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Martin Selsøe Sørensen

@martinselsoe.bsky.social
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Journo based in Copenhagen. Currently: TV 2. Previously: New York Times, Washington Post, DR, Politiken, Information - and Istanbul 🇹🇷 // martinselsoe+gmail.com

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 25/07/2025
It strikes me that Germany has a similar illusion regarding its influence on Israeli policy making as it had on Russia, before the 2022 invasion. Some idea about a special relationship which gives it special access. It’s just that that doesn’t seem to have any impact in the real world.
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New from me: How China's clean energy manufacturing boom is helping reduce CO2 emissions overseas. In 2024, China’s exports of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are shaved 1% off global emissions outside of China.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency. They are out of energy and they are starving to death. I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it. 🧵
Sans intervention immédiate, les derniers reporters de Gaza vont mourir
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L'AFP travaille avec une pigiste texte, trois photographes et six pigistes vidéo dans la Bande de Gaza depuis le départ de ses journalistes staff courant 2024.
Avec quelques autres, ils sont aujourd'hui les seuls à rapporter ce qu'il se passe dans la Bande de Gaza. La presse internationale est interdite d'entrer dans ce territoire depuis près de deux ans.
Nous refusons de les voir mourir.
L'un deux, Bashar, collabore pour l'AFP depuis 2010, d'abord comme fixeur, ensuite comme photographe pigiste, et depuis 2024 comme principal photographe.
Samedi 19 juillet, il est parvenu à poster un message sur Facebook: « Je n'ai plus la force de travailler pour les médias.
Mon corps est maigre et je ne peux plus travailler ».
Bashar, 30 ans, travaille et vit dans des conditions égales à celles de tous les Gazaouis, allant d'un camp de réfugiés à un autre camp au gré des bombardements israéliens. Depuis plus d'un an il vit dans le dénuement le plus total et travaille en prenant d'énormes risques pour sa vie. L'hygiène est pour lui un problème majeur, avec des périodes de maladies intestinales sévères.
Bashar vit depuis février dans les ruines de sa maison de Gaza City avec sa mère, ses quatre frères et sœurs et la famille d'un de ses frères. Leur maison est vide de tout aménagement et confort, à part quelques coussins. Dimanche matin, il a rapporté que son frère aîné était « tombé, à cause de la faim ».
Même si ces journalistes reçoivent un salaire mensuel de l'AFP, il n'y a rien à acheter ou alors à des prix totalement exorbitants. Le système bancaire a disparu, et ceux qui pratiquent le change entre les comptes bancaires en ligne et l'argent liquide prennent une commission de près de 40%.
L'AFP n'a plus la possibilité d'avoir un véhicule et encore moins de l'essence pour permettre à ses journalistes de se déplacer pour leurs reportages. Circuler en voiture équivaut de toutes les façons à pre…
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Martin Selsøe Sørensen @martinselsoe.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Alt hvad man skal vide om fredsprocessen i Tyrkiet 👇 Outstanding work @ozgegenc.bsky.social !
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Tore Keller @torekeller.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Nu er det 14 dage siden, at Trump sagde, at han om 14 dage ville indføre nye sanktioner imod Rusland, hvis landet ikke gik med til en våbenhvile. Ikke et spor af pres på Rusland hidtil. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump appears to give Putin "two week" deadline on Ukraine
The US president's remarks on Wednesday come as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine.
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LivePaola @livepaola.eurosky.social · 05/06/2025
Every time I hear “women are too emotional to be President/CEO/Commander-in-Chief/etc.” I’ll think of these guys and laugh to tears
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Yes… Hahaha… Yes!
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Here we go again.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Sure, AI may be an environmental disaster and produce mid outcomes in cases where it doesn't straight up lie, but at least it's extremely unprofitable.
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As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver
Just 1 in 4 AI investments bring in the ROI they promise—but CEOs just can’t resist the technology.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I have to commit another atrocity to try to get Zelensky to cancel meeting me. What will I bomb? A. Kids cancer hospital B. Kindergarten C. Church service D. Nuclear plant
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06jank.bsky.social @06jank.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Impressive. My assumption was that the AKP and PKK would be trapped in a doom loop of making no serious concessions
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Ayla Albayrak @aylushka.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Kurdish PKK will dissolve and end 41-year armed conflict with Turkey, report pro-PKK medias. I hope this ends the violence in Turkey in which also a lot of Kurdish and Turkish civilians have died and suffered. However PKK today is much more than its armed wing, its a movement across Europe and ME.
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Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Once again Steve Witkoff offers some mixed messages for different audiences, this time in an interview with Breitbart. On the one hand he denounces the "neocon element" pushing for war with Iran, which sounds as if the administration will be pragmatic in pursuing a deal.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
First reporter to say “You’re the fucking President” gets a book deal minimum
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Trump negotiating with himself
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Just a few days after Columbia announces the Pulitzers, the university goes and suspends its own student journalists.
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Sinem Adar @sinemadar.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
PKK has announced that it'd soon announce the decisions taken at its Congress on 5-7 May, and called for Ocalan's release. t24.com.tr/haber/ocalan...
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Öcalan'ın fesih çağrısı yaptığı PKK: Kongremizi yaptık, sonuçları yakında paylaşacağız
Öcalan'ın fesih çağrısı yaptığı PKK: Kongremizi yaptık, sonuçları yakında paylaşacağız
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 09/05/2025
Ukraine's security service arrested two ex-military personnel as part of what it said was a Hungarian spy ring gathering intel for a possible military incursion — the first time Kyiv is accusing an EU neighbor of plotting against its interests. www.ft.com/content/2735...
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Ukraine accuses Hungary of running spies on its soil
SBU arrests two alleged agents it says were tasked with gathering intelligence for potential Hungarian incursion
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Swedish journalist who was detained on arrival in Turkey for a protest he didn’t attend and a social media post he didn’t make gets an 11-month suspended sentence in first trial, but remains in custody because he’s facing terror charges as well www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...
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Swedish journalist gets 11-month suspended prison term in Turkey for insulting Erdogan | eKathimerini.com
A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thoughts and prayers for Jeff Bezos, who spaffed $40m on a Melania biopic and still ends up on the Trump naughty list.
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Andreas Gustavsson @andreasgustavsson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Stor enkät • 40 makthavare i medierna • Tydliga budskapet: ”Journalistik är inte ett brott”
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Sveriges publicister: Därför måste Turkiet frige Joakim Medin
Stor enkät • 40 makthavare i medierna • Tydliga budskapet: ”Journalistik är inte ett brott”
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Stephen Jarvis @stephenjarvis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Spain's grid operator have indicated it could take between six and 10 hours to restore power, and that they would not speculate as to the cause of the incident at this time. Given the lack of info it's probably best to ignore any loud claims about what was/wasn't to blame. We just don't know yet.
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Ayla Albayrak @aylushka.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin faces up to 12 years in prison in Turkey for crimes related to "terrorism", "insulting the president". "Joakim is not a criminal and definitely not some kind of terrorist,” says the editor-in-chief of his media outlet Dagens ETC. Free Joakim! www.dn.se/varlden/joak...
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Joakim Medin åtalas – riskerar 12 års fängelse
Den svenska journalisten Joakim Medin som sitter fängslad i Turkiet åtalas och riskerar upp till 12 års fängelse för terrorbrott och för…
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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 23/04/2025
Whoah!
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Brian Fishman @brianfishman1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Whoa. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Exclusive: how the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat
Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Oddly, and not for the first time recently, the WSJ has been far more straightforward in its criticism than the Times and the Post, both of which give the impression of sleepwalking sometimes.
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Over night, Israel’s security cabinet resolved to establish a directorate to facilitate “voluntary emigration” from Gaza. Additionally it decided to spin off 13 outposts into new settlements. Tonight the government convenes to kick off attorney general dismissal. No boundaries inside or out.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Seven girl children, in Gaza, have had their legs amputated without anesthesia due to the latest rounds of Israeli airstrikes.
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A Russian tanker heads to Syria, carrying a million barrels of crude oil. Third one since Assad’s fall. Syria desperately needs oil to stave off economic ruin, and USA/EU aren’t helping—perfect opening for Russia to make itself useful, aiming to save its bases. www.enabbaladi.net/744876/%d9%8...
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ناقلة روسية تحمل مليون برميل نفط إلى سوريا
ناقلة نفط روسية محملة بمليون برميل تتجه إلى سوريا، تعرف على تفاصيل الشحنة وموعد وصولها.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Heartwarming to see a country coming together like this.
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Politiken @politiken.dk · 17/03/2025
EU's udenrigschef vil fortsat ophæve sanktioner mod Syrien
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Kaja Kallas mener, at den syriske befolkning har brug for håb for at blive et stabilt land.
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 17/03/2025
RFERL is fighting back! 👏🏻
Linkedin post from Lisa Curtis:

I am Board Chair of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which received a letter from Kari Lake of United States Agency for Global Media claiming to cancel RFE/RL’s Congressionally appropriated funding. 

Our pro bono legal team is prepared to take all necessary steps to ensure that RFE/RL continues its Congressionally authorized mission. 

Here are four reasons it’s illegal for USAGM to deny appropriated funds to RFE/RL: 

1. It violates the statute governing RFE/RL.
2. It violates Congressional appropriations laws.
3. It violates the U.S. Constitution. The Appropriations Clause and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution, and the Impoundment Control Act, cannot be ignored. Justice Kavanaugh agrees and said so in his Aiken County decision in 2013.
4. Finally the grant termination itself is unlawful.
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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 17/03/2025
Hair raising thread. If someone deems that a person's tattoos are gang-related, apparently no other evidence is needed to deport that person. But these are not even deportations: these people are being incarcerated into forced-labor camps in an authoritarian country they have no relation with.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/03/2025
Many concessions have been made to Putin. Yet he still won't agree to a ceasefire. Read @mcfaulmike.bsky.social
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEW: The leaders of every major political party in Greenland have united in a joint statement against Trump. "We cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation & control of Greenland. We find this behavior unacceptable. “Greenland is one country that everyone wants to stand behind." 🇬🇱🇩🇰
The full statement reads:

The President of the United States has again reiterated the desire for annexation and control of Greenland at a meeting with the Secretary General of NATO on March 13, 2025.
In this connection, the chairmen of all the parties elected to Inatsisartut - Demokraatit, Naleraq, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Siumut and Atassut - have the following statement:
"We - all party chairmen - cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and
control of Greenland. As party chairmen, we find this behavior unacceptable to friends and allies in a defense alliance.
We, as the leaders of all parties in Inatsisartut in Greenland, must emphasize that Greenland continues the work for Greenland, which is already going on through diplomatic channels in accordance with international laws and regulations.
We all stand behind this effort and strongly distance ourselves from attempts to create divisions.
Greenland is one country that everyone wants to stand behind."|
Inussiarnersumik/ Best regards
Jens Frederik Nielsen, Demokraatit
Pele Broberg, Naleraq
Múte B. Egede, Inuit Ataqatigiit
Vivian Motzfeldt, Siumut
Aqgalu C. Jeremiassen, Atassut
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I’ve posted a number of threads over the past couple of weeks explaining the framework I’ve developed around disordered discourse and its outcomes. But I also want to explain why that framework is useful, beyond just mapping the problem or explaining how we got here.
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Joyce Karam @joycekaram.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Why Russia rejected Trump admin-Ukraine ceasefire proposal 1. They’re advancing, Kursk next 2. They already got bounties from Washington: no cyber attacks; UN vote, Zelenskyy humiliated; amb. named; calls & summits 3. They like US-EU bickering 4. They’re in no rush, sustaining economically🇨🇳 🛢️
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 12/03/2025
The US generated more electricity from wind and solar than coal for the first time in 2024 ⚡ What propelled 🇺🇸 towards this milestone, and what happened in the rest of the electricity sector? We have the full story 👇 🧵1/7
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Jason Forrest @jasonforrest.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
An amazing thread that should give you nightmares:
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity. He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud. Which of course is fucking crazy.
newrepublic.com
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Again, non-Jews have given themselves the right to define who is a Jew. This is still antisemitism. The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core. And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.
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Mert Kartal @mertkartal.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Could Canada join the EU? The EU treaties do not prohibit it, but there are other factors to consider. 🧵👇 TEU (Art 49) says any "European" state may apply for 🇪🇺 membership. But what does "European" mean? It can be defined geographically, culturally, or politically.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
HE'S LITERALLY READING A SALES PITCH
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Abbie Cheeseman @cheesemanab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A team of doctors fled Al Qadmus hospital on foot through the woods yesterday, fearing execution. The vast majority of the injured and bodies they received were civilians, one doctor said -- almost all had gunshot wounds. "Entire families are being wiped out." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Hundreds reported killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Alawite heartland
The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the Sunni Islamist government.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/03/2025
Stalin blamed the kulaks for their own starvation. Anyone who blames Zelensky for Trump's decision to cut arms and intelligence has succumbed to the same logic.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Just tearing up Article 5 like it's nothing.
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