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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 3h

So, is the next Italian election going to be fought under a different electoral system now that Meloni has managed to see her proposed reform approved by Parliament? Possibly.

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Democratic anonymity @comradebotany.bsky.social · 5h

Shameful police violence in France. A classic case of retaliation I have personally suffered, without myself being assaulted, simply for complaining about the time, or in my case, requesting id from plain-clothes policemen. youtu.be/wmgMJ139KFQ?...

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Cette vidéo contredit la version des policiers dans une interpellation violente à Corbeil-Essonnes

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'll take the commitment of American Democrats to international law seriously once they commit as a party to putting the United States under the ICC's jurisdiction

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Karami @mobinkarami.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Furthermore, the French Language Centre of Tehran was ordered to close today. This was a very important centre for many Iranians seeking to move to French-speaking countries for study or work. www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

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Iran closes French language centre in Tehran for ‘illegal acts’

Iranian authorities on Sunday shut down the French Language Centre (CLF) in Tehran, alleging the French embassy-linked institute conducted "illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions" and "abus...

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Democratic anonymity @comradebotany.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Lots of inhumane people out there. Sounds like Maddie K. was pushed into being her own Pelicot.

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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A missile just crashed into the building I was sleeping in. Built up residential complex intentionally attacked in Odesa. The building is still on fire. Barbaric terrorism.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🇪🇺⚖️Laurent is right on many counts. The Rule of Law Report - a descriptive tool, despite what some in the Commission might try to tell you - remains underutilised. Monsieur Pech, in his unmistakeable fashion, pulls no punches. How can the EU make the report more relevant? Three suggestions: 1/

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Over the next months, the EU will decide whether to water down car emission regulations, which currently prescribe the sale of zero-emission vehicles only from 2035 Predictably, the regulation is coming under attack from various political and media actors in Germany. A THREAD

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One big reason I quit Twitter was that it's kinda not chic to provide content to a platform whom your workplace is fighting in a court.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/08/2026

The Economist has published @dacemoglumit.bsky.social's response to their critical column and it is spiky www.economist.com/letters/2026...

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 14/08/2026

Phew 🥵 Trying to get the first post-summer newsletter out was tough Hard to get back into it But it turned into quite a bumper edition in the end 👇 jonworth.eu/the-crossbor...

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The #CrossBorderRail method, and a post summer break round up

In the Newsletter this week Analysis: The #CrossBorderRail method Bullshit Meter: Arriva NL to run international high speed trains Also a good week: Italy and Austria able to do what France and German...

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

⚖️🇵🇱 PM Tusk confirms that Maciej Berek, the de facto COO of the Polish government, will be a candidate for a judge at the Constitutional Tribunal. This is ... very bad. Berek is a political operator; we're back at "politicians in judges' robes", the exact problem we had with PiS. 1/

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Stefan @kleinradfahrer.de · 26/07/2026

Von einer Bundesregierung, die den Aktionsplan Queer Leben einstellt, die Lambda die Finanzierung wegkürzt, die queere Menschen an Verfolgerstaaten ausliefert und die es zum CSD keine Regenbogenfahnen hisst ("Zirkuszelt") empfinde ich jegliche Solidaritätserklärungen als pure Heuchelei. #CSDBerlin

Screenshot vom Tagesspiegel: Zu sehen ist Friedrich Merz und die Überschrift: Kanzler spricht von "abscheulicher Tat". Politiker reagieren bestürzt auf schweren Zwischenfall beim Berliner CSD

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 22/07/2026

Roshaan Khattak expected his research into human rights abuses in Balochistan to carry risks. He didn't expect those threats to follow him to the University of Cambridge. Read how he says the university ultimately facilitated transnational repression ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/comp...

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Alain Berset @alain-berset.coe.int · 19/07/2026

The FIFA World Cup 2026 has raised one question after another. The Council of Europe has helped turn past sporting crises into binding rules. It's time to begin the third half and strengthen the integrity of sport. Read my full statement: www.coe.int/en/web/porta...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Genghis Khan killed millions of people but he also fathered hundreds of children. Could Elon Musk do the same thing?

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Widely commented Martin Wolf article in the FT. Firstly worth noting the context: there is now a widespread and generalised debate underway in the UK as to its relationship with Europe. This is happening with no political support. A 🧵 www.ft.com/content/1...

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Trojan Duck @yossarian320.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Bolts should do a big feature about NYT's theft and plagiarism. This should really be a huge scandal.

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 08/05/2026

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 238 of The Continent Old global norms are collapsing. Writing exclusively for The Continent, Graça Machel shares why Africans have the moral authority to build a new world order. bit.ly/238_TC

This is the cover of Issue 238 of The Continent. It shows a scene around an enormous throne labelled “Global Leadership.” The headline reads: “Africa should save the world.”

Perched atop of the throne is a caricature of Donald Trump, crouched forward and flipping the bird. Hanging down from him is an exaggeratedly long red tie that drapes over the chair like a banner.

Two other world leaders cling to the throne’s armrests: one resembling China’s Xi Jinping on the left, smiling and gesturing upward, and another resembling Vladimir Putin on the right, holding a small Russian flag while climbing toward the seat of power.

Below them, other global figures appear weakened or sidelined. A woman resembling Ursula von der Leyen, dressed in EU-blue with yellow stars, strains to pull herself up onto the throne from the left side. Near the bottom center, a figure resembling Iran’s supreme leader sits slumped on the floor beneath the chair.

The ground is littered with scattered papers, tipped-over wine bottles, broken glasses, and debris, suggesting disorder and collapse. One overturned chair leg and a pair of feet sticking out at the far right.

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Democratic anonymity @comradebotany.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Ruszkik haza! ->Russians go home(anti-Orbán/Putin/soviet chant) As a Portuguese person and a fellow European and human, I'm inspired by this Hungarian mobilization and I hope to be able to call Hungarians family, again. #hungaryelections #freedom #democracy

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 04/03/2026

📺TV en DIRECTO | Sánchez: "No vamos a ser cómplices de algo que es malo para el mundo y contrario a nuestros valores e intereses simplemente por el miedo a las represalias" social.elpais.com/qcs5w27

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Zselyke Csaky @zecsaky.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

With Hungary’s elections only 2 months away, let’s look at what the opposition promises when it comes to the EU, rule of law & Hungary’s alliances. Media coverage highlighted euro adoption and independence from RU energy by 2035 but there's much more in the program www.reuters.com/business/hun...

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Hungary's opposition Tisza promises wealth tax, euro adoption in election programme

Hungary's opposition Tisza party plans to introduce a wealth tax for the rich, adopt the euro currency and firmly anchor Hungary in the European Union and NATO, its 240-page election programme publish...

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🇵🇱⚖️I promised a banger on the rule-of-law crisis in Poland, so... here it is. A group of PiS MPs have lodged a case with the Constitutional Tribunal, asking it to find the rules of electing the judges of the same Tribunal, introduced in 2016 by a PiS majority, to be unconstitutional. 1/

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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Shilling for Trump in Brussels: A document we obtained shows how Tony Blair and his institute lobbied behind closed doors for the EU to join Trump's "Board of Peace" and put €€€ behind US- and Israeli-led Gaza reconstruction efforts. Published with Democracy for Sale, ht @lighthousereports.com

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Democratic anonymity @comradebotany.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Would you say that "A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End" by Peter Kenez is a good book? I tried to check if you had a book list recommendation on Russian history, but couldn't find anything. Wondering if you have any for collapse of URSS + 90's Russia . @seva.bsky.social

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I wrote last yr Canada should consider joining the EU's geopolitical enlargement. Seems even more pertinent now: "a transcontinental EU that includes Canada and safeguards its members’ sovereignty from both Ru and American diktat would prevent Trump and Pu from creating the neat maps they desire...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This isn’t even about diplomats — this is about the sons and daughters and wives of Iranian intel officials, generals, and national security officials living in the USA, Canada, Europe. Children of judges! The daughter of the head of the Islamic Republic’s National Security Council lives in USA!

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Democratic anonymity @comradebotany.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Is that Pablo Iglesias supporting Iran? Holy shit

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Regime forces have opened fire on protesters with Kalashnikovs and shotguns in the cities of Islamabad-e Gharb and Gilan-e Gharb in Kermanshah Province.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/01/2026

BTW, the BBC is maintaining its content-sharing partnership with the newly-MAGAfied CBS News. It illustrates just how bought-in they are to America after axing the BBC World channel and switching BBC News to be dual-headquartered in London & Washington.

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BBC News and CBS News join forces around the globe

BBC News and CBS News announced today a new editorial and newsgathering relationship that will significantly enhance the global reporting capabilities of both organisations. The announcement was made ...

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 04/01/2026

If we can reach $200k, we'll be in a place where we have enough to invest in some of our up front costs (such as the print publishing component of The Reconstruction Papers) to also finally have one full time editor on staff. We just need 19% more than we've already raised gofund.me/98115b78b

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Mihnea @miyhnea.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

My feeling to. The hippies are bad because they have a naive understanding of world politics and int law, or law in general it seems, in that they see it childishly as "automatic" and self-enforcing To enforce the law you need someone willing to do it.

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Mary E. Mendoza @mmendoza.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, _Deadly Divide_, will be out in spring 2026 with @uncpress.bsky.social with the help of my fabulous editor Cate Hodorowicz (@catehodorowicz.bsky.social).

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IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 08/07/2025

In a recent lecture in Vienna, @timothysnyder.bsky.social, IWM Lesya Ukrainka Fellow, showed how authoritarianism erases a nation's distinctiveness, as seen in Belarus under Russian sway. Yet still, Belarus' vivid past suggests other possible futures. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ab5...

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TIMOTHY SNYDER: Belarus: Ancient and Modern. A Reconsideration of a Central European History

YouTube video by IWMVienna

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Márta Pardavi @martapardavi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🎞️ 3 great independent documentaries to watch on 🇭🇺Hungary's backsliding (w ENG subs) 10 Years of Hate This documentary by Partizán traces how Orbán cemented his power once the refugee crisis had subsided, and how hate became the basic rule of his regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzgA...

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10 ÉV GYŰLÖLET | Film az orbáni gyűlöletpolitikáról

YouTube video by Partizán

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Again, the main lesson of the 🇬🇷 eurozone crisis, a decade on, is that broaching the idea of “exit” from a “permanent & irrevocable” monetary union, based on completely invented “rules” that 🇬🇷 had supposedly “broken,” was wildly irresponsible on the part of 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 leaders: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Open New York @opennewyork.org · 03/07/2025

Incredible new @chiosse.bsky.social video with @ilanaglazer.com on how New York became so unaffordable

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Most books I have read over the years are German novels and biographies from the 1920s and 1930s. To at least come closer, even if you can never really understand it. Here is my top 5. 🧵

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

For those asking about solutions bsky.app/profile/elio...

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