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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓

@francesconicoli.bsky.social

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All things Europe, in all things European.

Neofunctionalist-in-chief, trilemmer, sci-fi & fantasy nerd.

Political economist, associate professor at Politecnico of Turin, former fellow at Bruegel.

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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · Jul 28

Europe folded, precisely as I predicted. We pay our stubborn refusal to integrate European defence, which makes us dependent on the US for security.

This is the only reason the EU folded.

Defence, defence, defence.

Without a European army, we are vassals.

And vassals obey.

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 11h

Facebook has thousands of closed communities where the far right putinist agenda breeds and replicates.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from President Trump, a whistleblower tells House Democrats.

Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell plans to seek commutation from Trump, whistleblower says

The whistleblower came forward with the information to Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.

nbcnews.to

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Solidarity v Fascism and Climate Catastrophe @shorelined.bsky.social · 18h

Batteries for EVs have dropped in price significantly in the past 4-5 years due to scale and large increase in lithium production.

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Sandra E Lewis @expressyrself.bsky.social · 20h

His first major text describes protecting the climate, welcoming migrants and pursuing economic justice as sacred obligations. To admirers Pope Leo XIV is a compassionate reformer; to critics, the “commie” or “woke pope” econ.st/47Lk2pM

Photo: Getty Images search.app/M31UC

Pope Leo XIV is infuriating MAGA Catholics

Concern for the poor and the planet rubs some the wrong way

econ.st

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 23h

Chris is among the very best political scientists of my generation. Don't miss this chance!

Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 1d

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior computational political scientist

Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 1d

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 1d

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That's me 12 years ago 😅

Deep Sea Mining VS Asteroid Mining: a choice for the planet’s health.

Let’s face it: Humanity is hungry for resources. Since dawn of history, we have collected, mined and processed all sort of materials to ease our life on the planet and increase our well-being. Howe…

freespaceeconomics.wordpress.com

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Euronews @euronews.com · 3d

The proposal would be one of the most sweeping steps yet by a European country to curb social media use among young people.

Denmark wants to ban access to social media for children under 15

The proposal would be one of the most sweeping steps yet by a European country to curb social media use among young people.

l.euronews.com

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 4d

‼️ The Kremlin is now OPENLY warning about the risk of civil war in Russia!

Imagine how bad the internal projections are if the Kremlin is publicly drawing parallels to 1917 in official publications.

No wonder they boosted internal security spending to record highs this year.

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 5d

It wasnt very good anyway

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 5d

(Except the Montecalvo battle of course, that didnt make any sense).

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry Henry Cavill,
we loved you,
But season 4 of The Witcher is brutally phenomenal. And - finally!- satisfingly close to the excellent source books.

Well done @netflix.com

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 7d

"We lost our markets due to Brexit".
www.cityam.com/british-smes...

British SMEs locked out of trade deal benefits as red tape bites

Small businesses exports are falling as distress surges across SME sector ahead of Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

www.cityam.com

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so sad I am going to miss this one. But household grows from 3 to 4 those days so I really can't 😐

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 7d

Is it too early to call Zohran Mamdani a neoliberal sell-out?

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7d

🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish Minister of Defense:

"We are not dying for our freedom, but someone is dying for our security. Because the border of Polish security today lies on the Ukrainian-Russian front."

He emphasized that supporting Ukraine is in Poland's interests.

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 7d

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...

Reform's big economic plans? Slash minimum wage for young people and bring back austerity

Why tax the rich when you can pay young people less and cut public spending?

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Dunland National Party 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 7d

Anyway there's a real problem with basically any discussion about defence policy and it is that quite frankly we have still not gotten everyone on the same board, which is that Europe's ass is burning and that a fascist regime on our eastern border has territorial designs on its members.

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 7d

The EU cannot offer the type of very remunerated, long term contracts american academic refugees seek.

It's time big US universities use their generous endowments to widen their European campuses.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Russian attacks on #Ukraine do not stop:
◾️In Dnipropetrovsk region,two children (aged 11&14)& 2 women were killed last night
◾️Russian attack on Odesa region last night killed 2 and injured 3 people
◾️In Zaporizhzhia, two people were injured,almost 58,000 people are without electric

📹Zaporizhzhia

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d

ICE GOONS opened fire on a car full of children, their mother screaming for their lives. This is absolutely insane 🤬

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9d

Russia Lands Wagner-Linked Plane in Venezuela — and Trump Sends U.S. Forces Toward Caracas

I break down the facts, context, and geopolitical stakes in “Washington’s backyard”.

www.onestnetwork.com/post/russia-...

Russia Lands Wagner-Linked Plane in Venezuela — and Trump Sends U.S. Forces Toward Caracas

Russia lands a Wagner-linked cargo plane in Venezuela as President Trump deploys U.S. warships, bombers, and the Gerald R. Ford carrier.

www.onestnetwork.com

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 9d

Who did this?!

A joke scientific paper with the title "Over 90% of children diagnosed with autism consumed breast milk and/or formula mileL a comprehensive cross-sectional analysis of the obvious"

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10d

Bluesky now has 40 million users but, although my engagement here is much higher than it was on X, it remains very limited in reach.

Not only do the vast majority of cultural, economic, political and social organizations continue to support X, they also stay away from (or inactive on) Bluesky.

Bluesky @bsky.app · 10d

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40,000,013
users on Bluesky
80.00003% of 50,000,000 user goal (currently estimated in ~522.3 days)

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10d

this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 10d

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10d

⚡️ Venezuela reportedly requests missiles, radars from Russia amid US tensions.

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has a close relationship with Moscow, bolstered by their shared animosity toward the West.

Venezuela reportedly requests missiles, radars from Russia amid US tensions

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has a close relationship with Moscow, bolstered by their shared animosity toward the West.

kyivindependent.com

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 10d

Not with schlein. Impossible.

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 10d

Fully agreed. It is also bathing her part quadres into institutional realism which all considered is good.

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