Nostr

Russia's outspoken deputy chair of the Security Council and former president Dmitry Medvedev has continued what he does best - mocking and trolling European leaders over their Ukraine stance. He has reacted on social media to recent remarks by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, saying he was struck by what he described as a noticeably softer approach toward Russia.

Even France's Emmanuel Macron has also of late reached out to Moscow, seeking to enter direct dialogue with President Putin over the future of the conflict. This is in large part appears motivated by Europe not wanting Washington to control the narrative on potential peace settlement.

Writing on his channel on the "Max" platform, Medvedev said he was surprised by the two leaders' positions, arguing that they appeared to diverge from what he called the prevailing European Union narrative of a "Russian threat," which he said has been driven by Brussels.

?itok=iqGwC1hL

His comments come amid ongoing high tensions between Russia and Western countries, but as some European officials begin also to signal a more measured view of the likelihood of a direct military confrontation.

Medvedev wrote with in his characteristically sarcastic tone, "The 'European peacemakers' caught me off guard."

"Pistorius stated he doesn't believe a war between NATO and Russia is imminent, and Stubb acknowledged that Russia has no interest in attacking member countries of the alliance," he continued.

And then questioned, "What’s going on? Are they finally sobering up, or have the Christmas holidays already begun?"

As a reminder, Christmas in Russia falls on January 7th, which is Russian Orthodox Christmas based on the older, pre-Gregorian calendar.

TASS https://tass.com/politics/2063763

to its readers that in Europe on Dec. 25 and after, "These days typically mark a holiday period extending through New Year’s. In Germany, festivities often feature mulled wine and flaming punch, while in Finland, they enjoy even stronger Swedish glogg."

As for Pistorius' recent remarks in an interview with Die Zeit and elsewhere, he's apparently distanced himself from alarmism within NATO. Now he's saying he does not believe in a scenario of a full-scale war between Russia and the alliance. The German defense chief was actually pushing back against other hawks, https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2003339115689861337

:

He was commenting on remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who said the Alliance must be prepared for a war “on the scale experienced by our grandfathers and great-grandfathers”. Pistorius responded bluntly, saying this was most likely a figurative exaggeration. “I do not believe in such a scenario. In my view, Putin does not intend to wage a full-scale global war against NATO.” At the same time, he stresses that this does not remove the need to rearm the Bundeswehr. Recently, he said that the past summer may have been “the last peaceful one” for Europe.

So now Medvedev is responding somewhat positively with a warmish Christmas greetings of sorts, while also in his fashion saying essentially 'told ya so'.

Just last month, Boris Pistorius warned a German newspaper that Europe may already have seen its last peaceful summer and that Russia and NATO could be at war next year.

Now he says there will be no Third World War and that talk of a NATO–Russia conflict is “figurative… https://t.co/ON8uLCI8zR

— Brian McDonald (@27khv) https://twitter.com/27khv/status/2003475148955853095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Moscow, including Putin himself, has taken pains to make clear that there are no plans for some kind of expansion of the war into NATO countries, and that Russia is not looking to reconstitute a lost empire or the Soviet Union.

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Wed, 12/24/2025 - 09:45

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/medvedev-asks-are-european-hawks-finally-sobering-christmas

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://twitter.com/27khv/status/2003475148955853095

❌ Removed parts:

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://x.com/zmukkuri/status/2003613323779276942

❌ Removed parts:

?s=12&t=sy98T3Ai7ec76Nzq7PiwtQ

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.substack.com/pub/thecolorsetmusic/p/the-color-set-2025-year-one

❌ Removed parts:

?r=6ufjhs&utm_medium=ios

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/track/388eSoIPSgFUw5dafbZMJI

❌ Removed parts:

?si=25e6e99ea9134cc3

Replying to

ZeroHedge News (RSS Feed)

Soaring Memory Costs Sink Nintendo Shares; Goldman Says Selloff Is Buy-The-Dip Opportunity

Prices for LPDDR5 DRAM (Low-Power Double Data Rate 5 Dynamic Random-Access Memory) tripled this fall, as we noted in October in "Chatbots: Soaking Up the World's Power, Water, and Memory." LPDDR5 is a form of system memory that delivers higher bandwidth and greater power efficiency than prior generations, making it well-suited for laptops, smartphones, and the explosion in demand for AI-enabled devices.

Update: two months later https://t.co/Q4TPIrpzxV

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/2003102684296130864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Goldman analyst Maho Kamiya told clients on Tuesday that concerns about rising memory prices and the absence of top-down tailwinds have sent Nintendo shares spiraling. After a 27% decline from its early November peak, the analyst asks whether the selloff has become overdone.

"Some investors think that Nintendo will be selling Switch 2 at a loss and gross profit falling into the red. While rising memory prices are a risk factor that could depress hardware margins, we think concerns are somewhat excessive," Kamiya said.

?itok=S2-_DDOf

In a separate report, Goldman analyst Minami Munakata maintained her bullish view on Nintendo and also addressed rising memory price concerns:

In light of rising memory prices, we note some discussion in the equity market assuming that Nintendo Switch 2 hardware could fall into the red at the gross profit level. While it is true that rising memory prices are a risk factor that could depress hardware margins, we think concerns are somewhat excessive, because:

Nintendo holds a certain amount of component inventory and does not conduct spot transactions with its supply chain, so we believe the short-term earnings impact will be minor (our assumption),

The Nintendo Switch 2 is expected to see cost reductions from mass production going forward, and

Management has commented that, as a general rule, its policy is to pass on cost increases, including tariffs, to the selling price.

We re-emphasize that in the dedicated game console business, content such as software is highly profitable and is the source of profits for the business model. Nintendo has built a solid position by owning numerous titles with high global popularity and name recognition, such as Super Mario Bros. and Pokémon. We expect that, similar to the PS4-to-PS5 transition, an expansion in revenue per hardware unit, driven by software backward compatibility and an increase in the third-party title pipeline, will drive earnings in the Nintendo Switch 2 generation.

Munakata even told clients that the recent stock plunge in Tokyo is an "opportunity" to "add to position"...

We see the recent share price correction as an opportunity to add to positions ahead of full-scale earnings growth accompanying the Nintendo Switch 2's penetration from FY3/27, and the April 2026 release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, a prime example of IP utilization. We maintain our Buy rating.

The chart:

?itok=HqttxOKY

We suspect the conversation about soaring memory prices will be a hot topic for some tech companies during the next earnings season.

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Wed, 12/24/2025 - 09:05

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/soaring-memory-costs-sink-nintendo-shares-goldman-says-selloff-buy-dip-opportunity

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/2003102684296130864

❌ Removed parts:

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

This bot has replied to 762 events with tracking tokens in the last 3 days.

Zap this bot to incentivize development.

Find the code on GitHub: https://github.com/f321x/nostr-tracking-token-remover

@npub1z9n5ktfjrlpyywds9t7ljekr9cm9jjnzs27h702te5fy8p2c4dgs5zvycf

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/track/0247StOpd3AkeBQzANX4Zf

❌ Removed parts:

?si=7cb93016268b4a1c

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/track/6HlqioVbMHWnPOmm5Wf7NN

❌ Removed parts:

?si=fba28767e50b4010

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/track/7Ij3mBin1R8zdMXfAZWE9t

❌ Removed parts:

?si=cf8d41a888c84393

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/track/6HlqioVbMHWnPOmm5Wf7NN

❌ Removed parts:

?si=227289faf6cf48d2

Replying to

Piez

Merry Christmas mother fuckers!!!!

https://open.spotify.com/track/0gO30PIJRjWlxVqiM2xF8M?si=2dtDh0dhSCGlYNmsS74Ysw

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/track/0gO30PIJRjWlxVqiM2xF8M

❌ Removed parts:

?si=2dtDh0dhSCGlYNmsS74Ysw

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0XdY6BNmxc7oEFjXNXHp62

❌ Removed parts:

?si=987b5493c43e4aaa

Tracking Token Disrespector 0mo ago

🤖 Tracking strings detected and removed!

🔗 Clean URL(s):

https://open.spotify.com/track/7BbtYw5IF1mmJ3s1YNQBFh

❌ Removed parts:

?si=4c37e24cf5aa4c32

Replying to

ZeroHedge News (RSS Feed)

Trump Admin Bans Anti-Free Speech EU Globalists From Entering US

America finally draws a line in the sand against foreign meddlers...

?itok=OfjZqDSe

https://modernity.news/2025/12/24/trump-admin-bans-anti-free-speech-eu-globalists-from-entering-u-s/

the Trump administration has slapped visa bans on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other ‘anti-disinformation’ activists, accusing them of coercing American social media companies to censor viewpoints they dislike.

The move signals a zero-tolerance policy toward extraterritorial censorship, especially after the EU’s recent assaults on Elon Musk’s X.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid it out clearly: “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.”

For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.

Today, https://twitter.com/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

will take steps to…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) https://twitter.com/SecRubio/status/2003547575580815814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Sarah B. Rogers stated “These sanctions are visa-related. We aren’t invoking severe Magnitsky-style financial measures, but our message is clear: if you spend your career fomenting censorship of American speech, you’re unwelcome on American soil.”

Today, the United States issued SANCTIONS reinforcing the "red line" I invoked on https://twitter.com/GBNEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

. Namely: extraterritorial censorship of Americans.

Today's sanctions target the censorship-NGO ecosystem.? https://t.co/kaefDo11uh

— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) https://twitter.com/UnderSecPD/status/2003567940462084439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The list includes Thierry Breton, who notoriously threatened Elon Musk over hosting a 2024 interview with Donald Trump on X. Others barred are Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), who worked with Democrats like Amy Klobuchar to “kiII Musk’s Twitter”; Joan Donovan, founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute; Kate Starbird, co-founder of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public; and Jim Davey, co-founder of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

WE’VE SANCTIONED: Thierry Breton, a mastermind of the Digital Services Act. In August 2024, while serving as European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Digital Services, he published a letter using the DSA to threaten https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

ahead of his livestream interview with President…

— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) https://twitter.com/UnderSecPD/status/2003567947403657399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

WE'VE SANCTIONED: Clare Melford. She leads Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a UK-based organization that monitors websites for “hate speech” and “disinformation”. If you question Canadian blood libels about residential schools, you're engaging in “hate speech” according to… https://t.co/5F3fU4hf4R

— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) https://twitter.com/UnderSecPD/status/2003568235006886285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

WE’VE SANCTIONED: Josephine Ballon, co-leader of HateAid, who flags disfavored speech throughout Europe under the Digital Services Act. In addition to her running an official “trusted flagger” body under the DSA, she serves on Germany’s Advisory Council of the Digital Services…

— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) https://twitter.com/UnderSecPD/status/2003568362714988823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Our targets are foreign, but you'll notice that some collaborated with U.S. bureaucrats on Murthy-style speech suppression. Don't worry: we're pursuing transparency, truth, and reconciliation at the https://twitter.com/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

, too.

— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) https://twitter.com/UnderSecPD/status/2003568478742274344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) https://twitter.com/UnderSecPD/status/2003568520236544088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This retaliation comes amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and the EU. As we previously detailed, Brussels hit X with a $140 million fine under the Digital Services Act for refusing to comply with their censorship demands, marking a blatant attack on free expression.

Musk fired back fiercely, declaring the “EU commissars are responsible for the murder of Europe” and calling to “Dissolve the EU and return power to the people.” He highlighted X’s surge in popularity across Europe despite the fine, noting it became the top news app in every EU country.

The broader feud intensified when EU Council President Antonio Costa warned Trump to “keep his hands off Europe” amid the free speech crackdown. Costa condemned U.S. “interference” in European affairs, ignoring the bloc’s own slide into authoritarian control over online content.

Trump himself has blasted Europe’s direction, urging citizens to confront unchecked migration and over-regulation that’s “endangering the continent as we know it.” In interviews, he stressed, “Europe has to be very careful… We want to keep Europe Europe,” and called the EU’s fine on X “nasty” and unjust.

Breton, who left the European Commission in 2024, has slammed the ban as a “witch hunt,” comparing the situation to the US McCarthy era when officials were chased out of government for alleged ties to communism.

“To our American friends: Censorship isn’t where you think it is,” he declared on X.

Is McCarthy’s witch hunt back? ?

As a reminder: 90% of the European Parliament — our democratically elected body — and all 27 Member States unanimously voted the DSA ??

To our American friends: “Censorship isn’t where you think it is.”

— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/2003599765335126494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

France also condemned the visa ban on Breton, but the Trump team remains unmoved. This action underscores America’s commitment to protecting its tech giants from foreign regulatory harassment, prioritizing sovereignty and open discourse over globalist dictates.

As Brussels doubles down on surveillance tools like the DSA and proposed Chat Control laws, which threaten privacy by scanning private messages, the U.S. pushback exposes the hypocrisy of EU elites preaching democracy while building an Orwellian framework.

With Trump in charge, expect more defense of freedoms against such overreach. This ban on Breton and his allies is a clear message: Attempts to censor U.S. platforms from abroad will face consequences. The era of tolerating globalist bullying is over.