fallinghawks

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Onetime database manager and occasional Android programmer. Not currently active in falconry.

There's no way Israel should compete in the next Eurovision. If Russia is out for war crimes, so should Israel be.

#Eurovision #gaza #israel https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/trouble-brews-for-eurovision-amid-push-for-boycott-20250921-p5mwny.html

Eurovision host tries to head off boycott over Israel’s inclusion

Austria, which is due to host the event in May, implored European ministers to keep politics out of the singing competition.

The Sydney Morning Herald
To read more about how a Chinese pirate’s son muddled Taiwanese identity, click the link: https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-chinese-pirates-son-muddled
How a Chinese pirate’s son muddled Taiwanese identity

In 1661, the first Chinese general seized Taiwan, replacing its inhabitants with his army’s descendants. Now, his legacy is used to support the Chinese unification narrative.

The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
MACRON: RUSSIA’S DRONE ATTACKS ON #NATO WERE NO MISTAKE: French President Emmanuel #Macron said Russia’s recent drone incursions into NATO airspace were deliberate, not accidental, and called for new sanctions to pressure Moscow, Kyiv Post reports.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/60574
‘No Mistake’ – Macron Accuses Russia of Deliberately Testing NATO, Urges ‘Collective’ Action

The French leader is challenging Trump’s approach to Moscow, arguing that Europe has already reduced its reliance on Russian energy and must now increase pressure on Putin and the Kremlin.

Kyiv Post

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🧵 Since the shooting of #CharlieKirk, radical Republicans have been pushing violence-inciting claims about the shooter. The police have not apprehended the person and don't know his name.

We don't know what the motive is, however, I think given the miasma of claims that "of course" a left-winger or trans person did it, it's worth exploring why the shooter very easily could be a right-wing extremist.

It's not up on the COVID vaccine page yet, but Kaiser just announced that vaccinations will be available to everyone in their network starting Monday (according to NBC).

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/kaiser-covid-vaccine/3946558/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_BAYBrand

Kaiser says no limits on COVID vaccine for its patients

With COVID cases already spiking and the new vaccine rolling out, confusion abounds, but one Bay Area health care provider is clearing things up.

NBC Bay Area

Here’s what we're reading today:

Ex-FBI informant, who falsely accused the Biden family of ties to Ukrainian business, sentenced to 6 years.

Alexander Smirnov falsely accused Joe and Hunter Biden of taking $5 mln from a Ukrainian company to prevent legal issues in the U.S.

https://kyivindependent.com/ex-fbi-informant-sentenced/

Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Biden family's ties to Ukrainian business jailed for 6 years

A Californian court sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who falsely accused the Biden family of taking a bribe from a Ukrainian business, to six years in prison, CNN reported on Jan. 8.

The Kyiv Independent

LIVE CHAT WITH ALEX VINDMAN ON MONDAY:

On Monday, I’ll be joined by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Alexander Vindman on Substack for a live conversation to discuss the geopolitical impact of the 2024 U.S. #election for the #Ukraine #war and U.S. foreign policy around the #world.

Please join us.

#MOSCOW SENTENCES FMR U.S. CONSUL EMPLOYEE: Russia has sentenced a former employee of the #American consulate to four years and 10 months in prison for "secret cooperation with a foreign state."

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-imprisons-former-us-consulate-employee-for-secret-collaboration-with-foreign-state/

Russia imprisons former US consulate employee for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’

Robert Shonov, a former employee of the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, was detained in 2023 and accused of passing information on Russia’s war in Ukraine to the U.S. He was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison on Nov. 1.

The Kyiv Independent

More photos from my Halloween weekend photography binge. These are from a Trick or Treat event in Monterey, CA.

4/5

#photography