Portentious
@portentious.bsky.social
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Tech, people and standards 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧
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Hi friends, you may know me from my previous incantations as owning my own business, maps, GIS, tech, strategy, IT, green stuff and renewable energy. Glad to see familiar folk here! :)
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Arnout Brouwers
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Op de veiligheidsconferentie in München zoekt Europa een weg vooruit in de nieuwe realiteit
www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b202809e/
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Op de veiligheidsconferentie in München zoekt Europa een weg vooruit in de nieuwe realiteit
Na een jaar waarin Trump als een ‘sloopbal’ door de wereld raasde, blijkt op de veiligheidsconferentie van München dat Europa zich snel aanpast aan de ‘nieuwe realiteit’ – en van de nood een deugd maa...
https://www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b202809e/
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Zack Polanski
about 2 hours ago
Labour are done. And Reform offer no solutions - their extreme division will just make things worse. The Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services. Hannah Spencer, our local plumber, for the win! 💚
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Zack Polanski says Labour Party is ‘over’ after taking ‘votes for granted’
The comments come ahead of the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election with the Greens and Reform UK looking to take the seat from Labour
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/zack-polanski-labour-party-london-denton-reform-uk-b2919970.html
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
about 2 hours ago
Higher electricity costs for consumers is on purpose — paying back Trump’s big donors with your money. They hope you won’t see their game.
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Anime Herald
about 2 hours ago
Hi everyone. We're a journalist-run, reader-supported e-zine, and we do our best to deliver quality work and pay everyone fairly. At the moment, we're trying to raise enough to bring rates up for everyone Consider backing us on Patreon. $3/month gets all of our articles in your inbox early 💖
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Get more from Anime Herald on Patreon
Creating an ad-free, online anime magazine
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Erin Reed
about 5 hours ago
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.
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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/european-parliament-votes-overwhelmingly
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Mississippi Free Press
about 4 hours ago
A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections and potentially make it more difficult for millions of women and others whose names have changed since marriage to vote.
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Voting Restrictions That Could Make It Harder for Married Women to Vote Pass US House
A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/voting-restrictions-that-could-make-it-harder-for-married-women-and-others-to-vote-pass-us-house/
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Cartonaut
about 6 hours ago
When oil and coal companies saw us unite globally and reduce the impending crisis of the ozone, they panicked and lost their minds--choosing their greed and power over murdering their grandkids.
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Financial Times
about 10 hours ago
Europe needs ‘emergency mindset’ to survive, warns Danish PM
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Europe needs ‘emergency mindset’ to survive, warns Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen tells FT that Greenland crisis has shown the ‘old world will not come back’
https://ft.trib.al/CIhDD0T
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Mallory Moore
about 11 hours ago
They take and they take and they take and everything they take they spend on making us sick, setting up poor and mentally ill people for failure, courting businesses that want to make our spaces and our services worse, and making everything harder and more expensive.
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Mallory Moore
about 11 hours ago
We're told all the time there's no fucking magic money tree to invest in public spending and yet these pricks are throwing away money hand over fist on actively making everything worse, hurting free speech, expanding genocide, fucking our healthcare and privacy.
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Aftermath
about 23 hours ago
AI is so inherently popular that companies are paying influencers up to $600,000 to tell people how awesome it is:
aftermath.site/ai-influencer-...
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POLITICO Europe
about 11 hours ago
Ukraine will need Western troops to enforce any ceasefire with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but voters in Europe’s two most powerful economies are deeply reluctant to help.
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French and German voters balk at sending peacekeepers to Ukraine
POLITICO Poll says Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to put French boots on the ground is not backed by the French public.
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-german-voters-ukraine-peacekeepers-poll/
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EPSU
about 11 hours ago
Planning a museum trip this weekend? Across Europe, some doors are closing - not because of art robberies or renovations, but because museum and culture staff are taking action for fair pay, safe staffing and decent working conditions. 🧵Thread 👇
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Cristina Caffarra
about 11 hours ago
🎙️ 📣 Special 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄>𝗿𝗱 podcast - some of my highlights from a great day: "𝗥𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆", Brussels 28 January. 500 people in the room, thousand online, huge energy, enthusiasm & pent up emotion FOR EUROPE. 🇪🇺 Here distilled if you missed it
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Rebuilding Europe – The Highlights
Cristina Caffarra picks out the highlights and her key takeaways from the landmark “Rebuilding European Sovereignty” Conference – Brussels 28 January 2026.
https://escape-forward.com/2026/02/13/rebuilding-europe-the-highlights/
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Ruth Watson
about 11 hours ago
Quite rightly, Scotland's NHS has not given Palantir access to our records. England's Wes Streeting, however, has said he will 'hold the door open' to privatising England's NHS. Palantir's access to England's NHS records is a very slippery slope.
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Zack Polanski
about 12 hours ago
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records. Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'. Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-palantir-taking-over-our-public-services
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The Register
about 11 hours ago
Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper
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Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper
Names, addresses, bank account numbers accessed – but biz insists passwords and call data untouched The Netherlands' largest mobile network operator (MNO) has admitted that a breach of its customer contact system may have affected around 6.2 million people.…
http://dlvr.it/TQxDpm
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Liberty
about 11 hours ago
We welcome the court’s finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was UNLAWFUL. This case has exposed a deeper problem where the line between direct action and terrorism has become dangerously blurred.
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Liberty responds to court's finding proscription of Palestine Action unlawful - Liberty
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-responds-to-courts-finding-proscription-of-palestine-action-was-unlawful/
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Simon Kuestenmacher
about 11 hours ago
Dumb but funny
#badgeographyjoke
to brighten your day
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NPR
about 11 hours ago
In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."
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Britain's High Court says government illegally banned Pro-Palestinian group
In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."
https://n.pr/4aj00Ws
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Jonathan Pie
about 11 hours ago
Give her what she really wants this Valentine's Day. Me.
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George Monbiot
about 12 hours ago
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court! A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest. A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
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Jacob Öberg
about 14 hours ago
as was advised by AG Capeta yesterday. Orbán spoke as he left an EU leaders’ retreat in the Belgian countryside. CJEU is examining a claim by EP that COM breached its own rules when it unfroze funding for Hungary in December 2023 — money that had been withheld over rule-of-law concerns. /3
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Jacob Öberg
about 14 hours ago
Viktor Orbán said it would be “absurd” if judges demanded the EU claw back €10 billion in funds given to Hungary. The Hungarian prime minister was responding to a question from
@politico.eu
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@ec.europa.eu
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Jacob Öberg
about 14 hours ago
🚨🚨
#Hungary
had a dreadful day yesterday at the
@eucourtofjustice.bsky.social
; First, the CJEU suggested that the
#Sovereignty
law did breach EU law on several counts. Secondly, AG Capeta proposed the Court to annul the Commission’s decision to unfreeze €10B in funds.
www.politico.eu/article/comm...
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‘Absurd!’ Orbán slams idea of returning EU’s €10B
European Commission was wrong to give Hungary EU funds, says adviser to top court.
https://www.politico.eu/article/commission-should-not-have-given-hungary-e10b-says-eu-top-court-adviser/
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Ursula von der Leyen
about 14 hours ago
We are living through a time of upheaval. So the Munich Security Conference has never been more relevant. 2025 was the year old certainties fell away. 2026 is the year we confront reality. I’m here to talk about Europe’s independence moment.
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Katie Mack
1 day ago
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Kevin Rothrock
about 18 hours ago
NATO states have announced hundreds of millions of dollars of support for the "Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List" initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons. Boom times ahead for American arms manufacturers.
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NATO states pledge hundreds of millions for Ukraine weapons push, Rutte says
NATO states have announced hundreds of millions of dollars of support for the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on...
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nato-states-pledge-hundreds-millions-ukraine-weapons-push-rutte-says-2026-02-12/
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Scott Lucas
about 15 hours ago
#UkraineWar
, Day 1,450: Power and Heating Cut to 100,000s By Latest
#Russia
Bombardment
#Ukraine
#Kyiv
#Odesa
#Dnipro
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Ukraine War, Day 1,450: Power and Heating Cut to 100,000s By Latest Russian Bombardment - EA WorldView
A firefighter battles a blaze set by Russian strikes on Ukraine, February 12, 2026 Thursday’s Coverage: Zelensky — Elections Only After Ceasefire Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have lost power, h...
https://eaworldview.com/2026/02/ukraine-war-russia-attacks-power-cut-to-100000s/
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Jakub Jaraczewski
about 15 hours ago
🇭🇺⚖️🇪🇺 Some words of mine - in absolutely stellar company of i.a.
@profpech.bsky.social
@profkochenov.bsky.social
on yesterday's AG Kokott's opinion in the Commission vs Hungary case regarding the Hungarian Sovereignty Protection Office.
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Hungary’s foreign interference law draws EU adviser flag on chilling speech
The central European nation's attempt to police media and NGOs could backfire, after a legal expert told the bloc's top court a new office risks overreach and breaching core freedoms.
https://www.courthousenews.com/hungarys-foreign-interference-law-draws-eu-adviser-flag-on-chilling-speech/
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Dave Keating
about 15 hours ago
This is who Chancellor Merz is allying Germany with.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦
about 15 hours ago
💔 This night, the Russians killed three brothers in Ukraine — an eight-year-old and two 19-year-old. The mother and grandmother were injured. The photo shows what remains of their family home in Kramatorsk after the Russian “Shahed” strike.
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David van Weel
about 15 hours ago
Hoe gaan we om met de veiligheidsvraagstukken van nu en de toekomst? Van Europese veiligheid en Oekraïne tot het Midden-Oosten en de Indo-Pacific. Dat gesprek voer ik in München met collega's en experts. We investeren in partnerschappen om onze veiligheidsbelangen te behartigen.
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Marj
about 16 hours ago
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/take-big-money-out-of-our-politics?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=75163ab5-b771-4b3c-908b-99b9b2a0e2f3
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Kevin 🏴🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen
about 16 hours ago
And don't think that
#Farage
won't do the same here in the
#UK
too. Once he's removed us from the
#ECHR
& we no longer have basic human rights, he can have what every
#FarRight
loon wants - complete control. We'll have no say in the matter. Don't vote
#Reform
. They are a danger to our democracy.
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David Ho
about 15 hours ago
Trump trying to make RCP8.5 happen.
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Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate
The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change.
https://wapo.st/4qusAc1
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Iain Soutar
about 15 hours ago
On brand, but still unreal.
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Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo
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Zack Polanski
about 15 hours ago
There were 36 votes between the Green Party and Reform. 36 votes. Reform are absolutely stoppable - and the Green Party can win with our message to lower bills, protect the NHS and rebuild public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Leo von Gripsholm
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Jeff Sharlet
about 22 hours ago
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty.
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Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62dlvdq3e3o
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Kaj Leers
1 day ago
"Gegevens van identiteitsbewijzen werden gedownload" 😳 Daarmee kun je dus nu massaal identiteitsfraude plegen.
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Ariel Ortiz-Bobea
about 1 month ago
A little bit late, but I'm looking to hire a postdoc at Cornell to measure the private value of soil health improvements in US ag. A 2-year gig. Well suited for an ag/resource economist or data scientist w/ interests in soil health and solid programming & econometric chops. ad coming soon!
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STP Guy
1 day ago
I've just reviewed my 51st Sticky Toffee Pudding. But what did it get out of 10?
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes
1 day ago
But why don't women report? Her rape was literally recorded on tape. Her boyfriend was a police officer. Instead of charging him, the police charged her with perverting the course of justice. A jury cleared her when the tape was played in court
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This is ideal, gentle winter tv watching for me:
www.imdb.com/title/tt4082...
It’s just done so well and with such gentle humour.
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Detectorists (TV Series 2014–2022) ⭐ 8.6 | Comedy
30m | TV-14
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/
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TVP World
1 day ago
Ukrainian drones have hit a Russian oil refinery in a record breaking long-distance strike, according to Ukrainian military sources. The Ukhta oil refinery in Russia that was hit is around 1,750 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border.
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Ukrainian drones achieve ‘record’ long-distance strike on Russia
Ukraine says the facility produces fuel for Russia’s armed forces.
https://tvpworld.com/91558450/ukraine-hits-russian-oil-refinery-over-1700-km-from-border
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Spencer Thomas
1 day ago
“Many are hesitant to sign,” Alex tells me. “The expectation of retaliation is very widespread.” Recent rounds of layoffs, and the threat of retaliation, have created a “sense of job insecurity” among many. “The fear of speaking out is very strong”
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Wannes Daemen
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