France to ban officials from using American video conference tools including Zoom and Teams.
27.01.2026 20:24 โ ๐ 354 ๐ 77 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 20@bentonra.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations at UCD Dublin; Dundrum Methodist Church; Royal Irish Academy; Azure Forum, IDSA and Gym Dad. Mix of Mayo, Kerry, West Virginia and suburban Maryland.
France to ban officials from using American video conference tools including Zoom and Teams.
27.01.2026 20:24 โ ๐ 354 ๐ 77 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 20hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
27.01.2026 15:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๐ youโre right of course! They do!! They openโฆ like petals on a flower in a dew drop morning.
27.01.2026 08:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Stockholm Syndrome or spinectomy?
27.01.2026 08:27 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1I really do appreciate @ryanairofficial.bsky.social efforts to keep costs and prices downโฆ but couldnโt they lash out for a few apostrophes? Ah go on lads!
27.01.2026 08:21 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Cabinet to approve plans for abolition of the triple lock
27.01.2026 06:53 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1๐ฏ
26.01.2026 21:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฉ๐ช Germany has declared its readiness for retaliatory cyberattacks following the Russian attacks, - FT
Germany will "strike back" against foreign hackers by conducting counterattacks aimed at disrupting digital infrastructure abroad, the country's interior minister said.
France announced today itโs phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
26.01.2026 15:31 โ ๐ 3276 ๐ 1047 ๐ฌ 99 ๐ 240As Europeโs Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Grows, So Does Trumpโs Leverage www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
26.01.2026 07:28 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Taoiseach criticises โshockingโ level of ignorance about Holocaust
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
And a solid 30-40 percent of the population shrugs or says โyayโ.
25.01.2026 18:01 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Milquetoast
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25.01.2026 17:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
25.01.2026 15:47 โ ๐ 50090 ๐ 16374 ๐ฌ 1172 ๐ 637Clancy has travelled to Ukraine to visit and talk to officials there. He said that while individual nations may be focused on their own issues, as a unit the #EUMC sees the Ukrainian struggle with Russia as the key issue that must be focused on. (The Journal) #Ireland
25.01.2026 10:51 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As Ireland strengthens its military, one country and company gain the most
25.01.2026 07:47 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Over the course of a weekend General Seรกn Clancy moved from leading Ireland's Defence Forces to being the most senior European Union General.
This week The Journal met Clancy in his office in central Brussels overlooking the Berlaymont building of the European Commission.
jrnl.ie/6933398t
U.S. tech companies will hit the wall soon. As it is now Europe has no other choice than to break free from them. That the White House sit on a kill switch for everything related to U.S. tech means that they can stop us dead in our tracks. That is of course not possible to accept.
24.01.2026 20:24 โ ๐ 367 ๐ 95 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 7Walz: "I'll continue to ask you for peace and I know the answer is, 'You ask us for peace and we give it, and we shot in the face on the streets coming out of a donut shop.' We cannot give them what they want ... thank God we have video ... this needs to be the event that says, 'enough'"
24.01.2026 19:48 โ ๐ 1980 ๐ 550 ๐ฌ 81 ๐ 47He did NOT reach for his gun (which he had a licence to carry)
An ICE agent took it from his waistband, and moved away with it.
An ICE agent then shot him as he was helpless.
An ICE agent then continued to shoot him, executing him, as he lay on the ground
This is men doing evil
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was โarmed with a gunโ. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
24.01.2026 19:00 โ ๐ 5361 ๐ 2746 ๐ฌ 226 ๐ 704What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...
24.01.2026 19:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
Russia unleashes โbrutalโ strike on Ukraine as peace talks continue
24.01.2026 13:38 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Has Rutte overstepped? His sycophancy may yet be his downfall.
23.01.2026 18:16 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Entirely possibleโฆ but Koreanโs paying directly and massively
23.01.2026 18:00 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0They have US troops stationed. Very different but your general point still stands
23.01.2026 16:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Terrifyingโฆ
23.01.2026 16:04 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0