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Last week I joined Al Jazeera English’s Inside Story to discuss Russia’s hybrid war against Europe — and how far Europe and Ukraine are from a genuine diplomatic solution to Russia’s war of aggression.

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Die Liebe zum Autoritarismus – Die dunkle Seite des Menschen

Demokratie kämpft auf verlorenem Posten.
Selbst stabile Demokratien sehen, wie Menschen zunehmend autoritäre Parteien wählen.

Warum?

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

„Don’t lose hope…“

Ad Sinistram This should be applied to journalists today. At Nuremberg, Julius Streicher was not convicted of having committed or participated in any crimes or acts of violence himself, but was convicted on the grounds that as a journalist his many speeches and articles supporting and excusing violence made him an accessory. He hanged. Übersetzung: Ad Sinistram Das sollte man heute auf Journalisten anwenden. In Nürnberg wurde Julius Streicher nicht verurteilt, weil er selbst Verbrechen oder Gewalttaten begangen oder daran teilgenommen hatte, sondern mit der Begründung verurteilt, dass er als Journalist durch seine vielen Reden und Artikel, die Gewalt unterstützten und entschuldigten, zum Mittäter wurde. Er wurde gehängt.

Gefunden auf Substack.
Übersetzung im ALT-Text.

Es ist ja viel zu dem Treffen aller US-Generäle geschrieben worden. Was haben wir uns für Sorgen gemacht, hier würde ein Führer-Eid verlangt, es würde danach Rücktritte und Entlassungen hageln, und das Militär auf einen möglichen Ausnahmezustand und Bürgerkrieg eingeschworen.

Ok. Leute.

Putin schnallt offenbar langsam, was Russland blüht.

Kein Grund für Europa und die NATO, auch nur einen Millimeter zurückzuweichen.

Use it to stop Trump. Would be the first time anyone actually did anything. Speeches, posts or resignations don’t count when the lunatics are running the asylum.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Russland erreicht die Ziele der „Sommeroffensive“ nicht, drückt an einigen Frontabschnitten jedoch weiter. Die Ukraine gewinnt zunehmend wieder an Initiative. Landkrieg und Luftkrieg verlaufen unterschiedlich. Wie ist die Lage und was wird gebraucht? 🧵

So, Lavrov just said Russia doesn’t send drones in direction of European counties. But tonight they sent 100 drones into mine. Russians seems to still feel we are them. Ukraine is Europe you hate so much . So fkc off Russia.

Well said by Karl Jacoby, this has been much on my mind, need to think about the absurd meeting of generals in this light

Why Ukraine is winning the war Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation

Warum die Ukraine den Krieg gewinnt
Russland hat sein Kernziel - die Zerstörung der ukrainischen Nation - nicht erreicht - FT

‼️ Ein wirklich brillanter Artikel, der euch und jedem normal denken Menschen klar macht, warum die Ukraine - entgegen dem was Mordors Propaganda sagt - gewinnt.
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The Trumpist regime is causing so much damage, so much destruction. We must remember that this goes far beyond politics in a narrow sense, that the radical goons currently in charge of the U.S. government are threatening the health and the lives of so many millions.

Please read this.

Ukraine, thankfully, has not listened--and now we can see why. They have focussed on war production as the battlefield has become increasingly deadly. The have also given themselves a better demographic future.
It’s amazing how poor the understanding of war is these days. 2/2

Wir leben in einem der freiesten, stabilsten, sichersten und wirtschaftlich stärksten Ländern - positive Narrative über unser Land, um den Extremisten entgegenzutreten, sind keine Hirngespinste. Sie verlangen aber auch den Mut, die Extremisten mit der Realität zu konfrontieren.

It's worth reading today's post by Kovalenko, head of the Office for Combating Disinformation, to understand the current events in Europe: "The war in Europe may initially be hybrid in nature, and Russia is already demonstrating how it intends to wage it.

President of Finland Alexander Stubb:

"When we look at war, there are elements of it that are brutal, vulgar, and unethical. But the kidnapping of children, I think, goes beyond all of that. And we have to think that it's not only about the children being abducted⤵️

1/11 How should Europe deal with Trump on Ukraine?

The strategy is clear, but hard to implement:

👉 Stop expecting anything from him
👉 Engage with him as much as possible

Not to win him over, but to extract whatever little help we can, and limit the damage he can do

1/15 Despite what many think, time is not on Russia’s side in Ukraine.

The bad news is it might take a while to show.

Wars are slow-moving disasters, and Ukraine’s expanding strike campaign will be key to speeding up the reckoning

Very annoyed with this ”but Turkey shot down a Russian jet”.

Turkey doesn’t have a border with Russia. If Finland did the same (when it’s ”only” an incursion), what would stop Russia from starting to shoot down Finnish (or other NATO) jets when they’re flying close to the Russian border ?

There’s a widespread misconception in Western society that repelling Russian provocations would lead to war. It’s a narrative fueled by Russian propaganda. In reality, the opposite is true: Russia will continue escalating its aggression and provocations until it is stopped.

a woman was killed today in Zaporizhzhia by Russian bombs .. and she’s close to my mom’s age . And watching her husband and daughter near her body, standing there, helpless, my mind just instantly goes : what if it was my mom. And then I remember she’s dead -

Die, die sagen, man könne nichts mehr sagen, sind diejenigen, die an die Macht gelangt dafür sorgen werden, dass man nichts mehr sagen darf. (Las ich neulich irgendwo sinngemäß und stimmte zu.)

Ukraine is not asking for pity.
Ukraine is asking for tomorrow.

How do serious outlets let through their editing process articles that claim that the Poland drone attack ”led to little more than statements of concern”.

The very same day multiple European allies pledged to deploy more support to Poland and it was formalised as Eastern Sentry 2 days later

1/5 Despite our efforts, those of us in countries bordering Russia still aren’t doing enough.

Helping Ukraine and building real defenses isn’t optional.

What we’re doing now falls short of true deterrence.

We need to send a message—and that means doing more

Trump is enabling this by cutting the financing of the investigations