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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 12h

War between imperialist factions, classic ⭐

This same fella also said that Portugal's EU accession 20 yrs before mostly benefitted "the major European capitalist economies"

If your infrastructure is not stuck in the 70s and you don't have the worst welfare indicators in W. Europe, you're a sellout

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 13h

Roughly 20 years ago I was talking to the assistant of a Portuguese Communist MEP and he told us, very confidently, that the main reason the US entered WW2 was to prevent the USSR from becoming the dominant power in Europe and to stop Europe from going socialist. 🤷‍♂️

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 14h

Diane Keaton has sadly passed away at the age of 79.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 15h

I'm listening to this episode and @michaelkofman.bsky.social says at one point that not only 70-80% of casualties are now caused by drones, but also that the killed-wounded ratio went from around 1 to 4 to nearly 1 to 1, which tells a *lot* about the lethality inflicted by drones.

Le Rubicon @lerubicon.bsky.social · 1d

For this special episode recorded in English, #LeCollimateur welcomes one of the world's leading experts on the Russian and Ukrainian armies, @michaelkofman.bsky.social, for a discussion on the war in Ukraine its developments and ways to study it.
lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

Following the Russio-Ukrainian War

For this episode exceptionally recorded in English, Le Collimateur welcomes one of the world's leading experts on the Russian and Ukrainian armies, Michael Kofman (from our partner War on the Rocks), ...

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, it's still early June 2016.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

Conta institucional não, mas isso não impede que haja pessoas da RTP por aqui.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

Bem dito, bem feito - aqui está o Último Nível, em boa qualidade audiovisual. Pergunto-me se alguém da RTP passou por aqui e lembrou-se de fazer o upload.

arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/ul...

Último nível – Parte I

Primeira parte do programa de videojogos apresentado por Pedro Miguel Ramos acompanhado pelas assistentes Susana Frade e Raquel Loureiro com a participação de concorrentes em vários jogos com os convi...

arquivos.rtp.pt

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

Bem dito, bem feito - aqui está o Último Nível, em boa qualidade audiovisual. Pergunto-me se alguém da RTP passou por aqui e lembrou-se de fazer o upload.

arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/ul...

Último nível – Parte I

Primeira parte do programa de videojogos apresentado por Pedro Miguel Ramos acompanhado pelas assistentes Susana Frade e Raquel Loureiro com a participação de concorrentes em vários jogos com os convi...

arquivos.rtp.pt

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

Soundtrack of France over the last few weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCsD...

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important admission because Article 31.2, which the Commission wants to activate to switch to a qualified majority, can be blocked by any country that alleges "vital and stated reasons of national policy".

Can you think of any?

Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 1d

Valdis Dombrovskis says the €140 billion loan to Ukraine could go ahead without switching sanctions from unanimity to qualified majority voting:

"Certainly, it's helpful to put the sanctions on a safer footing, but I would not see this as an insurmountable obstacle for the Reparations Loan."

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

🤘

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Pause | Battletoads (NES) Extended OST

YouTube video by VGManiac456

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 1d

Se fosse um submarino russo estaria a fazer um trabalho muito mau a tentar passar despercebido.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

FFS... and they still find it surprising that users don't like these new conditions?

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

Ooof...

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André Lima Araújo @andrelimaaraujo.com · 2d

If they read Jake Adelstein's excellent newsletter, they wouldn't be laughing: tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

"Medvedev may yet turn Russia into a new Wayne's World, putting the par-tee into Putin's United Russia party. But his fealty to the royalty of British rock was widespread in Russian universities in the 1980s"

www.theguardian.com/music/musicb...

Medvedev rocks Russia

Dmitry Medvedev is a rocker - a fan of Zep and, especially, Deep Purple - who may yet turn Russia into a new Wayne's World

www.theguardian.com

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

The article mentions she sees Japan's imperial era positively & frequently visits Yasukuni shrine: she's a fan of music that was once seen as subversive; she defends people whose morality would prohibit the music she likes.

This is not extraordinary, politicians are riddled with contradictions.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2d

It's 2025 and major Western publications like @economist.com still feel the need to point out that a conservative & regressive nativist politician who enjoys metal music is somehow a funny thing.

www.economist.com/asia/2025/10...

Meet Japan’s “Fireball”, Takaichi Sanae, its polarising new leader

The heavy metal aficionado is a fan of Margaret Thatcher

www.economist.com

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 4d

Gloomy Eyes é uma aventura de terror com uma jogabilidade co-op a solo, um ambiente visual muito bonito de se ver, e narrado por Colin Farrell. Um belo trabalho da @fishingcactus.bsky.social, @untoldtales.bsky.social e @artefr.bsky.social

Gloomy Eyes - Análise

Gloomy Eyes apresenta-se como uma aventura de terror organizada em torno de uma jogabilidade cooperativa para um jogador e mergulhada numa estética que recorda os filmes de Tim Burton. O jogo foi dese...

www.starbit.pt

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3d

Consequence of the merger between Paramount and Skydance: In France, a TV channel dedicated to video games is closing its doors after 27 years, even though it is profitable.

(A channel I used to watch a little bit 20 years ago, because it was the only one that talked about video games.)

Chloé Woitier @chloew.bsky.social · 3d

Clap de fin pour la chaine (pourtant rentable) Game One, une conséquence du rachat du groupe Paramount par Skydance
www.bfmtv.com/tech/gaming/...

INFO TECH&CO: la chaîne Game One va fermer ses portes fin novembre, plus de 25 ans après sa création

Selon nos informations recueillis auprès d'une dizaine de salariés, ce pilier de la vie vidéoludique hexagonale depuis plus d'un quart de siècle devrait stopper sa diffusion dans les prochaines semain...

www.bfmtv.com

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 3d

Rare good news

Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 3d

Germany will not support Chat Control - a law which proposes to scan all messages people send even on end-to-end encrypted platforms - Justice Minister said today. German stance likely dooms the measure. Signal had threatened to leave the EU if Chat Control became law
therecord.media/chat-control...

Germany will not support 'Chat Control' message scanning in the EU

“Random chat monitoring must be taboo in a constitutional state,” Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig said as German officials signaled they will not vote for a controversial EU proposal known as ...

therecord.media

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Café Fútbol @cafefutbol.bsky.social · 3d

Entre hoy y el día 14 se conocerán los dos últimos clasificados de forma directa en Asia para el Mundial 2026.

Muy favoritos Qatar y Arabia Saudí, que acogen cada uno un grupo, en movimiento nada sospechoso🙄 de la FIFA para asegurar la presencia de ambos (ya sabéis, gente respetuosa con los DDHH).

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 4d

Gloomy Eyes é uma aventura de terror com uma jogabilidade co-op a solo, um ambiente visual muito bonito de se ver, e narrado por Colin Farrell. Um belo trabalho da @fishingcactus.bsky.social, @untoldtales.bsky.social e @artefr.bsky.social

Gloomy Eyes - Análise

Gloomy Eyes apresenta-se como uma aventura de terror organizada em torno de uma jogabilidade cooperativa para um jogador e mergulhada numa estética que recorda os filmes de Tim Burton. O jogo foi dese...

www.starbit.pt

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 4d

Virtua Fighter 2 remains one of my favourite games to this day. I love Soul Calibur and SC 2, no mistake about it, but Virtua Fighter 2 is what really opened my mind to 3D fighting games.

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