Before the #Russian pianist died on a hunger strike in a Siberian prison, his YouTube channel where he posted anti-Ukraine war screeds had just 5 followers. “He died from indifference,” said Olga Romanova , a rights advocate,“Nobody cared about him." nytimes.com/2024/09/18/wor…

Paul Whelan opens up to Neil MacFarquhar about his odyssey through Russia’s harsh, often surreal, state-manipulated criminal justice system -- an ordeal that lasted, by his own count, five years, seven months and five days. nytimes.com/2024/10/21/wor…

Great analysis here of a very fluid situation by ⁦Neil MacFarquhar⁩ nytimes.com/2024/12/07/wor… via @NYTimes

Billionaire Twitter owner reposts fake propaganda created in Russia then uses it as an excuse to stop sending medicine to the world’s poor. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

Zelensky is fighting for his country, for democracy, and for his people who have risked everything for a generation to have a say in their future. The guy asking the ridiculous question about suits is Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend.

Lots of media noise about the shouting match in the Oval Office today... ... But very few seem to appreciate how profoundly & strategically damaging this is to #America's place in the world -- to its relationships, alliances, AND SECURITY.

What is the address to alert Department of Government Efficiency to government waste? "US CDC reportedly plans study on potential connections between vaccines and autism"

Putin has said since at least 2014 that Russia should absorb Ukraine, yet #Witkoff, the Trump envoy unable to name the provinces #Russia occupies said: “Why would they want to absorb #Ukraine? For what purpose, exactly?" Ignorant that Putin seeks to reconstruct an empire.

The biggest takeaway: Israel took out Iran's top chain of military command in just a few hours. The significance of this blow can not be overstated. Our story: w/ Ronen Bergman Aaron Boxerman nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1…

🚨🚨 IRAN DIRECT HIT TO TEL AVIV. Assumed that there are multiple civilian casualties. Almost impossible.

According to local sources, a massive crater was left after an Iranian missile fell near the town of Zakia in the Damascus countryside. No casualties reported.

So on a recent flight @turkishairlines trashed my bag and are now asking for an invoice from a repairman and an original receipt. I have trouble getting something major like refrigerator repaired in New York. Where is this mythical repairman? An excuse not to pay for its damage

Really good analysis by Neil MacFarquhar : Are We Seeing the Outlines of a New Middle East? nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/… via @NYTimes

It's warmer than usual today in #Alaska, and some fossils have emerged from the permafrost

Washington's homicide rate is the 11th highest among large US cities, but eight of the 10 with higher rates are in red states — Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio and Louisiana. Trump has not sent National Guard to any of them. Russell Contreras axios.com/2025/08/15/hom…

The right-wing cable channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a libel lawsuit that Dominion Voting Systems had brought for its false claim that the voting machine company had rigged votes in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. nytimes.com/2025/08/18/bus…

Less than two weeks after Trump rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin on US soil, the Russian leader targeted central Kyiv — a European city of 4 million residents — with 32 missiles and 598 attack drones. This security camera footage shows 2 missiles striking Zhylianska