@bictorman.com
Highly recommend this analysis for anybody who has only been reading headlines.
My thoughts on the 2025 National Security Strategy, which could easily be retitled "Travail, famille, patrie."
youtu.be/nqpKWylZjbo
youtu.be/nqpKWylZjbo
National Security Strategy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
YouTube video by Pax Americana
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Highly recommend this analysis for anybody who has only been reading headlines.
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Ok, new Common Sense just released. It's timely and pithy and hopefully you think it worth your time (and mine).
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
dts.podtrac.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Ok, new Common Sense just released. It's timely and pithy and hopefully you think it worth your time (and mine).
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu this is shameless. If you ram this through, you'll not only endanger the security and prosperity of all EU citizens, but you will also be strongly confirming the Eurosceptics' claims of the #eu being a dark and undemocratic organization. #StopChatControl
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu this is shameless. If you ram this through, you'll not only endanger the security and prosperity of all EU citizens, but you will also be strongly confirming the Eurosceptics' claims of the #eu being a dark and undemocratic organization. #StopChatControl
Another feature that #Apple gate-keeps to pressure the EU instead of complying with anti-monopoly rules. That's a dangerous game and I know which side I'm on.
Apple’s Live Translation feature for AirPods will not be available in the EU given privacy (GDPR) and AI (AI Act) regulations.
This continues the trend of Apple providing fewer features in the EU due to regulations. Previously Apple Intelligence & Screen Sharing were made unavailable due to the DMA
This continues the trend of Apple providing fewer features in the EU due to regulations. Previously Apple Intelligence & Screen Sharing were made unavailable due to the DMA
AirPods Live Translation Blocked for EU Users With EU Apple Accounts
Apple's new Live Translation feature for AirPods will be off-limits to millions of European users when it arrives next week, with strict EU...
www.macrumors.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Another feature that #Apple gate-keeps to pressure the EU instead of complying with anti-monopoly rules. That's a dangerous game and I know which side I'm on.
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"This is the fundamental problem. Europe talks endlessly about “strategic autonomy” but flinches at the first sign of pressure. We celebrate short‑term stability even when it comes at the expense of long‑term strength."
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/europe-us-...
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/europe-us-...
🇪🇺Europe Must Stop Paying Tribute to Washington
The EU’s $1.35 trillion trade and energy concessions to Donald Trump cement Europe’s junior‑partner status. Unless leaders endure short‑term pain, they will sacrifice long‑term power and sovereignty.
www.frenchdispatch.eu
July 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"This is the fundamental problem. Europe talks endlessly about “strategic autonomy” but flinches at the first sign of pressure. We celebrate short‑term stability even when it comes at the expense of long‑term strength."
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/europe-us-...
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/europe-us-...
2 days later my mind is still blown by this. #ursulaout
Ursula von der Leyen just signed what may be the EU’s most one‑sided “deal” in years – and it’s not an FTA.
Almost nothing in it. Interpretations already diverge. Germany & Italy pushed it through. Can France or the EP block it, or is this surrender?
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/von-der-le...
Almost nothing in it. Interpretations already diverge. Germany & Italy pushed it through. Can France or the EP block it, or is this surrender?
www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/von-der-le...
Von Der Leyen Surrendered the EU to Trump? What now?
EU–US deal sparks backlash: Did Ursula von der Leyen surrender and hand Trump a strategic victory, and what options remain for Europe?
www.frenchdispatch.eu
July 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
2 days later my mind is still blown by this. #ursulaout
Any political system without ranked choice voting to prevent polarization (see USA) or without real power for the winner to prevent paralysis (see Europe) is screwed.
May 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Any political system without ranked choice voting to prevent polarization (see USA) or without real power for the winner to prevent paralysis (see Europe) is screwed.
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social after watching that press conference I think it's time to face the fact that Starmer is going to be Scholz 2.0
March 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social after watching that press conference I think it's time to face the fact that Starmer is going to be Scholz 2.0
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Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
@theresthistory.bsky.social I find preposterous that nobody thought about "the storm clouds are gathering" merch
December 21, 2024 at 9:09 PM
@theresthistory.bsky.social I find preposterous that nobody thought about "the storm clouds are gathering" merch