Erik
erikesq.bsky.social
Erik
@erikesq.bsky.social
Lawyer turned tech journalist/reviewer. Will write about anything I know enough about that will pay my bills.
France could do that, but has legal rules to live by. Elon Musk doesn't in the sense that he can shut off Starlink satellites at will. So, it's a hollow threat, unless France's push for Eutelsat becomes reality soon. Then Musk has no leverage at all anymore.
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Well, at least Trump is not known for killing people using radioactive poison (or a by-product), even when they're living abroad like in the UK...
December 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Imagine for a minute that the guy stating that rubbish has been appointed by Putin. And then imagine that he knows what will happen to him if he dares tell the truth. Novichok, anyone, or some other slow-killing poison?
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
...and start abducting children to "re-educate" them again... Now THAT's something he understands all too well!
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is what a 9-year old does when he plays FBI agent 😆
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We, as consumers of social media have an attention span of a goldfish, certainly when we are young, say up to 40. Anyone above that age will probably read, most below will probably "scan".
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It could be accidental, but in this photo you clearly see how Putin is "mirroring" Trump's posture.
I don't think it is accidental, BTW. Putin, after all, has been an officer of the KGB so he's well versed in this psychological stuff.
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"...we can all get behind..." Maybe, but most people still use X, FB (*), Truth Social, etc. Bluesky may be growing but is still far behind.
(*) I have never understood why anyone would expose his life on a platform managed by a guy who exclaimed people were stupid to give him their data for free.
December 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Why would anyone with a working brain want to be on "Truth Social"?
December 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If there would be something like heavenly justice, Putin and his pal Medvedev would have been served Novichok poisoned Christmas pudding and they would now be dying in an excruciatingly slow and horrible way, realising there's not a thing on this planet that can save them.
December 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I can't but wonder what those Christmas wrappings, gift box and mistletoe (or whatever vegetable it is) looked like immediately after these shots were taken...😛
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I know I'm a total stranger, but wish your mom a speedy recovery from me!
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Farage??? That's beyond stupid, certainly with Trump in the US and the barbarians at the gate in the East, the UK should be running back to the EU and become a full member.
United we stand! (even if we're in-fighting a lot...)
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Now I see why there's always talk about him moving to the right, and that IS indeed a very big mistake, because to beat the right you need to have extreme policies. With Farage being far right, he can't win... Luckily, Farage isn't doing a great job, is he?
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hmm, no he isn't, is he? I saw that Greta Thunberg was arrested because of a sign that, to me, looked harmless, but I didn't know he was the author of the law that directs this. I always saw the UK as a defender of free speech... clearly his government isn't. What's the difference with Farage, then?
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Oh, wow! I wasn't aware he had. He seemed like a very kind sort of guy amidst those children. But that's of course with TV cameras rolling, although it did all seem spontaneous to me...
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Where do you get that idea from?
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM