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Civic entrepreneur building tech for democrats of all parties and none at Article7.eu. I also chair Unhack Democracy and write on foreign affairs, defence and democracy.
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Provide govt ID as a service to those who want it - don’t charge. People will see it’s useful and adopt it. Or go full Irish and call it a “passport card” - an ID card may be fascist but a passport card is useful

Musk suing Trump for illegally terminating contracts?

But one newly single man

Musk suing Trump for illegally terminating contracts?

EU Rule of law Bluesky Q on Art 2 TEU: Does autonomous mean - a violation is justiciable even if EU law is not violated? Does self-standing mean - a violation is justiciable even if no other part of EU law is violated? If this is true how are these different?

Sorry Eddie Izzard you’ve been outdone

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski’s campaign was an exercise in complacency. With no hope of reforming abortion laws or restoring judicial independence Poland’s government has made its life much harder. conservativehome.com/2025/06/05/g... 1/3

For all the complaints over “unpredictable“ US policy, in some areas it is rock solid. This, for instance, has been the public US stance all along. We just have to hope that Europeans are building their plans on something more substantial than wishful thinking and optimism.

Poland’s govt just lost its presidential election by running a candidate whose main weakness was being smug. Reducing passengers delayed flight compensation is an odd way to react 🧵 https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/the-capitals-eu-could-reduce-compensation-for-delayed-flights/

“AI” in coding tool actually stands for “A lot of Indians” timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...

Did they copy this from Orban? Though Orbán taxed their severance at 99%

Washington with this administration, perhaps. But London?

In the Utility of Force, Gen Rupert Smith distinguished between industrial and Guerilla war. His book was about peace support and stabilisation operations (counterinsurgency had yet to come back into vogue). Ukraine has *industrialised guerilla war*🧵

Fakticnie. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_M...

Left and Right at 43-43 here. One to watch for the referendum…

In the Utility of Force, Gen Rupert Smith distinguished between industrial and Guerilla war. His book was about peace support and stabilisation operations (counterinsurgency had yet to come back into vogue). Ukraine has *industrialised guerilla war*🧵

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What would Atatürk think? (also a genuine question)

Jeszenszky "has received multiple threats over the years... One particularly sensitive issue, he noted, was the 1993 Hungarian–Ukrainian treaty, which some critics falsely interpreted as Hungary “giving away” Transcarpathia rather than reclaiming it." It was the 2nd time that this man attacked him.

First thoughts on Poland presidential election results. 1. This is a serious setback for the government and its plans for restoring judicial independent and reforming abortion laws. Nawrocki will veto both