Piero Castellano 🇪🇺

Wow, good morning skywalkers! Thanks and welcome to everyone, this is the number of people who followed me on X when I left... I hope I won't disappoint you, I will follow up later with a proper and updated introduction.

To be filed under "Things that can only happen to officials who have a 'Faith Adviser'"

Lula is such a fascinating historical figure. He's sort of like if Jimmy Hoffa, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden were all the same person.

Yes!

Flávio Bolsonaro may have fled the country to get away from federal police but if that's the case he may also be trying to get away from all his criminal allies who now no doubt are realizing that he 1. failed to deliver, 2. is a huge coward, 3. sure knows a lot of shit

Invader who launched a war of conquest won't stop it unless he conquers.

To be fair, it's a classic "dog bites man" news. But if the same dog keeps biting (allegedly) dozens of people, is associated to a maneater werewolf, protects, pardons and promotes other biting dogs and happens to be POTUS, perhaps it would deserve a headline.

The UAE Helped Fuel the Sudan Genocide. Now One of Its Diplomats Wants To Lead the United Nations @mehdirhasan.bsky.social makes the scathing case against the UN Security Council recommending Emirati official Lana Nusseibeh as Secretary-General of the organization. Read: zeteo.com/p/the-uae-he...

I'm not saying that the world is spinning out of control. But there are signs.

Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

This is a brilliant article from @militarnyi.com on learning the right lessons from Ukraine’s experience.

Drone intercepted near Baghdad's Green Zone, military statement says reut.rs/4iGXc9r

The EU was split today over whether to offer “associate membership” status to Canada, with several countries refusing to sign off on a statement containing that phrase just 48 hours before a summit between the two sides in Montreal.

Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?

BREAKING: A federal court expanded an order blocking the Trump-Vance admin’s unlawful effort to chop down trees and move forward with a plan to irreparably destroy East Potomac Park. We will keep fighting the president's attempts to destroy this national park for his high-end golf vanity project.

Serbia’s Student List is Europe’s first Gen Z movement to unseat a sitting head of government, and the first anywhere to do it at the ballot box, giving youth-led protests across Europe a boost, @judah-grunstein.bsky.social writes for @wpr.bsky.social.

"It is a war so bizarre in design, so flawed in execution, so blissfully unencumbered by strategic foresight, that all previous American misadventures in the region appear vaguely commendable by comparison." @radchenko.bsky.social on the Iran war.

He blamed it on “staff incompetence.”🤡

the contrast between seeing US democrats fall over themselves to embrace idiot transphobia all year and tonight seeing footage of the president embracing my (trans) congresswoman, Erika Hilton, at the election night party

Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling

This is great news and alternative power sources to nuclear and oil need to continue to develop and grow despite the kicking and screaming of the oil industry and others.

Racism is now openly their manifesto. Also, does he know who else doesn't win a Nobel Prize?

Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UN says. buff.ly/eP6VgN4

The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/uTQNxLq

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

The crucial Atlantic current system that brings warmth to Europe has slowed 18 per cent in 40 years, according to an analysis of how much heat the ocean is releasing to the atmosphere

“Trump reportedly grabbed Keul from behind and forcibly raped her; in the process, tearing her dress and causing bleeding and bruising on multiple parts of her body. Keul described the rape as ‘brutal.’ Following the assault, according to Keul’s report, Trump sat her on the edge of the bed,...

AFTER THE US ELECTIONS DONT EXPECT MIRACLES If everything goes as the polls suggest then there’s a 57% chance the Democrats will have a 2 to 3 seat majority in the senate. For those unaware only one third of senate seats are elected every two years and senators serve a six year term. It’s hard to

Brazil runoff live updates: world leaders congratulate Lula on historic election win as Bolsonaro refuses to concede

I wonder if the @darthputinkgb.bsky.social golden rule can be applied to Netanyahu too, like "never believe anything until Bibi denies it." It could become a rule to deal with the kleptocracy international.

Every further detail about this horrific attack makes it look more alarming

The country that during a pandemic invited a Russian chemical warfare unit to parade on its streets declined to be part of a European initiative to deter Russia

The shift away from the US continues. Ten countries have now signed on for Macron’s Forward Deterrence initiative, including the UK, Germany and Poland, WSJ reports. Under the plan, France would station nuclear-capable fighter jets across Europe as trust in the US erodes.

The EU will from 1 November slap a €2 handling fee on packages from outside the 27-nation bloc in a bid to curb the influx from China rte.ie/b/1596837

Portable solar kits in disaster zones fuel everything from communication and cooking to cooling and education. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/y9Hf

Celebrations erupted across several Serbian cities as people hailed student-backed movement deposing veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic's party in snap election rte.ie/b/1596833

Voters can reclaim democracy only if and where they break the disinformation wall. Democracy is not doomed as long as voters can get accurate, diverse and independent information.

US forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Iran "within 96 hours of receiving" an order from President Donald Trump, according to two US officials. https://cnn.it/4dViptJ

Tanks are gone? Ukrainian doesn't think so. Turtle tank blasting russian positions point blank range. Is it dangerous? Extremely. But sometimes is necessary. A lot West seems to have forgotten that war comes with losses. And losses don't mean outdated or useless.

Beautiful and very important THREAD #Brazil Keywords: "large numbers of people laboriously working to unfuck the nation's informational environment"

I spent all day writing the thread in my head about how Bolsonaro's win was the culmination of a 20-year project to end Brazilian democracy, with the participation of both domestic elites and foreign actors like the US state department and Meta. This is all true, of course, except he didn't win.