Nick Toumpelis

Russia’s Campaign to Turn Kids Into Killers Russia’s Campaign to Turn Kids Into Killers

How Russia weaponizes Ukrainian youth in occupied territories and militarizes its own children

Stop sucking up to Trump and grow a spine.

Teachers in schools and kindergartens glorify war in front of children.
And millions of Russians stay silent, refuse to acknowledge guilt - theirs or their country's - and continue living comfortable, well-fed lives.

Enough is Enough: Israel's Brutality Must End

Leaders from J-Street, a liberal Zionist organization, & MPAC, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, come together to demand that American elected officials do more to stop Israel's war crimes in Gaza.

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Photos: Starvation and Chaos in Gaza Israel’s blockade of most food and aid, along with distribution difficulties inside the Gaza Strip, have driven many of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation.

Israel’s blockade of most food and aid, along with distribution difficulties inside the Gaza Strip, have driven many of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation.

Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch.io and Valve does 'nothing to protect' women, and shock games will just be 'side-stepping the ban entirely', say affected indie devs "Cutting these women off from income streams and audiences does nothing to 'protect' them."

really good write-up of this whole situation with payment processors enabling right-wing censorship of adult games www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked A provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they'd encountered rocketed to the top spot on the U.S.

A provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they'd encountered rocketed to the top spot on the U.S.

Colbert's cancellation heralds a dangerous era of American self-censorship Republicans are coming to Brussels this weekend to lecture Europeans about free speech. Meanwhile, the Trump regime has intimidated major American news outlets and corporations into submission.

"The assumption that there is free and pluralistic media in the United States is baked into Europeans’ understanding of the world. But that world is no more."

My piece on what the Colbert cancellation means for a continent where the news agenda is set across the Atlantic.

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

As Ukrainian forces were advancing in Kherson province in September 2022, Elon Musk cut off Starlink
www.reuters.com/investigatio...

One week until Zooey and I return from France. This honeymoon has been incredible, and I just want to thank all of you for giving us this time to share our joy and love in the face of so many struggles.

We will return soon, recharged and ready to take everything on hand in hand. 💜

The Russian Black Sea Fleet in review for our Navy Day.

ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship OpenAI’s chatbot also said “Hail Satan.”

“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” Lila Shroff reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship:

If Pope Leo wants to meet with the Orthodox Church, he should talk to Bartholomew I, otherwise he's just meeting with associates of the Russian government (who will not negotiate in good faith).

Corporate media wants fascism, folks. Been saying it for a while. They will lay out the red carpet for it and line it up with millions of dollars.

Residential building with upper floors on fire

Smoke and fire from a residential building hit by a russian bomb in Kramatorsk

In the early hours, Russia attacked Kramatorsk with a glide bomb.

I heard this 'KAB' (250 or 500kg of explosives) flying above my flat & crashing into this building. It was close enough to feel the impact through my stomach.

It killed a boy, born in 2015 and injured another five people.

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Oh this is good, why didn't I think of that #iOSDev

Nebraska Mom Pleads Guilty to Giving Abortion Pills to Her Teen Daughter Jessica Burgess faced eight years in prison for helping her then 17-year-old get abortion pills. A plea deal brought it down to two.

NEW: A Nebraska mother who helped her daughter end her pregnancy with abortion pills has plead guilty to three charges. The daughter plead guilty in May and will be sentenced next week. Both face two years in prison for accessing healthcare the state made unavailable

Trump once called for Russia to illegally release Hillary’s emails. I call for America to legally release the full Epstein files.

There it is.

Republicans just BLOCKED the release of the Epstein Files.

waste, fraud and abuse

A Russian who killed his girlfriend for a mephedrone dose became a student at a Russian university with an award for participating in the war in Ukraine.

In 2021, Fyodor Khizhin brutally murdered a 17-year-old girl, stabbing her more than 60 times because he needed 3,000 rubles ($38) for drugs.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.

"Metadata embedded in the Epstein video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro."

Panic among Moscow's Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon's Empire Panic among Moscow's Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon's Empire

Panic among Moscow's Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon's Empire

My latest: "The Nervous Breakdown of The Elite"

The NYT's shameful smear of Zohran Mamdani and whitewashing of a racist, eugenicist source is the latest example of the establishment's nervous breakdown over the next mayor of NYC.

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This came to mind after I saw this video. I admit: I wouldn't have known this band was AI-generated unless someone told me. Very scary time for musicians.

IG danmanganmusic

7-yr-old Myron from Dnipro recently won first place at the World Blitz Chess Championship in Greece,beating nearly a hundred competitors

He took up chess after the Russian invasion began,when his entire family gathered at his grandfather's house.Myron has already won gold medals in Europe& #Ukraine