David Korowicz

Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...

Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

There are real issues with US admin retaliation with EU taking on X. But giving in only re-enforces the stated Social media/US admin wish to undermine the EU. The only real response is a collective one, and it shouldn't triangulate, it needs to go hard. Fair play to Sanchez.

Worthwhile wisdom from Richard Heinberg

World Adaptation Forum 2026 - Facing Polycrisis Conference on Our Future Clearly and Without Illusions - 23-24. April 2026 / Budapest

Interested in systemic risk/ polycrisis/ collapse, and how to respond/prepare? This is the place to be! Glad to be making a contribution. @thinkorswim.bsky.social worldadaptationforum.org

“The scenario is not so far from that deservedly famous line of Margaret Atwood’s: men fear women laughing at them. Women fear men killing them, because she dared to laugh at him.”

All you ever wanted to know about emergency planning From pandemics and cyberattacks to terrorism and power blackouts, the A to Z on planning for the unplannable

All you ever wanted to know about emergency planning. On new #RTEBrainstorm @researchireland.ie podcast, Ronan Kelly talks to Caroline McMullan @dublincityuni.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social & Mark Maguire @maynoothuniversity.ie about how you plan for the unplannable www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

For some reason I'm reminded of this.

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out."

Really looking forward to reading this!

Congratulations, John! Well deserved,

📢 7 days to go!

A reminder that the funding deadline for the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience is 2nd December 2025.

Find out more about the different funding options available on our website: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...

"For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal."

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook

I haven't seen such a clear and direct articulation of where the US is going from sitting senator (though she's just in the door). www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUO...

Thank you, Elaine.

No surprise here, The Line 'undone by the laws of physics and finance", which is pretty similar to what will undo our civilization.

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Complaint targeting Ireland over privacy watchdog's independence sent to Commission | Euractiv The Irish Council for Civil Liberties takes formal action questioning the process that led to an ex-Meta lobbyist landing a top privacy oversight job

Euractiv's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social on our complaint to the European Commission against Ireland's appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner

www.euractiv.com/news/complai...

a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.

Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...

Europe Isn’t Weak—It Just Pretends To Be. Here’s How to Fix That. | TechPolicy.Press Europe must reclaim digital sovereignty through three levers: politics, policing, and procurement, writes Johnny Ryan.

The question of this moment is whether Europe will be a bastion of democratic resilience or a vassal.
My piece in Tech Policy Press.

www.techpolicy.press/europe-isnt-...

Looking forward to reading this.

World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide

This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW systemic risk tool STEER launches today!
STEER is a guidance framework that helps you ask the right questions about #SystemicRisks and spot gaps in current approaches, especially as tipping points are a plausible near-term reality.
Great work by my @asranetwork colleagues.
steer.asranetwork.org

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

YouTube video by WION French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

Reminding me of Turkmenbasy (Saparmurat Niyazov), the post-soviet dictator, with a deep love for himself and gold!!

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

This is a thing we need!

Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
Read Gisela Salim-Peyer:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

l'économie, C'est Moi!