Kevin Rothrock

NATO's Rutte to young Russian men: There is a very high chance you'll die or be wounded while you're out there. And odds are that if you are wounded, you will be left to suffer in the mud and die. So when we talk about 10,000s of Russian casualties, that's not abstract. That will probably be you.

The Russian tricolor made an appearance on the soccerball field in Budapest today after "PSG beat Arsenal in the Champions League." (I don't know what this means.) Marina Safonova brought the flag to celebrate her husband Matvey, PSG's goalie & the 1st Russian to be part of 2 title-winning teams.

Pompeo and Nuland vs. Walt and Mearsheimer on whether “Iran is a monster.” It's strange to see people much older than I am communicating like people much younger than I am. Makes me feel better about shitposting so much.

Giovanni Pigni, one of the only Western journalists who's actually visited the Starobilsk attack site in occupied Luhansk, tells Russian state media: "Of course, it's a terrible situation. Such massive destruction, it's striking. [...] I see that there was a college here, and that people died."

More footage of Russian attacks tonight against Kyiv and other areas across Ukraine. This appears to be Oreshnik submunitions raining down. t.me/stranaua/236...

Trump denies that Xi told him that Putin might "regret" invading Ukraine. Beijing also denied this report from the Financial Times' anonymous sources. Personally, the whole story sounds like baloney to me, leaked to mess with Putin's China trip this week, but, alas, I wasn't there.

A man climbed onto the imperial throne at St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum and read a petition to Putin before drawing a knife on staff. The 46-year-old raved about corruption, debt, and financial ruin. He was detained and handed to police. www.fontanka.ru/2026/05/17/7...

this line randomly enters my brain all the time