Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
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Alphaville: financial Popbitch.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Alphaville: financial Popbitch.
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In de allereerste aflevering van Wereldzaken duiken we in de schimmige wereld van conservatieve denktanks in Brussel. Hoeveel invloed hebben deze clubs? Zijn zij de verborgen architecten van de Europese koers?
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Hoe conservatieve denktanks de koers van Europa bepalen
In de allereerste aflevering van Wereldzaken duiken we in de schimmige wereld van conservatieve denktanks in Brussel. EU-correspondent Rik Rutten en geopolitiek redacteur Michel Kerres nemen ons mee n...
www.nrc.nl
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In de allereerste aflevering van Wereldzaken duiken we in de schimmige wereld van conservatieve denktanks in Brussel. Hoeveel invloed hebben deze clubs? Zijn zij de verborgen architecten van de Europese koers?
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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Again: French speaking Belgium is quite unique. This is as polarized as a TV debate can get: both presidents of the two most extreme parties of the parliamentarian spectrum discussing purchasing power, VAT, and indexation of salaries.
www.rtbf.be/article/modi...
www.rtbf.be/article/modi...
Accord sur le budget fédéral : revivez le débat entre Raoul Hedebouw et Georges-Louis Bouchez - RTBF Actus
Après deux mois de négociations, le gouvernement a trouvé un accord budgétaire constitué d’économies et de...
www.rtbf.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Again: French speaking Belgium is quite unique. This is as polarized as a TV debate can get: both presidents of the two most extreme parties of the parliamentarian spectrum discussing purchasing power, VAT, and indexation of salaries.
www.rtbf.be/article/modi...
www.rtbf.be/article/modi...
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Do not mistake this as a small price - it would not only completely shatter the cordon sanitaire, it would make the centre-right to far-right exception into the main majority platform for the European Parliament.
A potential completion of the sea change at EU level.
A potential completion of the sea change at EU level.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Do not mistake this as a small price - it would not only completely shatter the cordon sanitaire, it would make the centre-right to far-right exception into the main majority platform for the European Parliament.
A potential completion of the sea change at EU level.
A potential completion of the sea change at EU level.
Absolutely. On climate, you can’t deregulate your way to the future. You’re just reducing pressure to innovate in an world where the status quo is bad.
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Absolutely. On climate, you can’t deregulate your way to the future. You’re just reducing pressure to innovate in an world where the status quo is bad.
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Von der Leyen’s ‘intelligence cell’ will only fuel fragmentation and mistrust
Von der Leyen’s ‘intelligence cell’ will only fuel fragmentation and mistrust
The need to improve intelligence capacity is undeniable. But von der Leyen’s chosen method reflects a familiar instinct: using crisis logic to expand the Commission’s authority
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Von der Leyen’s ‘intelligence cell’ will only fuel fragmentation and mistrust
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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love love love the civic tech representation here! <3 (Hidalgo, Norrick, Van Dyck, & Voegeli)
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
love love love the civic tech representation here! <3 (Hidalgo, Norrick, Van Dyck, & Voegeli)
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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Language matters @politico.eu. They are not US "demands", it is "blackmail". The @ec.europa.eu has no mandate to negotiate away EU legislation, nor the right to soften enforcement. The Commission has to protect European citizens, not US broligarchs.
The EU’s push for the U.S. to scrap its tariffs on steel and aluminum has opened the door to an old demand from Washington: Loosen your digital rulebook, and we’ll meet you halfway.
US demands digital concessions in return for EU steel tariff relief
Washington argues U.S. companies would invest more in the EU if it rolls back its digital rulebook.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Language matters @politico.eu. They are not US "demands", it is "blackmail". The @ec.europa.eu has no mandate to negotiate away EU legislation, nor the right to soften enforcement. The Commission has to protect European citizens, not US broligarchs.
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"Brussels’ focus on market influence has become a dangerous blind spot. For instance, officials may treat digital protections as bargaining chips rather than a crucial bulwark of European democracy or a defence against foreign influence. That would be a terrible mistake." 👌
Europe in dangerous territory. Putting democratic protections on the chopping blocks for trade concessions invites a slippery slope. Increasingly tariff negotiations cuts at the heart of European national security.
www.ft.com/content/5820...
www.ft.com/content/5820...
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Brussels’ focus on market influence has become a dangerous blind spot. For instance, officials may treat digital protections as bargaining chips rather than a crucial bulwark of European democracy or a defence against foreign influence. That would be a terrible mistake." 👌
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And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
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The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.
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We've published the full text of a European counter-proposal to the U.S. 28-point Ukraine peace plan, seen by Reuters.
The document, drafted by Europe's E3 powers of Britain, France and Germany, takes the U.S. plan as its basis but goes through point by point with suggested changes & deletions.
The document, drafted by Europe's E3 powers of Britain, France and Germany, takes the U.S. plan as its basis but goes through point by point with suggested changes & deletions.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We've published the full text of a European counter-proposal to the U.S. 28-point Ukraine peace plan, seen by Reuters.
The document, drafted by Europe's E3 powers of Britain, France and Germany, takes the U.S. plan as its basis but goes through point by point with suggested changes & deletions.
The document, drafted by Europe's E3 powers of Britain, France and Germany, takes the U.S. plan as its basis but goes through point by point with suggested changes & deletions.
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Donald Trump’s 28-point plan to end the fighting in Ukraine would be a dream outcome for the Kremlin. Here is how Europeans can ensure it does not become their continent’s nightmare (by @jkobzova.bsky.social)
ecfr.eu/article/what...
ecfr.eu/article/what...
What Europe should do about a bad Ukraine deal
Donald Trump’s 28-point plan to end the fighting in Ukraine would be a dream outcome for the Kremlin. Here is how Europeans can ensure it does not become their continent’s nightmare.
ecfr.eu
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Donald Trump’s 28-point plan to end the fighting in Ukraine would be a dream outcome for the Kremlin. Here is how Europeans can ensure it does not become their continent’s nightmare (by @jkobzova.bsky.social)
ecfr.eu/article/what...
ecfr.eu/article/what...
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When I helped plan (as a rep of Vancouver) the very 1st Mayors Climate Summit in Copenhagen at COP15, we chose the slogan “Cities Act.” But for cities to lead & act on #ClimateAction, we need nations to FUND, empower & position cities. A key message for @mayors4climate.bsky.social. #ActionStartsHere
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When I helped plan (as a rep of Vancouver) the very 1st Mayors Climate Summit in Copenhagen at COP15, we chose the slogan “Cities Act.” But for cities to lead & act on #ClimateAction, we need nations to FUND, empower & position cities. A key message for @mayors4climate.bsky.social. #ActionStartsHere
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Compilations of 15 second Sora videos posted on accounts like this are already doing big numbers, along with Sora generated rage bait. Legislation should require AI detection tools to be an integral part of the posting process, and tag likely AI generated posts and lower their algorithmic ranking.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Compilations of 15 second Sora videos posted on accounts like this are already doing big numbers, along with Sora generated rage bait. Legislation should require AI detection tools to be an integral part of the posting process, and tag likely AI generated posts and lower their algorithmic ranking.
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Today’s question.
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today’s question.
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Waging aggressive war, as Russia has been flagrantly doing, is “the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole”, as the Nuremberg Tribunal put it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_...
The war is not complex. It is in fact the simplest variety, being a bald-faced act of cross border aggression and invasion, with liberation of sovereign territory from occupation as the correct resolution.
He found a way to make it worse
..also, what exact input from Ukraine did you get?
..also, what exact input from Ukraine did you get?
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Waging aggressive war, as Russia has been flagrantly doing, is “the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole”, as the Nuremberg Tribunal put it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_...
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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👇🎯
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Fact of the day: “Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring” sold in 1881 for 2,30 Guilders.
Weetje: ‘Meisje met de Parel’ is tegenwoordig wellicht één van de duurste en een van de beroemdste schilderijen ter wereld, maar dat was in de 19e eeuw anders. Verzamelaar A.A. des Tombe kocht het schilderij in 1881 voor 2 gulden en 30 cent. Sinds 1903 is het werk in het bezit van het Mauritshuis.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Fact of the day: “Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring” sold in 1881 for 2,30 Guilders.
Not sure about this new two day test format. #TheCricket
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Not sure about this new two day test format. #TheCricket