The wet dream of #Weidel, #Kickl, and fascists across the board in Europe. Sadly, thanks to the sheer incompetence of @aussenminister.diplo.de @spdfraktion.de @spoe.at @beate.neos.eu, these bottom-feeders will end up in power after the next election.

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔

..."officials pondered how to appease President Donald Trump without appearing to cave to his threats" No chance! Either you stand up to the convicted rapist or you carry on doing what you’ve been doing all along: grovel before him and lick his balls, just like wimps always do with a bully.

‘Blackmail’: Europe fumes against White House demand for more diesel

White House strong-arming led to G7 countries announcing they would release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from their strategic reserves.

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If the Baltic states, the UK and France are not invited to discuss the state of NATO with the USA, then the other European NATO states should refuse to attend as well. European security needs to be seen as a whole, only Putin (and Trump) wants to divide it up. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting

Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.

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Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Checkpoints are suffocating Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. Over 18 months, WIRED and our reporting partners investigated the full scope of the system that has carved the West Bank up. www.wired.com/story/how-is...

How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

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Fucking hypocrites. The US have had their own "Buy America Act (BAA)" law for public contracts for quite some time now. 😂🤡

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 6d ago

US ambassador Andrew Puzder warns "Made in Europe" provisions risk undermining collective security and alienating allies. "When lives are on the line, capability and availability should determine the solution, not geography," Puzder told @euronews.com.

..."European domestic payment groups serving 130 million people, including ‌Spain's Bizum, Italy's Bancomat and Wero, said on Wednesday they were combining forces to form a joint company to oversee cross-border payments." 🗞️ @reuters.com

European payments groups join forces to lessen US reliance

European domestic payment groups serving 130 million people, including ‌Spain's Bizum, Italy's Bancomat and Wero, said on Wednesday they were combining forces to form a joint company to oversee cross-...

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🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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First, centre-right morons like the @cducsu.de @cducsueuropa.bsky.social under #Merz harp on and push about how Europe needs to be more independent, boosting its own economy in the process, only to turn around like a TACO-Trump and water down their own initiative until it's basically non-existent. 🤡

‘Made in everywhere’: MEPs clash over reach of EU industrial law

Lead MEPs want 'Made in Europe' perks limited to the 27 member states. The centre-right, whose votes could decide the file, is split.

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1️⃣ Global policymaking is falling behind AI advances. Two years after passing the landmark AI Act, Europe faces implementation delays and fears of losing competitiveness, leaving leading tech companies largely self-regulated. 🌐 🎁🗞️ @nytimes.com

As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind (Gift Article)

The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.

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Journalists have tracked down two employees of Kremlin disinformation group Rybar to villas near Berlin, Germany, with the two living comfortably and safe in the decadent EU they villainize each day correctiv.org/aktuelles/ru... istories.media/news/2026/09...

Russischer Kriegskanal Rybar operiert von Berlin aus

Der russische Propaganda-Kanal „Rybar“ erreicht 1,5 Millionen Nutzer und ist in der EU sanktioniert. Zwei Mitarbeiter des Kanals wohnen trotzdem in Berlin.

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1️⃣ President Xi Jinping’s Washington visit delivered a fragile two-month extension to the US-China trade truce, alongside a US coal purchase deal, but fell well short of a comprehensive economic reset. 🕊️ 🗞️ @politico.com

Xi visit delivers coal deal, tariff talks — and plenty of unresolved issues

The U.S. says China will buy more American coal and that the two sides made progress on future tariff carveouts, capping a Washington visit from President Xi Jinping that was thin on deliverables.

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A 17-year-old girl and a 59-year-old woman were killed in a Russian strike on the Synelnykove district in Dnipropetrovsk Region, Regional Administration head Hanzha reported‼️ Two other people were injured, including a 6-year-old boy.

Ubuntu 26.10 OOM Changes: Protecting the Linux Desktop www.pudn.club/linux/ubuntu...

Ubuntu 26.10 OOM Changes: Protecting the Linux Desktop

Ubuntu 26.10 changes OOM priorities to protect GNOME Shell and D-Bus, while applications become more likely to be terminated under memory pressure.

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Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

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Precisely why Europe needs to be at least 80–90% electrified. You eliminate all that volatility and reliance on multiple third parties, especially with enough battery storage 🔋🏭 🚘

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana as diesel prices rise to record levels during peak harvest season. #ICYMI ⛽️ www.wdsu.com/article/loui...

Romania's first South Korean K9 howitzers have arrived, the start of 54 tracked guns meant to replace Soviet-era artillery. Most of the rest will be built in a new factory near Bucharest. Details: defence-blog.com/romania-gets...

Romania gets its first South Korean K9 howitzers

Romania has received its first K9 self-propelled howitzers, K10 ammunition resupply vehicles and K12 vehicles from South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace under its tracked self-propelled howitzer program. Rom...

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Perm Oil Refinery (Permnefteorgsintez) in Russia is on fire today 🔥 Here are some of the best pictures circulating online:

RUSI proposes a dedicated NATO multinational squadron using armed jet trainers to intercept Russian drones. The concept aims to preserve frontline fighters and conserve scarce air-to-air missiles amid growing drone incursion threats. 🗞️ rusi.org #Ukraine #Russia #NATO

Options for a NATO Multinational Drone-Interception Squadron

A dedicated multinational NATO squadron of armed jet trainers could shoot down Russian drone incursions without burning through frontline fighters and scarce air-to-air missiles.

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Interesting. The Phillipines pivoted to the US, away from China, and now, under Trump, are beginning to regret it www.worldpoliticsreview.com/philippines-...

The Philippines Chose to Align with the U.S. Now It Regrets It

Despite Manila’s efforts, it is increasingly evident that Washington cannot be trusted to uphold its commitments.

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Not only do Russians plot assassinations on American soil, but they also seem to operate there without any fear or shame. Russia is an adversary of the US. Inviting Putin to the G20 is a mistake and looks weak.

Poland has declared a fire at a Starlink satellite station sabotage. The station partly supports internet coverage in Ukraine. Denmark has separately warned of a rising Russian threat, amid broader concern over Kremlin-linked interference across Europe. 🗞️ bbc.co.uk #Ukraine #Russia

Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat

The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.

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Please share the information about Oleshky everywhere you can! ​Russia is starving residents of the town and nearby villages by denying food supplies and evacuation. People in Oleshky need help, or else they won't survive the winter!

Yet "Die Linke" are supposedly antisemitic. Meanwhile, the AfD and the @cducsu.de are nothing but the foulest, far-right MAGA-like filth.

Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Putin has been invited to the G20 summit in Miami in December. “We think it’s an opportunity for him to engage not just with the President, but with other world leaders.” The Trump team is working so hard for Putin they deserve a medal.

Wir müssen das nur besser erklären, damit meine dummen Wähler das endlich verstehen warum wir es von ihnen nehmen und der Upper Class in den Hals werfen.

JUST IN 🚨: Diesel hits new all-time of $6.53/gallon 📈 📈

The European Union and the Philippines announced a new free trade deal on Tuesday in the latest bilateral agreement struck by Brussels as it seeks to diversify its economy as tensions persist with traditional trading partners including China, Russia and the United States.

European Union strikes a new free trade deal with the Philippines

The European Union and the Philippines have announced a new free trade deal. The agreement announced Tuesday is part of an EU effort to diversify its economy amid tensions with China, Russia and the U...

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