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Edgar Morgenroth
@morgenrothedgar.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics. Dublin, Ireland
Policy analysis, data analysis, geo-economics.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · Oct 16
We live in polarising times and many can't even see their own extremism.
But extremists always want you to pick sides, to show your colours, to swear allegiance to their cause or else label you to be of the other extreme.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 35m
Don't know any!

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1h
Who admires that do much???

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1h
Russia's full-scale invasion has now lasted 1,417 days, matching its WWII participation. Soviet forces reached Berlin and took it in that time, while Russia's army "heroically" advanced 60 km from Donetsk to Pokrovsk, with losses per square kilometer exceeding Stalin-era records.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1h
We control a lot less of Ukraine now than we did 3 years ago.

The coping is off the scale.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1h
US you still have time to stop Trump, sort it out before the rest of the world has to.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h
“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”

what the fuck

have we tried turning the country off and back on again

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 11h
Presumably they are type that can barely write their own name.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 12h
That isn't NATO. That is something very different as it lacks the deterrent NATO always had thanks to the US.

I would appreciate it if you sorted your problem ASAP, but I not optimistic.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 13h
trump is doing the best to unite large parts of the world against the US. Soon the only friend they have will be Israel

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 13h
NATO is so toast!

www.euronews.com/2026/01/08/d...
Danish soldiers would shoot back if invaded, government confirms
Danish soldiers must open fire even without orders if US troops were to try and capture Greenland by force, according to a 1952 directive that Denmark's Defence Ministry confirmed remains in place, do...
www.euronews.com

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 14h
What the MAGA nuts don't seem to understand is that people don't like being robbed, and no matter how hard you repress them they will eventually turn on you, especially if they know what freedom looks like.
When will Americans come out in their 10s of millions against their regime?
youranoncentral.bsky.social Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14h
Thousands of people across Mexico are holding massive demonstrations to declare their intent to protect their sovereignty and fight any invaders, this is in response to the growing US threat.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14h
Thousands of people across Mexico are holding massive demonstrations to declare their intent to protect their sovereignty and fight any invaders, this is in response to the growing US threat.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 14h
"Dress for the job you want"!

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 14h
It's been dead for a long time and Europe is partly responsible as it let russia shred the rules in Europe (Georgia, Transnistria, Crimea, Donbas). trump has seen that he can get away with similar and worse. Who is going to stop him?

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 14h
Spot on!
In any case I thought that the distribution of child pornography is an offence under Irish law. Can't understand why @garda.ie and DPP have not intervened yet. Are X and Musk somehow immune to Irish law?
What do I have to do to get similar immunity?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 15h
Mexican light armoured military transport vehicles have been spotted quietly being moved to the capital city amid uncertainty from the US threat.

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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 15h
The best response to any service provider who describes objections to online assaults on women as an ‘excuse for censorship’?
Ban his service until his company stops facilitating them.
Musk says outcry over X's Grok service is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 15h
This Eddie Hoobs?
Why does anyone give him any kind of publicity??

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 16h
Over on X, the kind of people who pore over children's books looking for the *slightest* hint of anything pro LGBTQI+ sexuality, are busily ignoring that they're posting from a CSAM factory....

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 16h
Spot on!

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 18h
DMd you

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Mike Brondbjerg @mikebrondbjerg.bsky.social · 19h
Anyone got recommendations for UK/EU web hosts, independent of terrible silicon valley types. Bonus points for environmental credentials. Thanks 🙏

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 19h
It is increasingly clear that ICE the equivalent of the NAZI SA & SS.
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 21h
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

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 19h
They should have also stated that trump will never get the Nobel Peace prize!
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 21h
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

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h
The fact that there has not been a charge is scandalous.
If any put up an image @garda.ie would be knocking on their door pretty quickly, but a platform can publish 1000s of images with impunity??

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h
They don't care and they do not want to understand you.

‘They think we’re for sale but they just don’t understand us’: Greenlanders on US takeover plan

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
‘They think we’re for sale but they just don’t understand us’: Greenlanders on US takeover plan
Few in Nuuk believe Washington’s arguments that its takeover ambition is about reversing Danish neglect of regional security
www.irishtimes.com

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h
Is X and Elon Musk beyond the judicial system in Ireland. Is the @garda.ie and DPP acting politically now??

If the laws are inadequate, why isn't there an emergency session of the Dail to pass required laws?

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h
I think X is actually a case for the @garda.ie and the DPP. They are distributing child pornography in Ireland which is an offence. That also allows for the shutting down of the whole thing. Why is this not happening already??

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 22h
It's open season!!
adamkeiper.com Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d
Trump on Taiwan. If any other president of any party had said this, congressional Republicans would be flipping out.
Screenshot of a tweet dated 8 Jan 2026 in which Phil D. Stewart of Reuters writes the following: *** (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said "it’s up to" Chinese President Xi Jinping what China does in Taiwan, the New York Times reported on Thursday. "He (Xi) considers it to be a part of China, and that’s up to him what he’s going to be doing," Trump told the newspaper in an interview conducted on Wednesday. "But I’ve expressed to him that I would be very unhappy if he did that, and I don’t think he’ll do that. I hope he doesn’t do that."