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Rubio has a personal interest in saying nice(ish) things to Europe; the Trump administration as a whole has a strong interest in Europe not acting on the rupture the White House has created. None of this means an actual change of direction in US foreign policy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Rubio has a personal interest in saying nice(ish) things to Europe; the Trump administration as a whole has a strong interest in Europe not acting on the rupture the White House has created. None of this means an actual change of direction in US foreign policy.
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Why do the fascists want to keep you hooked on fossil fuels? Because it keeps them in power. If you don't need their fossil fuels, they lose a lot of that power. True for Putin, Trump and the Princes.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
Cubans turn to electric vehicles as US tightens oil blockade
HAVANA, Feb 13 () - The rumble of 1959 Chevrolets, once the rhythmic heartbeat of Havana, is fading to the near silence of electric vehicles as the island faces its worst fuel shortage in years. For...
finance.yahoo.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Why do the fascists want to keep you hooked on fossil fuels? Because it keeps them in power. If you don't need their fossil fuels, they lose a lot of that power. True for Putin, Trump and the Princes.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
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And again, events in the Caribbean are not "a far away place of which we know little" for Europeans at a time when over 3 million people in the Western Hemisphere are citizens of either full EU or overseas territories that are under the control of the UK and EU states.
February 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
And again, events in the Caribbean are not "a far away place of which we know little" for Europeans at a time when over 3 million people in the Western Hemisphere are citizens of either full EU or overseas territories that are under the control of the UK and EU states.
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Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
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New @nrc.nl essay on euro internationalisation.
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Opinie | Wat gebeurt er na de val van de dollar?
Economie: De zekerheid van de dollar als wereldanker neemt af. Dat schept een kans voor Europa, stelt Sander Tordoir, als het tenminste durft te kiezen.
www.nrc.nl
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
New @nrc.nl essay on euro internationalisation.
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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This is Ariane 6’s most powerful version yet 🔥
The four-booster version of Ariane 6 took 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff occurred at 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with separation of the last satellites occurring after 114 minutes.
🤝 @cnes.fr
The four-booster version of Ariane 6 took 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff occurred at 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with separation of the last satellites occurring after 114 minutes.
🤝 @cnes.fr
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is Ariane 6’s most powerful version yet 🔥
The four-booster version of Ariane 6 took 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff occurred at 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with separation of the last satellites occurring after 114 minutes.
🤝 @cnes.fr
The four-booster version of Ariane 6 took 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low-Earth orbit. Liftoff occurred at 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, with separation of the last satellites occurring after 114 minutes.
🤝 @cnes.fr
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The first Ariane 6 with four boosters stands tall on the launch pad 👑
With the 20-metre version of the fairing, the height of the rocket is 62 metres!
Teams at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana are doing the final checks before liftoff, set for today at 17:45–18:13 CET (13:45–14:13 local time).
With the 20-metre version of the fairing, the height of the rocket is 62 metres!
Teams at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana are doing the final checks before liftoff, set for today at 17:45–18:13 CET (13:45–14:13 local time).
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The first Ariane 6 with four boosters stands tall on the launch pad 👑
With the 20-metre version of the fairing, the height of the rocket is 62 metres!
Teams at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana are doing the final checks before liftoff, set for today at 17:45–18:13 CET (13:45–14:13 local time).
With the 20-metre version of the fairing, the height of the rocket is 62 metres!
Teams at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana are doing the final checks before liftoff, set for today at 17:45–18:13 CET (13:45–14:13 local time).
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Hey look! China is selling extra LNG to Europe.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
Gas-Hungry Europe to Get Rare LNG Shipment Reloaded From China
A liquefied natural gas shipment reloaded from China — the world’s top buyer of the fuel — is heading to Europe, a rare move that highlights the continent’s push to refill dwindling inventories.
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Hey look! China is selling extra LNG to Europe.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
"While China is the largest LNG importer, its demand has lagged over the last year as the nation’s end-users turn to cheaper alternatives."
Hmm. Cheaper alternatives? Tell me more. But they don't.
Great thread about the French RN.
They and other self proclaimed European "patriots" and wannabe Quislings seemingly just cannot wait to submit to Russia.
They and other self proclaimed European "patriots" and wannabe Quislings seemingly just cannot wait to submit to Russia.
Pity the French Far Right. After 15 years of Marine Le Pen cleaning house and four years of distancing her party from Moscow, the Rassemblement National can’t help admitting where its real instincts lie 1/
February 12, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Great thread about the French RN.
They and other self proclaimed European "patriots" and wannabe Quislings seemingly just cannot wait to submit to Russia.
They and other self proclaimed European "patriots" and wannabe Quislings seemingly just cannot wait to submit to Russia.
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Only if emails count...
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Only if emails count...
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If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 AM
If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters
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This is a very good article summing up what Russian military experts have been thinking recently. Very much in line with my own conclusions; still many interesting tidbits, such as numbers about the officer shortage.
A. Umland linked a swedish article yesterday saying that this voluntary contracting has soon run its course and the pool of this way attractable people would be over. Due to demographic collapse even the mobilisable pool in ru would hsrink dramatically over five years.
sceeus.se/en/publicati...
sceeus.se/en/publicati...
Strategic positional deadlock: Is there a way out? - Sceeus
By Aleksandr Golts. Positional deadlock since 2023 is the main characteristic of the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian front. Neither side can break through the enemy’s defences to an operational dep...
sceeus.se
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
This is a very good article summing up what Russian military experts have been thinking recently. Very much in line with my own conclusions; still many interesting tidbits, such as numbers about the officer shortage.
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The bulk of additional financial and humanitarian aid is now provided through EU institutions and their mechanisms. The share of EU-level financial and humanitarian aid allocations grew from around 50 percent in 2022 to almost 90 percent in 2025 👇
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
The bulk of additional financial and humanitarian aid is now provided through EU institutions and their mechanisms. The share of EU-level financial and humanitarian aid allocations grew from around 50 percent in 2022 to almost 90 percent in 2025 👇
Great to see Europe (and allies) step up!
Total aid to Ukraine dropped a lot in 2025 as it was not possible to completely make up for lost US aid but these apparently just are the times we now live in.
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Total aid to Ukraine dropped a lot in 2025 as it was not possible to completely make up for lost US aid but these apparently just are the times we now live in.
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🇺🇦 #UkraineSupportTracker: Europe steps up: In 2025, European military aid rose +67% & financial/humanitarian aid +59% vs. 2022–24 averages - compensating for the US withdrawal.
Military aid increasingly borne by small no of countries 👉 kielinstitut.de/publications...
#MSC2026
Military aid increasingly borne by small no of countries 👉 kielinstitut.de/publications...
#MSC2026
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Great to see Europe (and allies) step up!
Total aid to Ukraine dropped a lot in 2025 as it was not possible to completely make up for lost US aid but these apparently just are the times we now live in.
🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦
Total aid to Ukraine dropped a lot in 2025 as it was not possible to completely make up for lost US aid but these apparently just are the times we now live in.
🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦
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Contrary to all the naysayers and its critics, the #EU can move fast & build things. The 2027 accession of #Ukraine is a good example of European pragmatism initially adapting the accession requirements to speed up 🇺🇦 membership. And this gives some hope of a better future for Ukraine's people
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🚨🚨Welcome news: The #EU is hatching an unprecedented plan that could give #Ukraine partial #membership in the bloc as early as next year, as Brussels tries to shore up the country’s position in Europe and away from #Moscow. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
5 steps to get Ukraine into the EU in 2027
Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary’s veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Contrary to all the naysayers and its critics, the #EU can move fast & build things. The 2027 accession of #Ukraine is a good example of European pragmatism initially adapting the accession requirements to speed up 🇺🇦 membership. And this gives some hope of a better future for Ukraine's people
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The vibe in Brussels today is ... SAFE.
The EU’s defense ministers are meeting to sign off on the plans under the bloc’s flagship security program and to discuss a €90 billion loan for Kyiv.
🎧 @zoyashef.bsky.social and Ian Wishart break it down on #BrusselsPlaybookPod:
The EU’s defense ministers are meeting to sign off on the plans under the bloc’s flagship security program and to discuss a €90 billion loan for Kyiv.
🎧 @zoyashef.bsky.social and Ian Wishart break it down on #BrusselsPlaybookPod:
EU talks funding Kyiv and how to boost industry
Podcast Episode · Brussels Playbook Podcast · 02/11/2026 · 16m
podcasts.apple.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The vibe in Brussels today is ... SAFE.
The EU’s defense ministers are meeting to sign off on the plans under the bloc’s flagship security program and to discuss a €90 billion loan for Kyiv.
🎧 @zoyashef.bsky.social and Ian Wishart break it down on #BrusselsPlaybookPod:
The EU’s defense ministers are meeting to sign off on the plans under the bloc’s flagship security program and to discuss a €90 billion loan for Kyiv.
🎧 @zoyashef.bsky.social and Ian Wishart break it down on #BrusselsPlaybookPod:
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Splendid
This is the most efficient way to counter drones
This is the most efficient way to counter drones
The General Staff reported that Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a UAV storage facility in Russia’s Rostov region, where approximately 6,000 FPV drones were destroyed.
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Splendid
This is the most efficient way to counter drones
This is the most efficient way to counter drones
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i have always found it underdiscussed that almost ~20% of all global silver production is used in solar photovoltaic metallization layers — a figure that's up ~4x in the past decade even as the relative silver loading per panel has *dropped* ~3x in the same period!
#energysky
#energysky
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
i have always found it underdiscussed that almost ~20% of all global silver production is used in solar photovoltaic metallization layers — a figure that's up ~4x in the past decade even as the relative silver loading per panel has *dropped* ~3x in the same period!
#energysky
#energysky
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There is way too much optimism about the peace process between Russia and Ukraine. In reality, there is little reason to believe that the current talks will lead anywhere. In this video, I give a status on the talks and discuss why Trump's efforts to stop the war have failed.
Why are the peace talks not working?
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 AM
There is way too much optimism about the peace process between Russia and Ukraine. In reality, there is little reason to believe that the current talks will lead anywhere. In this video, I give a status on the talks and discuss why Trump's efforts to stop the war have failed.
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"But what about China?" has been a throwaway comment made many times to justify inaction on climate change or criticise decarbonisation policies.
Well China is now by far the world's largest manufacturer, installer, and user of clean energy technologies.
Well China is now by far the world's largest manufacturer, installer, and user of clean energy technologies.
February 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
"But what about China?" has been a throwaway comment made many times to justify inaction on climate change or criticise decarbonisation policies.
Well China is now by far the world's largest manufacturer, installer, and user of clean energy technologies.
Well China is now by far the world's largest manufacturer, installer, and user of clean energy technologies.
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Pet take that counter-UAV rather than a now saturated drone sector is the next big investment opportunity in the European defence industry
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Pet take that counter-UAV rather than a now saturated drone sector is the next big investment opportunity in the European defence industry
Makes one wonder why it took until 2026 to adress the Russian Starlink usr.
1/ Russia's battlefield communications are reportedly "in chaos" following the Starlink shutdown. Communications specialists are said to be scrambling to find alternative solutions, while warbloggers advocate torturing Ukrainian PoWs to get their Starlink passwords. ⬇️
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Makes one wonder why it took until 2026 to adress the Russian Starlink usr.
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Also very interesting: after years of avoiding the activation of the Anti-Circumvention Tool, which has remained untouched since June 2023 (!!!), Brussels is finally ready to pull the trigger.
🚨 Just in: the European Commission has proposed a new round of sanctions against Russia, with a full ban on maritime services and the first-ever activation of the Anti-Circumvention Tool.
All details here.
All details here.
EU proposes new sanctions to weaken Russia's oil and gas revenues
The 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia targets oil, gas, the "shadow fleet", banking, cryptocurrency, metals and minerals. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Also very interesting: after years of avoiding the activation of the Anti-Circumvention Tool, which has remained untouched since June 2023 (!!!), Brussels is finally ready to pull the trigger.
I knew and learned about it when reading the excellent book "Death and the Penguin" by Andrey Kurkov.
Did you know that Ukraine operates one of the world’s most renowned Antarctic research stations, specializing in ozone and meteorological research?
On this day in 1996, the UK transferred the base to Ukraine for just 1 pound.
Find out more about the Vernadsky Research Base🧵
On this day in 1996, the UK transferred the base to Ukraine for just 1 pound.
Find out more about the Vernadsky Research Base🧵
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I knew and learned about it when reading the excellent book "Death and the Penguin" by Andrey Kurkov.