Oslohttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvjy4xhu322nhttps://www.dw.com/en/cuban-dance-teacher-ordered-eu-sabotage-attacks-from-russia/a-7922594615 Sep 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjy4xhu322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mvjxv3xpzs2nhttps://www.politico.eu/article/americas-democratic-slide-is-becoming-europes-problem/15 Sep 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjxv3xpzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mtvdgybdmk2jhttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/20/australia-pushes-sporting-diplomacy-to-new-levels-in-the-pacific-0104322625 Aug 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvdgybdmk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mt7ecadfu22wRandall Collins on the future: AI will produce mass unemployment that will further depress the birth rate. Shrinking the population will help with global warming but will also cause a global depression. https://sociological-eye.blogspot.com/2026/06/world-history-updated-weber-marx-and.html16 Aug 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ecadfu22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mn5hz4lpr22zThe US-Iran deal is in a state of quantum superposition: The nearly deal keeps the price of oil is down and Trump can pretend he hasn't failed.31 May 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn5hz4lpr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mhs47dw2ys2zhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mklzkz41jo24 Mar 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhs47dw2ys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3mgwi746vas25https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l76581d0ro13 Mar 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwi746vas25https://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3m64wambcy22tLatest Norwegian polling on EU membership is 49 No, 31 Yes and 20 don't know. Support for yes has declined since March and there's no sign that younger people are more inclined to say yes. https://www.nrk.no/norge/eu-innforte-jerntoll_-dette-ville-norge-stemt-i-dag-1.1766132521 Nov 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64wambcy22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3m5yf2wizes2tNew National Audit Office report on the BBC World Service's savings programme since 2022 https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/the-bbc-world-services-savings-programme/19 Nov 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yf2wizes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3m4uifhwgqc2ghttps://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/counter-terror-highlights-rising-state-threats-disinfo-push/05 Nov 2025 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4uifhwgqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3m4ry3uqmx22ghttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0e1lyyvdlo04 Nov 2025 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ry3uqmx22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3lznj3exmx225This is a good point. There's a basic tension within MAGA. I'm reminded that Arendt saw the essence of Nazi or Soviet totalitarianism in the superiority of the movement over the state and the refusal of the movement to be limited by the political or territorial boundaries. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2025 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznj3exmx225https://bsky.app/profile/rcmbrown.bsky.social/post/3lzktccn32c25Helpful piece https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-responding-russia-airspace-violation/24 Sep 2025 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:ug4rconvlefspxbsfautdx7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzktccn32c25