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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 17h

Everyone interested in democracy should get familiar with the details of the DSA

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 17h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to let Facebook and Instagram users set a chronological feed by default, a first test of the EU’s Digital Services Act in civil court.
Tech Policy Press spoke with Bits of Freedom’s Rejo Zenger on the ruling’s significance.

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 20h

‼️ Former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi reportedly forming parliamentary list with eye on presidential elections

Former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi reportedly forming parliamentary list with eye on presidential elections

www.pravda.com.ua

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 23h

This story is 🍌 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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Oekraïne Vandaag @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 1d

🌿🇺🇦🏆

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 1d

There's just way too much of the current rule of law crisis in the US that's a copy-paste of something that happened before elsewhere (with some local American variations) yet a lot of reaction boils down to a combination of "I can't imagine it could happen here/it has never happened before" 2/

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Laurence @laurence1084.bsky.social · 2d

His approval rating is in the mid-to-low 40s. Remind yourself of this whenever the incumbent government tries to lie to you.

Source: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 2d

Told Trump a "colossal landslide" is when you get 146% of the vote.

He seemed to think it was a challenge.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

New CBS polling shows that voters have soured on Trump's handling of economic issues.

60% of voters now disapprove of his overall handling of the economy.

On inflation it's even worse for Trump, with 65% disapproving.

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 2d

I see a lot of "what did you expect?!?" posts on bluesky this week regarding the American electorate and Trump.

I'll be honest with you. I study authoritarianism elsewhere and I expected much of this. I did not expect any of it to happen so quickly or for institutions to surrender so abjectly.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 2d

We all knew it was our big blowout of the year. Glad we did it.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 2d

If Liz Truss was a lettuce, Sebastien Lecornu was, what, a gently simmering pint of unpasteurised milk?

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · Dec 4

Macron now his July election has backfired

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 2d

The Steve McCurry exhibit as part of the government sponsored Culture Walk deserves more shade than Jen gave it. She’s a nice person.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry to hear the bus stop photos presentation was subpar, but what a list of exhibits! The best thing about art-seeing in Istanbul is the venues, which are often better than the art. @jenhattam.bsky.social is making me want to buy a plane ticket. open.substack.com/pub/istanbul...

212 Photography Istanbul: A Visitor's Guide

What to see and where in the latest edition of the annual festival of photography and more

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 2d

“The Constitution has failed…. It’s not a “if we continue on our current course.” The Constitution as designed by the founders was supposed to prevent the current regime. Its original guardrails did not work.” 🔥from @dhnexon.bsky.social www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money

If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 3d

J’adore Whisky !

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Yusuf Sarfati @yusufsarfati.bsky.social · 3d

A police pepper spraying an unarmed woman from close range infuriated Turks so much that it created a nation-wide uprising in 2013.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 3d

Autocrats can lose elections. But the playing field isn’t level and opposition has to be unified and organized. It’s hard! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 3d

You should consider writing your reply on the side of a cactus and then shoving it up your ass

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

in a new post, trump claims he has a 65% approval rating. he is trying to manufacture consent. don't let him: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 3d

Not me ugly crying over Jane Goodall’s last words

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 4d

Very important. The “why hasn’t the market collapsed??” idea is yet another illustration of Americans’ complete lack of familiarity with real-world authoritarianism. Lots of companies can make lots of money under authoritarianism, no one should expect markets to tank in response to backsliding.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4d

It's really not, bc private investors will tolerate vast amounts of authoritarianism/corruption (see: investment in 🇨🇳 etc. over the last 30 years) & bc baseline growth prospects in 🇪🇺/🇯🇵/etc. were far below 🇺🇸 in January 2025, & because there is nowhere else to go at scale:

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 23d

It is remarkable that the US stock market hasn't collapsed yet. Between the tariff shit, the racist immigration shit (bye bye joint ventures!), and the "hey, lets make fraud legal" movement, the long term prospects are super grim.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 4d

People like to claim at times that the Czechs are somehow magically more immune to authoritarianism but here they've essentially voted for a coalition of three far right parties led by a man who explicitly views Orban as his model. No one is immune.

Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 4d

Czechia, 89,14% polling places counted:

National parliament election

ANO-PfE: 36.02% (+8.9)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 22.22% (-5.6)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
Piráti-G/EFA: 8% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 8.02% (-1.5)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Stačilo!-NI|S&D: 4% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election

➤ europeelects.eu/czechia

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure historic is the word I’d choose

OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 5d

🔴 Join our Georgia 2025 local elections live coverage on OC media website.

🔻 Today Georgia is witnessing two historic events: a partial boycott and a ‘peaceful revolution’ announced by some opposition members.

Live updates | Polls open in Georgia as protesters prepare for ‘peaceful revolution’

Georgia is witnessing two historic events: a partial boycott and a ‘peaceful revolution’ announced by some opposition members.

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Christy Quirk @cequirk.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no. Not this.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 4d

Russian State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoi openly called for infiltrating US institutions, buying American politicians, interfering in elections, and intensifying propaganda operations in Europe and America.

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