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List of accounts that are partly trustworthy and partly useful, and that post highly valuable content related to the Russo-Ukrainian War. I began compiling this list in April 2021, when the Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border started. x.com/i/lists/159950…

Rumen Radev, whose party took the lead in Bulgaria’s elections tonight, has long been linked to the Kremlin in a “controversial manner”. Leonid Reshetnikov is a retired Lieutenant General of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) who headed the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISI) from 2009 to 2017. RISI, formally part of the SVR until 2009 and thereafter under the presidential administration, served as a key instrument of Russian soft power and influence operations across Eastern Europe. After leaving RISI in 2017, Reshetnikov became chairman of the supervisory board of Tsargrad TV, a neo-imperial Russian news channel financed by Kremlin-linked oligarch Konstantin Malofeev. The core of the Radev–Reshetnikov link traces to the 2016 Bulgarian presidential election. According to a U.S. State Department report on Russian disinformation, Reshetnikov directly interfered in that election. His institute commissioned a sociological study conducted between July 1–15, 2016, specifically designed to identify the profile of an ideal pro-Russian BSP presidential candidate - one who would increase support for Russia while eroding support for the US, EU, and NATO. The results of that survey, analysts noted, mapped almost precisely onto Rumen Radev's public profile. Crucially, just two weeks after the study concluded, General Radev resigned as Air Force commander on August 1, 2016 - and within days, BSP and ABV were already promoting him as their presidential candidate. After Radev won the 2016 presidential election, Reshetnikov himself publicly acknowledged that he had discussed Radev's candidacy with BSP leader Kornelia Ninova, effectively confirming Russian intelligence involvement in shaping the nomination. This admission was cited directly in Bulgarian and international media. The U.S. State Department subsequently included the 2016 Bulgarian presidential election in its broader report on the Kremlin's global propaganda and disinformation ecosystem. The Reshetnikov connection deepened in September 2019, when Bulgarian Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov charged Nikolai Malinov - head of the pro-Russian Russophile National Movement - with espionage for Russia, and simultaneously announced that Reshetnikov was banned from entering Bulgaria for 10 years on national security grounds. Investigations revealed that Malinov had controlled accounts receiving funds from RISI and the Double-Headed Eagle Society - organizations linked directly to Reshetnikov and Malofeev. At the time, President Radev responded cautiously, demanding "incontrovertible evidence" and suggesting the prosecution might be a politically motivated domestic maneuver — a reaction that critics interpreted as shielding the network. On the eve of today's election, the Washington Post published an analysis describing Bulgaria as the "Kremlin's next best bet" following Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary - framing a potential Radev government as Moscow's most significant remaining lever of influence inside the EU and NATO. Analysts and former diplomats interviewed expressed concern that Russian influence operations, with Reshetnikov's 2016 template as the blueprint, had now produced a political vehicle - Progressive Bulgaria - capable of reaching government.

@zoltanspox Szia Zoli, van valami update azóta?

Picture of the day – or rather, joke of the day. Imagine being this delusional.

@Mlody1646072 A kurva anyádat tung tung szahur

Nie ukrywam że właśnie płacze. To druzgocący dzień dla patriotów.

12 kwietnia - dzień tragedii narodu Węgierskiego. Porównywalny z naszym 15 października. 💀 Bracia Węgrzy, jesteśmy z wami. 🇭🇺🇵🇱 Niestety. Imigranci i turyści wyborczy rozwalili Węgrom ich raj. Teraz Węgrów czeka zalew masowej migracji z Afryki, LGBTQ+ w szkołach, walka z wiarą, sprzedanie kraju Chinom, antysemityzm, upadek stosunków z USA oraz uzależnienie od Brukseli. Wszystko przez tego GNOJA! 🖕

@Wirtual Yeah somewhat out of character, but thank you, Mr. TrackMania

Since people keep asking me about this. No, it's not even close to being real At a quick glance, the scientists behind this are the same team who believed they found 2km deep pylons beneath the pyramid of Khafre using Satellite Aperture Radar. No proof exists to back that up at all. Pic 1 - For this new find they used the same technology. But before scanning, they first did some cute geometry based on the Dream Stele to determine where to look. It should be noted this tablet was written ~1000 years after the Pyramids were built at Giza. The Dream Stele is symmetrical with 2 sphinxes on it. Therefore symmetry must be important to find the second sphinx. Pic 2 - They therefore drew a line from the Sphinx to the pyramid of Khafre, and then a parallel line (of longer distance btw) out into the desert from Khufu's pyramid and chose that as a place to scan. They argue that the reason line A is longer than B is due to the bigger footprint of the Great Pyramid. Okay I suppose? They never explain why they linked the Sphinx to Khafre in the first place. There is still no consensus as to which King the Sphinx was built for. Pic 3 - In the scan they find some fissures and voids (in limestone, top 10 most porous rock of all time) and they claim the 'Second Sphinx' now exists with 80% probability - based on nothing really. Maybe they just liked the sound of the number🤔 Craziest thing to me was that they didn't compare their underground scan data with scanning the actual Sphinx to see if it's similar. Which seems like the obvious first step if you're going to make such an extraordinary claim. Most disappointing is seeing news sites publishing these things without any verification at all. Please do better🙏

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@SoarAtlas You seem to miss that there are also completely bogus lat/long lines in the "original" images. While the numbers do not make any sense, they are pretty consistent... except for one of the numbers, where the typical diffusion net distortion is visible on one of the 0s.

As conflicts break out, AI-generated fake imagery is becoming more common online. At Soar Atlas, we manually review every satellite image and map that comes through our system to ensure uploads remain trustworthy. One image currently circulating shows an air base with planes painted on the ground. While it may look convincing at first glance, there are a few clues that suggest it isn’t real satellite imagery. First, most commercial satellites, such as those operated by Maxar Technologies or Planet Labs, capture imagery at roughly 30cm per pixel. Because of this physical limitation, extremely fine details usually aren’t visible from space. If an image appears unusually sharp or shows very small features with perfect clarity, it’s worth questioning. Satellites don’t capture imagery the way it’s often portrayed in movies. They aren’t constantly watching every location with a live camera in the sky. Most Earth-observation satellites travel in fixed orbits and only pass over the same area at certain times, which means many major events are not captured immediately and may only be imaged hours or even days later depending on when the next pass occurs. Weather is another major limitation. Cloud cover frequently blocks optical satellite imagery, making it difficult to capture clear views of the ground. While some satellites use radar to see through clouds, these systems produce radar imagery rather than traditional photograph looking imagery, which can be harder for the public to interpret visually. It’s also important to look for a source. Authentic satellite imagery is almost always credited to the provider, often through a watermark or attribution. If there’s no source attached, that’s a warning sign. Another useful check is whether the imagery is georeferenced. When imagery is properly placed over real-world maps, such as those on Soar Atlas, it becomes much easier to verify whether features actually line up with the surrounding environment. AI will often get these kinds of details wrong. Finally, keep an eye out for AI tool marks or watermarks, such as the small star symbol added by Gemini in the corner. Every image on soaratlas.com we've verified. If you think something doesn't look right, click the three dots and report the map or ping us! As AI tools improve, spotting fakes will become harder. During this conflict we’ve unfortunately come across many examples, so it’s important to stay cautious and take a moment to question images before sharing them.

@CalibreObscura "Our entire narrative of the war comes from images the US military chooses to release to us", no, it's really not, fam. You highlighted a single dumb aspect of the video in the QRT, but I can't find a single part that wouldn't be almost entirely clueless and uneducated.

This is unbelievably stupid. Conflict does not have to be equal, or have to be right in front of you, to be real. There is no inherent morality or balance about war, quite the opposite. I hope people aren't internalising this kind of flimsy narrative.

@Player_retiredd I have to say, the original, Oscar (1967) is much better and much more inconic, than this remake, Oscar (1991).

I like how he’s skipping over the fact that he stole 50k but also saved him 50k so over all he still saved him money

@GARTSyria @vxunderground nooooo what have you done to Mr. Syria

You are very clearly just echoing the phrase "power vacuum" without any substantial basis beyond guesswork and opinion pieces of laymen. "Oh, Iraq War, power vacuum, ..." and the argument usually stops there. Iraq was one specific case: regime removal with total institutional dismantling and absolutely no organized successor. That does not automatically generalize to every intervention scenario, so you cannot use "power vacuum" as some ultimate gotcha. If you are claiming an intervention in Iran would create a power vacuum, then specify the mechanism. Which institutions would collapse and why? Why would not the IRGC, regular military, or the bureaucratic core consolidate under an entirely new regime? What would prevent a successor center of power from forming there? Why would it inevitably "lead to worse despotic radicals in control"? Otherwise saying so much you just did in this thread is just "oh, Iraq happened once, therefore always" which is not geopolitical analysis, nor can be even considered a serious opinion on the matter.

@Asmongold Pretending to care about the Iranian people so you can suck off the admin now? To be clear my position Is yours from 2 years ago. No new war, No regime change, Stay out of the middle east, You're going to create a power vacuum that will lead to worse despotic radicals in control

Fucking pathetic

I went 2school w/a cloak since1st days;it was uncomfortable 2wear it in front f other kids,but I tried 2make up 4it by being naughty&playful

A day for dudes who love to monitor the situation

@AnimarchyYT holy shit, get the Roblox army out of the US government immediately

Really? Seriously? This is the name you chose for potentially the most consequential air campaign since Desert Storm? It sounds like a ten year old named it. How about: Operation Checkmate (Checkmate has its origins in Persian) Operation Persian Dawn Like come on guys.

Source tells me the VDV unit attempting to take Kyiv in 3 days is stable. Please god

Beautiful von Kármán vortices whorl over the East China Sea.

@krishdotdev Very nice, but makes absolutely zero sense. No, truly amazing, and I am impressed, but this is autistically overcharged.

Probably the most unique wm you've ever seen.

@SporkboyProton @GLabsPlus @curiosityonx This comment has zero extra information content. It does not matter that QED describes the coupling between charged fields and a gauge field using virtual photons. A physical, observable consequence will be a repulsion between charged particles. That's it.

@GLabsPlus @curiosityonx You must have skipped a few courses. Electrons don't exist separate from the EM field. Electrons repell from each other by exchanging photons. You are ignoring the fundamental fact that charged particles and the EM field are utterly joined as a single entity.

At the atomic level, nothing ever truly touches. What we feel as ‘touch’ is our brain interpreting electromagnetic repulsion. The object is real, the sensation is a constructed illusion.

@Hera_Aoe @lacuartaonline @FacundoGut21 That's Hera, you dummy, you clearly don't watch his streams enough, otherwise you'd recognize him immediately

@lacuartaonline @FacundoGut21 who is that guy 111

#LaCuartaOnline | ✍️@FacundoGut21 Por la segunda fecha del grupo B de la T90 Titans League Platinum, el jugador argentino/canadiense @Hera_Aoe se llevó 3 puntos claves tras derrotar 3-0 al chino MR.Yo. lacuartaonline.com/esports/hera-a… a través de @lacuartaonline

-When it rains it pours- The dry season un the Morrison formation is tough, and then the wet season hits hard. As this herd of Camarasaurus is finding out