"They signed the Lesbian Treaty. The fact they thought it said Lisbon Treaty is no defence against our drone troopers."

sorry sorry i process big news through the millennial language of memes

i know there’s that meme that law people are always like “omg mic drop” and the actual text is just “the court disagrees” this would be the equivalent of SCOTUS severely limiting the entire concept of states rights by saying pride parades are a national shared value

My greatgreatgrandpa shooting those yellow fuckers when Tukhachevski invaded my country. Feliks Kon and Dzierzynski having to be accompanied by the yellow fuckers filling the rest of provisionary committee for Polish SSR. Pilsudski and Lenin lock them up in the cave as part of Peace of Riga.

Since I'm restroom posting to assert dominance over Congress Poland, do you know this lore, dov.bsky.social? In era when Galicia had Austrian-sponsored sewage systems in Kraków and Lwów, Warszawa had anti-Semitic pamphlets decrying sewage systems as Jewish plot.

Péter Magyar introduced Hungary’s future Foreign Minister, Anita Orbán, to Donald Tusk and added with a smile: — The surname is just a coincidence, they’re not related Tusk replied: — Well, my name is Donald, after all!

Ok, we may get an EU federal state by <checks notes> CJEU interpreting in a whole new meaning of EU law primacy... @demiurg.bsky.social That true EU army may be just be one good rules lawyering away... It would be still funny if EUnbecame a superstate by the will of CJEU...

🇭🇷⚖️🇪🇺 This is also a momentous victory of Advocate-General Tamara Ćapeta, the Croatian maverick of EU values, whose opinion in this case formed the backbone of CJEU's argumentation. Watch out for other cases where she wrote the opinion (esp. the European judicial orgs. vs EU case regarding Poland).

Kind of fascinating how CJEU is increasingly like "yes, dear Commission, Council and Parliament, go on and deal with the policrisis, economy, pandemic, Russia, MENA, oil prices, climate change, you're doing great, we'll quietly build the EU constitutionalism while you're busy, don't mind us".

Going back to the judgment, safe to say this isn't exactly the best day for the concept of constitutional identity of Member States as a red line limiting the reach of the CJEU.

President Nawrocki's deputy chief of staff, Adam Andruszkiewicz, will stand trial after being indicted for allegedly ordering the falsification of documents. Andruszkiewicz denies guilt and says he is the victim of “political revenge” by the government against the opposition-aligned president.

It says an enormous amount about the Royal Navy in the late Victorian period that they could essentially build HMS "Fuck That One Ship In Particular" as and when required.

Typical way for RuSSian visitors. Especially if uninvited...

It’s the 328th anniversary of Peter the Great leaving England for Holland to continue his Grand Embassy (a diplomatic mission to find out how to modernise Russia), at which point everyone breathed a sigh of relief, not least John Evelyn, whose house Peter and his entourage had completely trashed 🧵

From my own field... We can get secondary effects in public procurement that may be hard to overestimate. Like, if we have anty-discrimination as a EU standard, can we buy supplies from USA firms that are very clearly anty-LGBT? Looking at Siliocon Walley and Palantir for example...

A late-night meeting between PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński and Mateusz Morawiecki, who heads a more moderate faction in the party, has led to an agreement ending a dispute over a new association founded by Morawiecki and joined by dozens of PiS politicians.

Ukraine has unveiled the Skif tracked APC prototype, a 15 ton vehicle designed for 11 personnel. It features STANAG 3 all round protection with level 4 frontal armor. The platform uses imported components at early stage and is now entering testing as localization efforts continue. #Ukraine

A very good point about this landmark ruling. It forces us in Europe to rethink how, why, and with whom, we do business with, and what they stand for.

Brilliant retelling of the daily Sad Russia Noises coming out of the pens and mouths of Russian warbloggers.

💥Days after Viktor Orbán lost reelection, Hungary's data protection authority is investigating Webloc — an Israeli tool that harvests mobile ad data for mass surveillance, likely violating GDPR. We exposed its use by Hungary on @vsquare.bsky.social with @citizenlab.ca: vsquare.org/goulash-with...

From my own field... We can get secondary effects in public procurement that may be hard to overestimate. Like, if we have anty-discrimination as a EU standard, can we buy supplies from USA firms that are very clearly anty-LGBT? Looking at Siliocon Walley and Palantir for example...

A long-standing approach of the Court requiring Art 2 TEU (the EU's core values bit of EU law) to be linked to something more specific is fading as the Lenaerts Court blows the door open to a much broader application of EU law in cases concerning democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.

And as a secondary effect it will also grant LGBTQ+ persons the right to seek asylum in Europe, especially trans-people from the US. If you, or anybody you know is a trans-person in the US, and can't travel abroad due to the US travel ban for trans-people... 2/3

Don't miss this landmark ruling of CJEU Court. It changes the legal landscape of EU, and solidifies LGBTQ+ rights as a core function of EU legislation. It also forces a legal change in not only Hungary, but also in Poland, Slovakia, etcetera. 1/3

Note how close the Swedish Intelligence Chief is compared to what I've been saying all along. Russia is cracking, and there's no stopping it now.

Everyone else: "...and the scenes from Budapest were remarkable and moving, as the spirit of 1956, of 1989, yea the veritable wind of change blew gently yet insistently on the dying embers of democracy..." CJEU: "Yeah whatevs, sort it out goulash munchers or a fine's coming."

Sweden's spy chief Nilsson: the Russian economy is set for disaster.

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

⚡️ Russia needs a sustained $100 per barrel oil price for at least a year to bridge its war budget gap, according to Sweden’s Military Intelligence and Security Service. united24media.com/latest-news/...

"Nice book you got here, McQuade . . . be a shame if anything happened to it." - Robert De Niro, on "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government"

I mean, an inflationary recession is one of the few things that has demonstrably broken a preexisting party system in the US. The fact that Trump made it happen via a futile, horribly unpopular war is just the cherry on top.

Author jettisoned observed reality of Stalin rule... Ech what do you expect of a Brit not properly pickeled on CEE history in situ. Still accusing a Jewish politician of being stalinist/communist is a bit of close to some very very bad red lines...

Day 509 of the uninterrupted #GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺 📷 Levan Zazadze

LT. GEN. HERTLING: Ukraine is very proud nation fighting for its territorial integrity and sovereignty. And anyone who suggests that they should give up territory to get a peace deal is out of their mind. And good Lord, isn’t that what United States fought for 250 years ago?

Dudes were paid insane money compared to the equivalent-grade researchers at ELTE or other respectable Hungarian universities, and spent 15 years hanging around in Budapest bars and making me look like I know the Hungarian countryside (I was outside of B-P twice, which is more than 10 of them).

🇭🇺🗳️⚖️ Ngl, watching the various phases of denial/bargaining/acceptance by Orban's niu-conservative think tank base that he built on the Danube is fascinating. It's every possible reaction, from just going dark, through "A Maiden has Fallen" op-eds, to the last HU taxpayer-funded oysters and champagne.

The Fraud's Prayer: Our Father, who art in the White House, hallowed be thy combover; thy blingdom come; thy will be dumb; In Washington as you are in Florida. Give us this day our daily round of golf. And forgive us our insider trading, as we refuse to forgive those who investigate against us...

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

How DUMBLY DUMB are billionaires? “The postwar neutering of Germany and Japan must be undone,” Karp’s company account asserted. “The defanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price." Bundeswhere? What is Leo2? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

To quote @demiurg.bsky.social The hardest thing about 3 day SMO is the first 4 years...

Germany is redirecting parts of its struggling industrial base—especially automotive suppliers—into defense production. Facing stagnation and rising competition (notably from China), Berlin is pushing factories, workers, and expertise toward weapons manufacturing.

IRONY IS NOT DEAD HUMOR BLESS INFOWARS-ONION

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💥 Budapest is celebrating the fall of the Orbán regime. Driven by a surge of young Hungarians—first on the streets, then at the ballot box—the message was a deafening “Russians, go home.” VSquare.org

STUBB: We need to turn the tide. This is no longer about giving aid to Ukraine. We have to think about it other way around. Can we afford to keep Ukraine 'outside' — in the sense that they now have greatest military know-how? I hope Americans understand this and see it clearly.