🇸🇪🇺🇸 Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson on Greenland and Venezuela: The U.S. should thank Denmark, which over the years has been a very loyal ally. In Afghanistan and Iraq, more than 50 Danish soldiers have paid the ultimate price for that loyalty.

#sveberg

Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It wasn’t because it took in too many migrants. It was because it fell for arguments uncomfortably close to Vance’s.

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Europe is on the brink of civilizational suicide," US Vice President Vance told Fox News. "Countries don’t control borders, restrict free speech. If Germany takes in millions more incompatible migrants, it’ll destroy itself. America can’t save it."

🇩🇪🇺🇸 The interference in the German elections by Elon Musk and Washington was "no less radical and outrageous than that of Moscow," — Merz.

Today, President Trump called our enemy, Russia, before calling our ally, Ukraine. Meanwhile, his Secretary of Defense, ruled out a future for Ukraine in NATO and a restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty over its own lands.

The Russian Ruble is even collapsing against the Ukrainian Hyrivnia Food for thought.

Having spent a week or two more full time here, I can absolutely confirm that the real echo chamber is not Bluesky but X. Musk’s platform is roaring cyclotron of hate, gamed algorithms and inauthentic blue ticks. It’s not free speech but ‘paid for’ speech that stops genuine exploration and debate.

One of the strongest arguments for leaving X altogether is that by staying you help give the impression that the platform is still normal and not engaged in extreme algorithmic doping.

Keiran Pedley@keiranpedley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Really noticeable how Twitter / X is turning into something very different to what it was. And potentially sinister. Normally sensible centre right people are going down conspiracy theory rabbit holes and getting absolutely hysterical about the current government. Sad to see.

We are the number one app in the United States. I repeat. We are the number one app in the United States.

Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week as sm users flee Trump, Musk and Twitter disinformation. Huge influx from US and UK means 14.5 million users are now here. Watch that figure climb. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election

Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump

theguardian.com

🇰🇵⚠️ Mark Rutte: "After missiles, North Korea has now sent soldiers to Russia to fight and die alongside Russian troops in Ukraine." ❗️According to NATO Secretary General, Russia has provided DPRK with funding and technology, which is posing a threat to the World.

A lot of new followers over the past few days: welcome all of you! Would you please help spread the word about our account on BlueSky by reposting this post? That way as many people as possible will be kept up to date with daily news about the war in Ukraine. Thanks! #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will win the California Senate race, CNN projects. He will fill the seat once held by the late Dianne Feinstein. cnn.it/3CbZDhw