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Alice Stollmeyer

@stollmeyer.eurosky.social
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Founder of DefendDemocracy.EU Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats. Open for new opportunities. 🏆Politico’s #Power40

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 1h
Mooi gezegd! ‘Stubborn optimism’, noemt voormalig VN klimaat diplomaat Christiana Figueres die actieve hoop: www.outrageandoptimism.org/christiana-f...
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Christiana Figueres | Global Optimism
Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 5h
An honour to share my expertise on the EU's preparedness and resilience against hybrid warfare with a group of future crisis managers. They were visiting Brussels for the 'Master of Crisis and Public order Management', on the importance of European collaboration and solidarity in times of crisis.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Dankzij dit mini-college over Rusland's hybride oorlog door @huibmodderkolk.bsky.social snapt mijn familie eindelijk waar ik al 12,5 jaar voor waarschuw en aan werk. 📺 19:55-35:00 cc @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social eva.avrotros.nl/artikel/de-t...
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De toenemende Russische dreiging: "Rusland staat in een stand van oorlog, ook richting Europa"
Van cyberaanvallen en sabotage tot drones die ons luchtruim binnendringen: Europa krijgt steeds vaker te maken met Russische acties. Nu zegt Estland dat Rusland achter...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Dankzij dit mini-college over Rusland's hybride oorlog door @huibmodderkolk.bsky.social snapt mijn familie eindelijk waar ik al 12,5 jaar voor waarschuw en aan werk. 📺 19:55-35:00 cc @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social eva.avrotros.nl/artikel/de-t...
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De toenemende Russische dreiging: "Rusland staat in een stand van oorlog, ook richting Europa"
Van cyberaanvallen en sabotage tot drones die ons luchtruim binnendringen: Europa krijgt steeds vaker te maken met Russische acties. Nu zegt Estland dat Rusland achter...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Officials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
“The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” - quote commonly attributed to Lenin
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 02/10/2026
Our allies coordinating with Trump to ease the pain of US voters just before an election that will help reinforce mechanisms of accountability to constrain Trump shows that they haven't learned their lesson after 10 years.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Brussels today: ✅ Moderating a roundtable on tech's impact on democracy ✅ Accepting an invitation to give a workshop to politicians on the EU's Democracy Shield ✅ Preparing @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social's next #DemocracyDrinks ✅ Running into @davekeating.substack.com 🔥 bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
European police forces drop Russian software firm, a digital surveillance company accused of concealing its Russian ownership. Now do Palantir. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #TechSovereignty www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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European police forces drop Russian software firm following POLITICO probe
Authorities in at least three countries are suspending their use of Oxygen Forensics after allegations emerged about the company’s secret Russian owners.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the appropriate way to convey this is that trump, musk, huang, amodei, zuck, altman, bezos & pichai agree to maintain a system of impunity for AI harms.
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Donald Trump says US tech bosses agreed to ‘self-regulation’ of AI risks
President says chief executives have signed a ‘morally binding’ accord following White House lunch
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
Great to be back in Brussels! 🇪🇺 Starting with reopening of Finland’s Permanent Representation to the EU after renovations. With ribbon-cutting by EU Commission VP @hennavirkkunen.wsocial.eu & Ambassador Arvonen 🇫🇮 Looking forward to a week of moderating roundtables, giving a workshop, & coffees 😊
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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Florian Schweitzer @flosch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Auch österreichische Gerichts-Sachverständige gehören zu den Kunden. Wir werden vermutlich nie erfahren, in welchen Gerichtsverfahren die Software eingesetzt wurde. Einer der SVs dürfte ein besonderes Pech bei IT-Security haben. Er veröffentlichte Kontoauszüge und ließ sie von Google indexieren.
Screenshot Kontoauszug. Absender geschwärzt. "1 Oxygen Forensics Limited LV85 RTMB 0000 6468 0658 1 2.399,00 EUR
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License fees Sale ID 109159
Verwendungszweck:
1 SEPA Überweisung Gesamtsumme: 2.399,00 EUR"
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies. U.S.-based data-extraction firm, accused of being secretly run from Russia, sold its services to European law enforcement. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #TechSovereignty www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026
The writing has been on the wall for more than a decade. We must acknowledge that Russia is waging a hybrid war against democracies, especially in Europe* Hybrid threats and attacks are real and know no border. The frontline is everywhere. And everyone is on it. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
European Parliament demands firmer EU response to hybrid threats. 'EU must move from a reactive to a proactive strategy.' 'Cooperation with NATO needed to strengthen European preparedness, resilience and deterrence.' #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
#Bloomscrolling #2: pink dahlia Did you know the dahlia is a relative of the sunflower? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Netherlands' annual State of the Union coincides with International Democracy Day. King Willem Alexander urges all of us to protect and maintain democracy, as: "Democracy is a state of mind, which needs to be alive in all of us."
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 13/09/2026
Joseph Stiglitz’s pillars for a progressive AI agenda for the economy: First one is competition policy. Second one is regulation & accountability. The most important (third) one: using the increased productivity to create a better society — to get what we value. 💪 www.ft.com/content/49c0...
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Joseph Stiglitz’s ‘progressive AI agenda’ for the economy
A slow rollout will disappoint investors. A fast one risks undermining the industry’s own foundations. But managed carefully, this technology could benefit us all
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Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The fact that AI is sending unintendedly pregnant women to anti-abortion clubs is a direct danger to women in Europe. And it happens to play right into the agenda of Trump and his tech oligarchs. Together with @maritmaij.bsky.social and 74 other colleagues, I am submitting written questions today.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Just found out about #bloomscrolling 😍 My first #bloomscrolling contribution is dedicated to Ukraine. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine (pic taken on 3 July, in 🇳🇱)
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
‘Even today [in the Trump & Putin era], Europeans are “children of an age of comfort”.. who scarcely realise that humanity is not a passive state but a conscious act.’ * To use the words of Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince by @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social euobserver.com/235975/why-i...
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Why is the courage lacking to stand up to Trump? French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s wartime writings offer a clue
As the French pilot and author of The Little Prince noted in his Wartime Writings, if men are unwilling to fight for the greater good, all they will ultimately be left with is a peace anchored in sham...
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Anne Roth @anneroth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
20,000 mail accounts. 20,000 blogs. 5,000 mailing lists. 1,500 websites. In Europe. Run by volunteers, perfectly legal, and decidedly antifascist, feminist, queer. Destroyed and shut down by Trump's administration, extra legally. It is astonishingly quiet. ⁨#Autistici⁩
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Trump administration is building the case for cracking down on the left by commissioning a study that contradicts everything else we know about political violence in the US, which comes overwhelmingly from the right. Here's the real science: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
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The Rise of Political Violence in the United States | Journal of Democracy
In a deeply polarized United States, ordinary people now consume and espouse once-radical ideas and are primed to commit violence.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
'Na 30 jaar als student, analist en Europees diplomaat weet ik: vooruitgang is niet zeker. Rationaliteit beteugelt macht niet vanzelf. En politiek kan het verschil maken, maar alleen als mensen bereid zijn macht te organiseren, offers te brengen en te handelen vóórdat een crisis hen daartoe dwingt.'
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
Vooruitgang is helaas niet langer zeker. 'Wat overblijft is.. "Pessimisme van het intellect, optimisme van de wil." De werkelijkheid zonder illusies onder ogen zien en toch handelen. Juist omdat het niet vanzelf goed komt.' Heel herkenbaar, door @sbeverts.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Opinie | ‘Nu weet ik: het is helemaal niet zeker dat de geschiedenis zich richting vooruitgang beweegt’
Geopolitiek: Als scholier demonstreerde Steven Everts tegen Amerikaanse kruisraketten. Veertig jaar later pleit hij voor een sterker bewapend Europa. Wat gebeurde er met het wereldbeeld waarmee zijn g...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
“Europe risks falling into a “doom loop” in which climate damage slows economic growth, prompting governments to weaken climate policy, and so leaving the continent even more exposed to future heatwaves.” #EUpol #GreenDeal #EnergySecurity #ClimateCrisis #HeatWave euobserver.com/232026/eu-fu...
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EU fuelling economic ‘doom loop’ by weakening climate rules during record heatwave, Dutch bank says
Dutch bank Triodos argues that by prioritising “competitiveness” over tougher carbon pricing amid this summer's heat crisis, the EU is leaving its economy more exposed to future climate shocks.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026
Climate crisis wipes out EU's economic growth. Brutal summer set to cost EU economy €180 billion this year — equivalent to 1 % of GDP, which is all the growth expected in 2026. “Every year adaptation without mitigation is a year borrowed against a hotter baseline.” www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report
Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Each new attack on Ukraine is another reason for Europe to tighten the screws on Russia. As a response to the recent series of Russian airstrikes, the EU today adopted new sanctions listings targeting five individuals involved in Russia's military-industrial complex. (1/2)
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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
'Western officials also observed that actors within the Russian disinformation ecosystem reacted “very quickly and on a massive scale” to the events at the Spanish-Moroccan border.' Waiting for the investigation results...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026
Following Ceuta hybrid attack: Rather than blaming Morocco, the EU steps up its fight against disinformation. Europol & EEAS are investigating Ceuta; Frontex eyes mandate to monitor disinformation. (This article is informed by exchanges with a.o. yours truly.) www.euractiv.com/news/dont-bl...
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Don’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies | Euractiv
EU steps up fight against disinformation instead of confronting Rabat
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
EU Home Affairs Ministers admit they failed in handling a hybrid attack: "Crisis communication could further be reinforced through timely coordination and should be more coherent, especially to counter malicious external actors engaged in foreign information manipulation and interference." #Ceuta
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The far-right reactions are not the real problem. They do what they believe in. The big problem is the similar reactions from liberal democratic parties from left to right. And thát, more than anything, is the problem of the 21st century!
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 03/08/2026
Massive heat wave, thousands dead, one of the worst fire seasons on record: 🦗🦗🦗. Morocco playing games amplified by Russian propaganda: 20 EU heads of state write outraged letters. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 This is how you lose a hybrid conflict.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
How EUrope lost the Battle of Ceuta: While "Europe is under sustained hybrid attack.., EU leaders have chosen to respond.. with partisan politics that only underlines their fragmentation and weakness and [helps] the.. far-right." by @nixonsimon.bsky.social nixons.substack.com/p/europes-de...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
Indeed. bsky.app/profile/stol...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
Speaking of 'pull factors' to Europe: Sure - how about safety, security, democracy, universal health care, work-life balance, rich culture, welfare system, abundant food, life expectancy, public transport, mild climate, great education, quality of life... Wait. They want to eliminate all those? 😱
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
Indeed. bsky.app/profile/stol...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026
Both Meloni and Trump have elections upcoming. But why are other EU leaders joining their fact-free demagoguery? They won't beat the far-right on migration: You cannot out-stink a skunk 🦨 @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on when we saw Ceuta-like distortion before: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
Oops, indeed. Thanks
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
Connect the dots... Ceuta - cui bono? bsky.app/profile/bloo...
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
"Dozens of young people set out to sea, chasing a vision they'd seen online, now being sent back to Morocco in coffins." Have migrants been weaponised? By whom? Enjoying results: right, Trump, Russia. How Ceuta created a political storm - whipped up by social media: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media
The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 01/08/2026
Helaas ondertekende ook Nederland deze brief. bsky.app/profile/stol...
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Helaas ondertekende ook Nederland deze brief. bsky.app/profile/stol...
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