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The EU must not limit itself to investigating dominant platforms such as X, TikTok or Meta, but should begin actively cooperating with existing non-oligarchic social media initiatives that foreground social responsibility and the public interest over profit. shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The EU must not limit itself to investigating dominant platforms such as X, TikTok or Meta, but should begin actively cooperating with existing non-oligarchic social media initiatives that foreground social responsibility and the public interest over profit. shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
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The EU’s €120 million fine on X surprised no one, but the narrow scope did. The European Commission punished failures in transparency, researcher access and misleading verification, yet avoided the deeper issues of illegal content, information manipulation, and algorithmic risks. 1/5
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The EU’s €120 million fine on X surprised no one, but the narrow scope did. The European Commission punished failures in transparency, researcher access and misleading verification, yet avoided the deeper issues of illegal content, information manipulation, and algorithmic risks. 1/5
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Anyone interested in the rise of techno-authoritarianism/broligarchs and why they're targeting Europe, I've stumbled on this great resource. Use it. authoritarian-stack.info cc @francescabria.bsky.social
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
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December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anyone interested in the rise of techno-authoritarianism/broligarchs and why they're targeting Europe, I've stumbled on this great resource. Use it. authoritarian-stack.info cc @francescabria.bsky.social
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Exactly. The new U.S. National Security Strategy is much worse for Europe than most people had imagined. Europe is described as a bigger threat than both China and Russia, and they outline the need for regime change in Western European countries as part of a civilizational struggle.
I assumed the NSS would just ignore/deprioritize Europe (It did that on defense/NATO).
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
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December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Exactly. The new U.S. National Security Strategy is much worse for Europe than most people had imagined. Europe is described as a bigger threat than both China and Russia, and they outline the need for regime change in Western European countries as part of a civilizational struggle.
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Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history, and that makes it extra difficult to interpret what's happening when he makes seemingly unexplainable decisions. It's a big problem if the European press won't discuss this issue.
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history, and that makes it extra difficult to interpret what's happening when he makes seemingly unexplainable decisions. It's a big problem if the European press won't discuss this issue.
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Hard Fork needs to do an emergency podcast
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hard Fork needs to do an emergency podcast
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The fukuyamian mistake we keep making about trumpism and democracy -
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The fukuyamian mistake we keep making about trumpism and democracy -
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US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Needed some light relief
September 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Needed some light relief
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Just taped new episode of @newyorker pod with @hillaryclinton.bsky.social and she was 🔥🔥🔥on everything from Jimmy Kimmel to Trump’s ‘medieval court’ to how Putin owned him in Alaska… w/great pals @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Just taped new episode of @newyorker pod with @hillaryclinton.bsky.social and she was 🔥🔥🔥on everything from Jimmy Kimmel to Trump’s ‘medieval court’ to how Putin owned him in Alaska… w/great pals @janemayer.bsky.social @eosnos.bsky.social
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Posting later today: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Historically, would-be autocrats have been normalized abuses because they implemented the playbook *slowly* and *stealthily*
What is most shocking is that Trump is implementing the playbook fast and openly, but there is still no organised resistance to democratic backsliding. Normalization is rife
What is most shocking is that Trump is implementing the playbook fast and openly, but there is still no organised resistance to democratic backsliding. Normalization is rife
Top Trump officials used Charlie Kirk’s death to threaten liberal groups, making unsubstantiated claims about a “domestic terror” movement. nyti.ms/3ViXyGZ
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Historically, would-be autocrats have been normalized abuses because they implemented the playbook *slowly* and *stealthily*
What is most shocking is that Trump is implementing the playbook fast and openly, but there is still no organised resistance to democratic backsliding. Normalization is rife
What is most shocking is that Trump is implementing the playbook fast and openly, but there is still no organised resistance to democratic backsliding. Normalization is rife
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I just published this video, and the next night, Russia launches drones at Poland. It really underscores the point. The European NATO countries need Ukraine just as much as Ukraine needs security guarantees from them.
European security depends on Ukraine
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I just published this video, and the next night, Russia launches drones at Poland. It really underscores the point. The European NATO countries need Ukraine just as much as Ukraine needs security guarantees from them.
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What to Make of Putin's Drones Over Poland?
Some initial thoughts. tldr: neither attack on NATO nor accident, it's a probe and a warning
youtu.be/Dgg-FFpcwV0
Some initial thoughts. tldr: neither attack on NATO nor accident, it's a probe and a warning
youtu.be/Dgg-FFpcwV0
What to Make of Putin's Drones Over Poland?
YouTube video by Mark Galeotti
youtu.be
September 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What to Make of Putin's Drones Over Poland?
Some initial thoughts. tldr: neither attack on NATO nor accident, it's a probe and a warning
youtu.be/Dgg-FFpcwV0
Some initial thoughts. tldr: neither attack on NATO nor accident, it's a probe and a warning
youtu.be/Dgg-FFpcwV0
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And it is perhaps NATO’s credibility, rather than Poland’s airspace, that is the main target of today’s Russian drone attack. 7/7
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
And it is perhaps NATO’s credibility, rather than Poland’s airspace, that is the main target of today’s Russian drone attack. 7/7
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Simpering cowards one and all.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Simpering cowards one and all.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
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He's gonna pardon Ghislaine and she's gonna say under oath Michelle Obama did January 6th.
July 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
He's gonna pardon Ghislaine and she's gonna say under oath Michelle Obama did January 6th.
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Has anyone on the White House social team watched THE BOYS
July 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Has anyone on the White House social team watched THE BOYS
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352 drones and 16 missiles overnight.
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
June 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
352 drones and 16 missiles overnight.
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko
Their main target was Kyiv.
If your media ‘was bored’ to tell.
Video source: Kyiv mayor, Vitaliy Klychko