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Wow. The Bessent FT op-ed on the US economic development plan for Ukraine is quite something. This is a nineteenth century great power behaviour. www.ft.com/content/91a7...

submitted 8 hours ago • 44 comments

“Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know…” Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of “DEI woke shit” I know BlueSky is supposed to be all nice and positive, etc, but more people should be reading about stuff like this… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

Bonne nouvelle, le risque d'impact avec la Terre a diminué, moins de 1% de chance maintenant. Le principal danger pour l'humanité reste donc l'humanité.

submitted 1 day ago • 59 comments

If "Zelenskyy refuses to sign the (minerals) deal, he was warned during the talks with Kellogg that Ukraine could lose access to Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system, which provides crucial connectivity to the Ukrainian military" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

🔴 For the first time in three years, the U.S. opposed calling Russia an aggressor in the G7 statement for the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

submitted 3 days ago • 582 comments

When one repeatedly uses the communication lines of the Kremlin, the possibility that he is - or was - a Russian agent or deeply indebted to Russian security services should legitimately be raised. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Merci au @grandcontinent.bsky.social de publier en français ce discours fondateur de Mario Draghi devant le Parlement européen sur l’action de l’Europe dans l’ère Trump.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

« Les gens ne changent que lorsqu’ils sont obligés, mais ils ne ressentent l’obligation que dans la crise ». Ces mots de Jean Monnet pour décrire l’avancement par à-coups de la construction européenne sont d’une actualité saisissante.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

submitted 7 days ago • 312 comments

Pour revoir mon entretien hier matin à 8 heures conduit par @orianemancini.bsky.social sur @publicsenat.fr, le replay est ici. C'est maintenant, pour les décennies qui viennent, que se joue le destin de l'Europe et des générations futures. Urgence absolue #NotreGuerre www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Ow...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Magisterial, future of Europe piece from the always brilliant @maxseddon.bsky.social & @christopherjm.ft.com @financialtimes.com

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

“We’ve been on this model for a long time that we could achieve security by investing more and more money in fewer and fewer exquisite systems. We traded off the size of the force for capabilities, but what we’re seeing in Ukraine is a return to the importance of force size.”

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Je n'ai aucune légitimité scientifique à parler du Belarus. Ces dernières années, je me suis beaucoup trop focalisée sur la guerre pour avoir une lecture fine de ce qui se passe à Minsk. Je me suis quand-même permise d'écrire un billet, face à un agacement. 1/7 colinlebedev.fr/2025/01/27/r...

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

And just like that a century of hard won American values down the drain www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Provocative 🧵 by @lugaricano: Giving outliers a chance > scaling up Useful to challenge the post-Draghi consensus, and food for thought for EU regulators.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

A sharp and (unfortunately) accurate recognition of Biden’s major foreign policy failures, especially in face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 👇

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Five states to watch, for the future of the American democracy 👇

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments