Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 25/01/2026This one is making the rounds. But after a tense 🇪🇺 vs 🇺🇸 week it is needed. Healthier, less poor, fairer, more equitable, safer. 🇪🇺 not perfect. But pretty good! 29642
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Westcoastia could be a big player in Carnet’s alliance of middle powers. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It’s time to seriously consider Free Cascadia or even a West coast exit. Not as something to happen right now but as a rallying point and as a nuclear option if things continue in the current direction. 30 years from now, we can’t still be attached to a fascist US. 100
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Much respect to Mark Carney. His logic of risk mitigation applies to anti-Trump movements/people/areas within the US too. As much as possible, blue states need to ally themselves with Carney’s group of middle powers against the US federal government. www.weforum.org/stories/2026...weforum.orgDavos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of CanadaCanadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Another relevant one m.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoW...m.youtube.comThe Clash - Washington Bullets (Remastered) [Official Audio]YouTube video by theclashVEVO 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026They said talk is cheap, but war is expensive I speak cuz it's free and these words are my weapons Don't think for a second, I will not question US foreign policy, imperial aggression Inventing war for the quenching of the thirst for the oil m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzlk...m.youtube.comBlinkYouTube video by Blue Scholars - Topic 000
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains. Thread: 29557
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Getting noticed in France, I guess. As someone originally from the west coast, though, I will enjoy when I don’t have to think much about New York again. 000
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 05/11/2025A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative. (Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...) 1073245632
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialCheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I hope we get enough of this kind of thing tonight to shut down the "Maybe we need to be a little more anti-trans, a little more sexist,a little more racist" crowd. 314623
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Oh buddy… you are really not my favorite www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...theguardian.comFriedrich Merz says Syrians no longer have reason for asylum in GermanyChancellor suggests deportations could begin ‘in the near future’ as government seeks to counter rise of AfD 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I think more left wing parties and activists can use this interest as a hook to share more accurate information with people. Everyone wants to be healthy and breathe clean air and drink clean water. They just need to be convinced of the right issues and not just bs. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025This is definitely not original to me, but it occurs to me that a lot of the health scares and alternative medicine conspiracy theories indicates that many people are concerned about pollution and ’chemicals’ in their food/water And skeptical of corporations. 100
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025m.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsj...m.youtube.comDigital Underground - The Humpty Dance (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Tommy Boy 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Also, I see the European Greens are trying to put a spotlight on the upcoming COP30 climate change conference. I admit to not really following those, but I’m curious to see if the attention means people start following this again. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpT...m.youtube.comClimate and COP30: Another world is possibleYouTube video by GreensEFA 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025For a better, more equal, and more democratic future, corporations need to be held accountable in European (and hopefully one day, American) courts for environmental and labor violations in their supply chains. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025And I see this week, the European Socialists are sounding the alarm again on how counterproductive the weakening of corporate sustainability and accountability rules are essential. www.socialeurope.eu/europes-self...socialeurope.euEurope's Self-Inflicted Wound: The Corporate Responsibility RetreatBy dismantling corporate sustainability rules, European businesses are handing competitive advantages to their foreign rivals. 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025And this in English www.euractiv.com/news/sociali...euractiv.comSocialists back down on corporate sustainability law, after EPP threats | EuractivLara Wolters, the Socialists' lead on the file, resigned as a negotiator in protest 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I missed this before, this is from a while ago but seems like a bad development for corporate sustainability and due diligence (why did they choose that name?). brusselsenieuwe.nl/europarlemen...brusselsenieuwe.nlEuroparlementariër Lara Wolters (GroenLinks-PvdA) stopt als onderhandelaar over versimpeling van 'eigen wet' - Brusselse NieuweEuroparlementariër Lara Wolters (GroenLinks-PvdA) stapt op als onderhandelaar over plannen om EU-regels te versimpelen. Haar eigen ‘anti-wegkijkwet’ dreigt te worden afgezwakt. 100
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Similarly Biden was a good candidate for 2020 but the enthusiasm didn’t last. Consultants are always optimizing funding or short term polls, but ultimately voters want more from politicians. They want a direction and a view of the future. Not cynical exploitation of the news cycle. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I think your discussion with Sandeep shows the limits of democratic consultants in general. They seem really good at crafting a message that fits a particular election but with no staying power. Harrell was a good candidate for the year he ran but he didn’t have any long term vision. 100
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 11/04/2025He at least used to interview women comedians. And he was even sympathetic when they told stories of harassment and shitty attitudes when they dealt with some male comedians. 110
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 10/04/2025On an on like the song goes And I wonder if we took the wrong road m.youtube.com/watch?v=GAK8...m.youtube.comBlue Scholars - Morning Of America HDYouTube video by Jesse Lawrick 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 04/04/2025People love their cars. m.youtube.com/watch?v=YDjy...m.youtube.comSeattle Supertrain - Clip from Singles (1992)YouTube video by escapefromnewyork 000
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽 🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV 🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ Yet another form of far right normalizationcatherinedevries.eu 07134
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Didn’t Republicans already do what he’s saying? The problem is you can only do it once. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 27/03/2025m.youtube.com/watch?v=sNY7...m.youtube.comWu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus (Official Audio) ft. RZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Inspectah DeckYouTube video by WuTangClanVEVO 010
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary. 3252757210442
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 23/03/2025No more narco no more gangsters Conservatives can cry I took the law and threw it away Cause there’s nothing wrong it’s just for play There’s no law no law anymore I wanna steal from the rich and give to the poor 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I agree with this. The dems have an image problem, which is somewhat related to the fact that the most visible democrats are consultants who talk on tv nonstop. People hate that, they see a bunch of immoral mercenaries. 020
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I agree with this but I don’t care that much if I’m a Real American or not. You can call me an Imaginary American. Or a Surreal American. Or a human being. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Eh I could see a custody battle between him and Putin at some point. 020
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialdigby @digby56.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I get that they need a change of leadership and new thinking. But this sad sack "we don't understand Real America" is a slap in the face to the 75 million people who voted for them last time. It wasn't enough but it wasn't a wholesale rejection by the people. (Unless we're not Real Americans...) 1220946
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Also a lot of the comedians complaining about kids these days are Xers. Like ‘kids these days care about things in politics and don’t do meaningless hoodlum Beavis and Butthead shit like we did at their age. Boo hoo.’ 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 19/03/2025No idea if it’s true but one thing that has been funny over the past decade was seeing late Boomers and Gen X in the media complaining about things Millenials did (student protests/wokism/hookup culture) that boomers did decades earlier and often in a more oppositional way against the mainstream. 110
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 19/03/2025 Maybe there’s room for a group of upstart dems to call themselves the True Dems. It could be another group like the Progressive Caucus or the Blue Dogs or Third Way. Unlike the rest of the groups who “aren’t like those other dems” they would be the True dems. Might even do well among dem supporters 110
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Dear Democrats, pls give me a reason to continue believing that liberal and humanistic values still have a place in the country. It can be an empty aspirational speech even (tho the values have to be clear and unqualified). Give us a plan. Otherwise, please dissolve the USA and it’s gov. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Same Heritage foundation that’s obsessed with complaining about welfare mothers who aren’t married. A lot of supposedly ‘reasonable’ republican staffers, coming through Heritage, say things like “the government is acting as the husband to these women…” in NYT interview w/ Ezra Klein or whoever. 040
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 14/03/2025🔴 NEW 🔴 The Heritage Foundation, the group behind the radical pro-Trump Project 2025 agenda, held a private discussion this week about how to dismantle the EU. 📝 @desmog.bsky.social report 👇🏻desmog.comHeritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EUThe group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investiga... 16617221332
Reposted by @looptid.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Every day I have to hear about some asshole 201141232798
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Uggh I keep wanting to learn more about what’s going on in Europe and how politics here works but back in the old country (USA), republicans keep lighting garbage on fire. 000
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I tend to think that “immigration control” is one of those areas where your old principle “good ideas don’t need lots of lies told about them to gain acceptance” applies. 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025… get it over with, because they feel like it will happen inevitably regardless. 010
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025… because of a sense of social justice or a diverse democracy. Trump’s people think they can only get what they want by ramming it through and with complete loyalty from the people. I think also they are tired of all this talking about conflict (at home and abroad) and would rather just… 110
looptid.bsky.social @looptid.bsky.social · 15/03/2025… political stalemate as Dems are. Relating to the podcast, it almost seems that the first plan is to change the world order. But they figure if they fail, at least this will destroy their enemies, abroad and at home. And their enemies absolutely include anyone who will push back because of… 100
