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Putin must be so pleased right now. More war and more chaos is exactly what he wants.
#StandWithUkraine

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ANHA: Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to international navigation until further notice. The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most critical oil chokepoint, with around 20% of global oil supplies passing through it daily.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% - Carbon Brief China’s clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are helping to cut emissions in other countries.

The solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines exported from China in 2024 are set to cut annual CO2 emissions in the rest of the world by 1%, some 220m tonnes (MtCO2). www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Volodymyr Zelensky said pulling troops from cities such as Kramatorsk and Sloviansk would leave 200,000 residents under Russian occupation, risking killing, forced mobilization or prison. He also questioned why elections are urgent for Russia and the US but not for Ukrainians. #Ukraine

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and alternatives:
Great tips: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

People do what you pay them to do.
You pay corporate executives to make stock prices go up, not to make better products.
You pay politicians to get re-elected, not to govern well.
You pay reporters to get a bigger audience, not to tell the truth.
And so forth.
Be aware of what you pay people to do

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has effectively used Flamingo missiles at distances of up to 1,400 kilometers, with all launches hitting their targets. He added that production was restored after Russian strikes and is now being gradually expanded. #Ukraine

Ukraine Was Supposed to Fall. Instead, It Rewrote Modern Warfare. Four years after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine still stands — and the West must decide whether it does too.

I was briefed Ukraine would crumble.
Four years later, Russia has lost over a million men — and Ukraine still stands.
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80% of Ukraine has no defense against Russian ballistic missiles, Zelenskyy says Each system costs up to $2 billion, with interceptor missiles at $3 million apiece.

Zelenskyy: 80% of Ukraine has no defense against Russian ballistic missiles. Patriot systems are the only counter - and they cost up to $2bn each.

Russia has stepped up ballistic missile strikes over winter, hitting energy infrastructure across the country.

euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/24/8...

Súper powerful

🇬🇧🇺🇦 British actor Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Artur Dron, “First to the Corinthians,” on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

🕯 Four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over 1,000 days of war, millions displaced, tens of thousands killed

Ukraine has endured missile strikes, blackouts, and relentless attacks — yet preserved its statehood and continues to fight. We remember the fallen and believe in victory

Forhåndstiltredelse ved ekspropriasjon i lys av urfolks rett til kulturutøvelse og retten til frisk natur Regelen om forhåndstiltredelse ved ekspropriasjon innebærer at tiltakshaver kan tiltre en eiendom eller overta en bruksrett før det er tatt stilling til lovligheten av tiltaket. Hjemmelen, som er gitt...

Virker logisk: «Det bør ikke være adgang til å gi #forhåndstiltredelse dersom det er reell risiko for brudd på rettigheter som er beskyttet av menneskerettskonvensjoner eller grunnlovsbestemmelser, før rettskraftig avgjørelse om inngrepets lovlighet foreligger» www.scup.com/eprint/BIICN...

France’s 'Climate Sense' project puts you in a 50°C #climate chamber, a glimpse of a possible future.

Not a graph. Not a report. A physical experience.

Imagine if political leaders everywhere had to feel that heat before making climate decisions.

climatesense.fr

NEWS: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection tied to his 2024 martial law declaration that triggered a constitutional crisis and military raid on the National Assembly.

Best skiing in a loooong time. Life still worth living! #Romsdal #Møre

#Goodnews #GreenGrowth in Romania. Please use positive growth in carbon productivity (more from less) rather than GHG intensity. See my book #TomorrowsEconomy for more on the psychology of green growth.

🇨🇦🇨🇦Best thing’s about Mark Carney. He answers the presses questions without blaming his predecessor. *see Trump Biden* He has a plan moving forward regardless Trumps threats. He’s easy to understand as he speaks English. He doesn’t post memes of him raining shit on our people. 🇨🇦🇨🇦

Read and share all over..he nails it

Western reporting suggests that the United States has accepted Russia's demanded sequence of having Ukraine cede territory to Russia before receiving formal US or European security guarantee commitments.

Read more from here: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...

☠️Situation on the frontline on 13.02.26.

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🇺🇦Alexandrovsk direction: Our units are methodically expanding the zone of penetration towards Berezovoe - Ternove and Stepovo. A springboard for a further advance has been created: the distance has been shortened, the approaches have been scouted, and

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Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Trump is still saying Zelenskyy should hold an election, even during a war.

Zelensky is such a “dictator” he offered to resign in return for peace with Russia.

Trump never conceded the 2020 election and incited the January 6 rioters.

Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK Swedish company claims ruling is anti-competitive and ‘solely benefits Big Dairy’

Insane! Maybe just call it «Mylk» rather than milk? M1lk? Melk? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Electric Cars Are Simply Better — Subsidies Or Not

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😎👊 ARES artillery reconnaissance battery continues to destroy enemy artillery.