There's a very interesting connection between Mark Zuckerberg's right-wing turn and the guy who might be the most powerful person in American media. I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, so...
A thread.
This isn’t the first time flags were flown half-staff for Inauguration Day. Truman died right before Nixon’s second inauguration, and flags were half staff when he retook the oath of office in 1973.
It’s fitting that the flag be half-staff everytime a crook gets a second term.
The Year of the Snake has frequently been tumultuous for Russia. Revolutions in 1905 and 1917, collectivization & purges in 29, the war in 41, Stalin's death in 53, the collapse of the Communist Bloc in 1989. Perhaps the snake in the Kremlin is due for a dramatic change in 2025..
With Russian ships sabotaging our cables and getting themselves sunk all over, I figured I'd do a thread on arguably the greatest feat of incompetence in Russian naval history.
This is going to be a TLDR of the utterly idiotic voyage of Russia's "Second Pacific Squadron".🧵
Only reason Chinese and Russian ships keep destroying undersea infrastructure in the Baltic is because the EU - over and over - signals appeasement. The Baltic is the biggest exit point for Russian seaborne oil, with the shadow fleet (gray) hugely important. Just shut it down...
In 2021, I organized Afghanistan's first all-female flight together with Kam Air. Many media outlets covered the event and the video reached millions of people but what happened to the women after the Taliban took over and where are they now?
A Thread 🧵
Legendary heavy metal band Metallica shared on Instagram a video of a performance by Taras Stoliar, a Ukrainian Defender and bandura player.
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Taras performed the Nothing Else Matters song on a bandura.
Taras Stoliar is one of the members of the Cultural Forces led by Mykola Serga. Taras used to work as a member of the electronic band ONUKA, but now serves in the 112th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest?... 1/