Nick Toumpelis
@nicktoumpelis.bsky.social
Greek Swede. iOS Software Engineer turned Product Manager. Photographer. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 #politics, #lgbtq+, #photography, #tech and #product.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Not a single Tesla in the top 20 new EV registrations in Europe last month. Never go full Nazi #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Not a single Tesla in the top 20 new EV registrations in Europe last month. Never go full Nazi #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
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Tech companies are pouring money into AI, and they’re not making it back. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how everything could come crashing down:
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Tech companies are pouring money into AI, and they’re not making it back. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how everything could come crashing down:
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Next week,🇪🇺President von der Leyen's centre-right EPP group is preparing to ally with the far right in order to pass the 1st of her deregulation packages.
A Commission official says these #Omnibus proposals are being sold as "concessions" to Trump.
Our leadership are going down 2 dangerous paths.
A Commission official says these #Omnibus proposals are being sold as "concessions" to Trump.
Our leadership are going down 2 dangerous paths.
Von der Leyen prepares cooperation with far right to implement Trump's deregulation demands
The cordón sanitaire in the EU Parliament has been broken. Next week, the centre right may team up with the far right to rip up EU climate laws. Next on the chopping block: EU digital rules.
davekeating.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Next week,🇪🇺President von der Leyen's centre-right EPP group is preparing to ally with the far right in order to pass the 1st of her deregulation packages.
A Commission official says these #Omnibus proposals are being sold as "concessions" to Trump.
Our leadership are going down 2 dangerous paths.
A Commission official says these #Omnibus proposals are being sold as "concessions" to Trump.
Our leadership are going down 2 dangerous paths.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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With SNAP benefits expiring, Republicans hope that Democrats will come to the table and drop their demands solely out of their solemn duty to keep the government operational—even if it is being operated by people who view most of the country with contempt, or worse.
trib.al/IAew55V
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Trump Has One Mission: To Make Your Life Hell
Tuesday’s elections should have been a wake-up call for Republicans. Instead, the administration is responding in the only way it knows how: causing more misery for millions of Americans.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
With SNAP benefits expiring, Republicans hope that Democrats will come to the table and drop their demands solely out of their solemn duty to keep the government operational—even if it is being operated by people who view most of the country with contempt, or worse.
trib.al/IAew55V
trib.al/IAew55V
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It was a rare sight on Athens' skyline, and it didn't last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years.
The Parthenon in Athens briefly shed its scaffolding. Here's a look at its restoration
It was a rare sight on Athens’ skyline, and it didn’t last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It was a rare sight on Athens' skyline, and it didn't last long: The Parthenon was without scaffolding for the first time in years.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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🛡️ Ukrainian forces post video showing attack on Shahed UAV base in Donetsk: 90% of launched drones hit target
Ukrainian forces post video showing attack on Shahed UAV base in Donetsk: 90% of launched drones hit target
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces have released footage showing a strike on a Russian base for storing, assembling and launching Shahed loitering munitions located at what used to be Donetsk airport...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🛡️ Ukrainian forces post video showing attack on Shahed UAV base in Donetsk: 90% of launched drones hit target
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The fact that this Democratic tsunami swept across the country so unstoppably shows that Trumpism & MAGA barely exist outside of social media anymore. Their movement has collapsed among the population — and it’s impossible to fill the real world with Trump government troll bots.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The fact that this Democratic tsunami swept across the country so unstoppably shows that Trumpism & MAGA barely exist outside of social media anymore. Their movement has collapsed among the population — and it’s impossible to fill the real world with Trump government troll bots.
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Pour one out for all the rich Republicans who threatened to leave NYC if Mamdani won. Enjoy Tennessee or Arkansas-- I'm sure it will be very fulfilling and the social life will be totally comparable!
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Pour one out for all the rich Republicans who threatened to leave NYC if Mamdani won. Enjoy Tennessee or Arkansas-- I'm sure it will be very fulfilling and the social life will be totally comparable!
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Day 1347 of my 3 day war. West does not have to sanction shadow fleet if Ukraine destroy all oil terminals that they fill up from.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Day 1347 of my 3 day war. West does not have to sanction shadow fleet if Ukraine destroy all oil terminals that they fill up from.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
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For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
For those asking for background - I was in Sudan twice this year and wrote about it
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Breaking: it's now official, the pro-EU D66 party came first in the Dutch election. Their best result ever.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
The most pro-EU party just won big in the Dutch election
D66 had a surprise surge, tripling their seats in yesterday's Netherlands election—and its openly gay leader Rob Jetten is set to become prime minister.
davekeating.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Breaking: it's now official, the pro-EU D66 party came first in the Dutch election. Their best result ever.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
The National Press Agency has just announced the final vote count. It’s a narrow victory with D66 just 15,155 votes ahead of the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders.
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I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵
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October 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I miss her
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I miss her
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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‼️Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh: Hard to imagine anything more repulsive than Putin's conversation with Xi Jinping about organ transplants for eternal life
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh: Hard to imagine anything more repulsive than Putin's conversation with Xi Jinping about organ transplants for eternal life
Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon, writer, one of the most candid voices in modern medicine and a genuine friend of Ukraine, Marsh first came to Kyiv in 1992 – almost by accident. What started as a chance...
www.pravda.com.ua
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‼️Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh: Hard to imagine anything more repulsive than Putin's conversation with Xi Jinping about organ transplants for eternal life
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Even if not enlisted they surely acted like they were.
Amazing things happening on Italian television — Senator Carlo Calenda: "Putin is an aggressive imperial fascist" who blackmailed Europe through energy dependence on Russia by enlisting heads of governments like Merkel and Schröder as Kremlin assets.
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Even if not enlisted they surely acted like they were.
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What would it look like if we had a European leader who was willing to speak to citizens with clarity and honesty like Canada's #Carney has done?
I explored this alternative reality in today's Substack column:
I explored this alternative reality in today's Substack column:
We need a European Carney
"Our economic strengths based on close ties to America have now become our vulnerabilities," the Canadian PM told his citizens as he braced them for a fundamentally transformed world.
davekeating.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
What would it look like if we had a European leader who was willing to speak to citizens with clarity and honesty like Canada's #Carney has done?
I explored this alternative reality in today's Substack column:
I explored this alternative reality in today's Substack column:
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I tried Apple's new AirPod Live Translation feature. It told me I was being sold tamales filled with MDMA.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Lost in AirPod Translation
Apple promises to put an AI interpreter in everyone’s ears. It couldn’t even help me order tamales.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I tried Apple's new AirPod Live Translation feature. It told me I was being sold tamales filled with MDMA.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”