Reposted by Alice StollmeyerMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 18hWhy do sanctions matter? For example: to prevent Russia from developing new technologies to first kill Ukrainians and second give them the ability to better fight the rest of the west www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1... 212731 127
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerJoris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Important to remember in these dark times: there are still good Americans out there. 2418 41
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026While Trump obeys his master Putin, New York City strongly stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraïni #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 03010 30
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Trump is trying to "end the war"... by helping Russia win. 0102 10
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerProfessor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 14/10/20262027: election year during which several EU radical right parties are expected to do well. However, it is clearer by the day how their strategy on key issues, such as NATO and Ukraine, now diverge. Here is Meloni's statement to the Senate today. Gone are the day of 'building bridges' with Trump... 23216 32
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026Spotted at European Parliament this morning: "Wars, poverty, climate crisis: Burning gas steals our future." Cool action by @greenpeace.eu climbers ! www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu... 1140 14
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP. 16558942516 5.9K
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026No, these are very different things and likely unrelated. 000 0
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026Ik werd door een TV programma benaderd om in de studio commentaar te geven, in het bijzonder over een statelijke actor en een eventuele link met een bijeenkomst vandaag. Dat leek me vergezocht; we spraken af dat we niet gaan speculeren en dat ik een andere keer kom praten over hybride oorlog. 1152 15
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it 18249701685 5K
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 12/10/2026Germany and the other Northern austerity frugals say the EU budget is "bloated". Here's how that "bloated" 🇪🇺budget compares: Federations: 🇪🇺: 1% of GDP 🇩🇪: 12% 🇺🇸: 24% Unitary states: 🇳🇱: 46% 🇫🇷: 57%davekeating.substack.comNorthern leaders want to cut an EU budget already on a shoestringEU national leaders keep saying they want a union that “does more.” Then they show up in Brussels asking it to spend less. 3197 19
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. 36884352 884
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerJoris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The larger public in Europe may miss this. But every diplomat and international relations expert and pundit here sees this and will remember for a generation: after the US promised to protect Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, it is now openly supporting Russia. The great American betrayal. 12269128 269
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026Beste wapen tegen digitale oorlog: sociale cohesie. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 fd.nl/opinie/16146...fd.nl🎁 Beste wapen tegen digitale oorlog: sociale cohesieDesinformatie via sociale media bedreigt de sociale samenhang van Nederland. Om onze samenleving bijeen te houden, moeten lokale overheden hun burgers niet alleen in hun praktische behoeften bijstaan,... 030 3
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law – national and international – underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice. 2307128 307
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026Mooi gezegd! ‘Stubborn optimism’, noemt voormalig VN klimaat diplomaat Christiana Figueres die actieve hoop: www.outrageandoptimism.org/christiana-f...outrageandoptimism.orgChristiana Figueres | Global OptimismChristiana 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... 020 2
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026An 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. 020 2
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Dankzij 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...eva.avrotros.nlDe 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... 050 5
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Of 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...washingtonpost.comU.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantinesOfficials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States. 391014333 1K
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 2105 10
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 02/10/2026Our 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. 1288 28
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026Brussels 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... 020 2
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026European 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...politico.euEuropean police forces drop Russian software firm following POLITICO probeAuthorities in at least three countries are suspending their use of Oxygen Forensics after allegations emerged about the company’s secret Russian owners. 093 9
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the 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.giftarticle.ft.comDonald Trump says US tech bosses agreed to ‘self-regulation’ of AI risksPresident says chief executives have signed a ‘morally binding’ accord following White House lunch 35523 55
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026Great 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 😊 130 3
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A 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. 182013974 2K
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerFlorian Schweitzer @flosch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Auch 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. 065 6
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: 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... 21515 15
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerAlice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026The 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🇪🇺 12711 27
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe 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. 52851353 851
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026to 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.forbiddenstories.orgThe Deportation Project MapBetween 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... 3822411169 2.2K
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerDefend Democracy @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026European 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... 066 6
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 040 4
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026Netherlands' 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." 1154 15
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerTeresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 13/09/2026Joseph 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...ft.comJoseph Stiglitz’s ‘progressive AI agenda’ for the economyA slow rollout will disappoint investors. A fast one risks undermining the industry’s own foundations. But managed carefully, this technology could benefit us all 02612 26
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerKim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The 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. 02414 24
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026Just found out about #bloomscrolling 😍 My first #bloomscrolling contribution is dedicated to Ukraine. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine (pic taken on 3 July, in 🇳🇱) 2181 18
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...euobserver.comWhy is the courage lacking to stand up to Trump? French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s wartime writings offer a clueAs 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... 1156 15
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerAnne Roth @anneroth.bsky.social · 07/09/202620,000 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 215176 151
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The 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...journalofdemocracy.orgThe Rise of Political Violence in the United States | Journal of DemocracyIn a deeply polarized United States, ordinary people now consume and espouse once-radical ideas and are primed to commit violence. 211558 115
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.' 020 2
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026Vooruitgang 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/...nrc.nlOpinie | ‘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... 272 7
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...euobserver.comEU fuelling economic ‘doom loop’ by weakening climate rules during record heatwave, Dutch bank saysDutch 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. 0157 15
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026Climate 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...politico.euEurope’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says reportDutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction. 24227 42
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Each 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) 40549120 549
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerJana 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... 083 8
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026Following 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...euractiv.comDon’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies | EuractivEU steps up fight against disinformation instead of confronting Rabat 0168 16
Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026EU 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 3139 13
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The 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! 016041 160
Reposted by Alice StollmeyerRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 03/08/2026Massive 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. 03819 38