Pedro Antunes
@pantunez.bsky.social
🇵🇹 🇨🇵 🇬🇧 ⸱ 🚴 ⸱ 🚄🚇 ⸱ 🐦⬛🦩🦅🦆 ⸱ 💻
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Spot the difference between the world's economy and the actions of national or regional politicians. This was foretold many years ago in the car sector. At the most macro of levels, trade is continuing despite efforts at restraint.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
One in 10 Cars Sold in Europe Is Now Made by a Chinese Brand
Chinese automakers built nearly one in 10 passenger cars sold in Europe last month, a record share that caps a year of rapid growth led by brisk sales of hybrid and battery-powered vehicles.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Spot the difference between the world's economy and the actions of national or regional politicians. This was foretold many years ago in the car sector. At the most macro of levels, trade is continuing despite efforts at restraint.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Well that finishes any idea of the EU as a serious player in the emerging world order.
European Parliament narrowly votes to request an ECJ opinion on EU-Mercosur, thereby potentially delaying ratification for 2 years.
And you thought this thing was done...
And you thought this thing was done...
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Well that finishes any idea of the EU as a serious player in the emerging world order.
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The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Sidérant
USA 🇺🇸
Passage où l'on apprend qu'une juge Française a été soumise à des pressions par les services diplomatiques Américains vis-à-vis du procès de Marine Lepen ⤵️
Passage où l'on apprend qu'une juge Française a été soumise à des pressions par les services diplomatiques Américains vis-à-vis du procès de Marine Lepen ⤵️
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Sidérant
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These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
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There are lots of reasons the EU is not a geopolitical player, and here are just two.
Hungary and Czech Republic choose not to back Denmark. I hope they're not not looking for anyone to back them in in future. EU doesn't have the mechanisms but should suspend these two states from EU, meanwhile carry on dealing with Trump's absurd megolamania without them.
💥Viktor Orbán’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó says Hungary is BLOCKING a joint EU statement on Greenland.
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
January 19, 2026 at 7:18 PM
There are lots of reasons the EU is not a geopolitical player, and here are just two.
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Esta segunda volta, entre Seguro e Ventura, vai separar definitivamente o trigo do joio.
A linha que divide a direita democrática da direita populista, racista e saudosista da ditadura, linha que marca o limite da decência, tornar-se-á finalmente nítida.
Muitas máscaras vão cair.
A linha que divide a direita democrática da direita populista, racista e saudosista da ditadura, linha que marca o limite da decência, tornar-se-á finalmente nítida.
Muitas máscaras vão cair.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Esta segunda volta, entre Seguro e Ventura, vai separar definitivamente o trigo do joio.
A linha que divide a direita democrática da direita populista, racista e saudosista da ditadura, linha que marca o limite da decência, tornar-se-á finalmente nítida.
Muitas máscaras vão cair.
A linha que divide a direita democrática da direita populista, racista e saudosista da ditadura, linha que marca o limite da decência, tornar-se-á finalmente nítida.
Muitas máscaras vão cair.
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Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
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1926: the BBC decided women should not be radio announcers:
"The...physical strain...is greater than could be borne by the average woman", & "there is something incongruous in a woman announcing weighty news bulletins or...football results".
The decision was rapidly reversed after public derision.
"The...physical strain...is greater than could be borne by the average woman", & "there is something incongruous in a woman announcing weighty news bulletins or...football results".
The decision was rapidly reversed after public derision.
January 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
1926: the BBC decided women should not be radio announcers:
"The...physical strain...is greater than could be borne by the average woman", & "there is something incongruous in a woman announcing weighty news bulletins or...football results".
The decision was rapidly reversed after public derision.
"The...physical strain...is greater than could be borne by the average woman", & "there is something incongruous in a woman announcing weighty news bulletins or...football results".
The decision was rapidly reversed after public derision.
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This is all 🇪🇺 could muster as a response to the 🇺🇸invasion of🇻🇪. Two days later. Not one word of criticism of the violation of international law.
You can see why Pedro Sanchez, the only EU leader willing to criticise 🇺🇸, has instead had to join Latin American leaders in a different joint statement.
You can see why Pedro Sanchez, the only EU leader willing to criticise 🇺🇸, has instead had to join Latin American leaders in a different joint statement.
My statement supported by 26 EU Member States on the aftermath of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela ↓
January 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is all 🇪🇺 could muster as a response to the 🇺🇸invasion of🇻🇪. Two days later. Not one word of criticism of the violation of international law.
You can see why Pedro Sanchez, the only EU leader willing to criticise 🇺🇸, has instead had to join Latin American leaders in a different joint statement.
You can see why Pedro Sanchez, the only EU leader willing to criticise 🇺🇸, has instead had to join Latin American leaders in a different joint statement.
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Salomé Saqué réagissait avec nos invités en avril dernier.
Émission à voir ici 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Salomé Saqué réagissait avec nos invités en avril dernier.
Émission à voir ici 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Archive 🔄 | « Pourquoi interdire les réseaux sociaux aux moins
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Salomé Saqué réagissait avec nos invités en avril dernier.
Émission à voir ici 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Salomé Saqué réagissait avec nos invités en avril dernier.
Émission à voir ici 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
À qui on appartient?
Pour #LaGrandeLibrairie du 19.11.25
Où je reviens sur l'idée de "Totalité" au coeur de mon travail.
@editionsduseuil.bsky.social
Où je reviens sur l'idée de "Totalité" au coeur de mon travail.
@editionsduseuil.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
À qui on appartient?
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Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
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Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.
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People breaking immigration law can be deported. EVEN IF THEY'RE BRITISH.
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
People breaking immigration law can be deported. EVEN IF THEY'RE BRITISH.
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NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
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🌡️ Rares voire rarissimes en France au XXe siècle, les températures dépassant localement les 40 degrés sont devenues fréquentes depuis l’an 2000. Voici une carte animée localisant chaque année où les stations de Météo-France ont relevé ou dépassé 40 degrés (données au 17 août).
August 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌡️ Rares voire rarissimes en France au XXe siècle, les températures dépassant localement les 40 degrés sont devenues fréquentes depuis l’an 2000. Voici une carte animée localisant chaque année où les stations de Météo-France ont relevé ou dépassé 40 degrés (données au 17 août).
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Hardcore climate denialism seems like a very US problem, but its deep pocketed funders are also behind some UK politicians.
We cannot let this influence block action to prevent the worst of climate change, which will affect every single one of us.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
We cannot let this influence block action to prevent the worst of climate change, which will affect every single one of us.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump bashes ‘con job’ climate change during his UN speech
‘If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,’ he warned the UN General Assembly
www.independent.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hardcore climate denialism seems like a very US problem, but its deep pocketed funders are also behind some UK politicians.
We cannot let this influence block action to prevent the worst of climate change, which will affect every single one of us.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
We cannot let this influence block action to prevent the worst of climate change, which will affect every single one of us.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
What an embarrassment.
Trump is now whining to the UN about the UN working with another developer and not him on their building
September 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What an embarrassment.
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Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
The Impact Of AI Tools On The Next Decade Of Education Innovation
Education technology is more of a commitment to shaping a future where every learner has the tools to succeed.
www.forbes.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
"Querendo noticiar tantos assuntos diversos, com tanta intensidade, estes canais acabam por entorpecer o cérebro do espectador – em vez de o informar."
"Já se tornou lugar-comum dizer isto, [...]: uma sociedade desinformada é uma sociedade manipulável."
www.publico.pt/2025/09/10/p...
"Já se tornou lugar-comum dizer isto, [...]: uma sociedade desinformada é uma sociedade manipulável."
www.publico.pt/2025/09/10/p...
Os perigos do entretenimento noticioso nas televisões portuguesas
O excesso informativo, nos canais televisivos de notícias, não é uma vantagem, mas uma distracção. Um obstáculo à reflexão informada dos cidadãos sobre a sociedade em que vivem.
www.publico.pt
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Querendo noticiar tantos assuntos diversos, com tanta intensidade, estes canais acabam por entorpecer o cérebro do espectador – em vez de o informar."
"Já se tornou lugar-comum dizer isto, [...]: uma sociedade desinformada é uma sociedade manipulável."
www.publico.pt/2025/09/10/p...
"Já se tornou lugar-comum dizer isto, [...]: uma sociedade desinformada é uma sociedade manipulável."
www.publico.pt/2025/09/10/p...