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❗️🚨Concerning reports from the Russian–Estonian border point to another border provocation by the Russian Federation. Russia is altering the bank of a border river near Lake Peipus by dumping huge quantities of aggregate. In this way it is changing the river’s course, https://t.co/fgI5dzXvXm #Russia #Estonia #BorderProvocation #RU #EE

Zelenskyy warned that in the near future Russia's airspace will become "completely dangerous," and that "drone-infested skies are no place for civilian aviation." In his recent speech, Putin called this "state terrorism." All Ukrainian airports have been closed since 2022 due https://t.co/20hP5X3H3g #Zelenskyy #Russia #UkrainianAirspace #UA #RU

Putin is constantly being lied to about the situation at the front in Ukraine. Today, he claimed Russia had captured Sviatohirsk, a town nearly 10km from Russian-held territory. It still has civilians and functioning civilian infrastructure. He's 100% clueless. #UkraineWar #Putin #Sviatohirsk #UA #RU

Germany has attributed the recent failed drone attack near Leipzig to Russia. We stand in full solidarity with Germany and commend Germany for responding with resolve. 🇫🇮🇩🇪 Russia poses a long-term threat to European and transatlantic security. We support the German proposal of #Germany #Russia #EuropeanSecurity #DE #RU #FN

It has taken the German government nearly a month to state the obvious: Russia was behind the Leipzig airport attack. An announcement of what consequences Russia will face expected later today. Merz apparently not bothering to announce it himself so Putin unlikely to be worried. https://t.co/fV9DIiPh9B #Germany #Russia #LeipzigAttack #DE #RU

It has taken nearly a month for the German government to state the obvious: Russia was behind the Leipzig airport attack. An announcement of what consequences Russia will face expected later today. Merz apparently not bothering to announce it himself so I doubt Putin is worried https://t.co/MvSm2RD3Bv #Germany #Russia #LeipzigAttack #DE #RU

🇯🇵 Takaichi has just requested nearly ¥9 trillion for defense spending in 2027. Another sign that Tokyo is entering a new fiscal regime at exactly the wrong time as its debt is finally becoming expensive to carry. 📊 The headline amount is probably only a starting point as https://t.co/5ldGuVppYC #Japan #DefenseSpending #FiscalPolicy #JP

There is a lot of (correct) talk about the role of evangelicals in supporting and electing Trump and his authoritarianism. But we are not nearly enough talking about the role of the Eastern European Orthodoxy in the promotion of authoritarianism. #Evangelicals #Authoritarianism #EasternOrthodoxy #US #EE

🇮🇸The Icelanders made a sovereign choice that must be fully and unconditionally respected. Nearly half of Iceland's population supports European integration, and Reykjavik is eager to cooperate with the EU through the EEA Agreement. Geopolitical instability reminds us that #Iceland #EuropeanIntegration #EEAAgreement #IS

Five Lessons on Aggression and Dominance “There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that… it sides even with those who harm it.” Friedrich Nietzsche wrote this nearly 140 years ago, yet it still sounds contemporary. In *Chimpanzee Politics*, Frans de Waal shows that dominance, aggression, hierarchy and confrontation—often dismissed in humans as “toxic masculinity”—also appear in our closest relatives. These behaviors may reflect deep-rooted drives, not merely social constructs. **1. The threat of violence can keep the peace** Most chimp confrontations are displays, not fights. Only about 0.4% of male confrontations become physical. Rank depends on strength, alliances, displays and recognition. Violence matters partly because it is rare: conflict must be allowed to resolve before it escalates. **2. When respect disappears, violence rises** Chimpanzees maintain hierarchy through formal greetings, including bowing. At Arnhem, 22 of 37 serious male fights occurred when males had stopped greeting one another—even though such periods made up less than a quarter of observation time. Violence was nearly five times more likely when recognition rituals broke down. **3. Power requires alliances** Before challenging the dominant male, a chimp often grooms females and plays with their young. Like Machiavelli’s political challengers, he builds support before attempting to seize power. **4. Influence can replace force** Female chimps sometimes recruit males to attack rivals, signaling distress and flattering the enforcer while avoiding the fight. Power can operate through alliances and influence, not just strength. **5. Concentrated resources create conflict** Chimpanzees normally forage for scattered food, limiting competition. When humans provide concentrated food, aggression rises. Larger groups are also harder to govern because familiarity declines and hierarchies become unstable. Stable societies may require hierarchy, respect, controlled confrontation and distributed power. Suppressing every expression of dominance may not eliminate conflict; it may remove mechanisms that keep conflict contained.

However you feel about him, Ricky Gervais is one of the most prominent animal rights advocates in the entertainment industry. He donates profits from his stand-up comedy tours to fund animal welfare groups: nearly £2.5 million from his last "Mortality" tour. Good man. #RickyGervais #AnimalRights #ComedyForACause #GB

Daycare Governance and the Tyranny of Compassion Something sinister can hide behind compassion. Caring is virtuous, but it becomes pathological when institutions gain power by expanding the number of people who need care. Munchausen syndrome by proxy shows how: a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in a dependent person, then gains sympathy by performing devotion. The sickness is manufactured, but the care is real. The claim: modern society can scale this into governance. Call it the daycare governance model: (1) victims to protect, (2) caregivers to provide protection, (3) dissenters to remove. Health, therapy, NGOs, academia, media, and bureaucracy gain prestige, funding, and moral authority by managing ever-expanding categories of suffering. It unfolds in two stages. First, the victim class expands: “trauma” drifts from specific, severe harms to everyday experiences, lowering the threshold for suffering until demand is nearly limitless. Second, the perpetual patient forms: ordinary difficulties are medicalized—strength as toxicity, sadness as disorder, restlessness as pathology—creating a cycle where caretakers and victims gain status or protection. This drives a crisis of competence. Victimhood can shield accountability, and institutions are rewarded for treating problems rather than eliminating the need for themselves. Plato warned against doing for people what they can do for themselves: removing every burden removes the reason to grow stronger. True care aims to make itself unnecessary. That’s the difference between a good mother and a poisoning one: one allows appropriate hardship to build independence; the other denies it. Failing to distinguish these forms of care makes the pathology hard to recognize—and easy to applaud.