As long as Kyiv continues to receive enough ammunition, Russia will not achieve serious gains on the battlefield. Consequently, Russia's strategy is focused on deterring further aid from the US/NATO. This letter will likely reinforce Moscow's view that it has the right strategy.

In my new feature I delved into the work of the blogger Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug), whose ideas are increasingly influential on the right. He has some prominent fans — JD Vance, Blake Masters, Peter Thiel — and he wants US democracy toppled.

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Democratic activists from all over the world are now meeting in Taipei, thanks to NEDemocracy. In essence, they are all fighting the same thing: a network of kleptocratic autocracies, who share the same tactics, repressive mechanisms, surveillance equipment.

new plot twist

Autocracy is bad for markets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I just wonder if a single signee here actually has a proposal. An actual scenario for what these 'vigorous diplomatic efforts' will look like. A real offer that will make Putin withdraw from all Ukrainian territory. Because maybe we're all missing something here, enlighten us

If you think defending Ukraine is expensive, if you think defeating Putin is dangerous, you haven't paid attention to how expensive and dangerous it is when Putin wins. That's why we are here, why he invaded Ukraine, costing trillions of dollars and nuclear threats.

Murakami, on his characters theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Ever wonder how Russian cruise missiles find their way into Ukrainian playgrounds, power stations, and apartment buildings? Well thanks to Bellingcat’s Christo Grozev wonder no more. It’s time to meet the team behind the targeting of Russian missiles on civilian infrastructure.

The way to end a war? Win it quickly.

How is it won quickly? By giving Ukraine the weapons to defeat Russia.

Hounding elections officials out of the job. Flooding polling places and drop boxes with 'observers' who gin up baseless accusations. Using those accusations as a predicate for blocking an election loss.

The effort to break our elections.
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So to give you a sense of how full of shit the Russians are, the top left image on the first slide is from a Syrian film production of a movie about the White Helmets faking chemical attacks, stills from which Russia previously used in their propaganda.
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'Sterling rises after Boris quits race' - FT

Thread. This is happening all over central Asia