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Piero Tortola

@pierotortola.eurosky.social
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Associate professor of European politics & society, @unigroningen.bsky.social | PI of @regroup-horizon.bsky.social | Theme director at @agricolaschool.bsky.social

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Katie Zacharia makes Karoline Leavitt seem like Winston Churchill
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
E anche quest'anno hanno soffiato il #nobel a Renato Brunetta. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2026
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2026 was awarded to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford and “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/10/2026
Federal agents search Ilhan Omar’s home as part of fraud investigation – reports
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Federal agents search Ilhan Omar’s home as part of fraud investigation – reports
Video posted by Fox showed what appears to be law enforcement in HSI jackets at Omar’s DC residence Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar’s home Monday morning as part of a criminal fraud investigation, according to reports in the Associated Press and Fox News that cited a statement from the department of justice. A video posted by Fox showed what appeared to be law enforcement in HSI jackets at what Fox News said was Omar’s Washington DC residence. Continue reading...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There was no accountability for DOGE so he is going to keep doing it. Dems should promise to minimize contracts with clearly partisan government contractors and to impose more regulatory scrutiny on Musk. At this point, nothing to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Quite a legacy for the history books!
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
L'hanno presa bene. #Nobel #Pillay www.dagospia.com/cronache/mod...
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la moderata risposta di israele al premio nobel della pace: goebbels stara' applaudendo dall'inferno
navi pillay (Adnkronos) - "Ora che il Comitato per il Nobel ha premiato la più grande menzogna del 21° secolo, Joseph Goebbels starà sicuramente applaudendo dall'inferno".   E' il commento del min...
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026
Hot take: I actually think #Trump deserves the #Nobel prize, but for literature, for having invented "the weave", a novel form of oral expression, one that starts and ends nowhere and everywhere at the same time.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb
Fox Biz screencap that says: "$21 TRILLION INVESTMENTS POURING INTO THE US"
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026
www.dagospia.com/media-tv/vid... Fabio Ferrari è Stefano Massini quando lo ordini da Temu.
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video-flash! a filorosso il monologo di fabio ferrari che fa confusione sul referendum
MONOLOGO DI FABIO FERRARI - FILOROSSO     “NON VEDO L’ORA DI ANDARE A VOTARE GIORGIA MELONI” – DELLA SERIE CHE SI DEVE FA, PE’ CAMPA’: IL LECCA-LECCA DA RIDERE DI FABIO FERRARI, IL CHICCO LAZZARET...
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Pedro Abellán @pedroabart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Steven Levitsky considera que EEUU ha caído ya a la categoría de "autoritarismo competitivo". En @jodemocracy.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In case people are not fully across the Fairford story: What appears to have happened is that five men from London went to a small country village in the middle of the night to siphon fuel for resale. In small country villages, people notice things, especially at 1am. A farmer called the police.
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Un pensiero casuale: Santiago dei Litfiba comanda ancora, dopo quasi 40 anni.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
Trump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warn
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Trump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warn
Fears grow that loyalists in key states could use critical period when votes are counted to amplify false claims
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1940, Marxist philosopher Walter Benjamin died while attempting to flee occupying Nazi forces. Benjamin was one of the most influential cultural theorists of the last century, and his Marxist commitments run right through his dazzling intellectual legacy.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/09/2026
Exclusive: Egypt’s top spy flew to Israel shortly before October 7 with a dire warning about Gaza, Vivian Salama reports.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every day I think “well, surely everything can’t get stupider.” And every day events prove me wrong.
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
Per #Adinolfi potrei fare un'eccezione al principio per cui non si gioisce dei guai altrui. www.rainews.it/articoli/202...
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Mario Adinolfi torna in carcere, usava i social dai domiciliari: aggravamento della misura
“Pubblicati 49 articoli e 23 post”. Aggravamento della misura cautelare per aver comunicato via social durante la detenzione domiciliare
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 17/09/2026
As we wait for #Carney's speech to the 🇪🇺Parliament, here's my take on yesterday's #SOTEU state of the union speech from 🇪🇺President von der Leyen:
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State of the Union: von der Leyen once again pulls her punches
The US was not once mentioned by name, nor was any EU government criticised. But the president announced potentially major proposals on big tech and European defence.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity
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Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity
Mustafa Suleyman says he believes the AI giant is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
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Ultimora.net @ultimoranet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
È morta Emma Bonino, ex ministra, senatrice, deputata e attivista dei Radicali. Aveva 78 anni.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
Dude doesn't know the basics of vote buying: you give half before, and half after the election. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 03/09/2026
What in the whole wide world of blindingly obvious fraud, clearly documented pathological lying, and nauseating Epstein suck-uppery does a tenured professor have to do to get fired by Duke?
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‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026
How is this guy still a thing? poetsandquants.com/2026/09/02/d...
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Data Colada Accuses Duke's Dan Ariely Of Tampering With Data In A 2nd Influential Study
A new Data Colada analysis says Dan Ariely's influential 2002 procrastination study was tampered with – his second data-fraud accusation.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Remarkable US oil deal puzzles analysts - and angers many Venezuelans
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Remarkable US oil deal puzzles analysts - and angers many Venezuelans
Amounting to 65 billion barrels of crude, the deal is labelled by one ex-envoy as a colonialist "fever dream".
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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🇭🇺🇪🇺 Pretty safe to say that we won't be hearing any more from the "Democracy Interference Observatory" that MCC Brussels set up to "monitor Brussels-backed attempts to interfere in European democracy" after my organisation sued X over access to data ahead of the Hungarian elections.
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026
Very insightful take on the #RhineGroup by @alemanno.bsky.social albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/whose-euro...
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Whose Europe Is Draghi’s Rhine Group Building?
A closed forum of Europe's great and good cannot settle in private what Europeans have yet to decide in public: what kind of economy the continent actually wants.
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
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Dutch broadcaster Avrotros pulls out of 2027 Eurovision Song Contest
It says contest can no longer be considered neutral while a participating country remains involved in a large-scale military conflict.
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
Come sempre l'analisi migliore è del marchese Fulvio. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSZY...
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Teledurruti - Elly Schlein non ha le parole convincenti per una possibile vittoria della sinistra
YouTube video by Teledurruti
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline
The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
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The Truths That Failed Jason Arday
Systemic, ritualized dishonesty undid the Cambridge professor.
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Dr Hannah Pethen @hannahpethen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Lets not forget the complicity of the University of Cambridge in Arday's death. They hired him without proper checking because they wanted a high profile black academic with a 'backstory'. They used him to launder their image and then spat him out.
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Leonardo Bianchi @blicero.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Se Vannacci è davvero "un'operazione costruita per favorire la sinistra", come dice Giorgia Meloni rispolverando la sua vena complottista, il costruttore di questa operazione è proprio la destra italiana.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🤡 Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation
The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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Europe Canada Network @eucanet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🎉 Mnemonic Democracy, our new SSHRC Partnership Development Grant with 18 partners, explores how collective memory strengthens democracy, civic education, and public engagement. Hosted by @uvic.ca. Now live! 🌍 www.eucanet.org/projects/mne... #MnemonicDemocracy #SSHRC #Democracy #MemoryStudies
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
This is such sad news. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Glen Hansard: Oscar-winning songwriter killed in crash
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.wsocial.eu · 24/07/2026
Don't miss it: the European Central Bank is letting citizens vote on the next design of the euro banknotes. My pick from the 10 shortlisted designs is G series by Rubio & co Cast your vote 👉 www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot... #Europe #EuroBanknotes #ECB
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 23/07/2026
A collection of some of the greatest BEHIND THE SCENES pics from the sets of classic movies. First up, Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu on the set of KILL BILL. 1/25
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026
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As AI writing proliferates academics should publish less - LSE Impact
AI tools have accelerated the production of academic writing to the point where quality control mechanisms and peer review are buckling under the weight of submissions. Muhammad Aamir Cheema argues it...
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Arianna Ciccone @ariannaciccone.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Siamo dei falliti"
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Siamo dei falliti - Valigia Blu
Mancano 20mila agenti, il progetto Albania è un flop e i treni sono in ritardo. Ma non temete: per raccattare due voti sul caso Roggero ci siamo sempre. La confessione sincera (e spietata) di chi gove...
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Valigia Blu @valigiablu.it · 18/07/2026
La grazia a Roggero come arma di propaganda: il punto più basso del governo Meloni | @adrianobiondi.bsky.social www.fanpage.it/politica/la-...
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Spinoza.it @spinozait.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Militante di Futuro Nazionale aggredisce uomo in stato di disagio psichico. Adesso valli a distinguere. [pirata21]
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Piero Tortola @pierotortola.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie...
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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses"
On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/07/2026
Panino police: packed lunch bans enrage Italians at pricey beach clubs
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Panino police: packed lunch bans enrage Italians at pricey beach clubs
Child who ate smuggled-in homemade sandwich kicks off latest skirmish over private resorts As lunchtime approaches at Il Tirreno, a private beach club in Montalto di Castro on the Lazio coast, Beatrice Bordo, sitting in the shade of a blue umbrella, unwraps a slice of pizza. A pranzo al sacco, or packed lunch, has become the latest skirmish in Italy’s long-running beach disputes after a woman was confronted over the clandestine consumption of a homemade sandwich at a private establishment in Puglia. Continue reading...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New from me: The Chief Design Officer of the United States, Trump's pick to rebrand the US government, just boosted the John Birch Society twice in recent days. He did so to claim immigrants are driving up housing prices. He is also a founder of AirBNB. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-chi...
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Trump's Chief Design Officer Just Boosted the John Birch Society
Joe Gebbia, the founder of AirBNB, blames immigrants for rising housing costs
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