Will anyone explain how the @ec.europa.eu "Digital Omnibus" will make Europe more competitive in the digital economy when it main thing it does is to give US tech companies greater access to European private and personal data to train their own models? Once again, we sell ourselves to the US...

It's time we fight to keep Android open. Join the fight: keepandroidopen.org

Being a science fiction nerd and seeing grok trend due to a stupid LLM instead of the books that actually coined the term really annoys me.

Shhh. Nothing to see here. 🤫 YouTube quietly erased 700+ videos and shut down Palestinian rights groups channels. 💔📵 🔗 www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.

Python Foundation declined a large US grant that included a clause to end DEI, under threat of having to claw back the money. It's honestly a scary threat from the US administration to a critical piece of software and good for Python for refusing it. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

I often see the argument that the rise of automation will force the implementation of a UBI, because the capitalists still need the former workforce as consumers. But what if the economy, now fully automated, changes from a mass economy to a specialized economy tailored for those capitalists?

Cuomo turn to MAGA in the NYC race to save his failing campaign really is the perfect example of failing capitalism turning to fascism to prevent socialism.

Have the Americans who scream "this is a distraction from Epstein files" at every violation of international rules, dismantling of internal democracy, and destruction of civil rights ever stopped to consider that maybe those files are being used as the distraction?

We are on the verge of making #polio the second human disease to be consigned to history.   Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox. Let's do the same for polio. Let's finish the job. #WorldPolioDay

Why should the EU retaliate against China to help Trump’s US trade war when the EU is under US tariffs?

Complacent EU officials in Brussels may shrug off accusations of double standards as part of a new geopolitical reality. But others know that no amount of clever spin or PR can hide the difference in the EU’s treatment of Ukrainian and Palestinian lives, writes Shada Islam.

Why 7 October is our collective failure

Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza

This is absolutely barbaric. How can anyone deny this is genocide? apnews.com/article/isra...

There are already reports that Israel is boarding the Humanitarian flottilla bound to Gaza and it's detaining activists. If it's confirmed, it's yet another grave show of impunity by Israel and puts in question if they will be allowed to get away with it yet again.

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country? Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide. It undermines police and the law.

100km is enough to reach most of the mainland Portugal from the Spanish border. It puts Porto within range, and it's ~2/3 distance to Lisbon. A 12-min flight at top speed would be enough to fly over Portugal top to down. If Russia were Spain, and Estonia Portugal, we'd be freaking out at this.

Portugal has officially recognized the State of Palestine. www.rtp.pt/noticias/mun...

As an anarchist, I'm really sadded by the news that the US president thinks antifa is an organization.

Those Russian drones penetrated very deep into NATO territory, far deeper than should ever be considered acceptable.

🚨🇳🇱 Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has issued a statement on their #Eurovision 2026 participation. "Participation by AVROTROS in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will not be possible as long as Israel is admitted by the EBU."

🇪🇺DANGER TO DEMOCRACY. In 2 days, EU governments debate #chatcontrol: a plan to mass-scan all our private messages. 500+ scientists warn it’s technically broken, breaks #encryption & threatens our rights. EU gov'ts must listen to the experts & BLOCK it! […]

I absolutely hate that we might be close to find Martian life, and my attention is focused instead on Gaza and the looming threat of dictatorship. Our species might be about to make its most profound scientific discovery, and we are just too busy killing or oppressing each other to afford to care.

NASA's Perseverance rover has seen multiple signs of mineral formations linked to biological activity, providing strong hints that life once existed on Mars - but plans to confirm the find are under threat by budget cuts to NASA.

While reports of a major upheaval in Nepal are still only slowly creeping into Western media and more concrete information is needed, I can't avoid to notice that while Western democracies erode, indigenous democratic movements are rising in SE Asia. Hope for the best in Nepal and for its people.

AI is coming for HR. Such automation risks leaving people with disabilities permanently sidelined from the job market. www.ft.com/content/e356...

OPINION: Ukrainian children aren’t bargaining chips to be exchanged with Russia for territory. Their safe return can’t be relegated to a footnote in peace talks.

«Assinar petições e fazer manifestações pela Palestina não ajuda em nada; o povo português não tem influência para parar conflitos estrangeiros.» O povo timorense teve sorte com o povo português de há vinte anos. Pelo português de agora, tinha sucumbido ao genocídio infligido pela Indonésia...

Paris shows that bold advances in urban mobility and greening are possible, with great results for the health, lifestyle, and inclusivity of the citizens. A city for the citizens. We need more of this.

Major update for #StopKillingGames! Twelve days ahead of closure, the threshold for the UK petition to be discussed in parliament has reached its target of 100k signatures! 🥳 However, please, keep signing to cover for any potential irregular signature that fails the verification process.

Today, people are trying to make #StopKillingGames trend in order to increase visibility for the European Citizen Initiative (ECI) that is close to its goal of 1M signatures, but has a deadline of July 31. If you are in the EU, please consider signing this initiative. www.stopkillinggames.com

The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is the world’s first instrument of direct transnational democracy. @alemanno.bsky.social looked at two recent court cases concerning the ECI — and argues that it’s high time for the EU to take the instrument more seriously. verfassungsblog.de/european-cit...

Remember, we still have 5 and a half weeks in which we can still make a difference with #directdemocracy Get friends and family to sign our Initiatives, and get influencers talking about the most important movement in gaming history! eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

BREAKING: the SpaceX rocket

Um rapaz ucraniano foi descoberto pela avó num vídeo de propaganda russo. A mulher, que já tinha perdido a filha na guerra, não descansou até conseguir recuperar o neto, que ia ser adoptado.

Japanese lunar exploration company ispace will attempt to land its RESILIENCE spacecraft on the surface of the Moon on this week! ESA's global network of ground stations is facilitating communication between the spacecraft and ispace mission control in Tokyo. www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

A majority of the European Union's foreign ministers backed a Dutch proposal to review the bloc's ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza. #EuropeNews

Human rights groups and aid agencies — including Amnesty International, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders — estimated the peaceful crowd at more than 100,000 people. #EuropeNews

Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure. It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife

Article 42.7 of the EU Treaties was triggered once following the terrorist attack in Paris on November 13, 2015, but is generally seen as weaker than the collective defence clause in NATO. #EuropeNews

🇹🇷📢 This channel usually covers the climate and ecological crisis, not Turkish politics. But I was raised politically by a Turkish grandmother who had witnessed the founding of the Republic—and who, against all odds, never stopped believing in its democratic promise.

🚨 BREAKING: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has officially classified the far-right Alternative for Germany party as a “proven right-wing extremist organization.” Full story: ow.ly/wBLG50VLNc7

Europeans are fleeing X en masse, according to a new report from Elon Musk’s social media platform.

The massive blackout that left the Iberian Peninsula in the dark today appears to have been sparked by the unexplained disappearance 15 gigawatts of power from Spain’s electricity grid.

25 de Abril: Fascismo nunca mais!

📍Méditerranée | Le French CSG accueille les frégates Mohamed VI 🇲🇦 et Dom Francisco de Almeida 🇵🇹 au sein de la mission #Clemenceau25. 🔁 Manœuvres conjointes & échanges de savoir-faire illustrent une coopération militaire étroite. 🇲🇦🤝🇵🇹🤝🇫🇷

Why the common European defence and arms production is a must. We don't just need more speding, we need more integration and autonomy. youtube.com/watch?v=pYFp...