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@halken.bsky.social
Antifa, -genocide, -autoritarians, -inequlity, -tech & media broligarchs.
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We, the people.🇪🇺⚔️🇽🇰🇧🇦🇲🇰🇦🇱🇲🇪🇦🇲🇲🇩🏴🇮🇸🇳🇴🇬🇱🇹🇷🇨🇦🇹🇼
Green democratic socialist. Femi-Woking-DEI. Pro⚛️🚃♻️CC&nature🐳🐺
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Time of monsters. Federal 🇪🇺 superpower.
#TechSovereignty
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We, the people.🇪🇺⚔️🇽🇰🇧🇦🇲🇰🇦🇱🇲🇪🇦🇲🇲🇩🏴🇮🇸🇳🇴🇬🇱🇹🇷🇨🇦🇹🇼
Green democratic socialist. Femi-Woking-DEI. Pro⚛️🚃♻️CC&nature🐳🐺
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Time of monsters. Federal 🇪🇺 superpower.
#TechSovereignty
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And accompanying cover leader, with a grave warning for Europe.
To avoid crushing change, Europe must take control of its destiny
economist.com/leaders/2025...
To avoid crushing change, Europe must take control of its destiny
economist.com/leaders/2025...
To avoid crushing change, Europe must take control of its destiny
If it does not, China will exploit the continent’s weaknesses
economist.com
"To avoid crushing change, Europe must take control of its destiny."
🎯💯 We need to keep the #welfare states or we risk making the populist far right even more popular.
That, & EU has to be adopted to the new reality. Nat govs have to #relinquish power to Brussels.
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#EUsky
🎯💯 We need to keep the #welfare states or we risk making the populist far right even more popular.
That, & EU has to be adopted to the new reality. Nat govs have to #relinquish power to Brussels.
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#EUsky
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«Militæroperasjon». «Offensiv.» «Fred.»
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
«Militæroperasjon». «Offensiv.» «Fred.»
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Nu ved du, hvad der sker i staldene når landmanden ikke ved, vi kigger med.
Nu kan du også høre, hvad landmændene snakker om når de tror, vi ikke lytter.
Link i kommentarer til Spotify, men findes også på Apple, youtube osv
Nu kan du også høre, hvad landmændene snakker om når de tror, vi ikke lytter.
Link i kommentarer til Spotify, men findes også på Apple, youtube osv
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Nu ved du, hvad der sker i staldene når landmanden ikke ved, vi kigger med.
Nu kan du også høre, hvad landmændene snakker om når de tror, vi ikke lytter.
Link i kommentarer til Spotify, men findes også på Apple, youtube osv
Nu kan du også høre, hvad landmændene snakker om når de tror, vi ikke lytter.
Link i kommentarer til Spotify, men findes også på Apple, youtube osv
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“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
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Giorgi Shermadini, player of Georgia’s National Basketball Team, was booed after thanking PM Irakli Kobakhidze in his final speech before retirement. When we say #GeorgiaProtests are everywhere, we mean it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Giorgi Shermadini, player of Georgia’s National Basketball Team, was booed after thanking PM Irakli Kobakhidze in his final speech before retirement. When we say #GeorgiaProtests are everywhere, we mean it.
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The European digital rule-book is not up for negotiation.
We, Europeans, have adopted our rules to ensure fair markets and to protect consumers rights while backing Europe’s digital future.
It’s our duty to preserve our values and to defend our people. 🇪🇺
We, Europeans, have adopted our rules to ensure fair markets and to protect consumers rights while backing Europe’s digital future.
It’s our duty to preserve our values and to defend our people. 🇪🇺
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The European digital rule-book is not up for negotiation.
We, Europeans, have adopted our rules to ensure fair markets and to protect consumers rights while backing Europe’s digital future.
It’s our duty to preserve our values and to defend our people. 🇪🇺
We, Europeans, have adopted our rules to ensure fair markets and to protect consumers rights while backing Europe’s digital future.
It’s our duty to preserve our values and to defend our people. 🇪🇺
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Trump and the US wants to resume business as usual with Russia with no consequences for Russias many atrocities and war crimes in Ukraine.
That’s a mistake to go along with that. Instead EU must lead the defense of the ruled-based order.
That’s a mistake to go along with that. Instead EU must lead the defense of the ruled-based order.
"As discussions about a possible peace deal unfold, Ukraine and its allies must not betray the small but unwavering candlelight of hope for justice held by thousands of victims of this war," writes Kseniya Kvitka of Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division in her recent op-ed.
The light Ukraine cannot lose: Justice
About the author: Kseniya Kvitka is an assistant researcher with Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division. She is based in Kyiv.
As I sat down to write this, my apartment, like many othe...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Trump and the US wants to resume business as usual with Russia with no consequences for Russias many atrocities and war crimes in Ukraine.
That’s a mistake to go along with that. Instead EU must lead the defense of the ruled-based order.
That’s a mistake to go along with that. Instead EU must lead the defense of the ruled-based order.
EU has to stop the appesement, & bending over for US tech-industry, which aims to keep EU in digital chains giving up our #privacy & our #money, why we fuel the inflated AI bubble & are kept dependent on US tech.
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
The US is not an ally, but an adversary.
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#EUsky
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
The US is not an ally, but an adversary.
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#EUsky
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
EU has to stop the appesement, & bending over for US tech-industry, which aims to keep EU in digital chains giving up our #privacy & our #money, why we fuel the inflated AI bubble & are kept dependent on US tech.
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
The US is not an ally, but an adversary.
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#EUsky
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
The US is not an ally, but an adversary.
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#EUsky
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Criminals in this dictatorial paramilitary camp in the center of Belgrade now have guard posts.
This insane dictator is now fortifying this insanity.
#Serbia #dictatorship
This insane dictator is now fortifying this insanity.
#Serbia #dictatorship
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Criminals in this dictatorial paramilitary camp in the center of Belgrade now have guard posts.
This insane dictator is now fortifying this insanity.
#Serbia #dictatorship
This insane dictator is now fortifying this insanity.
#Serbia #dictatorship
"Leaked call shows Kremlin’s deputy chief Ushakov oversaw passing Moscow’s “peace plan” to Steve Witkoff with instructions to present it “word for word” as a U.S. proposal"
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We, EU should fully support Ukraine in continuing the war.
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We, EU should fully support Ukraine in continuing the war.
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Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Leaked call shows Kremlin’s deputy chief Ushakov oversaw passing Moscow’s “peace plan” to Steve Witkoff with instructions to present it “word for word” as a U.S. proposal"
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We, EU should fully support Ukraine in continuing the war.
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We, EU should fully support Ukraine in continuing the war.
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🇺🇦❌ Ukraine categorically opposes 3 points in the US peace plan — territorial concessions, limitation of the size of AFU, refusal to join NATO, — CNN.
🚀 October conversation with Putin convinced Trump not to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, — WSJ
🚀 October conversation with Putin convinced Trump not to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, — WSJ
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
US no longer being a reliable ally, but Trump wanting to be buddies leaves #EUsky on its own, but it was never made to act fast in a dog-eat-dog global reality. Hence, it needs reforms if it is to work in the new reality. But the national govs, who are the ones who has to cede power, is unvilling.
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The "peace" charade is not worth spending time on. It will all fall apart very soon. Russia has no interest in peace. The Russian regime needs war to motivate its own existence. What is clear, as it has been since the break-up of the USSR, is that The West is impotent in dealing with Russia.
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
US no longer being a reliable ally, but Trump wanting to be buddies leaves #EUsky on its own, but it was never made to act fast in a dog-eat-dog global reality. Hence, it needs reforms if it is to work in the new reality. But the national govs, who are the ones who has to cede power, is unvilling.
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The #oil price cap is dead in the water – time to cut Russian oil for good
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-... #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-... #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
The oil price cap is dead in the water – time to cut Russian oil for good | Euractiv
The policy was of dubious effectiveness from the start. It's now anachronistic and undermines the European sanctions mission
www.euractiv.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
The Trump cycle on Russia-Ukraine. Some pro-Russian plan emerges. Instant commentariat renew their "Trump as Russian plant" stories. Plan is amended under EU (and US) pressure. Putin rejects it. Instant commentariat is puzzled. Rinse and repeat. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes, but it is also a fact now that there is a pattern to it.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice, shame on me. The Europeans should no longer dellude themselves that a Trump/Vance US can be a reliable ally.
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Russia desperately needs its puppet regime in Georgia for sanctions evasion.
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Russia desperately needs its puppet regime in Georgia for sanctions evasion.
@paulwarburg.bsky.social is again back with his sharp analysis. Regrettably, few hears his advice to esp EUrope.
Russia’s Attacks on Poland Are NOT What You Think
YouTube video by Paul Warburg
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@paulwarburg.bsky.social is again back with his sharp analysis. Regrettably, few hears his advice to esp EUrope.
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Russian Air defense against a Flamingo cruise missile, carrying the only peace proposal that Russia understands, which hit the Kristal oil depot on the 14th of November. Shooting high-caliber rounds in the general direction of a populated area seems totally safe without any collateral casualties.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Russian Air defense against a Flamingo cruise missile, carrying the only peace proposal that Russia understands, which hit the Kristal oil depot on the 14th of November. Shooting high-caliber rounds in the general direction of a populated area seems totally safe without any collateral casualties.
Now EU can no longer rely on US, we need our own tech and capabilities, including military.
Over the coming days, the decisions taken in this room will define Europe’s trajectory for decades to come. How will we demonstrate the leadership our citizens expect from us? Will we transform the immense potential of space into real benefits for our economies and our people? Watch this space #CM25
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Now EU can no longer rely on US, we need our own tech and capabilities, including military.
Since we let China get away with taking over the solarPV market by dumping prices & also on EVs, now China is coming for the rest of EUrs remaining industries like wind, because Xi try to make his economic woes to ours. Time to stop this, time to stand up to Chi.
@marossefcovic.bsky.social
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#EUsky
@marossefcovic.bsky.social
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#EUsky
Cheap Chinese wind turbines to flood British waters
Beijing’s ‘astonishing’ low costs put European rivals in peril
smry.ai/https://www....
Beijing’s ‘astonishing’ low costs put European rivals in peril
smry.ai/https://www....
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Since we let China get away with taking over the solarPV market by dumping prices & also on EVs, now China is coming for the rest of EUrs remaining industries like wind, because Xi try to make his economic woes to ours. Time to stop this, time to stand up to Chi.
@marossefcovic.bsky.social
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#EUsky
@marossefcovic.bsky.social
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#EUsky
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De vildeste tal, som du kommer til at læse i dag 👇
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
De vildeste tal, som du kommer til at læse i dag 👇
Ukraine does not need surrender-plans hidden as peace plans, but for its EUropean allies to stay the course, so they can win. That will provide security.
Trump must be a Russian asset, to continue with this nonsense.
Trump must be a Russian asset, to continue with this nonsense.
Peace plan:"This saga is a mixture of gross incompetence, dysfunctionality, & worst of all, treachery. #Ukraine is 1 ally & should be treated as such. Instead, the🇺🇸gov acts on behalf of #Russia. At no point in my lifetime did I ever think the🇺🇸 would collaborate w/an enemy" @joshuapcohen.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ukraine does not need surrender-plans hidden as peace plans, but for its EUropean allies to stay the course, so they can win. That will provide security.
Trump must be a Russian asset, to continue with this nonsense.
Trump must be a Russian asset, to continue with this nonsense.
That must be Trumpists who believe so. 😘
Ru has just sold crude to the lowest prices yet, & its gold reserves. On the ground in Ukr, it fails to move forward in any meaningful way.
So, they are winning if we EUr keep supporting them.
The only way to EUr security is if Ru loses in Ukr.
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#EUdef
Ru has just sold crude to the lowest prices yet, & its gold reserves. On the ground in Ukr, it fails to move forward in any meaningful way.
So, they are winning if we EUr keep supporting them.
The only way to EUr security is if Ru loses in Ukr.
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#EUdef
"The US military believes that the next months will be critical for us and that in 12 months we will still lose the Donetsk region. And if they cut everything off from us - then this may happen even faster."
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
That must be Trumpists who believe so. 😘
Ru has just sold crude to the lowest prices yet, & its gold reserves. On the ground in Ukr, it fails to move forward in any meaningful way.
So, they are winning if we EUr keep supporting them.
The only way to EUr security is if Ru loses in Ukr.
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#EUdef
Ru has just sold crude to the lowest prices yet, & its gold reserves. On the ground in Ukr, it fails to move forward in any meaningful way.
So, they are winning if we EUr keep supporting them.
The only way to EUr security is if Ru loses in Ukr.
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#EUdef
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