Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 05/01/2026In response to the possible US annexation of Greenland presidents Macron and Merz have decided to firmly respond by starting a Franco-German joint procurement program of white flags. 010
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Good morning to everyone but especially to Hayli Gubbi. 000
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Trump is a Russian asset. No need for sophisticated intelligence reports to prove this. Basic literacy is enough 👇 020
Reposted by Tomas WynsMax Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 07/11/2025This! Just do the Eurobonds already. Do it now!media.tenor.coma man is screaming with the words do it nowALT: a man is screaming with the words do it now 17112
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 06/11/2025media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with lisan al-gaib written below itALT: a close up of a man 's face with lisan al-gaib written below it 020
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 31/10/2025🇪🇺 ♥️ See, it isn’t that hard to be staunchly pro EU and win elections against nihilism and extremism. 020
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 29/10/2025media.tenor.coma man with a beard is wearing a green hatALT: a man with a beard is wearing a green hat 020
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 28/10/2025“Climate change will not lead to humanity’s demise” - Bill Gates. Yes. But so are a regional nuclear war, airborne Ebola and a Tungaska event over a populated area. And all require major efforts to prevent major human suffering. 020
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 28/10/2025… and now there’s space to build massive AI datacenters on Jamaica. 020
Reposted by Tomas WynsDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 26/10/2025As the EU (and the wider world) tears up its climate legislation, here's an interesting case study of how one MEP managed to get a new environmental law passed in the European Parliament this week against the odds.politico.euHow to pass a green law in an anti-green age in 6 easy stepsA Slovak liberal quietly steered one of the last surviving environmental files to the finish line. 1237
Reposted by Tomas WynsNetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I'm not an economist. This has me concerned. 35526
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 24/10/2025media.tenor.coma man in a red shirt is sitting on a couch eating noodles with chopsticks and a lamp .ALT: a man in a red shirt is sitting on a couch eating noodles with chopsticks and a lamp . 000
Reposted by Tomas WynsJames Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America 35186663248
Reposted by Tomas WynsECFR @ecfr.eu · 23/10/2025A qualified majority of member states must agree that the EU is being subjected to economic coercion. If China’s recent actions do not meet that threshold, it is hard to imagine what ever will, write @jankaoertel.bsky.social and @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social @ecfrasia.bsky.social bit.ly/475mPLGbit.lyEscalate to negotiate: How Europe should respond to Chinese export restrictionsBeijing is turning its rare earth monopoly into a weapon. The EU needs to treat this as the emergency that it is and unleash its anti-coercion shield to bring China to the negotiating table… 083
Reposted by Tomas WynsHielke Van Doorslaer @hielkevd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025On the macroeconomic dividend of public investment: 🙏 "Each euro of public investment generates approximately €1.30 in inflation-adjusted output within three years—a cumulative multiplier of 1.3." 👉 Great and necessary piece by @heimbergecon.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/europe-needs...socialeurope.euEurope Needs A Public Investment Revolution To Secure Its Economic FutureBoosting infrastructure spending would stimulate growth and employment without threatening debt sustainability. 021
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 22/10/2025media.tenor.coma man with a beard says lisan al-gaib in white lettersALT: a man with a beard says lisan al-gaib in white letters 010
Reposted by Tomas WynsEuropean Space Agency @esa.int · 21/10/2025😎 First glimpses from space! The new #Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has delivered its first preliminary images during commissioning. Sentinel-4’s spectrometer is hosted on @eumetsat.int's MTG-S1 satellite 🧪🌍 @josefaschbacher.esa.int @ec.europa.eu @esaearth.esa.int 616233
Reposted by Tomas WynsThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/10/2025Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms countrytheguardian.comMosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms countryThree specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects. The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica. Continue reading... 21300239
Reposted by Tomas WynsJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Good news: The awareness for industrial heat electrification is rising. More than 90% of industrial firms already consider heat electrification for their company according to a recent McKinsey survey presented by Godart van Gendt at Thermal Energy Day. 1831456
Reposted by Tomas WynsSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 19/10/2025In parallel, Europe desperately needs to build its own REE capacity - mining and refining. It can’t rely only on a G7 pathway because the US can’t be trusted. But securing REE from China with some of the bargaining chips we have is useful to buy time. 3265
Reposted by Tomas WynsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Carbon offsets, though widely used, often fail to deliver real emission cuts. They undermine global climate goals by enabling polluters to avoid reducing fossil-fuel use.nature.comCarbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s whyThe idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. 720782
Reposted by Tomas WynsChristian Heinzel @christianh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I love how even the official global paragon of austere fiscal policy keeps begging Germany to spend some fucking money to start growing again 0388
Reposted by Tomas WynsDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating - CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening @wmo-global.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRecord leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heatingCO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening 15360193
Reposted by Tomas WynsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/10/2025The rate at which the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is growing jumped to its highest level ever, in 2024 pretty bad shit!!!! wmo.int/sites/defaul... 313451
Reposted by Tomas WynsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/10/2025It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread. As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT archive.ph/grTVe 15257105
Reposted by Tomas WynsSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Eight chemical plants were closed already this year in the Netherlands, driven by high energy prices and cutthroat competition from China - reports NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...nrc.nlNederlandse chemiebedrijven kunnen de moordende concurrentie met China niet aan. Een voor een vallen ze omChemische industrie: Al acht chemiebedrijven sloten dit jaar fabrieken in Nederland of onderdelen daarvan. Hoge energieprijzen sinds de oorlog in Oekraïne werken tegen, de concurrentie met China is gr... 2214
Reposted by Tomas WynsJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIFICATION AUCTION: EU Commission releases final T&Cs for a €1B Innovation Fund pilot to decarbonise industrial process heat — scaling electrification & direct renewable heat, paving the way for the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank. climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...climate.ec.europa.euCommission publishes Terms and Conditions for the first pilot auction for industrial heat decarbonisation with a budget of €1 billionFor the first time, the Innovation Fund will launch an auction to decarbonise industrial process heat, awarding subsidies linked to carbon abatement and paving the way for the future Industrial Decarb... 314741
Reposted by Tomas WynsSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Highly highly doubt that panic football industrial policy down the line will be cheaper than putting in place 3 or so billion in EV consumer subsidies today and then coordinating with other EU countries. 3335
Reposted by Tomas WynsDr Sari Arho Havrén @sariarhohavren.bsky.social · 07/10/2025This is fundamentally necessary, and as a European, I am pleased that our policymakers are finally doing the bare minimum. This has been obvious for a decade (if not more, considering the number of industries we would have lost to China). 1/ 2347
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 08/10/2025And on top of that the eurogroup/Commission forced Greece to sell off national assets (eg harbours) to CHINA at a discount. 000
Reposted by Tomas WynsSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 08/10/2025It is a pretty dire indictment on the quality of German policy-making if we blast billions on stay-at-home subsidies and gastronomy tax cuts. And do nothing for our most important industry bringing in 90bn in tax receipts, other than killing the ICE phaseout cuz we want to stay in the 20th century 13916
Reposted by Tomas WynsBeyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Electricity grid upgrades are central to Europe's future energy security and competitiveness. To achieve this, it needs to: 1️⃣ Give national regulators a statutory mandate for the energy transition. 2️⃣ Create independent system operators and planners (ISOPs) to oversee grid planning in the public 🧵1/5 194
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Chemistry #nobelprize for MOFs (metal organic frameworks)! Many applications incl. Efficient CO2, H2O separation. 000
Reposted by Tomas WynsWim Vanhaecke @wimvanhaecke.eurosky.social · 08/10/2025Het linkse progressieve tijdschrift Mother Jones beschrijft Bouchez als extreem rechts. Je kunt niet zeggen dat ze ongelijk hebben. 1153
Reposted by Tomas WynsMO*Magazine @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Ook sinds vandaag te lezen op onze website: www.mo.be/opinie/het-s...mo.be‘Het schrappen van de Vlaamse ontwikkelingssamenwerking verraadt een gebrek aan strategische visie’ – MO*De bezuinigingen in ontwikkelingssamenwerking verraden een gebrek aan strategisch inzicht, schrijft John Vandaele. 096
Reposted by Tomas WynsDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 05/10/2025Why is there this cognitive dissonance between Europeans watching America slip toward authoritarianism or civil war but still dreaming of living there? It is a result of 7 decades of cultural imperialism - the subject of my upcoming book "The Owned Continent", coming out soon. Here's an excerpt:davekeating.substack.comEurope is a terrified childThere is a troubling psychology behind why Europeans are accepting their leaders' summer of subservience to "daddy" Donald Trump. 18295
Reposted by Tomas WynsDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 05/10/2025It's so great that 🇪🇺President von der Leyen's surrender deal with Trump brought us all this stability.unionesarda.itTrump's crackdown on Italian pasta: 107% tariffs on the way - L'Unione Sarda EnglishThe United States accuses domestic producers of dumping, that is, selling below cost to gain control of the foreign market. 1236
Reposted by Tomas WynsSimon ⚒️⛩️🇬🇧🏴🏴☠️🇪🇺 @sulaco68.bsky.social · 04/10/2025The view from an ANTIFA landing craft June 6th 1944 14477201940
Reposted by Tomas WynsLe Pole Plumber 🔧 @handle.invalid · 04/10/2025What many don't realize, is that Ukrainian strikes from last 2 years on russian refineries are always aiming at specific part of refinery. Cracking Units. This basically stops Russia from ability to refine crude into useful fuels. This is why Russian issue of lack of fuels is snowballing. 1053922793
Reposted by Tomas WynsBen Elgin @benelgin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Meanwhile, four decades ago.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErwS...youtube.com4K Restoration: 1984 Super Bowl APPLE MACINTOSH Ad by Ridley ScottYouTube video by Retro Recipes x Commodore 43813
Reposted by Tomas WynsSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 03/10/2025The SAFE instrument, whereby the EU level provides loans to member-states to ramp up defence, has been more of a success than I had anticipated. The uptake by member-states is huge. And, of course, profoundly driven by the threat perception of Russia (see Baltics!). Great chart from Daniel Kral. 79034
Reposted by Tomas WynsMartien Visser @bmvisser.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Natuurkundig zou waterstofproductie uit elektriciteit met bijna 100% efficiëntie moeten kunnen. Het wachten is op de doorbraak. Deze? "Goedkope waterstof is eindelijk realiteit: Koreaanse doorbraak concurreert met aardgas en toont recordefficiëntie". tw.nl/goedkope-wat...tw.nlGoedkope waterstof is eindelijk realiteit: Koreaanse doorbraak concurreert met aardgas en toont recordefficiëntie - TW.nlKorea laat zien dat betrouwbare, goedkope waterstof geen toekomstmuziek is. Het nieuwe systeem produceert met recordefficiëntie, draait meer dan 3.000 uur non-stop en is aanzienlijk betaalbaarder dan ... 910634
Reposted by Tomas WynsKristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 02/10/2025If this is NATO Secretary General Rutte's idea of a strong defense partnership, he can go to hell. I am sick and tired of lazy Western Europeans trying to wait out Russian fascism at the expense of Eastern European nations that have the misfortune of sharing a border with the barbarians.unn.uaNATO Secretary General Rutte "raised his voice" at Estonian Prime Minister: what was the reasonУНН News of the World ✎ NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed dissatisfaction with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal regarding his desire to invoke Article 4 of th… 65314
Reposted by Tomas WynsMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 02/10/2025“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire. 391992666
Tomas Wyns @tomaswyns.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Too old to enter BE military reserve. 😕 It’s DIY from now on. 😁 #Resilience #Boxing #Beprepared #EU 010