Karsten Schulz
@ks260.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Governance & Innovation @ University of Groningen | Climate Adaptation | Climate Governance | Sustainability & Digital Innovation | Energy Transition | Geopolitics
I have a background in Geography and Political Science
I have a background in Geography and Political Science
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Karsten Schulz
@ks260.bsky.social
· Oct 31
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Naturally, the enemies of a free Europe will do everything in their power to paint the EU as weak. It's not a glorious decision, but it keeps Ukraine in the fight, and that's what really matters for now.
The crucial metric right now is whether Ukraine can get the means it needs to survive. The EU assistance package does that. How the frozen funds are used as leverage towards Russia down the track can be left to future EU summits.
December 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Naturally, the enemies of a free Europe will do everything in their power to paint the EU as weak. It's not a glorious decision, but it keeps Ukraine in the fight, and that's what really matters for now.
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"...super PACs backed by Trump-supporting tech moguls and the social network giant Meta" will "try to use the 2026 midterms to reengineer Congress and state legislatures in favor of their ambitions for artificial intelligence."
Tech moguls close to Trump see the midterms as a path to long-term power
As politicians in both parties raise concerns about the impacts of AI, political groups backed by tech investors and Meta plan to intervene in midterms races.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"...super PACs backed by Trump-supporting tech moguls and the social network giant Meta" will "try to use the 2026 midterms to reengineer Congress and state legislatures in favor of their ambitions for artificial intelligence."
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Germany allocated €70 million to support decentralized energy and heating. The funds will help up to 2.6 million people access heat, water, and power amid intensified Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Equipment will include hybrid generators, pellet systems, and solar-battery units,
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Germany allocated €70 million to support decentralized energy and heating. The funds will help up to 2.6 million people access heat, water, and power amid intensified Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. Equipment will include hybrid generators, pellet systems, and solar-battery units,
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How the Trump “National Security Strategy” is read abroad.
Meanwhile in Russia: inspired by the Trump administration’s anti-European stance, state TV host Vladimir Solovyov predicted that Russian and American combat troops will jointly storm European cities.
youtu.be/3PWkEmc0we0?...
youtu.be/3PWkEmc0we0?...
Vladimir Solovyov predicts that America and Russia will jointly attack Europe
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
How the Trump “National Security Strategy” is read abroad.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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“Dismantling an institution so central to weather forecasting and climate change prediction would not only undermine scientific research, it would leave people across the nation less prepared for the dangers of a warming world,” says Carlos Martinez of @ucs.org www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump administration moves to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
Experts say a closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., would leave millions vulnerable to worsening climate hazards.
www.latimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“Dismantling an institution so central to weather forecasting and climate change prediction would not only undermine scientific research, it would leave people across the nation less prepared for the dangers of a warming world,” says Carlos Martinez of @ucs.org www.latimes.com/environment/...
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🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 Revenge is a dish best served cold (and after five years). Moments ago, CJEU, in the case Commission v. Poland, found that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has not only violated EU law with its anti-EU rulings, but also was (is) not an independent court established properly by law. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 Revenge is a dish best served cold (and after five years). Moments ago, CJEU, in the case Commission v. Poland, found that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has not only violated EU law with its anti-EU rulings, but also was (is) not an independent court established properly by law. 1/
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1/2 — According to the Ukrainian Minister of Defence Denys Shmyhal, Germany and Ukraine have signed new agreements which guarantee the delivery of military aid worth over €1.2 billion.
— Long-term supply of spare parts for Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems
— Long-term supply of spare parts for Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
1/2 — According to the Ukrainian Minister of Defence Denys Shmyhal, Germany and Ukraine have signed new agreements which guarantee the delivery of military aid worth over €1.2 billion.
— Long-term supply of spare parts for Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems
— Long-term supply of spare parts for Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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USA Today - Trump administration to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
USA Today - Trump administration to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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⚡️ President Zelenskyy has arrived in the Netherlands, President’s Office reports.
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
⚡️ President Zelenskyy has arrived in the Netherlands, President’s Office reports.
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Often, Berlin is the main veto player when it comes to decisive EU action. But this week, for once, Berlin is a key driver of getting both the reparations loan and Mercosur over the finish line.
This time, the EU's ability to act act fully hinges on Rome's and Paris's will to jump.
This time, the EU's ability to act act fully hinges on Rome's and Paris's will to jump.
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Often, Berlin is the main veto player when it comes to decisive EU action. But this week, for once, Berlin is a key driver of getting both the reparations loan and Mercosur over the finish line.
This time, the EU's ability to act act fully hinges on Rome's and Paris's will to jump.
This time, the EU's ability to act act fully hinges on Rome's and Paris's will to jump.
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Military transports on the railways are given priority when urgent and no capacity is available. The government wants to enable this priority due to the expected growth in military mobility. This prev...
Source: Infrastructure and Water Management
Source: Infrastructure and Water Management
Priority on the Railways for Military Transport
Military transports on the railways are given priority when urgent and no capacity is available. The government wants to enable this priority due to the expected growth in military mobility. This prevents trains carrying, for example, tanks from having to wait until space becomes available.
openrijk.nl
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Military transports on the railways are given priority when urgent and no capacity is available. The government wants to enable this priority due to the expected growth in military mobility. This prev...
Source: Infrastructure and Water Management
Source: Infrastructure and Water Management
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"A market correction will shift attention to alternative models. This will in turn create new opportunities for Europe, which has strengths in applied AI and the chance to build the most trusted AI stack in the world." www.ft.com/content/0308...
Europe must be ready when the AI bubble bursts
A market correction will give the EU the chance to offer a trust-based alternative to American tech
www.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"A market correction will shift attention to alternative models. This will in turn create new opportunities for Europe, which has strengths in applied AI and the chance to build the most trusted AI stack in the world." www.ft.com/content/0308...
The system rules through code, capital, and infrastructure. It's a self-reinforcing loop:
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it.
A new model of power — privatized sovereignty.
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it.
A new model of power — privatized sovereignty.
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The system rules through code, capital, and infrastructure. It's a self-reinforcing loop:
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it.
A new model of power — privatized sovereignty.
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it.
A new model of power — privatized sovereignty.
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Why do Putin’s children, and the children of Moscow’s elite, live, study, or own property in Europe? 🤔
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Why do Putin’s children, and the children of Moscow’s elite, live, study, or own property in Europe? 🤔
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
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🧵 Thread: “Beyond Disinfo — 12 Types of Influence Operations Everyone Should Know”
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When we talk about disinformation, we often imagine lies, bots, or fake news.
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When we talk about disinformation, we often imagine lies, bots, or fake news.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🧵 Thread: “Beyond Disinfo — 12 Types of Influence Operations Everyone Should Know”
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When we talk about disinformation, we often imagine lies, bots, or fake news.
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When we talk about disinformation, we often imagine lies, bots, or fake news.
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And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
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Can we revive the idea of a European Security Council, 1st presented by President Macron and former Chancellor Merkel in 2017-2019? For:
-European response in the case of military aggression
-European Defence Union
-🇺🇦mil capabilities integration
-defragmentation of EU defence industry
-European response in the case of military aggression
-European Defence Union
-🇺🇦mil capabilities integration
-defragmentation of EU defence industry
December 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Can we revive the idea of a European Security Council, 1st presented by President Macron and former Chancellor Merkel in 2017-2019? For:
-European response in the case of military aggression
-European Defence Union
-🇺🇦mil capabilities integration
-defragmentation of EU defence industry
-European response in the case of military aggression
-European Defence Union
-🇺🇦mil capabilities integration
-defragmentation of EU defence industry
Deutschland steuert auf ein selbstverschuldetes Wirtschaftsfiasko zu. Und was macht die Regierung? Zurück in die 80er.
"Wir hören in unserem Land jetzt endgültig auf, überall auszusteigen. Wir steigen jetzt wieder ein. (...) Die Zeiten von Atomausstieg, Verbrenner aus Verteufelung der Biotechnologie – diese ganze Ideologie die liegt hinter uns."
Friedrich Merz Version von "Windräder der Schande" der AfD.
Friedrich Merz Version von "Windräder der Schande" der AfD.
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Deutschland steuert auf ein selbstverschuldetes Wirtschaftsfiasko zu. Und was macht die Regierung? Zurück in die 80er.
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Let this be the article you read first today. Everything is spot on. One of the most clear-eyed articles I have read about the war.
Why negotiations most likely will not bring peace in Ukraine.
I explain why this war will be decided on the battlefield.
libmod.de/en/almost-fo...
I explain why this war will be decided on the battlefield.
libmod.de/en/almost-fo...
Almost four years of Russia's full-scale invasion: A historical look into the future
Almost four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, historian Jan Claas Behrends (ZZF/European University Viadrina) takes a historically informed look back—and warns against illusions a...
libmod.de
December 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Let this be the article you read first today. Everything is spot on. One of the most clear-eyed articles I have read about the war.
Will the U.S. relationship with its allies recover "after the midterms"?
Hint: No.
No, it absolutely won't.
Hint: No.
No, it absolutely won't.
>The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.
>Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
Accurate.
www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
>Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
Accurate.
www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'
Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.
www.readtheline.ca
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Will the U.S. relationship with its allies recover "after the midterms"?
Hint: No.
No, it absolutely won't.
Hint: No.
No, it absolutely won't.
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Trump's latest attempt to thwart state AI rules will probably also fail, as federal agencies like the DOJ and FTC cannot encroach on lawful state regulations without a clear delegation from Congress, Olivier Sylvain argues on @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
Why Trump’s AI EO Will be DOA in Court | TechPolicy.Press
Policymakers should not allow the happy-talk about innovation blind them to the ways in which AI companies may harm consumers, Olivier Sylvain writes.
www.techpolicy.press
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump's latest attempt to thwart state AI rules will probably also fail, as federal agencies like the DOJ and FTC cannot encroach on lawful state regulations without a clear delegation from Congress, Olivier Sylvain argues on @techpolicypress.bsky.social: