‘It’s brutal’: Europeans tell of sleepless nights and dizzy spells in heatwave
Advice for 2024 holidaymakers: Don’t go to these places in June July or August. Wait until September. Not great for those with school age children. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/europe-heatwave-temperatures-symptoms-italy-spain-greece?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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There is the Dr Stranglelove lookalike in the first picture!
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Prune60: @JuliaDavisNews “We’ve already tested a 58-megaton bomb on October 9, 1961…We have these weapons, but the West never did and never will have, they have no technology for it it.”
~ Konstantin Sivkov
🇷🇺: WATCH OUT, I have technology from 1961 that you could only dream about! https://t.co/aehlEWrcGJ
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The presenter is nervous.
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Julia Davis: Meanwhile in Russia: appearing on state TV, retired Colonel Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, suggested blowing up the North Pole if that's what it takes to teach the West a lesson.
https://youtu.be/yT3yr3YsKvo
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We forget something else too. In the obsession with Bradleys Javelins and Patriots there are humans being killed.
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Phillips P. OBrien: People seem to have a real difficulty distinguishing between a success and a failure in this war. If, like the Russians, you waste your forces endlessly attacking Bakhmut, but take the city eventually. That’s a failure. If you are Ukraine, so some probing, realise advancing….
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💔 Very interesting thread by @the_beeguy but 😢
It’s not a man’s world for Bumblebees….
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The Bee Guy: Mornin’ folks.
We’ve had a lot of people enquiring about and commenting on #bumblebees asleep on #flowers, especially at this time of year, so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on.
Please retweet so more are more informed.
Thanks good people.
#bees
1/16 https://t.co/O1NCzphai4
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Anton Gerashchenko: A dog is having a panic attack during a Russian missile strike on Odesa.
The dog and its owners are sitting in the hallway, it is considered to be a safer place during attacks to stay between two solid walls, far from windows.
Many Ukrainians and their pets have spent countless… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1682745377819176960 https://t.co/eZvn3YLqgc
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Excellent piece by @KoriSchake Defanging Russian Nuclear Threats @WarOnTheRocks https://warontherocks.com/2023/07/defanging-russian-nuclear-threats/
👉 "The first is tactical use on massed Ukrainian armor preparing to strike the main Russian lines as the Ukrainian offensive progresses"
That means when/if Ukraine breaches… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1682414688229904386
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Seen 'Servant of the People'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/servant-of-the-people?cntsrc=social_share_ios_servant_of_the_people
Watch @ZelenskyyUa and others here in his series Servant of the People!
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Yay! Kaylas kitchen back after a fire. Kept me going in the pandemic. And now the next phase. Get stuck in!
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Kayla's Kitchen: Deliciously Nutritious Meals, Frozen for Freshness, Delivered Nationwide. https://t.co/hoGvSczu2p
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Listening to various opinions today like @KofmanMichael on @WarOnTheRocks ( who doesn’t say this) I find myself concerned that Ukraine in the worst case scenario will be left with a choice between surrender or negotiations. And if reinvaded, resistance. I also wonder if the… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1682309875127271426
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Phillips P. OBrien: This argument completely misses how Western/US airpower would have obliterated Russian forces before such fortifications had been built, and if they were built, would have been able to neutralize the forces in them. Its a preposterous argument
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Looking at the intelligence on the woeful state of RU morale if the AFU get past the so-called Surovikin line the 🇷🇺 forces could well collapse.
Is that even possible without unacceptable loss of life?
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Shashank Joshi: New WOTR podcast w/ Michael Kofman & Rob Lee reflecting on their trip to Ukraine. Early June attacks were not probing, says Lee. "It was the real counter offensive...an attempt to conduct a rapid breakthrough [&] exploit that as quickly as possible"
https://warontherocks.com/2023/07/ukraine-struggles-to-scale-offensive-combat-operations/
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Whatever the opinion that is expressed this is NOT acceptable from an Ambassador. In any country. That is why he was dismissed.
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Patrick Wintour: Ukrainian ambassador to London dismissed by Zelensky. Vadym Prystaiko recently told Sky News: “President Zelensky saying ‘each and every morning we’ll wake up and call Ben Wallace to thank him’ – I don’t think that kind of sarcasm is healthy".
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The same charge as Navalny? Unbelievable.
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Dmitri: Girkin is done: his wife announced on his Telegram channel that Girkin was arrested this morning with the accusation of extremism.
https://t.me/strelkovii/6161 https://t.co/5HMACzVwQd
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Sadly he will not be in The Hague for shooting down MH17.
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Anton Gerashchenko: Russian media report that terrorist Girkin-Strelkov has been arrested.
His wife wrote on Girkin's Telegram channel:
"Miroslava Reginskaya, wife of Igor Strelkov:
Today at about 11.30 representatives of the investigation committee arrived to our place. I was not home at the… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1682340643375390723 https://t.co/7z0k1GmFpi
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This series on climate change will not feel like fiction this week. Watch it! https://tv.apple.com/ie/show/extrapolations/umc.cmc.4uoqxmxlnipm9zsc88bkjyjx4
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Re @DrJamesEHansen "We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
@olliemilman 👇 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Ukraine thought UK had ‘too rosy’ a view of Putin, Blair was told when PM
A good subject for @RestIsPolitics podcast? @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/19/ukraine-thought-uk-had-too-rosy-a-view-of-putin-tony-blair-was-told-as-pm?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/NChildersMEP/status/1681567982558871553
One of them a "corpse that can’t be started in case of fire" 🔥
Hopefully the Russian Federation will soon enter this condition!
Remarkable lack of bad language too.
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Dmitri: Russian AA/artillery unit received 6 Tunguska air defence vehicles from MoD, likely from long conservation followed by major repairs - as a result, all six vehicles are disfunctional.
In the full version of the video, the reporter states that upon reception, three vehicles were… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1681569162684932096 https://t.co/5QfhbHEIv2
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Ukraine aims to sap Russia’s defenses, as U.S. urges a decisive breakthrough
So. US urges a breakthrough. With what exactly?
I wonder what the purpose of this narrative is. Possibly for assigning blame if there is a failure. https://wapo.st/3XSMjWl
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