The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.

My answers in English in an interview for a German newspaper (online version will be published a little later): - I think Trump's initiative demonstrates the absolute inadequacy of his administration's expertise on modern Russia: they fundamentally don't understand what they're dealing with. 1/8

Ukrainians endure daily attacks from Russia. Russia is a terrorist state and a war criminal. 📹 anna_and_butch_new/Instagram

Last night Russia sent about five hundred drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians. Most were intercepted but those that got through hit a post office, a store, a power plant, and multiple residences. 19 people were killed in Ternopil. (1/2)

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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort. Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Russia aims for subjugation by sheer terror.

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One of thousands of pieces of evidence that Russia targets Ukrainian civilians

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Andrey Lugovoy openly lays out a playbook for hybrid subversion of the United States, from inserting operatives and buying politicians to stoking divisions, sabotaging governance and meddling in elections. Wicked minds.

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Es ist verrückt, wenn wir jetzt über ein Ausbremsen der Energiewende reden – getarnt als "Realitätscheck". Die Realität sieht so aus: 90% der global neu gebauten Kraftwerke waren erneuerbar. Im 1. Halbjahr wurden auf der Welt jeden Tag die Leistung von 2 Atomkraftwerken an Erneuerbaren dazugebaut.

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Wow. Check this out. Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

While the world seeks a path to peace, Russia responds with missiles. The overnight attack on Kyiv shows a deliberate choice to escalate and mock the peace efforts. Russia must stop the killing and negotiate.

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Apokalyptische Bilder aus Kyjiw. Russische Luftangriffe töten Menschen im Schlaf. Putin setzt voll auf Terror und Vertreibung. Eine Rakete schlug direkt in einem Wohnhaus mit neun Stockwerken ein. Kriegsverbrechen.

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Um das klarzustellen: EINE EINZIGE Milliardärsfamilie verkackt es versehentlich (!), die Erbschaftssteuer zu dodgen und verursacht dadurch Steuereinnahmen, die die gescheiterte BUNDESWEITE Kindergrundsicherung zu 166% abgedeckt hätten. Imagine, man würde alle Superreichen konsequent fair besteuern.

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On Sunday night,Russia directed over 150 drones on Kyiv region In Vasylkiv,27-yr-old Anna covered her 4-yr-old son Mark to protect him.Anna was killed,Mark was injured in the face.Doctors are fighting to save his eyesight.His grandma&grandpa were also injured Deepest condolences to the family.

Wow - das ist eine tolle und extrem wichtige Nachricht: In China sinkt der CO2-Ausstoß, weil das Land bei erneuerbarer Energie so erfolgreich ist. Bei gleichzeitigem Wirtschaftswachstum. Das alte Argument "bringt ja nichts, wenn wir was tun, weil China!" hat sich völlig ins Gegenteil verkehrt.

Ich kenne gerade eine Menge Menschen, die es, unabhängig von ihrer politischen Haltung, extrem umtreibt, dass es in Deutschland kaum regnet. Aber ich schätze, das meint Klingbeil nicht.

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This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5 💔

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France24 published a video from surveillance cameras in a restaurant in Kryvyi Rih on Friday. Russia claimed that the strike was on this restaurant because "Ukrainian military" were there. The video shows that's a lie.The strike killed 20 civilians,9 of them children.

Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back. They think it’s funny. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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We are sending people for indefinite detention without trial at a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer teams and about loving their mothers.

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It’s time we rearm, reequip and stand ready for Europe’s defence. We will use every lever we have – from adapting fiscal rules for defence spending, to mobilising our EU Budget, to new loans for joint procurement of equipment. We must also step up our support to Ukraine #EUCO

I wonder how to get the German and French Left on board with a more serious defence posture, which would include supporting our Ukrainian neighbors with more weapons. Maybe by combining it with the policy of ending US military presence here? The latter has now lost much of its value anyway.

"American allies urgently need a Plan B for collective security in a world where the U.S. administration prefers Vladimir Putin to Zelensky."

I feel increasingly that Europeans should devote more thought and much more money to defence. It's depressing to have to do this against the background of other crises, notably the climate crisis. But it's urgent, and it will need long-term commitment, too.

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