Putin’s Propagandists Scramble to Respond to Celeb Critic ‘The common people are afraid of you’—and they’re angry, too.

Victoria Bonya - а 46-year-old fitness and beauty blogger and former Russian TV personality who now lives in Monaco - has managed to apparently cause the Russian regime a bit of concern. Could the winds be shifting?

New from @cathyyoung63.bsky.social:

A beautiful tree-lined Street and a bunny waiting at the gates

Fairytale creatures live among us

Government explores private investment to drive defence The Defence Secretary and Chancellor have met with leaders from UK banking, venture capital and strategic finance to explore how private investment can be leveraged to accelerate defence readiness.

The Defence Secretary and Chancellor have met with leaders from UK banking, venture capital and strategic finance to explore how private investment can be leveraged to accelerate defence readiness.
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Shaheen: "How does insulting our closest ally and neighbor help the businesses…all across this country that are hurting because of the loss of Canadian business and tourism?"

Lutnick: "Canada's economy leans on the incredible $30 trillion economy of America."

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America


SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

This is figure 1, which shows representative lycophytes reconstructions from Late Permian to recent.

A paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports insights into how ancient plants lived around 252 million years ago at the time of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction, the most severe loss of biodiversity in Earth’s history. go.nature.com/4cGiEY5 #PlantScience 🌍🧪

What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic? Two experts unpack how trends in climate and geopolitics might unfold to shape the far north.

The lovely folks @nature.com asked me to review @cryopolitics.com & @klausdodds.bsky.social's book *Unfrozen* 📘 A great introduction for newcomers to the Arctic regions, Bennett & Dodds manage to "make the complex accessible and the mundane memorable" 🧑‍🚀 ❄️

You can read my review at rdcu.be/felxH

The Greatest Fantasy Movie of All Time Is Officially Taking Over the World The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring continues charting across multiple streaming territories in April 2026. Find out more here.

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Russia's Security Council secretary just threatened to intervene in Moldova to "protect" Russians in Transnistria — using the exact same script as before Donbas 2014.

Russia has no land route to Transnistria — Ukraine is in the way.

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/22/w...

brown and gray rabbit in grass

Bunny! #morningwalk

How grievance turns to violence in a mass shooter's mind Attacks like last week's school shooting in Turkey can seem to come out of nowhere, but they rarely do. Instead, a buildup of grievance and fixation often precedes the the moment violent thoughts beco...

Some comments from me about how grievance develops into violence in mass shooters

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Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist The government's cybersecurity needs are outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic.

www.axios.com/2026/04/19/n...

The dark side of posting about your children online A new book offers an exposé of the “kidfluencing” business

The kidfluencing industry has drawn comparisons to child acting or modelling. Yet it does not have the same legal safeguards, a new book points out

UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidents The UK could face “hacktivist attacks at scale” if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country’s online security agency. Richard Horne, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will warn today that nation states now account for the most significant incidents the NCSC deals with. Continue reading...

UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency

Cities helping cities rebuild: How local partnerships are shaping Ukraine’s recovery Canada helped build local government capacity in Ukraine before the war. The Council of Europe’s Congress has now called on the world to do so again. Canada should answer the call.

Cities helping cities rebuild: How local partnerships are shaping Ukraine’s recovery

We agree!

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.

AI MAGA girls are taking over Instagram. @ejdickson.bsky.social talked to a guy who made thousands off of just one of those accounts

The United States Is Repeating Its Silicon Mistake with Gallium Nitride China controls 99 percent of the world’s primary gallium, a critical mineral and semiconductor crucial for building the microchips of the future. In 2023,

Losing silicon manufacturing was an accumulation of policy choices. Repeating that mistake again with defense-critical chips would be a strategic failure.
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Teenager charged with arson over Kenton United Synagogue attack Footage was posted online of a figure in dark clothing setting light to a bottle of liquid and throwing it through a window at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow

Another day, another youth radicalization case…

Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth As US elections approach, the Hungarian prime minister’s loss is a reminder that history does not march relentlessly toward autocracy

Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth

Kernen: "We have allies now in the Middle East…we can maybe count on more than allies in other parts of the world."

Trump: "That's true. They're much better allies than NATO, that I can tell you."

The New Age of Performance Anxiety With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.

In a world shaped by the internet and smartphones, stage fright is no longer limited to the stage, Megan Garber argues. “Mass self-consciousness is ascendant,” she writes—and society is only beginning to reckon with the consequences:

The ‘unregistered Americans’: because of their parents, they do not exist Hundreds in the US have no birth certificate or Social Security number. Some covet this ‘off-grid’ status – but it means being barred from ordinary life

Fantastic article about the problems sovereign citizens cause their children by keeping them off the grid. Full disclosure- I am quoted in the article: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

If you could recommend only one #Coldwar museum, which one would it be?

Responsible leaders must be honest with their societies.

Russia is already waging a war against Europe by systematically targeting civilian environment - the systems that enable everyday life. These attacks take concrete forms:⤵️

‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave A documentary about Peter Sichel – the ‘Jewish James Bond’, whose wine portfolio boasted Blue Nun – includes striking mea culpas about the cost and efficacy of US involvement in the Middle East

‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave

Winning in the Donbas: What Russia’s 2014–2015 Campaign Reveals About Modern War It is clear that the U.S.-Israeli decapitation, airpower-centric, and precision strike campaign are again not enough to bring about the two countries’

Ground combat isn't obsolete. The Donbas campaign remains one of the most instructive case studies on what modern land warfare actually looks like in practice.

Lessons learned from Ukrainian Defense, Industry, & Innovation — event from KI Insights Why are Ukrainian drones proving so effective on the battlefield? Can this experience be replicated elsewhere — particularly in the Gulf? And where are the real opportunities for investors in this rap...

Who should attend:
🔸Defense industry representatives and investors
🔸Government and diplomatic stakeholders
🔸Organizations engaging with Ukraine's defense and industrial sectors

📰 Read more: kyivindependent.com/the-ukraine-...

🔗 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📰 Ukraine has become a global example of wartime innovation — rapidly adapting its defense, industry, and technology under extreme pressure.

What lessons can be learned?

Find out at the special KI Insights presentation, “The Ukraine Model: Lessons in Defence, Industry, & Innovation” 👇

Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president set for landslide election win, exit polls show Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev is set for a runaway victory in Bulgaria's election and may even secure a parliamentary majority, ‌exit polls showed, potentially ending years of weak coalitio...

We are essentially playing Putin sympathiser whack-a-mole. Every time Europe gets rid of one, we almost immediately get a new one to take their place.

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