Once a leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing. From deforestation to carbon pricing, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good read: "the return of inter-state warfare in Europe, together with the greater visibility of nationalism, can be explained using the analytical tools of comparative historical sociology."

mamdani's wikipiedia talk page is crazy

the pettiest shit online happens in wikipedia talk pages and everyone sleeps on it

Almost universal across the west. Voters have never had it so good. But they feel more was promised. And isn't just the cost but the difficulties of life, and the sense of a class that doesn't face these. Difficult to sort in low-growth times. www.ft.com/content/7913...

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Two very telling graphs on the effects of social media on the public conversation - one from @skynewsrss.bsky.social showing how X is amplifying right-wing politics in the UK, one from Germany showing how TikTok is enhancing far-right _and_ far-left content.

Ado Hasanovic ha diretto un film intimo e bellissimo che integra anche i materiali d'archivio girati da suo padre a Srebrenica durante l'assedio. Spero che venga presto proiettato in tutti i cinema d'Italia. Qui un mio breve invito alla visione, su East Journal www.eastjournal.net/archives/143...

Part of free speech is that no one is obligated to listen to you. Not listening is in itself a form of speech!

www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa... this is a very good analysis of the Maltese economic (and political) model

A Novi Sad, les étudiants défient encore le pouvoir serbe 🇷🇸 - Giovanni Vale, La Croix

lezione online di Jason Stanley, professore di filosofia a Toronto (ex Yale), ebreo americano, sulle contraddizioni concettuali del sionismo liberale. Tutte cose che nel dibattito italiano sono inconcepibili anche solo come soggetto di discussione www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkaH...

Smirna Kulenovic is in Brussels on 10 Dec 2025 - register here: historia.europa.eu/en/exhibitio...

The Andrew formerly known as Prince www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Eppure nel 2014 lo stesso Sachs descriveva Maidan come una “rivolta di massa contro un regime corrotto” e la Russia come una “grave violatrice del diritto internazionale”. Oggi sostiene l’esatto contrario. Cosa è cambiato?

Lo scontro ha mostrato quanto il formato del talk show italiano viva di spettacolarizzazione: non informare, ma far discutere. “Vero o falso, purché se ne parli” resta la regola d’oro

Il confronto tra Carlo Calenda e Jeffrey Sachs a Piazzapulita è diventato virale in tutto il mondo. Un politico che accusa un economista di “propaganda putiniana” non è scena da talk show qualunque: è la fotografia di un sistema mediatico in crisi

This is an excellent explainer of Finnish land use and its problems in climate policy. The bioenergy and pulp/paper model of industrial forestry has other drastic environmental consequences in addition to climate impacts, especially in wetland forests.

En France tu peux avoir des groupes Facebook de membres du RN avec toute la ribambelle de ce qui se fait de pire à l'extrême droite et tout le monde le vit bien, mais oser faire une caricature au pays de Charlie t'offre 7 de GAV. Je ne veux pas d'ennui à ce monsieur, mais un petit effet Streisand...

How much clearer can Zagreb and Belgrade's shared malign agenda towards Bosnia be made than "Dodik's US lobbyist is advocating for Covic's third entity." And if you're wondering if this "third entity" thing has ever been tried before? Yeah, it has.

"It seems as if we live in a period when our major cities are being re-engineered, supposedly, to appeal to as many people as possible. But when cities are remade for “everyone,” they rarely work for everyone"... /1

Very interesting survey on the international positioning of Italian voters. 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 = all the centre and left 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 = Berlusconi/Meloni 🇷🇺 🇮🇱 = Lega sondaggibidimedia.it/portfolio/po...

Number 3. Note the door carving

10 interesting doors & passages you’ll see when you walk from the Helsinki Central Railway Station Metro stop to my apartment. 🧵

Just in: Mass arrests are currently taking place on Rustaveli Avenue.

EP debate - Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination 🇲🇹 www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/v...

Here for the pol.sci memes

Presidentialism was a mistake

One should only accept that this was a technical issue if that is followed by the recognition that “in the inhuman system of capital, every technical problem boils down to an economic one, that of the prize to be won by cutting costs and boosting returns” (Bordiga).

🧵 1/ Relevant debate today in the European Parliament on how free, independent and reliable media are key tools to foster sound debates and enrich our democracy.

Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!

Meanwhile over in wee Cyprus the pro-reunification candidate in northern Cyprus won in the first round by a massive landslide: 62.76%.

Safeguarding journalism Defending democracy #MFRR 2025 event in Brussels

Serbia 🇷🇸 e Kosovo 🇽🇰 su Avvenire

“Despite women making up 51% of the global population, only about 19% of biographies on English language Wikipedia are about women. And that’s not just women scientists. That’s women in all professional areas. That’s anyone that the Internet has deemed notable.” Wade getting shit done 💪

Fabbrini oggi su come la crisi francese dimostra la fragilità della governance UE centrata sul Consiglio europeo

1. According to the World Bank report, the Western Balkans face a labor market paradox: labor shortages persist in certain sectors alongside high unemployment rates—above 10 percent—and low labor force participation, which remains below 55 percent, particularly among women, youth, and older adults.⬇️

Not mincing words, in Malta 🇲🇹🏗 www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

Capitalism without Democracy From Hong Kong to Gated Communities Interview with Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College) on his book "Crack-Up Capitalism. Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy" open.spotify.com/episode/1Lgb...

the authoritarian techbro cult wishes to subjugate humanity - the good news is that these are pathetic creeps and we can beat them

An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond. Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.

There is a ridiculous claim that Stockholm is built on 14 islands but the list is total nonsense. I will sort this out

Saudi Arabia signing a defence treaty with Pakistan in which Pakistan extends its nuclear umbrella over Saudi Arabia is one of the most significant stories of the last week. It's weird how little it was covered.

Oggi elezioni in Moldavia 🇲🇩

Greece and Italy have also signed the ICC but Netanyahu knows our governments are not gonna stop him

Good morning from Brussels, where we have solutions for all the questions no one has ever asked.

Italy: Thousands join pro-Palestinian protests, strikes

Il Corriere la deve smettere di usare le mappe del globo in proiezione di Mercatore.

Wiki "As of September 2025, the State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign state by 150 of the 193 member states of the United Nations" So 153 now