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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

www.theguardian.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

The EU’s most influential solar panel lobbying group reinstated Huawei’s membership just months after it expelled the Chinese company over its alleged involvement in a bribery and corruption scandal.

How Huawei came in from the cold after being blacklisted by the EU

The powerful Chinese company is back at one of the bloc’s most influential lobbies, raising questions over its impact on watering down policies aimed at limiting Beijing’s ability to hack key infra…

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Gov. Shapiro: "The way the president has chosen to deploy the National Guard in other states, and to deploy the Guard of one state. Texas, into another state, Illinois, is extremely dangerous...It does not make us more safe. It creates chaos and real danger in our communities."

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Defenestrate Russia - YES ON PROP 50 @defenestraterussia.bsky.social · 6d

This is bad news for Ukraine and Western opposition to Russia - particularly Russian oil imports. Czechia will be aligned with Orban's Hungary moving forward.

Billionaires are taking over.

www.euronews.com/2025/10/04/a...

Andrej Babiš' ANO movement wins Czech parliamentary elections

The billionaire former prime minister defeated a pro-Western coalition led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala to emerge victorious in Saturday's ballot.

www.euronews.com

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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 7d

Tunisia shaken after court sentences 56-year-old man TO DEATH over posts on Facebook account that criticised Tunisian autocratic President Kaïs Saied. President Kaïs was once widely considered a democrat emerging from the Arab Spring's legacy – then he got the throne and became Saied The Terrible.

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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 6d

#EU Made Simple #Georgia♨️
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🚨 BREAKING: Protesters Storm #Georgia ’s Presidential Palace🇬🇪

Clashes Erupt in #Tbilisi:
In a dramatic escalation, protesters have stormed the #PresidentialPalace in #Tbilisi after marching from Freedom Square. Eyewitnesses report pepper spray

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#Georgia #Tbilisi

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 6d

A penny from a poor man is worth a pound from a rich man.

As % of GDP, Denmark is Ukraine’s top supporter. Little wonder fascist Russia is harassing the country with drone incursions and aggression against its warships at sea.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

YouTube video by WION

www.youtube.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 6d

Czechia, 97,63% polling places counted:

National parliament election

ANO-PfE: 35.08% (+8.0)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 22.95% (-4.8)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
Piráti-G/EFA: 9% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 7.88% (-1.7)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Stačilo!-NI|S&D: 4% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election

➤ europeelects.eu/czechia

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7d

ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.

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Juraj Medzihorsky @medzihorsky.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like neither the Social Democrats nor the Communists will make it into the Czech parliament this time either.

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 7d

Czechia, 52,28% polling places counted:

National parliament election

ANO-PfE: 38.2% (+11.1)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 20.39% (-7.4)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 8.32% (-1.2)
Piráti-G/EFA: 8% (n.a.)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Stačilo!-NI|S&D: 5% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election

➤ europeelects.eu/czechia

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 7d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 7d

This is horrendous.

Tunisia was already in a dark place. A death sentence over words directed at the president makes the country one of the most abhorrent examples of our times.

Tunisian sentenced to death for Facebook posts criticising president

A Tunisian man has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting the president and assaulting state security through posts on social media, the head of the Tunisian League for Human Rights and his lawyer said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7d

‼️Russia attacked the railway station in the Shostka community of Sumy region.The enemy deliberately struck civilian infrastructure -a passenger train operating on the Shostka-Kyiv route.

Passengers were injured.

The scale of the destruction and the number of casualties are being clarified.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

Support for staying in the ECHR has been rising (probably a Farage effect of solidifying the majority who oppose him, maybe Trump osmosis effect). Media and political opinion on the right believes there is a strong public desire to quit. Badenoch has now committed the Conservatives to quitting.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9d

Albanian PM Edi Rama mocked Trump to Macron: “You should congratulate Ilham Aliyev and me. Trump has ended the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan”

Earlier Trump claimed he ended a war between Albania and Azerbaijan. It was a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 9d

Albanian PM Edi Rama mocked Trump for repeatedly claiming he ended a war between Albania and Azerbaijan, confusing his country with Armenia

Rama to French President Macron: “You should congratulate Ilham Aliyev and me. Trump has ended the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijan”

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Wolf-man main bastard Nafo @wolf-man.bsky.social · 8d

Morning fellas Quote of the day

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Hamas statement in response to Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza:
🚨We appreciate President Trump’s efforts to bring an end to the war
🚨We agree to release all the hostages in order to achieve a permanent ceasefire

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Putin continues his nuclear blackmail.

First, he invaded Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, causing blackouts. Now, Putin threatens to strike other Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 8d

⚡️'What's stopping us?' — Putin threatens to attack Ukraine's nuclear power plants.

'What's stopping us?' — Putin threatens to attack Ukraine's nuclear power plants

Russian President Vladimir Putin framed this potential move a "mirror response," claiming that Ukraine has been carrying out attacks near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) which has been unde...

kyivindependent.com

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