Fixing digital democracy: from fragmented tools to a vibrant European Civic Tech Hub [Promoted Content]

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nyheder.tv2.dk/udland/2026-... Et tragisk overfald blandt mange i UK, men her en Sudaneser og Robinson og Musk opildner til kamp , Musk viser med sin magt og Trump i ryggen at agendaen er en anden, derfor forståer jeg ikke man støtteter X osv. opråb til politikere og journalister , drop X oa!!

I følge en ny rapport fra @rockwoolfonden.dk er 🇩🇰 relativt mindre udsat end øvrige europæiske lande ift. kinesisk industripolitik. 🇩🇰 bliver selvfølgelig også ramt indirekte via at særligt 🇩🇪 er hårdt presset. Lille 🧵 rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/d...

Anthropic is retaining user data for 30 days with Mythos, supposedly for safety review, including on enterprise plans with zero data retention. This may be a nonstarter for many campuses and industries.

Google calls it the biggest Search overhaul in 25+ years. AI Mode now has 1B+ monthly users—many defaulted in. Elise Silva asks what this shift means not just for competitors, but for billions of users, our shared information environment, and democracy.

Europe could probably do without US LNG volumes dropping off, quite substantially. On the plus side of the ledger, Norwegian summer maintenance season, currently, doesn't appear as deep as last year - up to August volumes in June (caveat: very small time horizon here).

💥"There is a lot of work ahead of the Magyar government, especially when it comes to investigating the illegal surveillance of journalists or the corruption related to buying up and killing media outlets, or turning them into propaganda – using taxpayer money all along the way."

Og tænk hvis de øvrige dommere ved VM sagde: "Vi dømmer ikke nogle kampe, medmindre vi lige får vores dommerven fra Somalia fløjet ind til VM" Men deres nosser er nok taget i tolden...

"»Man risikerer at gøre skade på økonomien ved at hæve renterne, hvis det viser sig, at det scenarie, som de ser for sig, er forkert,« siger @mikaelmilhoj.bsky.social, som er chefstrateg hos Sterna Capital Partners." Rente op eller ej for @ecb.europa.eu ? 🎁-link jyllands-posten.dk/erhverv/ECE1...

"Hr./fru Danmark tænker ikke over, at vi bor ved porten til en konflikt. Men der er ingen tvivl om, at Østersøen er et konfliktområde, selvom man lukker øjnene for det. Man tænker ikke over, at der måske står et par russere, når man kører over Storebæltsbroen og ser et fragtskib passere nedenunder"

Stor dag på mit kontor i dag, hvor dygtige kolleger fik afsluttet et stort udbud af CCS-puljen til CO2-fangst og -lagring. 1,25 mio. ton CO2-reduktion om året er dog noget - det svarer vist til udledningen fra ca. ½ mio. Biler #dkgreen ens.dk/presse/milli...

On Cuba; Chinese companies; and coronavirus breakthroughs. Today's Global Thread post - free to read

The widespread use of LLMs diminishes creative ideas. An analysis of over 2000 college essays finds that human-written essays contributed more new ideas than GPT-4 written essays www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Parameter- or prompt-modifications does not mitigate the creativity gap.

Is a religious revival happening? Watch this video for answers from me, Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Eastern Finland), Joel Thiessen (Ambrose University), Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme (University of Waterloo) & David Voas (University College London). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgPhZ01-O0

It's been great fun talking to @angusbylsma.bsky.social about coins, trade, the 'end of antiquity', and even a little bit about methods and questions in economics and economic history.

This is why I like living in the EU.

Forstår ikke det er en diskussion. Det kan umuligt være lovligt at bære smartglasses med kameraet aktivt uden for privat grund i Dannmark. Dioden er ligegyldig. På et hospital, skole, vuggestue etc. er vi vist direkte under straffeloven ?

LEAK: The Commission's "future-proof electricity bills" draft says electricity must be taxed no higher than gas. And it uses a clever workaround to get round the unanimity that has kept energy tax reform stuck for years. My take: janrosenow.substack.com/p/leak-the-european-commissions-grand

"I do think there is justification for saying this is an empire on suicide watch: the leadership at the center is actively undermining the very foundations of American power." Schwartz interview is really really good phenomenalworld.org/interviews/e...

Share of Europeans (of both genders) that think that The most important role of a woman is to take care of her home and family (%) Credit: genzette Full data and more maps: brilliantmaps.com/european-...

The FIFA Men’s #WorldCup2026 has implications for nationalism, sportswashing, and social protests in #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica. In our latest #GIGAFocus, André Bank, Idriss Jebari, Hamid Talebian & @eckartwoertz.bsky.social analyse the politics of #football: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

It remains a huge problem that economics research takes many years to be published. One result: research exists only as working papers for years. And journalists are unsure how to report on this non-peer-reviewed work. It's not obvious to non-experts that this article references two working papers.

Abortions in Hungary fell by one-fifth in Jan–Apr 2026. Abortions per 100 live births also dropped markedly, meaning a smaller share of pregnancies ended in induced abortion. But this coincided with a sharp decline in fertility and births, pointing to fewer pregnancies overall—not more babies.

SpaceX Is Valued Like an Aerospace Index www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

@wichmann.bsky.social og Mads Vesterager Nielsen hyggede sig i det seneste afsnit af KinaNørderne med Trump og USA's 250 års fejring og et kinesisk slang. Der er åbenbart et udtryk for 250 (bàndiàozi (半弔子 or 半吊子)) - der ikke er så flatterende. Se teksterne 👇 Og lyt mere: pca.st/15a9fsrt

Does cleaning up drinking water save lives? New paper: We link US federal drinking water investments to Medicare records and find they reduce mortality among older Americans, with benefit/cost ratio>20. Thread on what we did... w/ Keiser, @bhashmazumder.bsky.social , @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social

Oplevelsen af (personlig) frihed og objektive kriterier for frihed er to lidt forskellige ting (jf. første graf - formoder dog at der kunne være lidt ændringer i klyngen nederst til højre efter Hormuz-krigen). I fx Grækenland er tilfredsheden faldet dramatisk Kilde: news.gallup.com/poll/710513/...

There is an El Niño on the way, even a super El Niño, but we are not there yet. By some reports it will reach the biggest El Niño ever by the end of the year. There is a delay between El Niño & climate effects, so it is expected to effect CO2 & temperature most in 2027. robbieandrew.github.io/ppm/

(Google) AI kills referral traffic to media and journaliste sites. There is a surge in time spent on AI services, but it leads to ZERO clicks. Not just less than regular search, but zero! Result just out in new report from Danish Media Association. #dkmedier #journalism dpcmo.dk/app/uploads/...

noting the price point where demand elasticity is showing up for this

It's becoming clearer how exactly the world has adjusted to the Strait of Hormuz shock. China is about 15% of global crude demand and import volumes have fallen by about a third between March and May. So roughly 5% of global consumption is being absorbed through domestic inventory drawdown.

Brick by brick, we are collapsing the foundations of Russia's war economy. Today, we are presenting our proposals for a 21st sanctions package against Russia. Thread ↓

The end of FCAS also throws into doubt underlying quasi-neofunctionalist assumptions on defence industrial integration: shrinking fiscal space was going to structurally force EU Member States to co-operate.

Read my latest article where I make the case for peacekeeping as proxy intervention - open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Is EU development aid still about poverty reduction? Our research finds: yes but strategic interests matter too. Migration, geopolitics and raw materials increasingly shape aid flows. Paper in comments With: @camille-reverdy.bsky.social @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social & Anna Bahi Esteba @bruegel.org

Younger Britons think the UK should rejoin the EU, whilst older Britons think we should stay out. 🟨18-34: 68% 🟨35-54: 58% 🟨55+: 50% 👉 bit.ly/4aoxD8H

🆕Young and older people report higher loneliness than the #OECD average, highlighting an opportunity to build on Finland’s baseline and advance its #wellbeing agenda by strengthening social connections. New analysis explores areas for action. Read more: bit.ly/wellbeinginF... #OECDStats

Europe has to own its own data and platforms. The capability is there and we are proving that the ambition is too. Join the waitlist: wsocial.eu 

#Europe #Strategy #wsocial

Pressure is mounting on the EU to ban the export of alumina to Russia in its next sanctions package. This follows an investigation by OCCRP and partners revealing that Ireland-based Aughinish Alumina has been supplying the critical raw material to Russian smelters.

@eurosky.social got mentioned in this @wired.com article

Mens geografifaget er til debat, har gymnasieelever svært ved at svare på simple spørgsmål

⚽ With the Men's #WorldCup in North America coming up, it is worth looking into some of the papers I have published on related subjects. Recently, Tor Georg Jakobsen and I published a paper on major sporting events - like the World Cup - and Human Rights. A brief🧵👇 #HumanRights #Olympics

🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Is it the phones? New NBER WP this morning with Zeke Hooper: we estimate the diffusion of the iPhone explains 33–52% of the decline in US births from 2007–2011. #econsky🧵 www.nber.org/papers/w35310

This is an amazing thread about #BSPA2026. So happy to see so many incredible scholars on campus!

"Og håb er der masser af på Computex i det centrale Taipei. Her møder jeg virksomheden Vyin AI og deres robotter, som en kødrand af mennesker fotograferer. De har runde, smilende øjne, som man ikke kan se sig sur på. En af dem er designet til at betjene et apotek."

Du ved, det går godt med din kommende børsnotering, når du reklamerer for den på børsapps i hele verdenen.

The political battle over AI is only just getting started. But who reaps the benefits, and who bears the costs? Without regulation, we risk an “anything goes” situation; without strong redistributive mechanisms, AI will continue to forge new tech oligarchs. #AI #criticaltech

This is a disgrace.