Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
Finnish Green in Brussels (chair of our local club)
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Svenska, suomea, English, Deutsch
Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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Svenska, suomea, English, Deutsch
Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Terrifying geopolitical sadness and collapse
Markus Drake is in Taiwan and thinks about security, movements and loss. Except an update on Tuesdays.
t.me
Off social media for some time! If you want to keep up with what I am doing (travel to Taiwan, thinking about politics, movements and security), I will have a Telegram channel with pictures, text and sound, about once per week. See you on the other side!
t.me/stresspass
t.me/stresspass
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When you are being asked for your papers on the street you are under a police state.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
When you are being asked for your papers on the street you are under a police state.
"They're our neighbours, you're invaders"
Federal agents, led by Border Patrol honcho Greg Bovino, confronted protesters at the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis. At least one man says he was pepper sprayed.
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
"They're our neighbours, you're invaders"
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The people of Minneapolis are hounding immigration agents wherever they pop up. Earlier today:
January 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The people of Minneapolis are hounding immigration agents wherever they pop up. Earlier today:
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"What do Americans find funny" has been one of the crucial political questions for at least my lifetime
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"What do Americans find funny" has been one of the crucial political questions for at least my lifetime
"What do Americans find funny" has been one of the crucial political questions for at least my lifetime
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"What do Americans find funny" has been one of the crucial political questions for at least my lifetime
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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Texas State Troopers opened fire on peaceful protesters attending a memorial for Renee Good with pepper balls and tear gas.
(1/10/26)
Austin, TX
(1/10/26)
Austin, TX
January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Texas State Troopers opened fire on peaceful protesters attending a memorial for Renee Good with pepper balls and tear gas.
(1/10/26)
Austin, TX
(1/10/26)
Austin, TX
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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There's more & more recognition of #assholisation/ the coming out of the #assholesociety:
"The president’s inability to tell right from wrong (aka assholery) fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour."
Welcome to the #assholocene.
"The president’s inability to tell right from wrong (aka assholery) fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour."
Welcome to the #assholocene.
What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall
The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
There's more & more recognition of #assholisation/ the coming out of the #assholesociety:
"The president’s inability to tell right from wrong (aka assholery) fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour."
Welcome to the #assholocene.
"The president’s inability to tell right from wrong (aka assholery) fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour."
Welcome to the #assholocene.
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Välfärd kräver ingen avgränsning. Det är en pakt o erkännande mellan alla i ett samhälle att vi alla under långa perioder av våra liv är improduktiva men kombinerat som samhälle kan vi bära varandra pga våra gemensamma produktiva perioder. Det skalas bara upp när fler kommer till. Måste ses över tid
January 11, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Välfärd kräver ingen avgränsning. Det är en pakt o erkännande mellan alla i ett samhälle att vi alla under långa perioder av våra liv är improduktiva men kombinerat som samhälle kan vi bära varandra pga våra gemensamma produktiva perioder. Det skalas bara upp när fler kommer till. Måste ses över tid
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Set by a 19 year old white suprematist who has been arrested. What an unimaginable & terrifying time we are living through.
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Set by a 19 year old white suprematist who has been arrested. What an unimaginable & terrifying time we are living through.
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At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
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not for the first time I note these guys pulling shit that would have gotten you extremely killed in any actual insurgency situation
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM
not for the first time I note these guys pulling shit that would have gotten you extremely killed in any actual insurgency situation
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At least 33 people have died in ICE custody in the last year.
2 US citizens were shot and killed by ICE officers in just the last two weeks.
Up to 4000 people detained by ICE are unaccounted for.
If what ICE was doing was legal, they wouldn’t be lying to protect them from accountability.
2 US citizens were shot and killed by ICE officers in just the last two weeks.
Up to 4000 people detained by ICE are unaccounted for.
If what ICE was doing was legal, they wouldn’t be lying to protect them from accountability.
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
At least 33 people have died in ICE custody in the last year.
2 US citizens were shot and killed by ICE officers in just the last two weeks.
Up to 4000 people detained by ICE are unaccounted for.
If what ICE was doing was legal, they wouldn’t be lying to protect them from accountability.
2 US citizens were shot and killed by ICE officers in just the last two weeks.
Up to 4000 people detained by ICE are unaccounted for.
If what ICE was doing was legal, they wouldn’t be lying to protect them from accountability.
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“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
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I would love to see political leadership from NORDEFCO -countries (Nordic 5) announcing a months long “long-time” planned exercise in 🇬🇱 (Greenland).
Protection of critical infrastructure & securing political leadership against external attack could be two exercise tracks.
#noparticularreason
Protection of critical infrastructure & securing political leadership against external attack could be two exercise tracks.
#noparticularreason
January 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I would love to see political leadership from NORDEFCO -countries (Nordic 5) announcing a months long “long-time” planned exercise in 🇬🇱 (Greenland).
Protection of critical infrastructure & securing political leadership against external attack could be two exercise tracks.
#noparticularreason
Protection of critical infrastructure & securing political leadership against external attack could be two exercise tracks.
#noparticularreason
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in the future there will hopefully be a lot of legal precedent establishing that "actually the chatbot did it" is not a workable legal defense but i fear we have a lot of silly, silly ground to cover until we get there
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
in the future there will hopefully be a lot of legal precedent establishing that "actually the chatbot did it" is not a workable legal defense but i fear we have a lot of silly, silly ground to cover until we get there
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a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must make all of our management decisions
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 AM
a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must make all of our management decisions
I just did a single, first and only recording of my review of a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat in Taiwan. Then I put it up on my Telegram channel (t.me/stresspass). This is what social media should be.
The Vipassana tech stack? 10/10.
Guru Goenka's thing? 7/10.
The Vipassana tech stack? 10/10.
Guru Goenka's thing? 7/10.
Terrifying geopolitical sadness and collapse
Markus Drake is in Taiwan and thinks about security, movements and loss. Except an update on Tuesdays.
t.me
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I just did a single, first and only recording of my review of a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat in Taiwan. Then I put it up on my Telegram channel (t.me/stresspass). This is what social media should be.
The Vipassana tech stack? 10/10.
Guru Goenka's thing? 7/10.
The Vipassana tech stack? 10/10.
Guru Goenka's thing? 7/10.
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here’s a gift link to the piece wapo.st/49uy2q1
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
wapo.st
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
here’s a gift link to the piece wapo.st/49uy2q1
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our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social
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A look at global temperatures so far this year (January to November) compared to each other period since 1850... 2025 is the 2nd highest on record!
Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A look at global temperatures so far this year (January to November) compared to each other period since 1850... 2025 is the 2nd highest on record!
Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Sadly, I'm kind of used to >1700 dead after flooding in SE Asia & it not being high-profile in UK news.
But potentially 100 000 under evacuation orders in USA & it's still barely registering. We have normalised the climate crisis so quickly (BBC don't mention climate)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But potentially 100 000 under evacuation orders in USA & it's still barely registering. We have normalised the climate crisis so quickly (BBC don't mention climate)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands ready to evacuate as flooding hits Pacific Northwest
Several days of heavy rain have swollen a number of rivers causing major flooding in parts of Canada and the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sadly, I'm kind of used to >1700 dead after flooding in SE Asia & it not being high-profile in UK news.
But potentially 100 000 under evacuation orders in USA & it's still barely registering. We have normalised the climate crisis so quickly (BBC don't mention climate)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But potentially 100 000 under evacuation orders in USA & it's still barely registering. We have normalised the climate crisis so quickly (BBC don't mention climate)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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📈📈📈
Polling has us on track to send 4 @scottishgreens.org MPs to Westminster!
💚Edinburgh North
💚Edinburgh South
💚Glasgow North
💚Glasgow South
Via Ipsos Scotland, 27 Nov-3 Dec (+/- vs 12-18 Jun)
Graphic via @leftiestats.bsky.social
Polling has us on track to send 4 @scottishgreens.org MPs to Westminster!
💚Edinburgh North
💚Edinburgh South
💚Glasgow North
💚Glasgow South
Via Ipsos Scotland, 27 Nov-3 Dec (+/- vs 12-18 Jun)
Graphic via @leftiestats.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
📈📈📈
Polling has us on track to send 4 @scottishgreens.org MPs to Westminster!
💚Edinburgh North
💚Edinburgh South
💚Glasgow North
💚Glasgow South
Via Ipsos Scotland, 27 Nov-3 Dec (+/- vs 12-18 Jun)
Graphic via @leftiestats.bsky.social
Polling has us on track to send 4 @scottishgreens.org MPs to Westminster!
💚Edinburgh North
💚Edinburgh South
💚Glasgow North
💚Glasgow South
Via Ipsos Scotland, 27 Nov-3 Dec (+/- vs 12-18 Jun)
Graphic via @leftiestats.bsky.social