"Christina Rudén, a professor in regulatory toxicology and ecotoxicology at Stockholm University and a co-author... said the current EU system for approving pesticides 'relies on a conflict of interest' in that the company producing the pesticide was responsible for producing data on its safety."

Detained by Belgian police as an 'active threat'… for asking a question the US ambassador did not like. There is nothing of the US version of democracy that Europe needs.

How NOT to design a progress report. Inconsistent and unclear use of terms ("positions"/"mandates", "agreements"), unexplained charts, different figures for the same stated actions ("proposals"). AI slop signed by the #EU Commission?

Covert actions are already set in motion. But is the EU prepared for an immediate and heavy sanctions regime against Belarus when they engage in attacking Ukraine?

A great essay on nationalism by George Orwell, who actually experienced its perils.

Förfallet av Sveriges rättssäkerhet.

Lagstiftning av Sveriges befolknings represenanter blir meningslös när domstolar och förvaltning struntar i den. Rättigheter och krav till skydd för befolkningen ignoreras. Likväl väljer riksdagsledamöter att inte agera när JO varnat för upptäckta brister. Massmedial uppmärksamhet hjälper däremot.

Unchecked presidential power in the hands of a lunatic is now a fact.

Zlatan is not pulling punches

What other Western publication gives a damn?

On Tuesday it is goodbye. Congratulations, France. ⚽️

The new masculinity we need.

Anna Maxwell Martin is absolutely brilliant in Star City. Single-minded. All arguments but her own are irreconcilable. Never a doubt of her own righteousness, i.e. pure fanaticism. Void of compassion. A manipulator par excellence. Lethal without a thread of shame.

A prodigy to love and admire, regardless of if he speaks or creates music. Simply brilliant. Kudos to Hari Sreenivasan for being an excellent interviewer.

Democracies fail to deliver. Instead, idiot populists win votes for immediate solutions thay throw oil on the fire. Trust in whom and what to deliver real solutions? Not sure.

“'In the old economics, doing good is a correction,' she says in her latest book. 'In an economics of the common good, it is an objective we design and work on together.'”

The world is watching quietly as every piece of the cease fire has been pissed on by Israel. Evidence of genocide, killings, torture, and sexual abuse of children and civilians ‐ still silent.

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

"...about 30% of the people killed by Israeli forces have been children... [W]idespread attacks, repeated displacement, and starvation caused by its blockade of aid, food and medicine, severely harmed children’s health and development, resulting in preventable deaths and trauma, the report said."

"The intellectual failure, in his view, runs deeper than policy. It’s a failure of imagination — an inability to articulate what a genuinely human-centered AI future would look like, and the political will to demand it."

Why does this remind me about the Emperor's new clothes?

"War has instead done what it usually does: empowered the powerful, rallied the faithful, and allowed an apparatus of repression to present its imperatives in terms of national security" Read Laura Secor on the abandonment of the Iranian people www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

There's an active German Nazi infestation on Bluesky, most of them following AfD accounts. I've added a handful to the block list, but that whole corner needs a clean out. Lots of homophobic and Islamophobic content, easy to see regardless of language barrier. bsky.app/profile/did:...

France, being France, Barnier will likely be rejected. Experienced and knowledgeable pro-EU visionary, he is clearsighted enough to see France's huge financial and nationalism dilemma. France is a serious EU stability risk. Barnier could perhaps offer stability. Will the parliament?

Sweden's politicians just need to pose as strongly opposed to nuclear weapons ("No proliferation!," and: "Earth can already be blown to pieces several times over.") a couple of years before having the courage to do the necessary. Alas, quick necessary strategic shifts are not their forte.

Norwegian church in Oslo during Pride-month.

I found this extraordinary creature on the stem of a paw paw. At first, it looks exactly like a cut-off branch. Bewildered.

From 2025. Really wonderful discovery. As deaths by MRSA keep escalating, this could offer hope.

The opinion pieces of the Economist struggle with the critique of old ideology and fail to identify creative alternatives better able to address problems while also contributing to prosperity. Fanaticism refuses doubt in one's own beliefs. Disrespect is to ignore other's lived experiences.

I want this!

"The son just set himself apart from most of his peers, and most impressively, those much taller and stronger and swifter. He will never buy another meal in Manhattan again. He pretty much assured himself a spot in the Hall of Fame some day."

The Brexit consequences in clear figures. Voting for the Tories after knowing the damage it made to the British economy due to how it handled Brexit would be somewhat peculiar. But...

Strålande initiativ!

Unleashing Defense Innovation | “The result is a strategic mismatch: a 21st-century battlefield being supplied by a 20th-century defense architecture.” International Leadership Council #NATOSummit2026

"A Palestinian journalist who attended the summit told me that she felt it was disconnected from the racist and genocidal reality prevailing in Israel, and that she did not understand where the audience’s sense of hope and enthusiasm came from. There is much truth in her words."

The AI transition has just started. Trust levels will surely improve quickly.

Congratulations, Xi! You will have a great year focusing on how China can help the world return to harmony rather than escalating tensions and animosities. Harmony and global security, a worthy cause for a great global leader. 🥳

Too much money involved equals too much corruption. Let FIFA burn. Send the coward to the dungeons.

AI alignment, Google style. You think we could ever define and agree what the human values are to align to? Everything is for sale at the right price...

AI has been trained on biased data that can reinforce harmful stereotypes and spread misinformation about LGBTQ+ people, GLAAD's Sarah Kate Ellis said today at the Axios AI+ NY summit.

The case against AI used to come from outsiders — Luddites, "doomers," short sellers betting on a crash. Its newest skeptics are emerging from inside the boom.

NBC should sue this disgusting, lying maniac for billions of dollars for defamation. Stop playing nice with is vile idiot. Enough.

Listen to the latest episode of our podcast for more on why this killing campaign crosses into crimes against humanity territory To be clear: These operations have been unconscionable, illegal, & irrelevant to stopping fentanyl since the first strike last Sept. www.justsecurity.org/138206/just-...

How much will be lost in corruption? After all, we are talking about the most corrupt EU country.

"We advocate future research on social norms to study norm change through a mechanism-based approach that integrates experimental and computational methods in theory-driven, empirically calibrated agent-based models." —But will it really assess norm change or the usefulness of social norms?

A key question in immigration policy remains unanswered: "But despite the fact that research on social norms has flourished in the last 25 years... there is still little systematic knowledge about how social norms change – or can be made to change."

"[T]he economy [ought to be seen as] a project – or rather a series of projects – with direction and purpose. Finance should be turned to the benefit of these collective goals instead of chasing short-term returns, she argues, and the creativity of corporations channelled to the public good."