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“Arctic Sea Ice reaches a Historic Low for late June, with Winter Impacts expected if the Weather Pattern persists…
“This is not a healthy ice cap, and under certain weather patterns, it may not be able to withstand rapid melting and could reach a new record low in September.”
“Permafrost thaw likely cause of Umiujaq’s dry reservoir, researcher says [Northern Canada].
“Permafrost is impermeable, Fortier said. As the layer of permafrost under the creek thaws, the layer gets thinner allowing more of the creek water to go deeper underground… If the creek’s water level gets too low, pumps can’t draw enough water for the reservoir.”
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SIBERIA:
“37.5 [99.5F] Cekunda all time high, 35.0 Norsk June record, 34.2 Ekimchan June record [also thousands of June records in northern China and Japan.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1938607967676633227
“Atlantic cold spot shows AMOC has ‘been slowing for a century…
“Their paper – published this week in Communications Earth & Environment – shows that only in the models simulating a weakened AMOC were outcomes generally matched to the real-world data. Models that assumed a stronger AMOC didn’t come close.”
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/atlantic-cold-spot-shows-amoc-has-been-slowing-for-a-century/
“The bold plan to save a vital ocean current with giant parachutes.
“Shipping tankers, drones and fishing boats could be used to drag giant parachutes through the waters under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation moving – but some experts are sceptical.”
“Wimbledon is bracing for its hottest-ever opening day as a heatwave is forecast to peak at 36C [96.8F] on Monday.
“The previous record temperature for the start of the grass court Grand Slam event was set in 2001, when 29.3C was reached. The forecast for Monday could also be the hottest temperature ever recorded during the tournament at SW19.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/27/hottest-start-to-wimbledon-in-history-36c-heatwave/
“Floods in France: two people dead as violent storms wreak havoc.
“Two people were killed and at least 17 injured in violent storms that swept France overnight, bringing torrential rain and 75mph winds to the Paris region… Hail and flash flooding devastated crops about to be harvested in Champagne and Picardy in the north.”
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/floods-france-storm-paris-child-killed-tpnxm065p
“Toward a June record for iso 0°C this weekend in the Alps!
“Current record is 4912 m (18 juin 2017) and modelling show it could reach 5200 m on Sat. 28th at 5:00 am! Speechless… These values will put the whole Alps in ice ablation zone!” [Melaine Le Roy]
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/1938221758059847920
“Switzerland expects second hottest June on record…
“In the southern Alps, a heat advisory has been issued from Friday through at least the end of the month. Daytime highs of 32°C to 34°C are expected, with the possibility of even higher local peaks. Elsewhere, the mercury is projected to reach 35°C in Sion over the weekend and in Zurich by Tuesday. Geneva may top out at 37°C [98.6F] on the same day…”
https://lenews.ch/2025/06/27/switzerland-expects-hottest-june-on-record/
“Storm strikes again: Berlin battles fallen trees and forest closures.
“Berliners woke to a city once more at the mercy of the elements after a fierce summer storm rolled in Thursday evening. Thunder rumbling through the skies accompanied a new wave of chaos – over 860 emergency calls flooded the fire brigade as branches and entire trees came crashing down.”
“Massive hailstorm causes millions in damage [Austria].
“After severe storms caused damage to agriculture amounting to 4.8 million euros on June 23 , particularly in Upper Austria, Austria was again hit by extreme weather events on Thursday, starting in the late afternoon.”
https://www.heute.at/s/massives-hagel-unwetter-richtet-millionenschaden-an-120116265
“Europe heatwave latest: Tourist ‘dies of heatstroke’ in Spain while parts of Greece evacuated over wildfires.
“Five villages south of Athens were evacuated after a large wildfire, fanned by strong winds, raged near the capital. The fire department has deployed 90 firefighters, supported by eight water-dropping planes and five helicopters, to battle the inferno.”
“Balkans Endure Record Heatwave, Prompting Health Alerts and Wildfire Fears…
“Serbia experienced its hottest day on record since the 19th century [Slovenia had its hottest June day], with forecasts indicating even higher temperatures in the coming days. Bosnia and Herzegovina also recorded its driest June in 135 years…”
https://balkaneu.com/balkans-endure-record-heatwave-prompting-health-alerts-and-wildfire-fears/
“Türkiye battles several wildfires as heatwave fuels rapid spread…
“With temperatures soaring to 41 Celsius degrees, villagers were evacuated in tears amid panic as the fire neared their homes. Rescue teams launched efforts to save farmers who became trapped with their tractors amidst the flames.”
“Mediterranean Sea poised to break all-time heat records.
“The Mediterranean Sea is on track to potentially surpass its all-time highest recorded temperature, with large portions of the basin estimated to be between 5- and 10-degrees Fahrenheit above average, with even locally greater anomalies.”
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/mediterranean-sea-poised-break-all-time-heat-records
“MHS stands for ‘Marine Heat Spikes’, but this isn’t a spike anymore.
“The increased stratification and relative shallow Strait of Gibraltar might cause the anomalously high sea surface temperatures to become permanent faster than most thought possible.”
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1938254149961060734
“SUMMER HEAT IN WINTER – >30C [86F] in South African winter from West to East from North to South, inland, highlands and coast!
“33.2 Uitenhage June record pulverized, 32.5 Mandini, 32.2 Durban AP, 32.0 Mtunzini, 31.6 East London, 31.2 Addo,Skukuza, Mt Edgecombe, 30.9 Port Alfred.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1938346434098536882
“Syria’s wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 million.
“Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity.”
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/06/syrias-wheat-war-drought-fuels-food-crisis-16-million
“Tajikistan and Central Asia Face Escalating Water Crisis…
“The report highlights a persistent rise in average annual temperatures, diminishing snow cover, and accelerated glacier retreat, particularly in the mountainous regions of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, as key drivers of water insecurity.”
https://timesca.com/tajikistan-and-central-asia-face-escalating-water-crisis/
“‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with the naked eye’…
“Many fear that the Caspian Sea may share the fate of the nearby Aral Sea, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which began to shrink in the 1960s as the rivers supplying it were extensively used by the Soviets to irrigate cotton fields.”
“Severe water shortage in Helmand [Afghanistan] leaves families walking hours for a few drops…
“In parts of the province, communities report near-total depletion of surface water sources. “We’re facing serious problems with water,” said Abdullah, a father living on the outskirts Lashkar Gah, the center of the province. “Women and children go out with barrels looking for water, but often there is none.””
“MORE RECORD HOT NIGHTS IN PAKISTAN. World records of hottest nights at high elevations have continued for weeks in PAKISTAN.
“After Minimum temperatures up to 34.0C at 1200m (Chillas) ,more stations broke the high minimums records: Min 28.0 [82.4F] Gilgit at 1453m; 26.2 Chitral at 1499m.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1938555660423004266
“Several killed as flash floods sweep away dozens of people in Pakistan…
“Earlier on Friday, Shah Fahad, a spokesperson for the provincial emergency service, said nearly 100 rescuers in various groups rescued 58 people and were looking for the tourists who had been swept away.”
“At least 10 dead as heavy rains trigger floods and landslides across Kerala, India…
“Drowning incidents, landslides, and structural collapses were reported in multiple districts, with widespread flooding prompting evacuations, school closures, and the discharge of dam spillways.”
https://watchers.news/2025/06/27/kerala-india-floods-landslides-heavy-rain-kills-10/
“Six dead, thousands displaced as [more] floods hit southwestern China…
“Deluges in Guizhou – classified as a southwestern province by the Chinese government – have prompted authorities to activate the highest-level emergency flood response, evacuating about 80,900 people.”
“Central Tokyo Logs Record 11 Days with Temperatures over 30C [86F] in June.
“According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, temperatures in central Tokyo rose to 32.8 C by noon, the 11th time this month that the highest temperature has exceeded 30 C. This surpassed the previous record of 10 such hot days, recorded in 1894 and 1979.”
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20250628-266393/
“Chiang Rai province [Thailand] is grappling with severe flooding following continuous heavy rainfall overnight on Thursday, extending into the morning of Friday.
“The torrential downpours caused flash floods and mountain runoff across several districts, with Phaya Mengrai and Wiang Chai being the hardest hit.”
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40051814
“SINGAPORE RECORD HOT NIGHT:
“Records keep falling all over Asia. Tonight the Singaporean Changi Int. Airport had its hottest night for June in history with a minimum temperature of 28.7C [83.7F]. Record heat in the area has been going on since March 2023.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1938572300405678257
“A third of Pacific island nation applies for Australian climate change visa…
“Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate that programme will be hugely oversubscribed, with only 280 visas awarded to Tuvalu citizens from the random ballot each year.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9750vvwxo
“Countries should keep their statehood if land disappears under sea, experts say…
“The conclusions come from a long-awaited report by the International Law Commission that examined what existing law means for continued statehood and access to key resources if sea levels continue to rise due to climate breakdown.”
“Peru’s Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining…
““Peru is not fulfilling its obligations, and that has allowed illegal mining to expand, threatening the lives and rights of Amazonian communities,” said César Ipenza, an environmental lawyer…”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/peru-colombia-bogota-mercury-iquitos-b2778514.html
“‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future…
“We estimate that a tipping point could be reached if deforestation reaches 20-25% or global heating rises to 2.0-2.5C [above preindustrial levels]. What is the situation today? It is very, very serious. Today, 18% of the Amazon has been cleared and the world has warmed by 1.5C and is on course to reach 2.0-2.5C by 2050.”
“A downpour hit Chilpancingo [Mexico] on Thursday night, causing flooding, vehicles being swept away, ravines and streams overflowing, power outages, and fallen trees.
“The downpour began around 6 p.m. throughout the city of Chilpancingo. However, the rain intensified further in the northern region.”
https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/tromba-chilpancingo-da%C3%B1a-calles-viviendas-220210563.html
“Flash Flood Emergency issued as torrential rain strikes New Mexico burn scar again.
“The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque issued the alert after radar detected that more than an inch of rain had fallen over burn scar areas. “This is a particularly dangerous situation,” the NWS said in its alert. “Do not attempt to travel…””
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/flash-floods-rock-ruidoso-new-mexico
“Nearly all of Utah is in drought. Gov. Cox again asks Utahns to pray and fast for rain.
“Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has declared that Sunday, June 29, will be a “Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain” and encouraged Utahns to conserve water as wildfire season intensifies… Earlier this spring, Cox declared a state of emergency for 17 of the state’s 29 counties…”
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/06/27/drought-gov-cox-again-declares-day/
“ANOTHER HISTORIC HOT DAY – 102F again at NYC Kennedy and 103F [39.4C] Baiting Hollow yesterday ties NEW YORK STATE HOTTEST JUNE DAY IN HISTORY.
“Hundreds of records again today include 102 Patuxent River,102 Luray Caverns, 99 New Haven, 97 Bridgeport.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1938012258119950414
“The City of Grand Island, Nebraska is dealing with the aftermath of severe flash flooding following record-breaking rainfall between June 25, 2025 and June 26, 2025…
“Preliminary data indicates that Grand Island received 6.41 inches of rain on June 25, 2025 setting a new daily rainfall record for the date and marks a new all-time daily rainfall record for June… The recent rainfall ranks as the second-highest single-day total ever recorded in Grand Island…”
“Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets…
“Climate change …exacerbates the problem in two ways. First, cyanobacteria grow faster at higher temperatures. Second, climate-driven increases in precipitation, especially large storms, cause more nutrient runoff that has led to record-setting blooms.”
“‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points…
“The potential for Antarctica to increase global sea levels is scarier than for Greenland. Right now, they’re both contributing similar amounts to sea-level rise, but in future, it could be Greenland goes up a bit and then Antarctica goes up catastrophically.”
“Unprecedented fires fueled by climate change threaten iconic World Heritage forests…
“…new data reveals that fires have accounted for approximately 75% of tree cover loss in World Heritage sites. Steadily increasing tree cover loss due to fires, fueled by climate change, has led to record high emissions…”
“Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green…
“While the corporation has invested in renewable energy and carbon removal technology, it has failed to curb its scope 3 emissions, which are those further down the supply chain, and are in large part influenced by a growth in datacentre capacity required to power artificial intelligence.”
“Green power joins fossil fuels in supplying record demand for energy…
“Global demand for every main type of energy hit a new record high last year as green power continued to add to rather than displace fossil fuels, analysis shows… “This is not a clean handover from fossil fuels to renewables. Thus far it is energy addition, not energy substitution,” Nick Wayth, chief executive of the Energy Institute, said.”
“Brazil calls out world ‘preoccupied’ by defence, as it prepares to host global climate summit COP30.
“While western leaders are distracted by military spending and security concerns, Brazil fears the knock on impact on the climate fight. Minister Marina Silva also vowed this year’s COP30 climate summit would be “different” from the preceding ones.”
“‘Bleak’ mid-year meeting suggests UN climate action framework in crisis…
“Stalled talks in Bonn expose deep divides over finance and ambition, raising doubts ahead of COP30 in Brazil… As UN Climate Change head Simon Stiell noted at the conclusion of the talks, “I’m not going to sugar coat it – we have a lot more to do before we meet again in Belém.””
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Robert Hunziker’s latest:
The Wobbling Planet – It’s Destabilizing!
“Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is turning unstable. This may not strike most people as a big problem because ‘life goes on,’ an attitude that’s more and more prevalent and one of the factors behind anti-science attitudes. But if, in fact, the planetary system is becoming unstable, if it is true, life will be hell.”
Thanks, Edward. Starts out strong. Then “However, time is running out; incremental progress will no longer suffice to prevent catastrophic outcomes. A lot needs to squeeze into the next five years, or all bets are off.
There are some favorable signs, for example, renewables are on a strong pathway in parts of the world economy, 90% of vehicle sales in Norway today are fully electric. In Denmark, the EV market share is almost 60%.
Rockström: “As of today, we are in a danger zone. But we still have an opportunity to turn this around.” 🤣
Pair that with Panopticon’s link above about renewables and Jevon’s Paradox.
I am grateful for every day because as we know we are on a a path to hell. (Documented here daily. Welcome back, Pan!)
Yes, I was questioning the “But we still have an opportunity to turn this around”. However, I like Robert’s writings so I let it slide. There was once an opportunity to turn this around but that opportunity has passed I’m afraid.
The hopium is to be expected almost universally. I still appreciate the rest of it so as always thanks for sharing his articles.
I’ve written to Robert Hunziker about his ridiculous hopium windups, and he’s always gracious and genuine in response, but msot people cannot fight compulsions.
One place hopium is not obligatory is r/collapse, kind of big brother to this site. R/collapse made the mainstream of the zeitgeist:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rcollapse-reddit-apocalypse-news
Of course, it’s mostly a nothing-burger article.
I got sick of r/collapse real quick. It’s a corporate site, of course, with namby-pamby rules, juvenile voting tabulations, and working-for-free tone police censoring the rabble.
It’s got some drive-by shooters, though, and a goodly amount of folk there have done the intellectual work to know shit’s toast.
Martin, I haunted r/collapse for a while, trying to promote this site, but in the end, time was too pressing.
Like you, I recall that there are a lot of people there who understand what we are up against.
That’s an interesting thumbnail with “‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with the naked eye’…” I can’t even make out what it is.
It only shows up on one YouTube video thumbnail with a crazy title.
“U.S. Miners Stripped the Surface of Western Alaska, and What They Found Left Russia Speechless”
The article itself is worrisome though. The article picture reminded me of Lake Tahoe that was dangerously low a couple of years ago but the levels look normal now. But with all these server farms and the AI training it probably won’t be long before Tahoe is dangerously low again.
“‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future…”
Don’t they keep saying that? That we are perilously close to the point of no return? I think we passed the point of no return.
Maybe they mean the Point of Know Return?
Kansas – Point of Know Return
Edward, I thought the picture was rather odd. Google images recommended it under “shrinking Caspian sea” or some such but perhaps it is not the Caspian at all. It might even be AI generated.
The internet is becoming such a hall of mirrors. I use a time-specific search for these threads, usually casting my net back 48 hours, but AI has started recycling old news in such a way that it fools the search engine into thinking it is current. I have to be careful to weed those out.
Some articles also seem to be entirely written by AI now. They’re not inaccurate – just weirdly bland and pointless.
I’ll raise you “Icarus” by Kansas, as he seems such a good analogue for our current predicament, with the laws of physics poised to triumph over human ingenuity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kesio4k-dMU
“Nearly all of Utah is in drought. Gov. Cox again asks Utahns to pray and fast for rain.”
“Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has declared that Sunday, June 29, will be a “Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain” and encouraged Utahns to conserve water as wildfire season intensifies.”
Prayer? Hope I don’t offend any religious people but prayer and fasting? Maybe we can call in some Native Americans to do a rain dance. Actually, I think a lot of Christians think God will intervene when the world starts to collapse. Perhaps we could consult with Richard Dawkins!!! Even though he comes across as arrogant, I still liked his book, “The God Delusion”.
I have to que up Kansas again. Kansas – Dust in the Wind
Has anyone tried air guitar for rain? How about cracking an egg on your head while smoking a cigar? Anybody?
Dawkins was an idiot, Stephen Rose could dance all over him. He is a product of his time.
Meanwhile the god thing is something that changes over history, I still like the female god periods, not a heap of murdering back then 😊
I wonder what gods will develop over this historic period? People have never felt more helpless in the civilised West, we all watch whilst those with power chuck us under the bus.
Back in the 60’s, another time of massive change, we saw UFOs. This time the changes are not consumerism (but are related)
People in the margins will be writing about it.
Recent events in the Middle East have been spiced for me by the knowledge that the likes of Pete Hegseth and Mike Huckabee have close ties to Christian Zionism, which interprets current events as a precursor to the end times and the second coming.
Meanwhile, apocalypticism has its own adherents in Iran in the form of millenarianists, who foresee a final, great battle as heralding the return of the Hidden Imam.
Organised religion is not for me – had my fingers burned there – but I try to keep an open mind when it comes to the metaphysical. I find a cocky, absolutist materialist like Dawkins as tiresome as a hectoring preacher tbh.
I was raised atheist, socialist/communist parents – but in my Uni youth days was curious about the ubiquity of religion, it was a time of cults, Hare Krishna’s dancing on city streets and a youth passion to travel to India & wax forth lyrically about Hinduism, Buddhism etc
What was the attraction?
Just recently I heard something on the Fall of Civilisations podcast series showing ancient religious icons and idols, and the narrator speculated that we were a hierarchical species from our earliest origins, seeking wisdom, comfort, knowledge, insights or *whatever* from a “Higher Power” whether ‘Mother Nature’ and her natural Law of cyclic seasons, of birth, death and rebirth, or embodied prophets of disembodied Gods ‘speaking words of wisdom’ .. evolving through such things as ‘Divine Right of Kings’ and leaders being forgiven their sins..
After all, as they say “there are no atheists in the trenches”.
I find heavy materialism, dry and boring, bit like Russian literature, fiction, TV, film etc even news… it may be factual, and accurate..it may even be solid truth.. but without human cultural context, the spiritual etc .. it’s just so bloody boring..
Recently I found a young man on YouTube from Mariopol, you may remember it was the city in the south-east of Ukraine taken by Russia early in the war.. this dude runs “Videos From Mariupol” channel and recently talked about the differences between Russian and Ukrainian propaganda that he experienced .. (basically the lack of propaganda from the Russians) .. factual, correct, accurate but incredibly boring monotone… That doesn’t even crow about their achievements, such as the amazing rebuilding in eastern & southern Ukraine.. never mentioned in the media.. but the people who live there, and are trickling back into the once bombed out cities and towns are smiling as to the unbelievable speed of rebuilding.. and replacing old decrepit Soviet era grey drabness turned to rubble and upgrading of infrastructure .. complete with colourful artwork..the locals can see with their own eyes, in real time, the Russian governance truly enacting a “Build Back Better” strategy.
But you wouldn’t know it from the Russian TV media…
Indeed, I don’t think Russians have ever produced a light comedy?
Such a serious culture, just getting on with the job that needs doing.. boring, but must have something going for it, for the 150 million Russians who call it home.
Although I loved the film Brother .. a very sardonic, wry, dark realism, an exploration of 1990s Russian society during its collapse.. almost post-apocalyptic in its film style, but without the Hollywood melodrama. But still..a quiet spirituality threading through the odd dialogue.
Rain, the Russian propaganda that I’ve seen has been pretty fiery, rather than dull. The UK, as a pro-Ukraine agitator, is often in the firing line of Channel One and Rossiya 1; sometimes even threatened with nuclear or other annihilation.
Igor Markov said we were a nation of ugly, degenerate freaks. Might be a grain of truth to that. 😂
I don’t see anything like that here, though I’m sure it exists to scare non-Russians.. but not on their regular everyday Russian channels for everyday Russians (and now Eastern-Ukrainians) whereas everyday (West) Ukrainian channels have been full of it since the 2014 Coup D’Etat in Kiev.
Could also be like BBC-Persia which is full of anti-Iran propaganda to be fed to Persians, especially those in the diaspora.. but it’s owned & controlled by BBC or Qatar, and out & proud pro-Western fiefdom led by appointed “royals”.
I’m not a pro-Russian by any means… But, I don’t believe it’s people or its leadership is as evil as painted 24/7 ad nauseum .. I believe Russia had valid reasons for its behaviour, and took years and years of trying to mediate diplomatic peace agreements in the Ukrainian Civil War. .
Most Aussies hear the name Putin and physically flinch because of a decade + of clever audacious propaganda..
. it’s weird, or I am the real weird one,, in just how well it works to mobilise hatred in millions of people..
but I’m sure not pro-Ukrainian either and never have been, I remember the 8 years of the Ukraine Civil War, the anti-Maidan protests bringing in the Ukrainian army (not just police) to mow them down under tanks etc, the Ukrainian military shelling of cities like Donetsk, Mariopul..turning off electricity to whole regions of “rebels” etc
Russia has over 2 million Ukrainian refugees, more than the whole of UK/Europe combined… We are told they fled West to Europe, but really more fled East.. the Ukrainian navy based in Odessa basically defected en-mass to Russia in 2014 ..
8 years before the war started.. and the Crimean peninsula voted in an emergency referendum to declare independence and secede from Ukraine in 2014 just weeks after the coup.
Putin didn’t “Annex” Crimea in 2014.. the people themselves left Ukraine when the coup happened and the newly installed fascist President made a foul speech about removing the eastern peoples of the Donbass…and announced a series of draconian laws discriminating against 15 million of its own population. (It’s still on YouTube)
I remember all these headlines on my very mainstream media news on occasion for many of those years…
But it got “memory-holed”
And a great BBC documentary from about 2012, about the rise of Nazism in Ukraine…That disappeared off i-view when I looked for it again..
Orwellian thought control… War is Peace.. reality reversed…
Every Accusation is actually a Confession (or Projection)
As for Russian statements about the West.. I enjoy reading Medvedev (Former President/Prime Minister & currently senior official of Russia’s National Security Council)
I’ve forgotten what he calls Starmer, but calls Macron, “Micron”, and Zelensky The “Green Tapeworm” and a photo of Merz, Starmer and Macron he labelled “The Coalition of the Brain-Dead”.. He often mocks Trump with a dry wit, but at least he is witty and entertaining,( for a Russian..)
Channel One and Rossiya-1 are literally the regular every day channels for the Russian populace.
No.. for diaspora maybe, but main channels for everyday Russians is RT & Moskova-24 .. Channel one etc are like FOX or GB News.. mostly watched for sports..
Rain, please don’t gaslight me. Rossiya-1 (state-owned) and Channel One (partially state-owned) are respectively the first and second most viewed channels within Russia for Russians. They are not mostly watched for sports. “Vremya” on Channel One is the most watched news show in Russia.
RT is multi-lingual and international. Moskova 24 caters for the Moscow region, as the name suggests, and, apparently, for Crimea.
“Most Aussies hear the name Putin and physically flinch because of a decade + of clever audacious propaganda.” Same here in USA. The power of propaganda really hit home for me during the pandemic and it continues re Israel’s genocide of the Gazan Palestinians (and many other issues too of course).
Anyway climate..
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/powerful-bomb-cyclone-to-smash-nsw-residents-urged-to-prepare-now/news-story/2b56e858d67b0501eb1d8ed1c784b250
Looks bad for me…
So today, my prep for the 3-4 day bomb cyclone .. was
Nrly 2 hours taking the canines out for the looongest run of their lives to date; and using the laundromat giant-sized washers/dryers for a ton of laundry…
Good luck with your storm. 😬
Well.. I will bow to your greater knowledge, sorry my bad, don’t shoot me for not being hateful enough for all things Russian
… Still boring, dry and far too serious..
but the ones I watch are mostly RT and Sputnick net-only versions.
I must be weird
And my storm… Also ordering a ton of fried chicken in case power goes out 🙂
Rain, Russophobia has nothing to do with this.
All nations, and especially those embroiled in conflict, propagandize like mad in every way they can. It would be hopelessly naive to imagine otherwise. Russian propaganda covers the full spectrum from subversive/covert to absolutely on the nose, and, yes, includes humour too.