Reposted by fn-ixAnders Bergquist @fambergquist.se · 10/10/2026Det är bra att ha koll på fakta när de rikas lobbister kommer med påståenden utan fakta. 093
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23h@davekeating.substack.com is sensible on certain issues, but so thoroughly American in his overall sensibilities, of course he views cultural diversity as economic inefficiency, with a casual arrogance & ignorance on top. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23hGood, culture is something that any taxpayer should pay for! Painting national languages as unnecessary in passing -- yet another americanism from this big 'pro-European'. 010
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23hYou act so pro-european, but simultaneously are so inherently american about it: confident and dumb. You don't theorize and handle, you just want something and go gung-ho over it like a little child. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23hThe issue is not just 'our leaders' or the actions of the Council or Von der Leyen, but much more structural-historical. One needs serious understanding & solutions there, not just banging the same drum day after day. 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23hOn Italians not willing to die for a piece of Latvia, you bring out precisely the issue of why people in eastern-Europe trust self-interested US hegemony more than a European solution, but then just glide past it to your usual vacuous talking points. 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23hCould also describe US hegemony itself, which was never too keen under presidents of any color on signing onto global institutions or international law. Trump is merely the symptomatic figurehead of much deeper systemic forces. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23hWhat I cannot understand is why so many people think that Trump and the US are meaningfully different at this point. What Trump is doing now is much older US imperialism boomeranging back home! 010
Reposted by fn-ixPeter Hellman @hrhellman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nu har över 100 organisationer, däribland flera svenska fackförbund så som ST, Kommunal, Vårdförbundet, Vision, skrivit under ett öppet brev som uppmanar Europa att helt sluta använda Palantir. Ett klokt upprop mot en programvara för massövervakning. www.expressen.se/nyheter/krim...expressen.seST: Säg upp polisens avtal med Palantir nuPalantir används av flera av Europas myndigheter och regeringar. I ett stort upprop uppmanar över 100 organisationer Europa att helt sluta använda den kontroversiella mjukvaran. En av de som skrivit ... 7356140
Reposted by fn-ixEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/10/2026Got interviewed by one of the largest Swedish newspapers and they led with the best headline/photo (translates to “it’s easier to see an angry man than the truth”) www.svd.se/a/pB7E0G/ed-...svd.se”Lättare att se en arg man än sanningen”Han har kallats galen, bett en AI-vd att hålla käften – och i åratal varnat för en börskrasch. Nu har den högljudda outsidern tagit klivet in i finrummen. Ändå känner sig Ed Zitron fortfarande behandl... 48101198
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026Agreed, though @70sbachchan.bsky.social comes around to a much better response later in the thread: bsky.app/profile/70sb... 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026Yes, but NATO is just the institutional form of the protectorate-relationship, which is why politicians are always keen to frame any European initiative as not competing with NATO. Russia is a nuclear power, and there is no real Europe-wide alternative to the US nuclear deterrent. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026So there is no European with the authority to credibly threaten Russia like that. This was always the US's job, and it worked during the cold war. It doesn't anymore, but the physical-military realities will take a long time to change, especially when Trump is pressuring even more vassalage. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Nicholas, you should do some basic reading on European politics before broadcasting your ignorance on social-media. There is no centralized European military command or European-level armed forces. Everything is set up to depend entirely on the US for command & control. 200
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026My comment was also a more directed reply to the particular issue of the energy transition that @sophieintveld.bsky.social brought up. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Diesel and heating-oil share the same resource pool in storage. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026An emergency in a market-system would realize as a price-spike, with the particular threshold being the discretion of our leaders. Yes, releasing them now into the US market has a marginally positive effect on prices there, at the cost of foregoing the same in Europe should the need arise. 110
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Your words, not mine. Meloni didn't fall out of the sky, and an unwillingness to examine the historical-political processes behind the far-right's rise, opting for lazy hand-waving about culture is not only unserious and ignorant, but also quite akin to the far-right's claims of 'cultural decadence' 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026And here he got lucky mostly thanks to Russia's attack on Ukraine. Europe is militarily deeply dependent on the USA and thus security is always the ultimatum hanging over every other dispute. We have an ongoing war with over a million casualties, which also differentiates us from Canada. 110
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Meloni herself is a product of the west-European country most exposed to neoliberal pressures. This isn't just on the EU of course; mainstream Italian elites were themselves eager to push a lot of this, to the point of seeking a vincolo esterno in the EU to cement neoliberalismineteconomics.orgHow to Ruin a Country in Three DecadesItaly’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026As long as Ukraine remains existential to the European security order and given the fact Europe simply lacks many components of proper military deterrence, it's a business of muddling through, balancing appeasing the troll with building up our own means. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026This is the question I'd like gung-ho independentists like @davekeating.substack.com to take more seriously as well. In the background, there is always also the ultimate lever of Ukraine. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026It's a bit more complicated than that. Imagine a woman with a life-threatening illness being completely financially dependent on her abusive husband. Yes, this is why we social democrats see the welfare state as a structural enabler of emancipation, but the EU here depends on the USA for defense... 110
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026What are they there for then? They would have potentially been used when winter comes to stabilize prices then. And of course they aren't given away for free, but this will still keep prices lower (in the USA) than if the supply wasn't there at all. 110
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Nothing to do with that. Much more to do with the political dogmas of the ’89 moment and its accompanying neoliberal fixations. 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026As an example, here in Sweden the state took responsibility for a coordinated decarbonization strategy already during the 70s fuel crisis (resulting in Sweden becoming the most renewable-intensive EU country), but this kind of state planning would be illegal under current EU law. 021
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026On long-term projects that span over many electoral cycles like energy in particular, it's the EU's own neoliberal strictures that have complicated big-state industrial policy. When the predominant framework only offers either shock-therapy or stasis/regression, it's no wonder things can't get goingphenomenalworld.orgAgainst Carbon Shock Therapy | Daniela Gabor & Benjamin BraunThe war in Iran has sent oil prices skyrocketing. Daniela Gabor and Benjamin Braun argue the ripple effects and states (non)responses to the crisis represent a 120
Reposted by fn-ixKjell Rautio @kjellrautio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026En envis solitär i ett öppet landskap får symbolisera dagens känsla… Morgonkopp! ♥️☕️🍁 Foto: Ilse-Marie Rautio 3296
Reposted by fn-ixEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's crews of extremely entitled Very Special Boys mucking around with machinery and telling themselves they're doing science. 48010
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026P.S. I hope you are not confusing individuals with institutional party-movements here, a trap it's too easy to fall into in a time of social-media where the entire spectrum of human opinion is constantly at one's fingertips. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026Unlike the far-right, the contemporary 'far-left' parties do not exhibit the rejection of pluralism you describe, unless of course the definition is twisted whereby left-liberal demands for equal dignity & rights for e.g. sexual minorities are portrayed as totalitarian ideological impositions. 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026Well, that is what I've been trying to say as well. When Merz & other mainstream conservatives expound a horseshoe-framing implicitly equating the Linkspartei with the AfD, they're missing the mark. Incidentally, Cas recently wrote an excellent article on this as well.theguardian.comLook again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas MuddeDefeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde 100
Reposted by fn-ixCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My broader take on all three German state elections and why focusing only on the success of the far right is both incomplete and self-defeating.theguardian.comLook again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas MuddeDefeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde 1224793
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026And 'AI' will at most lead to poor decision-making and isn't in itself (and never will be) capable of direct physical destruction. If one really wants to scare themselves with tales of skirting the apocalypse, better read up on a bit of Cold War-era history: www.huffpost.com/entry/nuclea...huffpost.com8 Times The World Narrowly Avoided A Potential Nuclear DisasterWe've survived a disturbingly long list of nuclear near-misses. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Nuclear technology is really the apt analogy here as no one can claim the reactor in Chernobyl conspired to explode; it was lousy management. In this sense 'AI' really is no different & the way the rationalist set has talked up 'existential risk' is entirely fantastical. cc @70sbachchan.bsky.socialpolitico.euDon’t believe the doomers: Europe’s tech industry slams AI panicThe existential fear emanating from Silicon Valley and the U.N., techies say, masks what is ultimately a cybersecurity challenge. 120
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026This is what multipolarity & the breakdown of US hegemony looks like, as much in Europe as in the Pacific. And in the long term, if *militarism* as such can be avoided, it will be a more just world. 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026All this in the context of an unreliable US hegemon. So yes, its erstwhile close allies are rearming. An EU-level army, though much more efficient, is politically still unfeasible, yet if Europe is to have credible military strategic autonomy from the US, what other option is there but to spend? 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Don't want to sour a message that is still necessary, but Lula is also a bit naive by implying as if the increasing military expenditures are just falling out of the sky. There's a war going on in Europe, started by Russia to constrain Ukrainian independence, with over a million casualties. 110
Reposted by fn-ixAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over* 775286044864
Reposted by fn-ixYossi Bartal @yossibartal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Das Wichtigste, was ich sagen wollte: "Es war ein toller Abend! Jüdische & palästinensische Genossen haben zusammen gefeiert, es wurde auf türkisch und kurdisch gesungen, trans Leute haben neben Frauen mit Hijab gejubelt. Die Stimmung war genau diese Neuköllner Mischung, die so wunderbar ist." 516229
Reposted by fn-ixLorenz Matzat @lorz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Es geht darum, mit allen Mitteln einen Präzedenzfall zu verhindern: Sollte es in Berlin gelingen, Immobilienkonzerme zu vergesellschaften, dürfte das anderswo Nachahmung finden. Für alle, die sich leistungslos per Aktien an der Wohnungsnot anderer bereichern, ist das eine grauenhafte Vorstellung. 2226
Reposted by fn-ixVictor Pressfeldt @vpressfeldt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Jag försöker få grepp om "valfusk"-gate. Vi har en, vad jag ser, anonym anmälan, spaning, nedläggning på grund av bevisproblem, ett återupptagande utan redovisat skäl och detaljer via anonyma källor som läcks till tre redaktioner. Sedan citerar alla varandra. Ingen är delgiven misstanke om brott. 711139
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026Yes, but remember to differentiate 'the people' here and not see views as static. Those in large cities are probably happy with more public transport and biking; the diesel-demand is itself a function of a climate-austerity that is mostly due to the neoliberal strictures of the energy transition.phenomenalworld.orgAgainst Carbon Shock Therapy | Daniela Gabor & Benjamin BraunThe war in Iran has sent oil prices skyrocketing. Daniela Gabor and Benjamin Braun argue the ripple effects and states (non)responses to the crisis represent a 000
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026Interesting how something so similar is happening to the Left party here in Sweden now that they have demanded to sit in the government with the social democrats after the elections. There are unproven allegations of voting-fraud over a couple hundred votes, but it's all the media talks about.reuters.comSwedish prosecutors probe election fraud allegation casting shadow over voteSwedish prosecutors are investigating possible election fraud that could lead to a re-run of the vote in one county, potentially putting 11 parliamentary seats in play and raising uncertainty about t... 010
Reposted by fn-ixCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Mamdani is such an excellent communicator. 05714
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026Democracy itself is repressive: it's repressive of the rights of the powerful to ride roughshod over others, repressive of the tyrant's ability to impose his will. Which is precisely why our modern economic barons like Musk and Thiel all see democracy itself as incompatible with (their!) 'liberty'. 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026One also has to be very careful with term absolute compliance. A fascist might claim he is persecuted by demands for 'absolute compliance' with claims of certain people's inherent dignity & rights. One can twist that term to meaninglessness. So maybe it's really more about your personal sympathies? 100
fn-ix @fn-ix.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026Let's be empirical and take a well-known example: Mamdani in New York. In a time of rightwing-authoritarian hegemony, his project offers genuine hope and a way forward beyond empty platitudes fit for a world gone by. It does not even bear to contrast with rightwing projects like Trump or Orban. 100