Lars Westergren
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Electric guitars should growl, not wail
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EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme
about 12 hours ago
If you're passionate about innovation, sustainability, and making an impact both on Earth and in space, this opportunity could be just for you. Application deadline: 12.05.2026 11:59 AM (GMT+2) All details:
vacancies.euspa.europa.eu/Jobs/Vacancy...
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EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme
10 days ago
Find your space with EUSPA Hear from our current trainees what it is like to work at the heart of EU Space and get inspired. Make sure to apply as early as possible, as we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis.
youtu.be/igiRM1idePY?...
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Not your average traineeship | EUSPA 2026 Applications Open
YouTube video by EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme
https://youtu.be/igiRM1idePY?si=lR-KlZ2x79sl26kc
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Frontex
about 10 hours ago
EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies, eu-LISA, CEPOL, EUAA, EUDA, Europol and Frontex, are recruiting Legal Officers (FGIV) through a joint selection procedure. One application, multiple EU Agencies, one shared mission. š Deadline: 01/06/2026
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Science Europe
about 10 hours ago
š¢ Weāre hiring! Science Europe is looking for a Policy Officer ā R&I EU legislation & advocacy to support our work on shaping EU policy for research and innovation. š Brussels-based ā”ļø Learn more and apply by 25 May, 23:59 CEST:
bit.ly/3Pro5T7
#Hiring
#PolicyJobs
#EUPolicyJobs
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Ben Stanley
1 day ago
One thing thatās striking is just how pathetically fragile the whole racket has turned out to be. The most ineffectual sex tape scandal ever. Szijjarto running straight to the shredder. OrbĆ”n justā¦quitting. Rod Dreher hightailing it to whichever country will give him ā¬10000 a month next.
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Matt Gabriele
4 days ago
the thing is that when you pedestrianize a space, people inevitably, always love it
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kc green
4 days ago
i've been getting more folks telling me about this and it's not anything i agreed to. it's been stolen like AI steals. please vandalize it if and when you see it.
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Rick Carusoās Private Fire Crew
5 days ago
AI psychosis is just āI really think the stripper likes meā for guys who donāt leave their house
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
5 days ago
I worry we're going to get decades of really rank, acidic reactionary politics fueled by the shattered dreams of generations of men who thought school was girly but gambling was manly and then wonder why they are poor.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
5 days ago
Lunch break thought: it remains profoundly sad how much of the economy has been turned over to scams that pretend to be gambling which pretends to be an investment. Do you want to gamble your money with odds that are actually good? Index. Funds. But I guess that's not masculinity-affirming enough.
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Minna Ć lander š»
5 days ago
Because the world urgently needed another podcast, we got you covered: The Mildly Alarmed, a podcast on European security, featuring yours truly,
@lapatina.bsky.social
,
@kaeggen.bsky.social
&
@frhoffmann.bsky.social
is out ! In the first episode, we discuss the current state of affairs in Ukraine
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Andrew Alan Johnson
13 days ago
The Vasa was a hyper massive ship, which king Gustavus Adolphus demanded on an impossible timeline while at the same time demanding more and more extravagant modifications. It left the dock on its maiden voyage, went about 4,000 feet, and sunk. 30 people died.
www.britannica.com/topic/Vasa-w...
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Judgment Dave
6 days ago
Happy "Hitler Killed Himself in a Bunker Day" to those who celebrate.
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Good Law Project
7 days ago
What these extraordinary numbers make clear is that Reform is less a political party and more a very highly paid public-facing lobby group for oil and gas interests
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-millions-donations-fossil-fuel-interests-climate-science-deniers/
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Revealed: Reformās Ā£24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-millions-donations-fossil-fuel-interests-climate-science-deniers/
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Carl T. Bergstrom
7 days ago
Your periodic reminder that if you ask "frontier models" questions about something you actually know something about, you'll quickly realize that they're completely full of shit.
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Leo Hickman
7 days ago
The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.
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Turns out Milan has a large Chinatown. Huge number of restaurants and street food, we tried Jiao10 which was a great place. Special spring menu right now with tropical beef stew with passion fruit.
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David Alman
8 days ago
Liberals need to understand that many liberals work in defense. Moreover, liberals should *want* liberals to work in defense. Theyāre an asset to the cause! Itās not a good outcome if everyone involved in war thinks/votes one direction.
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Copernicus ECMWF
8 days ago
š£Out now! We are pleased to release the European State of the Climate 2025 report, published jointly by #CopernicusClimate
@ecmwf.int
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@wmo-global.bsky.social
#CopernicusClimate
Explore climate conditions, key events of 2025 in Europe, long-term climate indicators, climate policy and action for biodiversity, more! ā¬ļø
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Jeff Fecke
8 days ago
One of the reasons I do not trust the left is that the left was pushing Tracey and Taibbi within the last five years.
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European Environment Agency
8 days ago
š§ŖšWe are
#hiring
an expert in the field of chemicals, environment, and human health. This role is in our Environment and Health unit covering topics including
#airquality
, air pollution emissions inventories, environmental noise, chemicals and One Health:
jobs.eea.europa.eu/jobs/expert-...
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mtsw
9 days ago
I kinda forgot about this guy. Sent 3 bombs to CNN and eight years later CNN anchors were dressing up in tuxes and gowns to go celebrate the president that encouraged the bombings.
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Grudgie the Whale
10 days ago
For the ātone down the rhetoricā crowd, Trump literally posted Obamaās address and the next day a 1/6 guy armed to the teeth showed up casing the residence.
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Reading 100 Years of Solitude. Got to round page 70 and got the ick because of the exact reasons as this redditor.
www.reddit.com/r/books/comm...
#booksky
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From the books community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the books community
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/3yvbhq/please_convince_me_that_100_years_of_solitude_is/
9 days ago
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Minna Ć lander š»
10 days ago
ādevelopments ⦠show that European nations are working with shocking speed to free themselves from dependence on America.ā The problem never was that Europeans cannot imagine European security without the US. The problem is that Americans canāt imagine that Europeans can do it.
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Opinion | Meet the New Leader of the Free World
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/opinion/zelensky-ukraine-trump-nato-leader.html
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Brita Planck
11 days ago
NƤsta museum som ska knƤckas.
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Stor hyreshƶjning fƶr ArmĆ©museum ā 60 procent
ArmƩmuseum Ƥr nƤsta museum som fƄr en stor hyreshƶjning. Statens fastighetsverk, SFV, vill ha 60 procent mer i mƄnaden fƶr lokalerna i centrala Stockholm, skriver Magasin K .
https://www.svt.se/kultur/stor-hyreshojning-for-armemuseum-60-procent
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At the Feltrinelli Librerie bookstore in Milan. I finished Nettle and Bone by
@tkingfisher.com
on my first day of vacation. Good book, quick read. Next up Katabasis by R.F. Kuang and Calling Bullshit by
@carlbergstrom.com
#booksky
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Anne Applebaum
11 days ago
Trump and Elon Musk destroyed most of the global H.I.V. program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Zambia. Now the US is threatening to cut remaining support, unless Zambia gives access to the countryās mineral resources.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/health/pepfar-hiv-aids-zambia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d1A.IkUh.U9Jpudo4m25h&smid=url-share
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Sven-Erik Volberg
11 days ago
If you think oil market doesn't make sense. Check defense industry. "Defense stocks have been trading not just like the Iran war is over, but like all war ever is over" -- Barclays Capital's Alexander Altmann
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Yeah this hits home. I quit as a senior consultant partly because of this. If things continue, I don't know if I want to continue in IT at all even though I am one of the "safe" ones for quite a while
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Anton Gerashchenko
11 days ago
Wow. Several years ago, it would be hard to imagine a story like this. Now, it's not routine, but not anyhing out of the ordinary. A ground robot evacuated a 77 year old Ukrainian lady from Lyman. Her home of 53 years was destroyed by Russians.
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David Roberts
12 days ago
In the UK, solar farms are becoming bird havens.
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Solar panels were known to attract birds, but they are now drawing in species never seen in these areas before
New research from the University of Cambridge has found that some birds species are making a triumphant return to the area around solar panels in England.
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-panels-attract-birds-in-england/20562/
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Ian Fraser
12 days ago
Major blow for oil giant BP, whose shareholders have voted against scrapping climate reporting, and its resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings with online-only events.
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BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders
More than 50% of voters at first AGM under new leadership oppose plans to scrap climate reporting
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/23/bp-board-suffers-triple-climate-rebellion-from-shareholders
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD
11 days ago
The whole generational tribalism thing is yet another way to divide and conquer. The last season of the show Reservation Dogs talked about the separation of the āyoungā and the āoldā and how it leads to an emptier weaker peoples. We see that happening in real time right now.
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Joni Askola
11 days ago
Putin, Xi, and Trump all seek the erosion of the democratic systems Europe still defends. As the last real bastion, Europe must step up. That involves projecting strength and backing partners like Canada who are also under fire
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Szabolcs Panyi
12 days ago
š„"Yesterday you could feel a huge relief among leaders. Because it was for the first time in years that there were no Russians in the room, if you know what I'm talking about. But..." And then Robert Fico walks in while Donald Tusk winks at the reporters. Pure perfection.
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European Commission
12 days ago
We arešfinance for green investments. The EU and financial partner institutions have signed the Global Green Bond Initiative Fund to mobilise up to ā¬20 billion of private capital for sustainable infrastructure projects in partner countries.
link.europa.eu/GpVR6M
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Christian Thiels
13 days ago
"An analysis by SolarPower Europe found that harnessing sunlight for energy has saved Europe more than ā¬100 million per day since 1 March, resulting in total savings of more than ā¬3 billion."
@euronews.com
www.euronews.com/2026/04/24/d...
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Solar and wind slashed Europeās electricity prices by 25% in 2023-2025
Data also shows that price impacts grow stronger when more renewables come online.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/24/decoupling-from-fossil-fuel-shocks-europes-electricity-made-25-cheaper-thanks-to-solar-and
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Dave
13 days ago
I usually post this on Anzac Day, but my access to the internet will be limited tomorrow, so here it is today. WWI soldier and casualty Wilfred Owen's words are as relevant as ever this year (The old lie Dulce et Decorum est, Pro patria mori (How sweet and becoming it is to die for one's country))
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Jeff Lazarus
13 days ago
It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the governmentās data, 2. Permanently damage the stateās ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.
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EU Science, Research & Innovation
13 days ago
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation is growing! 14 new candidate EOSC Nodes are joining, expanding the EOSC Federationās geographic and thematic coverage. Researchers in the EU Research Area will benefit from broader access to trusted data, tools and services:
link.europa.eu/PKfG9b
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Ulf Bjereld
14 days ago
Efter 22 Ƅr i Sverige ska Elena och Dmitriy utvisas till Uzbekistan. Tidƶregeringens utvisningspolitik Ƥr verkligen avskyvƤrd.
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Utvisas efter 22 Ć„r: āSom om vi vore kriminellaā
Under 22 Ƅr byggde Elena och Dmitriy sitt liv i Sundsvall. Men nƤr deras son fick uppehƄllstillstƄnd fick de ett utvisningsbesked. En omformulering i migrationslagen ligger bakom mƄnga utvisningar.
https://www.svd.se/a/ExlELj/foraldrarna-utvisas-efter-22-ar-i-sverige-bara-sonen-far-stanna-varfor-vi-jobbar-vi-betalar-skatt-vi-ar-integrerade?utm_source=androidapp&utm_medium=share
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Andrius Kubilius
16 days ago
Available numbers show that last year Russia produced 1100 cruise missiles. The EU - 300. Ballistic missiles: Russia - 900; the EU- 0. To deter Russia we must outproduce Russia. Today in
@itre.europarl.europa.eu
I presented how
@ec.europa.eu
is stepping in to help MSs and industry to ramp upšŖšŗ
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Space industry jobs available in Europe:
www.space-careers.com
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Space Industry Jobs | Space-Careers
Find space jobs for international and English speaking job seekers with Space-Careers.
https://www.space-careers.com/
16 days ago
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Europol
16 days ago
š Europol and partners have gathered information on 45 forcibly transferred Ukrainian children. 40 investigators from 18 countries and several partners collaborated in The Hague in a coordinated open-source investigation effort. ā”ļø Learn more in our press release:
https://ow.ly/QSkq50YMsIH
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Jacob Ćberg
20 days ago
šØšØWelcome news: European governments are getting
#WhatsApp
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#Signal
out of their system in a move which is part of Europe's search for alternatives to American technology, sparked by fears of being strategically dependent on Washington. š§µ
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp
Governments want to move away from āplatforms over which we have no control,ā says Dutch minister.
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/
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Doing the Coursera course on the Holodomor and watching an old interview with Lemkin who came up with the word "genocide". And the American interviewer just goes "The Southern Democrats would like assurances that lynchings don't count as genocide". No words
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Raphael Lemkin and the "Genocide" word
An interview to Raphael Lemkin about his work and difficult path of the genocide convention....
https://en.gariwo.net/multimedia/documentaries/raphael-lemkin-and-the-genocide-word-24492.html
17 days ago
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š½LOLGOPš½
17 days ago
Trump has done more to push the world to renewables than anyone else ever to live. And if he fucks up this week, there will be a world war-type mobilization that way.
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Finbarr Bermingham
22 days ago
Exclusive: EU to stop funding EU projects with Chinese inverters, as grandstanding on Beijing gives way to quiet offensive My report on a quiet decision taken by von der Leyen and her college that suggests the work of de-risking continues apace
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Exclusive | EU to cut funding for Chinese inverters in change of tack from Brussels
Without fanfare, Brussels will stop funding for projects that use the Chinese-made devices as part of a ādo more, say lessā strategy.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3350056/eu-cut-funding-chinese-inverters-quiet-offensive-replaces-grandstanding
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