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Karen Melchior

@karmel80.bsky.social

3.5K followers 2.5K following 2K posts

Digitalisation, Democracy and anti-Disinformation. Former member of the European Parliament 2019-2024. Danish diplomat 2005-2017.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · Nov 22

Why did it take the US election and Trump to win again to realise that Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter was a destructive, toxic thing for the platform and for global democracy?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2h

Something not fully appreciated in the Riyadh comedy festival discourse is that in many ways Saudi Arabia is getting *more* repressive

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s Surge in Executions?

Activists believe that authorities are abusing the justice system to silence dissent and chill speech.

www.thenation.com

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All Out @weareallout.bsky.social · 2h

Today, on International Lesbian Day, we celebrate love, courage, and the power of visibility. 💜

All around the world, lesbians continue to break barriers and inspire change - reminding us that love is a right for all.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 2h

Folk svarer på hvornår når jeg spørger hvor, og på hvor når jeg spørger hvornår.

Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 2h

Danh Vo er ret fantastisk

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Michael Hammel 🚲 @michammel.bsky.social · 2h

Fed installation af Danh Vo på Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand.

Opkøbte billeder af kvindelige kunstnere ophængt med forsiden mod væggen og motivet beskrevet på bagsiden (nu fronten) i sirlig guldskrift. Selv når de kommer på museum får vi ikke lov til at se billederne.

Udstillingsrum i Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand med Danh Vos installation (ophængning) af kvindelige maleres billeder med bagsiden ud mod beskueren så man ikke kan se motivet. Det er til gengæld beskrevet i sirlig kalligrafi med guld på den synlige bagside.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 2h

Pritzker also responded on social media, saying: “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city

President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to Chicago

www.theguardian.com

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 3h

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

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AP: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

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Heidi Maurer @heidimaurer.bsky.social · 1d

Call for Papers for @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprsgeu.bsky.social section “Teaching in EU Studies in the Digital Age”

to explore how AI, digitalisation & new pedagogies are reshaping #EU Studies

more info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
deadline: 10 December 2025

Teaching in EU studies in the digital age

European Consortium for Political Research

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 4h

Interested in cycling and Europe?
Fancy talking with other researchers about how we might develop our work?

Then sign up for the launch webinar of a new network, Cycling Europe Study Circle, with me and @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social, on 24 October, 14-16 UK time

forms.office.com/e/SsXKNb1gvC

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 3h

I absolutely love the idea, and well done on the website stuff. Happy for you that you are sold out!

Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 3h

Er det bare når jeg skriver, eller er det en generel ting at folk bytter rundt på hvor og hvornår når de læser?

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 4h

With the Danish ministry of finance on the top picture :)

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 5h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour accuses Robert Jenrick of ‘personal attack’ on attorney general

Party source says shadow justice secretary’s comments are attempt to disguise his own poor grip of the law

www.theguardian.com

Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 6h

I think it’s the other way around it works you would have to give money back to get the companies back on British hands

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8h

I'd Do Anything For Growth (But I Won't Do That)

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More UK visas for highly skilled Indian workers ‘not part of plan’, says Keir Starmer

British premier embarks on two-day trade trip with 125 chief executives, cultural leaders and university vice-chancellors

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§ 20-spørgsmål @paragraf20.aggemam.dk · 6h

Hvad mener ministeren om, at Region Sjælland har planer om at omdanne dele af Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land til grusgrav?

https://www.ft.dk/samling/20251/spoergsmaal/S10/index.htm

SIDSTE STJERNEITEM

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Markus Reuter @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org · 6h

Bundesregierung in Regierungspressekonferenz zu #Chatkontrolle: "Eine anlasslose Chatkontrolle ist für die Bundesregierung tabu", sie wolle verschlüsselte Kommunikation "nicht kontrollieren". Es gebe sonst keine verkündbare Einigung.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

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Lazio ultras arrested after Winter Games corruption attempt

Two brothers from a notorious Italian soccer hooligan group, Lazio's "Irriducibili", have been arrested after trying to illegally obtain public works contracts for next year's Winter Olympics, Italian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 6h

In August, my mother had major heart surgery, and while I sat next to her hospital bed, […] At that crucial time, her community had gathered around her, and as a child, I remember this happening time and time again.

Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 6h

Jenrick said that in Handsworth he saw a country that he didn’t want to live in. […] That’s the kind of country I want to live in. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I know the real Handsworth – it’s a far better place than Robert Jenrick’s toxic vision of Britain | Nazia Parveen

The shadow justice secretary complained of a lack of integration in an area that has shown, time and time again, that it is for everyone, says Nazia Parveen, an assistant managing editor at the Guardi...

www.theguardian.com

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 11h

or by no one; eg the land between the frontlines acc. to Wikipedia, but as you say, this was controlled by East Germany, in order to see and kill people trying to flee before they arrived in Western Germany. So not the same

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h

George Santos is not in prison "for lying about his past during a campaign," because that is not a crime. He is in prison for stealing money, committing fraud, and a litany of similar related offenses.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 11h

ahh wrong name, not two different areas. thanks

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks. Next question :) what's the difference between the death strip and the no-man’s land?