Mastodawn

The #Europeans believe that #putin values the symbolic display of a #summit, but that he is interested only in #sanctions relief and sees no need for #concessions.
And they are concerned that it will feed its appetite for more, especially in the #Baltics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/world/europe/europe-ukraine-russia-us.html

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑7h ago

stux⚡15h ago

People, please don't use #SubStack

Please use #Ghost
https://ghost.org

You can let your site be hosted by Ghost or even better..

..self-host!

Setting up a site is super easy and you can even use membership features like I do here: https://stux.me/membership/

For every platform with a shady CEO there is a self-hosted alternative that is waaay better

#FOSS FTW!

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Steve Herman 12h ago

LVRJ - The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas office has been fired. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/disgraceful-moment-fbi-fires-head-of-agencys-las-vegas-office-attorney-says-3411488/

‘Disgraceful moment’: FBI fires official who was head of Las Vegas field office, attorney says

Attorney Mark Zaid said Spencer Evans was fired without due process because he followed the Justice Department’s COVID-19 policies.

Las Vegas Review-Journal

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑9h ago

An Open Letter To Montana Knife Company About Tariffs
This may not be what you voted for, but it is an opportunity to fix it. Here’s how.
#Tariffs #TariffsAreTaxes #TrumpTax
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-montana-knife-company

An Open Letter To Montana Knife Company About Tariffs

This may not be what you voted for, but it is an opportunity to fix it. Here’s how.

Wes Siler’s Newsletter

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑9h ago

Show thread

M.S. Bellows, Jr.13h ago

@JohnAutry Update: Those Democratic fundraising emails are worse than spam; they're corrupt.

"The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns."
https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigation

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine

How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

On Data and Democracy

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑9h ago

Asiny 16h ago

It's official - Japan connects its first 1.1 MW tidal power turbine to the grid, marking a milestone in renewables - EUROPE SAYS https://www.europesays.com/2315616/

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑9h ago

Tiffany Li 15h ago

ICE abducted a mother and her 7-month-old baby (a U.S. citizen) and locked them in a hotel, with no phone, no way to contact family or a lawyer, and no records in any system for anyone to find them.

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/07/ice-immigrant-detention-airport-hotel-chicago-mvm/

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑13h ago

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦18h ago

The US is still buying $3.5B worth of oil products made from russian crude. russian oil flows to India/Turkey, gets refined into jet fuel, then heads to America.

The EU is banning this loophole. The US? Not yet. Isaac Levi from says the US could hit Putin harder by...

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑13h ago

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦18h ago

A failed Russian “motorized” assault.

GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑13h ago

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦18h ago

💥🔥 BBps of the 37th OBRMP Mad Hawks destroyed 4 Russian guns, with which they were shelling our people.

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