Kinderen in Gaza sterven van de kou. Dit is het hedendaagse kerstverhaal uit het Heilige Land. Boven de Gazaanse hemel geen ster maar Israëlische drones en stortregen. De genocide is niet voorbij, slechts vertraagd en deels gedelegeerd aan de genadeloze weerselementen. Stuk in @standaard.be.

The government has broad authority to control admission but courts have held *repeatedly*, over more than half a century, that the First Amendment bars the government from denying visas to foreign citizens simply because it dislikes what they have to say. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

The best moment for #DigitalSovereignty was long time ago. The second best moment is NOW. Not tomorrow. 👉 european-alternatives.eu 👉 www.goeuropean.org 👉 github.com/diselostudio... 👉 buy-european.net/en/categories #DSA #Europe

Forceful response to the absurd sanctions by the US on NGO leaders and former EU Comm. Breton. Actions must follow: The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values & int. commitments ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Forceful response to the absurd sanctions by the US on NGO leaders and former EU Comm. Breton. Actions must follow: The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values & int. commitments ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The US has sanctioned European researchers and policymakers studying misinformation, framing independent inquiry as a free speech violation. The Trump admin's refusal to allow regulation of platforms is US tech policy by other means—now being enforced through sanctions. Scholars must pay attention.

All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now

Changed my bio 🇪🇺

Changed my bio 🇪🇺

The US just banned a guy from the country (Imran Ahmed) for pointing out that X is full of hate speech

NEW!! Senior House Democrats condemn Trump’s plan to seize Greenland In letter to Sec Rubio, Congressmen Meeks and Keating warn that appointment of ‘volunteer envoy’ Jeff Landry is causing ‘irreparable rifts’ with Denmark and NATO allies

This thread has all sanctioned individuals: bsky.app/profile/mari...

Who will sue? ↘️

In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...

US issues sanctions / visa bans on several EU (former) officials. Amazing stuff, check out the language used. But by all means let us run our governments & vital services on US cloud providers! (let us NOT, to be clear). www.state.gov/releases/off...

DOGE actually stands for Department of Government Espionage.

When will we look at the power case over the money case? Twitter was a good deal for influence, not profit. DOGE was a cover for data access, not efficiency >> How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

When will we look at the power case over the money case? Twitter was a good deal for influence, not profit. DOGE was a cover for data access, not efficiency >> How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

When will we look at the power case over the power case? Twitter was a good deal for influence, not profit. DOGE was a cover for data access, not efficiency >> How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Great editorial by the @financialtimes.com but digital sovereignty is an integral part of building resilience and strength in today’s world: Europe needs strategic purpose matched with action ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Great editorial by the @financialtimes.com but digital sovereignty is an integral part of building resilience and strength in today’s world: Europe needs strategic purpose matched with action ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...

The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.

On CNN’s Amanpour I talked about the AI gamble, how regulation and innovation can enforce eachother, about the growing resistance against data centers, and the question who pays the price of AI ↘️ edition.cnn.com/2025/12/18/t...

On CNN’s Amanpour I talked about the AI gamble, how regulation and innovation can enforce eachother, about the growing resistance against data centers, and the question who pays the price of AI ↘️ edition.cnn.com/2025/12/18/t...

Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...

"The gaffe occurred because an artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance system used by Lawton Chiles Middle School mistakenly flagged the clarinet as a weapon, according to ZeroEyes, the security company that runs the system and contracts with Lawton Chiles’s school district."

US tech companies should protest these measures in their own interest. Compliance with EU law is easier than losing market share in Europe ↘️

Washington threatens European groups over EU’s treatment of US tech giants ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

‘Vraag nooit voor wie de klok luidt, zij luidt voor jou’ lees de altijd ijzersterke @abrouwers.bsky.social ↘️ www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

I am deeply shocked by the distressing images from the shooting at the Hanukkah celebrations at Bondi Beach in Australia. This appalling act of violence against the Jewish community must be unequivocally condemned. (1/2)

Thread on AI-bubble bursts ↘️

Whale: The Illustrated Biography by @ashadevos.bsky.social takes you out beyond our shorelines and into the depths, providing an up-close exploration of the life of the whale. 🐋 Available 6 Jan! Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Whales #Nature #PUPNature #ReadUP

Irony died once more. Nick Clegg (left Europe to be a top lobbyist for Facebook): Europe has a “very, very profound dilemma, which is that we’re not only completely dependent on US tech . . [but] when we have good people with good ideas, we export them to the US”. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

That’s the way to do it. EU what are you waiting for? ‘Come North!’ Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders With New Talent Drive ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...

We have opened an investigation into potential anti-competitive conduct by Google. The investigation will assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using web publishers’ content for artificial intelligence purposes. Read more ↓ link.europa.eu/RpvRRH

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

For the Tech Policy Press podcast, I spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. We discussed the overall politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:

The Tech Coup on steroids. ‘Society as a (tech run) service’ How Silicon Valley billionaires and ideologues dream of start-up nations to avoid the rule of law, by Hannah Murphy in @financialtimes.com ↘️ www.ft.com/content/b127...

The performative dances around President Trump are pathetic today and will look utterly shameful when we look back on these years ↘️

Add today’s #NSS plans to undermine the EU and the explicit statements of the US Administration that see US tech dominance as an instrument for hegemony. The Brussels slumber and nostalgia must be over, yesterday!

EU fines X over DSA violations ↘️ www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

This is horrific and should stand out among the trash coming out of the Administration as revealing and appalling ↘️

Terwijl media terecht de noodklok luiden over de macht van big tech maakt @volkskrant.nl steeds reclame voor de bedrijven waarvan ze vrezen dat die de democratie om zeep helpen ↘️

Terwijl Poetin agressieoorlog voert staan Nederlandse agrobedrijven doodleuk op landbouwbeurzen in Rusland. Via belastingen van dochterbedrijven dragen ze zelfs bij aan de oorlogskas Zojuist motie van @partijvddieren.nl aangenomen die NL én Europese agro-industrie in Rusland aan banden legt 👇

Argos maakt een podcast waarin twijfel wordt gezaaid over moedermelk, althans dat is de pay off waarmee ze reclame maken ('Is dit striktheid wel terecht?') Met striktheid wordt gedoeld op de strenge regels die er, na jarenlange strijd tegen nietsontziende lobby van de poedermelkmakers, zijn gekomen

De EU liep altijd voorop in het reguleren van Big Tech, maar kan Brussel de rug recht houden nu de Amerikaanse druk op Europese wetgeving groeit? @annettevansoest.bsky.social praat erover met techonderzoeker en oud-Europarlementariër @marietjeschaake.bsky.social. Luister via 👉🏻 pod.link/1459092639