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Nicola
@nicolataylor.bsky.social
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A philosophically minded Third Culture Kid with a multilingual heart and a deeply European soul. Life’s challenges have left their mark but have also ignited my creativity and strengthened my resilience. 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇪🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪🇳🇱
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · Apr 22
#StandWithUkraine
#SlavaUkraini
#HeroyamSlava
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h
This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 12h
👍🇳🇱❤️🇺🇦
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 12h
🇳🇱🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: A new important step in our defense cooperation with the Netherlands – today, our countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Coproduction of drones. This is one of the promising areas of our bilateral cooperation.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15h
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 16h
Use frozen russian assets now — to ensure that russia can't freeze Ukraine this winter.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 12h
Diplomacy, diplomacy… for the sake of those fishermen and everyone else on our planet.
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The Typist @thetypist.bsky.social · 22h
Congratulations to María Corina Machado for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Incredibly brave woman who has stood up to Maduro authoritarian regime. Highly symbolic in the current times where the far right is destroying human right and democracy everywhere.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 22h
Phew! And
CONGRATULATIONS 🇻🇪 María Corina Machado for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize 🏆
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d
Today would be a good day for the Trump Administration to release the Epstein Files.

Pass it on.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d
My statement on Middle East peace
A white graphic with a blue border includes the following text: My Statement on Middle East Peace October 9, 2025 After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 1d
All rapists deserve to be jailed.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 1d
Pelicot rape case appellant sentenced to 10 years in jail
Pelicot rape case appellant sentenced to 10 years in jail – DW – 10/09/2025
The 44-year-old man had maintained his innocence, blaming Pelicot's husband for "luring" him. Gisele Pelicot told the man in court that she never gave him consent and accused him of cowardice.
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Jean-Jacques khristy @khristy.bsky.social · 3d
15 MILLIARDS d'ici à la fin de l'année , -0,3 point de croissance ,embauches et investissements gelés, consommation des ménages en berne...tel est le coût réel des censures , menaces , chantages exercés par les "responsables " des oppositions.
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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4d
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 4d
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d
⚡️Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing.

Ukraine and Denmark signed a memorandum of understanding, which will allow Ukrainian defense companies to set up joint manufacturing in the Nordic country, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced Oct. 6.
Ukraine, Denmark sign memorandum on joint drone manufacturing
"The Memorandum provides for the establishment of production by Ukrainian defense companies on the territory of Denmark, the creation of joint capacities, technology exchange, and the involvement of E...
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Terra8647 @terratec3000.bsky.social · 6d
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Nova Festival, Israel. October 7
YouTube video by StandWithUs
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 4d
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“Ukraine has become not only a participant, but also a driving force of innovation, which strengthens NATO’s maritime resilience and shapes the future of collective security. JATEC is proud to contribute to this important progress,” said Brigadier General Wojciech Ozga, Commander of JATEC. t.me
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 4d
👍 🇺🇦 💙 💛 🔱
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 4d
One of Russia’s largest refineries, Kirishinefteorgsintez, halted main crude distillation unit after Ukrainian strike

In October, Ukraine struck it for the third time in 2025, targeting the facility that processes 20.1 million tons of crude annually euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/06/u...
Ukraine disables 40% of one of Russia’s largest oil refineries processing 17.5 million tons annually
The third Ukrainian drone strike on Kirishinefteorgsintez this year disabled CDU-6, forcing the facility to operate at 70% capacity while processing 6.6% of Russia's national crude oil output.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6d
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 6d
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 6d
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 6d
“Russia has no interest in kinetic confrontation but is eager to weaken our collective ability to think, act and mount a defense.”
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 6d
🇪🇺 keeps waiting for invasion, meanwhile, 🇷🇺 is already inside the house.
Not with conventional forces, but with: influence operations poisoning civil discourse, targeted assassinations, strategic corruption subverting politics, lawfare stalling 🇪🇺’s collective defense
open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
Three reasons Russia is poking NATO
Moscow can't beat the West on the battlefield. So it's waging a different kind of war.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 8d
Viktor Orbán should move to Moscow 🤬🇭🇺
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 8d
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen dismissed Hungary’s proposal to offer Ukraine a “strategic partnership” deal instead of full EU membership.
Denmark dismisses Hungary’s ‘strategic partnership’ proposal for Ukraine
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen dismissed Hungary’s proposal to offer Ukraine a “strategic partnership” deal instead of full EU membership, Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported on Oct. 2.
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Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 8d
German Unity Day is a European milestone that reminds us that freedom & unity cannot be taken for granted.

They are built and defended, together.

35 years later, Europe honours the courage & determination of those that made reunification possible.

That’s the spirit that must be carried forward 🇪🇺🇩🇪
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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 8d
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Tom Spoors @tomspoors.bsky.social · 8d
Sanctions packages = work for bureaucrats while people die in Ukraine.

The EU is simply not cut out for war.

This is not surprising as its origins are in coal and steel trade designed to eliminate the "need" for war.
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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 9d
Fascinating that after almost four years of full scale war there are still sanction opportunities left. The borders to Russia should have been sealed off on February 24th 2022. Russia had already waged war for eight years then without any meaningful sanctions directed towards it.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 9d
🇪🇺 European Commission proposes tougher sanctions against Russia, — Ursula von der Leyen

"We are no longer approaching sanctions gradually, but are proposing much tougher measures on energy, financial services and trade. 19th package is currently under consideration."
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 9d
GOOD NEWS
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 9d
❗️🇺🇸US to provide 🇺🇦Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile and drone strikes on 🇷🇺Russian energy infrastructure - WSJ

The US is also urging other NATO countries to do the same.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 9d
Maybe the government shutdown will give investigative journalists see how many yoga eGhislaine Maxwell has attended at Camp Bryant.
#EpsteinFiles #GhislaineMaxwell #EpsteinMaxwell #SexTrafficking #Rape #SexualAssault
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 9d
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