Simon B.-M.

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Cosa accadrebbe se nelle nostre città e periferie scomparissero bus, tram, metropolitana e treni? La domanda non è una fantasia post-apocalittica ma un modo per valutare il peso del trasporto...

Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different

The immigration doom loop, summed up here by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here are quotes from today's column by one of the main ideologues of the Russian World - Sergei Karaganov. It's titled "A Final Farewell to Europe" I strongly recommend reading it. "We would never have become Great Russia - the world's largest, most culturally,nationally,religiously open country,⤵️

Vi pratar även om vad Nato gör när Ryssland nu genomfört en krigshandling mot ett Nato-land - med dödsoffer. Natos svar är att låtsas som att det inte har hänt, tvingas vi tyvärr konstatera.

The fact that Western publics are unreasonably mad at objective trade-offs and tolerable living standards (and have to make up new words to describe a nebulous “crisis”) is bad because it generates real crises (avoiding trade-offs causes debt crises, grievance politics cause democratic crises).

Die deutsche Strategie zur Ukraine war bisher: Wir halten die Amerikaner bei Laune und hoffen, dass sie irgendwann böse auf Putin werden. Diese Strategie ist gescheitert. Europa muss sich überlegen, wie es Putin zu einem Waffenstillstand drängen kann. www.n-tv.de/politik/An-d...

Beijing criticises the revised Cybersecurity Act as unfairly targeting Chinese companies, while its own procurement notices explicitly name European companies as supply-chain risks to be removed from critical infrastructure.

Canada is leaving Starlink and will ban it in Canada “ASAP.” Not “reviewing,” not “studying options,” not “monitoring the situation.” Canada understands the danger of Elon’s partnership with Trump and Putin “deeply,” according to one

"Ukraine is a European country; America is not. Those of us on this side of the Atlantic need to understand what that means in terms of our self-interest and responsibilities."

This has been Putin's dream for years: That his country, with GDP per capita lower than Poland, unable to conquer Donbas since 2014, will be treated as an equal to the US and China. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Die AfD könnte in Sachsen-Anhalt bald ihren ersten Ministerpräsidenten stellen. Schon jetzt fürchten Migrantenorganisationen die Folgen – und fordern unter anderem ein Recht auf Wegzug für Asylsuchende.

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

This is not just about Ukraine's existence, but also Europe's political and military independence. The front line in Ukraine is now the central and decisive battleground in this struggle.

Crypto has bought US politics - and now it's doing the same in the UK As Reform takes £100m+ from crypto tycoons, I sat down with Hollywood's most vocal sceptic @benmckenzie.bsky.social to talk crypto, corruption and how to fight back democracyforsale.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...

The only other logical explanation for Trump going all in to support Putin right now (apart from the Kompromat/Krasnov theory) is that he needs Russian hacking/information warfare help in the mid terms. Which just underlies how much they helped in the past

Why anyone in Western Europe would think Trump wouldn't do exactly the same to the rest of us is beyond me. We literally have proxy Enemy bases all over Europe. #YanksOut

OTD in 2016 Gorbachev stated quite categorically that he never received a promise by NATO not to admit new members to the alliance. He said the idea that Russia was betrayed is a myth. Which triggers my trolls.

"Das Grundproblem jedes freiheitlichen Liberalismus besteht darin, dass er sich seiner Feinde nur mit anständigen Mitteln erwehren kann. Denn wer zu unanständigen Mitteln greift, ist ja nicht besser als sie." www.t-online.de/magazin/anst...

"Es gibt mehr Faschisierung als es Faschisten gibt." @daniel.netzpolitik.org hat mit @unddieregel.bsky.social über Faschisierung, Memes und mediale Eigendynamiken gesprochen. netzpolitik.org/2026/intervi...

The German discourse on Russia's war against Ukraine has revealed that, for many, perceptions of Russia are not based on the real country. Instead, they project domestic sensibilities onto an idea of "Russia", @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social has found. An interview on her new book is out in English 👇

This is barely getting any attention as Russia’s escalating attacks turn deadly. Over the past few days, several tankers have been attacked, two have sunk, and several people have been killed. One of the tankers was attacked today in Romania’s territorial waters. So in NATO territory.

Laut einer Recherche gibt der Meta-Konzern Millionen aus, damit queerfeindliche Accounts auf Facebook Verschwörungstheorien verbreiten - denn das bringt Aufrufe.

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

❗ El primer CIS de la precampaña amplía la ventaja del PSOE sobre el PP a 11,8 puntos eldiario.es/politica/cis...

This should set off a siren in every defence ministry in Europe: there needs to be much more urgency about developing autonomous capabilities, not subject to US caprices, for early warning of attacks, countering ballistic missiles, communicating with forces or controlling offensive weapons.

FTR shattering letter about how the Conservative Government ignored the entirely credible threat from Putin in favour of feeding The City (& Tory Party) roubles👇 March 23 2022 Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), UK defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016 www.ft.com/content/857d...

An interesting political economy problem: the outsized political influence of relatively niche sectors where large personal fortunes can be made.

Pour s’extirper du scandale Jordan Bardella, Marine Le Pen s’est déplacée à Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne). Mauvaise pioche : Romain Lopez, le maire RN de la ville, a lui aussi adhéré dans le passé aux thèses fascistes de l’idéologue antisémite Alain Soral… www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

Latest piece. The Ukrainian targeting of Yandex data centres has had an immediate strategic effect. It’s something we should expect to see more and more of in war--and tbh in peace these centres are a threat to democracy and might need to be neutralized. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/targeting-...

Le RN constitue un parti de « détournement national », détournement de la colère ressentie par de larges pans de nos sociétés, détournement de financements publics, mais pas pour défendre la nation… les dirigeants du RN sont des faussaires de la nation nepassubir.fr/2026/10/02/l...

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

I'd go further and argue Euro membership is an opportunity not a threat whether in trade, financial markets, or how UK personnel could come to shape the ECB. Building a sustainable outcome for the UK in the EU has to look beyond FoM and start engaging with how to integrate in Schengen and Euro

"Das Ergebnis, dass im Schnitt vier von zehn Menschen Social-Media-Posts glaubwürdiger finden als redaktionelle Nachrichten, ist aus demokratiepolitischer Sicht alarmierend."

Breaking: Panic is spreading more and more among the Republicans

1) Die AfD plant in Sachsen-Anhalt gemeinsam mit dem BSW, nur noch ihre eigenen Landtags(vize)präsidenten zuzulassen. Damit können alle anderen Fraktionen gegängelt werden. 2) Sie wollen die Ausschüsse so besetzen, dass die AfD überall Blockademehrheit hat. Nur noch AfD-Themen auf der Tagesordnung.

Sie sagen Neutralität aber sie meinen Pro-Russland

Qué revelador.

So, in Russian-occupied Oleshky, people are boiling soup from grass and eating dogs; there are reports of people starving to death. Russia is completely blocking people from leaving the city and preventing humanitarian aid from getting in. Today it became known that Ukrainian drones...

Czwartą Rzeszą w Europie kiedyś straszył Kaczyński Teraz Czwartą Rzeszą straszy Ławrow Nie wiem, kto kogo inspirował, ale to zbyt podobne, by spać spokojnie

Nederland wapent zich met Europese bondgenoten tegen VS-aanval op Strafhof

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

Claims about the dangers faced by Russian speakers is exactly how Russia laid the groundwork for the 2014 attack on Ukraine www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Derdara ist Polit-Influencer, seine Videos haben Millionen Aufrufe. Er weiß, wie Social Media funktioniert, berät die Linke und liebt es, gegen die AfD zu gewinnen. ✍️ Regie und Skript: Lotte Laloire 📹 Kamera: Luca Steindorfer ✂️: René Fischell

“I can’t stay silent anymore. I don’t want you to just end the SMO — I want you to leave my country completely. There are a lot of us.
A lot of us. We’re just silent because we’re scared.” — 14-year-old Daniel from Chelyabinsk addresses Putin

Auch die Freiheitsreporterin der Welt, @a_nnaschmeider , hält Freiheit und Demokratie für unvereinbar. Der „freieste Mitarbeiter“ @ulfposch natürlich auch. So zeigen beide, dass libertär und demokratisch nicht zusammengeht.