Cute: Kyiv will be celebrating Romanian Language Day on 31 August together with Moldova and Romania.
Before 2023, Ukraine still differentiated between Romanian and “Moldovan language” (a Soviet invention).
31 August 1989 is the day when Moldovans went back to the Latin script
“What I think is actually important for everybody to understand is that the US has been very clear that they want to divide Europe. They don’t like the European Union” @kajakallas.bsky.social told @financialtimes.com. “This is a very complicated relationship we are having"
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Had to actually lol when one guy in the audience snapped at the movie & at Stoltenberg, and asked you to comment on it.
My own thought during the movie was actually "man I miss Stoltenberg", seeing the undignified circus Rutte is projecting at the moment.
Behind her pacifist mask she only suggested binding Ukraine (neutral, non-EU, non-NATO) but God forbid russia face any political or military consequences.
Her "these people have been fighting for ages" was also very offensive. If she's so ignorant of History, why wasn't she in the audience with us?😂
Yes, you did well by historically contextualizing the discussion & explaining that russian aggression isn't just limited in bombing a country, but the tankie with you on stage was impervious to any arguments. She equated NATO to russia & thought we offended putin by not talking enough with him...
Bizarre but true: it is March 2026, and yet twice this month at two different events in two different countries I have had audience questions from individuals who are still adamant that Russia only invades its neighbours because NATO makes them do it.
They are still out there, folks.
I keep hearing of this book. Think I'll add it to my endless "to-read" pile 😋
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Was thinking again of that guy's question at the FIFDH "why wasn't NATO disbanded after 89?"
But after 89 russia invaded &still occupies part of Moldova, Georgia & Ukraine, cyber-blocked Estonia, razed Grozny & Aleppo to the ground and kept gas-blackmailing the East. How could we ever trust them?
Good interview of @keirgiles.bsky.social
I think the difference East of Warsaw is that we're still hearing in our families stories of soviet occupation (you know when the russians arrive but never when they leave) and that the behaviour of Russia these last 35y has not been felt the same way...
Trump's Iran War costs the U.S. $1.88 billion a day. At that rate, it will take less than 2 months to match the $109 billion sent to Ukraine over three years during the Biden admin. In only six days, the U.S. has already spent 10% of what it disbursed to Kyiv after Russia's Feb 2022 invasion.
You know. If we hadn’t cut off all those arms transfers to Ukraine it would have been so much more difficult for us to repeatedly shoot ourselves in the dick.
What do they think Simion (Trump's MAGA fanboy) would have done ?
A Tchernivtsi, sud-ouest de l'Ukraine, lors de l'autopsie d'un militaire ukrainien décédé, transféré depuis la Russie dans le cadre d'un échange, les médecins légistes ont découvert une grenade non explosée. La morgue a été évacuée et les explosifs neutralisés par des pyrotechniciens (1)
It’s telling that the IDF shows to the world it can carry out a very specific attack on the 4th floor of a hotel in Beirut. This begs the question: why did they have to level Gaza with 500lb bombs if their targeting systems were so precise?
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The Trump administration's refusal to respond to malign Russian activity, even when it's directed against the US, should be a sharp wake-up call for any NATO leaders still hoping that compromise with the White House will ensure US support in other areas, such as Ukraine.
Then Kallas says
"Today’s 2 preeminent global crises, in Middle East and Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine, are directly related. Because they share a foundation: the erosion of international law."
So she is directly comparing Iran to Ukraine. The US / Israel and Russia acting with impunity
Footage published by Iranian media today shows damage to Chehel Sotoon, a 17th century, Safavid-era landmark palace and garden located in the historic centre of Isfahan, after air strikes in its vicinity.
The Persian garden that surrounds the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
&de rappeler leur responsabilité dans les guerres de Gaza, Iran & horreurs ICE
"Il permet à un agent de l’ICE de construire en quelques minutes un portrait complet d’une personne, de localiser ses proches, d’identifier ses habitudes de déplacement, et de planifier une interpellation."
Glaçant.
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Après la lecture de cet article, je suis d'autant plus contente de savoir que l'armée suisse (qui n'est pas spécialement connue pour ses décisions intelligentes) a refusé les contrats avec Palantir.
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Article fascinant de @oliviertesquet.bsky.social sur la nébuleuse Palantir : j'y apprends que Karp a fait des études de philosophie. Comme quoi ça n'empêche pas de devenir une crapule sans âme.
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The. Dumbest. Time. In. Human. History.
![Quote from the FT: Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso has called for the immediate suspension of the EU’s carbon emissions trading system to help cut soaring energy prices.
“The suspension of the ETS [European trading system] should be considered precisely as an emergency response to the conflict, pending a more thorough revision of the system,” Urso told an Italian newspaper.
The ETS requires polluting industries to purchase permits for their carbon emissions. Urso had called for its suspension before the war erupted, but said the issue was more urgent now because of the current surge in energy prices. Scrapping the system, he said, would cut the cost of Italy’s gas-reliant electricity production by €25-€30 per megawatt hour.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mnvjwteg3g2igchbvqnqksos/bafkreibyl2xvauzvlaeypggm6wlp33y5pywcl3shrwdu2zgq5ie7m4ggge)
Quite noteworthy that the same people who years fighting the energy transition are now demanding quick dismantling of climate laws in response to the US/Israel-Iran war-made energy crisis.
How much better would we be prepared in Europe if we had more forcefully transitioned to headpumps and EVs?
Great analysis, as always:
"Across today’s battlefields – from Iran to Gaza to Ukraine, from Afghanistan to Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo – women and girls are paying the price for wars they did not start and cannot control."
The absolute unfairness of it...
They'll cheer on the war then complain about the refugees it'll create.
I don't think it's impossible to communicate to the American people that, even if you think he got it right this time, normalising the President unilaterally deciding which foreign leader lives or dies places more faith in their judgement of both justice and consequences than is wise.
It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.
It's simple really, it's because he faced no real accountability for his actions.
They are just sore losers. Letting their mask slip even in Romandie, ranting about a "journalisme de gauche"
