Elections and hope 🥹
Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Elections and hope 🥹
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The agreement, signed on June 14, 1985, turned the little-known village in Luxembourg into a landmark of European integration; today, Schengen is synonymous with an area of borderless travel that has grown to encompass 29 nations and more than 450 million people.
On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent. @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how the European gathering in Schengen showcases a different vision of international order:
What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like
On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The agreement, signed on June 14, 1985, turned the little-known village in Luxembourg into a landmark of European integration; today, Schengen is synonymous with an area of borderless travel that has grown to encompass 29 nations and more than 450 million people.
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Tonight Ukraine will continue to prove it does not want peace by being bombed.
March 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tonight Ukraine will continue to prove it does not want peace by being bombed.
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The sudden geopolitical relevance of Milan street signs.
March 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The sudden geopolitical relevance of Milan street signs.
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In a world full of Trumps we need more people like Freeland, Kallas, Cortez, Sandu, and Zourabichvili.
March 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In a world full of Trumps we need more people like Freeland, Kallas, Cortez, Sandu, and Zourabichvili.
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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For those wondering why Zelensky doesn't trust Russian officials to keep their word on a ceasefire 👇
March 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
For those wondering why Zelensky doesn't trust Russian officials to keep their word on a ceasefire 👇
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Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft will end Skype in May, leaving some users upset
Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
I have a 9-year-old. My heart breaks for these kids and their parents. 💔
This was the first time in their lives, I realized, that these boys and girls had been in an actual classroom. The Russian invasion began as covid was ending. Two years of covid seclusion had been followed directly by three years of war. The kids were buoyant.
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My favorite Europeans are nine years old
A view from a school in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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February 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I have a 9-year-old. My heart breaks for these kids and their parents. 💔
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Word of the day, for the umpteenth time, is ‘apricate’, the sister of ‘apricity’. It means to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially on a chilly day.
February 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Word of the day, for the umpteenth time, is ‘apricate’, the sister of ‘apricity’. It means to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially on a chilly day.
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Breaking News: Nearly all of the 10,000 workers at U.S.A.I.D., the U.S. global aid agency, will be put on leave by the week’s end, an official memo said.
Trump Officials to Put Almost All U.S.A.I.D. Workers on Leave
A notice posted on the agency’s website, which had gone dark over the weekend, said that nearly all of its global work force would be put on administrative leave by Friday.
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February 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Breaking News: Nearly all of the 10,000 workers at U.S.A.I.D., the U.S. global aid agency, will be put on leave by the week’s end, an official memo said.
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After declaring that all Palestinians should be removed from Gaza and that the US should take "ownership" of the strip, Trump issues an executive order ending US funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
After declaring that all Palestinians should be removed from Gaza and that the US should take "ownership" of the strip, Trump issues an executive order ending US funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
RIP Marianne, you made a decade more bearable 💔 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...
Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78
A fresh-faced singer and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
RIP Marianne, you made a decade more bearable 💔 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...
Mom after watching Trump’s inauguration speech: this is your second Golden Age, you’ve got experience 🤣🤣🤣 #epocaDeAur
January 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Mom after watching Trump’s inauguration speech: this is your second Golden Age, you’ve got experience 🤣🤣🤣 #epocaDeAur