rusia se implică tot mai activ în treburile interne ale României. În lipsa resurselor umane la București, Moscova a recurs la ajutorul pionilor săi de la Chișinău – Partidul Socialiștilor din Republic...

In Romanian press today via report from deschide.md: pro-Russian party in Moldova organising transportation of Moldovans to demonstration in Bucharest in favour of disqualified pro-Kremlin Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu.

Violating the law and the Constitution, Trump purports to have closed Radio Free/Radio Liberty, a medium which is the source of much of what we known about Russia and the post-communist world. Stanislav Aseyev was arrested in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tortured for his reporting for Radio Liberty.

Nations League play-offs: Greece summon legend of King Otto before Scotland play-off tie Almost 21 years on from Greece's greatest triumph, Scotland's opponents have their sights set on Nations League A.

BBC Scotland Sports website has tthe name of the article's subject stated incorrectly 15 times within it. The German coach of the Greek team which won Euro 2004 was Ottto Rehhagel not Renhagel. “King Otto” is not a legend: it was the title of a 2002 film about Rehhagel by Christopher André Marks.

New Battery Recycling Process From China Recovers 99.99% Of Lithium - CleanTechnica New research in China and the US shows battery recycling can reduce emissions and energy usage dramatically.

Good news for sustainability of EVs as researchers in China reveal process for recycling almost all lithium from batteries cleantechnica.com/2025/03/17/n...

Superb video setting out Labour's promises, every one of which they have enthusiastically reneged upon after they got elected on the hollow 'Change' mantra 👇

a young, brown-haired, clean-shaven american man in a green army uniform. he looks stern.

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.

But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:

A massacre.

He decided to act. 1/28

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion.

On this day, three years ago.

"The Russian bombing of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol on March 16, 2022, stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date."

Please read and never forget what Ukrainians are up against 👇

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It is across Europe, or at least those parts which have felt Russia's malevolence The Reuters news report of anti-Orban protests was read out in Bucharest and received almost as large a cheer as the Romanian national anthem previously.

Ca. 15.000 (my estimate) gathered in Bucharest to support democratic values, proclaim Romania's place in Europe, and reject Russia and fascism. The European anthem "Ode to Joy" was sung as was the Romanian one. The crowd formed a heart for Europe with blue and white sheets lit by mobile phones

When Nicola Sturgeon left office she was the most popular party leader in the UK.

Yet on her retirement from politics the BBC chooses to continue the non-stop negativity. You have to ask who it thinks it represents - because it isn't most people in Scotland.

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You may have seen that the Defence Minister of Portugal announced yesterday his country will not go ahead with its purchase of F-35s citing the unpredictability of US policy.

Original paper in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...