@erikma.bsky.social
Journalist and author of the non-fiction book The War against Bacteria.
Russian forces have reportedly fallen into three simultaneous encirclements. Ukrainian troops cut off retreat routes while drones track reinforcements. Ukraine’s Dnipro command confirms advances, saying Russian logistics near Dobropillia are collapsing and retreating troops are trapped under fire.
26.09.2025 07:17 — 👍 915 🔁 161 💬 24 📌 12
11 UK court rules consent for 2 new Scottish oil and gas fields granted unlawfully, triggering fresh approval requirements
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⚡ Zelenskyy: Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else in the world.
💬 "Because the war is here, and the victims are ours, our people, our independence, and all of this is under constant threat, constantly under attack, under missile strikes."
Insane times
02.02.2025 17:17 — 👍 178 🔁 40 💬 7 📌 1
This can't be right? Are Trump going to put a 25 % tax on canadian and mexican oil? 😂 And he thinks that is a good thing for his fossile fuel consuming voters??
01.02.2025 21:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Which power generation technologies are the least harmful to the environment & society?
It's wind, solar and geothermal.
Great meta-study provides an overview of negative externalities associated with electricity supply.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My new video on why china and russia really wanted to get Trump back in the White House is out now on youtube. Link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9U...
Trump fired the NLRB's pro-worker general counsel and its acting chair.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
🇸🇰 Slovak PM Robert Fico threatens to block all EU aid to Ukraine if Zelensky does not restore gas transit through Ukraine. He stated that the threat of countermeasures is "the only language Zelensky understands."
28.01.2025 19:40 — 👍 164 🔁 25 💬 54 📌 6Not the American people?
This what they voted for.
Reminder that Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Google are each facing federal antitrust lawsuits.
They each gave cash hand over fist to Trump’s inaugural fund, which raked in a record $250 million.
When I say money in politics corrupts our system, this is what I’m talking about.
BREAKING: Donald Trump FAILED to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” after entering the Oval Office, as he repeatedly promised during the presidential campaign.
21.01.2025 17:19 — 👍 1672 🔁 369 💬 110 📌 39When billionaires take control of vital communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
8/8 Sources:
The Guardian - Elon Musk has become the world’s biggest hypocrite on free speech
Grok
Russia destroyed Mariupol&abandoned the people who lived there:
"We found ourselves superfluous in our hometown,although we were waiting for Russia"
Homeless residents of occupied Mariupol recorded an appeal to Putin.They’re unable to get the housing promised by the "authorities" for the third year
Russians filmed their own broken column. Huge amounts of destroyed tanks, IFVs and armored carriers are visible.
04.01.2025 19:30 — 👍 1259 🔁 171 💬 33 📌 15
Denne ga mening, syns jeg. Russland slitet, og de sliter hardt. Det eneste som kan redde dem fra nederlag i Ukraina nå, er propaganda. youtu.be/WupRwvJ7sOc?...
25.12.2024 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Det @joniaskola.bsky.social sa
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"70E" står for "70 Erik" - ikke "70 Ekspress" som man skulle tro.
@erikma.bsky.social
1/8 Putin approves record defense spending as russia's economy overheats, and the central bank gets ready to increase the key interest rate once again
03.12.2024 13:55 — 👍 61 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 1
Britain imposes sanctions on 30 ships from Russia's "shadow fleet". This marks the UK's largest sanctions package of its kind, targeting vessels that moved over $4.3B in oil and petroleum products last year.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2024/11...
⚡️Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritize aiding Ukraine over Taiwan, Politico reports.
"A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression," former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said during the Halifax International Security Forum.
Klimaforhandlingene i Baku kollapser #Cop29! De sårbare øystatene, AOSIS, trekker seg, melder @cnn.com "Our needs are known [and] they are being ignored," announced the group's negotiators in a manic hastily arranged press conference in the middle of the corridor.
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