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🚨🚨A #climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale. www.politico.eu/article/clim...

A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.

A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.

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Peter Van Elsuwege @vanelsuwege.bsky.social · 20h

Implementation does not necessarily require unanimity. Depending upon the subject-matter, this can based on QMV. Waiting for the concrete proposals but the idea is not as new as it seems...

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Peter Van Elsuwege @vanelsuwege.bsky.social · 20h

Already its 2023 Growth Plan communication, gradual integration in the single market was foreseen: enlargement.ec.europa.eu/2023-communi...

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2023 Communication new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 22h

I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.

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𝕴𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖌𝖓𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝕯𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖙 𝕭𝖎𝖗𝖇 @longanimus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"For us, the possibility of AMOC collapse is not an abstract scientific question. It’s basically an existential one, because we know the destabilization of AMOC would bring profound disruption to our infrastructure, our ecosystems and our way of life.”

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The ‘Gulf Stream’ was an early school lesson SOME FORGOT🤯 “From Reykjavík to The Hague, European governments are starting to prepare for a literal sea change that would end life as we know it on the continent. In the depths of the North Atlantic, a vast system of swirling currents…” #spéirghorm

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GET OUT OF MY WAY! @getoutofmyway.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another thing that the rest of the free world will handle while the US keeps trying to keep Trump’s fucked up reality show from cancellation.

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The Netherlands is investigating what a slowdown might mean for its sea defenses. Finland is examining the potential consequences. The United Kingdom is spending millions on an early-warning system. And Nordic ministers have begun discussing the threat.

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But as research on the likelihood of a major slowdown or — less likely — a total collapse mounts, governments are beginning to take it seriously and trying to work out how to minimize the damage. Iceland has declared an AMOC collapse a national security risk.

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The continent could face glacial winters and dry summers, surging sea levels and ferocious windstorms. Until recently, this prospect was considered remote: A nightmare scenario trotted out to warn of the catastrophic dangers of unchecked climate change.

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us sooner than previously thought. While this process would unfold over many decades, a severe slowdown or collapse of the AMOC would disrupt Europe’s agriculture, infrastructure, welfare & economy on a scale that would make this past summer’s heat and fires look like mild memories of calmer time.

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A colder-than-usual patch of water just south of #Greenland, nicknamed the “cold blob,” has some scientists worried this slowdown is already well underway. Other researchers have examined climate models, surveyed sea temperature records and ran simulations to conclude that the ocean could turn on

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In the depths of the North Atlantic, a vast system of swirling currents known as the AMOC, carries warm tropical waters north, preventing Europe from freezing. But as humans continue pumping planet-warming gases into the atmosphere, this oceanic heat pump will weaken. It might even fizzle out.

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🚨🚨A #climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale. www.politico.eu/article/clim...

A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.

A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“We stay in Kyiv.” Embassies in Kyiv are responding to Russia’s latest threat by declaring their intention to remain in the Ukrainian capital

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 05/10/2026

Most Europeans would support a UK return to the EU • French and Italian voters are least enthusiastic, but they still broadly approve of potential UK return • Potential UK referendum could complicate talks; EU officials would be wary of investing time in talks for nothing www.ft.com/content/3d43...

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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Letter printed in The Times today

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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🚨🚨European leaders must stop calling #Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's FM. They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war." www.politico.eu/article/esto...

It’s war, not hybrid attacks, says Estonian foreign minister

Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front against Moscow.

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Defective Cook @novaoulx.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

United we stand

A modified version of a 1960 pro-EU propaganda poster depicting a man with a pennant of the EU flag across him preventing two blocks, one with the American flag and the other with the Russian flag, from crushing him.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

At least 21 members of my extended family were arrested and sent from Lithuania to camps or exile colonies in this 1951 act of repression by the Soviet occupiers.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 02/10/2026

With this disbursement, we are helping safeguard Ukraine’s financial stability today. We’re also building the foundations for its recovery tomorrow. Because Europe stands by Ukraine’s side. And will do so for as long as it takes. link.europa.eu/pdHPyb

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The EU wants to accelerate the lengthy accession process for countries like Ukraine, Moldova, Albania, and Montenegro, as there are fears accession candidates might turn away from the EU and others, like North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Turkey turn toward Russia or China.

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SueD @0drat.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Terror is russia's modus operandi.. it terrorises Ukrainian civilians and it uses terrorist methods to attack the rest of Europe. russia has no respect for international laws or conventions.

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SueD @0drat.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

russia actively seeks to undermine democracies and cause division between them.. If Europe fails to present a unified front expect deaths as a result of russian terror.

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The Original Cry-Wanker™ @andyking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Long past time Europe started going aggressively on the offensive with Putin, but they're too afraid of the power vacuum

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And he’s absolutely right. Russia is waging a terrorist war against us all. Putin’s terrorist war.

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so we need to understand that the business as usual is not coming back.” Governments also need to communicate clearly with the public, he said, so people know what to do in the event of an emergency without panicking.

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“But it doesn't mean that it may not happen in the future. So let's use this time for preparation.” “We must coordinate our intelligence services, secret police,” he said. “We need to take Putin very seriously; he's a terrorist. He is using all the different opportunities to attack us already,

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Tsahkna said it should improve intelligence sharing, invest in security services and give countries the ability to respond rapidly to unconventional warfare. Currently, “Russia is not able to wage any military full-scale aggression or attacks against NATO,” Tsahkna said.

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warning that more serious attacks, including ones that claim multiple European lives, are more likely if Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the EU is not responding collectively. The EU is working on a new security strategy, expected later this year

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coordinate their intelligence and security services more closely, and make clear that those who collaborate with Moscow will face tough consequences, Tsahkna said. The Kremlin aims to “divide our societies, divide our unity, and play with fear,” he said

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“The message is that if you collaborate with the Russian secret services, you will be caught and sent to prison,” Tsahkna said. “Think many times before” taking part in such operations, he warned. European governments should gather and share evidence so they can publicly attribute attacks to Russia

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“Easy money,” rather than ideology, motivates many of Russia's recruits for drone and arson attacks, and European countries must make clear that such saboteurs will be harshly punished to deter future incidents, the foreign minister said.

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Three Latvian citizens suspected of starting the fire have been handed over to Estonia and will face the full force of the law. The Milrem Robotics attack was one of a spate of similar incidents, incl August drone attacks at #Leipzig-Halle airport, which German authorities also attributed to Russia.

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tsahkna was speaking after Estonia’s announcement Tuesday that Russian special services were behind an August arson attack on a building in #Tallinn used by Milrem Robotics, which supplies unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine.

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This video explainer of the proposal is quite good 👇 youtu.be/ognL2PAPoWk?...

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IT’S HAPPENING! A 3-Tier EU Is Taking Shape

YouTube video by EU Made Simple

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