Simon B.-M.
@simonbm.bsky.social
Sobretudo assuntos europeus
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I'd argue that if the Trump administration keeps going at this rate the transatlantic foundations of NATO will be gone by 2027 anyway. We are then left with a primarily Euro-Mediterranean alliance system with a few Canadians thrown in
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'd argue that if the Trump administration keeps going at this rate the transatlantic foundations of NATO will be gone by 2027 anyway. We are then left with a primarily Euro-Mediterranean alliance system with a few Canadians thrown in
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'Europe—which includes the E.U. and the U.K.—cannot just react when their house is on fire. It is becoming increasingly clear it cannot trust the Trump Administration to bring the war in Ukraine to an outcome which is favorable'
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Fortunately, there is a new 19-point plan. But Europe must stop outsourcing its diplomacy to Washington, writes Olga Tokariuk.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
'Europe—which includes the E.U. and the U.K.—cannot just react when their house is on fire. It is becoming increasingly clear it cannot trust the Trump Administration to bring the war in Ukraine to an outcome which is favorable'
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
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Vous vous rappelez les sanctions US annoncées par Trump contre les achats indiens et chinois de pétrole russe ?
Mais si, souvenez-vous, elles devaient être effectives le 21 novembre 2025.
Et bien vous allez rire (spoiler : non)...
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Mais si, souvenez-vous, elles devaient être effectives le 21 novembre 2025.
Et bien vous allez rire (spoiler : non)...
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Car l'administration du trésor US a annoncé qu'elle évaluerait la possibilité d'infliger des sanctions le 21 novembre 2025, soit au moins QUATRE SEMAINES de délai pendant lequel RIEN ne sera décidé.
Sachant qu'à l'issue de ce délai, ce rien devrait continuer..
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
Sachant qu'à l'issue de ce délai, ce rien devrait continuer..
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
ofac.treasury.gov
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Vous vous rappelez les sanctions US annoncées par Trump contre les achats indiens et chinois de pétrole russe ?
Mais si, souvenez-vous, elles devaient être effectives le 21 novembre 2025.
Et bien vous allez rire (spoiler : non)...
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Mais si, souvenez-vous, elles devaient être effectives le 21 novembre 2025.
Et bien vous allez rire (spoiler : non)...
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Waarom vervangen we de CEO niet door AI?
Waarom vervangen we de CEO niet door AI?
13:42 De bedrijfstop ziet slimme technologie als het nieuwe normaal, alleen niet voor zichzelf.
www.tijd.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Waarom vervangen we de CEO niet door AI?
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"Too many European governments still behave as if losing Ukraine would be unfortunate but manageable. This is fantasy. The destruction of Ukraine would reshape Europe’s security architecture for decades, and not in Europe’s favour."
"Europe’s problem is not that it lacks options. It is that it refuses to use them". Jade McGlynn skewers both the Dmitriev/Witkoff plan for Ukraine's destruction, & Europe's refusal to act decisively enough to prevent disaster. open.substack.com/pub/smalldee...
Circus
Amidst the absolute chaos of a Witkoff-stamped Russian psyop-as-peace plan, discussion is filled with anger at Washington and at Moscow.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Too many European governments still behave as if losing Ukraine would be unfortunate but manageable. This is fantasy. The destruction of Ukraine would reshape Europe’s security architecture for decades, and not in Europe’s favour."
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Just a periodic reminder.
Wish people would stop saying Trump has done a U-turn on Ukraine. He does this every few weeks. Putin then makes a violent point of ignoring him. Trump's alleged change of heart is just a prelude to his next humiliation by Putin.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just a periodic reminder.
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Paradox ist ja, dass im Erinnerungsweltmeisterland noch immer Teile der politischen, wirtschaftlichen & medialen Meinungsführer es für unvorstellbar halten, dass Menschen Faschismus à la AfD einfach genau so wollen. Also nicht aus Protest, Unwissenheit Verführung. Sondern aus abgrundtiefem Wollen.
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Paradox ist ja, dass im Erinnerungsweltmeisterland noch immer Teile der politischen, wirtschaftlichen & medialen Meinungsführer es für unvorstellbar halten, dass Menschen Faschismus à la AfD einfach genau so wollen. Also nicht aus Protest, Unwissenheit Verführung. Sondern aus abgrundtiefem Wollen.
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»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
Rechtsextremismus: Wir haben Euch gewarnt
Ein brennendes Haus in Solingen. Eine vierköpfige Familie stirbt in den Flammen. Brandstiftung. Die Schlagzeilen sind nicht von 1993, sondern von jetzt. Schon wieder.
www.blaetter.de
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
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Righteous fury in this highly recommended piece, but the fury should focus on core Western Europe which thinks you can fight the war without fighting. NB8, Poland, Romanian (and when they had a serious Govt, Bulgaria and Czechia) are taking this seriously.
"Europe’s problem is not that it lacks options. It is that it refuses to use them". Jade McGlynn skewers both the Dmitriev/Witkoff plan for Ukraine's destruction, & Europe's refusal to act decisively enough to prevent disaster. open.substack.com/pub/smalldee...
Circus
Amidst the absolute chaos of a Witkoff-stamped Russian psyop-as-peace plan, discussion is filled with anger at Washington and at Moscow.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Righteous fury in this highly recommended piece, but the fury should focus on core Western Europe which thinks you can fight the war without fighting. NB8, Poland, Romanian (and when they had a serious Govt, Bulgaria and Czechia) are taking this seriously.
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One thing that is not getting enough attention is that Trump has normalized the idea of the United States supporting the transfer of territory and millions of people from a democracy to a dictatorship.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One thing that is not getting enough attention is that Trump has normalized the idea of the United States supporting the transfer of territory and millions of people from a democracy to a dictatorship.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.
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One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
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US as a European adversary: lesson #14
People scratching their heads about Thiel and Greenland but that is because stuck in an old model of international politics. This is neoroyalism rather than westphalia.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
US as a European adversary: lesson #14
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Die Politik sollte die Menschen davon überzeugen, dass Wärmepumpen und E-Mobilität keine grünen Spinnereien sind, sondern im Gegenteil: Das sind Technologien mit der höchsten Effizienz, das Beste, was die Physik zu bieten hat. #Energiewende #Klimaschutz ☀️🌍💚
www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/haral...
www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/haral...
Harald Lesch über Söders Klimapolitik: „Natur hält sich nicht an Parteiprogramme“
Der Physiker und TV-Moderator sitzt im bayerischen Klimarat. Im SZ-Interview erklärt er, warum die Abkehr vom Klimaziel 2040 ein Fehler ist.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Die Politik sollte die Menschen davon überzeugen, dass Wärmepumpen und E-Mobilität keine grünen Spinnereien sind, sondern im Gegenteil: Das sind Technologien mit der höchsten Effizienz, das Beste, was die Physik zu bieten hat. #Energiewende #Klimaschutz ☀️🌍💚
www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/haral...
www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/haral...
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Nachreichen möchten wir außerdem ein Paper von @curdknupfer.bsky.social, Lance W. Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social zu Normalisierung durch überproportionale mediale Berichterstattung über disruptive politische Akteur*innen aufgrund eben dieser Disruptivität:
doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: “indexing by proxy” in a German immigration debate
Abstract. This study examines the mechanisms by which illiberal politics make the news by disrupting democratic systems. During the late 20th century, a li
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Nachreichen möchten wir außerdem ein Paper von @curdknupfer.bsky.social, Lance W. Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social zu Normalisierung durch überproportionale mediale Berichterstattung über disruptive politische Akteur*innen aufgrund eben dieser Disruptivität:
doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
doi.org/10.1093/joc/...
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To put this more bluntly, Europe has largely outsourced its foreign policy to America since WWII. This has created the illusion within the EU that foreign policy remains a national “competency.” It’s not. So if Europe wants a bigger voice it needs to speak as Europe.
Europe has a foreign policy problem. It does need to engage in these talks and doing so as 7 or 8 leaders just doesn't work. It makes it easy to work around Europe. So the EU should pick a special envoy - perhaps the fmr Finnish president Niinisto or a Draghi type to engage on behalf of Europe.
No formal "counter-proposal" from Europeans in Geneva - whose leaders instead agreed to try to dilute or amend US-Russian draft to keep Trump onside - but a list of demands on UA territory, size of army & EU control over frozen assets & sanctions
w @christopherjm.ft.com
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w @christopherjm.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
To put this more bluntly, Europe has largely outsourced its foreign policy to America since WWII. This has created the illusion within the EU that foreign policy remains a national “competency.” It’s not. So if Europe wants a bigger voice it needs to speak as Europe.
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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
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Many media and OSINTers have talked about it before.
"The End" of social media as news source started dawning on me when I've read that even the good guys have to buy services of bot farms, because otherwise they are literally invisible in this "media landscape".
"The End" of social media as news source started dawning on me when I've read that even the good guys have to buy services of bot farms, because otherwise they are literally invisible in this "media landscape".
📱 Hundreds of pro-Russian accounts on "X" were created in South Asia and Africa
The social network "X" (formerly Twitter) has launched a new "profile information" feature, which has already revealed many pro-Russian and MAGA accounts created or managed from India, Bangladesh, and others.
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The social network "X" (formerly Twitter) has launched a new "profile information" feature, which has already revealed many pro-Russian and MAGA accounts created or managed from India, Bangladesh, and others.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Many media and OSINTers have talked about it before.
"The End" of social media as news source started dawning on me when I've read that even the good guys have to buy services of bot farms, because otherwise they are literally invisible in this "media landscape".
"The End" of social media as news source started dawning on me when I've read that even the good guys have to buy services of bot farms, because otherwise they are literally invisible in this "media landscape".
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This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur.
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
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An Open Letter to Zarah Sultana
Galina Rymbu, an activist living in Ukraine, responds to Zarah Sultana's recent remarks on support for Ukraine.
heckle.scot
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur.
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
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Russland führt seit 2014 Krieg gegen die Ukraine. 2022 hat Russland seinen Krieg ausgeweitet. Durch die Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte erklärt sich, warum die Ukraine nichts unterschreiben kann, was einen weiteren Überfall Russlands wahrscheinlich macht.
Weltspiegel extra: 10 Jahre Krieg – Wie die Ukraine für ihre Freiheit kämpft - hier anschauen
Krieg in der Ukraine. Im Februar dieses Jahres ist der Angriff Russlands auf das Land zwei Jahre her - im Februar vor zehn Jahren gab es einen der blutigsten Tage auf dem Maidan, dem Unabhängigkeitspl...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Russland führt seit 2014 Krieg gegen die Ukraine. 2022 hat Russland seinen Krieg ausgeweitet. Durch die Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte erklärt sich, warum die Ukraine nichts unterschreiben kann, was einen weiteren Überfall Russlands wahrscheinlich macht.
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The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.
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What we might be learning tonight. JD Vance is on the inside with lots of influence over Trump policy towards Russia/Ukraine, while Rubio is kept in the dark.
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What we might be learning tonight. JD Vance is on the inside with lots of influence over Trump policy towards Russia/Ukraine, while Rubio is kept in the dark.
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
Vance, btw, might be the most pro Russian/anti Ukraine person in the administration (other than Trump perhaps)
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www.articolo21.org/2025/11/cosa...
Odiano ogni controllo,non sopportano gli oppositori,non gradiscono giornalisti e magistrati,non vogliono essere processati,perché mai Trump,Putin,netanyahu non dovrebbero essere alleati? @articolo21.bsky.social @riccardocucchi.bsky.social @scenari.bsky.social
Odiano ogni controllo,non sopportano gli oppositori,non gradiscono giornalisti e magistrati,non vogliono essere processati,perché mai Trump,Putin,netanyahu non dovrebbero essere alleati? @articolo21.bsky.social @riccardocucchi.bsky.social @scenari.bsky.social
Cosa siamo per il signor Trump - Articolo21
Siamo meravigliati dalla meraviglia di tante e tanti cortigiani e cortigiane di Trump nell’apprendere dei cosiddetti piani di pace per Ucraina e Palestina. Trump è da sempre un sodale di Netanyahu e P...
www.articolo21.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
www.articolo21.org/2025/11/cosa...
Odiano ogni controllo,non sopportano gli oppositori,non gradiscono giornalisti e magistrati,non vogliono essere processati,perché mai Trump,Putin,netanyahu non dovrebbero essere alleati? @articolo21.bsky.social @riccardocucchi.bsky.social @scenari.bsky.social
Odiano ogni controllo,non sopportano gli oppositori,non gradiscono giornalisti e magistrati,non vogliono essere processati,perché mai Trump,Putin,netanyahu non dovrebbero essere alleati? @articolo21.bsky.social @riccardocucchi.bsky.social @scenari.bsky.social
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Grozev is a reputable investigative journalist
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Grozev is a reputable investigative journalist