Notices by Anne Applebaum (anneapplebaum@journa.host), page 7

A new Gulag is being created in Russia and on the territory of occupied Ukraine
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-prisons-civilians-torture-detainees-88b4abf2efbf383272eed9378be13c72

Not seeing this over here , and worth sharing. Russian generals continue fighting with one another...
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1679258082302459904?t=8vlDWbLcBhQJ0uDGWzsyqQ

In case you missed it, this is an image from last year of the cluster munitions that Russia shot at civilians, just in the city of Kharkiv.

Twitter changes its algorithm to boost Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media, because that is what "free speech" is all about
https://dfrlab.org/2023/04/21/state-controlled-media-experience-sudden-twitter-gains-after-unannounced-platform-policy-change/

Has someone written the definitive explanation of why China, which has high tech satellites, internet spyware and access to reams of stolen data, would even need a spy balloon?

This, from the Secretary of Defense, is excellent:

"The outcome of the war in Ukraine will help determine the course of global security in this young century. And those of us in North America don’t have the option of sitting this one out"

https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3224089/why-ukraine-matters-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-h/