Mastodawn

I divide parties as pro-EU or pro-russia because I am interested in foreign policy trends in EU member countries

Of course national governments are formed around party coalitions on the left-right spectrum (which is mainly determined by internal policy)

You can see here how I wrote that the formation of a stable government will be difficult:
https://mastodon.uno/@elCelio/116274777933497630

Anyhow, whatever the government, the election shows how Slovenia will continue to support the EU and Ukraine

Joanna Bryson, blathering 7h ago

“Neither the party nor the coalition needs a personnel debate right now. That would be irresponsible, and I am not available for that. Given the global situation and the challenges we face in Germany, we have other problems to deal with. We need to focus on our work in government."

I wish more people had this common sense! (Not subtooting any government here btw)

Germany news: Pistorius brushes off SPD leadership talk

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-pistorius-brushes-off-spd-leadership-talk/live-76480351

Germany news: Pistorius brushes off SPD leadership talk

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has ruled out a change of leadership at the top of his center-left Social Democrats after an electoral slump. Meanwhile, two major automakers face a legal challenge. DW has the latest.

Deutsche Welle

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Joanna Bryson, blathering 8h ago

@elCelio https://www.dw.com/en/slovenia-election-sees-ruling-party-tied-with-opposition/a-76473130

Slovenia election sees ruling party tied with opposition

Prime Minister Robert Golob's governing liberal Freedom Movement of Slovenia was almost perfectly tied with Janez Jansa and his right-wing SDS party, with 99% of votes counted.

Deutsche Welle

Joanna Bryson, blathering 8h ago

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@elCelio/116274703465014804

This did not age well.

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Joanna Bryson, blathering 9h ago

Trump threatened Iranian energy structure (a war crime) so Iran threatened the water supply of the entire region (also a war crime.) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-riedman_last-night-the-us-president-threatened-to-activity-7441476308276051968-jrXe

Last night, the US president threatened to attack Iran's civilian power infrastructure (a war crime) if Iran does not open the Strait by 8pm eastern time on Monday. Iran responded by threatening to… | David Riedman | 80 comments

Last night, the US president threatened to attack Iran's civilian power infrastructure (a war crime) if Iran does not open the Strait by 8pm eastern time on Monday. Iran responded by threatening to destroy the region's desalination plants if their power infrastructure is attacked. Here are my takeaways from this significant escalation: 1. If the US was "winning" this war, the president would not be targeting civilian assets. This means the US is either ineffective or incapable of identifying or reaching key military targets. When the US can no longer degrade the key military capabilities (e.g., IRGC leadership, drone launchers), the US is resorting to attacks on civilians to undermine any remaining stability in the country. 2. If the goal was a regime change, a new US-friendly regime needs electricity and basic services to run the country or else it will devolve into chaos regardless of leadership. 3. The US military is out of ideas for how to reopen the Strait so they are resorting to war crimes under the Geneva Convention. 4. Iran has far more power than they did before the war started. A single rocket or drone attack on a ship carrying 2-3 million barrels of oil would be catastrophic. For long range drone attacks, hitting only 10 highly vulnerable targets can make the region unlivable by cutting off drinking water. This will make billions of dollars of investments by US companies in the region worthless. The asymmetric advantage Iran holds is pretty incredible and exactly why no prior world leader was naive enough to start a major war in the region. Unfortunately, I think the next step will be 10,000 Marines on the ground by the end of March. That will turn into 100,000 by June...then 200,000...then 500,000...and then continue to escalate until there is a change in US political leadership. | 80 comments on LinkedIn

Joanna Bryson, blathering 11h ago

I can tell this is one of those jokes that’s going to keep coming back to me for the rest of my life.
https://bsky.app/profile/katie0martin.ft.com/post/3mhnzozh2dc2i

Katie Martin (@katie0martin.ft.com)

It's only force majeure if it comes from the Majeure region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling shitshow.

Bluesky Social

Joanna Bryson, blathering 23h ago

https://bsky.app/profile/duhe.bsky.social/post/3mho5gmfvu22b

Ehud (@duhe.bsky.social)

Statement by the Senate of Tel Aviv University

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Joanna Bryson, blathering 1d ago

Khrys 2d ago

The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/

The lasting damage was knowing it could happen at all: that a single contributor with no stated organizational backing could submit compliance infrastructure for surveillance law directly into the software that boots your computer, get it merged by two Microsoft employees, and have the creator of systemd personally block the removal.

The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp.

Sam Bent

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Joanna Bryson, blathering 1d ago

The head of the International Energy Agency told the Financial Times on Friday that the war represented the greatest threat to global energy supply “in history,” and said that financial markets were underestimating the impact of the conflict.

Joanna Bryson, blathering 1d ago

They told us at school that the reason nuclear deterrence wasn't a unilaterally good thing was because some day a crazy dictator might actually use a weapon. Probably not the USSR, somewhere more religious and sure they were right.

This article IMO indicates insanity. https://www.wired.com/story/iran-war-puts-global-energy-markets-on-the-brink-of-a-worst-case-scenario/

"If the war drags on and energy facilities keep being targeted, it’s hard to overstate how devastating its ripple effects could be to the global economy."

Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario

“This will be so, so, so, so, so bad,” one analyst says.

WIRED

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