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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h

opening a new NGO focused on promoting microcheating in the developing world

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 5h

A good moment for other EU states to remind Orban that Hungary is a signatory to the Rome Statute, & there is an outstanding ICC warrant against Putin.

Meanwhile, any European country that values its sovereignty & security needs to pile resources into defending Ukraine & defeating Russia.

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 5h

Trump and Putin are amazingly best friends again, will meet in Budapest to settle the war. They will try to screw Ukraine I’m sure

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 13h

Rock on 🤘

youtu.be/QLJ5vXH5yb4

Ninja Gaiden 2 (360) Master Ninja Madness!

YouTube video by XLHGladiator

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 13h

www.gamesindustry.biz/legendary-de...

Legendary developer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden 2004, has died

Tomonobu Itagaki, the legendary creator of the Dead or Alive series, and creative mind behind the 2004 version of Ninja…

www.gamesindustry.biz

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

We have a cabinet minister overseeing torture & abuse of people captured in international waters, prisoners held w/no food & water, 🇸🇪 embassy staff merely take notes (unclear if they lodged a protest w/Israel or not)...

And several EU govts still hesitate when it comes to the ICC arrest warrant?

Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

Lembro-me de três coisas do Perigo Imediato:
- deixou o Joaquim de Almeida typecasted para papéis de barão da droga sul-americano
- quando eles chegam a Bogotá estão tipos nos telhados com lançadores de RPGs
- a operação era toda ilegal ou clandestina

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

Israel is responsible for 95% of journalist and media worker killings in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to CPJ data. More than three in every four journalists and media workers killed worldwide over the past two years were Palestinians in Gaza.

cpj.org/issue/israel...

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of autocrats interfering in other countries...

I'm old enough to remember* when people left & right decried the EU as tyrannical, as well as fascist and socialist (depending where you stood).

*meaning I remember things from more than 10 years ago

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 2d

Trump threatens to punish Argentina if Milei loses elections www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy

www.theguardian.com

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

Marcelo realizou no segundo mandato algo que se pode ver como um golpe presidencial soft, e António Costa não está errado nesta crítica.

Ao mesmo tempo, duvido que António Costa dissesse algo semelhante das intervenções de Mário Soares durante as duas maiorias de Cavaco.

Público @publico.pt · 2d

António Costa critica o excesso de protagonismo presidencial e questionou se será possível um Presidente voltar a ter gravitas. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa diz que sempre garantiu sintonia institucional.

Costa diz que Presidentes reeleitos não têm ajudado à “estabilidade”. Marcelo não se revê

António Costa critica o excesso de protagonismo presidencial e questionou se será possível um Presidente voltar a ter gravitas. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa diz que sempre garantiu sintonia institucional.

www.publico.pt

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, Venezuela does not have the same leverage over European countries as China, and it's unlikely that the backlash from Maduro's regime will affect Norway's foreign policy the same way that the CCP did:

www.cmi.no/publications...

Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy

In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government r...

www.cmi.no

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded by the Norwegian government, Venezuela acts like it is.

China's sanctions against Norway following the 2010 Prize followed a similar line.

Authoritarian regimes try to coerce democracies and interfere in open, free societies when they see fit.

Venezuela closes embassy in Oslo after opposition leader awarded Nobel peace prize

María Corina Machado has made downfall of Maduro regime in Venezuela her mission

www.theguardian.com

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

In Brendan Gleeson's voice & tone, preferably

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4go...

Lets face it, you're a cunt

YouTube video by Mustafa Eid

www.youtube.com

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

How is it that every single year, people who should know better *still* fall for Tommaso's hoaxes?

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

Era fixe se tivessem um jogo em Boston, iam ter imenso público no estádio.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

He definitely looks like he was just watching a live missile test from a seat way up front.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

Also there was this short lived mid-90s series where you could either die or fall into a coma if you were killed within virtual reality.

João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

This is bringing me memories of that episode of Jonny Quest where QuestWorld is hacked and it can cause physical pain to its users.

Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 3d

Just reposting this here for no particular reason ….https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/11/09/oculus-founder-claims-he-made-a-vr-headset-that-actually-kills-you-if-you-die-in-a-game

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

"Are [external powers] prepared to invest the political capital required to halt and reverse a reality that Israel has been creating on the ground for decades – and with greater industry and ambition since Smotrich received his current mandate?"

www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Sovereignty in All but Name: Israel’s Quickening Annexation of the West Bank | International Crisis Group

With prominent members serving in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the settler movement is steering the Israeli state toward establishing formal permanent control of the occupied West B...

www.crisisgroup.org

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

Parabéns, Safaa! Boa sorte para o que se segue 🍾

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 3d

Far-right parties based on visceral opposition to specific policies and associated with nutties are not reliable coalition partners? Why, I am shocked...

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

Talks on forming a Czech government have been thrown into chaos after a front-runner to get the foreign minister job was engulfed in a scandal over social media comments.

Czech government talks stall over offensive remarks linked to likely next foreign minister

Former MEP’s party threatens to walk away from talks to form a new government.

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 4d

Também vai ser interessante perceber quantos municípios passam de maiorias a igualdade de mandatos, ou seja, a obrigar a negociações constantes entre presidência e oposição.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 4d

Só há uma forma de tornar Setúbal relevante: Mourinho candidato à câmara em 2029

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 4d

O Club Nintendo, que funcionava num escritório em Sacavém e que contactavas pela linha verde 0500 1111, conseguiu explicar-me isto no Verão de 1992 (o que não é difícil porque o jogo tinha quase 6 anos)

Uma coisa ultra high tech nem sequer foi capaz de ir ver posts ao GameFaqs.

João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 4d

@shyznogd.bsky.social não te sabia fã do Zelda original a este ponto

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