John de New 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 @deNew_John@qoto.org

Ein Historiker im Jahr 2030:
„Kurz vor der vollständigen Niederlage des russischen Angriffskrieges lief die Moskauer Propaganda auf Hochtouren, etwa mit der Parole: „Panzerschaufeln für den Endsieg!“

Report: Berlin's isolation at the Ramstein meeting was indeed extreme: *12* Allies pledged *at the meeting* to supply Leopard 2s, totalling 100 tanks. Germany failed to make a pledge + failed to decide on export licenses.
Plus: UK move helped unlock

https://abcnews.go.com/International/ukraine-expects-100-leopard-2-tanks-12-countries/story?id=96620510

Did you know that some ladybirds eat fungi?

This is a video of a fungi-eating #ladybird (Illeis galbula) feasting on powdery mildew on pumpkin leaf in my #garden

Amazing what mobile phones can do nowadays (although the video was very shaky and I stabilised it)

@maksympolyakov: some more photos of #fungieating #ladybirds eating powdery mildew on pumpkin leaves

For fans of the 1982 action film Who Dares Wins

Olaf Scholz and his office are leading Germany into an abyss of dishonour. They want to avoid the only just course of action: the enablement of a Ukrainian victory. Their cowardly fear of a Russian defeat risks to forever break the bonds of trust between Germany and its Allies.

For those who are getting into the weeds of questions like whether an Ally has made a formal request to Berlin or not, and if not maybe things are not as clear-cut as some say, just stop.
When there's clear leadership, a national discussion just doesn't look like that.

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"Putin’s effort to restore Russia’s lost empire is destined to fail. The moment is therefore ripe for a transition to democracy and a devolution of power to the regional levels."

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"But for such a political transformation to take place, Putin must be defeated militarily in Ukraine. A decisive loss on the battlefield would pierce Putin’s aura of invincibility and expose him as the architect of a failing state"

To end this Sunday's night. Some drops of peace by Mr. Sylvian.

DAVID SYLVIAN - Let The Happiness In
https://youtu.be/QFAtfEsjgHg

#davidsylvian

Polen will Deutschland um Erlaubnis bitten, Leopard-Panzer an die Ukraine liefern zu können. Außenministerin Baerbock hatte zuvor angekündigt, eine Lieferung nicht zu blockieren.
Leopard: Polen will um Erlaubnis bitten

Bumblebees
#garden