Russia captured Bilogorivka - defensive strongpoint on the Siversk salient that they had defended with great success for over a year.

Ten years to build a staircase.

a lot of people seem to passionately believe in the obvious moral legitimacy of the following principle: 'the second most recent ethnic group to occupy a tract of land, at an ethnic and geographic resolution of my discretion, are the rightful owners of that land'

What does a Turkish drone operator do after finding the burnt corpse of the Iranian President? Doodle a Star-and-crescent in your flight path. Duh. ☪️

This is the UK, pathetic.

The Stasi have spoken.

Even if you think this, you should not say it, because if you convince the Russians that you're trying to break up the Russian state, the end result may be Estonia becoming part of the Russian state.

*The system is working as intended*

Watch how cross party consensus to leave massive fraud & failure in place continues, everyone involved will get promoted then leave to BAE and get paid, MPs & Whitehall are happy with fraud & failure & will destroy the careers of anybody who

Good summary of Zelensky's legtimacy problem by историк-алкоголик:

Everyone talks about elections and the term of presidential powers, after which problems with staying in power begin. But this is mostly speculation – a vivid topic for propaganda. The Constitution of Ukraine is

Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow weighs in on economics.

What can only be described as right wing militias are stopping trucks in Jerusalem to check that they are not carrying aid to Gaza.

Anyone who demonises one side, rather than acknowledging the cruelty and brutality of both, is severely misguided.

the government school system has become more of a jobs program for adults than an education initiative for kids

Sam Bidwell This is of course combined with strict enforcement against generally law-abiding easy targets: the motorist, the Facebook ranter, the protester with low status beliefs.

Anarcho-tyranny.

'The hard realities of keeping the peace between man and man and between authority and the individual can be more accurately described if the phrase were inverted to “order and law”, for without order the operation of law is impossible.'

- Lee Kuan Yew, 1962 🇸🇬

What a depressing thread. The worst part is that the state sides against those who defend themselves.

Remember, these are conscious policy choices. There are people in charge with the authority to fix this.

The UK has a rule of law crisis.

Police are failing to enforce the law. Official statistics are increasingly unreliable. The state's desire to create new rules is increasing, as its ability to enforce those rules declines.

A short 🧵 of examples of Britain's rule of law crisis:

The Houthi gave the Americans a run for their money... Most combat since WWII? Incredible. Shows you what would happen in a war with Iran, let alone China.

Gulf state sovereign wealth funds and private equity are making considerable profits from controlling chldren's residental care

Local councils are getting finessed

Insane