HUGE WIN for cleaner air, less traffic, and faster commutes in New York City! A federal judge ruled that the Trump Administration does not have authority to end New York’s congestion pricing program, reinforcing what New Yorkers already know: congestion pricing is law and it's working.

this kind of editorializing and wish casting is what loses the Economist (and MSM in general) its credibility. Stick to the facts people!

it's really hard to come to any other conclusion from the last few years of geopolitics than countries need to get nuclear weapons asap and never make deals with Americans. the incentives are totally wrong from Ukraine to Russia to Korea to Libya to Iran. Sad.

Chair of European parliament international trade committee (Social Democrat) supporting provisional application of EU/Mercosur treaty

this is what really makes ordinary people mad. The absolute inside dealing of "politics as usual" (rightly) breeds cynicism.

Like having an arsonist at a fire safety convention? A former Meta chief lobbyist was appointed by the @eppgroup.bsky.social as rapporteur for a key digital law which critics say will benefit Big Tech. Comments @aurasalla.bsky.social @yverougstraete.bsky.social @saramatthieu.bsky.social

Danish election campaign first poll: - center left bloc almost has a majority; center right far from - centrist government (like the current) is an option again - social democrats do well (compared to recent polls, not comp w/ 2022 elections) - liberals do poorly, general fragmentation on the right

Not clear how the Danish election will shake out! A reprise of the current government seems unlikely.

I suppose I should be grateful that the US didn't join Russia in voting against like last time. I note that Hungary also abstained, showing (again) that as long as Orban is in power it will be a very unreliable ally.

Getting the SCF right is going to be critical to the future of European climate policy. A lot of effort needs to be going into getting the implementation right this year. This is a very important event!

Chuffed to be invited speaker and panelist at this event on the Social Climate Fund organised by @ec.europa.eu DG EMPL next week employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/helping-vuln... I will be speaking about Transport Poverty which is now officially defined & targeted by EU policies

So to recap: if you're a MAGA American official you have the free speech right to say whatever you want and meddle into other countries politics. But if you're not a MAGA American, then you have no free speech right to criticise the United States or Trump. The hypocrisy is farcical.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

I see comments that I disagree with every hour & every day here on Bluesky, from people I generally agree with. I’m perfectly ok with supporting people I mostly agree a lot with, against people I overwhelmingly disagree with. We don’t have to agree on everything to work together against common foes.

Here I was thinking that the US had said they were going to stop "lecturing" other countries about their domestic affairs?

Policymakers: If you want electricity to be cheap - you should not drive up capital cost by 'in passing' creating additional uncertainty over the future electricity market design, or energy pathways. Every small increase in risk premia will show up on the bills.

Souvenirs souvenirs... 🫠 #Dillies www.rtbf.be/article/uccl...

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

On brand, but still unreal.

Finally!

When EU leaders meet tomorrow to discuss the EU’s competitiveness agenda, they should stop chasing ghosts and confront the real problem Europe‘s economy is facing. Our latest for @politico.eu with @nilsredeker.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social 👇

The 🇬🇧 political class & media elite should be asking themselves wider questions about what the Mandelson-Epstein scandals says about the UK's complicity in and even embrace of the Trump era. They all knew what Mandelson was yet they celebrated him as 🇺🇸ambassador not in spite of but because of it.

Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

‘Whatever actions are coming out of Washington, here in Massachusetts, we’re moving forward in any which way to bring more energy into this region,’ said Governor Maura Healey The plan calls for at least 40 GW of offshore wind energy via an interregional transmission system @ctmirror.org reports:

... more on that here: bsky.app/profile/sore...

It was a glimpse of how, for Indigenous peoples across the Arctic, the battle over Greenland has become a wider reckoning, seemingly pitting the long-fought battle to assert their rights against a global push for power. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

🚨 Declassified FBI memo reveals Trump “compromised by Israel” and that Kushner was running a parallel State Department. Epstein and Dershowitz likely co-opted Mossad agents. Plus more Russian interference and sketchy ties www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

USA and Europe. One is an economically dysfunctional place of violence and no-go streets, restricted freedoms and censored media, immigration crises and a non-growing population whose choices threaten the ruin of a great civilization. And then there’s Europe. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Walking off her plane at the airport in #Greenland's capital Nuuk, Frederiksen was greeted by Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. Frederiksen flew straight to #Nuuk from Brussels after meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte earlier in the day. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Just one reason among many why I have never even glanced at Threads. I'm entangled with FB and Insta in ways I'll have to figure out eventually. But what do I need ANOTHER news-blocked platform for?

Today, the European Parliament voted to put the Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice for review. It was a politically momentous decision, very tight and carried by an unusual majority, so it is worth looking a bit deeper into it.

Whatever Trump does or does not say in a speech at #Davos seems utterly irrelevant to what will actually happen. This ADHD, TV-addled president cannot keep to a line of thought for more than 10 seconds. I think we could do with less of the breathless analysis of his every other utterance.

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

the sweet spot between happy vassal and miserable slave, no longer available for Europe.

NEW: Night flights in autumn and winter cause 25% of European aviation’s contrail-related warming, despite making up just 10% of European air traffic. Small tweaks to this small number of flights could be aviation’s fastest climate win. 🧵

My consultations with member states on the latest tensions over Greenland reconfirm our strong commitment to the following:   ▪️ Unity on the principles of international law, territorial integrity and national sovereignty;   ▪️ Unity in support of and solidarity with Denmark and Greenland;

"And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves"

Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.

In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognized ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland. https://bit.ly/4qH0yug

Have Europe's leaders learned the lesson of the past year? We're about to find out. 🇬🇧Starmer & 🇪🇺von der Leyen surrendered to Trump while 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳 did not. What ended up happening? Trump backed off from confrontation with 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳 but ratcheted up aggression toward Europe.

This is it, Europe. It's now or never. Do you want to be vassal states of America, or do you want to be sovereign? The choices you make at this moment will determine your future for decades.

Fun fact: 19th Century European imperialism was often justified on the grounds that if our country doesn't take territory X, our enemies will. That paranoia led to a mad scramble for colonies.

We need to get rid of the pardon.

Actually it’s a “high level working group”

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

Useful map for anyone wanting to understand the sociological and political realities of EU and its member states.