@davfdezmar.bsky.social
Low budget Roman triumph vibes
In a surreal scene, Trump parades Maduro through the streets of New York, van doors open for all to see.
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Low budget Roman triumph vibes
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I think there's something extra grim about the former Prime Minister of Estonia being the one doing this equivocating. A tiny country next to a much larger, hostile regime has rather a lot to fear from the notion of "we can kidnap a leader we don't like" being even partway normalised. Pathetic!
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I think there's something extra grim about the former Prime Minister of Estonia being the one doing this equivocating. A tiny country next to a much larger, hostile regime has rather a lot to fear from the notion of "we can kidnap a leader we don't like" being even partway normalised. Pathetic!
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As a Ukrainian, if you ever cared about Russia's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Ukraine, you should absolutely care about US's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Venezuela. My solidarity and best wishes to all Venezuelans.
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As a Ukrainian, if you ever cared about Russia's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Ukraine, you should absolutely care about US's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Venezuela. My solidarity and best wishes to all Venezuelans.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The EU and UK should end their technological dependence on the US before it's too late. Trump could die tomorrow but the people around him will continue and they are a far greater threat to Europe and Russia is.
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The EU and UK should end their technological dependence on the US before it's too late. Trump could die tomorrow but the people around him will continue and they are a far greater threat to Europe and Russia is.
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If your economy is getting hammered by imports of good cheap Chinese electric cars, the best response is probably not to encourage domestic producers to stick with fossil fuels
The European Union’s 2035 ban on gasoline-powered cars is dead.
Its killer: Germany.
Its killer: Germany.
How Germany tore down a giant pillar of EU climate policy
A last-minute deal in Berlin ensured the death of the combustion engine ban — a previously unthinkable outcome.
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If your economy is getting hammered by imports of good cheap Chinese electric cars, the best response is probably not to encourage domestic producers to stick with fossil fuels
Kallas is such a shit HR honestly
Kaja Kallas response
“Some of it is also true”, Kaja Kallas commented on the Trump paper at the Doha Forum. “Europe has been underestimating its own power towards Russia, for example”
From @grimmse analysis
“Some of it is also true”, Kaja Kallas commented on the Trump paper at the Doha Forum. “Europe has been underestimating its own power towards Russia, for example”
From @grimmse analysis
We Are On Our Own Now
Good morning!
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Kallas is such a shit HR honestly
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So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it
...because he declassified it
WaPo is reporting that Bradley told lawmakers that Hegseth DID give a kill order.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it
...because he declassified it
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The EU's Payment Services Regulation is a good opportunity to help make online platforms liable for scams on social media.
Fraud has become a veritable industry designed to separate consumers from their hard-earned money.
📝 Read more in @arcapde.bsky.social's letter to @financialtimes.com 👇
Fraud has become a veritable industry designed to separate consumers from their hard-earned money.
📝 Read more in @arcapde.bsky.social's letter to @financialtimes.com 👇
Letter: Social media scams — it’s up to EU legislators to act
From Agustín Reyna, Director-general of BEUC — The European Consumer Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The EU's Payment Services Regulation is a good opportunity to help make online platforms liable for scams on social media.
Fraud has become a veritable industry designed to separate consumers from their hard-earned money.
📝 Read more in @arcapde.bsky.social's letter to @financialtimes.com 👇
Fraud has become a veritable industry designed to separate consumers from their hard-earned money.
📝 Read more in @arcapde.bsky.social's letter to @financialtimes.com 👇
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"Un espacio aéreo nacional no lo puede cerrar un presidente extranjero o se acabó el concepto de soberanía nacional", dice Petro tras el anuncio de Trump sobre Venezuela. El presidente colombiano invita a las aerolíneas a rechazar “órdenes ilegales”
Petro carga contra Trump por las amenazas a Venezuela: “El cierre del espacio aéreo es completamente ilegal”
El mandatario colombiano, que mantiene su particular batalla con el magnate, le acusa de vulnerar la normativa internacional y apela a la comunidad internacional
social.elpais.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Un espacio aéreo nacional no lo puede cerrar un presidente extranjero o se acabó el concepto de soberanía nacional", dice Petro tras el anuncio de Trump sobre Venezuela. El presidente colombiano invita a las aerolíneas a rechazar “órdenes ilegales”
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
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So the EP Agri committee, so adamant that consumers would be confused by labels saying VeggyBurger or Vegeterian sausage, have voted to allow booze producers to replace health indications with a QR code
Transparency seems is a one way street. Leading away from healthier and more sustainable diets.
Transparency seems is a one way street. Leading away from healthier and more sustainable diets.
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So the EP Agri committee, so adamant that consumers would be confused by labels saying VeggyBurger or Vegeterian sausage, have voted to allow booze producers to replace health indications with a QR code
Transparency seems is a one way street. Leading away from healthier and more sustainable diets.
Transparency seems is a one way street. Leading away from healthier and more sustainable diets.
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.
Hegseth: "I don't want me son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men"
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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The US has formally lowered tariffs on EU cars from 27.5% to 15%, as agreed under the trade deal.
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
On August 21, 2025, the United States and the European Union announced agreement on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (Framework Agreement). On September 5, 2025, Pre...
www.federalregister.gov
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The US has formally lowered tariffs on EU cars from 27.5% to 15%, as agreed under the trade deal.
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This is bad advice on an individual level: most entrepreneurs fail, and it's better to get a good job in an existing business. On a social level, entrepreneurship matters, but it's determined by access to finance, things other entrepreneurs do, market size, not 'drive'.
September 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is bad advice on an individual level: most entrepreneurs fail, and it's better to get a good job in an existing business. On a social level, entrepreneurship matters, but it's determined by access to finance, things other entrepreneurs do, market size, not 'drive'.
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A complete collapse of political norms around virtue and ethics since 2016. This celebration of cruelty and violence, and the encouragement of the public to take joy in violence against others, is very unhealthy for society.
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
September 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A complete collapse of political norms around virtue and ethics since 2016. This celebration of cruelty and violence, and the encouragement of the public to take joy in violence against others, is very unhealthy for society.
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He was an advocate of violence against his political opponents and took positions like “the civil rights act should be repealed,” “the Jews are replacing white people,” and “Ukraine is an evil country and we should let them die.” Kirk’s entire career played a nontrivial role in getting us here.
I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
He was an advocate of violence against his political opponents and took positions like “the civil rights act should be repealed,” “the Jews are replacing white people,” and “Ukraine is an evil country and we should let them die.” Kirk’s entire career played a nontrivial role in getting us here.
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BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
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Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia
Turnberry deal rationale looking shakier by the day
on.ft.com/4naCCxD
Turnberry deal rationale looking shakier by the day
on.ft.com/4naCCxD
US to cut some security funds for European countries bordering Russia
Move comes as Washington pushes Nato allies to pay more towards their own defence
on.ft.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia
Turnberry deal rationale looking shakier by the day
on.ft.com/4naCCxD
Turnberry deal rationale looking shakier by the day
on.ft.com/4naCCxD
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Editorial | "El Gobierno está incumpliendo la Constitución y no hay excusas. Las vagas declaraciones afirmando su intención de presentar en septiembre el techo de gasto, paso previo a las cuentas, anticipa un calendario sin credibilidad a estas alturas"
Sin presupuestos no se gobierna | Editorial
El Gobierno arranca el tercer curso de la legislatura con la tara de no haber presentado sus prioridades por escrito al Congreso
elpais.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Editorial | "El Gobierno está incumpliendo la Constitución y no hay excusas. Las vagas declaraciones afirmando su intención de presentar en septiembre el techo de gasto, paso previo a las cuentas, anticipa un calendario sin credibilidad a estas alturas"
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NB the best EU response to Trump, as agreed by almost all serious trade commentators, would be to finally agree the Mercosur FTA so as to show continuing commitment to open trade even without the US. Reader, the French continue to block...
August 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
NB the best EU response to Trump, as agreed by almost all serious trade commentators, would be to finally agree the Mercosur FTA so as to show continuing commitment to open trade even without the US. Reader, the French continue to block...
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Have been writing for some time about how the EU has lost its way on trade policy, not coming to terms with what has changed, and the diverse responses to the US deal makes my point again. Reset badly needed.
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Have been writing for some time about how the EU has lost its way on trade policy, not coming to terms with what has changed, and the diverse responses to the US deal makes my point again. Reset badly needed.