Not for the first time I found an Android app I used for years is No longer available*, or Is available at an unacceptable cost Yesterday it was #basicnote, a simple note taking app. The current version wouldn't even import exported data from the old one (installed in 2020). Solution I used […]

Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents" #edtech #education […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Privacymatters/116107662287308909 🔥🎯👇

#uspol #norway #taxes #TAX

Yes!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 #scotus rules that Trump’s sweeping “emergency” #tariffs are #illegal The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that #trump violated #federal #law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the […]

#poland PISM analyst Daniel Szeligowski on #russia & #ukraine “peace negotiations” > Let’s get some basic facts straight again, or who is “going to have to get moving” and come to the negotiating table. > In early 2014, Ukraine was a neutral country, led by a pro-Russian president, with around […]

Yes, the #eu has a lot of regulations. But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago. Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no […]

RE: https://social.coop/@dajb/116093656455780327 This 👇. 🎯 Ditto.

Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela. Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New article on too many satellites and ways that we SHOULD be allocating orbits (by Gregory Radisic with me as second author) https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430 Been up for about 30 minutes and I already got a […]

What I heard in Munich? "Europe needs to emancipate itself from the US as fast as possible"

I purchased an Android tablet recently to replace a Lenovo Tab 4 8 Plus (5+ yrs old, on life support, ie alternating portable batteries for yrs): a Samsung Galaxy Tab A11 (SM-X130, w 8Gb & 256Gb, €171). Form factor was #1 criterion. Fits in a jacket pocket. This market segment is poorly served […]

"Google has criticized the European Union’s intentions to achieve digital sovereignty through open-source software." Umm...ok...I think I can see why they did that, but lets read further... "The company [Google] warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116079564859980248 👇

Too wound up to go to bed, so I just sent lots of emails to people hoping that they'll spread the word and get lots more people to write comments to the FCC telling them that orbital data centres and sunlight-as-a-service are incredibly stupid, dangerous ideas and should never be launched […]

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"Something something civilisation" will not stop the Trump administration from double-crossing Europe whenever useful for MAGA regime consolidation and will not stop the EU from deals with China, India, Brazil and whoever else could be useful for hedging against an unreliable US

Old Trafford Manchester, U.K. By Everyone Hates Elon.

A very good Bloomberg article on how MAGA campaign to promote the “MAGA version of free speech” is backfiring, and how it’s US that requires “rescue” as its position in global free speech indexes drops. The main driver behind the latter are heavy handed Trump’s administration threats to […]

If you are still wondering about the stubbornness of the #fossilfools in charge...

Can you IMAGINE a Commissioner speaking to an MEP this way??

Let me correct this for you Reuters.

We should all get used to no longer saying "GitHub" but "Microsoft AI GitHub" just so it's clearer where your code lies and for what purpose.

Summary of the debate: 1. Over 114,000 petitioners sought a public inquiry into Russian interference across UK politics and democracy. 2. An independent Rycroft review on foreign financial interference is underway; broader non-financial meddling remains concerning. 3. Nathan Gill’s […]

On 99 February 2026 the UK Parliament has debated #russia Influence on UK Politics and Democracy which was initiated by a citizens’ petition on that matter. Long transcript here, lots of familiar names […]

BOOST OR QUOTE THIS! Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!

The United States signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with #armenia, pledging as much as $9 billion in potential investment as the South Caucasus country seeks to reduce its long-standing reliance on Russia for energy, Bloomberg reported. Until 2015, Rosatom was the only truly […]

I'm old enough to have grown up in the IT business reading Gerry Weinberg’s wise and funny books. In one I recall an account of prospective software developers being given an aptitude assessment in the form of a personality test. At a point where one paper was exchanged for another someone […]

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

I have parked Firefox and am using Vivaldi more for now (I also use Brave). Reviewed my browser plugins today. Currently using Bitwarden Canvas Blocker Consent-O-Matic Cookie Auto Delete Decentraleyes Disconnect Joplin Web Clipper Obsidian Web Clipper Pinboard Plus Privacy Badger uBlock Origin […]

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they WON'T “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. They're asking people to "Stand With Us and Tell Attorney General #PamBondi It's […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A very good deconstruction of the #nato expansion fable, with lots of details and actual document sources. Much recommended. https://waronomics.substack.com/p/the-nato-expansion-myth

The whole world knows the truth. From the front cover of French newspaper Le Monde. By Guffo. #epstein

'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state' https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/05/canada-better-the-28th-eu-member-than-the-51st-us-state_6750176_23.html The Canadian prime minister has called for an alliance of middle powers to stand up to the world's great powers […]

Terrific speech by Draghi: “Power requires Europe to move from confederation to federation.” #EUsky 🇪🇺 federalists.eu/federalist-l...

Oh, and also, the response of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to Musk calling the search of his offices a "political attack" is absolutely savage.

Cory Doctorow: "America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets." https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProgressivePower/116008877566087223 It's the corruption, stupid.

‘Off the fossil fuel rollercoaster’: 10 European countries pledge €9.5bn for North Sea wind projects https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/26/off-the-fossil-fuel-rollercoaster-10-european-countries-pledge-95bn-for-north-sea-wind-pro At-sea wind farms will soon be connected to multiple countries […]

https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060 “there’s a real zeitgeist shift” #monopoly #bigtech #digitalsovereignty #privacy

The Scam Ad Machine https://www.gendigital.com/blog/insights/research/scam-ad-machine-meta Over a 23-day period, Gen Threat Labs analysed 14.5 million ads running on Meta platforms across the EU and UK, representing more than 10.7 billion impressions. Nearly one in three of those ads (30.99%) […]

@kim_harding The figure for YouTube is surely in double digits. It's now pushing AI generated ads* with fake personas looking to prey on vulnerable people in distress. I flag them and they've been taken down so far. The last one, however, they declined to remove, saying it did not violate their […]

While Mandelson and Andrew are important stories in the UK, I feel like most UK media are currently missing the big picture. Which is that the Epstein-Thiel-Bannon-Russia network, has been conspiring to destroy western democratic institutions. Andrew and Mandleson are disgusting cogs in that […]

The funny part of #SpaceX buying #xAI and by that X: what do you think happens to the basis for calculating fines under #GDPR and #DSA?

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

If you've ever wondered how the US voted for Trump or why he "loves the uneducated"; if you've never seen American poverty https://youtu.be/QzTJexwoCYc Arkansas is mispronounced (it's Arkansaw), but otherwise this is a realistic picture of much of red America and it isn't going change quickly […]

Well well well, if it isn't exactly what privacy nerds have been warning about forever! https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/ice_data_advertising_tech_firms/

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.