Will Europe finally choose between Europe and the US? The only thing that can protect us is federalism and a rupture — a real one — with Trump. With the side bonus that just maybe, it will rally Europeans against the far right and shock Americans into action www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hey @longreads.com, can I flag you on this narrative longform I did about French Guiana at the intersection of ecological collapse, climate change, European space autonomy, and the French Foreign Legion?

I love the chance to write long things about places that we should be talking more about. A lot of work went into to this — 7 weeks in Guyane, 2 dozen interviews (many thanks to everyone who gave me their time!), and a month and a half spent drafting and editing www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

I love the chance to write long things about places that we should be talking more about. A lot of work went into to this — 7 weeks in Guyane, 2 dozen interviews (many thanks to everyone who gave me their time!), and a month and a half spent drafting and editing www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

European leaders, however, would be wise not to wait. While the White House and the Kremlin are preparing their summit, Europe can calmly set the terms of the debate, outlining what a sustainable peace does and doesn’t look like. And they can prepare a worse-case response. /8

Genuinely confused at how so many people (not Margaret!) read this as an EU bashing column, or ‘hard Brexit’ equivalent, when it’s the opposite Brexit was delusional bc it involved a small power attempting to act like a big one; the EU is actually. Large power but acts like a small one. 1/

“It’s not just me. There is an entire internet subgenre of content extolling the virtues of French butter, or involving Americans who come to France and realise that this is what peaches, or strawberries, really taste like,” writes @iamhurst.bsky.social. Touché. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Perfect time to repost me from last month on why the EU should learn the right lesson (enfin, putain 🙄) and stand up for itself for once www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Let’s demand more courage and leadership from those who… lead www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Electricity supply from new wind, solar and nuclear capacity was enough to cut coal-power output even as demand surged, whereas previous falls were due to weak growth."

Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.

Can’t wait to see how Netflix, Max, Peacock, Apple TV, Disney, Prime react to being hit with a response tariff on their streaming subscriptions (the revenues from which should be earmarked for European public broadcasters) and same for Fox, Warner, Disney, Paramount, Universal (to fund local film)

I don't understand how the Times can never determine whether Trump is lying but can say with certainty when he is joking.

this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president

I love stumbling onto the original influence for an artists sound Like - with alll due respect to LP - I thought their voice was quite unique, and then I listened to Pavlov’s Dog from the 70s…

This is the message. You may like Pritzker, you may not, but whomever the new leaders of a reformed democratic party are, they will carry this message. This is the way to win. My two cents.

I’ve made several actual, real friends by talking to strangers

From an American doctor friend volunteering in Gaza: "So many dead little kids. This man showed up to the hospital today carrying this burlap bag asking for help. He said it held the remains of his daughter after his home was bombed yesterday. All he found was her head, her leg, and her hand."

This is a Rubicon moment

I’m pretty sure I know who is targets are here … www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Ce qui le fait vraiment inexcusable, c'est que cette série est une coprod européenne, notamment française... Et vous l'avez rendu tellement ennuyeux à vissionner en faisant ça 👇 que franchement, j'ai pas envie de continuer @cineteve.bsky.social

There's something that really annoys me, which is when shows/movies are filmed in English for scenes where the characters obviously wouldn't be speaking English to each other I.e., "Kaboul" -- 0% chance the French ambassador would be speaking English to his French head of security.

Pope Francis' final Easter message vs POTUS Easter message. A lot to be sad about today, but also some clarity. If you ever doubt it matters who your leaders are, re-read these two.

Sad to see Pope Francis pass -- may the next one also be committed to social justice, compassion, the environment, and the poor

18/19 yo Euro backpackers were detained in Honolulu. “It was a real jail. Metal doors, locked cells, cold air. And they made us do a full strip search. It was really cold. We had to undress completely, including bra and underwear, and even had to squat and spread… it was humiliating and scary.“

“Trumpism, too, has an aesthetic. Allow me to pretentiously, subjectively, declare it not beautiful. The aesthetic of Trumpism is sprawl…” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Depending on how Harvard’s resistance goes, other universities and colleges should seriously start to consider what I suggested in November, and then again last month…

All too often, people who claim to be seeking a better food system are instead trying to recreate a bucolic idyll (The Omnivore's Dilemma is a classic example). Their vision might be aesthetically pleasing, but it's a formula for hunger on an unprecedented scale. We have to get past this phase.

I agree with @simonkuper.bsky.social ! The grass really is greener (and the fruit tastes fruitier) 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 www.ft.com/content/fcf9...

Oh come ON, so this season also has aliens ? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

Oh we Americans living in Paris, London, etc are worried alright — we’re worried about traveling to the US after posting exactly what we think about you and your clique of gangster thug autocrats

The US healthcare system sucks: a take of two knee injuries Me in 🇫🇷 : within 1 month I had an MRI, CT Scan, 3 appointments with 2 different orthopedic surgeons, began physio bc no surgery needed My mom in 🇺🇸 : 2 months to get 1 MRI and see ortho 1 time, unknown if medicare will ✅ a 2nd opinion

JD Vance thinks the Iraq War is Europe’s fault for not doing more to stop the US from doing it 🤪

I say this to point out that it is in fact, a courageous decision, for a university - even a wealthy one - to fight the Trump administration. Harvard should - all the other universities should as well. Let's just acknowledge that their choice to fight really is a courageous one

Is China’s export ban on rare earths universal, or just to the US?

American commenters really are way off track when it comes to Europe. They really don’t understand it, and it shows on.ft.com/3XSy5G7

One thing the EU should be intransigent on with China, though, is any coordination to respond to Trump entails China cutting off its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine. Period.

To any Greenlanders out there, let me tell you about when the United States once promised every freed slave “40 acres and a mule”

This is the week that the idea of the US as impregnable broke down. The EU should keep that in mind — Trump isn’t done with his aggressive fixation on Europe, but he will back down if his bullying is met with pressure www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The crazy thing is, there was a way to effectively reduce US dependence on Chinese manufacturing, stay on the same close team with the EU, retain the moral high ground, AND fight climate change all at the same time It would have been called: carbon club based on EU ETS

This is idiotic and it’s killing America. It needs mid-rise and high-rise density, not sprawl But an oppo to repost: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Looks like Trump shot his one shot at reversing the market crash and now there’s nothing left to stop the slide — the China decoupling is gonna be very, very painful

EU greenlights €22 billion retaliatory #tariffs against US

German authorities are investigating whether Russia orchestrated a wave of attacks by foreign nationals - many of them failed asylum seekers - across five cities ahead of the 2025 elections, possibly to sway support to the far-right AfD. 4/5

This guy probably just became an absolute WSB legend for (I imagine) buying calls, tweeting this, then unloading. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such successful manipulation

When is the EU going to learn that accommodating Trump will just invite future hostage taking? He does not respect submission. Why even talk about negotiating after he declared economic war on the world?

I’m not sure how common knowledge it is to the average person that it is even easier to make enormous sums of money in a compressed period of time on the way down than on the way up — if the prevailing market sentiment is bullish or neutral, rather than bearish

Plenty of people are also making money on the way down. Hypothetically, if one had advance knowledge of an event that would crash the economy, one would load the truck with puts and end this week up easily 1000-2000%