Francesco Violi
@francescovioli.bsky.social
Art, books and TTRPG geek. Hopeful Game Designer, Dungeon Creator and Fantasy author. Husband and father of one. PhD in Politics and formerly employee at EU Commission and EFSA.
Starting over is always the most difficult task.
Starting over is always the most difficult task.
It's dramatic to notice that Liz Truss is dramatically failing at that too
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's dramatic to notice that Liz Truss is dramatically failing at that too
If you are really putting the process of EU integration and the adoption of the aquis communitaire (I.e. the body of the EU laws and procedure) on the same level as the Russian political meddling, I don't see a real point in a discussion.
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you are really putting the process of EU integration and the adoption of the aquis communitaire (I.e. the body of the EU laws and procedure) on the same level as the Russian political meddling, I don't see a real point in a discussion.
Bothsideism on Ukraine is even worse than being honestly pro-russian. The only imperialism I see here from "the West" is a country who wanted to be free and integrated in the EU and no longer a muscovite province. Putin could get his dirty hands off Ukraine and the war could be over in days.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bothsideism on Ukraine is even worse than being honestly pro-russian. The only imperialism I see here from "the West" is a country who wanted to be free and integrated in the EU and no longer a muscovite province. Putin could get his dirty hands off Ukraine and the war could be over in days.
I am so fucking tired of this. What Israel did and is doing and is trying to do is abysmal, but you betrayal towards Ukraine is even worse. You have to fight imperialism both when this is performed by "friends" of the West and when it is performed by its enemies. There isn't a condonable one.
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I am so fucking tired of this. What Israel did and is doing and is trying to do is abysmal, but you betrayal towards Ukraine is even worse. You have to fight imperialism both when this is performed by "friends" of the West and when it is performed by its enemies. There isn't a condonable one.
Someone tell me again there is no business plot to put the far right in power in the West.
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Someone tell me again there is no business plot to put the far right in power in the West.
Ethnography exists
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ethnography exists
I am definitely not going to mourn him. His own words that Empathy was BS. So, for once, he lived by his words and died by his words
September 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I am definitely not going to mourn him. His own words that Empathy was BS. So, for once, he lived by his words and died by his words
"And that's why we are going to cut funding for it and calling mental health care woke"
August 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"And that's why we are going to cut funding for it and calling mental health care woke"
It already exists. This is a homebrew aiming at boosting and fixing the 2014 version. Should have specified it. However, this homebrew is a reaction to the new Purple Dragon Knight proposed in UA 2024 for the new Forgotten Realms handbook.
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It already exists. This is a homebrew aiming at boosting and fixing the 2014 version. Should have specified it. However, this homebrew is a reaction to the new Purple Dragon Knight proposed in UA 2024 for the new Forgotten Realms handbook.
Because they are defending themselves against a faction, that is openly advocating for nullifying decades of civil and social conquests. It is their right to defend themselves, just like we men should pull it together and reject toxic masculinity and call out Tate-like sycophants
July 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Because they are defending themselves against a faction, that is openly advocating for nullifying decades of civil and social conquests. It is their right to defend themselves, just like we men should pull it together and reject toxic masculinity and call out Tate-like sycophants
That's why Europe can't lower its guard
July 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
That's why Europe can't lower its guard
They don't care. They have spent so many billions on AI, and are keeping spending on it, thar anything goes to have a return on such massive investments. They are doing anything to have AI everywhere
July 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
They don't care. They have spent so many billions on AI, and are keeping spending on it, thar anything goes to have a return on such massive investments. They are doing anything to have AI everywhere
Still now the debate on the British EU membership is about the best way to "have the cake and eat it". Brexiters thought that being out was the best way, now it turns out that wasn't the case, and that the best way was what they used to have before. Sorry, that's not acceptable any longer.
July 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Still now the debate on the British EU membership is about the best way to "have the cake and eat it". Brexiters thought that being out was the best way, now it turns out that wasn't the case, and that the best way was what they used to have before. Sorry, that's not acceptable any longer.
It is not about giving up the UK national sovereignty, it is about building a shared sovereignty through the European institutions and creating a federal union of states and building a supranational democracy and a supranational rule of law.
July 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It is not about giving up the UK national sovereignty, it is about building a shared sovereignty through the European institutions and creating a federal union of states and building a supranational democracy and a supranational rule of law.
This is why the narrative must change: the Euro needs some fixing in its governance (i.e. an EU fiscal capacity), but it is not the economic blight it has been portrayed in English-speaking medias (quite the opposite). Same goes with other policy areas.
July 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is why the narrative must change: the Euro needs some fixing in its governance (i.e. an EU fiscal capacity), but it is not the economic blight it has been portrayed in English-speaking medias (quite the opposite). Same goes with other policy areas.
I always used to compare the UK's relationship with the EU to a dude who wanted a friendship with benefits but no commitment with a girl who has other plans. In the main EU countries the mood now is that of demanding a full commitment to integrating, should it ever rejoin.
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I always used to compare the UK's relationship with the EU to a dude who wanted a friendship with benefits but no commitment with a girl who has other plans. In the main EU countries the mood now is that of demanding a full commitment to integrating, should it ever rejoin.
They have(had?) Universities. Many students from the EU middle class used to come to Britain and enrolling into Scottish and English universities too. With the rise of tuition fees to unsustainable levels (i.e. ~£20000 p.y.), this is lost.
July 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
They have(had?) Universities. Many students from the EU middle class used to come to Britain and enrolling into Scottish and English universities too. With the rise of tuition fees to unsustainable levels (i.e. ~£20000 p.y.), this is lost.
If the British people is going to vote a Reform government is because Labour is drifting towards a look-alike Reform government
July 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If the British people is going to vote a Reform government is because Labour is drifting towards a look-alike Reform government
The ironic thing is that every time it recedes, something happens that would logically push in the other direction. In the end, if Europeans build a solid NATO pillar and manage to do this by including the EU in the NATO framework, that would be a big win regardless, especially in this phase
June 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The ironic thing is that every time it recedes, something happens that would logically push in the other direction. In the end, if Europeans build a solid NATO pillar and manage to do this by including the EU in the NATO framework, that would be a big win regardless, especially in this phase
Well, then it means that someone threw the towel with unhinged Space Karen Muskrat
June 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Well, then it means that someone threw the towel with unhinged Space Karen Muskrat