Op de veiligheidsconferentie in München zoekt Europa een weg vooruit in de nieuwe realiteit www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b202809e/

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! 💚 www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...

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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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.

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. buff.ly/Pn0rCJ8

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.

Europe needs ‘emergency mindset’ to survive, warns Danish PM ft.trib.al/CIhDD0T

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.

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.

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-...

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.

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 👇

🎙️ 📣 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 escape-forward.com/2026/02/13/r...

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.

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...

Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper

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. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...

Dumb but funny #badgeographyjoke to brighten your day

In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate." n.pr/4aj00Ws

Give her what she really wants this Valentine's Day. Me. JonathanPie.com

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.

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

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 about what he would do if @ec.europa.eu tried to get back the money. /2

🚨🚨 #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...

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.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

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. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

#UkraineWar, Day 1,450: Power and Heating Cut to 100,000s By Latest #Russia Bombardment #Ukraine #Kyiv #Odesa #Dnipro eaworldview.com/2026/02/ukra...

🇭🇺⚖️🇪🇺 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. www.courthousenews.com/hungarys-for...

This is who Chancellor Merz is allying Germany with.

Are we ready Europe?

💔 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.

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.

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...

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.

Trump trying to make RCP8.5 happen.

On brand, but still unreal.

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

Your vote matters!

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. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Gegevens van identiteitsbewijzen werden gedownload" 😳 Daarmee kun je dus nu massaal identiteitsfraude plegen.

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!

I've just reviewed my 51st Sticky Toffee Pudding. But what did it get out of 10?

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 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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.

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.

“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”