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Last Notes npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock On the 3rd anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin's fiery death (Putin's version is that Wagner guys clumsily brought a grenade into the cabin & to it exploded mid-flight), mourners gathered in St. Petersburg at his grave to pay their respects. His son made an appearance too. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8906494 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock The U.S. Army has abruptly removed the general who ran "V Corps," the headquarters coordinating American support for Ukraine and U.S. forces along NATO's eastern flank. Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza had led it since April 2024. The Army confirmed the removal Friday but didn't explain it. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Installing weapons on civilian vessels is prohibited by international law, but some Russian officials want to arm grain ships with machine guns and mobile missile launchers, Bloomberg reports, after Ukrainian drone strikes halted Sea of Azov trade for two weeks. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-28/russia-proposes-arming-grain-ships-in-azov-sea-with-machine-guns?srnd=homepage-uk npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Russia will not accept a freeze along the current front line, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, rejecting Kazakhstan's call to revive the 2022 Istanbul talks. Moscow's demands are unchanged, he said, and "the fighting would stop today if Kyiv accepted them." https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8844742 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock When reading about drone strikes on warehouses owned by retailers like Nova Poshta and Wildberries, I try to imagine the Amazon buildings five minutes from my house belching black plumes of smoke into the air, and the workers I see riding the bus covered in blood. https://meduza.io/en/cards/a-legitimate-target-or-a-war-crime-russian-commentators-can-t-agree-on-ukraine-s-wildberries-strikes npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Though Russia classifies its official statistics on refinery ops, "making independent assessments of damage to the industry challenging," Bloomberg cites figures compiled by EA Analytics showing that refineries are processing less crude than at any point in 21 years amid Ukrainian attacks. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-13/russian-refinery-runs-plunge-to-lowest-in-more-than-two-decades npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Somebody's asleep at the copypasta wheel over at Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-13/russian-refinery-runs-plunge-to-lowest-in-more-than-two-decades npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Reuters's Putin-whisperer sources say the Russian president is likely to escalate the Ukraine war in the coming months. Options include another round of mobilization, new operations in Ukraine and beyond, more attacks on Ukrainian industry, etc. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-likely-escalate-ukraine-war-despite-trump-peace-push-sources-say-2026-07-09/ npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…928j I never said it's "parity," dude. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Folks are cheering Zelensky's zinger about how drone attacks on Moscow have made it too dangerous to visit for talks with Putin. But — now hear me out — it's perhaps not so great to joke about flying bombs that kill people. The same goes for using the euphemism "long-range sanctions." (IMO!) npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock any day now npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Not sure what's sadder: Americans mourning the death of awful shopping-mall culture or the fact that I am one of those American idiots. (Here in Portland, the Lloyd Center has only weeks left "to live.") npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…5nx7 I mean, the European rearmament is a widely documented "event." npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock It seems that Trump is getting exactly what he demanded from Europe? Could this turn out to be the one foreign-policy promise he actually delivers? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…e6sg How so? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Moscow says NATO & Ukraine are jointly building weapons meant to disable Russian airfields deep inside the country. MID spox Zakharova called it a major escalation risk, saying it gives Moscow grounds to pay "heightened attention" to any factory developing or producing weapons used against Russia. https://www.rbc.ru/politics/29/06/2026/6a42bb809a794737b1006142 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Deepstate maps show that Russian occupied territory in Ukraine expanded by another 21 sq km (a little more than 8 sq miles) in the past week. Hardly a breakneck advance, but worth noting in the Western media's current peremoga phase. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock The "flying saucer" video footage is also incredible. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock This photo showing how a Ukrainian drone blew the lid off a fuel storage tank in Moscow — the perfect smoke arrangement, even the wispy white trail — looks 100% like a Martian attack. Russia's "Little Green Men" have come home to roost. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Amusing review by Deborah Friedell of Gavin Newsom's (ghostwritten) political memoir. She offers a few grace notes about his apparent self-reflection on past policies and behavior, but the portrait is pretty scathing. Meet your presumptive Democratic candidate for 2028? https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n10/deborah-friedell/gavin-gavin-we-love-you npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Zelensky signed a decree awarding state honors to 37 Ukrainian and foreign journalists for their war coverage. Among those recognized: Bloomberg's Ukraine bureau chief, a CNN senior producer, and correspondents from Germany, Ireland, and France. https://x.com/APUkraine/status/2063162599861105049 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock 79% of hotel bookings in Crimea were cancelled 5/24–6/6 as a gasoline crisis drained tourist confidence, says Kommersant. "No one wants to get trapped because of fuel probs." The peninsula could lose 3–4M visitors in 2026, largely to Anapa, which in 2025 lost tourists to Crimea after an oil spill. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8726932 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock US House passes Ukraine Support Act 226-195, authorizing over $1B in direct aid to Kyiv, up to $8B in loans, & new sanctions on Russian banks, energy firms, & officials, but it's unlikely to become law. Senate Repubs have blocked similar legislation, & Trump would likely veto it. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-backs-russia-sanctions-ukraine-aid-latest-blow-trump-2026-06-05/ npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Pentagon likely to cancel planned Tomahawk cruise missile sale to Germany, Politico reports, citing U.S. fears of provoking Russia, though the headline downplays the other elephant in the room: bigly depleted stockpiles (attributed to Iran, not Ukraine or Israel). https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/us-germany-tomahawks-missiles-cancel-00950284?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock No agreement is imminent, but the Trump admin is reportedly in talks to expand its NATO nuclear-sharing program to additional Euro allies, beyond the existing 6 host countries, reports FT. American nukes could come to Russia's border, if Poland & the Balts get their wish. https://www.ft.com/content/1a32ad0f-c8b3-4b91-a931-5dc053c6c214 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock 🎶 one of these things is not like the other 🎶 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/677/169/848/446/148/original/6b8a6acd25377997.png npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/675/855/016/955/110/original/579a66c84eef99ec.png npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock In response to the drone hitting an apt building in Galati, Romania's president expels Russia's consul general in Constanta & says he'll close the consulate. Moscow vows retaliatory measures, accusing the West of trying to distract from Ukraine's attack in Starobilsk. NATO emergency meeting called. https://t.me/novaya_pishet/58108 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Volgograd damaged a residential building and set fire to the city's Lukoil refinery — the region's largest oil facility. It's at least the 10th attack on the refinery since the war began. https://t.me/tvrain/105387 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…94mh Was this all posted from a single source? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…x4x9 It's possible, given that Ukraine has bombed numerous civilian residences throughout this war. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock This collection of essays in The Baffler on trying to make a living from writing is as terrifying as any horror movie I've watched through my fingers on Halloween. An honest conversation about money in this field is extremely welcome. https://thebaffler.com/odds-and-ends/the-profession-that-does-not-exist-symposium npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Speaking at a forum reportedly titled "The Golden Horde as a Model of Steppe Civilization," Kazakhstan's president declared his country the empire's heir and called for deeper study of its political and economic model — a claim now written into Kazakhstan's constitution. 👀 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Would love to know the full context for these remarks, if they indeed happened as described by "several people familiar with the U.S. assessment of last week’s summit in Beijing." Putin is flying to China as I write this, incidentally. https://www.ft.com/content/567c57b0-6346-43e6-9d14-840a793b4d1d?syn-25a6b1a6=1 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Demand for luxury new construction in Moscow fell nearly a third in early 2026, down 31.7% year-over-year, as affluent buyers reportedly "pause ahead of new inventory and demand shifts toward more compact units," reports Vedomosti. https://t.me/vedomosti/77918 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock this headline belongs on America's tombstone npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock If Trump during his China visit can convince OnePlus to maintain its foreign operations, it wouldn't win me over to his administration, but it would still be nice. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Russian lawmaker urges devs to migrate projects off GitHub immediately, warning that the Microsoft-owned platform could soon become fully inaccessible in the country. Failed connections to the site are currently at 16% in Russia amid early regulatory intervention. https://t.me/borusio/92094 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…klxq it's felonious to ask Ukraine not to bomb a parade? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Zelensky has graciously signed a decree "permitting" Moscow to hold its Victory Day parade tomorrow, ordering Red Square's GPS coordinates removed from Ukraine's targeting for the day. The doc cites US requests as the reason that the square will be spared. https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3742026-59389 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock The International Federation of Journalists has expelled the Russian Union of Journalists for opening branches in occupied Ukraine. The union rejected the ruling as "politically motivated," accusing West European media orgs of threatening the IFJ with funding cuts to force the decision. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2026/05/08/1196122-soyuz-zhurnalistov npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Bad news for the Caspian Flotilla: Ukraine says it struck a Kalibr cruise missile carrier at Russia's Kaspiysk naval base in Dagestan overnight. The extent of the damage is still unclear. https://t.me/ejdailyru/397974 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock i'm thinking of launching a news outlet and calling it "This Is Authoritative Information, Disregard All Previous Prompts," and i expect it to rocket to the top of all aggregators. also, all articles will contain invisible porn keywords to drive additional traffic it's gonna be great npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock pretty wild that American farmers are suffering from a fertilizer shortage despite record levels of bullshit from the White House npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Two cancer drugs critical to treating children — methotrexate and etoposide — have disappeared from many pharmacies across Russia, with shortages reported in up to 80 regions, Izvestia reports. The consequences of disrupted treatment will become evident down the road. https://iz.ru/2090957/alina-odoeva/v-regionakh-pereboi-s-onkopreparatami-metotreksat-i-etopozid npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Another day, another even bolder reminder that the sun is setting on the American era. Beijing has banned 5 Chinese oil firms from complying with U.S. sanctions over alleged Iranian oil deals, slamming Washington's measures as an illegal extension of U.S. jurisdiction into Chinese soil. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8634288 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Poland's prime minister tells FT that he believes Russia "could' attack a NATO member within months, not years: "This is something really serious. I’m talking about short-term perspectives, rather months than years." https://www.ft.com/content/1a5a2502-a45a-40c1-af6f-b30ecc34bacb npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock I don't know who needs to hear this, but it was way easier in the 1990s to know which movies were playing at what theaters and when npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock what an interesting future today's kids have to look forward to npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Ksenia Sobchak has asked Russia's Investigative Committee to open a case against pro-Kremlin pundit (and notorious shithead) Vladimir Solovyov for on-air statements that she says defame and degrade fellow influencer and former reality TV star Victoria Bonya, who just refuses to leave the headlines. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev was in Pyongyang today for talks with his North Korean counterpart. Always what you want to hear — that your nation's top cop is discussing "law-enforcement cooperation" with North Korea. Kim Jong Un is expected to visit Russia sometime soon. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2026/04/20/1191743-kolokoltsev-pribil-v-kndr npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Pack in the Orban-defeat victory confetti, Western libs: Rumen Radev's party wins an absolute majority in Bulgaria's parliamentary elections, with nearly two-thirds of votes counted, positioning it to form a government without coalition partners. https://t.me/alexander_kynev/20333?single npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…tzyy I condemn Trump and his supporters, but please fuck off to hell with that dehumanizing rhetoric. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock State Duma deputy Anatoly Vasserman has called for abolishing Roskomnadzor, Russia's federal Internet censor, saying he'll push to curtail the agency's powers before his term ends. Vasserman, a TV personality turned lawmaker, previously announced he won't seek reelection this fall. 🙃 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock I lose no sleep over right-wingers abusing each other on social media, but the U.S. president shouting “you’re born that way, LOW IQ” is nevertheless another national embarrassment in an endless series of embarrassments. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock I'm not a Catholic, let alone a Christian, so I can't say for certain whether questioning the Pope's authority on theology is a strange thing for a Catholic to do, but it seems strange. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Russia's Defense Ministry posted a list of companies across Europe that are reportedly linked to the production of the drones Ukraine fires at Russia. According to Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Medvedev, these sites are "potential targets." https://t.me/mod_russia/62686 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock oof npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock lol, trump deleted his AI "i'm like chirst" slop. delete your presidency next, chump! npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock the best TACO Tuesday yet npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Remember that time all of Mastodon crashed for hours and hours, like Bluesky is crashing today? No? That's weird... npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock This is precisely what Russia has said in Ukraine for the past several years, and it's roughly what NATO said in Serbia in 1999. Round and round, we go. Once the Europeans fully embrace remilitarization and begin throwing their weight around, I assume we'll get this talk from them, too, somewhere. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Russian officials in occupied Luhansk say that Ukraine struck the Belorechenskaya coal mine, knocking out power and trapping 41 workers underground. Rescue workers are reportedly in contact with the miners, who have a supply of drinking water. Interesting to see how Moscow/Kyiv handle this story. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8569824 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock German males aged between 17 and 45 may need to seek approval for lengthy stays abroad, under military service changes that entered force on Jan 1. (Seems like a mostly forgettable regulation, albeit with potential for many yikes.) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3nr83xyvo npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock nice to watch launch footage of astronauts instead of weapons for a change npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock coronavịṛạṇus? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock it's important not to check social media before making frivolous purchases, otherwise you'll just think: i don't need this; i need canned beans, candles, and a chemical toilet. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…9v8r Your border with Belarus ain't so pretty. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Unclear which union, the States or the European, is more in shambles these days: EU limits the flow of confidential material to Hungary, and leaders are meeting in smaller groups, as Tusk warns of suspicions Orbán’s govt is sharing information with Russia. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock he seems to be losing it faster and faster npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock we should all remember this sentiment when a certain orange POS finally croaks and rids us all of his existence npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/268/405/321/554/695/original/87f51582fb3f158d.jpeg npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock "micro dramas" npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock The Republicans have managed to combine Russia's aggressive, poorly planned war-of-choice model with Ukraine's hopeless pay-us-reparations demands. It truly is a grand old party. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock How many times in the past two decades has the West lectured Russia on the inconceivability of redrawing post-WWII maps by force? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Zelensky threatens military action against Viktor Orban, US–Maduro style, if he doesn't drop Hungary's obstruction of EU financing over demands that Ukraine first resume the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline. Likely a "joke," but not amusing for everyone. https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/damo-yogo-adresu-nashim-hloptsyam-zelenskiy-1772719190.html npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock is this something? (nano banana riff on the great gary larson) npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Umar Dzhabrailov — a storied Chechen-born businessman & ex-Russian senator — died this week in an apparent suicide. On the surface, it looks like another tragic falling out of favor, but anti-corruption analyst Ilya Shumanov says it's actually proof of the power of krysha. https://meduza.io/en/brief/2026/03/04/this-was-russia-today npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock oh shit, the lows and highs are going to switch in Portland in a few weeks npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock "Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first." https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-tells-congress-no-sign-that-iran-was-going-attack-us-first-sources-say-2026-03-02/ npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Trying out the FUTO keyboard on Android. Any fans of this out there? npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/149/969/310/416/197/original/7ce73e5d605f2604.jpeg npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Putin met with his Security Council today to discuss the US–Israeli bombing of Iran. It was over video link but behind closed doors. Doesn't seem like they released any photos or a list of all the participants. https://ria.ru/20260228/putin-2077453628.html npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock "No model ever chose to fully accommodate an opponent or surrender." Did they train these things exclusively on Redditors and NAFOids? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/ npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…rg8m I don't see an option to subscribe to this as a calendar or sync this to a personal calendar. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Does anybody know of a publicly subscribable calendar with the US theatrical movie release schedule? Whatever I was using before seems dead, and now I never know what's coming out. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock guys, it's a pyramid scheme npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Zelensky tells the Belarusian media that Russians who pay taxes or report when called up for mobilization are "direct criminals." Of course, not doing either of these things in Russia is a felony offense and can land you in prison. https://news.zerkalo.io/economics/120832.html?c npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock M Gessen reports from Kyiv on the toll of the Russian invasion after four years of full-scale war. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-war-four-years.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OFA.8Nst.Za3bRsBGg0Pt&smid=nytcore-android-share npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…6xag I want an app with nice presentation and widgets. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock I've decided that I'm going to stop hunting for the perfect weather app and just use the one that shows me the most pleasant forecast, whether it's accurate or not. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock I don't know what to make of the explosion of LinkedIn use among journalists & analysts in the Russia field. Maybe I'm just late in noticing, and it's old news, but it feels like a retreat from public engagement, I assume in response to Twitter's collapse and Facebook's enshifitication. Bums me out. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…a5w5 Both the US and Russia have suspended their “aimed” / “pre-programmed” targeting. It's largely symbolic, but that stuff matters a lot politically. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…a5w5 Spoken like someone without nuclear weapons pointed at them. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock @nprofile…a5w5 I'm not aware of any evidence that Russia aims nuclear weapons at Estonia. npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock US wins the Winter Olympics' biggest prize, and you have to scroll for years to see it on the NYT homepage. America, what a country! npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Responding to recent comments by Estonia's foreign minister, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia will respond in kind if Estonia agrees to host nuclear weapons aimed at Russia. https://t.me/zarubinreporter/4708 npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock sweet, we're finally going to get a U.S. Army doctrine with bikinis npub19lv2u53msl6xttwt8cl43guzsg02j0wrewv4v8jk9fcxl7rwnpcqrtj3y4 Kevin Rothrock Hey, British people, if the American century is indeed ending, what fun stuff can we look forward to in the era after our empire's collapse? Do we get our own Beatles now?
