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Erik Hultin<p>I guess that at some point Trump will suggest a wall on the border with Mexico AND Canada. All US citizens will suddenly end up behind the Trump Iron Curtain. Will you all be happy then?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/wall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ironcurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ironcurtain</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Leo Express applies to launch new Belgium to Slovakia night train <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1222881/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1222881/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aachen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aachen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bratislava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bratislava</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bruges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bruges</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cologne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cologne</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CzechRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CzechRepublic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Czechia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Czechia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dortmund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dortmund</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dresden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dresden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/D%C3%BCsseldorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Düsseldorf</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EasternEurope</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hannover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hannover</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndustrialHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LeoExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeoExpress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Liepzig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liepzig</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mountains</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NightTrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightTrain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ostend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ostend</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prague</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rail</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RegionalDestinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionalDestinations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sleeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sleeper</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Slovakia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slovakia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a></p>
avi2022<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Faithslayer202" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Faithslayer202</span></a></span> </p><p>🇾🇪 Yugoslavia &amp; 🇦🇱 Albania were liberated by their own partisans, but 1945 ballots offered only Tito’s or Hoxha’s single lists. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a></p><p>Why promises collapsed<br>• Red Army occupation = decisive leverage<br>• NKVD advisers ran police &amp; counted votes<br>• “Salami tactics” dismembered rivals<br>• Land reform &amp; antifascist prestige won some support, but coercion sealed power. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a></p><p>4/</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gwynnion</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p><p>Exactly. <br>I'm tempted to call the#BBB the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrownButcherBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrownButcherBill</span></a>, but I'm not sure, as there will be more murderous and severe bills and executive orders going forward; doing so inexorably, like the advancing Roman legions of old. </p><p>I called what's been happening in the runup of the quite likely invocation of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsurrectAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsurrectAct</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrownSpiderWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrownSpiderWeb</span></a>, while comparing it to the infamous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114665685930331887" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1146</span><span class="invisible">65685930331887</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBrownSpiderWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBrownSpiderWeb</span></a><br>(1/n) </p><p>👉After a bit more than 100 days in office, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> takes hold of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> 👈</p><p>In Fulton, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Missouri</span></a>, on March 5, 1946, WWII <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> PM <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WinstonChurchill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinstonChurchill</span></a> said in his famous speech, "...an "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a>" has descended across the continent."<br>Even though I had long expected it, it now shocks more that likewise, it might be said today, "A brown, all encompassing Brown Spiderweb is descending on a Nation that once was the Leader of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeWorld</span></a>...</p>
voyager'Geh- / Wanderwege' <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/FotoVorschlag?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FotoVorschlag</a><br> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Border?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Border</a> between former Eastern Germany and Western Germany at <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/checkpoint?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#checkpoint</a> Alpha, between Rasdorf and Geisa.<br> <br> 📍 50.7191241, 9.9276197 Thuringia, Germany<br> <br> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/Germany?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/East?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#East</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/West?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#West</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/path?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#path</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/compass?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compass</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/South?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#South</a> <a href="https://gram.social/discover/tags/IronCurtain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IronCurtain</a>
Ramesh #NotGoingBackuspolitics, trump
Minnesota Spy Club<p>This article tells the beautiful story of Romanian refugees fleeing communism and arriving in Saskatoon. It triggers a whole flurry of emotions. (1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> </p><p>🇷🇴 🇨🇦 </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/escaping-romania-how-my-dad-survived-crossing-europe-s-bloodiest-border-in-1980-and-settled-in-saskatoon-1.6402697" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/radio/docproject/escapi</span><span class="invisible">ng-romania-how-my-dad-survived-crossing-europe-s-bloodiest-border-in-1980-and-settled-in-saskatoon-1.6402697</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ &gt;&gt; Soon after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oct7</span></a>, in a congressional testimony, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s Def Sec and Sec State, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blinken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blinken</span></a>, both testified that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> conflict and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> aggression in Ukraine are "interlinked"</p><p>Path from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TelAviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TelAviv</span></a> passes through former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> countries <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a>, &amp; through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111434739906526615" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11434739906526615</span></a></p><p>Alternate path passes through Hungary &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111434764452759087" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11434764452759087</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pincers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pincers</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revanchistDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revanchistDreams</span></a><br>⬇️</p>
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>From <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CETI</span></a> to <a href="https://me.dm/tags/METI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>METI</span></a></p><p>…❛❛&nbsp;In 1971, dozens of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/astronomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomers</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://me.dm/tags/astrophysicists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysicists</span></a> convened in a conference room at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory in <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Armenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Armenia</span></a> for the 1st joint <a href="https://me.dm/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soviet</span></a> conference on communicating with <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ExtraterrestrialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtraterrestrialIntelligence</span></a>. American &amp; Soviet scientists had met independently to discuss the topic in the early 1960s&nbsp;❜❜…</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/extraterrestrial-languages_daniel-oberhaus/20885525/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thriftbooks.com/w/extraterrest</span><span class="invisible">rial-languages_daniel-oberhaus/20885525/</span></a><br>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_SETI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_SETI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/extraterrestrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extraterrestrial</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SETI</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a></p>
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMetalDogArticleList</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BraveWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BraveWords</span></a><br>IRON MAIDEN Reflect On Going Behind The Iron Curtain On Their 1984 World Slavery Tour - "It Wasn't A Political Act At All; It Was An Act To Go And Entertain Some Fans"</p><p><a href="https://bravewords.com/news/iron-maiden-reflect-on-going-behind-the-iron-curtain-on-their-1984-world-slavery-tour-it-wasn-t-a-political-act-at-all-it-was-an-act-to-go-and-entertain-some-fans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bravewords.com/news/iron-maide</span><span class="invisible">n-reflect-on-going-behind-the-iron-curtain-on-their-1984-world-slavery-tour-it-wasn-t-a-political-act-at-all-it-was-an-act-to-go-and-entertain-some-fans</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronMaiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronMaiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeavyMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyMetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldSlaveryTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldSlaveryTour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BruceDickinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BruceDickinson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RodSmallwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RodSmallwood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveHarris</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DarkMatterZine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DarkMatterZine</span></a></span> </p><p>Not alleged uprising.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> invaded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> twice</p><p>Moldova's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transdniestria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transdniestria</span></a> is stirring just like Ukraine's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luhansk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luhansk</span></a> did 10 yrs ago</p><p>After Russia annexed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a> in 2014, pro-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secessionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secessionists</span></a> declared ind. in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donetsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donetsk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luhansk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luhansk</span></a> —&gt; war in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donbas</span></a></p><p>I'm pointing out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UncannySimilarities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UncannySimilarities</span></a> between Luhansk 2014 &amp; Transdniestria 2024 in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revanchistDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revanchistDreams</span></a> to recreate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> comprising at least Ukraine, Moldova, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111447116135374826" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11447116135374826</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@noelreports" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noelreports</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pincers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pincers</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revanchistDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revanchistDreams</span></a> developed in plain sight ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111447116135374826" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11447116135374826</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interconnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interconnected</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111438360678308523" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11438360678308523</span></a></p><p>Path from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TelAviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TelAviv</span></a> passes through former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> countries <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a>, &amp; through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111434739906526615" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11434739906526615</span></a></p><p>Alternate path passes through Hungary and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111434764452759087" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11434764452759087</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> is aligned too ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111581761211435507" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11581761211435507</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransEurasian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransEurasian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSilkRoad</span></a> winds through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a>, aligned with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RevanchistDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevanchistDreams</span></a> that include former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronCurtain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronCurtain</span></a> countries</p><p>Not really new, the audacious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> seeks to establish <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CONTIGUOUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CONTIGUOUS</span></a> land &amp; maritime routes from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> across <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eurasia</span></a></p><p>Only now, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> nations <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GCC</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArabLeague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArabLeague</span></a> joined China’s grand vision in hopes of reviving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arabism</span></a>, which hinges on eliminating both Israel &amp; US <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromTheRiverToTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FromTheRiverToTheSea</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EyesOnSuez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EyesOnSuez</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/report/iran-looks-east-building-ties-china" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heritage.org/middle-east/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/iran-looks-east-building-ties-china</span></a></p>