Stefan Geens
@stefangeens.com
Love complexity, fight entropy. Based in Stockholm.
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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Here’s Zelenskyy, freely walking in Kupyansk that Russia claimed to have occupied.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here’s Zelenskyy, freely walking in Kupyansk that Russia claimed to have occupied.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
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I always love seeing what journalism students pull off with the right training and support. This team tracked Russian vessels in Europe and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I always love seeing what journalism students pull off with the right training and support. This team tracked Russian vessels in Europe and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
As an ESTA holder, I hope it is clear from this feed that I'm ardently anti-fascist, that I know Trump is a fascist, Vance is a white nationalist Christian wannabe and the US is betraying its European allies for an unholy alliance with fellow authoritarian oligarchies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As an ESTA holder, I hope it is clear from this feed that I'm ardently anti-fascist, that I know Trump is a fascist, Vance is a white nationalist Christian wannabe and the US is betraying its European allies for an unholy alliance with fellow authoritarian oligarchies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The only thing that’s changed is our current president is a total moron who’s a lapdog to Putin.
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The only thing that’s changed is our current president is a total moron who’s a lapdog to Putin.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Christophe Jacrot
Bologna, Italy
Piazza Maggiore
Bologna, Italy
Piazza Maggiore
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Christophe Jacrot
Bologna, Italy
Piazza Maggiore
Bologna, Italy
Piazza Maggiore
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
This essay by Kaiser Kuo articulates far better than I could the growing sense I’ve had over the past year or so that China is no longer catching up with the west, it is ahead, especially on future techs–wind, solar, battery, cars, AI, soon even space exploration. A must read.
I have a new, long piece in The Ideas Letter called “The Great Reckoning: What the West Should Learn from China," arguing that we must learn from China even (or especially) when its successes unsettle our assumptions. Link below.
October 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This essay by Kaiser Kuo articulates far better than I could the growing sense I’ve had over the past year or so that China is no longer catching up with the west, it is ahead, especially on future techs–wind, solar, battery, cars, AI, soon even space exploration. A must read.
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At this point, if the Nobel Peace Prize committee wants to choose a recipient designed to maximize Trump’s ire and rage, I should award the prize to the Open Society Foundations, and get Soros to collect it. The schadenfreude alone would make my week.
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
At this point, if the Nobel Peace Prize committee wants to choose a recipient designed to maximize Trump’s ire and rage, I should award the prize to the Open Society Foundations, and get Soros to collect it. The schadenfreude alone would make my week.
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This photo is everything!!
(Alaa with his remarkable mother Dr. Laila Soueif, who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure her son's release)
(Alaa with his remarkable mother Dr. Laila Soueif, who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure her son's release)
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This photo is everything!!
(Alaa with his remarkable mother Dr. Laila Soueif, who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure her son's release)
(Alaa with his remarkable mother Dr. Laila Soueif, who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure her son's release)
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The US as viewed by latenight comedians in Europe (it’s 20 secs of Dutch, the rest is English. We are so worried about you all we’re specifically trying to reach you through our latenight I guess…)
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The US as viewed by latenight comedians in Europe (it’s 20 secs of Dutch, the rest is English. We are so worried about you all we’re specifically trying to reach you through our latenight I guess…)
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
September 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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Zohran Mamdani is the happiest politician in America, his whole campaign is about how New York is awesome and can be even awesomer.
Meanwhile, there has never been a politician in history who talked as much about what a shithole he thinks America is as Donald Trump does.
Meanwhile, there has never been a politician in history who talked as much about what a shithole he thinks America is as Donald Trump does.
Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: ‘He should show more gratitude to the United States’
Vance goes after NYC mayor hopeful Mamdani for not showing ‘gratitude’ to the US
www.independent.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Zohran Mamdani is the happiest politician in America, his whole campaign is about how New York is awesome and can be even awesomer.
Meanwhile, there has never been a politician in history who talked as much about what a shithole he thinks America is as Donald Trump does.
Meanwhile, there has never been a politician in history who talked as much about what a shithole he thinks America is as Donald Trump does.
That is some Mao-level shit right there.
August 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
That is some Mao-level shit right there.
Also just sped through @garymarcus.bsky.social 's Taming Silicon Valley. It's a quicker and slighter read than Empire of AI but it's got the same vibe as @timothysnyder.bsky.social 's On Tyranny.
August 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Also just sped through @garymarcus.bsky.social 's Taming Silicon Valley. It's a quicker and slighter read than Empire of AI but it's got the same vibe as @timothysnyder.bsky.social 's On Tyranny.
Just finished @karenhao.bsky.social 's Empire of AI. Takeaways: Sam Altman should have stayed fired, OpenAI is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the negative externalities of the AI industry are huge. 10 years into the latest AI summer, this is a good place to take stock as another AI autumn sets in.
August 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Just finished @karenhao.bsky.social 's Empire of AI. Takeaways: Sam Altman should have stayed fired, OpenAI is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the negative externalities of the AI industry are huge. 10 years into the latest AI summer, this is a good place to take stock as another AI autumn sets in.
That handshake will go down in infamy.
August 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
That handshake will go down in infamy.