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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 17h

France also has a strong counter-movement vs the far-right. It may be more evenly matched than we'd like, but there are powerful & well-organised movements left of center. If I leave the UK, it'll be France, Germany, or NL.

The UK, on the other hand 😬

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 5d

“The greatness of a nation is seen in how it treats those who cannot defend themselves.”

🙏 Every life matters — from people to the smallest creatures who share this land with us. 🦔💙💛
Stand with Ukraine — for humanity, for kindness, for life.💙💛

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

Russian tech-workers? I mean 😬 this was their best example? Call me paranoid, but the headline doesn't quite do it for me 🤯 and they're preferring the US? Yah, duh🤭 It's the 47th Oblast. I am probably getting this all wrong 😂

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. If you say you’ll mess with indefinite leave to remain rules it turns out talented migrant workers start looking at their other options. This could never have been predicted!
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Russian tech workers rethink UK ties after settlement rules change

Digital entrepreneurs turn to US in search of higher pay and opportunities in test of Labour plan to lure ‘global talent’

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

if following the US isn't an option. Either way: it relies on a grandiose underappreciation of Europe's actual potential when it comes to territorial defence vs. Russian aggression. It's barely believable we're still here, waiting for the coun to drop in out politicians heads.

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

The study of the inability, on display from many leaders, to see the 2025 US for what it currently is, is revealing either their incapacitating focus on their own heartache over the loss of their romanticised fiction of what the US was, or their terrified paralysis and lack of imagination of what to

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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 1d

On May 18, 1980, Richard Lasher shot this epic photo of the eruption of Mount St. Helens

Lasher was forced to abandon his Pinto and flee the giant plume of ash on his motorcycle

Lasher survived, his Pinto did not

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

so I gather this is a lot of people's first middle east cease fire.

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling with his eyes closed

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

Most volunteers, a few conscripted in 1811. Another 5 served in the 33rd light-infantry farther behind in the same column. To the northwest of them a dozen or so of their brothers or cousins or friends, were part of the Line infantry that were securing the northern flank of the retreat near Polotsk.

Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

Amongst them, as Grenadiers of the Guard, my 3xgreat-grandfather 'Jean' Witte (my father's side) and my 3xgreat-granduncle 'Guillaume' Bulten (my mother's side). In the same Guards regiment served 3 others, one other as Tirailleur of the Guard, and finally one other was Hussar in the 11th Hussars.

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

A rainy October 19th, 1812.
From a burnt and looted Moscow, an emaciated army of some 100,000+ soldiers from over a dozen nations, losing every day a hundred men or more to Cossack raids, began its retreat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMz...

Fauré : Automne Op.18 n°3

YouTube video by France Musique concerts

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 2d

La créatrice du programme d’échange Erasmus, Sofia Corradi, est morte

Quelque 16 millions de jeunes ont pu étudier dans d’autres pays d’Europe grâce au projet lancé en 1987 par cette professeure italienne qui s’est éteinte à l’âge de 91 ans.

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Frank - Queen of Schengen 🇪🇺🌈 @chillaxbcn.bsky.social · 1d

The creator of Erasmus, Sofia Corradi from Italy has died aged 91. She was known as "Mama Erasmus".

Erasmus changed my life in very unimaginable ways. It was the beginning of my European journey back in 1991.

Thank you Mama Erasmus ♥️

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 2d

La créatrice du programme d’échange Erasmus, Sofia Corradi, est morte

Quelque 16 millions de jeunes ont pu étudier dans d’autres pays d’Europe grâce au projet lancé en 1987 par cette professeure italienne qui s’est éteinte à l’âge de 91 ans.

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 1d

It's really very simple. The *only* guarantor of our rights is the EU. The UK can't even guarantee the rights of UK citizens as they have no meaningful constitutional protections against a 50%+1 parliament 🤷‍♀️ If the UK keeps failing as it has since 2015 there's no future here that's worth staying for

Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations💐

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Ashish Malik @ashish-malik.bsky.social · 3d

PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP.

On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.

Pic: one of our Scottish sites.

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An upland landscape in Scotland with trees and open areas.

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 2d

🤔 so how is Putin going to fly there without crossing into EU airspace of other countries or be target-practice for Ukraine?

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 3d

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 2d

I've supported the #EU as a concept for decades. My whole life really.
I have a British and German background. My family fought on opposite sides of WW2.

For me, the EU always meant the healing of that divide.

It feels even more important now.

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klaus radke @kradke.bsky.social · 2d

Frankfurt, 18. Oktober 2025
#Stadtbilder

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

18 October 1881 | A Polish Jew, Ernest Pragner, was born in Rydłutowy.

In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25506
He perished in the camp on 6 March 1942.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 2d

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 2d

I had the pleasure of meeting him once, and share a 5-minute conversation with him, but I spent hours on his work. Both left a big impact on me!
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Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103

Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics

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Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 3d

En als de schuldenberg ooit onbetaalbaar wordt ... gaat ook die rekening naar allen. Je zou het bijna ... corruptie ... noemen.🤔 Het is één van de vele weef-fouten uit de late 80'er en vroege 99'er jaren.

Frank Witte @alarcos.bsky.social · 3d

Al decennia lang subsidieert de Nederlandse Overheid kopers op kosten van de gemeenschap. Vrije sector huurders betalen huur, maar betalen ook mee aan de hypotheek rente van hun huurbaas. En Nederland kan er maar niet rationeel over debateren. Dus moet kritiek van buiten komen.🤷‍♀️ Dat krijg je ervan.🤦

Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 3d

De redactie verzwijgt de kritiek van het IMF.

Marnix van Rij: “Ik heb betoogd dat de hypotheekrenteaftrek wel degelijk beperkt is, in de afgelopen 25 jaar.”
Sven Kockelmann: “Dus u hebt binnenskamers gezegd: houd toch eens op over de HRA.”
Marnix van Rij: “Nee, ik heb niks gezegd.” (29 okt 2024)

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