Martti Ekstrand

Up to 25,000 Cubans could soon be fighting for Russia.

It is reported that Cubans are promised about $2,000 per month - far more than they can earn at home. It is also possible that they are promised jobs in construction but then sent to the frontlines.

1/ Russian UAV specialists are being treated as "slaves" and transferred to extremely high-risk assault squads despite their expertise as engineers and programmers, even in the Russian army's most effective UAV unit, according to a bitterly critical Russian commentary. ⬇️

Ah, the very rare T-15 Assmata.

Handmade jewelry from Ukraine!💙💛
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...

1/ Russia's volunteer soldiers (known as kontraktniki) have evolved significantly since the start of the Ukraine war, with the quality of the soldiers steadily decreasing. A Russian commentary describes how the profile of the Russian contract soldier has changed over time. ⬇️

A screenshot of her post with the text: Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, I'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to "this vaguely looks and sound like them so that's enough", just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppetering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and them shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross. And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it "the future". AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

Robin Williams daughter has some choice words about this and AI in general.

zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

I thought there would be corvids sitting at the tables.

Beetlejuice talks to Barbara and Adam dressed in his tour guide outfit

What are your qualifications?
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Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I lived through the Black Plague. I've seen the EXORCIST 167 TIMES, & IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?

Fun update on the James Mulligan situation, If you don't know he is the alleged AI/ Plagiarism Disney artist
I guess he didn't like my coverage of the topic. He is attempting to remove any trace of his alleged bad behavior from the internet. We of course will fight this as it falls under fair use

The Thing mutating into a dog in the kennels

One year so today I posted this miniature 'The Thing' photo I created using real figures, lighting and miniature sets...

#horror #scifi #thething #photography #miniatures

The "I Want to Live" project published Russian statistics on the losses of the Russian Armed Forces in 2025.
t.me/c/1616052141...

A Russian war correspondent complains that due to Ukrainian drones, the chances of simply reaching the front lines are 50/50, and the life expectancy of a Russian assault soldier in the war in Ukraine is 12 days.

I also have that 3D model building! It was given away for free back in 2020 by kitbash3d.com

It's also insane that, despite all this value and dominance, the leaders of these companies kowtow to Mango Mussolini.

Georgian police crack down on protesters as thousands march on presidential palace Some protesters attempted to break through the palace fences, prompting Georgia's Interior Ministry to declare the demonstration illegal and order the crowd dispersed.

⚡️Georgian police crack down on protesters as thousands march on presidential palace.

Some protesters attempted to break through the palace fences, prompting Georgia's Interior Ministry to declare the demonstration illegal and order the crowd dispersed.

Paddington in Labyrinth (1986)

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1663

Ukraine — the bulwark against Russian tyranny.

Jurassic Park parody of the famous Trex scene but instead of the Trex it's Rex from Toy Story

One year ago today I posted this miniature Toy Story/Jurassic Park parody photo I created using real figures, lighting and miniature sets. The rain, flashlight beam and headlights I digitally added in the rest is all real.

#photography #miniatures #toyphotography

1/ Ukrainian drones are making it very difficult to reach the front lines near Pokrovsk, and all but impossible to travel with any supplies, according to a Russian soldier fighting there. He describes Russia trying to push forward over a carpet of corpses. ⬇️

I’ll say it again in case you missed it: there is a potential Chornobyl 2.0. in making thanks to Russia .

it’s 7th day nuclear plant that Russian army took from Ukraine has no electricity and is using its own diesel generators and it’s very very bad.

We destroyed T-62M zr. 2022 № «511»🔥

Once per month we ask you to help our unit to become more effective against our mutual enemy.

We need a variety of gear: from tools for cars to training machine for shotguns.

3500$🔽

PP: osint4ua@gmail.com

WFP: secure.wayforpay.com/donate/Krieg...

Today, 52-year-old Ilona Revut has died in a shelter in Kyiv due to an acute reaction to stress.
A beauty parlor where Ilona was hairstylist wrote of her death.

Russia doesn't always kill with direct strikes.
Many Ukrainians have serious health issues after surviving Russian attacks.

orcs gonna orc

There must be easier ways to form a AA support group than this.

As a non-American looking at this debacle from the outside I can't help to think that there's must be an easier way to form an AA help group for one self.

Ukraine’s new bullets are blasting drones at 50 meters — without new weapons - Euromaidan Press Ukraine’s new anti-drone bullets for NATO rifles break into pellets midair, giving troops a fast-response tool against UAV threats.

A Ukrainian ammo manufacturer has developed a anti-drone pellet cartridge for assault rifles. They can be held in a separate magazine which is a lot less to carry than a shotgun.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/13/u...

1/ Tired, depressed, and angry Russian soldiers mobilised in 2022 have been reflecting on their three years at war. "I feel like I'm in The Hunger Games", one remarks. Others speculate that the Russian government wants to exterminate ethnic Russians. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/did:...

1/ Three years on from their mobilisation, surviving Russian 'mobiks' have been speaking of their despair and hopelessness at being forced to serve indefinitely in an increasingly lethal war. "We're not considered human beings; meat shouldn't have an opinion," says one. ⬇️