This is part of the bigger problem of the EU's "perfect bicameralism", where every meaningful decision requires the support of both EP and Council, and the latter is usually the more difficult one because of its increased (qualified) majority requirements. It makes every vote less meaningful.

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j

Negli Usa la situazione è così grave che ieri sera, a una festa, Galeazzo Bignami si è travestito da agente dell'ICE

I mean sure, but you know who else helped? Germany. Germany's behaviour during the 2-year long carnage in Gaza also helped. You cannot pick and choose. International law is not a menu. You have to respect it. Always. Otherwise it breaks down and then we're where we are now. #IntLaw #Germany

Since I reposted this yesterday, Musk's outfit has depicted a five-year old in a thong and a deceased fifteen-year-old in a bikini. In light of the utter pusillanimity of EU and UK regulators and politicians, this is at least one thing we can do as individuals to resist this vile man.

I think we’re long past the point now that anyone can justify travelling to the US like it’s a normal functional country. Absolutely baffled by people still going there for holidays or conferences.

If only Grok was Palestine Action, but instead of protesting genocide, it produces kiddy porn, so it’s hard to know if it’s good or bad

Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.

free speech news

I keep wondering what blind complacency animates those journalists who keep beating the drum of the nonexistence of the EU in strategic matters, while not exposing its cause in rightwing national governments/parties that electorally benefit from manifacturing the EU irrelevance

Somebody on here quipped earlier that we live in precedented times. It hit home with me. In 2003 I watched US troops roll in to the oil rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk and roll straight out the other side to take up defensive positions around the oil refinery. 1/

EU leaders sit down to issue a statement about the attack against Venezuela, choosing not to mention that a clear violation of the UN Charter has occurred and that the rule shall apply to foes&allies alike. Double standards, weakness, lack of authoritativeness. That’s what the EU displays today.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Strongmen may have killed international law, but they were aides and abetted by cowards.

Let me sum up the reaction of the German government: International law applies when our enemies violate it, it’s that simple.

It’s an empire and it‘s doing empire things. The peace rhetoric is an *inherent part* of imperial war machine. Some people need to brush up on history. And yes, this will get worse.

Every news story should lead with this. If they don’t, they’re lying to you.

One struggles to think of what Trump could possibly do to make Europe's leaders criticise him. In the past hours the leaders of 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇮🇹 appeared to endorse 🇺🇸invasion and occupation of a sovereign country. How can anyone ever take these people seriously on🇺🇦 after this?

The United States has never at any point in its history been a "defender of freedom." "Defending freedom" is—and has always been—a thin rhetorical pretext for American imperialism, just as "ἐλευθερία τῶν Ἑλλήνων" ("freedom of the Greeks") was for ancient Athenian imperialism.

"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"

Can't wait for the EU to be "very concerned"

Strikes in Nigeria, threats on Iran, strikes in Venezuela. Lowest common denominator: oil

Fascinating how the congressional Power of the Purse, long touted by many polsci and const law people as the key element of limiting presidential overreach, is easy to walk over if you just say "it's not a war, it's just a special military operation, limited in scope and duration".

"With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins." Funding agencies always win. Like casinos. Coincidence?

My only goal for 2025 was surviving and while I ended it with a nasty flu I managed to arrive alive! My only goal for 2026 is never move again to a city that isn’t Bologna

Love Gramsci, hate those three fucking Gramsci quotes.

Vincent actually helps Libyan militias intercept refugee boats and pull them back to Libya, where the “rescued” refugees are subjected to rape, torture, slavery, and murder upon disembarkation. FM v Frontex is still pending before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social

Teuta Hoxha, 29, has been in prison without trial for 13 months. news.sky.com/story/fears-... #BritishJustice #NeverNotAtIt

What makes me really sad here is that we've completely lost our conception of what a public service is. Privatization made everything a business model, but a public service is by definition something that is not efficient or profitable. It's there because it is necessary.

27.5 % of people directly killed in Gaza by Israel have been children under the age of 15. Modern Germany can't understand how mass murder of children could be wrong when it's done by Israel.

Il movimento pro Pal e le accuse di antisemitismo che cercando di screditarlo. L'analsi Donatella Della Porta, docente della Scuola Normale Superiore left.it/2025/12/04/d...

Without going into the exotic perfection of the Nordics, that's exactly what Italy does, too. AFAICT, pre-filled tax declarations for people on a payroll are the norm in most of Europe nowadays.

#blob bellissimo il montaggio con #Pasolini in ideale dialogo (lui solo con la sua faccia) con le affermazioni circensi dei tre del governo Meloni. Blob @raitre.bsky.social sempre meglio. Eccolo.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Want to know why people lose their faith in democratic systems, don't vote and don't participate? This is why. Instinctively they feel like it is no use. The real power comes from the corporate purse, and is wielded without oversight.

Israel’s national security minister now wears a “noose pin” in parliament and talks with pride at the more than 100 deaths of Palestinians in custody under his watch. Apparently it’s very difficult for Western countries to tell if this is good or bad.

even worse, Google accepted that

When our government and "business leaders" insist on trading with illegal entities in the occupied territories, this - and much worse - is what they are endorsing, funding, and seeking to profit from. #Ireland

Today Netanyahu says "aid is flowing, no problem." The German Chancellor beside him stands mute.

Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide

The US legal system never ceases to amaze me

Two years ago today, the beloved Dr. Refaat Alareer was targeted and murdered by the occupation. His story and words will never die. Award-winning actor Brian Cox reads Dr his poem at an event for Gaza not too long after his death.

The word ‘law’ is connected with ‘legal’, but etymologically they’re entirely unrelated. ‘Law’ is related to the verbs ‘to lie’ and ‘to lay’. It comes from a Germanic word meaning “things that are laid out”. ‘Legal’ is related to ‘loyal’. Both derive from Latin ‘lēx’ (law). Zoom in to learn more:

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur, is now facing direct consequences for choosing to stand up for humanity and defend human rights after being sanctioned by the United States. Her private medical insurance refused to reimburse her solely because she is under US sanctions.

They were 8 and 11 years old

Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.

Offer not applicable to women of Palestine.

This is one of the most Germany-coded things that I have read in a while and I shall not be taking any further questions: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251118-ger...