Chinese carrier strike group (centered on the carrier Liaoning). Everything lines up with the group identified in this recent posting from the Japanese government, with one extra ship matching the dimensions of a Type 054A Frigate.

Flattop Fiesta@flattopfiesta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Truly extraordinary view of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning with its entire strike group including an underway resupply. I will come back and try my best to annotate everything that's going on later.

A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.

Zelenskyy: #Gripen C/D delivered within 10 months - provided parliament approve use of EU loan and the purchase contract.

Eigentlich schade, wie wenig Österreicher bei @globsec.org 2026 sind. Speziell das offizielle Österreich ist scheinbar nicht an einem europäischen Austausch zu Sicherheit und Verteidigung interessiert, weder auf Beamten- noch politischer Ebene.

🔥SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s on the Saudi payroll for $2 BILLION— as he leads 🇺🇸 diplomacy + asks sheikhs for billions more… Never have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia taking corruption to spectacular new heights.”

Isar Aerospace will be broadcasting the second flight and qualification mission of its Spectrum launch vehicle, starting an hour before liftoff, at the earliest 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT) on 23 March: youtube.com/live/MsbZj8P...

Livestream: "Onward and Upward" Mission of Isar Aerospace

YouTube video by Isar Aerospace

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"Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion are manifestly illegal, constituting both a violation of the UN Charter and the international crime of aggression."

Just Security@justsecurity.org · 5mo ago

Aggression, Plain and Simple: A Response to Shany and Cohen on the Attack on Iran By @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social and @bechamilton.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/133417/aggre...

Today has pretty much confirmed the North Korea argument of why you need nukes.

Putin’s lobbyist in Europe. Viktor Orbán is a pathetic traitor

Wasn’t the AI act supposed to force platforms like youtube to mark AI generated content as such? So many people around me get highly political short videos made by AI with fake news and antidemocratic propaganda! Why do we have these laws, if they do not seem to work?

Alexei Navalny was killed by the toxin epibatidine which has been developed by Russia, the U.K. government announced in a statement. "Only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin." More on our #MSC2026 blog: www.politico.eu/article/muni...

One day China and the US mock Europe as old and declining; the next - like at #MSC2026 - they charm us, fearing we might obstruct their ambitions. Neither scorn nor flattery should distract Europe from its path to independence. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Live Updates: Rubio Emphasizes Shared History With Europe at Munich Security Conference

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It’s a great podcast, subscribe to it!

Marcel Dirsus@marceldirsus.com · 6mo ago

Made a bet that I would get monetised on YouTube by April so I need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours until then. I've got 4,700 watch hours and 301 subscribers so I still need 699 more subscribers to get it done. If you have a YouTube account and you're into politics, help me win? Danke! 🙏

Made a bet that I would get monetised on YouTube by April so I need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours until then. I've got 4,700 watch hours and 301 subscribers so I still need 699 more subscribers to get it done. If you have a YouTube account and you're into politics, help me win? Danke! 🙏

Marcel Dirsus@marceldirsus.com · 6mo ago

I started a podcast named The Next Best with Marcel Dirsus. You can listen to it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple or wherever else you get your podcasts. It's about war and dictators and geopolitics and all that. Here's a list of all episodes so far:

You go to the United States this can happen to you, too, my fellow Europeans.

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

This is huge. And my guess is that this doesn't lead to a two speed Europe but a mass bandwagon effect. If the Six agree others will almost all follow.

Jeremy Cliffe@jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Six European economies vow to drive progress on stalled projects www.reuters.com/business/ger...

In meinem Beitrag habe ich hohe Hürden für einen Volksbefragung verlangt: sie muss schnell und geordnet verlaufen, kein Alt gegen jung, kein Abwälzen von Verantwortung, volle Unterstützung der Regierung. Trotzdem: besser wäre jetzt zu entscheiden. www.linkedin.com/posts/leopol...

Verlängern oder nicht: Kanzler Stocker kündigt Volksbefragung zu... | Leopold Schmertzing

Erste Reaktion auf die angekündigte Volksbefragung über eine Verlängerung der Wehrpflicht in Österreich - Keine Wiederholung der Wehrpflichtdebatte von 2013 Die damaligen parteipolitischen Wendungen...

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Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses

Now let’s do the same with those US social media poisoning our body politic… TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t... let’s do the same with the Americans

TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga

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Time to Ban Social Media for under 16 years and have all Social Media Companies operating in the EU owned by EU Companies and operating under EU laws: TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t... #tiktok #socialmedia

TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga

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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.

They don’t want Greenland. They want to end NATO, and Greenland is just a way to do it.

Jake Broe@realjakebroe.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The same people who spent the last 4 years arguing that Russian expansionism is not a problem, and that Ukraine being invaded was the fault of the West, are now arguing the US must take Greenland by force to stop… Russian expansionism. It is astonishing how dumb their supporters are.

i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed

Evergreen Intel@vcdgf555.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Shouldn't you be doing government shit?

Here's the thing. These guys have no sense of how to act in public order. And if they keep escalating in cities while diddy-bopping around foolishly, they are going to face some seriously violent consequences as the reality of numbers manifests.

Doug Aoki@nantanreikan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.

Agents like this should be identified and their name and picture posted on a searchable web site with videos and content like this linked to their names

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7mo ago

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

⚠️ CENTCOM announces the US and unspecified “partner forces” have conducted “large-scale strikes” against ISIS in Syria tonight in response to the ISIS attack on US and Syrian forces in Palmyra that killed three Americans in December. They released footage of the strikes as part of the announcement.

Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'

The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

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Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 7mo ago

X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences

Ok aber wo sind die Schritte, die wir ankündigen, um zu zeigen das wir es ernst meinen? Wo?!?!? orf.at/stories/3416...

Grönland: Europäer warnen USA vor Annexion

Die großen europäischen Staaten haben die USA in deutlichen Worten vor einer Annexion Grönlands gewarnt. „Grönland gehört seinem Volk. Es ist allein Sache Dänemarks und Grönlands, über Angelegenheiten...

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