Garvan Walshe
@garvanwalshe.org
Civic entrepreneur building tech for democrats of all parties and none at Article7.eu. I also chair Unhack Democracy and write on foreign affairs, defence and democracy.
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Garvan Walshe
@garvanwalshe.org
· Dec 4
Analysis: Protests push Bulgaria’s government to the edge
Deep-seated frustration with corruption comes to the fore in anti-government protests.
tvpworld.com
Those huge protests in Bulgaria may have been the biggest since the collapse of communism
So I wrote two pieces about them
First, for @tvpworld.bsky.social
tvpworld.com/90368003/gen...
So I wrote two pieces about them
First, for @tvpworld.bsky.social
tvpworld.com/90368003/gen...
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Been thinking a lot about how we are talking about health and society so I wrote down some thoughts about what happens when self-care replaces collective care, and why joy, connection, and shared spaces are as essential to a nation’s wellbeing as any diet
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
When “what’s good for us” stops meaning "us"
Wellness culture promises control and self-care — but what happens when it starts to hollow out our shared collective lives?
zoegrunewald.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Been thinking a lot about how we are talking about health and society so I wrote down some thoughts about what happens when self-care replaces collective care, and why joy, connection, and shared spaces are as essential to a nation’s wellbeing as any diet
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
Neither but they could reduce the capacity of repressive forces to repress. Target their command and control, make them deal with prison breaks, etc.
This has to be balanced against rallying around the flag but that’s not the same as saying they could not have useful effect in these circumstances.
This has to be balanced against rallying around the flag but that’s not the same as saying they could not have useful effect in these circumstances.
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Neither but they could reduce the capacity of repressive forces to repress. Target their command and control, make them deal with prison breaks, etc.
This has to be balanced against rallying around the flag but that’s not the same as saying they could not have useful effect in these circumstances.
This has to be balanced against rallying around the flag but that’s not the same as saying they could not have useful effect in these circumstances.
In case this was ever a difficult decision, the shooting of Renee Nicole Good made it easier. Do you want to join the EU or the place where overarmed goons shoot unarmed women.
Trump undoes himself just like Putin does.
Trump undoes himself just like Putin does.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen,
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
In case this was ever a difficult decision, the shooting of Renee Nicole Good made it easier. Do you want to join the EU or the place where overarmed goons shoot unarmed women.
Trump undoes himself just like Putin does.
Trump undoes himself just like Putin does.
Perhaps - but the regime doesn’t need Trump’s help to shoot people.
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social - why #Trump promise that "help is on its way" could backfire on #Iran protestors.
Thanks to @scottlucas.bsky.social @danielasepehri.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Thanks to @scottlucas.bsky.social @danielasepehri.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Trump 'Has Put a Target on the Back of Iranian Protestors'
The US military threat is actually helping Iran's repressive regime, Professor Scott Lucas and Daniela Sepeheri tells Adrian Goldberg and the Byline Times Podcast
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Perhaps - but the regime doesn’t need Trump’s help to shoot people.
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It’s official: Hungary’s parliamentary elections will be held on 12 April.
Our threat assessment highlights serious risks to election integrity, including breaches of domestic and international democratic standards.
helsinki.hu/en/2026-elec...
Our threat assessment highlights serious risks to election integrity, including breaches of domestic and international democratic standards.
helsinki.hu/en/2026-elec...
Threat Assessment of the 2026 Hungarian Parliamentary Elections - Hungarian Helsinki Committee
In April 2026, the parliamentary elections will be a pivotal moment for democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law in Hungary.
helsinki.hu
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It’s official: Hungary’s parliamentary elections will be held on 12 April.
Our threat assessment highlights serious risks to election integrity, including breaches of domestic and international democratic standards.
helsinki.hu/en/2026-elec...
Our threat assessment highlights serious risks to election integrity, including breaches of domestic and international democratic standards.
helsinki.hu/en/2026-elec...
Is there a constitutional way to remove Stephen Miller?
(This is explicitly ruled out: www.parliament.uk/about/living...)
(This is explicitly ruled out: www.parliament.uk/about/living...)
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Is there a constitutional way to remove Stephen Miller?
(This is explicitly ruled out: www.parliament.uk/about/living...)
(This is explicitly ruled out: www.parliament.uk/about/living...)
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@garvanwalshe.org on the Powell statement.
I’m now following the Federal Reserve, like we followed epidemiologists during the pandemic.
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
@garvanwalshe.org on the Powell statement.
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I’m now following the Federal Reserve, like we followed epidemiologists during the pandemic.
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I’m now following the Federal Reserve, like we followed epidemiologists during the pandemic.
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
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Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
I’m now following the Federal Reserve, like we followed epidemiologists during the pandemic.
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I’m now following the Federal Reserve, like we followed epidemiologists during the pandemic.
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
That’s not good.
But Powell’s defiance is 🧵
Surely Europe should reject the annexation of Greenland.
Europe can’t be a passive bystander here and needs to reinforce its own territory and work with anti-Trump Americans who think this is madness and want to stop it.
Europe can’t be a passive bystander here and needs to reinforce its own territory and work with anti-Trump Americans who think this is madness and want to stop it.
“The move on Venezuela illustrates the Trump administration’s determination to dominate the Western Hemisphere – of which Greenland geographically is a part,” I told @JTPsaropoulos aje.io/0hr28i via @AJEnglish @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social @isdp-sweden.bsky.social
Europe should prepare for Greenland’s annexation and end of NATO: Experts
US and Russian ideologies would be in alignment, leaving Europe as an island of liberalism, according to analysts.
aje.io
January 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Surely Europe should reject the annexation of Greenland.
Europe can’t be a passive bystander here and needs to reinforce its own territory and work with anti-Trump Americans who think this is madness and want to stop it.
Europe can’t be a passive bystander here and needs to reinforce its own territory and work with anti-Trump Americans who think this is madness and want to stop it.
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EU/Mercosur and post-American transatlanticism. My latest for The @economist.com (with @spignal.bsky.social).
economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com/europe/2026/...
Europe and South America seal a trade pact for the Trump era
The EU-Mercosur agreement is a big deal in the world of geoeconomics
economist.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
EU/Mercosur and post-American transatlanticism. My latest for The @economist.com (with @spignal.bsky.social).
economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com/europe/2026/...
Accurate enough to violate copyright but not accurate enough to avoid hallucinations.
Approximate retrieval is tricky
Approximate retrieval is tricky
New research presents the most compelling evidence yet that generative AI directly stores and reproduces material used to train it—a finding that could have massive legal consequences for the tech industry, Alex Reisner reports.
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Accurate enough to violate copyright but not accurate enough to avoid hallucinations.
Approximate retrieval is tricky
Approximate retrieval is tricky
V valid point
One thing I don't see discussed is the likely huge instability of the post Trump world given that the Trump world was created not through negotiation, after careful analysis or thought but through coercion, threats, bullying, blackmail, etc.
These are not conditions for things that last.
These are not conditions for things that last.
January 11, 2026 at 8:21 AM
V valid point
Congress needs to pass a law, using its NDAA majority to prevent the president from using force on a NATO ally without the prior consent of 2/3 of Congress, just has they have prevented him withdrawing from NATO.
“We must seize Greenland by force of arms before China does” is apparently the prevailing policy wisdom in the president’s upper echelon right now
January 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Congress needs to pass a law, using its NDAA majority to prevent the president from using force on a NATO ally without the prior consent of 2/3 of Congress, just has they have prevented him withdrawing from NATO.
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New: We published another translated KGB training manual, this one about Moscow's use of 'compatriots' abroad. A highly relevant topic. Expertly introduced by my friend Dr. Kevin Riehle. You can subscribe to Foreign Office here: macspaunday.substack.com/p/moscows-co...
Inside Moscow's Compatriots Policy
How the KGB instrumentalized the Soviet diaspora for intelligence work
macspaunday.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
New: We published another translated KGB training manual, this one about Moscow's use of 'compatriots' abroad. A highly relevant topic. Expertly introduced by my friend Dr. Kevin Riehle. You can subscribe to Foreign Office here: macspaunday.substack.com/p/moscows-co...
Never a strongly anti imperialist paper tbf
January 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Never a strongly anti imperialist paper tbf
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This is the first thing I have seen anywhere that effectively integrates the external and the internal in dealing with Trump. 👏👏👏
Full article here conservativehome.com/2026/01/08/g...
Garvan Walshe: Together, European NATO and Congress can stop Trump’s Greenland madness. | Conservative Home
Though Trump would like to see the transatlantic alliance dead, it is too strong for any one leader to destroy. Better to ally ourselves with the transatlantic majority in Congress, to make any attemp...
conservativehome.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is the first thing I have seen anywhere that effectively integrates the external and the internal in dealing with Trump. 👏👏👏
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This suggestion of UK and France agreeing with Denmark to protect all Danish territory from attack and extend their nuclear umbrellas over Greenland, with explicit citing Trump's own words re vulnerability of Greenland, would be (chefs kiss).
Full article here conservativehome.com/2026/01/08/g...
Garvan Walshe: Together, European NATO and Congress can stop Trump’s Greenland madness. | Conservative Home
Though Trump would like to see the transatlantic alliance dead, it is too strong for any one leader to destroy. Better to ally ourselves with the transatlantic majority in Congress, to make any attemp...
conservativehome.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This suggestion of UK and France agreeing with Denmark to protect all Danish territory from attack and extend their nuclear umbrellas over Greenland, with explicit citing Trump's own words re vulnerability of Greenland, would be (chefs kiss).
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To resist Trump’s designs on Greenland here are two proposals:
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
To resist Trump’s designs on Greenland here are two proposals:
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
To resist Trump’s designs on Greenland here are two proposals:
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
To resist Trump’s designs on Greenland here are two proposals:
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
1/ UK (and poss France) should conclude a mutual defence treaty with Denmark. Ostensibly facing Russia, but…
2/Congress should pass (by a discharge petition in the House if needed)
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Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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Abolish ICE. Really.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Abolish ICE. Really.
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Mitch McConnell: The use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America’s most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence. www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index...
McConnell Comments on Arctic, Allies
‘Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive.’
www.mcconnell.senate.gov
January 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Mitch McConnell: The use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America’s most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence. www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index...