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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 4h

We're investing in a cleaner, more competitive Europe. Here's how 👇

Graphic announcing €3.8 billion in investment in net-zero and climate projects. Three images of Earth illustrate global warming scenarios of +3°C, +2°C and +1.5°C, with forests beneath them showing progressively greener vegetation at lower temperature increases.

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allie10.bsky.social @allie10.bsky.social · 4h

We gave our word… #Honor #PromisesMade 🥹🇺🇸🍀 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦 #IHateABully

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 6h

Beware of the framing though. No-one (not even the US ambassador) suggests that the EU plans to “block” starlink. The EU is not even suggesting to “restrict” starlink as the ambassador suggests. It just intends to reserve some spectrum to EU companies. #dramaqueen.

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Elena Adaal @elenaadaal.bsky.social · 6h

It is noted that the US uses its support for Ukraine as blackmail to try to hamper the strategic autonomy of EU. This should be used as opportunity to further sever ties with US. The above shows that every EU dependency on US is a potential weapon to do us harm.

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Mathieu Carpentier @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social · 8h

The betrayal of Ukraine will remain an indelible moral stain on the United States. Shame upon abomination.

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 8h

Nice to now also see this in print - my article on '𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗠𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀: 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆', printed in the latest issue of the 𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺. #antitrust, #DMA

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 19h

I agree that VDL does not openly contest US threats and blackmail, but in practice some things are changing: the cloud sovereignty framework and the EC tenders for cloud services for instance. So it is important that we keep on arguing for tech sovereignty even if VDL may (appear to) appease the US.

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 23h

Not sure I understand: isn’t this slogan rather the slogan of Die Linke?

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.wsocial.eu · 18/10/2026

When our political future is distorted by Zuckerberg’s META (boycotting Lula) and Musk’s STARLINK (boycotting Ukrainians’ resistance) to please TRUMP, our collective dependencies on the US have now become a democratic and security risk! www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Quite impressed so far by the @leafplaza.eu app for iOS. After the launch of @eurosky.social, this is another step towards #digitalsovereignty!

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David @david.athumi.eu · 15/10/2026

Technologie stopt niet aan grenzen. Data evenmin. Op #Trefdag26 verkennen @robin.berjon.com en ik hoe interoperabiliteit Europa weerbaarder kan maken. 👉 lnkd.in/eCAmye_G 📅 22 oktober 2026 | Flanders Expo Gent | 15:00 – 15:25 Bekijk alle Athumi break-outsessies hier: lnkd.in/ek95Jaj3

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

Literally: “je pense de surcroît que le projet que nous présentons est un projet qui rencontre l’approbation d’une majorité de Français. C’est en tout cas ce que nous allons essayer d’exprimer au cours de cette campagne.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Marine Le Pen: ‘All the warning signs are flashing red’

In a wide-ranging interview with the FT, the far-right leader declares that France is ready to close the chapter on mainstream politics

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

As Marine Le Pen said in her interview with the Financial Times yesterday: during the election campaign, we are going to give the impression that the majority of voters agrees with us. #wishfulthinking

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

Very concerning this. As far as I know A/I has not been accused of any wrongdoings in the Netherlands (or the EU more broadly) - or has it? It merely seems the victim of political prosecution in the United States. #lawfare

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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 14/10/2026

ok Bluesky people, here´s a challenge for you: 4.5M people have switched to this Norwegian AI-free browser and said "enough is enough" to Big Tech and its user-tracking AI-down-everyone's-throats-malpractices. Can we make it to 5M before 2026 is over? 😌 🙏

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EU Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"We spend too much energy competing with each other instead of building a stronger Europe." Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys argues that the EU lacks the leadership & shared sense of purpose to act geopolitically. Reforming decision-making rules alone won't be enough.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

🇺🇦🚀❗️Ukraine attacked Russia for the first time with its own tactical ballistic missile, — FirePoint CEO Terekh

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

But I presume they want an emergency brake like exists for criminal law (Article 82 and 83 TFEU) which effectively would allow member states to opt out of legislation, which would be a very bad idea.

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

They already can intervene today by simply not adopting any legislative proposals they don’t like. 🤷‍♂️

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

Bovendien vrees ik dat een debat over de regelgeving om zo’n instantie te creëren de aandacht weer enkele jaren zal afleiden van wat er echt moet gebeuren: het handhaven zelf.

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

Op zich geen slecht idee om politieke spelletjes over handhaving te vermijden. Maar of het het gebrek aan handhaving gaat oplossen, betwijfel ik. Er zijn momenteel al onafhankelijke instanties (bv DPAs) en die handhaven ook te weinig.

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There's been some controversy about whether the Yandex data center bombings really reduced Russian propaganda online and I just saw solid proof. These are two pro-Putin Bulgarian YouTube channels. Their views COLLAPSED yesterday! socialblade.com/youtube/chan... socialblade.com/youtube/hand...

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The larger public in Europe may miss this. But every diplomat and international relations expert and pundit here sees this and will remember for a generation: after the US promised to protect Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, it is now openly supporting Russia. The great American betrayal.

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John @chasenleaks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Obviously, Trump's decision is awful. But the reality is Russia doesn't have diesel to spare.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good to see Donald buy Russian diesel instead of Canadian. I know its right on USA border but they sell imperialist, woke diesel that makes your truck gay.

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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 07/10/2026

Good meeting with Fatih Birol today in Paris. Electrification is key to Europe's affordable energy security. Clean home grown energy reduces our vulnerability and dependency on imported fossil fuels. It is a key driver for competitiveness and innovation. An inspiring piece of the European building!

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EU Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Europe’s data centres don’t always sit where its energy system is best equipped to support them. Europe’s AI ambitions depend on energy security. That means building computing infrastructure where energy and grid capacity are available. ➡️ shorturl.at/gEh6r

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

3 years since Oct. 7. Count me among those who were appalled by the atrocity and appalled knowing atrocity would follow. Made things worse for just about everyone, except a few awful people who exploited it, and has left so many innocent people dead or suffering. I wish none of this had happened.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

OpenAI are parasitic scum. As Wikimedia says; “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” These are DDOS attacks by a corporation's software doing exactly what it was designed to do. Why are we not seeing criminal charges?

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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At the risk of giving Mistral a tiny amount of free publicity, Le Chonk is by far the best name given to an AI model

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Amid all the focus on French bond yields, don't lose sight of the US which has worse debt dynamics and more political dysfunction. Europeans should brace for the Trump administration to use financial repression and coercion to keep Treasury yields down. My latest nixons.substack.com/p/europe-reu...

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RalfGrahn @ralfgrahn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I believe it's part of US upbringing and psyche, having been conditioned in the 'greatest country on earth,' later MAGA, even when international comparisons in many fields long ago told a story of mediocrity or worse. US leadership in the combat against climate change was a fairly recent example.

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 06/10/2026

Why not start by *respecting* human rights before talking about *leading* on them?

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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Steve Reich, pioneer of minimal music, is 90. While creating It’s gonna rain (in 1965), using two decks at not-quite-identical speeds, he inadvertently discovered phase shifting: buff.ly/qifQeV7 (If 17 minutes of this is too much for you, check out the next post.) 1/2

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 04/10/2026

Une journaliste lituanienne interroge un "patriote" qui manifeste pour expulser les migrants... et découvre qu'il ne parle que russe 🤯

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was a two act play by the Russians. It’s both a tragedy and a comedy.

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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Uitstekend stukje van Katrin Swartenbroux in @demorgen.be Magazine over hoe de meeste #socialmedia niet langer sociaal zijn. Blij dat het in de ATmosphere en Fediverse nog anders kan.

Titel van artikel: Hoe sociale media eenzaam werden

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Claude Jourdren @cjour.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026

Souveraineté européenne : Les contrats léonins de Trump Le gouvernement allemand veut renforcer sa souveraineté dans le domaine de l’armement. Mais des documents confidentiels montrent, au contraire, que la dépendance vis-à-vis des États-Unis ne cesse de s’accroître.

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Les contrats léonins de Trump - dokdoc.eu

Le gouvernement allemand veut renforcer sa souveraineté dans le domaine de l’armement. Mais des documents confidentiels montrent, au contraire, que la dépendance vis-à-vis des États-Unis ne cesse de s...

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Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Some people might think there are no AI model builders outside of the United States and China, but that’s not true. For example, there is Cohere – a Canadian-born company betting strong on Europe in these sovereign times. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.rapporteur.com/news/canadia...

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Canadian-German AI lab eyes building sovereign AI for Europe | Rapporteur

Cohere stands on both sides of the Atlantic after merger with Aleph Alpha

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hyperinflation was a key element in the way Bulgarian oligarchs privatized state assets in the 1990s. They took big loans, bought state assets, then the government caused a hyperinflation and the oligarchs repaid the loans at pennies on the dollar. They got the assets practically for free.

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Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Google has requested interim measures to prevent the sharing of search data with other search engines as ordered by the Commission in Case SP – Alphabet – Article 6(11). The TFEU permit the CJEU to prescribe necessary interim measures.

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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 30/09/2026

'Europe is a superpower with the size, the talent, the savings, the institutions, the expertise, the infrastructure to lead. I am proud to lead the EIB at this point in history, because we make things happen.’ 🎙️President @nadiacalvino.eib.org, EIB - ESM- @ec.europa.eu Capital Markets Seminar

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