Constance Chucholowski

I think I’ve shared this quote almost every international women’s day for the last 10 years. It makes me morose that in those 10 years I haven’t become more hopeful - although I always stay hopeful - sharing it.

A majority of Harris voters lived in Trump states.

A majority of Trump voters in 2020 lived in Biden states.

Democrats have won 42-46% of the vote in the South in every presidential election over the past three decades.

States and regions of the country aren’t monoliths

Inbox worth a thousand words
#EuropeanSovereignty

“While the Regulation should contribute to strengthening Europe’s strategic autonomy, it must also take into account existing industrial interdependencies and cooperation with like-minded partners." - Right-wing MEP Elena Donazzan

Jesus

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Sick of waking up on a Saturday and thinking, is this WWIII? What is happening? Why? STOP

Statement by President von der Leyen on the EU-Mercosur agreement Yesterday, Uruguay and Argentina became the first countries to ratify the EU-Mercosur Agreement. Brazil and Paraguay are expected to follow soon. And it is such good news. Because it shows the trust a

It's done. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has emailed staff urging those wishing to leave the country to depart "today”. He warns of likely high demand for flights from Ben Gurion Airport and stresses the importance of a rapid exit. NYT has seen the email.

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

Join us, Berlin!
#NoKings #ICEOut

Thank you, I will look into Ghost, have also heard about Steady.

Y'all I just started a substack. I knew things were bad, I didn't know (I should have) they were this bad. Where should I go instead?

Ugh, saw this as an add-on for the first time yesterday. Gross

Munich Security Conference - Decoding the two biggest speeches, differently Marco Rubio's speech was the most anticipated of the MSC. Chancellor Merz' remarks got lost in the buzz. Why the latter were promising and why Europeans should hold his feet to the fire.

A semi-soft launch of candidly. Candidly is a substack about how tech dominance and authoritarianism are intertwined. This is the professional meets the political and vice versa. Candidly, it's about democracy, who's breaking it and big and small things we can do to fix it. #democracy #security

Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda

"Meta is preparing to spend $65 M this year to boost state politicians who are friendly to the AI industry...To do that, Meta is quietly starting two new super PACs... The new PACs join two others already started by Meta, one of which is focused on California" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

I attended the political tech summit in Berlin at the end of January. I work in tech policy, geopolitics of tech, progressive activism, political campaigns. Please for the love of god, someone tell me what political tech means. What is political tech?

Also Google was the summit’s main sponsor.

Of the firm opinion that putting your kid in front of the TV once a day will make them a better human. In the U.S., 7pm for the PBS NewsHour, in Germany 8pm for the Tagesschau. Guaranteed, better human.

This research and piece by @ketanjoshi.co on the impact of consumer GenAI on the climate vs. its benefits to combat climate change is fantastic. Big read rec.

ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b...

Go to the polls today, Wisconsinites 🗳️

So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

Why Dem's Can't Blink on ICE Funding Plus thoughts on the Texas primary, impeachment, and Chuck Schumer's future

Dems get a lot of shit for not fighting hard enough against Trump, but they have stood strong on ICE funding. They have the upper hand in this fight; they can win and absolutely cannot blink, no matter how long it goes
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Jesus Christ

Makes sense that the same people who tone-police those who call what we're living through by its actual name - and think themselves sophisticates and realists for so doing - are "reassured" by the mere <tone> of a speech that advertises its ill intent toward our multicultural European democracy.

this can’t be real? yep, yep it is

What stuck for me most were remarks by the Director General of the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency. So much we can all learn from Sweden and whole of defence approach. 2/2

I just left the Munich Security Conference. It’s a bubble. Biggest focus: what will the US, repped by Rubio, say? From a democracy and progress perspective, his remarks were insane. As we know, the window keeps shifting, so Europe was relieved by the remarks - which I think is a mistake 1/2

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

I only just got around to reading this piece by Emmanuel Mauleón. It’s a must read that distinguishes the crisis on the ground in practice from how it feels like so many academics/think tank folks are defining crises based on past definitions and history.

#MN

Warum gibt we überhaupt ein solchen Hickhack rund um einer Definition von #digitalerSouveränität? Kommt mir vor als wäre es der Versuch was zu definieren was erreichbar ist, statt Realität zu benennen und eben auf ein schwer erreichbares Ziel hinzuarbeiten.