That Solnit piece is spot on, and it's something I'd noticed myself (in the early days of the fullscale invasion, I found myself describing the way Russian propagandists, and supporters of Russia on the right and the left spoke about Ukraine as 'geopolitical abuse apologism').

The article about DOGE clarified some things for me that hadn't really made sense previously, but laid out like that are obvious (and horrifying). It is unfathomable to me that there are apparently these hordes of radicalised men who yearn for a situation in which women will be forced to sleep with them, and make joint lives together with them, due to being dependent on those men for food and shelter. Putting aside the misogyny, where's their self respect? (And how could they think that the women in this situation would have anything but fear and contempt for the men to whom they've been forcibly attached by circumstances?)

As always, a fascinating collection of links.