Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
Finnish Green in Brussels (chair of our local club)
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Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Terrifying geopolitical sadness and collapse
Markus Drake is in Taiwan and thinks about security, movements and loss. Except an update on Tuesdays.
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Off social media for some time! If you want to keep up with what I am doing (travel to Taiwan, thinking about politics, movements and security), I will have a Telegram channel with pictures, text and sound, about once per week. See you on the other side!
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Man that @unep.org GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Man that @unep.org GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
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Things that make me proud of Finland: there's a network of hidden caches around the north of the country, containing rescue supplies in case of hypothermia in mass accidents or crisis: sleeping bags, tents, etc. Just waiting, in case.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
Varautuminen | Lappiin on piilotettu telttoja ja peitteitä suuronnettomuuksien varalle
Onnettomuustilanteessa uhrien lämpiminä pitäminen on elintärkeää, ensihoidon ylilääkäri sanoo.
www.hs.fi
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Things that make me proud of Finland: there's a network of hidden caches around the north of the country, containing rescue supplies in case of hypothermia in mass accidents or crisis: sleeping bags, tents, etc. Just waiting, in case.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
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Day 2 of our 40th Congress in Lisbon!
Today, we will be loud for:
🌍people, planet, Europe
✊freedom in 🇭🇺,🇹🇷,🇬🇪,🇷🇸 & ⚪️🔴⚪️
💚a fair Green transition
🏡affordable housing with @greens-efa.eu
❤️a social Europe with @yolandadiaz.bsky.social
🇵🇸Palestine
🎨culture
➡️ europeangreens.eu/lisbon2025-p...
Today, we will be loud for:
🌍people, planet, Europe
✊freedom in 🇭🇺,🇹🇷,🇬🇪,🇷🇸 & ⚪️🔴⚪️
💚a fair Green transition
🏡affordable housing with @greens-efa.eu
❤️a social Europe with @yolandadiaz.bsky.social
🇵🇸Palestine
🎨culture
➡️ europeangreens.eu/lisbon2025-p...
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Day 2 of our 40th Congress in Lisbon!
Today, we will be loud for:
🌍people, planet, Europe
✊freedom in 🇭🇺,🇹🇷,🇬🇪,🇷🇸 & ⚪️🔴⚪️
💚a fair Green transition
🏡affordable housing with @greens-efa.eu
❤️a social Europe with @yolandadiaz.bsky.social
🇵🇸Palestine
🎨culture
➡️ europeangreens.eu/lisbon2025-p...
Today, we will be loud for:
🌍people, planet, Europe
✊freedom in 🇭🇺,🇹🇷,🇬🇪,🇷🇸 & ⚪️🔴⚪️
💚a fair Green transition
🏡affordable housing with @greens-efa.eu
❤️a social Europe with @yolandadiaz.bsky.social
🇵🇸Palestine
🎨culture
➡️ europeangreens.eu/lisbon2025-p...
Things that make me proud of Finland: there's a network of hidden caches around the north of the country, containing rescue supplies in case of hypothermia in mass accidents or crisis: sleeping bags, tents, etc. Just waiting, in case.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
Varautuminen | Lappiin on piilotettu telttoja ja peitteitä suuronnettomuuksien varalle
Onnettomuustilanteessa uhrien lämpiminä pitäminen on elintärkeää, ensihoidon ylilääkäri sanoo.
www.hs.fi
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Things that make me proud of Finland: there's a network of hidden caches around the north of the country, containing rescue supplies in case of hypothermia in mass accidents or crisis: sleeping bags, tents, etc. Just waiting, in case.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
Rescue workers know where they are, others need to keep mum.
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❗️President Zelenskyy's address on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine
“Stand firm — you are all we have. These were the words I addressed to our warriors on the first day of the full-scale war. And you stood firm. Even when no one in the world believed in us.
“Stand firm — you are all we have. These were the words I addressed to our warriors on the first day of the full-scale war. And you stood firm. Even when no one in the world believed in us.
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
❗️President Zelenskyy's address on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine
“Stand firm — you are all we have. These were the words I addressed to our warriors on the first day of the full-scale war. And you stood firm. Even when no one in the world believed in us.
“Stand firm — you are all we have. These were the words I addressed to our warriors on the first day of the full-scale war. And you stood firm. Even when no one in the world believed in us.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Yhdysvallat (siis D J "valtio-olen-minä"Trump) hyväksyi kansallisen turvallisuuden strategian. Siitä selviää miten Trump suhtautuu Natoon ja Eurooppaan: lähtökohtina ovat rasismi (johtolause), liitto Venäjän kanssa (1. kohta) ja etusijan antaminen Unkarin kaltaisille "terveille" kansakunnille (5. k)
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Yhdysvallat (siis D J "valtio-olen-minä"Trump) hyväksyi kansallisen turvallisuuden strategian. Siitä selviää miten Trump suhtautuu Natoon ja Eurooppaan: lähtökohtina ovat rasismi (johtolause), liitto Venäjän kanssa (1. kohta) ja etusijan antaminen Unkarin kaltaisille "terveille" kansakunnille (5. k)
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This is the energy we need from everyone
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is the energy we need from everyone
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För varje nytt vänsterparti Vänsterpartiet knoppar av sig med blir jag övertygad om att rösta på Miljöpartiet istället.
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
För varje nytt vänsterparti Vänsterpartiet knoppar av sig med blir jag övertygad om att rösta på Miljöpartiet istället.
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Garbage
Garbage - The Men Who Rule The World (Official Video)
YouTube video by Garbage
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December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Garbage
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"Garbage" is exactly why the EU 🇪🇺 should put criteria and conditions on social media
US Vice President JD Vance has hit out at the EU’s digital rules enforcement, saying the EU should not be “attacking American companies over garbage.”
JD Vance: EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage’
X owner Elon Musk immediately thanked the U.S. VP for his support.
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Garbage" is exactly why the EU 🇪🇺 should put criteria and conditions on social media
"Garbage" is exactly why the EU 🇪🇺 should put criteria and conditions on social media
US Vice President JD Vance has hit out at the EU’s digital rules enforcement, saying the EU should not be “attacking American companies over garbage.”
JD Vance: EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage’
X owner Elon Musk immediately thanked the U.S. VP for his support.
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Garbage" is exactly why the EU 🇪🇺 should put criteria and conditions on social media
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As far as I can see, this nat sec strategy is far harsher on Europe than on Russia. There is no mention of a threat from Russia or of deterrence, only that "re-establishing strategic stability" is a priority. Europe is cast as a major threat to freedom. A radical, dangerous document.
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
As far as I can see, this nat sec strategy is far harsher on Europe than on Russia. There is no mention of a threat from Russia or of deterrence, only that "re-establishing strategic stability" is a priority. Europe is cast as a major threat to freedom. A radical, dangerous document.
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“the old world is dying, the new struggles to be born, now is the time of monsters”
De tijd van fossiele, kapitalistische, racistische en seksistische hufters loopt ten einde. Daarom verzetten de hufters zich nu dubbel zo hard, om te proberen hun positie te behouden. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
De tijd van fossiele, kapitalistische, racistische en seksistische hufters loopt ten einde. Daarom verzetten de hufters zich nu dubbel zo hard, om te proberen hun positie te behouden. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Wie niet horen wil, zal voelen - Joop - BNNVARA
Opinie Sybren Kooistra: 'De logica achter de verhuftering van de jaren twintig'.
www.bnnvara.nl
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
“the old world is dying, the new struggles to be born, now is the time of monsters”
De tijd van fossiele, kapitalistische, racistische en seksistische hufters loopt ten einde. Daarom verzetten de hufters zich nu dubbel zo hard, om te proberen hun positie te behouden. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
De tijd van fossiele, kapitalistische, racistische en seksistische hufters loopt ten einde. Daarom verzetten de hufters zich nu dubbel zo hard, om te proberen hun positie te behouden. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
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2. #climatecollapse:
"The Arab region is being pushed to its limits by intense heatwaves and severe droughts, as it warms at twice the global average."
"Pushed to its limits": i.e. the limits beyond which human civilisation isn't really possible there.
"The Arab region is being pushed to its limits by intense heatwaves and severe droughts, as it warms at twice the global average."
"Pushed to its limits": i.e. the limits beyond which human civilisation isn't really possible there.
‘Too hot to handle’: climate change pushing Arab region to limits, says WMO
Stretch of 22 countries is warming at twice the global average, inaugural UN agencies report shows
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
2. #climatecollapse:
"The Arab region is being pushed to its limits by intense heatwaves and severe droughts, as it warms at twice the global average."
"Pushed to its limits": i.e. the limits beyond which human civilisation isn't really possible there.
"The Arab region is being pushed to its limits by intense heatwaves and severe droughts, as it warms at twice the global average."
"Pushed to its limits": i.e. the limits beyond which human civilisation isn't really possible there.
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Death toll in Thailand floods rises to 162, government says reut.rs/3Xoz4xe
Death toll in Thailand floods rises to 162, government says
The death toll from floods in southern Thailand has risen to 162, government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat said on Saturday, up from the previous toll of 145.
reut.rs
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Death toll in Thailand floods rises to 162, government says reut.rs/3Xoz4xe
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6:17 Uhr in #Gießen: Wie das Bündnis Widersetzen vermeldet gibt es eine erste Blockade. Die "pinke Aktionsgruppe" blockiert in Wettenberg den Gießener Ring.
In Gießen will sich heute eine neue AfD-Jugend gründen. Zum Protest werden mehr als 50.000 Menschen erwartet.
In Gießen will sich heute eine neue AfD-Jugend gründen. Zum Protest werden mehr als 50.000 Menschen erwartet.
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
6:17 Uhr in #Gießen: Wie das Bündnis Widersetzen vermeldet gibt es eine erste Blockade. Die "pinke Aktionsgruppe" blockiert in Wettenberg den Gießener Ring.
In Gießen will sich heute eine neue AfD-Jugend gründen. Zum Protest werden mehr als 50.000 Menschen erwartet.
In Gießen will sich heute eine neue AfD-Jugend gründen. Zum Protest werden mehr als 50.000 Menschen erwartet.
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We rise for abortion right everywhere in the European Union. ✊️
Every day. Always.
To make sure every person who needs it can have access to safe abortion and appropriate healthcare.
🔗 @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social
Every day. Always.
To make sure every person who needs it can have access to safe abortion and appropriate healthcare.
🔗 @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We rise for abortion right everywhere in the European Union. ✊️
Every day. Always.
To make sure every person who needs it can have access to safe abortion and appropriate healthcare.
🔗 @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social
Every day. Always.
To make sure every person who needs it can have access to safe abortion and appropriate healthcare.
🔗 @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social
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All women and girls deserve safety, protection, and spaces where they can report violence without fear.
All EU countries must act to end gender-based violence.
And we need the far-right to stop blocking progress while pretending to care.
All EU countries must act to end gender-based violence.
And we need the far-right to stop blocking progress while pretending to care.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
All women and girls deserve safety, protection, and spaces where they can report violence without fear.
All EU countries must act to end gender-based violence.
And we need the far-right to stop blocking progress while pretending to care.
All EU countries must act to end gender-based violence.
And we need the far-right to stop blocking progress while pretending to care.
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Trump and Putin share a disrespect for democracy and freedom. Values that we hold dear in Europe.
We will not be divided by dictators or far-right forces.
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. Nothing about Europe without Europe.
Solidarity with Ukraine.
We will not be divided by dictators or far-right forces.
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. Nothing about Europe without Europe.
Solidarity with Ukraine.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Trump and Putin share a disrespect for democracy and freedom. Values that we hold dear in Europe.
We will not be divided by dictators or far-right forces.
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. Nothing about Europe without Europe.
Solidarity with Ukraine.
We will not be divided by dictators or far-right forces.
Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. Nothing about Europe without Europe.
Solidarity with Ukraine.
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Miksi meillä on valtiovarainministeri, joka horisee pilven polttelemisesta, kun muut yrittävät keskustella talouspolitiikan vaihtoehdoista?
Vaihtoehtobudjetit | Purran kommentit nostattivat metakan oppositiossa: "Ylimielisyydellä ei näytä olevan mitään rajaa"
Valtiovarainministeri lyttäsi opposition ehdotukset tavalla, joka sai opposition kuorossa syyttämään tätä nöyryyden puutteesta.
www.hs.fi
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Miksi meillä on valtiovarainministeri, joka horisee pilven polttelemisesta, kun muut yrittävät keskustella talouspolitiikan vaihtoehdoista?
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Breaking news: At least 36 people were killed after a huge fire engulfed several high-rise buildings in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, the city’s top official said.
At least 279 people remain missing and 29 have been hospitalized.
At least 279 people remain missing and 29 have been hospitalized.
Fire engulfs high-rise buildings in Hong Kong, killing at least 36
The fire appeared to spread across bamboo scaffolding at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. At least 279 people remain missing, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Breaking news: At least 36 people were killed after a huge fire engulfed several high-rise buildings in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, the city’s top official said.
At least 279 people remain missing and 29 have been hospitalized.
At least 279 people remain missing and 29 have been hospitalized.
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Slowly getting there
(Vite un djihad butlérien contre l'IA. Deus vult.)
(Vite un djihad butlérien contre l'IA. Deus vult.)
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Slowly getting there
(Vite un djihad butlérien contre l'IA. Deus vult.)
(Vite un djihad butlérien contre l'IA. Deus vult.)
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Why is there no emoji for nudity? For being naked? For going nakupelle? It's our most basic state, and we lack a visual shorthand! For shame! If nothing else is Finnish AND ex-DDR erasure!
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Why is there no emoji for nudity? For being naked? For going nakupelle? It's our most basic state, and we lack a visual shorthand! For shame! If nothing else is Finnish AND ex-DDR erasure!
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As a plot twist, the white supremacist is also from Africa.
It's not MUCH of a plot twist, but hey
It's not MUCH of a plot twist, but hey
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
As a plot twist, the white supremacist is also from Africa.
It's not MUCH of a plot twist, but hey
It's not MUCH of a plot twist, but hey