Von einer Bundesregierung, die den Aktionsplan Queer Leben einstellt, die Lambda die Finanzierung wegkürzt, die queere Menschen an Verfolgerstaaten ausliefert und die es zum CSD keine Regenbogenfahnen hisst ("Zirkuszelt") empfinde ich jegliche Solidaritätserklärungen als pure Heuchelei. #CSDBerlin

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.

Roshaan Khattak expected his research into human rights abuses in Balochistan to carry risks. He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge. Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...

The FIFA World Cup 2026 has raised one question after another. The Council of Europe has helped turn past sporting crises into binding rules. It's time to begin the third half and strengthen the integrity of sport. Read my full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...

Council of Europe@coe.int · 3w ago

Ahead of the FIFA World Cup final, Council of Europe SG @alain-berset.coe.int calls for a “third half”, a global dialogue on protecting the game from political, financial and betting-related pressures before 2030. Read the full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...

Genghis Khan killed millions of people but he also fathered hundreds of children. Could Elon Musk do the same thing?

Widely commented Martin Wolf article in the FT. Firstly worth noting the context: there is now a widespread and generalised debate underway in the UK as to its relationship with Europe. This is happening with no political support. A 🧵 www.ft.com/content/1...

jonworth.eu/the-eu-shoul... (2021) I just happily realised the EU is indeed proposing this for 2027?

The EU should place a blanket ban on trains being scrapped

This week we learned that part of Europe's night train renaissance is going to be built on... some couchette carriages that date from 1965. Yes you read that right - some 56 year old carriages are goi...

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... This article is incredibly hopeful. Congratulations to the authors @theguardian.com

The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world

Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies

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Bolts should do a big feature about NYT's theft and plagiarism. This should really be a huge scandal.

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 238 of The Continent Old global norms are collapsing. Writing exclusively for The Continent, Graça Machel shares why Africans have the moral authority to build a new world order. bit.ly/238_TC

Ruszkik haza! ->Russians go home(anti-Orbán/Putin/soviet chant) As a Portuguese person and a fellow European and human, I'm inspired by this Hungarian mobilization and I hope to be able to call Hungarians family, again. #hungaryelections #freedom #democracy

📺TV en DIRECTO | Sánchez: "No vamos a ser cómplices de algo que es malo para el mundo y contrario a nuestros valores e intereses simplemente por el miedo a las represalias" social.elpais.com/qcs5w27

With Hungary’s elections only 2 months away, let’s look at what the opposition promises when it comes to the EU, rule of law & Hungary’s alliances. Media coverage highlighted euro adoption and independence from RU energy by 2035 but there's much more in the program www.reuters.com/business/hun...

Hungary's opposition Tisza promises wealth tax, euro adoption in election programme

Hungary's opposition Tisza party plans to introduce a wealth tax for the rich, adopt the euro currency and firmly anchor Hungary in the European Union and NATO, its 240-page election programme publish...

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🇵🇱⚖️I promised a banger on the rule-of-law crisis in Poland, so... here it is. A group of PiS MPs have lodged a case with the Constitutional Tribunal, asking it to find the rules of electing the judges of the same Tribunal, introduced in 2016 by a PiS majority, to be unconstitutional. 1/

Shilling for Trump in Brussels: A document we obtained shows how Tony Blair and his institute lobbied behind closed doors for the EU to join Trump's "Board of Peace" and put €€€ behind US- and Israeli-led Gaza reconstruction efforts. Published with Democracy for Sale, ht @lighthousereports.com

Would you say that "A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End" by Peter Kenez is a good book? I tried to check if you had a book list recommendation on Russian history, but couldn't find anything. Wondering if you have any for collapse of URSS + 90's Russia . @seva.bsky.social

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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I wrote last yr Canada should consider joining the EU's geopolitical enlargement. Seems even more pertinent now: "a transcontinental EU that includes Canada and safeguards its members’ sovereignty from both Ru and American diktat would prevent Trump and Pu from creating the neat maps they desire...

This isn’t even about diplomats — this is about the sons and daughters and wives of Iranian intel officials, generals, and national security officials living in the USA, Canada, Europe. Children of judges! The daughter of the head of the Islamic Republic’s National Security Council lives in USA!

Dave Robinson@davidrobbo.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Punishing diplomats is a bit of a rocky road to go down. I know that they represent the regime, but diplomacy is critical, even with bad governments. I think. It's a tough one.

Is that Pablo Iglesias supporting Iran? Holy shit

Kraut@derparrot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It seems that these two may soon be out of their lucrative Iranian TV jobs. Have to get a job elsewhere. Maybe Moscow is hiring.

Regime forces have opened fire on protesters with Kalashnikovs and shotguns in the cities of Islamabad-e Gharb and Gilan-e Gharb in Kermanshah Province.

BTW, the BBC is maintaining its content-sharing partnership with the newly-MAGAfied CBS News. It illustrates just how bought-in they are to America after axing the BBC World channel and switching BBC News to be dual-headquartered in London & Washington.

If we can reach $200k, we'll be in a place where we have enough to invest in some of our up front costs (such as the print publishing component of The Reconstruction Papers) to also finally have one full time editor on staff. We just need 19% more than we've already raised gofund.me/98115b78b

My feeling to. The hippies are bad because they have a naive understanding of world politics and int law, or law in general it seems, in that they see it childishly as "automatic" and self-enforcing To enforce the law you need someone willing to do it.

(((Asa Zernik)))@asazernik.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is a swing of the pendulum too far in the Realist direction. Consistency matters not for persuading China, but for persuading *everyone else*. ie you might get Brazil and Indonesia on board with sanctions on China if they think you're consistently protecting a principle that's in their interest

I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, _Deadly Divide_, will be out in spring 2026 with @uncpress.bsky.social with the help of my fabulous editor Cate Hodorowicz (@catehodorowicz.bsky.social).

In a recent lecture in Vienna, @timothysnyder.bsky.social, IWM Lesya Ukrainka Fellow, showed how authoritarianism erases a nation's distinctiveness, as seen in Belarus under Russian sway. Yet still, Belarus' vivid past suggests other possible futures. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ab5...

TIMOTHY SNYDER: Belarus: Ancient and Modern. A Reconsideration of a Central European History

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🎞️ 3 great independent documentaries to watch on 🇭🇺Hungary's backsliding (w ENG subs) 10 Years of Hate This documentary by Partizán traces how Orbán cemented his power once the refugee crisis had subsided, and how hate became the basic rule of his regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzgA...

10 ÉV GYŰLÖLET | Film az orbáni gyűlöletpolitikáról

YouTube video by Partizán

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Again, the main lesson of the 🇬🇷 eurozone crisis, a decade on, is that broaching the idea of “exit” from a “permanent & irrevocable” monetary union, based on completely invented “rules” that 🇬🇷 had supposedly “broken,” was wildly irresponsible on the part of 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 leaders: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Bruegel@bruegel.org · last yr.

🛟 When #Greece was on the brink of euro exit: disaster averted, lessons learned 📝 Marco Buti, Klaus Regling and Thomas Wieser examine what lessons can be learned from the crisis, now that ten years have passed 🔗 buff.ly/taoqEp5 #EconSky