Martin Petersen
@mpetersen.bsky.social
Journalist. Idealist. European from Hamburg, Germany
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Look at the latest DeepState map. Now look at what I said last month. Then look at the map again. Many people were shocked by my assessment at the time, but as often happens, it turned out to be correct.
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Look at the latest DeepState map. Now look at what I said last month. Then look at the map again. Many people were shocked by my assessment at the time, but as often happens, it turned out to be correct.
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The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
In der Auseinandersetzung mit einem Gegner, der sich an kein internationales Recht gebunden fühlt, wirken solche Urteile wie eine Selbstfesselung:
Einziehung des Tankers Eventin und seiner Ladung - 99.000 Tonnen russischen Öls - ist laut Bundesfinanzhof nicht zulässig. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
Einziehung des Tankers Eventin und seiner Ladung - 99.000 Tonnen russischen Öls - ist laut Bundesfinanzhof nicht zulässig. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
Bundesfinanzhof: "Begründete Zweifel" an der Rechtmäßigkeit der Einziehung der "Eventin" vor Rügen
Juristische Schlappe für den deutschen Zoll: Der mit russischem Öl beladene Schattenflotte-Tanker "Eventin" darf mitsamt seiner Ladung vorerst nicht eingezogen und verwertet werden. Das hat der Bundes...
www.ndr.de
December 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
In der Auseinandersetzung mit einem Gegner, der sich an kein internationales Recht gebunden fühlt, wirken solche Urteile wie eine Selbstfesselung:
Einziehung des Tankers Eventin und seiner Ladung - 99.000 Tonnen russischen Öls - ist laut Bundesfinanzhof nicht zulässig. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
Einziehung des Tankers Eventin und seiner Ladung - 99.000 Tonnen russischen Öls - ist laut Bundesfinanzhof nicht zulässig. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
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“Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”“
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
A fuller version reviewed by Defense One outlines the Trump administration’s plans for shedding old relationships and creating new ones.
www.defenseone.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”“
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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Some European Atlanticists are suffering from battered wife syndrome („it must be my fault“)
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Some European Atlanticists are suffering from battered wife syndrome („it must be my fault“)
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Two Bloomberg Intelligence notes this morning on BEVs very interesting. Chinese buyers are flocking to electric even as subsidies roll off, while in Europe price pressure on the entire market but BEVs especially make ICE-BEV price parity increasingly likely. BMW & Mercedes already at parity.
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Two Bloomberg Intelligence notes this morning on BEVs very interesting. Chinese buyers are flocking to electric even as subsidies roll off, while in Europe price pressure on the entire market but BEVs especially make ICE-BEV price parity increasingly likely. BMW & Mercedes already at parity.
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ICYMI (Ich hab's übersehen): In Hannover sollen die Schulen von einer deutschen Software wechseln zu ... Microsoft. Was man als deutsche Verwaltung in diesen Zeiten halt so macht, wenn man keine Nachrichten liest.
Hannover verabschiedet sich von IServ: Plattform-Gründer will sich an den Oberbürgermeister wenden
Die Stadt Hannover will künftig auf den Schulserver des Braunschweiger Unternehmens IServ verzichten und stattdessen auf Produkte von Microsoft setzen. Für IServ-Chef Hüppe kommt diese Nachricht überr...
www.ndr.de
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
ICYMI (Ich hab's übersehen): In Hannover sollen die Schulen von einer deutschen Software wechseln zu ... Microsoft. Was man als deutsche Verwaltung in diesen Zeiten halt so macht, wenn man keine Nachrichten liest.
My Bluesky feed is such a bad news bubble – is it me or the world, that’s in such a bad shape?
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My Bluesky feed is such a bad news bubble – is it me or the world, that’s in such a bad shape?
Schön gesagt:
Natürlich wird diese neue Nationale Sicherheitsstragie der USA nicht ab morgen in Politik gegossen.
Dafür ist die Trump Administration viel zu inkompetent.
Es wird also - wie üblich - anders kommen.
Dümmer.
Und schlimmer.
Dafür ist die Trump Administration viel zu inkompetent.
Es wird also - wie üblich - anders kommen.
Dümmer.
Und schlimmer.
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Schön gesagt:
WTF
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
WTF
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Ich fasse die News der letzten 24 Stunden zusammen:
🤦🏼♀️ Der 28-Punkte-Plan las sich nicht nur wie ein russischer Forderungskatalog, sondern war tatsächlich ein russischer Forderungskatalog, den Trump als seinen Plan ausgegeben hat. +
🤦🏼♀️ Der 28-Punkte-Plan las sich nicht nur wie ein russischer Forderungskatalog, sondern war tatsächlich ein russischer Forderungskatalog, den Trump als seinen Plan ausgegeben hat. +
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ich fasse die News der letzten 24 Stunden zusammen:
🤦🏼♀️ Der 28-Punkte-Plan las sich nicht nur wie ein russischer Forderungskatalog, sondern war tatsächlich ein russischer Forderungskatalog, den Trump als seinen Plan ausgegeben hat. +
🤦🏼♀️ Der 28-Punkte-Plan las sich nicht nur wie ein russischer Forderungskatalog, sondern war tatsächlich ein russischer Forderungskatalog, den Trump als seinen Plan ausgegeben hat. +
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This is just terrible: a US official advising the Russians how to play Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is just terrible: a US official advising the Russians how to play Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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So this is Steven Witkoff coaching Putin‘s advisor Ushakov about how to please Trump
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
So this is Steven Witkoff coaching Putin‘s advisor Ushakov about how to please Trump
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What Trump has made me realise is how much the post-Cold War relationship hinged on shared values rather than shared interests. Trump is illustrating how, whether on Ukraine and Gaza, our interests diverge and, absent those values, there's not much holding us together.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
What Trump has made me realise is how much the post-Cold War relationship hinged on shared values rather than shared interests. Trump is illustrating how, whether on Ukraine and Gaza, our interests diverge and, absent those values, there's not much holding us together.
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Deputy Commander Maksym Zhorin warns that while everyone is busy dissecting the Geneva talks, the front is deteriorating fast. He says the Russia's recent gains are the most rapid he’s seen in a long time, and without urgent action, some areas could reach critical condition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Deputy Commander Maksym Zhorin warns that while everyone is busy dissecting the Geneva talks, the front is deteriorating fast. He says the Russia's recent gains are the most rapid he’s seen in a long time, and without urgent action, some areas could reach critical condition.
ICC judges should be supported in upholding thir personal liberties by all its member states
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ICC judges should be supported in upholding thir personal liberties by all its member states
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“Without sovereignty - military, health, financial and digital - we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.”
This is likely to increasingly become a topic.
This is likely to increasingly become a topic.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Without sovereignty - military, health, financial and digital - we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.”
This is likely to increasingly become a topic.
This is likely to increasingly become a topic.
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Höre immer wieder, Trump‘s Ukraine- und Russlandpolitik sei chaotisch und widersprüchlich. Sehe ich nicht so.
Es gibt eine klare Linie: Die Ukraine steht der Normalisierung mit Russland im Weg.
Dieses Hindernis muss ausgeräumt werden, koste es, was es wolle.
Es gibt eine klare Linie: Die Ukraine steht der Normalisierung mit Russland im Weg.
Dieses Hindernis muss ausgeräumt werden, koste es, was es wolle.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Höre immer wieder, Trump‘s Ukraine- und Russlandpolitik sei chaotisch und widersprüchlich. Sehe ich nicht so.
Es gibt eine klare Linie: Die Ukraine steht der Normalisierung mit Russland im Weg.
Dieses Hindernis muss ausgeräumt werden, koste es, was es wolle.
Es gibt eine klare Linie: Die Ukraine steht der Normalisierung mit Russland im Weg.
Dieses Hindernis muss ausgeräumt werden, koste es, was es wolle.
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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MAGA wants to destroy the German conservatives / Christian Democrats. They are aiming for regime change. www.politico.eu/article/larg...
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
MAGA wants to destroy the German conservatives / Christian Democrats. They are aiming for regime change. www.politico.eu/article/larg...
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Reading headlines about the US massing forces to Venezuela and ”what is Trump’s aim with the troops ?” reminds me of a certain other country that massed troops at a neighbour’s border 4 years ago and headlines were wondering what Putin’s aim could possibly be
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reading headlines about the US massing forces to Venezuela and ”what is Trump’s aim with the troops ?” reminds me of a certain other country that massed troops at a neighbour’s border 4 years ago and headlines were wondering what Putin’s aim could possibly be
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Erneut Zweifel an beschleunigter Ausdehnung des Universums. www.heise.de/news/Standar...
Standardmodell der Kosmologie falsch? Expansion des Universums verlangsamt sich
Seit Jahrzehnten geht man davon aus, dass sich die Expansion des Universums beschleunigt – dafür gab es gar den Nobelpreis. Nun werden die Zweifel noch lauter.
www.heise.de
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Erneut Zweifel an beschleunigter Ausdehnung des Universums. www.heise.de/news/Standar...
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Die eine Hälfte der AfD fährt nach Washington, die andere nach Moskau, aber alle verfolgen dasselbe Ziel.
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
AfD-Treffen mit Medwedew: Kreml organisiert Widerstand gegen Merz – auch BSW verstrickt
Russland baut Kontakte zu Abgeordneten aus AfD und BSW auf. Sie sollen Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz untergraben. AfD-Politiker treffen Dmitri Medwedew in Russland.
www.t-online.de
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Die eine Hälfte der AfD fährt nach Washington, die andere nach Moskau, aber alle verfolgen dasselbe Ziel.
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...