Matthias Bruggmann
@matt.dull.ch
"Adrenaline-driven nutcase" Swiss homophone of a serious German who writes for Handelsblatt.
RageSkeets in French and English.
I do photography, not bsky.
www.dull.ch
Signal: mattbr.78
RageSkeets in French and English.
I do photography, not bsky.
www.dull.ch
Signal: mattbr.78
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Do not use milk in your eyes. Water only.
Stop spreading misinformation. This is malpractice.
Stop spreading misinformation. This is malpractice.
This is why you wear eye protection to these things, folks! At least make them knock your glasses off before they casually blind you.
Milk, not water, for pepper spray. Water just spreads it around.
Milk, not water, for pepper spray. Water just spreads it around.
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Do not use milk in your eyes. Water only.
Stop spreading misinformation. This is malpractice.
Stop spreading misinformation. This is malpractice.
You might want to take a minute to read this thread by @samagreene.bsky.social... It won't take long, it's pretty good, and he kinda knows what he's talking about.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20094...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20094...
Thread by @samagreene on Thread Reader App
@samagreene: I study authoritarianism for a living, so I do not say this lightly: America isn't facing an authoritarian future. America is living an authoritarian present. (A long 🧵) /1 Hollywood woul...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
You might want to take a minute to read this thread by @samagreene.bsky.social... It won't take long, it's pretty good, and he kinda knows what he's talking about.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20094...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20094...
Tangentially related useless napkin math factoid, afaict, a German V1 cost somewhere between 100k and 200k in today's money to build.
A Smarter than Reagan Variation - get Russia to spend, and spend relatively more per unit.
Ukraine now produces over 200 FP‑1/FP‑2 long-range strike drones per day at about $58,000 per FP‑1, significantly cheaper than Russian Shaheds, Fire Point CTO Iryna Terekh said.
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Tangentially related useless napkin math factoid, afaict, a German V1 cost somewhere between 100k and 200k in today's money to build.
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A measurable result of Trump’s so-called “peace negotiations” with Putin is a dramatic increase in the number of drones and missiles fired at civilian targets in Ukraine🤔
January 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
A measurable result of Trump’s so-called “peace negotiations” with Putin is a dramatic increase in the number of drones and missiles fired at civilian targets in Ukraine🤔
The whole piece is right here: archive.org/details/clos...
It is four pages long.
If you find you don't have time to read it, or that's too long for you, I'm not entirely certain you have your priorities straight.
It is four pages long.
If you find you don't have time to read it, or that's too long for you, I'm not entirely certain you have your priorities straight.
December 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The whole piece is right here: archive.org/details/clos...
It is four pages long.
If you find you don't have time to read it, or that's too long for you, I'm not entirely certain you have your priorities straight.
It is four pages long.
If you find you don't have time to read it, or that's too long for you, I'm not entirely certain you have your priorities straight.
Bryher's words, from What Shall You Do In The War?, published in 1933, echoing across time.
"To be a Jew is bad, and to be a Communist is worse, but to be a pacifist is unforgivable. - Popular German slogan.
"To be a Jew is bad, and to be a Communist is worse, but to be a pacifist is unforgivable. - Popular German slogan.
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bryher's words, from What Shall You Do In The War?, published in 1933, echoing across time.
"To be a Jew is bad, and to be a Communist is worse, but to be a pacifist is unforgivable. - Popular German slogan.
"To be a Jew is bad, and to be a Communist is worse, but to be a pacifist is unforgivable. - Popular German slogan.
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Long term tactical success for small organizations can set conditions for significant strategic gains later. Who would have thought?
December 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Long term tactical success for small organizations can set conditions for significant strategic gains later. Who would have thought?
L'on va rappeler la séquence:
1. Emmanuel Macron fait une rechute de Galactérite aigüe, et annonce qu'il faut parler avec le Kremlin.
2. Le Kremlin amorce le dialogue par le retrait d'accords militaires avec 11 pays européens.
3. La France regarde quand elle est libre pour un thé.
1. Emmanuel Macron fait une rechute de Galactérite aigüe, et annonce qu'il faut parler avec le Kremlin.
2. Le Kremlin amorce le dialogue par le retrait d'accords militaires avec 11 pays européens.
3. La France regarde quand elle est libre pour un thé.
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
L'on va rappeler la séquence:
1. Emmanuel Macron fait une rechute de Galactérite aigüe, et annonce qu'il faut parler avec le Kremlin.
2. Le Kremlin amorce le dialogue par le retrait d'accords militaires avec 11 pays européens.
3. La France regarde quand elle est libre pour un thé.
1. Emmanuel Macron fait une rechute de Galactérite aigüe, et annonce qu'il faut parler avec le Kremlin.
2. Le Kremlin amorce le dialogue par le retrait d'accords militaires avec 11 pays européens.
3. La France regarde quand elle est libre pour un thé.
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Toujours difficile de savoir ce qui est vrai là-dedans, en revanche ce qu'on perçoit très bien depuis le sommet de Berlin et les fanfaronnades de Merz, c'est la guéguerre pour le leadership "diplomatique" que se livrent Macron et Merz. Pas à la hauteur. Pas l'enjeu. www.ft.com/content/99d2...
Role reversal: how foot-dragging France blindsided newly assertive Berlin
As Friedrich Merz pushed to finalise a deal on Russian frozen assets, it became clear that he was missing one key ally
www.ft.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Toujours difficile de savoir ce qui est vrai là-dedans, en revanche ce qu'on perçoit très bien depuis le sommet de Berlin et les fanfaronnades de Merz, c'est la guéguerre pour le leadership "diplomatique" que se livrent Macron et Merz. Pas à la hauteur. Pas l'enjeu. www.ft.com/content/99d2...
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The new US National Security Strategy, fully Vancian, shows its hostility towards Europe & its cozy relationship with Russia.
Chilling, but at least clear: the US is no longer our ally, just the opposite.
Perfect points from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social.
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us...
Chilling, but at least clear: the US is no longer our ally, just the opposite.
Perfect points from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social.
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
phillipspobrien.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The new US National Security Strategy, fully Vancian, shows its hostility towards Europe & its cozy relationship with Russia.
Chilling, but at least clear: the US is no longer our ally, just the opposite.
Perfect points from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social.
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us...
Chilling, but at least clear: the US is no longer our ally, just the opposite.
Perfect points from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social.
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us...
In more normal times, one would quip that @rikefranke.bsky.social typo'd and mistook whitehouse.gov with whitehouse.ru, but, alas...
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In more normal times, one would quip that @rikefranke.bsky.social typo'd and mistook whitehouse.gov with whitehouse.ru, but, alas...
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Germany, France, and Britain should have summarized their response to Washington in three points:
Nein.
Non.
No.
Nein.
Non.
No.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Germany, France, and Britain should have summarized their response to Washington in three points:
Nein.
Non.
No.
Nein.
Non.
No.
@jconstant-fd.bsky.social , @europe1.bsky.social , @lefigaro.fr vous pensez pas que ça, c'est un peu plus une histoire d'intérêt public que des dealers qui détournent un OS sécurisé ?
They've made it pretty clear that they're going to come up with a rationale to take over our servers and arrest us. That's why we're moving the subset of our servers on a France-based provider away from it. We recommend others do the same if they have anything to do with open source or privacy.
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@jconstant-fd.bsky.social , @europe1.bsky.social , @lefigaro.fr vous pensez pas que ça, c'est un peu plus une histoire d'intérêt public que des dealers qui détournent un OS sécurisé ?
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Deux articles du Parisien hier, suivis aujourd'hui d'un article du Figaro, ont lancé une offensive honteuse contre GrapheneOS, un système d'exploitation open-source pour téléphones, gratuit et accessible à tous et toutes.
archive.is/202511190825...
archive.is/202511190825...
archive.is
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Deux articles du Parisien hier, suivis aujourd'hui d'un article du Figaro, ont lancé une offensive honteuse contre GrapheneOS, un système d'exploitation open-source pour téléphones, gratuit et accessible à tous et toutes.
archive.is/202511190825...
archive.is/202511190825...
Je connais pas mal de journalistes et décideurs qui feraient bien de lire ce qui est dit dans le papier du Parisien et d'en tirer les enseignements pour leur propre hygiène numérique...
@leparisien.fr , @grapheneos.org est un outil extraordinaire qui mérite d'être soutenu, et pas villifié.
@leparisien.fr , @grapheneos.org est un outil extraordinaire qui mérite d'être soutenu, et pas villifié.
We were contacted by a journalist at Le Parisien newspaper with this prompt:
> I am preparing an article on the use of your secure personal data phone solution by drug traffickers and other criminals. Have you ever been contacted by the police?
> I am preparing an article on the use of your secure personal data phone solution by drug traffickers and other criminals. Have you ever been contacted by the police?
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Je connais pas mal de journalistes et décideurs qui feraient bien de lire ce qui est dit dans le papier du Parisien et d'en tirer les enseignements pour leur propre hygiène numérique...
@leparisien.fr , @grapheneos.org est un outil extraordinaire qui mérite d'être soutenu, et pas villifié.
@leparisien.fr , @grapheneos.org est un outil extraordinaire qui mérite d'être soutenu, et pas villifié.
Louis Menand, for @newyorker.com , on the sorely missed Catherine Leroy... it's such a pleasure to see her work in the wild, and to see her slowly re-emerge in the public consciousness.
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War
Fifty years after its horrors, we know that the press helped to turn public opinion against the conflict. That’s because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.
www.newyorker.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Louis Menand, for @newyorker.com , on the sorely missed Catherine Leroy... it's such a pleasure to see her work in the wild, and to see her slowly re-emerge in the public consciousness.
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
Tony Clifton, who then worked for @newsweek.com, Beirut, 1983.
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tony Clifton, who then worked for @newsweek.com, Beirut, 1983.
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We have even been seen as a little bit paranoid talking about Russia’s threats [in the past]. But right now, everything we in the Baltics or Poland or the Nordics have been talking about has come to life."
Source: thetimes.com/world/europe/a…
Source: thetimes.com/world/europe/a…
September 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We have even been seen as a little bit paranoid talking about Russia’s threats [in the past]. But right now, everything we in the Baltics or Poland or the Nordics have been talking about has come to life."
Source: thetimes.com/world/europe/a…
Source: thetimes.com/world/europe/a…
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Estonian PM Kristen Michal: Russia is an acute threat to every sane country and Europe is only at the beginning of rebuilding its defences.
Key points from the interview with The Times:
▪️ "Russia is an acute threat to Europe, to Nato, to every sane country in the world.
Key points from the interview with The Times:
▪️ "Russia is an acute threat to Europe, to Nato, to every sane country in the world.
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Estonian PM Kristen Michal: Russia is an acute threat to every sane country and Europe is only at the beginning of rebuilding its defences.
Key points from the interview with The Times:
▪️ "Russia is an acute threat to Europe, to Nato, to every sane country in the world.
Key points from the interview with The Times:
▪️ "Russia is an acute threat to Europe, to Nato, to every sane country in the world.
While we're at it, Marianna Patrona's From Victim to Avenger: Trump’s Performance of Strategic Victimhood, is also worth a read www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/... .
September 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
While we're at it, Marianna Patrona's From Victim to Avenger: Trump’s Performance of Strategic Victimhood, is also worth a read www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/... .
Though I personally remain to be convinced that the message is this shallow, both this video and the article linked below (cybelecanterel.substack.com/p/lost-in-th... ) are worth your time.
On the same topic, oilab.eu/frozen-antag... is as well.
On the same topic, oilab.eu/frozen-antag... is as well.
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Though I personally remain to be convinced that the message is this shallow, both this video and the article linked below (cybelecanterel.substack.com/p/lost-in-th... ) are worth your time.
On the same topic, oilab.eu/frozen-antag... is as well.
On the same topic, oilab.eu/frozen-antag... is as well.
There's one more subset of the pro-Palestine, pro-Russia group that deserves mention: the left-of-the-left fringe who simultaneously believe that Russia has a legitimate claim to Crimea, NATO manipulated Ukraine into defending itself, and are pro-Palestine (and were often pro-Assad despite Yarmouk).
Brilliant piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social, both in spotting the phenomenon and parsing it so insightfully.
How Ukraine and Gaza scrambled the ideological map
The two wars have divided the west — and not along the old left-right lines
www.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There's one more subset of the pro-Palestine, pro-Russia group that deserves mention: the left-of-the-left fringe who simultaneously believe that Russia has a legitimate claim to Crimea, NATO manipulated Ukraine into defending itself, and are pro-Palestine (and were often pro-Assad despite Yarmouk).
Western societies are like Steve Jobs, only they'll kill you with them: they've got a perfectly treatable cancer, and chose to treat it with fruit juice because screw the professionals they know better. 1/2
September 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Western societies are like Steve Jobs, only they'll kill you with them: they've got a perfectly treatable cancer, and chose to treat it with fruit juice because screw the professionals they know better. 1/2