Marcel Dirsus

Had to put my anger about Trump somewhere so I made this video about Ukraine, Putin and international politics more generally. No guest, basically just a Twitter rant with visuals: youtu.be/cIzqXP2UQSo?...

Always think about this when I see German stuff from WWII. Nice tank I guess, but you know that thing needs fuel and it needs to be repaired right? A Sherman might not look scary, but that won't help much when there's 10,000 of them

Thank you for all the great recommendations, keep them coming. I'll start here:

"It is a war so bizarre in design, so flawed in execution, so blissfully unencumbered by strategic foresight, that all previous American misadventures in the region appear vaguely commendable by comparison." @radchenko.bsky.social on the Iran war.

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Trump is losing leverage over Ukraine

Exclusive: Researchers at TrendAI ‌concluded the Israeli company Discover-Tech was one of the biggest sources of digital ads shown to users of SpaceX's Starlink service and that the ads were likely being used to geolocate or otherwise surveil them reut.rs/4jDCHLZ

The key question here is: If these talks are happening, why isn't Europe speaking with one voice?

My general position is that the EU regulates too much that could either be (a) regulated at a lower level or (b) doesn't have to be regulated at all, BUT sometimes EU regulation is amazing. My favourite example is roaming. It used to cost a gazillion dollars to make a call on holiday, now it's 0

Gerade Podcast mit Richard David Precht zur Ukraine gehört

"Israelis are heading to the polls for what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country's history." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Both of these numbers are completely insane. I don't think political donations should be banned completely but cap it at like 100k a year. No person or company or whatever, on left or right, should be able to donate $600 or $700 million. It's madness

Perhaps, but that cast-iron security guarantee doesn't exist for Ukraine. Or, now that the United States is what it is, for anyone else

MAGA then: Wow this is awesome we're not giving Ukraine anything anymore hahaha wooohooooo yes MAGA now: Wow this sucks!!! Kyiv isn't listening to us? Why?????

Putin Knows Exactly How to Manipulate Trump

So the whole Maduro raid actually...worked out pretty well for the White House?

"She thought it was perfect." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/s...

5,000 op-eds incoming, all with the same argument only that the country gets swapped out at the end: "Other country, other country, other country, here's what it could mean for [Trump/Farage/AfD/Le Pen]."

#BBCNews - Deeply divided Israel braces for pivotal election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

All three secret services of Germany are planning to build a cloud service for exchanging secret information. The company tasked with building is... Google.

Alright, thanks for the feedback. YouTube is so different as a medium. I've come to realise that I don't usually think in visuals. But here it's like video, photo, moving, zoom, something something movement. It's a different type of creativity, if that makes sense

"The British aircraft operated alongside those of France’s Strategic Air Forces over the Mediterranean, with Typhoons escorting Rafale fighters, according to the ministry.... the Rafale jets performed a simulated nuclear strike."

There are too many of these outbreak news tweets and I don't like it

So which German defence firms are actually helping Ukraine? Not talking about promises or presentations, but real contributions. On this Friday, which of them are helping Ukrainians shoot down drones or do reconnaissance or communicate with each other etc? It's all getting rather confusing

Just watched a TikTok about American teachers learning how to lock classroom doors with chairs to prevent kids from being shot and despite it being only 11:05 I'm confident it'll be the most depressing thing I'll see today. What the f***

Yes, it’s how Chinese EV sellers bypass tariffs: selling EVs to middle men who drive three blocks with it, and sell it on as a “used car”.

Pretty much! We've got to go where the people are. If not, we just get stuck writing the same thing for the same 12 people over and over again, and they're already on our side

Denmark has decided to procure Anthem missiles from the US-Israeli company Covenant, owned among others by Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen. The rationale is probably quick delivery, but it misses the point that control with the production line may be more important than the missiles in stock.

chat this seems bad, is it bad?

100%

Sharing this sentiment. There's quite a lot of anger as well.