Volt General Assembly - question for the public "Who here codes?" about 30-40% of the main hall raises their hand. Amazing for a political party conference! #VoltGA2025 #UniteEurope

See, this is the kind of brain-dead nonsense that makes me regret VDL becoming Commission President

Thank you EU and the Digital Markets Act for making interoperability mandatory for large platforms. 🇪🇺💪 www.macrumors.com/2025/11/20/i...

David Brian Smith, “And nature smiled” (2025) www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/davi...

A quarter of buy-now-pay-later customers buying groceries in instalments, debt not reported to national stats (due to rescinded laws), banks buying up opaque conusmer debt packages... What could go wrong? techcrunch.com/2025/11/16/b...

Pomagate nam lahko - s svojim podpisom. 👉 voltslovenija.org/politicna-st...

“Namesto sendvičev bomo v parlament 🥪 dostavljali sveže politične ideje💡” Včeraj smo imeli svojo prvo tiskovno konferenco, na kateri smo napovedali, da želimo registrirati politično stranko v Sloveniji.

Eventually I will be able to pronounce "sčasoma", but we held our 1st press conference today in front of the Parliament to announce we're registering @voltslovenija.org to run in next year's elections. 👉 Sign for us: voltslovenija.org/politicna-st... More info here: n1info.si/novice/slove...

🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Zakaj tako prepričani, da bi si umorjeni želel po sebi imenovan paket represivne zakonodaje?

Rockstar games switches to breaking the law in real life as well. It's 2025 and people are still getting fired for trying to unionize. www.theverge.com/news/811999/...

Serbian authoritarian playbook: trains not running, busses being demolished by masked thugs, the entire Novi Sad metropolitan area's (up to 400,000 people) water cut off, all because the ghoul-in-chief is angry because Serbia has gathered in Novi Sad today to show him that the fear of him is no more

"There are more tech lobbyists than MEPs." Live from Brussels: (It's a good study. Check it out.)

🚍 Več javnega prevoza = boljše življenje za vse. Medtem ko cene avtobusnih vozovnic v Ljubljani rastejo, mesto investira v nove cestne projekte, ki rušijo parke in ogrožajo varnost otrok. Resnica je, da smo vsi, tudi motoristi, na boljšem, če imamo več javnega prevoza:

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

Britain seeks EU steel pact to counter China — oooh, you mean like a European Coal and Steel Community? 😏🤓 When you think they've grown out of their 19. century nostalgia, but realise they've only made it to the 1950s now... www.politico.eu/article/brit...

“There’s bullshit going on,” the Pacific Island nation minister said during a coffee break before the final vote. US again doing its utmost to pollute and destroy. Also, shame on Greece. www.politico.eu/article/us-d...

Slovenske banke vas ponovno opominjajo, da niste njihova stranka, temveč talec. Uživajte v Stockholmskem sindromu, če ostajate pri njih. forbes.n1info.si/posel/nakazi...

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Germany's Minister of Justice today: "Suspicionless #ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law." Private communication cannot be placed under general suspicion. "Germany will not agree to such proposals at the EU level." Source: www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Z...

We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal--the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was alarming. 1/

"But the Dutch interior ministry declared that Zivver was not part of the country’s “critical infrastructure,” meaning that no review was carried out." www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...

Love to see pan-European democracy in action. Join the movement to oppose #ChatControl and preserve the privacy of communication. www.politico.eu/article/one-... fightchatcontrol.eu

Take action! fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!

This is why limiting app installs to a single source is a bad idea in the long run. It makes it way easier for authoritarian regimes to censor and limit free speech. appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

The West’s favourite genocidal state, Israel, pointing its guns at unarmed citizens from multiple countries who were just trying to deliver baby formula and other essentials to the besieged civilian population of Gaza

Danes smo se skupaj s @piratskastrana.bsky.social o stranko zbrali pred Ministrstvom za notranje zadeve in jasno povedali: ChatControl = napad na temeljne pravice. #StopChatControl #VoltSlovenija #Pirati #Zasebnost

Benny Hill meeting a failing democracy.

Če ste tudi sami zadnje čase opazili, da je manj neželenih nategunskih klicev, ki ponujajo investicije - morda zaradi te racije: balkaninsight.com/2025/09/30/b...

Un accord commercial supplémentaire avec l’Indonésie: l’UE poursuit sa stratégie de contournement des droits de douane US. On est loin des années 30 où le monde avait suivi les États-Unis dans leur délire protectionniste www.liberation.fr/economie/acc...

Very slowly and painfully, the attempt to build a trading system end-running the US proceeds.

That's about 10% of the population. Quite literally, "decimated."

Can't make this shit up. Just adding this on top of all the deplorable actions by US and Israel lately. Truly despicable. www.bbc.com/news/article...

On a wall outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, a new Banksy piece appeared this morning before being covered up within hours. The work depicts a judge in traditional robes beating a protester with a gavel. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/bank...

Bertoldi and Buti rightly say EU should use its anti-economic coercion instrument against US. If not against Trump's coercion, then for what? But best to deploy investment/IP measures not just punitively but as part of project to enhance EU capabilities. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

#ChatControl = množično skeniranje zasebnih sporočil – tudi šifriranih. To ni pot do varnejšega interneta, temveč slabitev varnosti vseh nas. Volt Slovenija temu jasno nasprotuje. ✊🔐 Naše stališče: 💜 Zaščita otrok DA. Množični nadzor NE. Volt Slovenija nasprotuje implementaciji Chat Control v EU.

Tokrat na pomoč v Gazo pluje 21 plovil humanitarcev, zdravnikov, umetnikov, duhovnikov, odvetnikov in pomorščakov, ki verjamejo v človeško dostojanstvo in moč nenasilnega delovanja. Lahko jim sledimo tule: globalsumudflotilla.org

White ISIS

Paying attention to nightmares may be a good idea. Recent research shows frequent nightmares are stronger predictors of early death than smoking, obesity, poor diet or sloth

EU Parliament prepares fresh censure motion against von der Leyen over: - Gaza inaction - weak US trade terms, and - Green Deal retreat Good for EU democracy—but these failures belong to member governments, not just the Commission @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

The EU must be prepared to walk away from a trade deal with the US if Donald Trump acts on his threats to target the bloc unless it waters down its digital legislation, Teresa Ribera said. “We cannot be subject to the will of a third country.” With @henryjfoy.ft.com on.ft.com/47OlOrR

If this is the extent of your response, I'd be embarassed to publicize it. Of course, deplorable actions by Russia though.

[sl] Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Love to see the flying spaghetti monster religion prospering.

They should offer the digital Euro transactions at no cost. The existing cards schemes are a drag on the economy. While they might upend a few banks biz models, the benefit to the economy at large would be much greater. www.politico.eu/article/ecb-...

This is a must-read account of @anneapplebaum.bsky.social’s first-hand reporting from the civil war in Sudan. Only @theatlantic.com, it seems, has the courage to cover the most horrific, homicidal war on the planet right now. apple.news/AaZefClF6SGa...

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Whoever named this eyewear brand has a very cruel sense of irony. 🙈