It strikes me that Germany has a similar illusion regarding its influence on Israeli policy making as it had on Russia, before the 2022 invasion. Some idea about a special relationship which gives it special access. It’s just that that doesn’t seem to have any impact in the real world.

New from me: How China's clean energy manufacturing boom is helping reduce CO2 emissions overseas. In 2024, China’s exports of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are shaved 1% off global emissions outside of China.

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency. They are out of energy and they are starving to death. I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it. 🧵

Alt hvad man skal vide om fredsprocessen i Tyrkiet 👇 Outstanding work @ozgegenc.bsky.social !

Nu er det 14 dage siden, at Trump sagde, at han om 14 dage ville indføre nye sanktioner imod Rusland, hvis landet ikke gik med til en våbenhvile. Ikke et spor af pres på Rusland hidtil. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Every time I hear “women are too emotional to be President/CEO/Commander-in-Chief/etc.” I’ll think of these guys and laugh to tears

Yes… Hahaha… Yes!

Here we go again.

Sure, AI may be an environmental disaster and produce mid outcomes in cases where it doesn't straight up lie, but at least it's extremely unprofitable.

I have to commit another atrocity to try to get Zelensky to cancel meeting me. What will I bomb? A. Kids cancer hospital B. Kindergarten C. Church service D. Nuclear plant

Impressive. My assumption was that the AKP and PKK would be trapped in a doom loop of making no serious concessions

Kurdish PKK will dissolve and end 41-year armed conflict with Turkey, report pro-PKK medias. I hope this ends the violence in Turkey in which also a lot of Kurdish and Turkish civilians have died and suffered. However PKK today is much more than its armed wing, its a movement across Europe and ME.

Once again Steve Witkoff offers some mixed messages for different audiences, this time in an interview with Breitbart. On the one hand he denounces the "neocon element" pushing for war with Iran, which sounds as if the administration will be pragmatic in pursuing a deal.

First reporter to say “You’re the fucking President” gets a book deal minimum

Trump negotiating with himself

Just a few days after Columbia announces the Pulitzers, the university goes and suspends its own student journalists.

PKK has announced that it'd soon announce the decisions taken at its Congress on 5-7 May, and called for Ocalan's release. t24.com.tr/haber/ocalan...

Ukraine's security service arrested two ex-military personnel as part of what it said was a Hungarian spy ring gathering intel for a possible military incursion — the first time Kyiv is accusing an EU neighbor of plotting against its interests. www.ft.com/content/2735...

Swedish journalist who was detained on arrival in Turkey for a protest he didn’t attend and a social media post he didn’t make gets an 11-month suspended sentence in first trial, but remains in custody because he’s facing terror charges as well www.ekathimerini.com/politics/for...

Thoughts and prayers for Jeff Bezos, who spaffed $40m on a Melania biopic and still ends up on the Trump naughty list.

Stor enkät • 40 makthavare i medierna • Tydliga budskapet: ”Journalistik är inte ett brott”

Spain's grid operator have indicated it could take between six and 10 hours to restore power, and that they would not speculate as to the cause of the incident at this time. Given the lack of info it's probably best to ignore any loud claims about what was/wasn't to blame. We just don't know yet.

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin faces up to 12 years in prison in Turkey for crimes related to "terrorism", "insulting the president". "Joakim is not a criminal and definitely not some kind of terrorist,” says the editor-in-chief of his media outlet Dagens ETC. Free Joakim! www.dn.se/varlden/joak...

Whoah!

Whoa. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Oddly, and not for the first time recently, the WSJ has been far more straightforward in its criticism than the Times and the Post, both of which give the impression of sleepwalking sometimes.

Over night, Israel’s security cabinet resolved to establish a directorate to facilitate “voluntary emigration” from Gaza. Additionally it decided to spin off 13 outposts into new settlements. Tonight the government convenes to kick off attorney general dismissal. No boundaries inside or out.

Seven girl children, in Gaza, have had their legs amputated without anesthesia due to the latest rounds of Israeli airstrikes.

A Russian tanker heads to Syria, carrying a million barrels of crude oil. Third one since Assad’s fall. Syria desperately needs oil to stave off economic ruin, and USA/EU aren’t helping—perfect opening for Russia to make itself useful, aiming to save its bases. www.enabbaladi.net/744876/%d9%8...

Heartwarming to see a country coming together like this.

EU's udenrigschef vil fortsat ophæve sanktioner mod Syrien

RFERL is fighting back! 👏🏻

Hair raising thread. If someone deems that a person's tattoos are gang-related, apparently no other evidence is needed to deport that person. But these are not even deportations: these people are being incarcerated into forced-labor camps in an authoritarian country they have no relation with.

Many concessions have been made to Putin. Yet he still won't agree to a ceasefire. Read @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

NEW: The leaders of every major political party in Greenland have united in a joint statement against Trump. "We cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation & control of Greenland. We find this behavior unacceptable. “Greenland is one country that everyone wants to stand behind." 🇬🇱🇩🇰

I’ve posted a number of threads over the past couple of weeks explaining the framework I’ve developed around disordered discourse and its outcomes. But I also want to explain why that framework is useful, beyond just mapping the problem or explaining how we got here.

Canada does not sleep news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Why Russia rejected Trump admin-Ukraine ceasefire proposal 1. They’re advancing, Kursk next 2. They already got bounties from Washington: no cyber attacks; UN vote, Zelenskyy humiliated; amb. named; calls & summits 3. They like US-EU bickering 4. They’re in no rush, sustaining economically🇨🇳 🛢️

The US generated more electricity from wind and solar than coal for the first time in 2024 ⚡ What propelled 🇺🇸 towards this milestone, and what happened in the rest of the electricity sector? We have the full story 👇 🧵1/7

An amazing thread that should give you nightmares:

Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity. He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud. Which of course is fucking crazy.

Again, non-Jews have given themselves the right to define who is a Jew. This is still antisemitism. The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core. And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.

Could Canada join the EU? The EU treaties do not prohibit it, but there are other factors to consider. 🧵👇 TEU (Art 49) says any "European" state may apply for 🇪🇺 membership. But what does "European" mean? It can be defined geographically, culturally, or politically.

HE'S LITERALLY READING A SALES PITCH

A team of doctors fled Al Qadmus hospital on foot through the woods yesterday, fearing execution. The vast majority of the injured and bodies they received were civilians, one doctor said -- almost all had gunshot wounds. "Entire families are being wiped out." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Stalin blamed the kulaks for their own starvation. Anyone who blames Zelensky for Trump's decision to cut arms and intelligence has succumbed to the same logic.

Just tearing up Article 5 like it's nothing.