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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 4d

🚨BREAKING: The metropolitan police
arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 4d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13d

About to be the family that owns TikTok.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Dominic Kraemer @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social · 16d

Tune in for bionic elbows, Eurovision crises, wandering Elk and a monk who makes soups.

(I had a lot of fun recording this episode with @ninaism.bsky.social)

The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · 17d

NEW EPISODE 🚨
This week on The Europeans, @pawelzerka.bsky.social of @ecfr.eu returns to the podcast to tell us why Europe is living in a Truman-Show-style universe directed by Donald Trump and his international team.

www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...

Are we all trapped in a transatlantic Truman Show? — The Europeans

Can we talk about Trump’s culture war, Putin’s war on inclusivity, and just about everyone’s unwillingness to pay teachers fair wages—and giggle throughout? You better believe it. AFP’s Nina Lamparski...

www.europeanspodcast.com

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Dominic Kraemer @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social · Aug 14

And I am only now just remembering that it was you who tipped us off about the sourdough library! Thanks so much for the tip! Karl is amazing.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 18

The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye

We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

www.theguardian.com

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The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨 NEW EPISODE

A great conversation for you this week: Abortion rights pioneer Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves and @aidaccess.bsky.social, on why she's still hopeful for reproductive rights despite the crackdowns we're seeing around the world.

www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...

Toxic chemicals, abortion rights, and a Nazi-era train law — The Europeans

Depending on where you are in Europe, your right to a safe abortion — and reproductive care in general — can vary dramatically. This week, we speak to pioneering abortion activist Rebecca Go...

www.europeanspodcast.com

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨🚨 Symbolically significant move by Equality EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social to attend Budapest #pride festival sending a very clear message to Hungarian PM Órban who has tried to ban the festival. /1 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

EU commissioner set to attend Budapest LGBTQ+ festivities in jab at Orbán

The Hungarian government has moved to try to ban Pride under the pretext of protecting children.

www.politico.eu

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Dominic Kraemer @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social · Jun 12

New episode ready for your ears! I try to explain why the Dutch government collapsed, and Katy tries to explain why bear meat might soon be on the menu in Slovakia...

The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · Jun 12

Polarised timelines. Election manipulation. Wasn't the EU meant to have the strongest tech regulation in the world?

@johnnyryan.bsky.social says we need to go nuclear: switch off the algorithms.

🎧 www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...

Could Europe switch off big tech's algorithms? — The Europeans

The EU supposedly has some of the world's toughest laws regulating big tech. So why does it still feel like Europeans are being sucked into increasingly polarised online communities, and manipulated d...

www.europeanspodcast.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jun 11

Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · Jun 3

“Wilders walks away again: are men too emotional for political responsibility?” 😆

De Speld @speld.nl · Jun 3

Wilders loopt opnieuw weg: zijn mannen te emotioneel voor politieke verantwoordelijkheid?

Een zichtbaar aangeslagen Geert Wilders is met zijn PVV uit de coalitie gestapt.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Jun 2

The modern condition of waking up to horrible news from all over the world and just having to shove that all back down and get on with your silly little job 😞

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · Jun 2

🇵🇱⚖️🗳️ The rule of law repair process in Poland just got incredibly more difficult. I expect President Nawrocki to be even less cooperative than Duda, as Nawrocki will work hard for a PiS parliamentary election victory. Tough times ahead. 1/

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social · Jun 1

This brings us one step closer to a legal victory that is aimed at ensuring that the Pride march in Budapest will be held peacefully and lawfully on 28 June!

Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social · Jun 1

SEE YOU AT BUDAPEST PRIDE ON 28 JUNE 🏳️‍🌈
After an initial police ban on a demonstration by 5 human rights NGOs and our successful court challenge, Budapest Police today acknowledged a demonstration for LGBTIQ+ rights in Budapest. This means Budapest Pride on 28/6 is ON.

ℹ️ helsinki.hu/siker-szabad...

Siker: szabad a szivárványos menet Budapesten - Magyar Helsinki Bizottság

Továbbra sincs olyan indok, amely jogszerűen megalapozhatná a szivárványos menet megtiltását. Ma délelőtt a rendőrség megerősítette, lehet az LMBTQI jogokért felvonulni Budapest belvárosában, amikor t...

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Jun 1

AP reporting Red Cross hospital in Gaza saying at least 21 people killed and another 175 injured in Gaza as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation.

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Dominic Kraemer @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social · May 29

This week I had the most delightful chat with Ursula Heinzelmann about asparagus. A dreamy podcast guest speaking on the most delightful of topics.

The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · May 29

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

We’re covering a lot of ground this week:

- Hungary’s Russian-style law that could "starve and strangle" civil society

- Good news from the courts for some 🏳️‍🌈 families in Italy

- Germany’s obsession with one particular vegetable

🎧 www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...

Hungary's plight, kids' rights, and Spargelzeit — The Europeans

Asparagus, lesbian family rights and Viktor Orbán’s latest power plays: like all good meals, this podcast episode is perfectly balanced. German food writer Ursula Heinzelmann joins us to explain the ‘...

www.europeanspodcast.com

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · May 20

okay this has gone on long enough I am really going to need either the ECHR or the EHRC to change their fucking name

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Hungarian Helsinki Committee @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social · May 20

The Hungarian bill on "transparency in public life" [the Starve and Strangle Law] must not be adopted, say @coe.int PACE monitors. "As proposed, the bill would make it impossible for civil society organisations and independent media outlets to operate, let alone exist." pace.coe.int/en/news/9893...

The Hungarian draft law on ‘transparency in public life’ must not be adopted, say PACE monitors

Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE) and George Papandreou (Greece, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Hungary, have made the follow...

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Neville Morley @nevillemorley.bsky.social · May 18

“A voting reveal should not leave viewers fearing for a contest’s future; a music competition should not be at a point where the human catastrophe inflicted by the military of a participating country has to be mentioned – or worse, cannot even be mentioned – by commentators on air.”

Catherine Baker @richmondbridge.bsky.social · May 18

New blog post: Wasted love?: broadcasting and fandom at a crossroads after #Eurovision 2025 bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/w...

Wasted love?: broadcasting and fandom at a crossroads after Eurovision 2025

Countertenor JJ’s narrow victory at Eurovision 2025 sees the contest returning to Austria for its 70th anniversary, quite possibly to Vienna – the city which installed same-gender signs on key pede…

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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · May 18

Over 100.000 people on the street today in The Hague to protest against the right-wing cabinet’s position on Israel and the war in Gaza

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/05/tens...

Tens of thousands protest against cabinet’s Israel stance - DutchNews.nl

Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of The Hague on Sunday to protest against the right-wing cabinet’s position on Israel and the war in Gaza. The organisers called on the Dutch gov...

www.dutchnews.nl

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The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · May 18

Romanian Presidential candidate George Simion seems to be doing the Trump 2016 thing of claiming he has won even though exit polls suggest he probably/possibly hasn't. This tactic is however rather undermined by the fact that he used the flag of Chad instead of Romania.

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · May 18

BREAKING, coup underway in Chad?

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · May 8

Most. predictable. gender. reveal. ever.

Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · May 8

BREAKING: WE HAVE A NEW POPE

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 2

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

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Dominic Kraemer @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social · May 1

It was a pleasure speaking to one of Europe's greatest historians on the show this week.
- Can anything good come from Trumpism for this continent? - Does it matter if we talk about different things when we talk about Europe?
Tune in to hear @fromtga.bsky.social's answers to those Qs +many more

The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · May 1

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

How to make sense of Europe's place in the world right now?

This week, we've got a big, sprawling conversation with leading European historian Timothy Garton Ash (@fromtga.bsky.social).

Don't miss it.

🎧 www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes...

How to make sense of Europe's place in the world right now — The Europeans

The world is in flux. What's Europe's place in it, exactly? This week, we're bringing you something different: a big, sprawling conversation with leading European historian Timothy Garton Ash. Can any...

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Dominic Kraemer @dominicinamsterdam.bsky.social · Apr 28

No surprise that the Daily Telegraph are jumping on that anti-renewables train

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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Daily Telegraph: Net zero blamed for blackout chaos #TomorrowsPapersToday

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The Europeans @europeanspod.bsky.social · Apr 28

Move over, Gay Pride: Why Hungarian activists have been marking *Gray* Pride.

#pride #lgbtqi #lgbtiq #lgbtq #hungary #europe #eu

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