Opinion | This is the scariest question about Putin — and Trump The Russian president's back is to the wall. That makes him more dangerous.

David Ignatius writes for @washingtonpost.com, drawing on new research from @carnegierussia.bsky.social’s Future of Russian Power initiative: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The Warmongers Are Getting History All Wrong

In its commitment to a worldview governed by domination, the Trump administration echoes – intentionally or otherwise – lessons from ancient history. It’s getting those lessons wrong.

Stewart Patrick explains for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/o...

Kindred Nations, Uneasy Neighbors: Polish-Ukrainian Relations in the Crucible of Russia’s War The full-scale invasion cemented Ukraine’s determination to sever its ties with Russia; reimagining the Poland-Ukraine partnership can accelerate Kyiv’s westward alignment and improve the security of ...

Poland and Ukraine share geopolitical and economic interests, cultural affinities, and a history of subjugation by Russia. Can they leverage these ties to create a strategic partnership?

More from Eric Green: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

My home state.
My "home mountain".

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑

Turns out the phrase “America First” is preceded by the words “Sell Out.”

x.com/heygurisingh... An important thread about how new breakthroughs in quantum computing could undernine encryption. #cybersecurity

I wonder what the numbers are inside the Beltway . . .
Anxiety ---> Exasperation ---> Helplessness

Tariff Refunds Start Today—But Average Consumers Won’t Benefit More than $160 billion in tariff refunds are due for U.S. importers.

More than $160 billion in tariff refunds are due for U.S. importers.

Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers Modern spoiler culture comes with consequences.

Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers: Tokyo District Court has ruled that publishing plot details of films and series is a form of copyright infringement. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent - arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/d... " AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud. "

OPINION: "Donald Trump’s presidency is a morality lesson. He is a living example of what happens when a man is given power that far exceeds his character." thehill.com/opinion/whit...

EU ‘right to repair’ laws may save millions of phones from landfill Smartphone manufacturers make their batteries hard to replace. Tough new EU rules will change that.

EU ‘right to repair’ law

The EU will soon require smartphone manufacturers to let users replace their batteries.

The tough new rules - endorsed by the European Parliament this week - could save millions of phones from landfill.

www.euronews.com/2023/06/22/n...

Mind Control.
Cult-like behavior.
The United Nations was clear in 1948. Genocide refers to actions "committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." Not hard to understand.

Rusty Dagger Extended Range Attack Munition Tested from F-16 at Eglin Test Range The U.S. Air Force announced a test of the Family of Affordable Mass Munitions-Lugged, with photos showing the weapon was a Rusty Dagger low-cost cruise

Source: theaviationist.com/2026/04/18/r...

❗️The 🇺🇸U.S. Air Force has conducted drop tests of the low-cost Rusty Dagger cruise missile, developed for 🇺🇦Ukraine under the ERAM program, from an F-16 fighter jet

He might as well answer in Russian.

BREAKING: Noem's fired—but @democracydefendersfund.org filed a FOIA on her $220M no-bid DHS ad contracts

Self-dealing, conflicts of interest & a Mount Rushmore vanity video

Not one competitive bid — taxpayers deserve answers

& our demand for answers is not over -TN

Pulpit Fiction Hegseth quotes a fictional hitman as if it's the Bible

This mashup by my @contrariannews.org colleagues is so good!

open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Troubling . . .

Bill Kristol & Ryan Goodman: How Trump Could Weaponize Surveillance | Bulwark on Sunday YouTube video by The Bulwark

Sunday at noon Eastern.

I'll be discussing the how surveillance powers could be used—and abused—by the Trump administration and others in future.

On @thebulwark.com with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/NRGdoGv...

Today's trending users See who gained the most followers on Bluesky in the last 24 hours

Today's trending users: @status.bsky.app @mayor.nyc.gov @qitty1.bsky.social @raphaelguintoli.bsky.social @tywilson00.bsky.social

source: @bluefacts.app

A VERY alarming thread from someone VERY smart!! #MassSurveillance

Global Digital Policy Roundup: March 2026 Drawing from the Digital Policy Alert’s daily monitoring of G20 countries, the roundup summarizes the highlights in four core areas of digital policy.

Check out another installment of the Global Digital Policy Roundup for March 2026 from the experts at Digital Policy Alert. Maria Buza and Tommaso Giardini highlight tech policy developments in content moderation, artificial intelligence, competition, and data governance.

"…Epstein’s experience may parallel Trump’s: not necessarily a controlled agent, but a figure whose incentives and behavior could nonetheless align with, and advance, Russia’s dirty objectives."

—John Sipher, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, co-founder of Spycraft Entertainment

@johnsipher.bsky.social, you handled the guy with the crop circle question in the most professional way possible. A lot of people in the audience thought he was making a weird joke and giggled.
More proof of Lloyd Bentsen's Rule, "Never answer the last question."

Michael Weiss provides clarity about the role Unit 29155 of the GRU injuring and killing globally.

Tough issue. Many victims of the "Havana Syndrome" and AHIs were clearly not treated with empathy. The CIA initially chose to ignore key evidence (for many years). Of course, there's classified information that could help reveal what the threat is, what equipment was used, and who's behind it.

Nazi search engine shows if ancestors were in Hitler's party Christian Rainer told the BBC he found his grandfather within seconds using the online tool, which also helped clear other members of his family.

Interesting article about online search engine to allow Germans to find out if their ancestors were members of the Nazi party. But why in this modern age does the BBC still not link to the website? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Die Zeit website appears to be www.zeit.de/wissen/2026-...