Tobias J. Koch

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Spannende News vor dem Hintergrund von @carlomasala1.bsky.social 'Wenn Russland gewinnt'. Estland plant Militärbasis in Narva. #Estland

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

This! A great actionable to do on how to take on Tyranny @timothysnyder.bsky.social!

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@bsky.app appreciation post - so glad there's a platform for informing, discussing and researching public matters without strings attached. Glad to re-discover accounts from the 'other' platform and find new inspiring ones. Keep up the great work! Thank you!

Macron is giving a televised address tonight, likely on defence and security

So here's polling from this week on how French people see the war in Ukraine

First, 73% say the US isn't an ally of France

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If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

Great interview with Sawers - who however also said he's skeptical of Russia's capability to launch a(nother) war in Europe. Re the potential incursions I wonder whether these scenarios are on the DODs radars in Europe?

Suppose US intelligence continues sharing intelligence with Ukraine and other 'allies', to what extent can you still trust it? @ronzheimer.bsky.social @carlomasala1.bsky.social

As former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney so eloquently said in a January 6th Committee hearing, “To my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a time when Donald Trump is gone. But your dishonor will remain.”

#ResistTrump

Statement Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:

Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

We shouldn't take anything off the table before the negotiations have even started.

It is clear that any deal behind our backs will not work.
You need the Europeans, you need the Ukrainians.

Extracts from my doorstep ahead of NATO Defence Ministers meeting ↓

During this time of growing uncertainty, the reality is that despite everything that's being discussed, Ukraine continues to fight, every single hour of the day and requires all the support possible. They defend the freedom of Europe at this very moment in time. That's the only certainty we have.

🇩🇪🇺🇸🇺🇦 "New US administration made concessions to Russia on Ukraine even before talks on settling the war began," — Pistorius

That's the only way forward in these times. Europe, including the UK, needs to stand together and protect Ukraine's sovereignty! Trump cannot and must not negotiate peace without Ukraine and Europe. #slavaukraini

Europe you're up! Time to shine!

Brilliant take by @garymarcus.bsky.social
"The race to AGI will be won not by the country with the most chips but by the one that best fosters true innovation. That could be the US, China, or perhaps some other country less locked into LLM orthodoxy, and more willing to bet big on new ideas."

Databroker Files: New data set reveals 40,000 apps behind location tracking 380 million location data from 137 countries: a previously unknown data set from a US data broker shows the dangers of global data trading. 40,000 apps are affected, including queer dating apps. For s...

Scoop: We analysed a massive dataset from the adtech ecosystem containing 380 million location data points from 137 countries. For the first time, it reveals 40,000 apps whose user data ended up for sale. Among them: religious, health & queer dating apps. Some apps are sharing very precise locations

ua. erhöhter Preisdruck, Anheizung sozialer Unzufriedenheit zusätzlich zur Attacke auf kritische Infrastruktur von EU-Mitgliedsstaaten. Nur die engstmögliche Kooperation von NATO und EU können die Auswirkungen solcher Attacken eindämmen.

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#Estonia #Finland #NATO

Mit Skandinavien verbinden Estland / Lettland und Litauen drei Stromanbindungen, und eine nach Polen. Laut Postimees bzw. Elering sorgt der monatelange Ausfall für eine zehnprozentige Strompreissteigerung, was wiederum die Reichweite russischer hybrider Angriffe aufzeigt, (...)

Hut ab vor den finnischen Behörden, die nach der Zerstörung von Estlink 2 (Estlands Stromanbindung) schnell genug reagiert haben und weiteren Schaden an Estlink 1 und der Gasleitung Balticconnector abgewendet haben.

👀 That's madness. 🥺