'I stared death in the face!' On board the Trans-Siberian, a 9,000-kilometer journey through an exhausted Russia

'On Board the Trans-Siberian' (1/2). In late December 2025 and early 2026, on the train linking Moscow to Vladivostok, soldiers returning from Ukraine cross paths with cautious travelers, careful about what they say. Beyond the Urals, propaganda posters attempt by every possible means to recruit new soldiers.

Le Monde

🦖 Brotato is getting a hefty DLC, Primal Dead, coming this summer from Evil Empire and Blobfish, where jungle biomes fuse with mechanical life and mutated dinosaurs.

New enemies and challenges will amp up the pace and pressure in this top‑down action roguelike: you control an armed potato, can combo up to 6 weapons, craft builds and survive endless waves, expect more CHAOS, variety and absurdly tense fights.

#SteamAndEpic #Blobfish #Brotato #Primal #Empire #CHAOS

McCain daughter says she’s ‘trapped’ in family company
An heiress to the multibillion-dollar McCain french fry empire says she is financially “trapped” by the family-owned company and its policies, which she claims prevent her from selling her ownership stake for a fair price.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eleanor-mccain-french-fry-trapped-9.7157765?cmp=rss
McCain daughter says she’s ‘trapped’ in family company
An heiress to the multibillion-dollar McCain french fry empire says she is financially “trapped” by the family-owned company and its policies, which she claims prevent her from selling her ownership stake for a fair price.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eleanor-mccain-french-fry-trapped-9.7157765?cmp=rss
McCain daughter says she’s ‘trapped’ in family company
An heiress to the multibillion-dollar McCain french fry empire says she is financially “trapped” by the family-owned company and its policies, which she claims prevent her from selling her ownership stake for a fair price.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eleanor-mccain-french-fry-trapped-9.7157765?cmp=rss

@NunavutBirder

It would be nice, but Canada sends arms to Israel, condemns Iran’s defence against an illegal attack, and continues to deny reparations for colonialism and slavery.

We are committed to US empire. We just do empire politely.

Carney’s speech at Davos was brave for a vassal state, but he put the sign back in the window at the first sign that colonialism was marching again.

#gaza #colonialism #genocide #iran #empire #cdnpoli

Our little group of small-town MO socialists/anarchists have organized a pop-up protest for this evening, the second of the week. I've quickly come to appreciate their willingness to get out and do the work and I'm happy to have them as comrades.

New sign painted.

Fuck this authoritarian, murdering psychopath and the fascist movement that supports him.

And fuck both parties for supporting decades of #genocide, #US #Imperialism and #Colonialism.

We've got to organize to end this fucking #Empire and to end #Capitalism. Burn it down.

#Resistance #Resist #Anarchism #Socialism #Politics #Oil
#MayDay #GeneralStrike #Democracy

Historian on #RussianImperialism why #Putin obsessed with Ukraine

#Russia set groundwork by establishing distorted narratives about its claim to #Ukraine

Misunderstandings about #empire, identity, & legacies of #Russian #Empire & #SovietUnion still shape Western views of Russia & Ukraine today

The narratives aren’t as instantly lethal as Russian drones & missiles, they’re designed for the same purpose: hurting Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/acclaimed-historian-serhii-plokhy-explains-why-russia-is-so-obsessed-with-ukraine/

#imperialism #RussianInvasions #HybridWarfare

Historian Serhii Plokhy on Russian imperialism, de-colonization, and why Putin is so obsessed with Ukraine

Even before Russia launched its full-scale war in 2022, it set the groundwork by establishing distorted narratives about its “rightful” claim to Ukraine. Misunderstandings about empire, identity, and the legacies of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union still shape Western views of Russia — and Ukraine — today. While these narratives aren’t as instantly lethal as Russian drones and missiles, they’re designed to serve the same purpose — hurting Ukraine, often in ways that reach far beyond

The Kyiv Independent

“The World Can Have Peace Or Israel, But Not Both … And Other Notes”

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

@palestine
@Palestine
@[email protected]
@iran

“Israel is a genocidal apartheid state whose entire existence is premised upon a strategy of unceasing violence and abuse in the middle east. As long as that state continues to exist in its present iteration, peace will never be attainable”

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/the-world-can-have-peace-or-israel

#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Ceasefire #Lebanon #Netanyahu #PalestinianGenocide

The World Can Have Peace Or Israel, But Not Both

And Other Notes

Caitlin’s Newsletter

***Satire alert!!

“Israel hugely concerned that ceasefire could lead to outbreak of peace in the Middle East”

by Laura And Normal Island News on Substack

@palestine
@Palestine
@[email protected]
@iran

“When the double-sided ceasefire was announced, screams could be heard coming from luxury bunkers beneath Tel Aviv. The fury stemmed from the fact Israel was excluded from peace talks that were mediated by Pakistan—a national humiliation. A White House official explained that leaving Israel out of talks was ‘the only way to stop them from killing the Iranian negotiators’”

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/israel-hugely-concerned-that-ceasefire

#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #Ceasefire #Lebanon

Israel hugely concerned that ceasefire could lead to outbreak of peace in the Middle East

Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly objected to the “double-sided” ceasefire that the US has agreed with Iran.

Normal Island News