Have you noticed no one is claiming this is an escalation?

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 9h ago

⚡️ A North Korean missile unit is deploying to Russia, with plans to operate 120 ballistic missiles against Ukraine. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Este é um bom exemplo do que referi. Uma coluna de opinião normalmente tem pouco de rigoroso. Aqui o autor estabelece um nexo directo entre o interesse de Israel e a sua co-responsabilidade apenas porque, na opinião do autor, tal incidente só pode acontecer com a colaboração de Israel.

oh it's getting real *INFANTINO OFFERS MOROCCO WORLD CUP FINAL FOR SUPPORT: TIMES

For some reason I remembered that 30 years ago, Robert DeNiro was the producer of a point-and-click adventure game called 9: The Last Resort. It was the only game produced by DeNiro's Tribeca Interactive www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbUY...

9: The Last Resort - English Longplay - No Commentary

YouTube video by Andrea Pannocchia

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Russia is carrying out massive waves of ballistic missile strikes, destroying more civilian infrastructure and driving up civilian deaths With Ukraine having no effective air defences left, we're all standing by and watching this catastrophe kyivindependent.com/russian-ball...

Russian ballistic missile attack kills 17, injures 44 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue

A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported overnight ...

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Perante o que tem acontecido, exige-se uma decisão corajosa: Portugal não pode compactuar com a organização conjunta do Mundial 2030 com Marrocos. Da parte do LIVRE, tudo faremos para que não fiquemos tristemente associados à organização com um país que mostrou não ter capacidade nem dar confiança.

I tend to notice from my personal POV that the lack of far-right lunatics on Bluesky makes the environment clearer, which helps you with spotting left-wing lunatics much better and gives the impression there's a lot of them here.

Keanu M. Heydari@keanuheydari.bsky.social · yesterday

People saying that Bluesky is a “leftist bubble” suggests that people don’t know what the word “leftist“ means.

It took several days to say something that's not a sloppy wreck of Spain-bashing populist nonsense: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

Informal video conference of home affairs ministers

Over video conference, ministers of home affairs addressed current developments in Ceuta.

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The past few years have been an explicit test of two theories of how to win back AfD voters: first, the CDU just needed to pivot to the hard right under Merz and second that the Linke as a party was too woke and needed to turn to workerist anti-migrant nationalism via BSW. Both failed.

Marcel Dirsus@marceldirsus.com · yesterday

The latest poll for Saxony-Anhalt has the far-right at 41%. If some of the smaller parties (SPD, Greens, BSW) don't clear the threshold to enter parliament, the far-right may gain an absolute majority in September.

Checking in with Elbridge Colby who assured me that the US couldn't spare a single bullet for Ukraine because they were all needed to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

George Pearkes@peark.es · yesterday

Okay Reuters on a heater this morning *US ARMY USED 'VIRTUALLY ALL' LONG-RANGE PRECISION MISSILES:RTRS

This is amazing, it's no surprise that the UK is such a leading power in observational comedy.

The Independent@the-independent.com · 2d ago

Couple face huge court bill after losing neighbour fight over ornamental squirrel

Thanks to @msf.org for thoroughly documenting Russia’s systemic attacks on health workers and facilities in 🇺🇦Ukraine. No less than 3204 attacks took place btw February 2024 and June 2026, demonstrating the magnitude of 🇷🇺Russia’s deliberate violations of International Humanitarian Law #IHL #Ukraine

Médecins Sans Frontières@handle.invalid · 3w ago

In Ukraine, attacks on the medical system are impacting people's ability to seek care, and medical staff’s ability to provide it.

International incidents drag a cohort of loud & ignorant takes claiming that it is *foreign power I hate* that's behind it. It's either incapacity to distinguish between responsibility in an incident and indirectly benefitting from it, or it's just blanket prejudice and obnoxiousness.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d ago

When you hear of an incident between foreign countries, a good rule of thumb is to start with it likely has local causes. Spain and Morocco have their own shit. It’s not a dastardly (((globalist))) plot to make Europe less aryan, nor a dastardly Zionist plot to get Spain back for verbal criticism.

Another "sovereign democracy" with Russian and Chinese characteristics.

Ville Kostian@kostianv.bsky.social · 3d ago

" #Nicaragua Moves Ahead With Reform to Exclude Opposition" ticotimes.net/2026/08/02/d...

Editorial | De nada sirve anunciar la suspensión de Schengen, una medida inútil en este contexto. Ni tampoco la instrumentalización más burda del drama por parte de partidos y grupos xenófobos. La división hace el juego a quienes desde fuera socavan las fronteras de Europa

Firmeza y unidad ante el desafío de Marruecos | Editorial

El inaceptable uso de la inmigración contra las fronteras soberanas en Ceuta requiere respuestas claras y todo el apoyo de la UE

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Solidarity is the EU's greatest strength In their haste to capitalize on anti-immigration sentiment, European centre-right politicians have strengthened MAGA/Russian propaganda and undermined the very asset that protects them as a unit

Nathalie Tocci@nathalietocci.bsky.social · 3d ago

When an EU member is in trouble, esp if instigated from outside, as for Spain in Ceuta, solidarity should be the only EU response. Far-right reactions is yet more proof there’s no “moderate” far-right, only different ways far right forces seek to dismantle European integration

i love how common the we need more games like [massive longshot million to one success] to save The Industry is as a take. sounds both sustainable and possible to plan for

The price increase of Xbox S and X in the Eurozone & UK is almost as much as the price of a Nintendo Switch Lite www.resetera.com/threads/micr...

Microsoft raises price of Xbox Series in Europe by up to 200 euros, in UK by up to 170 GBP Microsoft

Back in June, Microsoft told us they would be raising the price of Xbox consoles worldwide on August 1st. They also said that for the US specifically, the price of 512GB models would go up by $100 and...

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France has at least 6 or 7 metropolitan areas with more than 1 million people. Portugal has 2. Belgium has 2 as well - they probably counted the City of Brussels (+/- 200 000) as a separate entity, which makes as much sense as saying that London has 9 000 residents.

Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 4d ago

How Many Cities Over 1 Million People Does Each Country Have? Sort of crazy that Canada and Australia have more than the UK. Or that Russia has more than the US. Full list: brilliantmaps.com/cities-ov...

Lofted trajectory Mario

Supper Mario Broth@mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 5d ago

In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, green trampolines make Mario jump so high he goes offscreen for 6 seconds. By extracting his position values from the code, we can "zoom out" the stage and visualize his actual arc, which reveals just how absurdly high the jump is.

We should stop talking of "Europe" and "Brussels" like its a monolith and see the concrete coalitions and networks of power. The EU is not an anthropomorphized entity but institutions filled with political actors

Mihnea@miyhnea.bsky.social · 5d ago

The EPP dominates the institutions of the EU in a de facto coalition with ECR. It has every desire to see PP in power and PSOE removed. Who are the people attacking Sanchez most? M - EPP. FI - EPP. PO - EPP

Looks like 22 EU leaders need an urgent course on understanding and handling hybrid warfare. "United we stand, divided we fall." #StrongerTogether🇪🇺 @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu www.politico.eu/article/ceut...

There's so much talk about societal resilience, crisis preparedness etc by European governments But the same governments immediately enter panic mode after a single incident like this

Paul T. Levin@paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m not the only one suggesting that Ceuta might have been a case of migrant weaponization: “It is impossible for nearly 50,000 people to cross the border between Morocco and Spain in a single day without Morocco having a hand in it.” Lorenzo Gabrielli, Pompeu Fabra University.+

I tried to summarise it but I couldn't shrink it down to a proper post size, so I'll just paste this screenshot.

Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast@irhottakes.bsky.social · 5d ago

Sounds like the sort of thing that those splitters in the Judean People's Front would bitch about.

Portugal ardeu mais do que o esperado mesmo para um Verão extremo Em 2025, apenas 32 incêndios, equivalentes a 0,38% das ocorrências, foram responsáveis por 87,8% de toda a superfície queimada.

Comissão independente conclui que reformas pós-2017 falharam e país continua vulnerável a megaincêndios

Portugal ardeu mais do que o esperado mesmo para um Verão extremo Em 2025, apenas 32 incêndios, equivalentes a 0,38% das ocorrências, foram responsáveis por 87,8% de toda a superfície queimada.

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The European response to the #Ceuta crisis will go down in history as an own goal that emboldened Europe’s adversaries. Instead of showing solidarity, Italy & co sought to punish it. Now, with the vast majority of arrivals already returned, the failure wasn’t border control but European solidarity.

The speed with which several EU national governments called for suspending the Schengen agreement provisions towards Spain & condemned 🇪🇸 govt rather than displayed solidarity w/ another EU member shows that scoring domestic political points remains the priority, even in an emergency like this.

David Carretta@davidcarretta.bsky.social · 5d ago

The real issue on Ceuta is the lack of solidarity with a Member State under external attack for reasons of internal politics and political exploitation. Italy, Denmark, Finland, but also the von der Leyen Commission. Meanwhile, more than half have already returned to Morocco.

Update: Over half of the 50,000 people who crossed into Ceuta have voluntarily returned to Morocco, according to the Spanish Interior Minister. The death toll is now at 41.

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 5d ago

Just in: Over 49,000 people have crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in the last 24 hours, according to estimates from the Spanish Interior Minister. For comparison: - 2021 crisis: over 10,000 crossings - Ceuta population: 83,600 people

Love this: "Ukraine recently asked for protective netting to shield firefighting vehicles from drone attacks. DG ECHO - the DG for civil protection, had none. The EC’s fisheries department, however, had illegal fishing nets confiscated from France and Italy. They were sent to Ukraine instead."

Italy's far-right government is threatening to suspend the Schengen rules vis-à-vis Spain, ignoring that the enclaves of Ceuta & Melilla have their own specific provisions with regards to the EU's borderless travel zone. Populist slop based on social media videos.

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

Spain summons Italy’s ambassador after Italy said it’s considering suspending Schengen with Spain over the migratory crisis in Ceuta. Spain “expects European solidarity and not partisan demagoguery”, says foreign minister.