Alix Mortimer
@alixmortimer
Impact & engagement @Kingspol_econ @kings_eis @KingsRussia @policyatkings, formerly @historypolicy. Ships, archaeology, politics mostly 📍 Penge ❤️ Hrvatska
People should be given an instruction manual on how to interpret data from @MarineTraffic. This is the holding anchorage for ships heading into Russin ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk. The Finns and Estonians regularly patrol the Gulf of Finland, but this is not out of the…
Finland has basically corralled Russia’s ghost fleet of tankers. How long until the Russian navy arrives? And then what? Someone had best be gaming this out.
Sunday night is Habsburg history night! I presume this is where Hajduk Split, one of the most fanatically beloved football clubs in Croatia, gets its name @hajduk
and y'all want to invade Canada?!
TRUMP INAUGURATION TO BE MOVED INDOORS DUE TO COLD -CNN
And we're back!! New season of @BritainPodcast kicks off, looking at transformative times for #UK and #Europe. Myself and @APHClarkson talk to the brilliant Dr Benjamin Jones on how #Yugoslavia was a turning point for military and security relations. Listen below!! 👇👇
As part of our new season exploring crises that have shaped European politics, in this first episode we've been joined by our colleague Ben Jones to explore the impact the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991 had on Europe's long term security. buzzsprout.com/1611550/episod…
Rest in peace my father… Rest in peace my brothers… Rest in peace my sisters… Rest in peace my 14 nieces and nephews… Rest in peace my cousins… Rest in peace my friends… Rest in peace my people… May I never lose loved ones again.
If I must die, let it be a tale. #FreePalestine #Gaza
Israel must allow into Gaza a full team of UN investigators and specialists; it’s time the world learns exactly the level of atrocities committed. This will be a precursor to hopefully vast tranche of arrest warrants that include leaders and ministers in Western governments.
I’m excited to be speaking at the Cascade Institute tomorrow (Thursday) on ‘How Global Ideological Competition Drives Russia’s War in Ukraine’. 1pm Pacific/4pm East Coast/9pm UK/10pm W Europe. Join me on Zoom! Details below: cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/
EVENT: Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian displacement, time and subjectivity 🇸🇾 ⏰14.00 - 15.30 📅4 February More here ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/waiting-for-…
more Funny Posters are needed on the other place. as far as Serious Posters go it's fine but it needs more funny posts. If you write those, think about putting them there instead of doing free content creation for a fascist
This is known as stochastic terrorism (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochasti…). Trump's allies - not least Musk - will whip up dangerous mobs against perceived opponents, based on hate and lies. People will be scared to say what they think. This is one way that democracy will be rolled back.
Jess Phillips: abuse by Elon Musk 'turned my world upside down' Speaking to @AnushkaAsthana, Phillips says Musk 'knows nothing' about grooming gangs
Love a vocative for a sense of occasion. We really miss out on all this in English.
Welcome , O Poland! ... a rare instance of the vocative in daily speech (I remember learning it in 1985 when its use in this context would have been utterly unimaginable)
Apple trees were often traditionally celebrated on the 12th night through the custom of wassailing (and still are). People visit orchards to sing, dance, drink cider, and bless the trees. Toast dipped in cider, or poured on the ground, would also help to remove unwanted spirits…
A new study co-authored by our academic, Professor @peterjohn10, has shed light on the advantages and challenges of using online video content to encourage a change in social attitudes 💻✅ Read more 🔽 kcl.ac.uk/news/study-rev…
(1) A medieval joke There aren't many medieval jokes that really translate to the modern age but there is one. It goes like this... King Louis IX of France set out on campaign and he stopped at a tavern where he ordered a chicken dish.
Belgrade 🇷🇸 meets New Year in silence & mourning, protesting against corruption of the Vucic regime & commemorating the victims of the Novi Sad railway station collapse.
Breaking News: The Pentagon released a Tunisian man who was held at Guantánamo Bay since the day the prison opened, nearly 23 years ago. He was never charged. nyti.ms/42erU2f
✍️ I've spent much of 2024 documenting how leaky our supposedly tough sanctions on Russia really are. There's a MASSIVE gap between the rhetoric and the reality. This matters. Not just because of what it means for Ukraine. But for something even bigger. What it means for China👇
That’s how we feel Hassan , it feels like we’re screaming into the void and no one can hear us and no one can stop this madness . Every day I go out reporting but I’m not even sure for who .