My friend and #Birkbeck colleague @benworthy.bsky.social on The fascism of Donald Trump

I was just going through my old files when I found this: my calling out of Matt Goodwin on twitter from January 2017.

Thomas Legrand: Face à la crise internationale, l’Europe sera souveraine si elle est fédérale www.liberation.fr/politique/fa...

🚨 Is Omnibus I Illegal? During our recent webinar, “Is Omnibus I illegal?”, Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social explained how the adoption of Omnibus I could affect the way future regulatory changes are made. Join our free member area, to watch the full recording 👉 bit.ly/3LypOUG

“If he makes a move on Greenland, the damage that does to America's ability to rally allies - that's devastating." David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor at The Economist, discusses President Trump's foreign policy approach to Greenland. #Newsnight

No.1 https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4838

One of the players who made people love football and Cloughie’s #Forest has left the planet but his unique ability will always be remembered #RIP #JohnRobertson www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

Is Germany again dragging its feet and undermining a "simple" solution to the Ukraine financing problem, instead pushing the ubercomplex reparations loan? It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way. But there isn't. Here is why:

Η πρώτη εκδήλωσή μας ήταν η χθεσινή παρουσίαση του νέου διδακτικού εγχειρίδιου με τίτλο "Εισαγωγή στο πολιτικό σύστημα της Ευρωπαϊκης Ένωσης" με τη συμμετοχή της @nstamouli.bsky.social, του @telloglou2024.bsky.social, του Αργύρη Πασσά και του Αντώνη Παπαγιαννίδη @euerasmusplus.bsky.social

Την προσεχή Τετάρτη παρουσιάζουμε το νέο διδακτικό εγχειρίδιο για προπτυχιακούς το οποίο συνεπιμεληθήκαμε με τον Ομότιμο Καθηγητή Αργύρη Πασσά, στην πρώτη εκδήλωση της @jmchairpanteion.bsky.social Ευχαριστούμε τους ομιλητές για την συμμετοχή τους. @euerasmusplus.bsky.social #DEMGOVEU

3 years ago, when I recommended a massive organised switch away from X/Twitter, the EU Commission’s argument was “but our audience is there.” Since then, that argument has become less valid by the day. #DefendDemocracy #DSA #HandsOffMyEU

🚨🚨 Politically significant decision by @ec.europa.eu to impose a €120 million fine on Elon #Musk’s #X, the first-ever penalty issued under the EU’s flagship content moderation law, the Digital Services Act. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

The NSS signals 2 big shifts for Europe 1. Europe will handle its own security now. They take the 5% commitment literally. 2. US plans lots of political interference to back the far right. This is what "restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity" means. Buckle up.

#Socrates, an anti-junta activist and one of the finest midfielders to ever have graced a football pitch, died #OTD in 2011.

Athens goes wild for K. Guilfoyle -but not everyone is cheering In the month since she exploded onto the scene in Athens, she has fused tabloid-level fascination, championing energy projects and touching off a diplomatic confrontation with China www.politico.eu/article/athe...

Ochre and Red on Red https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4877

Interesting read on politics in the stands of the #Bundesliga 🇩🇪

The one and only Mark William Lanegan was born #OTD in 1964 youtu.be/rwvlUEm_fmA?...

As we speak, the Western world is currently discussing whether to impose a cap on the army of a country that has been invaded, while sparing the country that launched the invasion from any such limit.

Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The book is "open access" - free to read and download for everyone. academic.oup.com/book/60532?l...

🚨🚨Perhaps a hardline populist stance on immigration isn't the way to go. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/cope...

Paul Scholes, the best English footballer of his generation, was born in Salford #OTD in 1974 #manutd

Mon enquête sur la seule institution jusqu'ici au dessus de tout soupçon... www.liberation.fr/internationa...

The European Democracy Shield🛡️ is finally out today. Here is what it says (and what I think):🧵⬇️ commission.europa.eu/document/dow...

I am delighted to hear that my last doctoral student at Birkbeck has just been offered a contract for his dissertation-based book.

The #EuropeanCommission today presented its #democracyshield proposal and a Strategy for Civil Society - despite noble intentions, it sounded like ‘operation cognitive dissonance’ 😥🧵 The EC talks urgency and says democracy being under attack, but mostly presented existing & non-binding initiatives!

Birkbeck was founded on the evening of #OTD in 1823, when around 2000 people flocked to the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the Strand to hear Dr George Birkbeck speak on the importance of educating the working people of London

Ο σπουδαίος "Σιγά μην κλάψω, σιγά μην φοβηθώ" Γιάννης Αγγελάκας γεννήθηκε #OTD το 1959 στη Νεάπολη Θεσσαλονίκης. youtu.be/jRe4RJFoDwA

La créatrice du programme d’échange Erasmus, Sofia Corradi, est morte

New textbook proofs as weekend reading. No complaints though

Interesting contrast: government leaders rejecting EU funded drone walls, while embracing EU funded anti-migrant walls. 😒

Hugo Haase was born #OTD in 1863

Action contre le génocide dans le hall central du Parlement européen

As Bernd Lange MEP reminded us earlier today on another platform, today is the 100th anniversary of the adoption by the @spdde.bsky.social of its Heidelberger Programm. It states that …

Σαν σήμερα, το 2013 στήνεται ενέδρα θανάτου για τον 34χρονο ράπερ Π.Φύσσα (Killah P.). Δράστης ο 45χρονος χρυσαυγίτης Γ. Ρουπακιάς

Von der Leyen, captive ? (1) "Spitzenkandidatin" open.substack.com/pub/florence...