Hi new people. I’m Eva and I mainly post my own fantasy drawings and paintings.

Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data in STAR TREK GENERATIONS (1994)

STAR TREK GENERATIONS (1994) Visual Effects by Industrial Light & Magic

'Mainstream parties no longer offer an element that every successful political project requires: a promise of a better world.' Tap here for Simon Kuper's column: on.ft.com/3L4mLmt

Excited to write this piece with Roger Low on how to use the “Abundance” frame to promote radical opportunity and transformation in higher education: workshift.org/degrees-of-a... Degrees of ‘Abundance’—A Postsecondary Path Forward, Showcased in Colorado

"One of the strengths of THE OPEN SYSTEM is that it is not cynical—[@lando-mascarenaz.bsky.social and Doannie Tran] have sincere hope and belief that existing structures can be improved if they are willing to become more responsive." —The Journal of School Choice https://bit.ly/4354s7N

holy shit the planets are fucking aligning for a solid month of jan 21-feb 21st www.northjersey.com/story/news/2...

This piece by @samrosenfeld.bsky.social and @daschloz.bsky.social is a very balanced look at what Dems did wrong and right in this election. Much better than all the phony intra-factional infighting masquerading as analysis that's out there: democracyjournal.org/magazine/75/...

In Syria: -Israel bombing ships and weapons depots, so new govt or anti-Israel groups don't get them -Turkey attacking Kurds, to weaken them and prevent any Kurdish statelet -US bombing ISIS, to prevent them from gaining in the chaos Any precedent for post-regime foreign interventions like that?

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #sexism might be fuelling #populist attitudes, and not the other way around in #Spain Read the article by H. Marcos-Marne, I. Inguanzo, & H. Gil de Zuñiga here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Taiwan said on Tuesday that China was conducting its largest maritime operations in nearly three decades, sending nearly 90 naval and coast guard vessels into waters stretching from the southern Japanese islands to the South China Sea.

Pete Hegseth now claims he didn't say the thing he said on camera a month ago

Many of the more than 6 million Syrians who have fled their country since the start of its civil war in 2011 may now be hoping that the fall of Bashar Assad’s repressive regime will finally allow them to return. But it’s unlikely to be that simple. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/syri...

Really interesting piece from @tortoisemedia.bsky.social but I can't get over just how close the US is to Syrian incarceration rates

🚨 Does elite ideological polarization lead to mass ideological polarization? My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case. Let's break it down. 🧵

It took mere hours after Assad's fall for 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇧🇪🇸🇪 and many others to suspend Syrian asylum applications. Austria says it will even start deporting refugees. It says more about domestic politics than it does about the situation in Syria.

The collective net worth of America's richest 12 men is now over $2 TRILLION The BOTTOM 50% of Americans have a collective net worth of $3.82 TRILLION

Good. This is progress, but more must be done!

Just reading up on the former dictator of Portugal, and, what? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

“In a televised statement from the White House hailing the fall of the Assad family’s half century of repressive rule in Syria, Mr. Biden gave voice to the mix of cautious optimism and wary uncertainty about the new forces taking power in Syria. “ www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/u...

Important to differentiate two discussions - the usual EU multi-annual budget, for which this proposal of €100bn is for, which starts only in 2028. And the recent reports about a special defence financing mechanism of ~€500bn, which would come much sooner and be outside the normal EU budget.

Proud of what we have built with the Bylines Network in a few short years… …a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news. Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv

'When Notre-Dame reopened on 7 December, it was thanks, in part, to the efforts of 175 researchers with expertise across a range of disciplines: acoustics, art, data, history, archaeology, anthropology.' Example of why blue-skies research matters for 'real-life' problems we've not yet imagined. 1/2

A little reminder for all those who say segregation was “so long ago”: Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school, is still alive and well.

The phrase “I was scammed by a meme coin” seems to contain within it the wisdom the complaint is seeking

And it’s official. I’m immensely grateful to the world’s greatest news organization for giving me a platform all these years, and greatly appreciate the moving sendoff 1/ www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...

Dead celebrities can now be digitally resurrected at will. Estates are cashing in—and, in the process, reshaping how we see the stars of the past. Michael Waters reports:

New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed on Friday (6 December) that the EU has reached a free trade agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – the Mercosur bloc. ✍ Anna Brunetti, Thomas Moller-Nielsen and @packroff.bsky.social 🔗 eurac.tv/9XBd

🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.

Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years, faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world. Left: in 1994 Right: after 2007 Cost per mile: £64–91 million (around 7x cheaper than London's Jubilee & Northern line expansions & 14x cheaper than Toronto's Ontario line)

Got the chance to listen to the insights of European companies in Uruguay. For them, the business case for EU-Mercosur is very clear. Tariff cuts, simpler procedures, access to public contracts… All of this means so much more opportunities for jobs and growth in Europe.

We have concluded the negotiations for the EU-Mercosur agreement. It marks the beginning of a new story. I now look forward to discussing it with EU countries. This agreement will work for people and businesses. More jobs. More choices. Shared prosperity.

Germany, Infratest dimap poll: CDU/CSU-EPP: 32% (-1) AfD-ESN: 18% (-1) SPD-S&D: 16% (+2) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 14% BSW-NI: 5% (-1) FDP-RE: 4% LINKE-LEFT: 3% +/- vs. 18-20 November 2024 Fieldwork: 2-4 December 2024 Sample size: 1,307 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany #btw25 #Bundestag #Wahlen

🇺🇦🙏 "When some people now talk about freezing the war, they almost never ask: what will happen to millions of our people, what will happen to hundreds of thousands of children who are still in the occupied territory? And this is very cynical!," — Zelensky

🇩🇪 Boris Pistorius warned the Bundestag of the growing military threat from Russia. ❗️"Russia has completely switched to a war economy and provides the army with 1,000 to 1,500 tanks every year. That is about twice as many as the five largest European countries combined."

The Russia-Ukraine War has become a "war lab for the future" as both sides have begun using artificial intelligence-enabled drones on the battlefield. @kirichenko.bsky.social explores the practical and ethical concerns of this new technology.

I also promise to stop drinking if I am put in charge of the military

As someone who struggled with alcoholism and got sober at 19, I wish it were that easy.

As anyone who has ever known someone who struggles with alcohol abuse, there's nothing that would help someone maintain their sobriety better than being responsible for the national security of an entire nation with a huge nuclear arsenal.

"Looks like I picked the wrong Mideast crisis to give up drinking!"

“Across Europe, political fragmentation is leading to unstable governments … Their weakness infects the EU as a whole.” Our leader on #France. www.economist.com/leaders/2024...

Every election has been the most important one, and every election to come will be the most important. They're all important, all the time, every time! Why is there so much resentment over this? Democracy means we need to keep voting, we just do. If you want one last election theres a word for that

my hot take is that 80% of the awful SCOTUS decisions we get are the result of our moribund and ineffectual legislature and that moribund and ineffectual legislature is partly all of our faults

I promise to be less fucked up if you just put me in charge of the military, I promise I’ll get my shit together

I’ll support a chair for DNC who’s willing to stop playing chess in a boxing match