Did Biden or NATO provoke the full-scale invasion of Ukraine? Researching my book on the origins of the war, I was surprised by just how far the Biden administration went out of its way to accommodate Putin and ignore Zelensky. Let's remember what happened in 2021:

Here is a recap of the Ukraine situation, for those choosing to reject propaganda and continue seeking truth: December 1994, Ukraine agrees to give up its nuclear arsenal in return for security guarantees from the US, UK, France, China and Russia. February 2014, Russia invades

The Clash - White man in Hammersmith Palais, live in Tokyo, 1982

French senator perfectly describes the Trump situation.

"A New Foreign Policy for Europe: Give Russia a free hand on the Continent", Curtis Yarvin. The influence of a far-right ideologue on the Trump administration. 1/25

Poland is about to overtake Japan in GDP per capita. no one who came of age in the 1980s can comprehend this.

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Harsh that none of the highlights are showing Wareham's bicycle kick that was cleared off the line... #ReadingFC

Well, the evening began at the gentleman's club, where we were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon. Mr. Simpson, it's a felony to lie to the FBI. We were sitting in Barney's car eating packets of mustard. You happy? #TheSimpsons

God will do anything to keep those penguins flightless

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The Japanese trade delegation came to meet in good faith with Trump’s economic team and after a while, they realized that Trump’s team didn’t know what they wanted and lacked any authority to reach a deal. So they just left. That’s where we are in our tariff negotiations. 🫠

Unique kinetic installation in Germany's Sprengel Museum A buoy swinging in the air, it is precisely synchronized with its real double somewhere in the Atlantic and repeats its walking on the waves.

my biggest guilty pleasure is minecraft economies Ofc I watched a full 30 minute video on a minecraft server economic crash after someone accidently re-invented credit swaps And read a 10,000 word blog post about someone crashing their server economy to monopolize the server

Send this to Elon Musk

Wait, the novelty account that's somehow got our fanbase on strings got it wrong again?! Say it ain't so.... #ReadingFC 🙄

Delighting in the potential demise of other clubs is always classless. But to target a club that hasn't paid a fee for 4yrs yet is still fighting for playoffs when you've just single-handedly spent x5 the entire L1 transfer spend record to buy the title is hilarious. #ReadingFC

Just a reminder we've been here before. Saying nothing until we see a corner flag... #ReadingFC

What if I told you there was a city that has built a new tramway 🚋 in eight weeks for just £15m/km? 💷 You'd no doubt assume it was in China 🇨🇳, Spain 🇪🇸, or France 🇫🇷 But what if I told you that city is Coventry, right here in good old England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁