@andrewrme.bsky.social
Scientist with keen interest in history & language. Respectful of those who made #EU open and brought peace. Proud to be European. (Nurnberg, Bayern)
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I wrote a short essay for the @theguardian.com touching on AI, Joan Didion, and Immanuel Kant. If you happen to have some time over the holidays, I’d love for you to read it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wrote a short essay for the @theguardian.com touching on AI, Joan Didion, and Immanuel Kant. If you happen to have some time over the holidays, I’d love for you to read it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today's story about the Trump administration sanctioning European anti-disinformation campaigners and politicians emphasises what I argue here. They're out to get us. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
The Plot Against Europe
Because this time they really are out to get us
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Today's story about the Trump administration sanctioning European anti-disinformation campaigners and politicians emphasises what I argue here. They're out to get us. open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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I'm afraid they ARE out to get us. The question is whether we'll let them.
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
The Plot Against Europe
Because this time they really are out to get us
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm afraid they ARE out to get us. The question is whether we'll let them.
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I wonder who funds the CPS? Cui bono?
Ah, yes. That’a secret, isn’t it?
Ah, yes. That’a secret, isn’t it?
September 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I wonder who funds the CPS? Cui bono?
Ah, yes. That’a secret, isn’t it?
Ah, yes. That’a secret, isn’t it?
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Absolutely delighted that Bylines Network is now verified. ✔️
Thank you @bsky.app - we feel fully at home here.
Make sure you are following, for world-leading citizen journalism across 10 publications. 👇
Thank you @bsky.app - we feel fully at home here.
Make sure you are following, for world-leading citizen journalism across 10 publications. 👇
30 years restoring habitats. One season away from losing it all. Without clear stewardship funding, nature will suffer.
Defra and Steve Reed, your delay is costing both wildlife and public trust.
Read farmer Graham Denny's open letter ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Defra and Steve Reed, your delay is costing both wildlife and public trust.
Read farmer Graham Denny's open letter ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Open Letter: is the sun setting on farming conservation?
Decades of habitat restoration will be lost without immediate stewardship funding. Farmers need clarity now, before nature pays the price
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Absolutely delighted that Bylines Network is now verified. ✔️
Thank you @bsky.app - we feel fully at home here.
Make sure you are following, for world-leading citizen journalism across 10 publications. 👇
Thank you @bsky.app - we feel fully at home here.
Make sure you are following, for world-leading citizen journalism across 10 publications. 👇
BOOM!💥
A crisis invented & manufactured almost entirely within the ‘Boomer Generation.’
Plastic: cheap material but expensive on health damages. An estimate of health cost of just 3 plastic chemicals in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
(PBDE, BPA & DEHP)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A crisis invented & manufactured almost entirely within the ‘Boomer Generation.’
Plastic: cheap material but expensive on health damages. An estimate of health cost of just 3 plastic chemicals in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
(PBDE, BPA & DEHP)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
BOOM!💥
A crisis invented & manufactured almost entirely within the ‘Boomer Generation.’
Plastic: cheap material but expensive on health damages. An estimate of health cost of just 3 plastic chemicals in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
(PBDE, BPA & DEHP)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A crisis invented & manufactured almost entirely within the ‘Boomer Generation.’
Plastic: cheap material but expensive on health damages. An estimate of health cost of just 3 plastic chemicals in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
(PBDE, BPA & DEHP)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
More Journalists were killed reporting the Gaza situation last year than all those killed reporting other World stories.
Even if we’re not being fed the true situation in Gaza, are we asking enough questions of our leaders?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Even if we’re not being fed the true situation in Gaza, are we asking enough questions of our leaders?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline...
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
More Journalists were killed reporting the Gaza situation last year than all those killed reporting other World stories.
Even if we’re not being fed the true situation in Gaza, are we asking enough questions of our leaders?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Even if we’re not being fed the true situation in Gaza, are we asking enough questions of our leaders?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Labour promised MPs a vote on Trump trade deal - now Keir Starmer doesn't seem so sure
news.sky.com/story/labour...
news.sky.com/story/labour...
Labour promised MPs a vote on Trump trade deal - now Starmer doesn't seem so sure
After being pushed repeatedly by MPs on whether they would be getting a vote on a US trade deal, Sir Keir Starmer appears to have shifted course from a promise made when he was leader of the oppositio...
news.sky.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Labour promised MPs a vote on Trump trade deal - now Keir Starmer doesn't seem so sure
news.sky.com/story/labour...
news.sky.com/story/labour...
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Post-Brexit plan would allow British and European 18 to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely.
A small and welcome step in undoing the Brexit damage. Must extend it to all, as well as free movement of goods
Rejoin the EU. Better than being enslaved by Trump.
A small and welcome step in undoing the Brexit damage. Must extend it to all, as well as free movement of goods
Rejoin the EU. Better than being enslaved by Trump.
EU may accept 12-month work visas for ‘youth experience’ scheme with UK
Exclusive: Post-Brexit plan would allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Post-Brexit plan would allow British and European 18 to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely.
A small and welcome step in undoing the Brexit damage. Must extend it to all, as well as free movement of goods
Rejoin the EU. Better than being enslaved by Trump.
A small and welcome step in undoing the Brexit damage. Must extend it to all, as well as free movement of goods
Rejoin the EU. Better than being enslaved by Trump.
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“62 MPs said the govt should work with the EU to create new opportunities for British young people to work and travel in the EU, similar to agreements with…Australia and Canada”
It really shouldn’t be such a tough ask. But well done to those who are trying.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
It really shouldn’t be such a tough ask. But well done to those who are trying.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Labour MPs urge Starmer to back youth mobility scheme amid EU trade reset
More than 60 MPs sign letter calling for time-limited visas for 18- to 30-year-olds to travel freely
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“62 MPs said the govt should work with the EU to create new opportunities for British young people to work and travel in the EU, similar to agreements with…Australia and Canada”
It really shouldn’t be such a tough ask. But well done to those who are trying.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
It really shouldn’t be such a tough ask. But well done to those who are trying.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
It’s only fair to give young people the freedom we once enjoyed and benefited from. Now is a good time for @Keir_Starmer to back youth mobility scheme amid EU trade reset.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Labour MPs urge Starmer to back youth mobility scheme amid EU trade reset
More than 60 MPs sign letter calling for time-limited visas for 18- to 30-year-olds to travel freely
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s only fair to give young people the freedom we once enjoyed and benefited from. Now is a good time for @Keir_Starmer to back youth mobility scheme amid EU trade reset.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Fatima Hassouna was not just another journalist killed for telling the story of Gaza. She was a very brave young woman illustrating & documenting real stories - which sadly many ‚western governments find inconvenient. Read & watch if you dare. 😢
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fatima Hassouna was not just another journalist killed for telling the story of Gaza. She was a very brave young woman illustrating & documenting real stories - which sadly many ‚western governments find inconvenient. Read & watch if you dare. 😢
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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This breaks my heart 💔
you are so brave Somayah jAn
The Taliban is the end-stage of gender apartheid.
#GirlsEducation #TalibanCrimes
you are so brave Somayah jAn
The Taliban is the end-stage of gender apartheid.
#GirlsEducation #TalibanCrimes
March 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This breaks my heart 💔
you are so brave Somayah jAn
The Taliban is the end-stage of gender apartheid.
#GirlsEducation #TalibanCrimes
you are so brave Somayah jAn
The Taliban is the end-stage of gender apartheid.
#GirlsEducation #TalibanCrimes
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Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
"That's what I would do. If I was in charge, I'd beg to get back in again"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
"That's what I would do. If I was in charge, I'd beg to get back in again"
March 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
"That's what I would do. If I was in charge, I'd beg to get back in again"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
"That's what I would do. If I was in charge, I'd beg to get back in again"
Trump & Cosa Nostra tactics? several federal judges in the Washington DC area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, a gesture that police interpreted as “a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target’s address is known”. (Reuters)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is turning America into a mafia state | Jonathan Freedland
The pattern is inescapable – with just one caveat: organised crime bosses occasionally display more honour, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Trump & Cosa Nostra tactics? several federal judges in the Washington DC area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, a gesture that police interpreted as “a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target’s address is known”. (Reuters)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As we welcome the news that the UK will support Ukraine with a £2.26bn loan…
Here’s your reminder that the Conservatives wasted £9.9bn on unusable or defective PPE
Never forget their staggering corruption and incompetence.
Here’s your reminder that the Conservatives wasted £9.9bn on unusable or defective PPE
Never forget their staggering corruption and incompetence.
March 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
As we welcome the news that the UK will support Ukraine with a £2.26bn loan…
Here’s your reminder that the Conservatives wasted £9.9bn on unusable or defective PPE
Never forget their staggering corruption and incompetence.
Here’s your reminder that the Conservatives wasted £9.9bn on unusable or defective PPE
Never forget their staggering corruption and incompetence.
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Some of what is being mooted in this piece to help second home owners dodge their tax liabilities is tax evasion and a criminal offence. I hope Councils who rightly want homes to be used for people who need them throw those owners into prison. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
Tax war brews over Britain’s charming little getaways by the sea
Second home owners are poised to fight back as Cornwall prepares to impose double council tax – leaving councillors fearing for their budget
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Some of what is being mooted in this piece to help second home owners dodge their tax liabilities is tax evasion and a criminal offence. I hope Councils who rightly want homes to be used for people who need them throw those owners into prison. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
A ‘Good News’ story - all the sweeter for their rarity in these troubled times.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘We cleared rubble with our bare hands’: Iraqis rejoice as shattered Mosul rises from the ruins
City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A ‘Good News’ story - all the sweeter for their rarity in these troubled times.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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#Trump callously claims it’s the victims’ own fault they were brutally murdered and buried in the woods, shamelessly absolving #Putin of any responsibility. This grotesque deflection not only insults the memory of the dead but also exposes a chilling disregard for justice and humanity. Disgraceful.
And these are the mass graves, in a forest outside Izium, where occupying Russian forces dumped the bodies of the civilians they murdered.
445 bodies were retrieved by the Ukrainian troops who liberated Izium.
To witness this scene, in a European country in 2025, shook me to my core.
445 bodies were retrieved by the Ukrainian troops who liberated Izium.
To witness this scene, in a European country in 2025, shook me to my core.
February 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“He wants to take resources from a country in a time of war. How are we supposed to live? We have children.
It’s as if the US seeks to deprive us of our economic potential.
It would finish us off, the same as America did with Red Indians [Native Americans].”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
It’s as if the US seeks to deprive us of our economic potential.
It would finish us off, the same as America did with Red Indians [Native Americans].”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals
Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for previous military assistance
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“He wants to take resources from a country in a time of war. How are we supposed to live? We have children.
It’s as if the US seeks to deprive us of our economic potential.
It would finish us off, the same as America did with Red Indians [Native Americans].”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
It’s as if the US seeks to deprive us of our economic potential.
It would finish us off, the same as America did with Red Indians [Native Americans].”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...