@stancan.bsky.social
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Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
June 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
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Instead of creating the basis for joint action to confront China, Trump and his team have spent the past months pushing Europe into China’s embrace.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump is pushing Europe and China into each other’s arms
After being abused by Washington, Brussels is exploring options with Beijing.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Instead of creating the basis for joint action to confront China, Trump and his team have spent the past months pushing Europe into China’s embrace.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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A sharp deterioration in transatlantic relations is beginning to infect the European debate on China. EU officials say unity on China is at its most fragile point in years. They are particularly worried about Spain & Italy. Read more in my latest WCIE for GMF
www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...
www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...
Watching China in Europe—March 2025
www.gmfus.org
March 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A sharp deterioration in transatlantic relations is beginning to infect the European debate on China. EU officials say unity on China is at its most fragile point in years. They are particularly worried about Spain & Italy. Read more in my latest WCIE for GMF
www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...
www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...
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I teach leadership and management. This is NOT leadership. It IS bad management. It's intentional intimidation - dehumanizing and destructive.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work — or be let go
His post on X said employees will receive an email “shortly” requesting to “understand what they got done last week.”
www.politico.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I teach leadership and management. This is NOT leadership. It IS bad management. It's intentional intimidation - dehumanizing and destructive.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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For more detail on what I think an effective intervention would be, you can read this piece I wrote recently with @drnataliemartin.bsky.social
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering the young with open-source investigation skills
“If anyone with a smartphone can publish, they should also be able to verify,” argue Bellingcat’s founder Eliot Higgins and Dr Natalie Martin in this piece.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For more detail on what I think an effective intervention would be, you can read this piece I wrote recently with @drnataliemartin.bsky.social
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...
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As long as Trump, Vance & Musk lie all the time, we and the media should really ignore what they say and ask them for proof of their statement before any further reaction.
February 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
As long as Trump, Vance & Musk lie all the time, we and the media should really ignore what they say and ask them for proof of their statement before any further reaction.
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Elon Musk says he's going to "fix" X's community notes system because he disagrees with a note on President Trump's claim that Zelensky has a 4% approval rating in Ukraine.
Musk also claims community notes are "being gamed by governments & legacy media", but provides no evidence for that claim.
Musk also claims community notes are "being gamed by governments & legacy media", but provides no evidence for that claim.
February 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Elon Musk says he's going to "fix" X's community notes system because he disagrees with a note on President Trump's claim that Zelensky has a 4% approval rating in Ukraine.
Musk also claims community notes are "being gamed by governments & legacy media", but provides no evidence for that claim.
Musk also claims community notes are "being gamed by governments & legacy media", but provides no evidence for that claim.
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Guessing Child Protective Services is next on the chopping block for Musk judging by these interactions.
February 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Guessing Child Protective Services is next on the chopping block for Musk judging by these interactions.
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"Making Sense of an Unsettling World"
I'll be in conversation with Ivan Krastev @iwm.at this evening, Feb 13, 18:00 CET / 12:00 ET.
Livestream available: www.youtube.com/live/Bc6hZqB...
I'll be in conversation with Ivan Krastev @iwm.at this evening, Feb 13, 18:00 CET / 12:00 ET.
Livestream available: www.youtube.com/live/Bc6hZqB...
IVAN KRASTEV, TIMOTHY SNYDER: Making Sense of an Unsettling World
YouTube video by IWMVienna
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Making Sense of an Unsettling World"
I'll be in conversation with Ivan Krastev @iwm.at this evening, Feb 13, 18:00 CET / 12:00 ET.
Livestream available: www.youtube.com/live/Bc6hZqB...
I'll be in conversation with Ivan Krastev @iwm.at this evening, Feb 13, 18:00 CET / 12:00 ET.
Livestream available: www.youtube.com/live/Bc6hZqB...
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We, as a nation, absolutely need to make sure
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a Ukrainian passport ASAP.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a Ukrainian passport ASAP.
February 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We, as a nation, absolutely need to make sure
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a Ukrainian passport ASAP.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social has a Ukrainian passport ASAP.
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The polls have barely moved since Merz’s flirtation with the AfD on immigration. The TV debates could still shake things up. But one gets the feeling, roughly 2 weeks before the election, that German voters have made up their minds
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The polls have barely moved since Merz’s flirtation with the AfD on immigration. The TV debates could still shake things up. But one gets the feeling, roughly 2 weeks before the election, that German voters have made up their minds
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My full lecture and Q&A about information disorder and what to do about it at Leiden University youtu.be/UfX5RLAcgLg?...
Information Disorder - Public Lecture by Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
My full lecture and Q&A about information disorder and what to do about it at Leiden University youtu.be/UfX5RLAcgLg?...
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this is essentially, what's up
The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
February 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
this is essentially, what's up
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SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
wrd.cm
February 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
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New details from @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social on early DOGE recruitment efforts that focused on Palantir alums and SpaceX interns: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
New details from @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social on early DOGE recruitment efforts that focused on Palantir alums and SpaceX interns: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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More of this please
January 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
More of this please
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OpenAI shocked and appalled that an AI company would steal intellectual property
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
OpenAI shocked and appalled that an AI company would steal intellectual property
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
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Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Do Europeans still get to set the rules for their own elections? Or does Elon Musk decide?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Kinda like asking a drug dealer to remove the cocaine from their milk powder, but it's an idea - Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Kinda like asking a drug dealer to remove the cocaine from their milk powder, but it's an idea - Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is the case he's referring to. You'll note how each case is editorialised by Musk and his cohort to maximise digust www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Lord Ahmed: Peer's prison sentence cut by appeal court - BBC News
The Appeal Court says it took into account Nazir Ahmed was a child himself when he abused two children.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is the case he's referring to. You'll note how each case is editorialised by Musk and his cohort to maximise digust www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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The "social media posts" included setting up a Telegram channel that coordinated violent riots targeting mosques and personally encouraging violence targeting Muslims
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
January 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The "social media posts" included setting up a Telegram channel that coordinated violent riots targeting mosques and personally encouraging violence targeting Muslims
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Trump seizing European territory is one risk that I admittedly didn’t have on my radar
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...
Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time
In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Trump seizing European territory is one risk that I admittedly didn’t have on my radar
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...