Fireball meteor seen over Kyiv overnight on April 19-20. The Earth is currently passing through the Lyrids meteor shower, which lasts from April 15-29 and typically peaks on April 22-23.

“It just doesn’t end,” says a woman as she watches the 2nd big attack in a week on the oil refinery in Tuapse, SW Russia, overnight on April 19-20.

Explosions and a massive blaze were reported at the facility, a key export hub and supplier of fuel for fascist Russia’s military.

Ukraine claims another New War first - downing a Russian/Iranian Shahed-type attack drone with a drone interceptor itself launched from a sea drone. Scaled up, this could allow Ukraine to better protect coastal cities like Odesa.

Fascist Russia launches another massive Blitz attack on democratic Ukraine overnight: Defenders shoot down nearly 95% of the incoming weapons, but the 5% that do get through caused death and injury to civilians in cities across Ukraine. The air war is intensifying.

Foolish, irrelevant or nonsensical comment - mute
Supporting fascist Russia - block

Somewhere deep in the Vatican a mixed team of cardinals and professional comedy writers are on hour six of trying to craft a papal tweet God would be ok with but which nevertheless calls Vance a couch-fucker.

Might I humbly offer, "I turn the other cheek, not the other couch cushion (5:39)."

🔥 The plant of AO Sintez-Kauchuk was probably hit.

This is one of the key elements of the petrochemical cluster of Bashkortostan, associated with large structures such as Bashneft.

JD Vance has effectively allied himself with fascist Russia against democratic Ukraine - and is proud of it.

NYT headline: Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology The vice president, who is Catholic, took issue with Pope Leo XIV’s statement that disciples of Christ are “never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.”

This is stunning.

Here we go. Doing something.

❗️Hungary’s PM-elect Péter Magyar pledged to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. The move would allow investigations into misuse of EU funds during the Orbán era and support efforts to unlock frozen EU financing. #Hungary

The last of six guided aerial bomb strikes by Russia on the Pechenihy dam in Kharkiv Oblast. The reservoir behind the dam is full after the spring thaw, and a breach would cause serious flooding downstream as well as water supply disruptions in the area. The dam is still intact.

Swimming becomes the first major Olympic sport to lift restrictions on Russian athletes The governing body for international swimming and aquatic sports will allow athletes from Russia to compete without restrictions and with their national flag and anthem.

So, Russians are allowed back to swimming, officially, with their flags, anthem and everything. Shameful .
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Good to see Robertson speaking up on this. I've been tracking the Defence Investment Plan for the past 4 months. It basically doesn't exist, and yet without it, our armed forces have no framework for their urgent equipment needs. Hard to overstate how bad the situation is.

🇪🇺🇮🇷🇺🇸 Russia benefits from prolonging the war between the US and Iran, — Kallas

She said that the escalation in the Middle East is playing into Moscow's favor.

She also stressed that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is one of the most serious violations of international law since World War II

Trump posting an AI photo of himself as the Pope

And, for the record, this was also very obviously Trump depicting himself as a doctor. About to do a prostate exam.

I don’t stand with the mullahs.

FFS. I’m an atheist, and I find myself standing with the Pope. World’s gone fucking mad.

“Fuck you, Chris!”

If you've never listened to The Bugle before this would be a fantastic place to start. Not only are @zaltzcricket.bsky.social, @alicefraser.bsky.social and @natogreen.bsky.social
as funny and intelligent as ever, but hearing Nato talk about finding hope in the world was wonderful and very moving.

“The president posted a picture of him as Jesus because he is a malignant narcissist with frontotemporal dementia.”

Dropping "Truth Bombs"?

Doctors do not use "miraculous light" to bring about recovery (curiously, the patient looks like a bearded Gavin Newsom, though Trump almost certainly didn't create the image). Eagles, ghosts, fireworks and prayer are also generally regarded as ineffectual in modern medicine.

Only stupid people or people completely politically invested in Trump would believe this.

First air raid alert in Kyiv since early on April 11: Fascist Russian Tu-22 strategic bomber has launched an X-22 “Supermarket Buster” cruise missile. Target now appears to have been Kharkiv, where explosions have been heard.

Putin making up for lost time after fake ceasefire.

Ukraine reckons Russia's daily total combat losses, which includes killed, wounded, missing, and captured, at 1K to 1.2K per day. That's an average monthly net deficit of ~10K, which would explain why fascist Russia is now tapping its strategic reserve to raise troops.

Russia's not winning.

*Its, goddammit.

It's false or "Russian" ceasefire over, fascist Russia has resumed air attacks on Ukraine (the ground attacks never halted). A relatively small number of drones were launched overnight, but it's likely that a large attack is coming, given the Kremlin's habits.

After posting a lengthy rant against the Pope, Trump is now posting images of himself as American Jesus performing a miracle.

This is not normal.

And this kind of behavior is only likely to increase and worsen as his dementia progresses. 25th him now.