CNN and New York Times seem to have liked Zelenslyy's open letter to Putin. As a Ukrainian, I did not. Zelenskyy’s open letter to Putin reads more like a scripted public statement than a genuine attempt at dialogue. If the goal were truly to end the war and find common language, it would not have been broadcast as performative rhetoric, seemingly crafted for audiences rather than for developing some mutual understanding. Four and a half years of brutal fighting have already proven Ukraine’s strength beyond doubt. Our people have shown remarkable resilience; nothing more needs proving to anyone. At this point, continued political defiance serves only to extend the suffering. True leadership, rooted in human values, requires setting aside ego to sit down, listen, and speak without attempts to offend and flirt with radical ideas. Leaders who value their nations’ futures must prioritize saving lives over public posturing. Every extra day of war claims more sons, fathers, and futures — a tragedy both sides must confront with solemn realism. Instead, the letter reveals the stance of an offended child: indignant, detached, and seemingly unaware of the full human catastrophe. It places personal image above the moral duty to spare people further loss. In the end, wisdom lies not in theatrical strength, but in the humble courage to choose negotiation and preserve life.

"Rearmament without a positive vision of the future will come to be seen, in retrospect, as preparation for war." About current European policy, from Daniel Marwecki's excellent new book "The World after the West" (orig. German "Die Welt nach dem Westen").

Vom AKW zur Riesen-Batterie! 🇨🇭🔋 Aus 373 MW Kernkraft werden 400 MW Speicher. Damit wächst die Schweizer Speicher-Kapazität (bisher 3'887 MW Pumpspeicher) um über 10%! Jetzt braucht es nur noch den Turbo bei PV & Wind, um die Speicher auch regelmässig zu füttern. ☀️💨

Aligns well with @robertwrighter new book The God Test linkedin.com/posts/ernst-haf…

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened —how fast people on bikes “appeared” —once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “#Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t. It took leadership.

So true!

Urban Truth Collective and the Fight to Fix Misinformation About Bike Lanes, Traffic, and City Living. momentummag.com/urban-truth-…

Es braucht nur ca. 3000 Cybercabs in Zürich, um den gesamten motorisierten Individualverkehr massiv zu ersetzen. ETH-Simulation zeigt: Mit 3000 autonomen Taxis sinkt der Privatwagen Anteil in der Stadt deutlich – bei besserer Verfügbarkeit rund um die Uhr, auch nachts. Kein eigenes Auto mehr nötig. Kein Parkplatz-Stress. Günstiger. Der Privat-Pkw hat bald ausgedient. #Cybercab #Robotaxi #Zürich #Mobilität @Grok

Roboter schlägt Profispielerin im Tischtennis dank KI! de.euronews.com/video/2026/0…

What you see every day on European television is a carefully edited story: Ukraine is “winning,” the West is “united,” and everything is under control. I wish that were true. The reality inside my country is very different. Entire cities and towns have been reduced to rubble. Hundreds of thousands of young Ukrainian men have been killed or maimed. Families are exhausted, the economy is in ruins, and the next winter can again come with blackouts and empty shelves. People are not “resilient heroes” in some Hollywood script — they are simply desperate. Many no longer believe the war will end on the terms we were promised two years ago. And yet, when you listen to Brussels or read the big European newspapers, you hear only applause for the status quo. More sanctions. More weapons. More “strategic patience.” They call it solidarity. One has to ask — with all due respect — is it really solidarity, or is it something more cynical? European leaders talk about “defending democracy” while quietly admitting in private that they have no plan for victory and no real intention of paying the full price themselves. Their media shows endless images of Ukrainian suffering but almost never asks the uncomfortable question: how many more lives must be lost before someone in the EU admits that the current strategy is not working? This is not just hypocritical. It is dangerous. By keeping the conflict frozen in this half-supported, half-abandoned state, we are not only destroying Ukraine — we are exhausting Europe’s own economies, pushing global food and energy prices higher, and steadily raising the risk that one miscalculation turns a regional war into something far wider. The status quo is not neutral. It is a slow-motion catastrophe dressed up as moral virtue. I am not asking for surrender. I am asking for honesty. Europeans deserve to know the real price being paid. Ukrainians deserve leaders who tell them the truth instead of yesterday’s slogans. And the world deserves a conversation that is no longer filtered through political correctness.

Launch a war for Israel then compensate Arab countries for the resulting damage. America First

Stillen auf Whalisch!

An Israeli and a Palestinian—bound by loss—argue that peace isn’t a fantasy, it’s a choice. Check out this timely NPR "Fresh Air" interview with @azizabusarah and @maozinon about their new book The Future is Peace from Crown Publishing npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-578… via @nprfreshair

“One million people have spoken: the EU must fully suspend its Association Agreement with Israel." novaramedia.com/2026/04/16/o…

Absolutely massive win for the people of Hungary, Europe and fans of democracy. Also, hell of a week for @JDVance. Everything that guy touched turned to shit.

Die ungarische Wählerschaft hat dem Politischen zu neuer schöpferischer Geltung verholfen und dem Autoritarismus als radikale Negation des Politischen eine so klare Abfuhr erteilt, dass die Hoffnung auf eine Trendumkehr aufkeimt, nicht nur in demokratisch verfassten Ordnungen.

“I have never been so happy in my life. This regime has been around for all of my life and now I can stay in my home. This is a real turning point,” as tens of thousands wait for Peter Magyar here in Budapest @haaretzcom

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

BREAKING: Israeli settlers brutally assaulted a Palestinian child, Mahmoud al-Zaben, in the village of Burin, beating him and spraying him with pepper spray on his way back home. He has been hospitalized.

By now France, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia want to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement