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"Every time we go to the polls, politicians will say that every election matters and every vote counts. They will be right" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about the ultra wealthy abusing the system and cruel people having unchecked power over all of us.

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French Mirage 2000 fighter jets flew over the Black Sea, tracing a route in the shape of the trident — the national symbol of Ukraine.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

TIL that Lithuania has a national pink beet soup dish and they’re so into it that they have a festival for it where people dress up as ingredients of the soup. They also sell related merch at the Vilnius airport. It’s also a whole beef with Latvia about who originally invented the soup

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Interesting debate on what defence spending adds to your economy on.ft.com/4jCLJFs How big is the economic dividend from extra defence spending?

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“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…” @nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility #MultiModal

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"We become acclimatized to this idea that empathy in leadership must denote weakness," former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern tells me, as her new memoir releases. "I really want to challenge these traditional notions of what makes for good leadership."

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Whether Germany or the UK, politicians talking themselves into ever harder measures on migration almost invariably end up proposing to break the rule of law (via @politico.eu London Playbook):

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🚨🚨" it’s unlikely that every CJEU migration judgment will be as liberal.... But the judgment is at least a sign that all is not yet lost. In an increasingly dystopian world, it is at least a flicker of hope". Excellent work by Steve on implications of the CJEU's welcome #kinsa ruling:

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Vakar noskatījos "Izvēlies nākotni" par Jūrmalu. Paskaidrojiet, lūdzi, ir kā man būtu 5 gadi, kādēļ MEŽS ir jāiztīra no vētrā lauztiem kokiem? Tas bija vesels kaismīgs diskusijas aplis.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

It's Monday. You might hate your job but at least you're not a Russian general about to explain to me how 1/3 of my strategic aviation got blown up in a morning by some cheap Alibaba drones.

submitted 5 days ago • 72 comments

This man, who has human rights lawyer in his Twitter biog!, is hoping that Israel attacks the flotilla & hurts (kills?) my Zeteo colleague, & legendary activist, Greta Thunberg. To call this tweet disgusting & violent would be an understatement. But they keep telling on themselves:

submitted 5 days ago • 197 comments

I think this demonstrates why Ukraine should be in the EU and NATO as soon as possible. We’ve waited far to long as it is. Just like the Swedes and Finns, we want allies of this level of cunning and fighting spirit who intimately understand Russia.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Some might see this as a bike problem, but I see it as a car problem. Remove the arrogance of space of cars in cities and marginalized conflicts disappear.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Patiešām izsmeļošs raksts par C19 jauno variantu, kurš, visticamāk arī mūs skars jau šovasar, jo "COVID izplatās vasarā vairāku faktoru dēļ. Eksperti norāda, ka SARS-CoV-2 vīruss viegli mutē un, šķiet, labāk pielāgojas karstam, mitram laikam nekā citi elpceļu vīrusi." www.today.com/health/coron...

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#Spiderweb: The three punch combo behind Ukraine’s spectacular drone strike on #Russia, by @warinthefuture.bsky.social. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre... #Ukraine #Putinswar

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🕸️🃏 "Zelensky has no cards…" they said

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Every health policy decision in 2025 is like “is it good for public health? No. But is it at least good for the economy? Also no”

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas' Shangri-La Dialogue speech "China says it’s neutral but its dual-use exports are fuelling Russia’s war. When China and Russia speak of leading together changes not seen in a hundred years and of revisions to the global security order, we should all be extremely worried"

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Today was the last day of school in many Ukrainian schools. The childhood of many #Ukrainian kids is very different from their peers in other countries. This video gives a glimpse of their experiences.

submitted 7 days ago • 51 comments

"For Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option." An insightful piece, but what if "forever war" will be the global default for the next decades? Not "World War 3" but a constant, rumbling, chaotic, and borderless conflict. Chaos for everybody. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

LV ir 2 nozīmīgi jautājumi, par kuriem izvairās runāt gan mediji, gan - kas vēl sliktāk - politiķi: 1) darba ņēmēju vajadzības un interešu aizstāvība (man jau raisa žagas nemitīgi uzklausot tikai darba devējus); 2) pēcizaugsme kā svarīgs, pat vienīgais iespējamais, ekonomikas attīstīšanas virziens.

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The cost of conscience: I lost friends for defending Palestinians. ‘Occupation is not complex. Oppression is not complex. Apartheid is not complex. Genocide is not complex’ - silence is complicity. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Man šķiet diezgan nepareizi, ka Sārts (ŠJ) lieto frāzējumu par maziem un lieliem meliem un statistiku. Manuprāt, tas raisa neuzticēšanos datiem. Un, jābēm vērā, kad to teica Marks Tvens (pirmais avots šai frāzei), tad viņš tai ("Lies, damned lies, and statistics") piemetināja: >>>

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

During the rollout of the COVID vaccines, the lack of testing - combined with a raft of misinformation - led many pregnant women to not get vaccinated. @propublica.org wrote this in 2022, but it's just as relevant now with RFK Jr's CDC changing recommendations for the vaccine.

submitted 10 days ago • 18 comments

“Above all, Europe needs to overcome its learned helplessness and act like the great power it is — especially given America’s apparent determination to destroy the pillars of its own strength.” (Funnily I had debated whether I should write my next column about exactly this)

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

After returning from Russian captivity, the Ukrainian Defender learned that he had become a grandfather to a baby girl, Yaryna, who is three months old. Look how his hands are shaking as he absorbs the news... Bless them. #StayWithUkraine 📹: Mezha/Facebook

submitted 10 days ago • 47 comments

Also many ideas for books/movies/art are very basic or even outright stupid but their execution is so masterful that it works all the same. If you input "cat gets lost on a boat but makes some furry friends along the way" into AI you will not get Flow

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Climate activists are taking up a fresh idea as a rallying cry and a legal strategy: Nature, in all its manifestations, is alive. Elizabeth Rush on Robert Macfarlane's new book, "Is a River Alive?":

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Lots of talk about how social democracy is in decline, but the collapse of mainstream centre-right parties is just as big a story, and plausibly the main source of the rise of the far right.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.

submitted 10 days ago • 1120 comments

Christine Lagarde now at the @delorsberlin.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social: The euro has a historic opportunity to chip away at the dollar’s “exorbitant privilege” - but it has to earn it. First, by a firm commitment to open trade and fresh trade deals. “We can do deals too.”

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Most political punditry misses this fundamental insight from political science.

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

Your sex, ethnicity and level of education may influence how long you live, but also the pace at which your body ages.

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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs & neglected public transport, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

Every city faces the same choices Amsterdam once did. The decision you make shapes the kind of place you end up living in.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

This is what it's like to live in a racist society. If the perpetrator is white, they're just some lone madman whose actions have no political implication. If they're an immigrant - in particular a dark-skinned Muslim immigrant - they represent their group and are part of a political attack.

submitted 11 days ago • 54 comments

On X, most of my replies are blue check neo-Nazi repeating insane right wing conspiracy theories. But it’s still better than Bluesky where people sometimes give me a hard time about not using alt text.

submitted 11 days ago • 84 comments

Lielisks aicinājums. UN kolosāli notverta saikne ar slimībām, ar ko sirgst gan planēta, gan cilvēce. (Piebildīšu, ka dezinformāciju pētniecībā klimata, vakcīnu un Covid-19 noliegums un pēdējā minimizēšana ieņem "godpilnās" pirmās vietas.)

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Im Unions-Fraktionsvorstand sitzen künftig 16 Männer und nur 4 Frauen. Männer leiten 19 von 23 Arbeitsgruppen. Entschieden hat das, neben Spahn, die sogenannte Teppichhändlerrunde. Hier geben vor allem die Chefs der 16 Landesgruppen der Fraktion den Ton an. Alles Männer. (+)

submitted 14 days ago • 30 comments

Labi, ka kāds par šo runā, bet gribētu teikt, ka mūsu "izvairīgums" izskatīsies "savādi" ne tikai tāpēc, ka tas šķitīs kā atbalsts konkrētam politiķim – Netanjahu –, bet arī tāpēc, ka būsim klusējuši kamēr notiek genocīds. satori.lv/article/izra...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

A very ignorant comment. Moving from support to cooperation is crucial for Ukraine so that it can increase self-sufficiency and own strength to defend itself the way it sees best, not how others dictate. It’s also hugely important how Ukraine is becoming a central part of Europe through cooperation

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on

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