@mannfred.bsky.social
Passionate about human rights, liberal democracy, freedom of press & freedom of speech. Pro-EU. Oslo, Norway/Noreg
Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The EUโs most influential solar panel lobbying group reinstated Huaweiโs membership just months after it expelled the Chinese company over its alleged involvement in a bribery and corruption scandal.
10.10.2025 07:26 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Gov. Shapiro: "The way the president has chosen to deploy the National Guard in other states, and to deploy the Guard of one state. Texas, into another state, Illinois, is extremely dangerous...It does not make us more safe. It creates chaos and real danger in our communities."
09.10.2025 15:51 โ ๐ 4867 ๐ 1427 ๐ฌ 145 ๐ 55
This is bad news for Ukraine and Western opposition to Russia - particularly Russian oil imports. Czechia will be aligned with Orban's Hungary moving forward.
Billionaires are taking over.
www.euronews.com/2025/10/04/a...
Tunisia shaken after court sentences 56-year-old man TO DEATH over posts on Facebook account that criticised Tunisian autocratic President Kaรฏs Saied. President Kaรฏs was once widely considered a democrat emerging from the Arab Spring's legacy โ then he got the throne and became Saied The Terrible.
03.10.2025 17:08 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1#EU Made Simple #Georgiaโจ๏ธ
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๐จ BREAKING: Protesters Storm #Georgia โs Presidential Palace๐ฌ๐ช
Clashes Erupt in #Tbilisi:
In a dramatic escalation, protesters have stormed the #PresidentialPalace in #Tbilisi after marching from Freedom Square. Eyewitnesses report pepper spray
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#Georgia #Tbilisi
A penny from a poor man is worth a pound from a rich man.
As % of GDP, Denmark is Ukraineโs top supporter. Little wonder fascist Russia is harassing the country with drone incursions and aggression against its warships at sea.
President Macron:
โWe were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that donโt share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.โ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
i just canโt get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans
04.10.2025 15:22 โ ๐ 7644 ๐ 2440 ๐ฌ 416 ๐ 221
Czechia, 97,63% polling places counted:
National parliament election
ANO-PfE: 35.08% (+8.0)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 22.95% (-4.8)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
Pirรกti-G/EFA: 9% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 7.88% (-1.7)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Staฤilo!-NI|S&D: 4% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election
โค europeelects.eu/czechia
ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. โI was screaming that there was a baby,โ cried the mother. โBut they didnโt care,โ and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.
04.10.2025 02:42 โ ๐ 3724 ๐ 2514 ๐ฌ 733 ๐ 479Looks like neither the Social Democrats nor the Communists will make it into the Czech parliament this time either.
04.10.2025 13:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Czechia, 52,28% polling places counted:
National parliament election
ANO-PfE: 38.2% (+11.1)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 20.39% (-7.4)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 8.32% (-1.2)
Pirรกti-G/EFA: 8% (n.a.)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Staฤilo!-NI|S&D: 5% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election
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๐ฅ Finally an EU leader says it out loud:
โWe have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.โ
President Macron: โEuropeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.โ
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
04.10.2025 11:57 โ ๐ 7015 ๐ 2264 ๐ฌ 99 ๐ 160
This is horrendous.
Tunisia was already in a dark place. A death sentence over words directed at the president makes the country one of the most abhorrent examples of our times.
โผ๏ธRussia attacked the railway station in the Shostka community of Sumy region.The enemy deliberately struck civilian infrastructure -a passenger train operating on the Shostka-Kyiv route.
Passengers were injured.
The scale of the destruction and the number of casualties are being clarified.
Support for staying in the ECHR has been rising (probably a Farage effect of solidifying the majority who oppose him, maybe Trump osmosis effect). Media and political opinion on the right believes there is a strong public desire to quit. Badenoch has now committed the Conservatives to quitting.
04.10.2025 09:42 โ ๐ 178 ๐ 74 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 10Albanian PM Edi Rama mocked Trump to Macron: โYou should congratulate Ilham Aliyev and me. Trump has ended the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijanโ
Earlier Trump claimed he ended a war between Albania and Azerbaijan. It was a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Albanian PM Edi Rama mocked Trump for repeatedly claiming he ended a war between Albania and Azerbaijan, confusing his country with Armenia
Rama to French President Macron: โYou should congratulate Ilham Aliyev and me. Trump has ended the conflict between Albania and Azerbaijanโ
Morning fellas Quote of the day
03.10.2025 05:24 โ ๐ 126 ๐ 42 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0BREAKING: Hamas statement in response to Trumpโs plan to end the war in Gaza:
๐จWe appreciate President Trumpโs efforts to bring an end to the war
๐จWe agree to release all the hostages in order to achieve a permanent ceasefire
Putin continues his nuclear blackmail.
First, he invaded Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, causing blackouts. Now, Putin threatens to strike other Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
โก๏ธ'What's stopping us?' โ Putin threatens to attack Ukraine's nuclear power plants.
02.10.2025 18:30 โ ๐ 116 ๐ 58 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 4
Reality Czech: Prague looks set to follow the Kremlin-friendly path blazed by Hungary and Slovakia
Whatever the election outcome, Czechia looks set to begin leaning towards Orban and Fico in its stance on the EU, NATO, Ukraine, and Russia.
We at @ecfr.eu are very lucky to host @abarbashin.bsky.social as visiting fellow in Berlin. He has listened to Putin at Valdai for us, so that you donโt have to. You can find his take here โก๏ธ Enemy number one: What Putinโs foreign policy speech says about Europe: ecfr.eu/article/enem...
03.10.2025 12:24 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2
BREAKING: Trump sets a Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal for ending the war in Gaza and warns the group would face "all HELL" if it doesn't.
03.10.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 56 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 49 ๐ 13
โก๏ธ The EU is set to unfreeze assets linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, allowing Raiffeisen Bank International to reclaim a $2.3 billion fine.
united24media.com/latest-news/...
While the West shuts programmes supporting government institutions, Asian countries step in: Korea has allocated a grant of 416k dollars to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The western isolation of Georgia fuels a Georgian connect with Asia.
bm.ge/news/koreis-...
