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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺
9 days ago
#FutureOfEurope
: Forget the far right. The kids want a 'United States of Europe.', by Nicholas Vinocur | Politico
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
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Forget the far right. The kids want a ‘United States of Europe.’
Based on social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades.
https://www.politico.eu/article/united-states-of-europe-online-propaganda-social-media-memes/
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Fair point. EU may need to become more streamlined and nimble before being able to proceed and grow bigger.
@paulschmidt.bsky.social
#FutureOfEurope
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Why EU internal reform must precede enlargement
EU enlargement risks institutional paralysis without internal reforms to voting rights, the budget and parliamentary representation.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/12/15/eu-enlargement-internal-structural-reform/
8 days ago
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The Conversation UK
9 days ago
Imagine cycling from your hotel to a historic site, hopping on an electric bus to a museum and strolling to dinner. That’s a blueprint for sustainable tourism.
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How bus stops and bike lanes can make or break your festive city trip
Imagine cycling from your hotel to a historic site, hopping on an electric bus to a museum and strolling to dinner. That’s a blueprint for sustainable tourism.
https://tcnv.link/sE23oRK
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Nick Cohen
18 days ago
“Trump and Putin’s European saboteurs” My piece on a meeting in Brussels of the far-right activists who love MAGA more than they love Europe
comment.press/farage1225
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The fake patriots of the European right
Trump and Putin’s fifth column
https://comment.press/farage1225
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This was written 3 years ago, and no change at all. Not even after becoming PM.
#Brexit
#ukpolitics
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If Starmer is serious, progressive voters should shun his Labour
Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, recently announced that under his leadership there would be no return to the single market or customs union.
https://wp.me/p5AQKh-ep
14 days ago
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If they have a modicum of common sense, they should.
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Will the leftish parties unite to stop Nigel Farage from becoming PM? | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/will-the-leftish-parties-unite-to-stop-nigel-farage-from-becoming-pm
17 days ago
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Genial. 👏
@vallhebron.com
#BonNadal
#FelizNavidad
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Aquest Nadal, tens el poder d'omplir Vall d'Hebron d'estrelles
Envia la teva estrella solidària i ajuda'ns a omplir cada racó de llum. Tria quantes finestres vols il·luminar i envia als pacients bons desitjos aquest Nadal!
https://estrellanadal.vallhebron.org/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=PER%20Nadal25%20Advantage%2B%20Sales%20v1%20Campaign&utm_term=landing&utm_content=Instagram_Feed&utm_id=120234672709280452&fbclid=PAb21jcAOgzthleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqyjX-96eBHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp1lOZtRpQCSIdUpPSALOg1JxDzlFMBnDgimn3_mqGAnbzrJ4oIBsuq8bAYXm_aem_4y6yQaZxk9p9H_K-NbucgA
19 days ago
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Some well-deserved praise for
@bsky.app
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@iandunt.bsky.social
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#Bluesky
@jay.bsky.team
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Thank God for Bluesky
A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis.
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-for-bluesky-a58
19 days ago
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Food for thought.
#AI
#tax
@elpais.com
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If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
The technological race among industry giants and the wave of layoffs they have announced has revived the debate about the advisability of taxing automation
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.html
20 days ago
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The Independent
21 days ago
Putin doesn’t want peace – and Trump’s baffling error has made it easy for him
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Putin doesn’t want peace – and Trump’s baffling error has made it easy for him
Putin doesn’t want peace – and Trump’s baffling error has made it easy for him
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-putin-peace-talks-ukraine-russia-war-b2877797.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764828174
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Psychology Today
21 days ago
It’s human nature to dwell on the negative, but feeling grateful can have a powerfully positive effect on our lives, health, and psychological and emotional well-being. Here's how to incorporate a gratitude practice into daily life.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what...
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The Soft Power of Gratitude
We're evolutionarily wired to focus on the negative, but it's of great benefit to give attention to the positive as well by developing an "attitude of gratitude."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-the-wild-things-are/202511/the-soft-power-of-gratitude
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Chris Grey
27 days ago
Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures:
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
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War Child UK
26 days ago
War Child's Quiz Of The Year is back this @jinglejam! Test your knowledge and support some of your favourite creators in our fun pub quiz! Play along for your chance to win prizes and support our work with children in conflict zones. Wed 3 Dec, 7PM GMT on
twitch.tv/warchildukgaming
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Something important to follow. The future is
#UBS
, hopefully but not at all cost together with
#UBI
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#UniversalBasicServices
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Universal Basic Services
UBS - sustainable social safety for the 21st century
https://universalbasicservices.org/
27 days ago
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27 days ago
Global gold prices have made Ghana richer. But at what cost?
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Global gold prices have made Ghana richer. But at what cost?
Vital medicinal plants, which some 70% of Ghanaians rely on due to high costs of private healthcare, are being lost to illegal gold mines.
https://bit.ly/43Ss3bs
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Most welcome,
#Canada
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@uclei.bsky.social
@nomiclairelazar.bsky.social
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Canada’s move to join Eurovision is a savvy nation-building tactic
Nomi Claire Lazar and Dean Vuletic examine Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to include Canada’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of his $120-million investment in strengthe…
https://ucleuropeblog.com/2025/11/27/canadas-move-to-join-eurovision-is-a-savvy-nation-building-tactic/
27 days ago
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The Observer
28 days ago
A peace deal in Ukraine could be imminent. It may not be a good one. Trump’s impatience has given the advantage to Russia:
https://bit.ly/4pqqObU
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A peace deal in Ukraine could be imminent. It may not be a good one | The Observer
https://bit.ly/4pqqObU
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Some good ideas.
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Feeling lonely? Six ways to connect with friends – even when busy
If you aren’t getting the quality time or intimacy you need, try these connection experiments to shake up interactions
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/nov/26/six-ways-to-connect-with-friends-when-lonely
28 days ago
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Aschenbach’s Last Journey
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Aschenbach’s Last Journey - DRB
Thomas Mann’s travels, which laid the basis for the novella ‘Death in Venice’
https://drb.ie/articles/aschenbachs-last-journey/
28 days ago
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No way ex-finance minister is a self-serving charlatan.
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Former Greek PM Tsipras savages ‘celebrity’ ex-finance minister Varoufakis in memoir
Alexis Tsipras says that during debt crisis Yanis Varoufakis was more interested in promoting his books
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/alexis-tsipras-says-yanis-varoufakis-was-unsuitable-greek-debt-drama-minister
29 days ago
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European Commission
about 1 month ago
In 2026, Tampere 🇫🇮 and Dubrovnik 🇭🇷 are the European Capitals and Green Pioneers of Smart Tourism. They're leading the way in sustainable, inclusive and innovative tourism, showing how destinations can support local communities while protecting what makes them unique. More:
link.europa.eu/DbThfh
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Anne Applebaum
about 1 month ago
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/trumps-war-peace/685024/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3x5H8-x30wTOq6lDtv0xjW4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
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Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/22/nigel-farage-racist-past-who-is-telling-truth-schooldays?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1763823956
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It is obvious and a half what the problem is.
#Brexit
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/21/rachel-reeves-ignoring-cause-britain-woes-brexit-shaped-hole-roof
about 1 month ago
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Nick Cohen
about 1 month ago
Why the radical right in the UK, US and Europe will work for Putin Podcast with the brilliant
@snellarthur.bsky.social
on the betrayals of Farage’s allies
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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Why Russia loves the radical right (and vice versa)
Nathan Gill and the treason of reactionaries
https://open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/p/why-russia-loves-the-radical-right?r=333vp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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The Conversation UK
about 1 month ago
Young people repeatedly mentioned that adults are not sufficiently involved or do not understand what children and teenagers do online.
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What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives
Young people repeatedly mentioned that adults are not sufficiently involved or do not understand what children and teenagers do online.
https://tcnv.link/YwQ5Zqy
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The Observer
about 1 month ago
Why has Trump sent warships to the Caribbean? Listen to today's Sensemaker wherever you get your podcasts to find out:
lnk.to/4wHxHHBS
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All hands on deck, hands off the
#BBC
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An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/an-inside-job-robbie-gibbs-campaign-to-rewire-the-bbc
about 1 month ago
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Prospect Magazine
about 1 month ago
The BBC is the most trusted news outlet in the UK. But this doesn’t matter to its ideological and commercial enemies, who would quite willingly see it wither or die, writes
@arusbridger.bsky.social.
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The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71528/the-bbc-is-in-a-fight-for-its-survival
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The Conversation UK
about 1 month ago
The universe appears to expand in a way that is consistent with string theory.
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String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics
The universe appears to expand in a way that is consistent with string theory.
https://tcnv.link/3l0Lcby
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The Observer
about 1 month ago
‘The BBC is unique and probably irreplaceable in giving the people of this country the chance to see their lives on screen, and the right to access reporting on those who govern it ’ 🔗 Stephen Armstrong on the BBC
https://bit.ly/47zICLz
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The BBC is bigger than news | The Observer
https://bit.ly/47zICLz
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The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and should call the president’s bluff
@arusbridger.bsky.social
#BBC
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The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71564/four-word-message-bbc-should-send-trump-about-1bn-lawsuit
about 1 month ago
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The British political system gives every appearance of facing a crisis without precedent, and no one knows where it will end.
@nickcohen.bsky.social
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Britain goes berserk
Robert Saunders on the great unravelling
https://nickcohen.substack.com/p/britain-goes-berserk
about 1 month ago
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Fitting tribute.
#SlyStone
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Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson & More Pay Tribute to Sly Stone | Rock Hall 2025 Induction
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
https://youtu.be/gakFq11BfR4?si=6SNVVsD6-BZDgaLG
about 1 month ago
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Worrying times for the
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The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/opinion-and-ideas/leaders/article/the-observer-view-political-interference-at-the-bbc
about 1 month ago
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Alan Rusbridger
about 1 month ago
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71528/the-bbc-is-in-a-fight-for-its-survival
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Aeon Magazine
about 1 month ago
If we’re unsure about an animal’s feelings, should we assume they don’t feel pain, or that they do? Moral concern often centres on sentient beings, but it can extend further. The challenge is to build and sustain policies that reflect both our compassion and our limitations
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An ant is drowning: here’s how to decide if you should save it | Aeon Essays
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
https://buff.ly/7v2ygGA
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LSE EUROPP Blog
about 1 month ago
Despite the staggering costs of climate change, opposing climate policies on economic grounds is becoming an increasingly effective strategy for Europe’s far right. ✍
@tillhilmar.bsky.social
@ifswien.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Why the far right’s push for “climate realism” is winning political ground - EUROPP
Are climate policies damaging the economy? Despite the costs of climate change the far-right is winning ground by opposing climate policies on economic grounds.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/11/07/the-far-rights-push-for-climate-realism-is-winning-political-ground/
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#Liberalism
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Liberalism must reinvent itself and conquer extremism
For years, extremists and populists of every ilk have enjoyed quite unprecedented levels of power and influence, at least in traditional liberal democracies. Joe Biden’s victory in the US is …
https://idemo.network/2021/04/24/liberalism/
about 2 months ago
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The lesson is that you pick the right candidate, with the right message, for the right area. And you create local political organisations with the freedom to do that.
@iandunt.bsky.social
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This feeling is called hope
Three electoral lessons from a week of progressive victories.
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/this-feeling-is-called-hope?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1833442&post_id=178264894&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2kqbi&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
about 2 months ago
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"Lose yourself in Sadiq’s no-go hellscape. As it ever was, and always will be, the greatest advocate for the city will be the city itself." Great writing by
@jonathanliew.bsky.social
, perhaps even better than football-related columns.
#London
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Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/sadiq-khan-no-go-hellscape-britain-cities-rightwing-agitators
about 2 months ago
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Something to learn from. 'Targeting the negativity of the far right, the big winner of last week’s poll was able to cut through with voters.'
@d66.nl
@robjetten.bsky.social
#FutureofEurope
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The Guardian view on the Dutch election: an uplifting victory for the politics of hope not hate | Editorial
Editorial: Targeting the negativity of the far right, the big winner of last week’s poll was able to cut through with voters
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/02/the-guardian-view-on-the-dutch-election-an-uplifting-victory-for-the-politics-of-hope-not-hate
about 2 months ago
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The Observer
about 2 months ago
Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without fact-checking ✍️ John Naughton
https://bit.ly/4nyDR9W
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Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without f...
The tech mogul’s Grokipedia relies on right-leaning AI instead of consensus between human moderators
https://bit.ly/4nyDR9W
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London Review of Books
about 2 months ago
‘The break with democratic rule opened space for far-right ideas to gain ground, not just the hysterical anti-communism of the Argentinian generals but also the authoritarian neoliberalism of the “Chicago Boys” in Chile.’ Tony Wood on the Latin American far right.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tony Wood · Sell Your Children: The Latin American Right
It’s striking how thoroughly Latin America’s contemporary right has absorbed neoliberalism. Earlier cohorts...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n20/tony-wood/sell-your-children
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THE NERVE
about 2 months ago
In this week’s column for the Nerve, Stewart Lee wonders how all these rightwing astroturfers get on the telly and radio. Doesn’t anyone Google them first? 🤔
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@d66.nl
and
@robjetten.bsky.social
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#Netherlands
#Europe
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Rob Jetten's Dutch centrist liberal party wins neck-and-neck election race, vote analysis says
Rob Jetten's D66 is the biggest party in Wednesday's election, according to vote analysis indicating it cannot be beaten.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6z5e5y55eo
about 2 months ago
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Obvious, but at least
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
has the nerve to say it, unlike some.
#Brexit
#BrexitDisaster
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Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski
The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.
https://www.politico.eu/article/end-eu-free-movement-disaster-uk-green-party-zack-polanski/
about 2 months ago
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Fabulous job
@robjetten.bsky.social
. Onwards and upwards.
#FutureOfEurope
#Netherlands
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Who is Rob Jetten, tipped to become youngest Dutch prime minister?
Rob Jetten's electoral success has come as a surprise, but politically, all the stars were aligned for him to achieve it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7m0n890npo
about 2 months ago
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Rather important for the
#FutureOfEurope
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D66 top the NOS exit poll with 27 seats, PVV second on 25 - DutchNews.nl
The NOS exit poll, based on the voting behaviour of some 80,000 people at polling stations around the country, suggests the D66 liberal party is on target to win 27 seats in the Dutch general electio...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/d66-top-the-nos-exit-poll-with-27-seats-pvv-second-on-25/
about 2 months ago
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Let's hope this is a sign of things to come.
#Netherlands
#Europe
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Centrists lead far-right in Dutch election, exit polls show – DW – 10/29/2025
Centrist party D66 came ahead by a thin margin, exit polls suggested. The vote would signal a weakening of the far-right Freedom Party (PVV), which had come in first in the last election.
https://www.dw.com/en/centrists-lead-far-right-in-dutch-election-exit-polls-show/a-74535037
about 2 months ago
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