🇷🇺 Two oil tankers under US sanctions are sailing east through the Channel towards #Russia, prompting speculation over whether the US and UK would be willing to seize further vessels linked to Moscow.
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Two oil tankers under US sanctions sailing through Channel towards Russia
Aria and Tia both south of Britain after US-UK seizure of Marinera, deemed to be part of Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’Dan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
#MAGA activist in #Minneapolis screaming in front of police cordon:
The storm is here! Listen all you communist liberals. No one can stop what is coming! We executed one of you yesterday!
I have another very similar video, another place, another time. Will post it next.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 The operational situation in Pokrovsk sector remains the most difficult, with approximately fifty combat clashes occurring daily. However, the northern part of Pokrovsk remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky.
🇺🇦 U.S. Embassy in #Ukraine: 'The embassy has received information concerning a potentially significant air attack that may occur at any time over the next several days.'
U.S. Embassy #Kyiv: The U.S. embassy in Kyiv has received information concerning a potentially significant air attack that may occur at any time over the next several days. The embassy, as always, recommends U.S. citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 #Trump's advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Wednesday in Paris with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev to discuss the U.S. plan for peace in #Ukraine, Axios reports.
Massive crowds are now filling the streets in Iran, also in the city of Mashhad.
“This is the last battle, Pahlavi will return,” they chant.
It Is Important to Pay Attention to Air Alerts. The russians Haven’t Changed One Bit. They Are Trying to Exploit the Weather – Address by President #Zelenskyy 08.01.2026
Extract
The negotiating team is returning to #Ukraine. I am expecting a report with all the details, including those that cannot be discussed over the phone.
Full address president.gov.ua/en/news/vazhl…
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The U.S. Senate passed a War Powers Resolution 52‑47 aimed at limiting Trump’s ability to conduct further military action against Venezuela without explicit Congressional approval. Five Republicans joined Democrats, reflecting bipartisan concern after the recent U.S. military raid in Caracas.
However, it still faces hurdles: it must advance in the House, and even if approved by both chambers, Trump is expected to veto it, and Congress would need a two‑thirds majority to override the veto.
putin has claimed that russia is fighting its wars "on behalf of God," using religion to justify military actions.
By framing the war as something holy or righteous, russia is trying to rally support at home and give its aggression a deeper meaning.
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🇺🇦 A former German ambassador will take the reins as #Ukraine’s new business ombudsman at the start of February, after receiving approval from the Cabinet of Ministers on Jan. 7.
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Ex-German ambassador appointed as Ukraine's new business watchdog
Anka Feldhusen, the German ambassador from 2019-2023, replaces Canadian Roman Washchuk, who led the Business Ombudsman Council from December 2021-2025.Dominic Culverwell (The Kyiv Independent)
🇷🇺 Forty ships accused of belonging to a large “shadow fleet” moving sanctioned oil for Venezuela and others were reflagged to #Russia last year in an apparent attempt to gain Kremlin protection from American seizure.
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‘Shadow fleet’ ships moving sanctioned oil reflagged to Russia at rising rate
Lloyd’s List analysis suggests 40 suspicious vessels joined Russian registry last year, with 17 reflagged last monthDaniel Boffey (The Guardian)
8 January 1924 | Polish man, Mieczysław Płachecki, was born in Horodzieje. A student.
In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942.
No. 37562
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald.
He survived the war.
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🤦♂️ U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from #Denmark and potentially join the United States, Reuters reports.
French president condemns US for ‘turning away from allies’
✍️ Jon Henley
Emmanuel Macron’s comments come as Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warns against turning world into ‘robber’s den’
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The Russian Lukoil holdouts in Europe are now also targeted. Chevron and Quantum Capital are in position to take over Lukoil assets across Europe for a good price. This is backed by the Trump administration. A senior US official commented as follows:
„We are looking for a divestment that places ownership of these assets into the hands of an American owner and operator ad infinitum. We do not want a buy-and-flip situation, so this is a compelling option.“
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces are attacking the city of Kryvyi Rih again on the evening of 8 January.
Russia’s losing streak is not coming to an end and received another episode, this time in Iraq.
The Iraqi government nationalized the stake of Russia’s Lukoil in regards to the West Qurna-2 oil field, which accounts of around 75%. This oil field produces 460,000 barrels of oil, daily. Instead Iraq‘s oil industry invited US energy giants ExxonMobil and Chevron to bid on the stake.
Iraq wants to avoid being targeted by US sanctions, throwing its former Russian business partner under the bus.
🇭🇷🇺🇦 The Government of Republic of Croatia has agreed to supply DTEK with critical power equipment from decommissioned plants to help repair energy facilities damaged by more than 220 russian attacks since the full-scale invasion.
President #Zelenskyy
💬 "There is information that there may be a new russian massive strike tonight. It is very important to pay attention to air raid sirens today, tomorrow, and always, and to go down to shelters. The russians are consistent: they are trying to take advantage of the weather."
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The Ukrainian "Kursk" Group of Forces denied on Jan. 8 that Russian forces had captured the village of Andriivka in Sumy Oblast, despite contradicting reports from the Ukrainian open-source mapping project DeepState a day earlier.
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Ukraine denies Russian capture of Andriivka village, Sumy Oblast despite DeepState monitoring report
The DeepState monitoring group reported on the evening of Jan. 7 that Andriivka was back under Russian control.Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)
The 71st Airborne Brigade repelled a major Russian assault near Oleksiivka, Sumy region. Over 40 troops were killed and 6 wounded in a failed push.
Russian forces launched three attack waves. Initial infantry groups were eliminated before reaching Ukrainian lines. Then came a covert attempt to infiltrate through a gas pipeline. Detected by reconnaissance, the group was destroyed.
A final combined assault using 10 ATVs and infantry was also thwarted, with all attackers neutralized.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says no EU member state or other country believes Western forces should intervene militarily in Ukraine. He stressed that discussions are focused on security guarantees to achieve peace and a ceasefire agreement.
Merz outlined the sequence needed: first a ceasefire, then security guarantees for Ukraine to reach a long‑term deal with Russia. He added that such a framework cannot work without Russia’s consent, and at present, “we are still quite far from that.”
🇷🇺 A Russia-bound oil tanker suffered a drone attack in the Black Sea that prompted it to request Turkish coastguard assistance and divert from its course, according to a notice by Lloyd's List Intelligence and a separate maritime security source on Thursday.
russia’s Patriarch kirill: Opposition to russia’s Solutions Should Be Considered Treasonous
✍️ Cyril Barabaltchouk
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Russia’s Patriarch Kirill: Opposition to Russia’s Solutions Should Be Considered Treasonous
In a recent interview, Patriarch Kirill calls for unity on Russian state issues, labeling dissenters as traitors to the nation.Cyril Barabaltchouk (UNITED24 Media)
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Iraq is moving to nationalise operations at its massive West Qurna-2 oilfield after U.S. sanctions forced Russian oil giant Lukoil to declare force majeure. With Lukoil holding a 75% stake, Baghdad has tasked the state-run Basra Oil Company with taking over for the next 12 months, keeping output steady at around 465,000 to 480,000 barrels per day.
The move is aimed at avoiding supply disruptions while Iraq shops for new investors to replace the sanctioned Russian firm.
Across Iran’s provinces and major cities, markets in Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Sistan and Baluchistan, Ardabil, Fars, Hamedan, Zanjan, Ilam, Isfahan, and Lorestan have joined a nationwide strike, with basically all shops closed. Strikes are also reported in Tehran, Tabriz, Karaj, Abadan, Mashhad, Arak, Sabzevar, Nishapur, Bushehr, and Qeshm.
Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, has called for nationwide protests tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. local time. Iranian security forces are deploying
🇷🇺 Ukrainian naval officials say Moscow is increasingly avoiding the Sea of Azov as shallow waters and growing Ukrainian strike reach turns Russian warships into easy targets.
President #Zelenskyy
💬 'We are also informing our partners about the consequences of the russian strikes, which certainly do not indicate that moscow is revising its priorities. In this context, it is necessary that the pressure on russia increases as intensively as the negotiating teams are working.
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🇬🇧 Nigel Farage has been accused of “parroting Kremlin lines” after saying that he would vote against any UK government plans to deploy the military in Ukraine.
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Farage accused of ‘parroting Kremlin lines’ after remarks on UK troops in Ukraine
Pat McFadden says stance on potential peace deployment casts doubt on Reform leader’s commitment to national securityAlexandra Topping (The Guardian)
8 January 1943 | Hungarian Jewish girl Lea Sherman was born in Nagyvárad (Oradea).
In June 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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„The Apex of Crime: Deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz” – educational session (part. 1)
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About 200,000 families in Dnipropetrovsk region have regained power after the strikes, the energy company DTEK reports. Restoration efforts continue, and nearly all critical infrastructure now has electricity.
However, around 600,000 families in the region are still without power as repairs proceed.
💬 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. foreign policy under #Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.
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#usa
President #Zelenskyy
💬 " I would like to thank every repair crew and all the services that have been working since last night to restore electricity, heat and water supplies in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions....
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8 January 1939 | Jewish boy of Polish origin, Victor Popiołek, was born in Merlebach.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 6 November 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Children at Auschwitz:
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🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
"On Auschwitz" (8): Children at Auschwitz
Using only estimates based on the examination of the existing incomplete documentation, it can only be acknowledged that there were around 232,000 children a...YouTube
Russia struck residential buildings in Kryvyi Rih with Iskander missiles. As of now, at least five civilians reported injured.
The attack is still ongoing — drones keep flying into the city again and again.
In Kryvyi Rih, a Russian missile strike damaged 29 apartment buildings, with at least 10 heavily hit and one nearly destroyed, according to city head Vilkul. Seventeen people were injured. An infrastructure site was also struck, cutting power to over 115,000 users and disabling 4 major boiler stations affecting around 1,400 buildings.
Russia going full terror mode.
Meta has allegedly silently deployed anti-device fingerprinting protections for its WhatsApp service.
Ombrello
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Seguendo il ragionamento acrobatico della Meloni, il Venezuela ha scatenato una guerra ibrida contro gli Usa, a base di droga e malavita; così gli Usa lo hanno attaccato legittimamente, arrestando Maduro, ma in realtà si sono difesi. Se il teorema meloniano fosse rigoroso, gli Usa potrebbero attaccare l’Italia e deportare Mattarella, per
Samsung, the world's largest smart TV maker over the past two decades, said at the annual CES conference that it will add AI capabilities into every of its TV models going forward.
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TV makers tout AI upgrades at CES, as smartphone threat looms
A century after Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated the first mechanical television system, TVs face mounting competition from a much more recent invention: smartphones.Glenn CHAPMAN (Tech Xplore)
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#securityaffairs #hacking #ShinyHuinters
Resecurity Went on the Cyber Offensive - When 'Shiny Objects' trick 'Shiny Hunters'
Resecurity released 105 pages with 1,000+ messages tied to hacker John Erin Binns, detailing contacts with an unnamed woman in Turkey and an associate called “S.M.”Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
🧙 Buona Befana a tutti! Ma attenti al "carbone"
Ai buoni, quelli che:
🔐 usano la 2FA
📧 non cliccano link sospetti
💾 fanno i backup
➡️ porta dolcetti cyber, SSL Candy e Antivirus Gummies 🍭🍫
Ai cattivi, quelli che:
❌ usano password123
❌ aprono allegati a caso
❌ ignorano gli alert
➡️ porta il RANSOMWARE e dati pubblicati nel darkweb.
Altro che carbone 😈💀
Da RHC tanti auguri di Buona Epifania
e ricordate: la sicurezza informatica non è una favola.
Grazie ad Inva Malaj per l'idea 
#redhotcyber #informationsecurity #ethicalhacking #dataprotection #hacking #cybersecurity #cybercrime #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritytraining #cybersecuritynews #privacy #infosecurity #BuonaEpifania #RedHotCyber #CyberSecurity #BefanaNerd #StaySecure #RHC
L'Italia dei nativi digitali. E' un meme che fa ridere? Si ma dovrebbe farci riflettere!
#redhotcyber #cybersecurity #hacking #hacker #infosec #infosecurity #AI #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Educazione
Le “Biciclette per la mente”! Satya Nadella prevede un futuro di supporto e non di sostituzione
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#redhotcyber #news #intelligenzaartificiale #microsoft #satyanadella #iavanzata #evoluzionedellia #cambiodiapproccio
Le "Biciclette per la mente"! Satya Nadella prevede un futuro di supporto e non di sostituzione
Satya Nadella, CEO di Microsoft, condivide la sua visione per l'intelligenza artificiale nel 2026, puntando su un approccio basato sui sistemi e non sui modelli.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
189 - Odiare le istituzioni è diventato normale. Le fake news ringraziano - Marco Camisani Calzolari
Odiare le istituzioni è diventato normale. E le fake news ringraziano. Seguitemi fino alla fine che vi spiego perché la frase “tanto fregano tutti” è la migliore alleata delle bugie che girano in rete.Web Staff MCC (Marco Camisani Calzolari)
Data center, droni e difesa: il nodo delle terre rare preoccupa molto gli Stati Uniti
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#redhotcyber #news #statiuniti #cina #terreRare #economia #tecnologia #militaria #risorseStrategiche #fornitura
Data center, droni e difesa: il nodo delle terre rare preoccupa molto gli Stati Uniti
Gli Stati Uniti cercano di ridurre la dipendenza dalle terre rare cinesi, essenziali per tecnologia e difesa. Ma è possibile?Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
Il sindaco di Crans-Montana ha ammesso che da cinque anni non venivano fatti controlli a "Le Constellation", mentre la legge prevede siano annuali.
Cosa accade ora, in termini di valutazione delle responsabilità pubbliche, oltre a quelle dei due gestori? L'ammissione del sindaco non basta per una condanna: andranno valutati elementi ulteriori.
P.S. In Italia, per un locale con la licenza di bar, come "Le Constellation", la legge non prevede alcun controllo sistematico.
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Crans-Montana: le colpe dei gestori e le responsabilità pubbliche, le differenze tra Svizzera e Italia
Il sindaco di Crans-Montana ha riconosciuto che su “Le Constellation” c’è stato un deficit di verifiche. Il dato è rilevante. I previsti ... Scopri di più!Vitalba Azzollini (Domani)
Tutti i dubbi sulla riforma della Corte dei conti. L'analisi di @Vitalba
Il governo promette meno controlli e più velocità, ma le nuove regole sollevano molte perplessità
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Belgio, per il responsabile della Cybersecurity “L’Europa ha perso Internet perché dipende dagli Usa”
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
La superiorità degli Usa in materia di infrastrutture digitali è chiara, ma per l’Europa può diventare un rischio. Lo ha detto in una intervista al Financial Times il direttore del Cybersecurity Center del Belgio
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Una falla su WhatsApp viene corretta silenziosamente, ma la community non ci sta
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/una-falla…
#redhotcyber #news #whatsapp #privacysuweb #crittografia #sicurezzainformatica #protezionedatipersonali
Una falla su WhatsApp viene corretta silenziosamente, ma la community non ci sta
WhatsApp affronta vulnerabilità legate alla privacy dei dispositivi degli utenti, grazie a correzioni individuate tramite strumenti di ricerca indipendenti.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
Microsoft elimina l’attivazione di Windows e Office via telefono
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#redhotcyber #news #microsoft #windows #office #attivazioneonline #erroreattivazione #windows7 #office2010
Microsoft elimina l'attivazione di Windows e Office via telefono
Microsoft non supporta più l'attivazione di Windows e Office tramite telefono. Ora è necessario un account Microsoft e una connessione Internet.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
RE: mastodon.social/@PCMag/1158566…
Not content with littering up the Earth, the billionaires are now coming for our night sky too. I wish we could shoot all of it down.
PCMag (@PCMag@mastodon.social)
SpaceX's plan to launch an additional 15,000 satellites for its Starlink cellular system has sparked opposition and concern from rival companies and environmentalists: https://www.pcmag.PCMag (Mastodon)
All'interno dello strumento dell'ICE per monitorare i telefoni in interi quartieri
404 Media ha ottenuto materiale che spiega il funzionamento di Tangles e Webloc, due sistemi di sorveglianza recentemente acquistati dall'ICE. Webloc può tracciare i telefoni senza mandato e seguire i proprietari fino a casa o al loro datore di lavoro.
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
È stato definito un "simpatizzante del terrorismo". Ora la sua azienda di intelligenza artificiale è valutata 3 miliardi di dollari.
Da quando Masad si è sentito in dovere di parlare apertamente di Gaza, denunciando coloro che, nel mondo della tecnologia, a suo avviso hanno sostenuto il "genocidio" del popolo palestinese da parte di Israele. Ha imparato rapidamente quanto questa opinione fosse impopolare nella Silicon Valley.
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He was called a ‘terrorist sympathizer.’ Now his AI company is valued at $3B
“I must apologize to — absolutely nobody”: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley.Margaux MacColl (The San Francisco Standard)
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Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry
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Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry
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Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
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Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety (Official Video)
The official video for the hit single “Twist In My Sobriety” Taken from Tanita Tikaram's 1988 debut album “Ancient Hearts”. Released on WEA Records.To stay u...YouTube
Q: What do Venezuela, Minneapolis, and Greenland have in common?
A: The Epstein files are in none of those places
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La barbarie.
La Texas A&M vieta la lettura di Platone in un corso introduttivo di filosofiaQuesta settimana, gli amministratori dell'università hanno comunicato a Martin Peterson, professore di filosofia alla Texas A&M University, che avrebbe dovuto abbandonare la discussione sulle questioni razziali e di genere e sugli scritti di Platone su tali argomenti dal suo corso introduttivo di filosofia, oppure insegnare un corso diverso.
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Texas A&M Bans Plato (further updates) - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide.Justin Weinberg (Daily Nous)
se posso, è molto peggio della barbarie: la barbarie indica un tracollo causato da un cataclisma o dall'invasione di popolazioni incivili che provengono da un qualche altrove. Qui invece c'è una sorta di collasso autoimmune dovuto completamente da cause endogene!
Non è Mad Max, ma è il Pianeta delle Scimmie
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Joni Mitchell -- Both Sides Now
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Both Sides Now
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Avanti così, Stati Uniti d'America. Sempre più velocemente verso il baratro.
Gli Stati Uniti si ritirano da 66 organizzazioni internazionali
Il 7 gennaio Donald Trump ha lanciato un nuovo attacco alla diplomazia climatica, ordinando il ritiro degli Stati Uniti da un trattato e da un comitato scientifico di riferimento sul clima. LeggiRedazione (Internazionale)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
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Neil Young - Harvest Moon [Official Music Video]
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R.E.M. - "Man On The Moon"
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R.E.M. - Nightswimming
(Later… with Jools Holland on BBC1, 14 October 2003)
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R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Later… with Jools Holland on BBC1, 14 October 2003)
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kravietz 🦇
in reply to kravietz 🦇 • • •This one - that was May 2014, Odesa, Ukraina. Russian activist Gennady Kushnarev screams is “Odessa is a Russian town, we will shot them like dogs”, in a very similar tone and mimic. What followed was a lot of violence, in which he ultimately died himself.
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