Dear Canadian travellers who are stuck at Schiphol because of snow and saying what the fuck... yeah, sorry about that.

Danish soldiers are under standing orders to engage any hostile activity on Greenland, including unannounced US activity. The standing order of 1952 is confirmed to be in force by both Danish Defence Command and Ministry of Defence to news site @berlingske.bsky.social

Sad day in the U.S. On Monday, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shut itself down. Defunded by Congress with fears (and rightly so) that the Trump administration would pervert the organization to further undermine free media...

Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.

😂 About right with the Orange Paedo President.

It feels like a lot of the democratic world's foreign policy at this point is simply hoping he dies before it gets much worse. Terrified to act, because that will incur his wrath. Terrified not to act, because they just proves to him his threats work.

My daughter built a snow-chiikawa in the park but Ruby thinks it's a snow-Ruby because I mean just look at it.

seems uncontroversial to assume, at this point, that the contents of elon musk's personal hard drives would probably net him a life sentence, were they to be discovered in the course of an investigation.

The strongest action we get from Republican senators on Trump’s destruction of 80-year alliances is tweets saying they hope he’s not serious.

"We are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere" is the sort of line that gets edited out of an anime villain's evil monologue for being a bit much.

This is the sort of tipping point history is made of. And not in a good way.

People who consider themselves decent, progressive, or left leaning should not only be embarrassed to remain on X in any active capacity - they should be deeply ashamed. The line was crossed long ago.

Green Debt Pays Off for Banks.

The only solution is to block both X and Grok. I doubt any of the relevant authorities in the EU, UK or Australia will dare.

Australia sent another $1bn last month (non refundable) to a fascist dictator for subs that will never get delivered. WE ARE FUCKING INSANE.

Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult apnews.com/article/fake...

@senategabe.bsky.social, Michael West is one of Australia's foremost independent investigative journalists, who has his finger on the pulse on AUKUS (and much else).

I doubt they will suffer any legal consequences in the USA no matter what laws they break. The rest of the world really should ban both X and Grok.

Trump just stole $3 billion in oil from Venezuela and he is keeping it for himself. This is called piracy. The US Navy is Trump’s privateer force to seize ships from other countries and enrich the Trump family.

Thiel’s influence operations are all around power in the UK, building a form of US Christian Nationalism based on elitist, eugenicist bigotry. In return for helping wreck social cohesion, the government gives him massive intrusive contracts.

Sen. Ruben Gallego says he's introducing a resolution to block Trump from invading Greenland.

Hegseth is a small man and Mark Kelly outranks him. Not just in the military, but as a person. That’s what this is about.

Oy

Other nations should join them. "Denmark is considering sending more troops to Greenland now that the United States continues to threaten to annex the Arctic island, according to Rasmus Jarlov, chairman of the Danish Defense Committee." www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/d...

Pretty sure Denmark has universal healthcare because they voted for it and pay higher taxes and accept other trade-offs for it, not because they‘re hoarding a magic healthcare tree, but that’s too complicated for the ballcap-selfie-in-car crowd.

❄️ Een dik besneeuwd Nederland kwam vanmiddag achter de sneeuwbuien tevoorschijn! Gemaakt door NASA vanuit de ruimte:

Democracy is not suitable for an ignorant society; because a majority of donkeys will determine your fate. — George Bernard Shaw

I am picturing Vance and Miller on either side of Trump's head, whispering to him that Maduro stole his dance, so really, you gotta send in the troops. Because I no longer believe that Trump is in charge. Not of his administration, not of his own brain.

Congress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science. Story by @policyhound.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

How Trump and Vance are (inadvertently) destroying America. By Timothy Snyder. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Hey @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social - does your government still support what you used to call international law and the global rules-based order? Or is that just so 2025? And BTW, tell us again what are we getting from the fascist regime in Washington for our #AUKUS bribes? #auspol

sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?

Good.

The world is marching toward its own destruction, episode 236.

Was er nou maar een kandidaat voor het Torentje beschikbaar geweest die decennia op het allerhoogste niveau van internationale topdiplomatie en politiek heeft geopereerd en die ons nu een minimale maar mogelijk cruciale voorsprong had kunnen bieden in dit angstaanjagende geopolitieke steekspel...

The Danish PM says that a US attack on Greenland would be the end of NATO. I fear that is exactly what the Trump regime wants. NATO to collapse, the EU to collapse, the UN to collapse, and for nothing to restrain the US's "might is right" philosophy and its destruction of liberal democracies.

This is a great explainer on exactly why the US specifically wants Venezuelan crude. H/t @nathanmbourkie.bsky.social

Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller.

Oh hi, AUKUS. #Auspol

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

The leaders of all Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland - express their strong support for Denmark and Greenland. What a time to live in, where this needs to be said.

Excellent analysis by Allan Behm on Venezuela thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

What a staggering contrast.

It seems that, unlike Starmer, not every country leader takes kindly to the prospect of being illegally invaded and its natural resources stolen ...

Half a metre of snow is... a lot. Snowing so heavily right now.

"Become part of the US"... Can we please be a little more precise in our language here? They are talking about invasion. Not borrowing a cup of sugar.

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

Statement from the Danish PM. Translation: "I have to say this very directly to the USA: It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the USA to take over Greenland. The USA has no right to annex one of the three countries in the Commonwealth."

Take it from a Filipino, even if you despise the current rulers of your country, you will live to regret the day the United States comes in to remove them

Well, isn't that lovely. Thanks, America. This is what you've given the world. Rule by paranoid ego.