I know there is a new surge of optimism that Trump will really help Ukraine and hammer Russia. And the White House is making lots of "noise". However, keep in mind the following:
The first threat to really hammer Putin with sanctions was made 9 months ago. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/22/t...

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Le culte de l’ultra-performance de nos sociétés conduit au burn-out généralisé des êtres humains et des écosystèmes.
La nature, elle, fonctionne bien différemment en privilégiant la robustesse, cette capacité à résister, coopérer et s’adapter malgré les différentes crises.
Découverte: Olivier Hamant

Let's sit on this for a sec

"Many religions have attempted to make statues of their gods very large, and the idea, I suppose, is to make us feel small. But if that's their purpose, they can keep their paltry icons. We need only look up if we wish to feel small."

-Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience.

@ilotasbl.bsky.social @michelhenrion.bsky.social @agerlache.bsky.social

Signez et soutenez l'accès universel à la culture (et non uniquement en fonction de la richesse de sa commune). Le fédéral dézingue dans la culture comme si c'était un luxe dispensable alors que c'est un acteur économique majeur du pays et un vecteur de (ré-) insertion social. #belgique #bruxelles

✈️🇧🇪 The Belgian Air Force has received its first F-35 fighter jets, which means they will already start sending their F-16s promised to 🇺🇦Ukraine.

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This is exactly what I love about ATProto, it's not about building walled gardens.
It's about open protocols where apps can cooperate through shared lexicons while still exploring different experiences

Le Nobel d’économie décerné à une mère célibataire avec trois enfants ayant réussi à boucler le mois de septembre https://ow.ly/i3eO50Xaqib

Excellente lecture: Trump, Poutine, Xi. L’Europe est cernée, piégée par un problème à trois corps. Elle n’a pourtant pas moins de chances que les autres de s’en sortir.

En articulant d’anciennes forces à des alliés nouveaux, @fheisbourg.bsky.social montre pourquoi l'échec de l'Europe est évitable.

Je croirai à nouveau en la politique le jour où, pour réduire la dette, on ira puiser dans l’évasion et la fraude fiscale.
Le jour où Shein, Ali Baba, Amazon, Temu, et autres entreprises mortifères seront illégales.
Je croirai en la politique le jour où elle mettra fin au capitalisme destructeur.

ICE agents that are attacking your neighborhood and kidnapping your neighbors are being housed at his family’s hotel chain

Russian bases in the occupied areas of the Donetsk region, Ukraine, are getting hammered by drones.

Russia is not slowing down - to the contrary: between 2027 and 2029 alone, Russia plans to produce, overhaul, or modernize 1,118 T-90M and M2 tanks.

Excellent OSINT again by @tatarigami.bsky.social

cc @phillipspobrien.bsky.social

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US economy driven by data center construction, because AI. Which electricity is provided by *checks notes* fossil fuel.
Please someone show me the exit to the hell that is coming !
CC @pkrugman.bsky.social

Homemade sourdough bread - one has a funky shape !

Hungary was among 7 countries to see the value of Russian energy imports rise this year, by 11%, according to the data. France and the Netherlands are joined by four other countries whose governments support Ukraine in the war: Belgium 3% increase, Croatia (55%), Romania (57%), Portugal (167%).

For many Ukrainians, fireworks sound like war.