@SkyNews @Shayan86 1).
„[...] Vladimir Pootin said he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that »questions« remained about the nature of a truce as he set out a number of tough conditions [1]”.
@SkyNews @Shayan86 2).
„Referring to the Ukrainian troops in Kursk, he questioned what will happen to them if the ceasefire takes hold:
– »Will all those who are there come out without a fight? Or will the Ukrainian leadership order them to lay down arms and surrender?« [2]”.
@SkyNews @Shayan86 3).
„Dictator of the RF „suggests U.S. ceasefire idea for Ukraine needs serious reworking [3]”.
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@realDonaldTrump „turned U.S. policy on the Russo-Ukraine war 180 degrees. Instead of aiding a victimized country with enormous agricultural, mineral, and industrial resources in the heart of Europe, bordering on key @NATO allies,
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a region whose stability and prosperity have been vital to American national security for eight decades, @realDonaldTrump now sides with the invader. [...] For most Americans, »freedom« and »independence« resonate, but not for Trump.
@realDonaldTrump 3).
What explains Trump’s approach to Ukraine and disdain for @NATO? @realDonaldTrump does not have a philosophy or a national-security grand strategy. He does not do »policy« as Washington understands that term.
@brianstelter @Shayan86 1).
„ @POTUS @realDonaldTrump signed an executive order on Friday, March 14, 2025 seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies,
@brianstelter @Shayan86 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
including the parent of the Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world and other largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention.
@brianstelter @Shayan86 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 3).
Large numbers of journalists and other employees at Voice of America (@VOANews) were informed Sat. morning that they were being placed on administrative leave,
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– „»The @realDonaldTrump administration has removed safety, fairness, misinformation, and responsibility as things it values for AI, which I think speaks for itself«
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– says one researcher at an organization working with the AI Safety Institute, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal.
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The researcher believes that ignoring these issues could harm regular users by possibly allowing algorithms that discriminate based on income or other demographics to go unchecked.
@drPNapierala 1).
Russia – expansion of the Third Rome
For Karl Marx Russia was an extremely dangerous and uncivilized power with a constant desire for expansion that could only be blocked by military force. Karl Marx (1818–1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) were neither Russophiles,
@drPNapierala 2).
nor Russophobes. Their hatred was not directed against the Russian people and all of Russia as such. Its subject was tsarist autocracy. They were equally disliked by messianic Slavophilia, which they saw as a tool for the expansion of Russian despotism.
@drPNapierala 3).
They reserved no less virulent attacks for other messianisms; the socialist narodnichestvo of Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (1812–1870); Nikolai Konstantinovich Mikhaylovsky (1842–1904); Pyotr Nikitich Tkachev (1844–1886); Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (1814–1876);
@georgewbarros @Shayan86 1).
„Ukraineʼs military denied @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's claim that thousands of its troops were surrounded... [1]”.
@georgewbarros @Shayan86 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
„ @realDonaldTrump is parroting earlier comments by Pootin, who made a similar claim during a Thursday press conference alongside Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko [2].”
@DrewPavlou @Shayan86 1).
How German are the Austrians? [1] [2]
The last emperor of the Sacrum Imperium Romanum Nationis Germaniae [3] was Franz II Habsburg (1768–1835) [4].
@DrewPavlou @Shayan86 2).
As a result of the Battle of Austerlitz (Dec. 2, 1805) [5], Franz II was forced by Napoléon I (1769–1821) [6] to renounce the title of Emperor of the First Reich, as well as his influence over the Confederation of the Rhine established on 12 July 1806 [7].