this labour government man . . .

Only if emails count...

Why are vegans, drivers of electric vehicles, peaceniks etc hated so much by reactionaries? Because their mere existence is a (justified) criticism of the behaviour of those who would prefer just to carry on unthinkingly.

An idea whose time is at least 15 years overdue... #Eurobonds

i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol

I love this so much.

Bitte unterstützt die Rathaus-Petition für autofreie Vorplätze vor allen Wiener Volksschulen: petitionen.wien.gv.at/petition/onl... Geht ratzfatz per ID Austria. (Grafik: Wir machen Wien)

The native workforces of today's wealthiest countries are rapidly disappearing due to fertility that is low and very unlikely to rise—ever, and certainly not in time to make a difference. The brilliant Lant Pritchett spells out the implications for migration policy: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.

This highly influential White House advisor now states openly: use paramilitary forces to intervene directly in our elections. This is what the conspiracy theories have been for. This moment. Conservative and Liberal Americans reject fascism. We know it won't help any 'side'. It is time to act.

And so a new messaging battle begins. Trump is escalating his claims, arguing that illegal immigration is distorting elections in Democrats’ favour. It’s a familiar strategy aimed at casting doubt on the anticipated blue 🌊 in this year's midterms. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

Die „demografischen“ Probleme beim Thema Wehr- und Zivildienst sind in Wirklichkeit ein Staatsbürgerschaftsproblem. Denn tatsächlich sind in Österreich 2024 gemäß Statistik Austria sogar mehr Kinder auf die Welt gekommen als 2007 🔥🔥🔥 1/7

“Measles outbreak at the prison for kids” sounds like something out of a Dickens novel

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Heute in den USA (links). Vor 100 Jahren in Deutschland (rechts).

Headline should read, UN in danger of collapse because of unpaid United States dues. “Make no mistake, this is a rupture.” U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...

Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric

Yet another societal failure caused by the youth with their avocado toast, alcohol-free beer, and refusal to do murders

If you're aged 30 or more, then 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions happened during your lifetime

Hardly an original thought, but when you think of all the forced migration and imposed settlement that was an integral part of U.S. and European colonialism, the current backlash to immigration in the West becomes even more egregious.

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Trump's trade wars are pushing China and India closer - at least in the economic field • In December India's exports to China were nearly 70% higher than one year earlier • New Delhi is mulling allowing Chinese companies to invest in India again www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time. This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.

Moderna have announced that they won't run new phase three trials now with massive impacts for new vaccine development- why- its because of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine campaigns and cancelling mRNA vaccine research which affect the sales the company can then make 🧪🧵 #PublicHealth

Saw this and it’s just wild

30. Januar 1933: Hitlers Ernennung 1.2.: Auflösung des Reichstags 4.2.: Einschränkung der Presse & Meinungsfreiheit 22.2.: SA & SS werden zur Hilfspolizei 27.2: Der Reichstag brennt 11.3: Goebbels Propagandaminister 22.3_ Errichtung KZ Dachau 23.3: Ermächtigungsgesetz Ende der Demokratie.

🇨🇳dürfte als klarer Gewinner der Selbstzerstörung der transatlantischen Allianz hervorgehen. Nicht, dass es keine internen Probleme hätte. Aber Peking navigiert effektiv und stellt die Weichen für eine Post-westliche Ära: Technologieführerschaft, Supply-Chain Kontrolle, Kooperation im globalen Süden

This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

The "EU Parliament adopted a report on technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure with a large, cross-party majority ... This broad alliance signals the determination of the MEPs to drastically reduce European dependence on US technologies and to massively expand their own capabilities."

"The aggressor is always peace-loving... he would prefer to take over our country unopposed." -Clausewitz

Same olive branches, but see anything different about the maps they use?

Jean Phillippe Charbonnier, Girl and Cat, Roubaix, France, 1958

Behind the scenes on Bladerunner

Today, the European Parliament voted to put the Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice for review. It was a politically momentous decision, very tight and carried by an unusual majority, so it is worth looking a bit deeper into it.

Who is really “running” the European Parliament right now? On the margins of the geopolitical changes, the shifts in the EU are also accelerating. In my newest EU-Analytics, I dug into all final votes from December 2025 – and the shift of power to the centre-right & far right is accelerating:

I am old enough to remember Putin saying as late as 18 February 2022 - less than a week before the invasion - that Russia had no intention to use military force against Ukraine.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

If you followed the history of Nazi diplomacy in the years before the outbreak of WWII, it was filled with rhetoric exactly like what we are hearing from Lutnick, Bessent and Trump at Davos—lots of purely gratuitous insults. This isn't actually diplomacy, it's more like a promise of conflict.

With remarks such as these Trump prooves the very point Carney was making. The irony is, of course, lost on him.

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Is this the most dangerous, and unhinged, international speech by a US president ever? Demands Greenland (and Iceland). Threatens Canada. Trashes NATO. Makes fun of leaders. Disparages Europe's environmental goals. Carney was right to call our current moment a "rupture"

This is big: the Berlin Wall coming down big. Yesterday, America’s closest allies declared the U.S.-led global order effectively over, concluding that President Trump’s aggression toward allies was evidence of that demise. #ICYMI

European Parliament narrowly votes to request an ECJ opinion on EU-Mercosur, thereby potentially delaying ratification for 2 years. And you thought this thing was done...

Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby. Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference. #academicchatter

Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson on Trump's proposal for a "Board of peace": "as the text is now Sweden wiill not sign" www.dn.se/direkt/2026-...

Der Mann war der wichtigste Mitarbeiter des zweithöchsten Amtsträgers der Republik Österreich. Er ist nach wie vor für die FPÖ tätig. Es gibt sie halt immer noch, die ganz unsubtilen, unmodernen, nicht komplexen, nicht gewandelten Nazis. Also so richtige Nazi-Nazis.

"Canada prepping response to hypothetical US military invasion for first time in a century, report says" It would be a dereliction of duty not to do so. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...