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Nerding about the EU, UX, tech policy, gaming, languages. Fond of trains. Co-founder of Toshl, member of @VoltSlovenija.org

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Želim glasovati na državnozborskih volitvah 22. 3. 2026, toda … Smernice za vse, ki na državnozborskih volitvah 22. 3. 2026 ne morejo glasovati na običajen način.

Vodič po drugih oblikah glasovanja DZ2026 @danesjenovdan.si: vodici.djnd.si/volitve/dz-2...

Aktivna volilna pravica je pravica in dolžnost. Kakorkoli že glasuješ, izkoristi jo, ker brez tvojega glasu odločijo tisti, ki oddajo svoj glas. Skupaj odločamo o prihodnosti.

14.02.2026 16:04 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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🇭🇺🤝🇵🇱 Viktor Orbán’s challenger Péter Magyar met Polish PM
Donald Tusk in Munich and introduced his colleague Anita Orbán as “future minister of foreign affairs of Hungary,” joking that her surname is just a coincidence.

“My name is Donald,” Tusk quipped in reply.

13.02.2026 19:55 — 👍 154    🔁 54    💬 6    📌 13
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Petrol in vlada na bojni nogi: spor se seli na stranišča Minister se jezi nad plačljivimi stranišči na bencinskih servisih. Kako odgovarjajo na Petrolu in kakšen sistem imata še preostala večja ponudnika?

Zagotavljanje brezplačnih in dobro vzdrževanih stranišč bi moral biti sestavni del koncesijske pogodbe bencinske servise ob avtocestah. Majhna odškodnina za podarjen oligopol.

forbes.n1info.si/novice/petro...

15.02.2026 13:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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iOS 26.3 makes it easier to switch to Android iOS 26.3 makes it easier to leave iOS.

Thank you EU for forcing interoperability onto oligopolists.
💪🇪🇺 #DMA
www.theverge.com/tech/877587/...

12.02.2026 12:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dans les coulisses d'Euronews : comment la chaîne européenne est devenue un réseau d'influence | Euractiv FR Conçue comme la réponse européenne à CNN, la chaîne, financée par l'UE, est devenue une plateforme pour les régimes autoritaires.

We've known for a while that EuroNews is turning to trash under its owners with ties to the Orban regime.

Now EurActiv dives deeper into their revenues and links to authoritarian regimes such those of Vučić and Aliyev.

euractiv.fr/news/dans-le...

We need an EU public broadcaster, not this mess.

10.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pot, kettle. National governments have blocked all progress of the EU internal market for 20 years. Deregulation is not the answer, breaking down national barriers is.

09.02.2026 09:13 — 👍 63    🔁 27    💬 3    📌 0
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Shitty Bank List

Upal bi, da bo vsaj pripravil slovenske banke do spoštovanja obstoječe zakonodaje ko pride do PSD2 povezav, česar do sedaj niso bili zmožni. Upanje umre zadnje. Do takrat pa: toshl.com/blog/shitty-...

06.02.2026 09:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Primož Dolenc: Višje obresti morajo v prihodnje doseči tudi varčevalce Zamik v imenovanju guvernerja ni bil prav dobro sprejet v tujini, pravi novi guverner Banke Slovenije Primož Dolenc, ki pa dodaja, da delo BS pri tem ni trpelo. Z njim smo se pogovarjali tudi o sloven...

Guverner Banke Slovenije ugotavlja, da slo. banke ne dvigujejo obrestnih mer, ko je to v prid komitentom. Obenem ugotavlja, da nima instrumentov da bi jih v to prislili, razen konkurenčnih bank izven Slovenije.

Izberite torej banko v EU, ki bo z vami delala lepše.

www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/ob...

06.02.2026 09:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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03.02.2026 19:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Figure headline: The heavier the car, the more it consumes, especially for ICEs that are inherently less efficient and lack the energy recovery capabilities of EVs

Dots and lines show energy consumption and vehicle weight for various drivetrain/fuel types. EV line is much flatter than the others.

Figure headline: The heavier the car, the more it consumes, especially for ICEs that are inherently less efficient and lack the energy recovery capabilities of EVs Dots and lines show energy consumption and vehicle weight for various drivetrain/fuel types. EV line is much flatter than the others.

Some interesting figures from a new report by the Energy Transition Commission:

All electric cars are more energy efficient than plug-in hybrid and combustion engine vehicles, and weight is much less of a factor (in part due to regenerative braking).

www.energy-transitions.org/wp-content/u...

03.02.2026 10:19 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0
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To so zelo dobre novice, še posebej za potovanja naprej proti centralni Aziji in Bližnjemu vzhodu. Pegasus ima na Sabihi Gokçen konkreten hub, letališče tudi dostopno z metrojem (M4 iz Kadıköja).

siol.net/novice/slove...

03.02.2026 10:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Satisfactory on Steam Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conv...

Industrializacija nič hudega slutečih planetov. 😅
store.steampowered.com/app/526870/S...

Kaj pa tvoja?

01.02.2026 09:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bližajo se volitve, zato sem začel preiskovat prejšnje. Poskusil sem najt pozitivne korelacije med deležem glasov posameznih strank po UE in demografskimi indikatorji (npr. korel. med številom 65+ in glasovi za desne stranke po UE). Ilustracija: delež po star. skup. in glasovanjem. Tu nekorelirano.

29.01.2026 10:47 — 👍 15    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.

Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.

Wow.

The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

27.01.2026 23:01 — 👍 6419    🔁 2622    💬 84    📌 159

They're there to stop American athletes defecting

27.01.2026 10:50 — 👍 949    🔁 212    💬 18    📌 11
Srednje sile moramo delovati skupaj, kajti če nismo za mizo, smo na jedilniku.

Srednje sile moramo delovati skupaj, kajti če nismo za mizo, smo na jedilniku.

V svetu, kjer velike sile spodkopavajo mednarodni red, se ne moremo pretvarjati, da Evropa ni tarča kibernetskih, ekonomskih ali celo vojaških pritiskov. Manjše in srednje demokracije lahko zaščitimo svoje državljane in interese le skupaj. Povezovanje ni idealizem, temveč je pogoj za preživetje. 💪🌍

V svetu, kjer velike sile spodkopavajo mednarodni red, se ne moremo pretvarjati, da Evropa ni tarča kibernetskih, ekonomskih ali celo vojaških pritiskov. Manjše in srednje demokracije lahko zaščitimo svoje državljane in interese le skupaj. Povezovanje ni idealizem, temveč je pogoj za preživetje. 💪🌍

V svetu, kjer ZDA, Rusija in Kitajska spodkopavajo mednarodni red, se ne moremo pretvarjati, da Evropa ne bo naslednja tarča kibernetskih, ekonomskih ali celo vojaških pritiskov.

Povezovanje ni idealizem temveč je pogoj za preživetje. 💪

#MednarodniRed #StrateškaAvtonomija

27.01.2026 17:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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CJEU, external relations law

New judgment: Hungary breached EU law by voting against EU common position on reclassification of cannabis in United Nations meeting curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2...

27.01.2026 08:58 — 👍 27    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 2
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The worst mistake for European leaders would be to lower their guard after Trump backed down on his threats to Greenland.

His pivot from military intervention to a NATO-brokered “framework” isn’t a retreat, it’s a tactic to divide EU unity while keeping all options open.

22.01.2026 08:49 — 👍 56    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 1

Comparing American hegemony to warsaw pact life under Soviet rule is an amazing step. Carney really is punching (rhetorically) as hard as one can. The China move was a real policy change that follows from this attitude. What's next? CAF in Greenland?

That he did this before Trump speaks? Wow.

20.01.2026 17:44 — 👍 188    🔁 71    💬 13    📌 2

Nova koalicija neuvrščenih, tokrat za svobodno trgovino, človekove pravice, demokracijo in vladavino prava.

20.01.2026 19:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Economist, April 8th 1933.

(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)

20.01.2026 10:52 — 👍 102    🔁 40    💬 2    📌 5
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I'm not sure it makes sense to wish happy 337th birthday to Montesquieu amidst the collapse of the rule of law, the separation of powers, and doux commerce, of virtue, honor, and moderation alike, and the ongoing consolidation of a regime based on fear. But it's a good day to remember him.

18.01.2026 15:14 — 👍 95    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 2
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SOON the people of Greenland will be free

Attached is a video clip of a huge shopping street in snowy Greenland filled to the brim with cars on snow shoes, with the Northern Lights in the background

tweet SOON the people of Greenland will be free Attached is a video clip of a huge shopping street in snowy Greenland filled to the brim with cars on snow shoes, with the Northern Lights in the background

There honestly cannot be a satire cutting enough to make fun of Americans. What the fuck do you mean the highest colonial ideal you could imagine was a parking lot with McDonald's on both sides

09.01.2026 10:39 — 👍 6151    🔁 1241    💬 232    📌 191

The US government is systematically breaking international and national law, violently repressing its own citizens and promoting anti-immigrant, racist and imperialist policies... when do we start talking about international sanctions?

16.01.2026 20:11 — 👍 38    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
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European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

Zahtevamo, da se zaradi izraelskih kršitev človekovih pravic v celoti zadrži izvajanje pridružitvenega sporazuma med EU in Izraelom. Podpiši evropsko državljansko pobudo!

eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

15.01.2026 10:38 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Europe Is Stronger Than Its Leaders Think Alberto Alemanno warns policymakers against panic-driven reforms that threaten to undo hard-won gains.

Tired of hearing how weak Europe is?

Make no mistake: if Europe is under attack today not only by Russia, but also China and the US, it’s because it offers a credible, and threatening, alternative to their models of power

Read @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

14.01.2026 09:52 — 👍 116    🔁 40    💬 3    📌 6

German industrialists circa 1930 would like a word...

15.01.2026 08:36 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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How about the dad from Arrested Development?

14.01.2026 19:13 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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