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Frederic Jacobs @fredericjacobs.com · Nov 14
Awesome to see so many new faces here, leaving the Muskosphere.

I will try to cross-post here more, but my main channel is on Mastodon for now:
mastodon.social/@fj
Frederic Jacobs (@[email protected])
1.88K Posts, 2.39K Following, 5.45K Followers · Cryptographic & Security Engineering Previously: Lead iOS Developer @[email protected] Tooting on all things #cryptography, #security, #climate,...
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
🎥 | The speech Ursula von der Leyen can’t give.

The hype around today’s state of 🇪🇺 speech has been building, but there are some things the commission president won’t be able to say.

Helpfully, @rmomtaz.bsky.social has listed them on #StrategicEurope ➡️ carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
September 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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operations.esa.int
🎉 🎉 @esa.int’s #FLEX and #Copernicus #Sentinel-3C are in space and healthy: we don’t just have one mission, we have two! 🚀🛰️🛰️

👏 Congratulations to the engineers, operators, flight dynamics experts, ground station teams and partners who made this remarkable dual-spacecraft launch a success.
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · 2d
✅ Signals acquired. FLEX and Sentinel-3C are in orbit and healthy.

🔗 www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
September 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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operations.esa.int
💡Key takeaways from the new ESA 2026 Space Environment Report: long-term projections worsen drastically. Read the bite-size summary of the yearly status report on space debris and the impact of mitigation measures 👉 esa.int/Space_Safety...
September 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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esghound.com
An unfathomable clean air act violation. I worked in this exact field for years, including in oil and gas, and i still can't get over how wanton and obvious this crime is. Just stunning
xAI's unpermitted turbine emissions would dwarf federal permit thresholds Potential annual emissions, in short tons, from 30 unpermitted turbines at xAI's Southaven, MS facility Chart: Potential emissions at 80% load Nitrogen oxide: 2,474 Carbon monoxide: 4,065 A vertical dotted line indicates the Federal permit threshold. Note: Federal permit threshold of 100 short tons/year is based on emissions at 100% capacity. Emissions shown at 80% capacity reflect the lower end of typical operating levels for gas turbines, according to the EPA. He said the facility would be on par with the top 25 U.S. gas plants for nitrogen oxide emissions, citing EPA data for actual emissions. [This alt text added by gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview AI]
July 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
Europe seems to have accepted its sidelining in the Middle East.

The EU must reassert its support for the international rules-based order and step up engagement, says @rmomtaz.bsky.social.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
In the Middle East, Europeans Bow Down to the United States
Europe seems to have accepted its sidelining in the Middle East. The EU must reassert its support for the international rules-based order and step up engagement.
carnegieendowment.org
June 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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jola.dev
I've been using bunny.net (CDN service) for a few projects and I decided to extract the code into a client library. Wrote a few words about it #ElixirLang

jola.dev/posts/bunnyx...
bunnyx: a bunny.net Elixir client library | jola.dev
A best-practice Elixir library for interacting with the bunny.net API
jola.dev
May 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
The full list of humiliations Europe has endured since Donald Trump returned to the White House makes for grim reading.

But Washington’s adversarial approach to its allies undermines its own power base, argues @rmomtaz.bsky.social.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Trump Turns NATO into a Tool of Coercion
The full list of humiliations Europe has endured since Donald Trump returned to the White House makes for grim reading. But Washington’s adversarial approach to its allies undermines its own power bas...
carnegieendowment.org
May 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
fredericjacobs.com
🆕 A blueprint for formal verification of Apple corecrypto

Learn more about the formal verification methods used for ensuring the mathematical correctness of corecrypto's post-quantum ML-KEM and ML-DSA implementations.

security.apple.com/blog/formal-...

#FormalMethods #PostQuantum #Security
May 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
European leaders have now not only lost faith in Donald Trump’s U.S. presidency, but also in America’s hegemony as a whole.

But short-term challenges make an immediate divorce unwise, says @rmomtaz.bsky.social.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Europeans Are Quiet Quitting the United States
European leaders have now not only lost faith in Donald Trump’s U.S. presidency, but also in America’s hegemony as a whole. But short-term challenges make an immediate divorce unwise.
carnegieendowment.org
May 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
"The US Supreme Court..has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160...cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."

A British King just rightly checked the entire Republican Party on the Floor of the House.
April 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Oof.

www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
“Jared Kushner makes up for his flaws as an investor by being a wildly corrupt appendage of his father-in-law’s wildly corrupt administration. The guy is literally on the payroll of the Saudi government and trying to take even more of their money while simultaneously hijacking U.S. foreign policy with his shadow State Department. The U.S. becomes less safe and more corrupt every day Jared Kushner remains involved in our political system,” said Senator Wyden.
April 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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rusi.bsky.social
New research by Dr Sidharth Kaushal argues Europe must use conventional prompt strike to degrade Moscow’s missile defences or risk the credibility of Britain and France’s nuclear deterrents.
Conventional Prompt Strike in European Military Power
This research paper explores the critical role of conventional prompt strike capabilities in enhancing European military power.
www.rusi.org
February 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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hjkl.space
I always assumed that #passwordmanagers were simple objects -- create a database, encrypt it, send it to the server, done. I could not have been more wrong!

At zkae.io, we take a look at all the hidden complexity in cloud password managers, and the #attacks that result from that. (ia.cr/2026/058)
Zero Knowledge (About) Encryption
zkae.io
February 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
Europe, too, can use economic leverage to its advantage.

What changed the U.S. calculus on Greenland was the threat of retaliatory measures worth up to $93bn, making the markets jittery & Trump fold, writes @rosabalfour.bsky.social in the @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU finally used an economic threat against Trump. But the markets forced his climbdown | Rosa Balfour
While the threat of retaliatory measures to stop the annexation of Greenland worked, it remains to be seen if Europe has the unity to follow through, says Rosa Balfour, director of Carnegie Europe
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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davekeating.substack.com
EU prime ministers and presidents are about to arrive at the emergency 🇪🇺 #EUCO summit on transatlantic relations.

Europe's three camps - the hawks, appeasers and collaborators - are each trying to claim victory for Trump's retreat. Only one camp is right.

My curtain-raiser:
Meloni was wrong, Macron was right
The Italian prime minister is trying to claim victory for Trump's retreat. But it was Europe showing its teeth through retaliation threats and troop deployment that spooked the US government.
davekeating.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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powervertical.bsky.social
This is a must-read piece by Casey Michel on the underlying reasons for the Greenland nonsense and it should be getting more attention newrepublic.com/article/2051...
The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland
Trump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat weirdos, it makes perfect sense.
newrepublic.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social
Maybe i should buy myself some Lego to support the Danish defence 🤔
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
fredericjacobs.com
Our generation is going to realize Monnet's dream:
United States of Europe, now! 🇪🇺
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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chappatte.bsky.social
Aller-retour à #Caracas - © Chappatte dans Le Temps, Genève 👉 chappatte.com/fr/images/al... #Venezuela #Trump #Maduro
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
Can Europe Ever Trust the United States Again?

In Trump's second term, the transatlantic relationship that shaped postwar Europe appears broken.

@nathalietocci.bsky.social & @jantechau.bsky.social discuss whether it is time for the EU to chart its own path 👇
carnegieendowment.org/posts/2026/0...
Can Europe Ever Trust the United States Again?
In Donald Trump’s second term in office, the transatlantic relationship that helped define the postwar European project and global order appears broken. Is it time for Brussels to chart its own path?
carnegieendowment.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
The White House doesn’t care about environment, health or suffer of people. Peace, justice, cooperation or prosperity are not among its priorities.
Not even the great legacy of US to global governance.
And they spell it out.
HTTPS://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/climate/trump-un-climate-treaty.html
Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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carnegieeurope.bsky.social
International rules are only as strong as the democratic states supporting them.

In the wake of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, Europeans have a vested interest in upholding international law but shy away from doing so, says @rosabalfour.bsky.social.

carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
The Cost of Europe’s Weak Venezuela Response
International rules are only as strong as the democratic states supporting them. In the wake of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, Europeans have a vested interest in making a compelling case for international law but shy away from doing so.
carnegieendowment.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM