#GenderEquality is no longer just a matter of values. Inequality is costing Europe hundreds of bn through a combination of lost productivity, tax revenue and long-term growth potential bc women are not safe, fully represented, or treated as equal economic actors www.euractiv.com/news/the-eco...

Il PPE si è alleato ancora una volta con l'estrema destra dell'europarlamento, affossando una missione programmata di deputati europei in Italia per valutare la situazione dello Stato di diritto e il rispetto dei diritti fondamentali nel Paese #LIBE www.eunews.it/2025/11/20/p...

We can’t let ourselves be intimidated. We should resist any attempt to unravel these laws through "omnibus" bills or otherwise, mere months after they have entered into force, under the pretext of simplification or remedying an alleged “anti-innovation” bias www.linkedin.com/pulse/worlds...

“Claims by Member States that ‘tackling deforestation remains a priority’ are a blatant distortion: they have just agreed to water down and delay the #EUDR, disregarding both the regulation’s environmental purpose and the public money already sunk into it" www.wwf.eu?20144741/Mem...

In the budget speech, EU Commission president von der Leyen made a bold statement that #AI is expected to approach human reasoning by next year. Scientists & scholars are appalled that the EC has fallen prey to this hype theatre & have written a letter raising concerns euobserver.com/digital/ar68...

Excellent article by Nathalie Tocci. "From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com

World leaders pledged to end deforestation by 2030 at Cop26 in Glasgow, but four years later, the rate of loss is largely unchanged. Swathes of the Amazon, the Congo basin and rainforests in east Asia continue to disappear each year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Interessante pubblicazione di #Eurostat, da leggere. Italia in fondo alla classifica del reddito reale, fatto 100 il 2010, siamo sotto del 2,8%. Siamo il fanalino di coda, peggio di noi solo la Grecia. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...

Cornell researchers found that the current rate of #AI growth would emit 24-44 million tons of CO2/year, equal to adding 5-10 million cars to US roads. It would also drain 731-1,125 million m3 of water/year, equal to the water usage of 6-10 million Americans. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Una lucida analisi di #Milano da parte della TV svizzera: l'erosione del ceto medio e l'aumento della povertà (e del lavoro povero) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTg...

Yes, the funds available for any good cause are scarce, but not because of some natural law. Austerity is a political choice. The decision to impose it is driven by governments bowing to the wishes of the ultra-rich www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists, representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries, were given access to the #UN climate summits over the past four years #COP www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Istat: "Le retribuzioni contrattuali in termini reali a settembre 2025 restano al di sotto dell’8,8% ai livelli di gennaio 2021" www.istat.it/comunicato-s...

"But now America has a jarring split-screen of its own, between an oligarch president bringing a Midas touch to the White House and families going hungry, workers losing pay and government services on the brink of collapse." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What he knew was that fascism was not over & that the right would metastasise, returning in a new form to claim power over a populace stupefied by the tawdry blandishments of capitalism. Was Pasolini wrong in his predictions? I think we all know the answer to that www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

For Intl. Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated today, RSF is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked journalists and the right to information in 2025. What do they have in common? A hatred of #pressfreedom rsf.org/en/2025-pres...

A coordinated assault on civil society is unfolding with surgical precision (...) EU institutions and national governments are deploying a 5-step playbook to eliminate independent organisations that stand between corporate power and public interest euobserver.com/eu-political...

On top of the energy cost fueling a return to industrial-era levels of pollution, AI is also propped up by a massive global sweatshop operation, where low-wage workers in underdeveloped countries do all the hidden intellectual labor that makes AI useful futurism.com/artificial-i...

We demand full clarity on the scope of Orbán’s alleged spy network. The allegations of intelligence infiltration within the European Commission must be urgently and thoroughly investigated through a European Parliament inquiry committee. www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...

"From liberal Europe to communist China, the technology that threatened to destroy the planet is held to be the one that will save it." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"What shocked me was the scale of destruction across the entire neighbourhood. I had never seen anything like it before. It felt as if a nuclear bomb had hit this place" #Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Il 10 ottobre è entrata in vigore la Legge 132/2025 sull'IA con regole specifiche per i liberi professionisti. Questi infatti hanno l'obbligo di informare i clienti sull’impiego di sistemi automatizzati, specificando finalità e limiti dell’uso dell’#IA www.agendadigitale.eu/cultura-digi...

Dockers in the Italian port of Genoa, who sparked massive pro-Palestinian protests in Italy last week with calls to block shipments of goods to Israel, have adopted the Global Sumud Flotilla and were joined by dockworkers from all over Europe. www.politico.eu/article/docw...

When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

With LA facing so many pressing environmental and political problems, some southern California residents are publicly questioning whether investing massive resources in the summer 2028 Olympics makes sense. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

"Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words" #mediafreedom www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, urges Israel and all countries to fulfil their obligations under international law “to end the genocide” and punish those responsible news.un.org/en/story/202...

The combined effect of tariffs and tax increases on the top 10% of households, those who on average are making $518,000 per year, will net out to an income boost of about $8,200, or 1.6%. Every other income bracket will be worse off due to #tariffs. #obbbact edition.cnn.com/2025/09/15/p...

"Efficient, smart, environmentally friendly? AI is often hailed as a solution to the major challenges of our time, including the fight against climate change. But behind this shining vision of the future lies a blind spot..." www.hiig.de/en/making-ai...

Maximum reduction that carbon capture and storage could manage would be 0.7C, far short of the 5C to 6C industry and governments claim. The conclusion: there is no alternative to halting the production of carbon dioxide in the first place. #CCS www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

"AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Informed citizens are essential to keep those in power accountable. We need to do more to protect our media and independent press #SOTEU2025 #mediafreedom

Right-wing wants to weaken CO2 targets for cars to please auto lobby. Wrong signal! "Saving our car industry means investing in zero-emission vehicles. Softening targets rewards laggards and punishes those who invested in the future," I tell @euronews.com 🧵1/4 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

L'Italia rappresenta circa l'1% delle importazioni di armi di Israele e rimane il terzo fornitore di armi del Paese, in contrasto con la legge n. 185 del 9 luglio 1990, che vieta il trasferimento di armi a entità coinvolte in un conflitto armato. Ma ai bimbi palestinesi...

"Shell has axed the construction of its biofuels plant in the Netherlands, ending what would have been one of the biggest converters of waste into green jet fuel in Europe" www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"It's the greatest heist in human history. All of our cultural, intellectual or economic knowledge being stolen by a small number of tech companies, most of them in Silicon Valley, without consent, without compensation. And it's not that they couldn't afford to do it" www.youtube.com/watch?v=b75z...

"History offers its warning: Absence becomes normal, silence becomes institutional. If this machine succeeds, it will not stop with immigrants. It will become the blueprint for domestic control and the silencing of millions."

"Our boats carry more than aid," says Global Sumud Flotilla. "They carry a message—the siege must end. The greater danger lies not in confronting Israel at sea, but in allowing genocide to continue with impunity."

"So far the ownership of AI-created content has remained largely untested before the courts. But that could soon change." #copyright www.ft.com/content/74b1...

Chiude il forum sessista? Ma neanche per sogno, è ancora tutto lì, ce lo spiega il DPO Christian Bernieri @garantepiracy.it garantepiracy.it/blog/phica-h...

Regulating the information space is not optional: it is a sine qua non for turning the narrow mercantile logic of a few into a genuine contribution towards human progress and common good. Europeans must stand together and proclaim loud & clear: Enough is enough! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Il mondo assiste ai crimini di Gaza senza reagire, ce ne vergogneremo”: Barbero sostiene la Global Sumud Flotilla

🇵🇸 Il 31/8 salpa da Barcellona e da un porto italiano la Global Sumud Flotilla, la più grande missione marittima civile verso Gaza. Decine di barche, attivisti da 44 paesi, un obiettivo: rompere l’assedio e portare aiuti umanitari. www.articolo21.org/2025/08/glob...

Less than 3 months before Brazil hosts Cop30 climate summit, Brazilian authorities suspend one of the key agreements for Amazon rainforest protection, the soy moratorium, potentially opening up an area the size of Portugal to destruction by agribusiness www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Piantedosi: "Tolleranza zero per gli abusivi"? Quindi ci sarà presto anche lo sgombero di #CasaPound e il recupero dei 4,5 milioni spesi, giusto? milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...

Israelis stage nationwide protests to demand end to Gaza war and release of hostages reut.rs/4mn90xf

"No AI product in history had been anticipated with as much hype as OpenAI's long-awaited GPT-5. But after launching with great fanfare last week, the shiny new model has landed with a thud..." futurism.com/gpt-5-disaster

"In all, it goes to show that there's very little private about a technology created by scraping everyone's data in the first place" futurism.com/leaked-chatg...