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@comradebotany.bsky.social
Portuguese European 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
cycling in hostile infrastructure 🚲, history, geopolitics , trains 🚂, elite politics, plants
cycling in hostile infrastructure 🚲, history, geopolitics , trains 🚂, elite politics, plants
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I'll take the commitment of American Democrats to international law seriously once they commit as a party to putting the United States under the ICC's jurisdiction
#BREAKING Trump at UN calls for all countries to quit International Criminal Court, referring to it as a "rogue institution"
September 22, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I'll take the commitment of American Democrats to international law seriously once they commit as a party to putting the United States under the ICC's jurisdiction
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Furthermore, the French Language Centre of Tehran was ordered to close today. This was a very important centre for many Iranians seeking to move to French-speaking countries for study or work.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
September 20, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Furthermore, the French Language Centre of Tehran was ordered to close today. This was a very important centre for many Iranians seeking to move to French-speaking countries for study or work.
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Lots of inhumane people out there. Sounds like Maddie K. was pushed into being her own Pelicot.
There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story.
It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵:
www.wired.com/story/burner...
It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵:
www.wired.com/story/burner...
A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
www.wired.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Lots of inhumane people out there. Sounds like Maddie K. was pushed into being her own Pelicot.
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A missile just crashed into the building I was sleeping in. Built up residential complex intentionally attacked in Odesa. The building is still on fire. Barbaric terrorism.
September 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
A missile just crashed into the building I was sleeping in. Built up residential complex intentionally attacked in Odesa. The building is still on fire. Barbaric terrorism.
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Content warning:
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
September 5, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Content warning:
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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🇪🇺⚖️Laurent is right on many counts. The Rule of Law Report - a descriptive tool, despite what some in the Commission might try to tell you - remains underutilised. Monsieur Pech, in his unmistakeable fashion, pulls no punches. How can the EU make the report more relevant? Three suggestions: 1/
My latest @verfassungsblog.de post is dedicated to the latest edition of the Commission’s #RuleofLaw Report. Key argument: This tool, launched in 2020, has become a defective and overrated “stock-taking exercise” doing more harm than good
verfassungsblog.de/pangloss-in-...
@ceudeminst.bsky.social
verfassungsblog.de/pangloss-in-...
@ceudeminst.bsky.social
Pangloss in Brussels
verfassungsblog.de
September 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🇪🇺⚖️Laurent is right on many counts. The Rule of Law Report - a descriptive tool, despite what some in the Commission might try to tell you - remains underutilised. Monsieur Pech, in his unmistakeable fashion, pulls no punches. How can the EU make the report more relevant? Three suggestions: 1/
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Over the next months, the EU will decide whether to water down car emission regulations, which currently prescribe the sale of zero-emission vehicles only from 2035
Predictably, the regulation is coming under attack from various political and media actors in Germany.
A THREAD
Predictably, the regulation is coming under attack from various political and media actors in Germany.
A THREAD
August 31, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Over the next months, the EU will decide whether to water down car emission regulations, which currently prescribe the sale of zero-emission vehicles only from 2035
Predictably, the regulation is coming under attack from various political and media actors in Germany.
A THREAD
Predictably, the regulation is coming under attack from various political and media actors in Germany.
A THREAD
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One big reason I quit Twitter was that it's kinda not chic to provide content to a platform whom your workplace is fighting in a court.
2025 set a precedent, 2026 delivered the win 👏🏽
Ahead of Germany's 2025 federal elections, we needed publicly available data to study disinformation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour before the vote. We asked every major platform for research access. Every one said yes. Except X.
Ahead of Germany's 2025 federal elections, we needed publicly available data to study disinformation and coordinated inauthentic behaviour before the vote. We asked every major platform for research access. Every one said yes. Except X.
August 26, 2026 at 1:26 PM
One big reason I quit Twitter was that it's kinda not chic to provide content to a platform whom your workplace is fighting in a court.
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BREAKING:
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
BREAKING:
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.
And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.
They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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The Economist has published @dacemoglumit.bsky.social's response to their critical column and it is spiky
www.economist.com/letters/2026...
www.economist.com/letters/2026...
August 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The Economist has published @dacemoglumit.bsky.social's response to their critical column and it is spiky
www.economist.com/letters/2026...
www.economist.com/letters/2026...
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Phew 🥵
Trying to get the first post-summer newsletter out was tough
Hard to get back into it
But it turned into quite a bumper edition in the end 👇
jonworth.eu/the-crossbor...
Trying to get the first post-summer newsletter out was tough
Hard to get back into it
But it turned into quite a bumper edition in the end 👇
jonworth.eu/the-crossbor...
The #CrossBorderRail method, and a post summer break round up
In the Newsletter this week
Analysis: The #CrossBorderRail method
Bullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trains
Also a good week: Italy and Austria able to do what France and German...
jonworth.eu
August 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Phew 🥵
Trying to get the first post-summer newsletter out was tough
Hard to get back into it
But it turned into quite a bumper edition in the end 👇
jonworth.eu/the-crossbor...
Trying to get the first post-summer newsletter out was tough
Hard to get back into it
But it turned into quite a bumper edition in the end 👇
jonworth.eu/the-crossbor...
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⚖️🇵🇱 PM Tusk confirms that Maciej Berek, the de facto COO of the Polish government, will be a candidate for a judge at the Constitutional Tribunal. This is ... very bad. Berek is a political operator; we're back at "politicians in judges' robes", the exact problem we had with PiS. 1/
August 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM
⚖️🇵🇱 PM Tusk confirms that Maciej Berek, the de facto COO of the Polish government, will be a candidate for a judge at the Constitutional Tribunal. This is ... very bad. Berek is a political operator; we're back at "politicians in judges' robes", the exact problem we had with PiS. 1/
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Now how about France doing the same as a result of Germany suspending #Schengen and messing everything up at Strasbourg-Kehl? 🤔 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Spain gives Italy two days to lift border checks on Spanish travellers
The government believes Italy's checks on travellers from Spain breach the spirit of Schengen and has given Rome until Sunday to lift them before taking "proportionate measures." #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
August 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Now how about France doing the same as a result of Germany suspending #Schengen and messing everything up at Strasbourg-Kehl? 🤔 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Missed this at the weekend. Welcome to the 19th century, Mr Burnham.
A little bit more seriously, can we now have a moratorium on "but the UK already has a constitution".
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A little bit more seriously, can we now have a moratorium on "but the UK already has a constitution".
A🧵
Andy Burnham souhaite doter le Royaume-Uni d'une Constitution écrite
Une Constitution pour le Royaume-Uni ? L’une des plus anciennes démocraties du monde n’est pas dotée de texte fondateur, s’appuyant au contraire sur un ensemble de précédents, de jurisprudence et de…
www.rfi.fr
August 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Missed this at the weekend. Welcome to the 19th century, Mr Burnham.
A little bit more seriously, can we now have a moratorium on "but the UK already has a constitution".
A🧵
A little bit more seriously, can we now have a moratorium on "but the UK already has a constitution".
A🧵
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Von einer Bundesregierung, die den Aktionsplan Queer Leben einstellt, die Lambda die Finanzierung wegkürzt, die queere Menschen an Verfolgerstaaten ausliefert und die es zum CSD keine Regenbogenfahnen hisst ("Zirkuszelt") empfinde ich jegliche Solidaritätserklärungen als pure Heuchelei.
#CSDBerlin
#CSDBerlin
July 26, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Von einer Bundesregierung, die den Aktionsplan Queer Leben einstellt, die Lambda die Finanzierung wegkürzt, die queere Menschen an Verfolgerstaaten ausliefert und die es zum CSD keine Regenbogenfahnen hisst ("Zirkuszelt") empfinde ich jegliche Solidaritätserklärungen als pure Heuchelei.
#CSDBerlin
#CSDBerlin
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The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.
At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis."
Musk literally just shrugs.
Musk literally just shrugs.
July 24, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.
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Roshaan Khattak expected his research into human rights abuses in Balochistan to carry risks.
He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge.
Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...
He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge.
Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...
July 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Roshaan Khattak expected his research into human rights abuses in Balochistan to carry risks.
He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge.
Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...
He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge.
Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...
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The FIFA World Cup 2026 has raised one question after another.
The Council of Europe has helped turn past sporting crises into binding rules. It's time to begin the third half and strengthen the integrity of sport.
Read my full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
The Council of Europe has helped turn past sporting crises into binding rules. It's time to begin the third half and strengthen the integrity of sport.
Read my full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Ahead of the FIFA World Cup final, Council of Europe SG @alain-berset.coe.int calls for a “third half”, a global dialogue on protecting the game from political, financial and betting-related pressures before 2030.
Read the full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Read the full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
July 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
The FIFA World Cup 2026 has raised one question after another.
The Council of Europe has helped turn past sporting crises into binding rules. It's time to begin the third half and strengthen the integrity of sport.
Read my full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
The Council of Europe has helped turn past sporting crises into binding rules. It's time to begin the third half and strengthen the integrity of sport.
Read my full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
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Genghis Khan killed millions of people but he also fathered hundreds of children. Could Elon Musk do the same thing?
June 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Genghis Khan killed millions of people but he also fathered hundreds of children. Could Elon Musk do the same thing?
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Widely commented Martin Wolf article in the FT.
Firstly worth noting the context: there is now a widespread and generalised debate underway in the UK as to its relationship with Europe.
This is happening with no political support.
A 🧵
www.ft.com/content/1...
Firstly worth noting the context: there is now a widespread and generalised debate underway in the UK as to its relationship with Europe.
This is happening with no political support.
A 🧵
www.ft.com/content/1...
June 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Widely commented Martin Wolf article in the FT.
Firstly worth noting the context: there is now a widespread and generalised debate underway in the UK as to its relationship with Europe.
This is happening with no political support.
A 🧵
www.ft.com/content/1...
Firstly worth noting the context: there is now a widespread and generalised debate underway in the UK as to its relationship with Europe.
This is happening with no political support.
A 🧵
www.ft.com/content/1...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This article is incredibly hopeful. Congratulations to the authors @theguardian.com
This article is incredibly hopeful. Congratulations to the authors @theguardian.com
The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This article is incredibly hopeful. Congratulations to the authors @theguardian.com
This article is incredibly hopeful. Congratulations to the authors @theguardian.com
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Bolts should do a big feature about NYT's theft and plagiarism. This should really be a huge scandal.
May 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Bolts should do a big feature about NYT's theft and plagiarism. This should really be a huge scandal.
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All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 238 of The Continent
Old global norms are collapsing. Writing exclusively for The Continent, Graça Machel shares why Africans have the moral authority to build a new world order.
bit.ly/238_TC
Welcome to Issue 238 of The Continent
Old global norms are collapsing. Writing exclusively for The Continent, Graça Machel shares why Africans have the moral authority to build a new world order.
bit.ly/238_TC
May 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 238 of The Continent
Old global norms are collapsing. Writing exclusively for The Continent, Graça Machel shares why Africans have the moral authority to build a new world order.
bit.ly/238_TC
Welcome to Issue 238 of The Continent
Old global norms are collapsing. Writing exclusively for The Continent, Graça Machel shares why Africans have the moral authority to build a new world order.
bit.ly/238_TC
Ruszkik haza!
->Russians go home(anti-Orbán/Putin/soviet chant)
As a Portuguese person and a fellow European and human, I'm inspired by this Hungarian mobilization and I hope to be able to call Hungarians family, again.
#hungaryelections
#freedom
#democracy
->Russians go home(anti-Orbán/Putin/soviet chant)
As a Portuguese person and a fellow European and human, I'm inspired by this Hungarian mobilization and I hope to be able to call Hungarians family, again.
#hungaryelections
#freedom
#democracy
April 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Ruszkik haza!
->Russians go home(anti-Orbán/Putin/soviet chant)
As a Portuguese person and a fellow European and human, I'm inspired by this Hungarian mobilization and I hope to be able to call Hungarians family, again.
#hungaryelections
#freedom
#democracy
->Russians go home(anti-Orbán/Putin/soviet chant)
As a Portuguese person and a fellow European and human, I'm inspired by this Hungarian mobilization and I hope to be able to call Hungarians family, again.
#hungaryelections
#freedom
#democracy