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@ramshackle78.bsky.social
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EM doc. Politics nerd 🇷🇴🇬🇧🇫🇷 European at core Into military stuff nowadays, out of necessity

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 01/10/2026
Always a tonic to read actual reporting from the "network state" movement rather than historical reproductions of their own rhetoric with the valence flipped. Uliasz is great here 👇 brooklynrail.org/2026/10/fiel...
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Society as a Service | The Brooklyn Rail
On July 21, 2026, the American venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan took to X to announce a signed memorandum of understanding between himself and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Soon the city of Astana, ...
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Jacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Same Dem > Rep crossover in new active voter registrations is happening here in Utah. Which hasn't ever happened in any election year this past decade. Truly unprecedented: bsky.app/profile/jake...
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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The UK's path back to the EU: Years 1–5: "Looking at all options". Oh yes. Years 6–7: Arguing over referendum question Years 8–17: Negotiating all opt-outs Year 18: Shocked to find the EU is now the "Democratic Planetary Union", stretches to Canada & South Korea, and has rewritten every treaty.
British PM Andy Burnham looking surprised
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
ctvnews.ca
PM Carney prepared for ‘risk’ that Trump might order U.S.-led military invasion of Canada: report
Prime Minister Mark Carney has carefully examined the possibility of U.S. President Donald Trump ordering a military invasion of Canada, according to a new report.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great stuff... breakingdefense.com/2026/09/excl...
breakingdefense.com
EXCLUSIVE: SpaceX given unique access to classified DoD space tracking data, sources say - Breaking Defense
Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX's ability to use the best DoD data could threaten the market, sources tell Breaking Defense.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
nytimes.com
Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S. (Gift Article)
In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HAHAHAHA www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
semafor.com
Exclusive: Bessent eyed for Trump’s ‘AI czar’
The Treasury Secretary has long played a central role in administration policymaking on the issue.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It would be awesome if @anitaanand.bsky.social & @willdalrymple.bsky.social followed their Mao series with one on Taiwan, going all the way back to Formosa. Come on, it's tied to so many known @empirepoduk.bsky.social historical interests 🙏
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nah man, there's still too many defending you www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
wsj.com
Wave of Setbacks Leaves Trump Frustrated and Looking for Credit
The president has told associates that he thinks there aren’t enough political allies defending him on television.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WOWZA
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Full result is 4.888%
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well well well @gelliottmorris.com
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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The EU fiscal framework would have to be adapted to provide a credible long-term response to structurally higher defence expenditure. European Parliament scrutiny of the NEC and its post-2028 implications should be strengthened.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Very brave woman english.elpais.com/internationa...
english.elpais.com
Angelique Geray, journalist infiltrated among German neo-Nazis: ‘What surprised me most is that these young people are serious’
In these far-right extremist movements, children as young as 14 talk about a ‘pure people,’ downplay the Holocaust, and express hatred of immigrants
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Left France 19th July, arrived in Kirkenes, Norway 22 Aug to pick up the wintering crew and 9 Sept reached it's selected ice floe and from here on it's just going to drift with the ice. Fascinating experiment www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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Arctic isolation for science
Tara Polar Station
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Second Vatican council...but for European space
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Finland is going to be even more of a unicorn than Spain. It's getting so much investment and doing so much stuff www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2026-09-09-G...
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
a whole bunch of you do not understand this place is like 27 standard deviations beyond the US electorate and poast accordingly
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On this VAST mission to ISS, there's 🇫🇷 Paquet (mission commander), 🇨🇿 Svoboda (pilot), 🇬🇷 Golemis (mission specialist) and a fourth ESA astronaut to be announced soon www.vastspace.com/updates/gree...
vastspace.com
European Space Agency Signs Agreement with Vast for Historic First Greek Astronaut Mission as Part of the Sixth Private Astronaut Mission to the International Space Station in Partnership with NASA — ...
The Vast-PAM-1 mission is expected to be Greece’s first crewed mission to space, sending the first Greek citizen to orbit.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-...
newsroom.arianespace.com
Arianespace and AgenaSpace sign MoU to explore new orbital transfer solutions with Ariane 6 - Newsroom Arianespace
Arianespace and AgenaSpace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities to cooperate on future missions integrating Autonomous RocketPack, the orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) deve...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Arianespace and EnduroSat sign MoU to support Europe's sovereign access to space - Newsroom Arianespace
Arianespace and EnduroSat, a space infrastructure builder, are joining forces, combining their European expertise in satellite launch, deployment and in-orbit operations to strengthen Europe’s space s...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
YESSSSS!
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TCTMD @tctmd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Tirzepatide is moving further into cardiovascular care with a new FDA indication for reducing #cardiovasculardeath, #MI, and #stroke in adults with type 2 diabetes at elevated risk Read more: www.tctmd.com/news/tirzepa...
tctmd.com
Tirzepatide Nabs Indication for MACE Reduction in Type 2 Diabetes
The drug becomes the first dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist available for lowering CV risk in this population.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chinese 10y govt yield ~1.68% US 10y Treasury ~4.78%
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
VORTEX-S, the European cargo spaceplane. Made by @dassaultaviation.bsky.social
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Levels of hilarity never seen before
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
YESSSSS. ICEYE 🤝 ARIANE ♥️♥️♥️ www.iceye.com/newsroom/pre...
iceye.com
ICEYE and Arianespace partner to strengthen Europe’s sovereign access to space
ICEYE announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Arianespace.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Sam Lair @slair.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Curious about how to model a constellation of space-based interceptors? Well @aaronstein1.bsky.social, @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, & I have a report for you! We tailored SBI constellations to genuine adversary missile threats to get a more realistic, flexible sense of their size & cost
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Decided that this point is sufficiently important to deserve a chart
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong... Serbia already has own Jerina-1 (Sumadija), ~300km range BM, ground mobile launched And has bought 🇨🇳 CM-400AKG, ~400km range BM, MiG-29 launched And now follows....800km range? With Chinese tech transfers?
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
😂😂😂😂 “Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of ‘South Park’ to ‘South America,'” the pair shared in a statement. “We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.” variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 08/09/2026
I tell you, the match between #atproto and open academic publishing is made in heaven. If we have learned anything from the for-profit-publishing, AI slop, and Twitter/X polycrisis, the future of academic publishing is decentralized eprints on #atproto, an it may well begin right here.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Carney is doing this sort of fireside chats and he's all natural, no pretence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYAw...
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Forward Guidance: A Stronger Canada
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.exploration.space/blog/the-exp...
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The Exploration Company (TEC) secures $450 million in the largest-ever Series C by a European space company
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
UK has a new space strategy www.gov.uk/government/n... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a9ed0... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a9ec8...
gov.uk
New space strategy will bolster UK defences against threats from space
New UK space strategy to bring government's investment and activity under one plan to drive growth, strengthen security and back everyday technologies
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Canada, set to become more of a EU country than UK www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🇫🇷 The Exploration Company (TEC), maker of NYX capsule and future reusable heavy lift rocket receives $450mil in series C funding (possibly it's 450mil euros) Series B in 2024 was €150mil techfundingnews.com/exploration-...
techfundingnews.com
The Exploration Company lands $450M for reusable space capsule, backed by Bessemer, Atomico and EQT — TFN
The Exploration Company has secured a $450M Series C co-led by Bessemer, Atomico, and EQT to fund its reusable Nyx space capsule and Storm rocket engine.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
'If deferring even the setting of a date is tolerable now, his June resignation was unnecessary; and if the resignation was justified, tolerating the deferral now is not' www.calibredefence.co.uk/budget-2026-...
calibredefence.co.uk
No date, no surprise: 3% was never promised in this Budget and what to watch instead
The 28 October Budget won't name a 3% GDP defence date — the DIP already said so in June. The real test is the £4.7bn due at Budget 2026.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was obvs being sarcastic www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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UK Set to Pay Most Since 1998 for Borrowing After Gilt Selloff
The UK is set to pay its highest borrowing costs on a debt sale since at least 1998 after a global bond selloff sent yields surging and squeezed the government’s finances.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What's the German word for stupid www.politico.eu/article/fran...
politico.eu
Germany fears France’s Palantir rival risks creating a new dependency
Berlin and Paris agree Europe needs its own military AI technology, but the two countries haven’t agreed on who takes the lead.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mistral raises €3bn on series D ebs.publicnow.com/view/F6E5DDA...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sure, govt can be too risk averse but this another one that should be subjected to the PM Farage test www.thetimes.com/article/7534...
thetimes.com
‘Take more legal risks’ to speed up government, ministers told
Ellie Reeves, the attorney-general, has replaced the guidance issued by Lord Hermer to allow ministers to proceed even if there is a high risk of legal action
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nonsense, fiscal headroom is just a Treasury obsession. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mr 'we'll do things together' 'Whitehall hoards power' before becoming PM and in his pitch for PM Now when in power 'let us create a legally empowered official at the centre who can overrule the officials running every department' www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Andy Burnham to give civil service head Antonia Romeo more power
The PM, who has criticised the time ‘wasted’ in Whitehall, plans to hand the cabinet secretary the legal right to direct the work of departments’ top officials
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ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · 07/09/2026
Counting down for VV30 🏗️ Next week, we will launch two satellites, @esaearth.esa.int FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C, to orbit, on a Vega-C rocket. The fairing has been transported to the launchpad and hoisted on top of the rocket, inside the mobile gantry. 📸 @esa.int - M. Pédoussaut
Vega-C's fairing for VV30 being transported to the launchpad.Vega-C's fairing for VV30 being transported to the launchpad with ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C inside.Vega-C's fairing for VV30 being transported to the launchpad with ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C inside.Vega-C's fairing for VV30 being hoisted onto the top of the rocket with ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C inside.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Polls are tightening in Sweden. And the Liberals (L) are growing!! Current governing coalition might yet have a chance to stay in power (voters seem to be tactical). Election on Sunday, though governing coalition forming after that will probably take a while swedenherald.com/article/libe...
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