Jānis B
@janchibrugiks.bsky.social
Observing the horizon: global affairs – geopolitics, security, climate change, technology, democracy, EU and more – through a Baltic and European lens. Opinions are solely mine. 🇱🇻🇪🇺🇺🇦
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This week, at an event, we debated whether Europe was a “player”, “playground” or “plaything”… but a new category emerges: we might not even been on the pitch. “Sidelined” is a word I’m hearing a lot and it’s not just about “the Plan”…
a bald man wearing a grey sweater stands in front of a no filter ucl sign
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media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This week, at an event, we debated whether Europe was a “player”, “playground” or “plaything”… but a new category emerges: we might not even been on the pitch. “Sidelined” is a word I’m hearing a lot and it’s not just about “the Plan”…
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
"..AI raters, workers who check an AI’s responses for accuracy and groundedness, told the Guardian that, after becoming aware of the way chatbots and image generators function and just how wrong their output can be, they have begun urging their friends and family not to use generative AI at all.."
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"..AI raters, workers who check an AI’s responses for accuracy and groundedness, told the Guardian that, after becoming aware of the way chatbots and image generators function and just how wrong their output can be, they have begun urging their friends and family not to use generative AI at all.."
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November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Dieser kurze Ausschnitt vom Chef des französischen Generalstabes, General Mandon @cemafr.bsky.social , sollte gehört werden.
Wir, Europa, sind nicht so schwach, wie wir immer tun. ☝️
Wir, Europa, sind nicht so schwach, wie wir immer tun. ☝️
“Today, Russia produces more defence equipment than it consumes on the front lines. It is clearly preparing for something else.
Collectively, Europeans are much stronger than Russia. That is why I think we must not be pessimistic.” — @cemafr.bsky.social
Collectively, Europeans are much stronger than Russia. That is why I think we must not be pessimistic.” — @cemafr.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dieser kurze Ausschnitt vom Chef des französischen Generalstabes, General Mandon @cemafr.bsky.social , sollte gehört werden.
Wir, Europa, sind nicht so schwach, wie wir immer tun. ☝️
Wir, Europa, sind nicht so schwach, wie wir immer tun. ☝️
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Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
Dear Europe, especially Germany,
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
The prospect of diverting money intended for Ukraine to a US commercial project would be bad enough for European capitals. To make matters worse, the draft deal says Europe will “add” a further $100bn “to increase the amount of investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction”.
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Trump’s grab for Russian frozen assets puts EU Ukraine loan in doubt
Brussels blindsided by US plan for joint investment funds with Moscow and Kyiv
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November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The prospect of diverting money intended for Ukraine to a US commercial project would be bad enough for European capitals. To make matters worse, the draft deal says Europe will “add” a further $100bn “to increase the amount of investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction”.
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1/3 Die Europäer wollen ihre Waffenhilfe für die #Ukraine über einen #Reparationskredit auf Basis der eingefrorenen russischen Vermögens gestalten. In dessen Erwartung gab es bereits Beschaffungsvereinbarungen 🇸🇪 zu Gripen Kampfjets und 🇫🇷 zu Rafales mit der Ukraine. Doch Trumps 👉
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
1/3 Die Europäer wollen ihre Waffenhilfe für die #Ukraine über einen #Reparationskredit auf Basis der eingefrorenen russischen Vermögens gestalten. In dessen Erwartung gab es bereits Beschaffungsvereinbarungen 🇸🇪 zu Gripen Kampfjets und 🇫🇷 zu Rafales mit der Ukraine. Doch Trumps 👉
Par Rail Baltica nozīmi miltārās mobilitātes nodrošināšanai kara apdraudējuma gadījumā.
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Par Rail Baltica nozīmi miltārās mobilitātes nodrošināšanai kara apdraudējuma gadījumā.
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
"it would require Ukraine to cede the remainder of the eastern Donbas region — including land currently under Kyiv’s control — and cut the size of its armed forces by half..." 🔗🎁 on.ft.com/4oUqx0Y
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan for Ukraine
Proposal envisages major concessions by Kyiv and rollback of American military assistance
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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"it would require Ukraine to cede the remainder of the eastern Donbas region — including land currently under Kyiv’s control — and cut the size of its armed forces by half..." 🔗🎁 on.ft.com/4oUqx0Y
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
🎁🔗 “China can produce almost a terawatt of renewable-energy capacity in a year. That is enough to supply as much energy as more than 300 big nuclear-power plants. And the dynamic that created all this generating capacity is far from exhausted.”
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🎁🔗 “China can produce almost a terawatt of renewable-energy capacity in a year. That is enough to supply as much energy as more than 300 big nuclear-power plants. And the dynamic that created all this generating capacity is far from exhausted.”
This year Europe will spend some $180bn on military kit, more than double its outlays in 2021 and greater even than the amount spent by America (see chart 2). That figure is set to rise further still, after NATO members agreed to increase defence spending from a current target of 2% of GDP to 3.5%
Europe’s defence firms are flying. Now for the hard part
Valuations have surged since Donald Trump’s return. Are investors heading for disappointment?
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This year Europe will spend some $180bn on military kit, more than double its outlays in 2021 and greater even than the amount spent by America (see chart 2). That figure is set to rise further still, after NATO members agreed to increase defence spending from a current target of 2% of GDP to 3.5%
💙📚👀 a necessary antidote to the prevailing AI optimism promoted by the big tech companies developing it. Using the history of OpenAI as a central example, Karen Hao contrasts the imaginary and unproven future benefits of AI with the concrete, real-world problems its development has already created -
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
💙📚👀 a necessary antidote to the prevailing AI optimism promoted by the big tech companies developing it. Using the history of OpenAI as a central example, Karen Hao contrasts the imaginary and unproven future benefits of AI with the concrete, real-world problems its development has already created -
Lasu grāmatu un tur atsauce uz 1944. gada ASV Izlūkdienestu rokasgrāmatu - par nevardarbīgas sabotāžas organizēšanu. Kaut ko tas man ļoti atgādina. Ak jā, Latvijas iekšpolitiskās peripētijas ap Stambulas konvenciju. Vai tiešām Latvijā vairs nav reālu problēmu, ko risināt?
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Lasu grāmatu un tur atsauce uz 1944. gada ASV Izlūkdienestu rokasgrāmatu - par nevardarbīgas sabotāžas organizēšanu. Kaut ko tas man ļoti atgādina. Ak jā, Latvijas iekšpolitiskās peripētijas ap Stambulas konvenciju. Vai tiešām Latvijā vairs nav reālu problēmu, ko risināt?
"China schränkt den Export von Drohnenkomponenten in die Ukraine zunehmend ein. Auch dem Versuch der ukrainischen Verteidigungsindustrie, die chinesischen Elektronikteile über verbündete Länder wie die baltischen Staaten und Polen zu importieren, schiebt Peking einen Riegel vor."
Peking gräbt Kiews Drohnenproduktion das Wasser ab
China liefert der Ukraine Bauteile für Drohnen - zum kleinen Preis. Doch Peking fährt allmählich den Verkauf der wichtigen Komponenten an Kiew und dessen Verbündete zurück. Ein ukrainischer Experte ap...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"China schränkt den Export von Drohnenkomponenten in die Ukraine zunehmend ein. Auch dem Versuch der ukrainischen Verteidigungsindustrie, die chinesischen Elektronikteile über verbündete Länder wie die baltischen Staaten und Polen zu importieren, schiebt Peking einen Riegel vor."
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"Am I going to die?" the child asks quietly.
"No, no, everything will be fine," the police officer reassures him.
A Russian drone directly hit a daycare in Kharkiv yesterday. The kids were in the shelter, thankfully, and evacuated quickly. Many had acute stress reactions.
"No, no, everything will be fine," the police officer reassures him.
A Russian drone directly hit a daycare in Kharkiv yesterday. The kids were in the shelter, thankfully, and evacuated quickly. Many had acute stress reactions.
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Am I going to die?" the child asks quietly.
"No, no, everything will be fine," the police officer reassures him.
A Russian drone directly hit a daycare in Kharkiv yesterday. The kids were in the shelter, thankfully, and evacuated quickly. Many had acute stress reactions.
"No, no, everything will be fine," the police officer reassures him.
A Russian drone directly hit a daycare in Kharkiv yesterday. The kids were in the shelter, thankfully, and evacuated quickly. Many had acute stress reactions.
🎁🔗"The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents descended many times into a “shouting match”, with Trump “cursing all the time”, people familiar with the matter said."
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Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
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October 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🎁🔗"The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents descended many times into a “shouting match”, with Trump “cursing all the time”, people familiar with the matter said."
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"Taken aback, Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out, the people said. He ultimately cut the meeting short and cancelled a planned lunch where broader delegations were due to discuss economic ties and co-operation."
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"Taken aback, Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out, the people said. He ultimately cut the meeting short and cancelled a planned lunch where broader delegations were due to discuss economic ties and co-operation."
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How Vladimir Putin’s history rant in Alaska nudged Donald Trump closer to Ukraine
Fraught summit in Anchorage marked a nadir that reshaped how the presidents approach each other
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October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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"Taken aback, Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out, the people said. He ultimately cut the meeting short and cancelled a planned lunch where broader delegations were due to discuss economic ties and co-operation."
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"Taken aback, Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out, the people said. He ultimately cut the meeting short and cancelled a planned lunch where broader delegations were due to discuss economic ties and co-operation."
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Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
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Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
🎁🔗 "The missiles now follow a typical trajectory before diverting and plunging into a steep terminal dive or executing manoeuvres that “confuse and avoid” Patriot interceptors. It is a “game-changer for Russia”, said one former Ukrainian official."
Russian missile upgrade outpaces Ukraine’s Patriot defences
Kyiv’s interception rates fall as enemy strikes dodge US interceptors in final seconds
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October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🎁🔗 "The missiles now follow a typical trajectory before diverting and plunging into a steep terminal dive or executing manoeuvres that “confuse and avoid” Patriot interceptors. It is a “game-changer for Russia”, said one former Ukrainian official."
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The high-powered laser, nicknamed Apollo after the Greek God of Light, can destroy up to 20 drones a minute, at a cost of $1 per shot, which is faster and cheaper than traditional missiles or cannons.
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The high-powered laser, nicknamed Apollo after the Greek God of Light, can destroy up to 20 drones a minute, at a cost of $1 per shot, which is faster and cheaper than traditional missiles or cannons.