The author claimed Europe was paying 100% of the cost of US weapons for Ukraine, adding that they had been told the figure was closer to 140% because prices were inflated. They also said Europe was threatening to stop the weapons pipeline, describing the move as prioritising blackmail over extortion. https://t.co/yj0hLDYVx9 #Ukraine #Europe #USForeignPolicy #UA #US #EU
The author shared a Bloomberg report saying US inflation data was expected to show overall inflation rising because of higher gasoline prices. https://t.co/rkgA8Wi5bL https://t.co/8H7ck8Rabc #CPI #Inflation #Economy #US
The author claimed that Donald Trump’s poor polling ahead of the midterm elections had led him to break EU sanctions and give Vladimir Putin $5 billion for oil. They wrote that this could temporarily slow rising diesel prices while providing funding for drones and missiles used against Ukraine, and said the EU and Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be furious. #Trump #Ukraine #Sanctions #EU #RU #UA
The author claimed that Donald Trump’s poor midterm polling had led him to break EU sanctions and give Vladimir Putin $5 billion for oil. They wrote that this could temporarily halt rising diesel prices while funding drones and missiles used against Ukraine, and said the EU and Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be furious. #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #EU #RU #UA
Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority, #TrumpRussiaDeal #FuelPrices #MidtermElections2026
Pavel, who originally announced that he would skip the elections due to being on a foreign vacation, ultimately arrived from Morocco on Friday afternoon and voted in the local elections. #KomunálníVolby #Černouček2026 #Motoristé (translated)
The truth about diesel prices.
USA bruger ca. 2,8 millioner tons olie om dagen. I stedet for at øge sin import af olie fra Canada, synes præsident Trump, at det vil være en langt bedre ide, at fylde Putins lommer. Oven i hatten, praler han med nyheden og lancerer den, som om der var opnået noget ekstraordinært fantastisk. Var nogen i tvivl før, bør enhver tvivl på nuværende tidspunkt være fordampet! Det amerikanske eksperiment, har slået fejl. Ultrakapitalisme pakket ind i drømmen om, at du kan opnå alt, hvad du kan forestille dig, er blevet købt af os alle. Risikoen ved den manglende regulering af, hvad der må gøres af magthaverne i et samfund, er da i dén grad blevet understreget af den nuværende administration i US. ‐----------------------- POTUS skriver på Truth Social: "I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
The author wrote that U.S. energy dominance had culminated in appealing to Putin for diesel from refineries the United States had until recently helped destroy, hoping to bring prices down by the midterms. https://t.co/Y8pFAHoFpF #EnergyPolicy #PoliticalImpact #USPolitics #US #RU
The author called the decision risky and disturbing, asking whether Russia would become a guarantor of oil prices for the US and global market and whether the US would fund Russia’s war budget. They argued that making deals with someone they likened to a bandit would legitimise and strengthen him. https://t.co/BcvgLqFPTt #Russia #OilPrices #Geopolitics #RU #US
Despite the government's recent budget announcement aimed at reducing home heating oil prices through carbon tax relief, prices in Ireland have continued to rise, with costs for 500L in Cork increasing from €803 before the budget to between €809 and €835 today. #HeatingOil #Ireland #CarbonTax
Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. I settled eight wars #Trump #RussianDiesel #EnergyPrices
Diesel prices in the US have doubled since the war with Iran began in February, putting pressure on Republicans ahead of the midterms. #DieselPrices #USRussiaRelations #EnergyMarket
Russia’s war propaganda gets a soundtrack – how AI-generated songs reached global streaming platforms Russian war propaganda is no longer confined to television broadcasts, Telegram channels or political videos. A study by the Ukrainian threat-intelligence organisation Terrecon has identified 981 songs combining signs of AI generation with pro-Russian military narratives, distributed through an ecosystem that reaches YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and SoundCloud. The songs range from sentimental ballads to rock and heavy metal. Their recurring themes are familiar from conventional Russian wartime propaganda: the heroisation of Russian soldiers, romanticisation of the war, mobilisation, the “Russian world”, commemoration of fallen troops and attacks on Ukraine and its armed forces. Some contain derogatory or dehumanising references to Ukrainians. What is new is not necessarily the message, but the production and distribution model: generative AI allows propagandistic music to be produced rapidly, cheaply and in quantities that would previously have required musicians, studios and producers. Nearly 1,000 tracks identified Terrecon examined 3,725 tracks collected from YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud and the AI music platform Suno. After manual review, researchers classified 981 as showing both indications of AI generation and pro-Russian war propaganda. In 681 tracks they identified 728 propaganda-related keywords or phrases. The largest category was the glorification of the Russian military, followed by romanticised treatment of Moscow’s so-called “special military operation”, mobilisation appeals, narratives about the “Russian world”, and the cult of fallen soldiers and the state. The reach was not merely theoretical. Listening or viewing statistics were available for 608 of the identified tracks; together they had accumulated 86.8 million plays and views, according to Terrecon. A smaller group of 13 high-performing songs accounted for more than 53 million YouTube views and more than 67 million when YouTube Music was included. Among the better-known examples is “Power of Artillery”, a Russian-language rock song praising artillery weapons that passed two million views on YouTube. Most of the tracks for which publication dates could be established appeared after 2024, broadly coinciding with the rapid expansion of consumer AI music generators such as Suno and Udio. That correlation does not prove that AI alone caused the increase, but it illustrates how drastically the economics of production have changed. A propaganda song for as little as $11 Terrecon also tested how difficult it would be to commission such material. Researchers approached 25 creators producing AI-assisted militaristic music; 15 agreed to take commissions. Prices ranged from approximately $11 to $330, while delivery times ranged from two hours to three days. According to Terrecon, some were prepared to produce highly aggressive anti-Ukrainian material, including content intended for audiences involving children from occupied Ukrainian territories. Some creators used Russian intermediary services that provided access to Western AI tools such as Suno and Udio despite restrictions. The researchers then tested several AI generators themselves. Across 40 prompts submitted to Suno, Udio, Mureka, Google Flow Music and ElevenLabs, 25 resulted in successful generations, while safeguards were circumvented in 15 cases. Terrecon reported that four of the five services tested produced Russian-language material containing wartime narratives, although technical problems prevented comparable testing on some systems. In one Udio experiment, the researchers said the model itself introduced more explicit violent language than had appeared in the original promp These tests do not demonstrate that the commercial platforms knowingly support Russian propaganda. They show something narrower: existing safeguards can be inconsistent when political messaging is packaged as music. From generation to Spotify The distribution experiment may be the most revealing part of Terrecon’s research. The team deliberately uploaded test tracks containing explicit hostile language to YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and Deezer. Terrecon says none was blocked during the experiment. On SoundCloud, researchers used an account identifying its location as Moscow, disclosed the use of AI and added markers including references to the Russian military and the war. The platform accepted the upload and subsequently offered paid promotional and distribution tools. This does not prove that streaming recommendation systems systematically promote pro-war music. There is currently insufficient public evidence to make that claim. It does demonstrate that material can enter the same commercial distribution infrastructure as ordinary music and, once there, potentially benefit from playlists, searches, sharing and recommendation mechanisms available to other releases. That distinction is important. Propaganda no longer has to announce itself as political communication. On a streaming platform it can look like another song. Culture as a delivery mechanism Music has always been used in wartime propaganda. What generative AI changes is scale. Instead of investing heavily in a limited number of patriotic performers or officially commissioned productions, creators can generate variations across styles, audiences and emotional registers at very low cost. Terrecon found material ranging from war rock to sentimental songs and content styled for younger audiences. Some creators also experimented with cloned celebrity voices and stylistic imitation of established musicians. The format also offers a different relationship with the audience. A political video asks a viewer to consume an argument. Music can accompany commuting, exercise or entertainment and may be encountered outside explicitly political spaces. This does not automatically make it more persuasive, and Terrecon’s research does not establish measurable effects on political attitudes. It does, however, place wartime narratives inside a cultural environment where users may not initially perceive themselves as consuming political messaging. An ecosystem, not a proven Kremlin command structure The strongest evidence supports describing this as a growing AI-assisted pro-Russian propaganda-music ecosystem, not a single operation controlled from Moscow. Terrecon did not establish that the Russian government created, financed or coordinated all 981 tracks. Reporting on the study likewise notes that the extent of direct state involvement remains unclear. There is broader evidence that the Russian state finances cultural projects and digital content supporting the war, including through state-backed funding bodies. That context matters, but it does not allow individual songs in Terrecon’s dataset to be attributed to the Kremlin without additional evidence. The significance of the case lies elsewhere. AI has reduced the cost of producing ideological content, intermediaries can help creators access generation tools, and global platforms can provide distribution. The result is a pipeline in which wartime propaganda no longer has to resemble propaganda at all. It can simply appear in a playlist. Sources Terrecon / Ukrainska Pravda — Daria Verbytska on the research https://www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2026/10/05/8056229/ Suspilne Culture — detailed breakdown of Terrecon findings https://suspilne.media/culture/1417933-rosijsku-voennu-propagandu-maskuut-pid-anime-karaoke-ta-rok-doslidzenna-si-pisen-vid-terrecon/ The Insider — AI-generated Russian war propaganda music https://theins.ru/news/297839 Institute of Mass Information — summary of New York Times reporting https://imi.org.ua/en/news/doslidzhennya-rf-masovo-stvoryu%D1%94-propagandistski-pisni-za-dopomogoyu-shi The Bridge Media — AI-generated songs and Russian military propaganda https://thebridgemedia.com.ua/en/ai-generated-songs-russian-military-propaganda/ Center for Strategic Communication — cost and production of AI propaganda music https://spravdi.org/propaganda-za-11-yak-rosiya-shtampuye-shi-pisni-z-miljonamy-prosluhovuvan/ Times of India — AI-generated Russian war songs https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/ai-sings-russias-war-story-inside-the-rise-of-generative-songs-about-ukraine-conflict/articleshow/134650594.cms EU Council / EUR-Lex — Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32026D1351 Human Rights Watch — Russian state funding of digital and patriotic content https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/30/disrupted-throttled-and-blocked/state-censorship-control-and-increasing-isolation #DISINFORMED #Episode16 #Russia #Ukraine #RussianPropaganda #WarPropaganda #MusicPropaganda #AIMusic #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenerativeAI #SyntheticMedia #AIPropaganda #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #CulturalPropaganda #DigitalInfluence #NarrativeManipulation #PropagandaMusic #StreamingPlatforms #Spotify #AppleMusic #YouTube #YouTubeMusic #Deezer #SoundCloud #Suno #Udio #RussianWorld #RusskiyMir #MilitaryPropaganda #WarNarratives #Mobilisation #AlgorithmicDistribution #RecommendationAlgorithms #MusicStreaming #PlatformManipulation #Terrecon #OSINT #MediaManipulation #WRLD
The author said that after eight years of Pedro Sánchez and PSOE-led government, Spain was becoming less affordable for ordinary citizens. They cited food prices rising 41.5% and house prices about 69% since 2018, and public debt increasing from 97.1% to 100.7% of GDP. https://t.co/KwBHlbrO0G #España #Economía #CosteDeLaVida #ES
The author wrote that Europe faced a dual challenge, citing elevated energy prices and rising inflation that they said were creating difficulties for citizens and businesses, while financial markets were also reacting. They said the response should focus on protecting and preserving. https://t.co/PSdcg5auad #Energie #Inflation #Finanzen #EU
The surge in diesel and home-heating oil prices has driven inflation to its highest level in two and a half years. #Cookies #WebSecurity #AccessBlocked
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The author said the budget should have invested in delivering genuinely affordable homes, but claimed the Government instead wanted to push up house prices and make home ownership inaccessible to more people. They criticised the approach as difficult to believe.
