The frame Europe is “starting“ a trade war with China is strange. China has been waging trade and industrial policy battle against Europe, sector after sector. EU diplos asked for change nicely for years. Now the EU wants to do something about it and it’s the aggressor? Aha.

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

4 years in...

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

Groot onderzoek in @volkskrant.nl over haat en bedreigingen richting politici op X. Bekend beeld. Dus ga daar weg. ▶️X is ongeschikt voor democratisch dialoog ▶️Als je daar actief bent, legitimeer je het platform ▶️Hoe meer er vertrekken, hoe kleiner de relevantie www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

Waarom zijn de zwerfhonden aan het front in Oekraine zo goed doorvoed? Ofwel: Waarom ik mijn perskaart heb ingeleverd. Ik kreeg van NRC 2000 woorden, wat een feest. Dit komt van diep. Een repost is lief. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

🇫🇷 French ICC judge Nicolas Guillou, sanctioned by Pres. Trump in Aug. because of the court’s warrant for Netanyahu, says he has been cut off from basic financial & digital services. “I discovered that almost all payment methods in France today are American,” Guillou said. “The only cards we have...

Zo snel hoe ik nu ook weer niet gelijk te krijgen. Trump wil nu openlijk af van de NAVO. Wat een schande, chantage en onverantwoord gedrag van een president van een inmiddels rogue state.

At this point I don't wonder how much insider trading is going on. I wonder how much policy is being made with the purpose of insider trading on it.

Voor iedereen die vandaag druk was. Over de kansen voor een democratische transitie in Iran en waarom als we het historisch bekijken, de val van een autoritair regime niet automatisch tot een democratie leidt. Delen wordt gewaardeerd. hiddebouwmeester.nl/een-democrat...

@robdewijk.bsky.social Is Iran the Suez crisis voor de US? (Of wordt dat het potentieel?)

Pure chantage! Als de NAVO-landen de VS niet helpen met de bescherming van de Straat van Hormuz, is het gebeurd met de NAVO. Dit dwingt Europa zich voor te bereiden op een NAVO zonder de VS, wat kan.

If companies are criticised abroad for building ethical safeguards into AI, Europe should be the place where they are welcomed with open arms. So if Anthropic truly aims to build a value-based and trustworthy AI, it should see Europe as its natural home. Read the letter I sent to the Commission 👇🏼

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Shadow tanker PEACE lacks safety management, insurance. She is flying a false flag of Timor-Leste where Timor-Leste demands of other states to stop her. She is lawless. Sanctioned by EU and UK. She is on her fifth delivery of Russian crude to India last 12m. She is leaving Baltic Sea laden now.

Dit is níet geweld uitsluiten, dit is heel nadrukkelijk ermee dreigen, suggereren dat de ander moet voorkomen dat je het inzet en doen alsof die ander in zijn handjes mag knijpen van dankbaarheid als je hem spaart. Het is pure maffiataal.

@anderspucknielsen.dk regarding your latest video. Escalate to de-escalate. Would it be helpful if France did a missile test with one of their Triomphants somewhere in the northern atlantic?

It would be incredibly neat if as many countries as possible (ideally all Rammstein group) stationed 50-100 men in Nuuk, Greenland. @robdewijk.bsky.social

Trump tariffing countries over Greenland is a test. If Europe just swallows it and tries to move on, it increases the odds of the WH thinking it can seize Greenland without consequences. Europe therefore has to respond. Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/

What happens if and when U.S. generals receive orders to instruct lethal force against their -- on papers -- allies that they have trained with for decades and build deep personal connections? Is there going to be any pushback or is it just "orders are orders"?

De Sociale Verzekeringsbank, één van de grootste verwerkers van privégegevens van miljoenen Nederlanders gaat volledig naar MICROSOFT AZURE. Dit is geen technische keuze, maar een politieke. Een gevaarlijke! Debat moet snel. Stopknop moet worden ingedrukt! #amerika Lees 👉🏻 www.barbarakathmann.nl/svb/

So you want to hit America hard because this is the only way to stop Trump from wrecking Europe? Do read this awesome, superbly argued and illuminating piece on 'anticircumvention' by Cory Doctorow. Europe could screw the US so hard, it's encouraging: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...

Yes. Ending the excessive legal protections of US Big Tech is obviously the first step in Europe’s retaliation.

Imagine we had well-established pan-European media pursuing this: how to dismantle US Big Tech's extraordinary economic privileges in Europe? Which political parties/ groupings are helping, which aren't and why? We need to mobilize simultaneous political pressure across the continent's parliaments.

What the EU can do: invoke the Anti-Coercion Instrument (2023). It was designed so the EU could respond and seek reparations for situations where a third country pressures the EU into policy choices by threatening or applying trade and investment measures.

Rutte en andere Europese leiders moeten stoppen met Trump na te praten. Wie Groenland écht strategisch belangrijk vindt, sluit niet bijna al zijn militaire bases. Toch? Dit gaat niet over Rusland of China.

The deal is far from perfect, but strengthening ties with #Mercosur countries is a step in the right direction. Europe must diversify its trade partnerships. Engagement gives us leverage - isolation does not. Check our MEPs’ statement from May 2025 on the Mercosur Agreement👇🇪🇺

Trump valt Venezuela binnen en Europa reageert slap en verdeeld. Zo kan het niet langer. Trump verstaat alleen de taal van kracht en macht. Het kabinet moet in Europa investeren. Met de Deense ambassadeur sprak ik gisteren over Groenland en hoe Nederland en Europa eensgezind achter Denemarken staan.

This point should be made again and again: after the Russians destroyed Chechnya they forced Chechens to help subdue Ukrainians. Do we in Europe really want to fight a Russian-Ukrainian army? The Ukrainians are formidable warriors.

@hugoreitsma.bsky.social Invite @anderspucknielsen.dk to @ajboekestijn.bsky.social en @robdewijk.bsky.social on @bnr.nl sometime^

I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model

Dames en heren! Met trots presenteren wij u... *tromgeroffel* De 25 grootste belastingontwijkers van Nederland! www.ftm.nl/artikelen/gr...

If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

I wish a single journalist or leader would reach out to me I have the scientific expertise, lived experience of a trans person, and am literally a science communicator for my career I'm willing to explain this even though I know it will decrease my personal safety!! bsky.app/profile/jeym...

D-Day for Europe to shore up Ukraine funding. As EU leaders huddle in Brussels, Stephen Paduano and I analyse the reparations loan in a new piece. This is not only a "There Is No Alternative" (TINA) moment—but the financial and legal risks are also manageable. 1/ www.cer.eu/insights/ukr...

Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader? This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking

The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien

Don’t get back to your X. BlueSky is your perfect rebound !

Een minderheidskabinet is niet in het landsbelang, of dat nu over links of rechts gaat. In een tijd waarin we zowel door Rusland als de VS worden bedreigd, moet een kabinet slagvaardig zijn en snel kunnen beslissen. Hij is niet degene die een meerderheidskabinet tegenhoudt. Dat doen anderen.

‘En we moeten aanvaarden dat de noodzakelijke investeringen in onze veiligheid ten koste van de verzorgingsstaat gaan.’ Dat hoeft echt niet…..Sterke verzorgingsstaat is juist belangrijk voor meer veiligheid. Zie visie van @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social groenlinkspvda.nl/ons-plan-voo...

@ajboekestijn.bsky.social gezien je recent gevonden enthousiasme voor de plan economie is de zorg ook een aandachts punt. Effectieve zorg blijft een 'dossier'. Tegelijk zie ik op elke hoek van de straat prive cosmetische klinieken. Wellicht een discussie waard of we dat ok vinden als samenleving.

Female presenters are interrupted 10% more I wrote about the new seminar dynamics paper in the AER here: open.substack.com/pub/hanshenr... #econsky

Russia invaded Ukraine and seized European assets located in Russia, yet Russia and its supporters argue that Europe has no right to transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. Pathetic!

This is where sycophancy gets you

This is the key post in a very interesting and useful thread by French economist Gabriel Zucman. GDP alone tells you little about general quality of life in a country.