Paul Craig Roberts- Iran had the strategic advantage over Israel and could have wiped Israel out.thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)
Der aktuelle Gesetzesentwurf zur erneuten Aussetzung des Familiennachzugs verletzt das grund- und menschenrechtlich garantierte Recht auf #Familie.
Zudem ist der Familiennachzug das Gegenteil illegaler #Migration: Denn wer seinen engsten Angehörigen legal nachfolgen darf, wird nicht gezwungen, über gefährliche Fluchtrouten nach Deutschland zu kommen.
#Flucht #Asyl #Weltflüchtlingstag
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Das Deutsche Institut für Menschenrechte kritisiert die geplante Aussetzung des Familiennachzugs zu subsidiär Schutzberechtigten.Institut für Menschenrechte
Good morning Fediverse's EU tech policy nerds!
Up today: the @EUCommission's #DMA workshop with #gatekeeper #Microsoft.
(Sorry #NGIForum25 two floors below, no time for you today 😌)
We haven't started yet and the room is still empty, but I'm hoping we'll discuss how #Windows is abused to dominate other markets, by aggressively nudging users to #Edge, #Xbox, #OneDrive, #ChatGPT, etc.
#DigitalMarketsAct #competition #antitrust #monopolies
The Chinese PLA Air Force is recruiting the 14th batch of female pilot cadets from high school graduates across 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) in China.eng.chinamil.com.cn
Thirty-one years after Creative Technology introduced the Sound Blaster AWE32 ISA-based sound card, the open-source driver support within the Linux kernel continues to be worked on..www.phoronix.com
I wonder if the DMA issues have anything in common with the Sound Blaster 16 emulation issues I was trying to track down in VirtualBox...
Israel massacres Palestinians in Gaza and locks down the West Bank as world’s attention shifts to Iran.
#gaza #IsraelTerroristState #IsraelWarCrimes
As the world focuses on Israel’s war with Iran, violence against Palestinians has scaled up in the occupied territories.Mat Nashed (Al Jazeera)
More evidence is likely this weekend of the devastating impact of climate change, all the more obvious as this time its not some distance country, but is hitting the SE of England, where our political class spend a lot of their time....
Will, this perhaps push them to take become more serious about climate policy, rather than continually adopt their continuing inadequate delaying stance?
Of course not; they've got air conditioning & shady gardens
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High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warnDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
The ignorance of science is bad.
The choice to be ignorant of science is worse.
The promoting to be ignorant of science is more worse.
The ignorant of science by politicians is the worst.
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s first mission to the International Space Station now has a name: εpsilon. The mission name and patch were announced today at the Paris Air Show by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Sophie Adenot, who joined remotely from the United States, where she is training for her spaceflight.
Sophie Adenot is one of the five astronauts selected from ESA’s most recent astronaut class of 2022. Following the successful completion of their basic training in spring 2024, Josef Aschbacher announced during the Space Council in Brussels that Sophie and fellow graduate Raphaël Liégois had been assigned their first missions to the International Space Station, currently planned for 2026.
The εpsilon name and patch reflect the power of small, yet impactful contributions and how multiple parts unite to create a whole. In mathematics, “ε” represents something small. In the extensive collaborative effort of space exploration, involving thousands of participants, all roles, including the astronaut's role, stay small yet meaningful.
During her εpsilon mission, Sophie will perform numerous scientific experiments, many of them European, conduct medical research, support Earth observation and contribute to operations and maintenance aboard the International Space Station.
#human #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Quando omni flunkus, moritati.
When all else fails, play dead.
If you've never watched Red Green, you're missing out. All episodes are on Youtube. Get yourself a couple rolls of the handyman's secret weapon, a cold fizzy drink and enjoy.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
Week in images: 16-20 June 2025
Discover our week through the lens
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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On June 12, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a series of bilateral meetings, for the third consecutive day, with leading politicians from a number of African countries who were in Changsha, Hunan to attend the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinator…Friends of Socialist China
»The number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip is rising at an alarming rate, with 5,119 children between 6 months and 5 years admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition in May alone.
Acc. to data received from the UNICEF-supported nutrition centres across the Gaza Strip, this represents a nearly 50% increase from the 3,444 children admitted in April 2025 and a 150% increase from February when a ceasefire was in effect and aid was entering the Gaza Strip in significant quantities.«
For Lior Sternfeld, a historian of modern Iran, Israel's regime change fantasies ignore realities inside the Islamic Republic and risk repeating historic mistakes.Amos Brison (+972 Magazine)
"They were waiting for me when I got off the plane. Officer Martinez intercepted me before I entered primary processing and took me immediately into an interrogation room in the back, where he took my phone and demanded my passcode. When I refused, I was told I would be immediately sent back home if I did not comply. I should have taken that deal and opted for the quick deportation. But in that moment, dazed from my fourteen-hour flight, I believed C.B.P. would let me into the U.S. once they realized they were dealing with a middling writer from regional Australia. So I complied.
Then began the first “interview.” The questions focussed almost entirely on my reporting about the Columbia student protests. From 2022 to 2024, I attended Columbia for an M.F.A. program, on a student visa, and when the encampment began in April of last year I began publishing daily missives to my Substack, a blog that virtually no one (except, apparently, the U.S. government) seemed to read. To Officer Martinez, the pieces were highly concerning. He asked me what I thought about “it all,” meaning the conflict on campus, as well as the conflict between Israel and Hamas. He asked my opinion of Israel, of Hamas, of the student protesters. He asked if I was friends with any Jews. He asked for my views on a one- versus a two-state solution. He asked who was at fault: Israel or Palestine. He asked what Israel should do differently. (The Department of Homeland Security, which governs the C.B.P., claims that any allegations that I’d been arrested for political beliefs are false.)"
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#USA #Australia #Activism #Deportation #Immigration #ColumbiaUniversity #PoliceState
The former first lady made the remark on her podcast after guest, Hot 97 personality Angie Martinez, suggested the mother of two daughters “should have threw a boy in the mix.”Shane Galvin (New York Post)
BRICS is an informal group of states comprising the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa.BRICS
Incroyable, ils ont invité des Iraniens. Il y en a même pour faire remarquer qu'ils n'ont pas invité de Palestiniens pour parler de Gaza...
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au 7ème jour de la guerre entre l’Iran et Israël, avec une plongée au coeur de la société iranienne, prise en étau entre leur dictateur et leur agresseur, en...France Télévisions
Four hundred distribution points have dwindled to four under this private and militarised ‘aid’ system. This is not how to avert a famine, says Unicef’s global spokesperson James ElderJames Elder (The Guardian)
Doctors on the frontline: Vict...
Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford presents a documentary about British doctors working on the frontline of the war in Gaza.Doctor Victoria Rose and T...YouTube
#ClimateMisinformation is turning the #ClimateCrisis into a catastrophe. False claims are obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for #climatelies to be criminalised.www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate misinformation turning...
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalisedDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Tucker Carlson talks with Catherine Fitts about a secretive institution with sovereign immunity that can move trillions without oversight.Want video and phot...YouTube
My first paid software development job was on accessibility software. I remember visiting a user to help set up our code, and the sheer joy he had at being able to communicate more quickly than he had been able to for years.
Seeing the effort put into improving modern Linux accessibility is heartwarming. There's been almost 20 years of almost nobody caring. It's important. It's worthwhile.
Say thank you to the people doing that work. Stop amplifying the people saying that work isn't happening.
Bangladesh has proposed the formation of a dedicated platform involving South Asian countries and China to jointly address the increasing threats posed by climate change in the region.
"South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. We need a common platform, with the cooperation of China, to tackle this in a sustainable way," said Ruhul Alam Siddique, acting foreign secretary of Bangladesh.
He made the remarks at the 9th China-South Asia Exposition and the 29th China Kunming Import and Export Fair yesterday.
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#Bangladesh #ClimateChange #Asia #China #USA #USPol #Environment #Dhaka
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8658; Jina Mahsa Amini, 22-Jährige Kurdin aus Seqiz, stirbt nach Festnahme durch iranische „Moralpolizei“ – Festnahmen bei Protesten gegen ihren Tod und gegen Hijab
8658; Israelische Angriffe auf den Iran: Bomben stürzen keine Diktatur
8658; Klimakrise & Migration: Change Your Mind – Turn The Tide?
8658; Hilfe und Asyl für russische und ukrainische Deserteure!
8658; Schöne neue Bundeswehr: Durch den Krieg in der Ukraine kehrt eine altbekannte Debatte zurück: Die Wehrpflicht
Dossier „... Wir müssen die Truppenaufstockung, die Anhäufung von Waffen und militärischer Ausrüstung in der und um die Ukraine stoppen, das irrsinnige Werfen von Steuergeldern in den Ofen der Kriegsmaschinerie, anstatt akute sozioökonomische und öko…Mag (LabourNet Germany)
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Palestinian resistance groups announced on Thursday a series of military operations against the Israeli occupation army.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
CE QUI M'A ÉTÉ DIT VA ARRIVER EN IRAN
Le plan de bataille initial pour une nouvelle guerre
Seymour #HERSH (19 juin 2025) :
Voici un rapport sur ce qui va très probablement se passer en #Iran, dès ce week-end, selon des sources israéliennes et des responsables américains en qui j'ai confiance depuis des décennies. Cela impliquera de lourds bombardements américains. J'ai vérifié ce rapport auprès d'un responsable américain de longue date à Washington, qui m'a dit que tout serait «sous contrôle» si le guide suprême iranien Ali Khamenei «disparaissait». On ignore toutefois comment cela pourrait se produire, à moins d'un assassinat. On a beaucoup parlé de la puissance de feu américaine et des cibles à l'intérieur de l'Iran, mais, pour autant que je sache, peu de réflexions concrètes ont été menées sur la manière de destituer un chef religieux vénéré qui bénéficie d'un immense soutien populaire.Je couvre depuis des décennies, à distance, la politique #nucléaire et étrangère d'Israël. Mon livre publié en 1991, The Samson Option, raconte l'histoire de la fabrication de la bombe atomique israélienne et la volonté des États-Unis de garder ce projet secret. La question la plus importante qui reste sans réponse concernant la situation actuelle est celle de la réaction du monde, y compris celle de Vladimir #Poutine, le président russe qui est un allié des dirigeants iraniens.
Les États-Unis restent le plus important allié d' #Israël, même si beaucoup, ici et dans le monde entier, abhorrent la guerre meurtrière que mène Israël à #Gaza. L'administration #Trump soutient pleinement le plan actuel d'Israël visant à débarrasser l'Iran de toute trace de programme nucléaire, tout en espérant que le gouvernement dirigé par les ayatollahs à Téhéran sera renversé.
J'ai appris que la Maison Blanche avait donné son feu vert à une campagne de bombardements intensifs en Iran, mais les cibles ultimes, les centrifugeuses enfouies à au moins 80 mètres sous terre à Fordow, ne seront pas frappées avant le week-end, à l'heure où j'écris ces lignes. Ce report est dû à l'insistance de Trump, qui souhaite que le choc du bombardement soit atténué autant que possible par l'ouverture de la Bourse de Wall Street lundi. (Trump a contesté ce matin sur les réseaux sociaux un article du Wall Street Journal affirmant qu'il avait décidé d'attaquer l'Iran, écrivant qu'il n'avait pas encore décidé de la marche à suivre).
Fordow abrite la majorité des centrifugeuses les plus avancées d'Iran qui, selon les derniers rapports de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique, dont l'Iran est signataire, ont produit 900 livres d'uranium enrichi à 60 %, soit à deux doigts du niveau requis pour la fabrication d'armes nucléaires.
Les dernières frappes aériennes israéliennes contre l'Iran n'ont pas cherché à détruire les centrifugeuses de #Fordow, qui sont stockées à au moins 80 mètres sous terre. Il a été convenu mercredi que des bombardiers américains équipés de bombes capables de pénétrer à cette profondeur commenceront à attaquer le site de Fordow ce week-end.
Ce délai donnera aux forces militaires américaines présentes au #Moyen-Orient et en Méditerranée orientale (il y a plus d'une vingtaine de bases aériennes et de ports navals américains dans la région) le temps de se préparer à d'éventuelles représailles iraniennes. On suppose que l'Iran dispose encore de certaines capacités balistiques et aériennes qui figureront sur la liste des cibles américaines. «C'est l'occasion de se débarrasser une fois pour toutes de ce régime», m'a déclaré aujourd'hui un responsable bien informé, «alors autant voir les choses en grand». Il a toutefois précisé qu'il ne s'agirait pas d'un «tapis de bombes».
Les bombardements prévus ce week-end auront également de nouvelles cibles : les bases des Gardiens de la révolution, qui ont contré ceux qui font campagne contre les dirigeants révolutionnaires depuis le renversement violent du shah d'Iran au début de 1979.
Les dirigeants israéliens, sous la direction du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu, espèrent que ces bombardements fourniront «les moyens de créer un soulèvement» contre le régime iranien actuel, qui a fait preuve de peu de tolérance envers ceux qui défient les dirigeants religieux et leurs édits. Les commissariats de police iraniens seront frappés. Les bureaux gouvernementaux qui abritent des dossiers sur les dissidents présumés en Iran seront également attaqués.
Les Israéliens espèrent apparemment aussi, si j'ai bien compris, que Khamenei fuira le pays et ne résistera pas jusqu'au bout. On m'a dit que son avion personnel avait quitté l'aéroport de Téhéran tôt mercredi matin à destination d'Oman, accompagné de deux avions de chasse, mais on ne sait pas s'il était à bord.
Seuls deux tiers des 90 millions d'Iraniens sont persans. Les minorités les plus importantes sont les #Azéris, dont beaucoup ont des liens secrets de longue date avec la #CIA, les Kurdes, les Arabes et les Baloutches. Les Juifs constituent également une petite minorité. (L' #Azerbaïdjan abrite une importante base secrète de la CIA pour ses opérations en Iran).
Le retour du fils du shah, qui vit actuellement en exil près de Washington, n'a jamais été envisagé par les stratèges américains et israéliens, m'a-t-on dit. Mais il a été question, au sein du groupe de planification de la Maison Blanche, dont fait partie le vice-président J.D. Vance, d'installer un leader religieux modéré à la tête du pays si #Khamenei était destitué. Les Israéliens se sont vivement opposés à cette idée. «Ils se fichent complètement de la question religieuse, mais exigent une marionnette politique pour contrôler le pays», a déclaré un haut responsable américain de longue date. «Nous sommes divisés avec les Israéliens sur ce point. Il en résulterait une hostilité permanente et des conflits futurs à perpétuité, Bibi essayant désespérément d'attirer les États-Unis comme allié contre tout ce qui est musulman, en utilisant le sort des citoyens comme appât propagandiste.»
Selon mes informations, les services de renseignement américains et israéliens espèrent que des éléments de la communauté azérie se joindront à une révolte populaire contre le régime au pouvoir, si une telle révolte venait à se développer pendant la poursuite des bombardements israéliens. Certains pensent également que certains membres des Gardiens de la révolution pourraient se joindre à ce qui pourrait être, selon mes informations, «un soulèvement démocratique contre les ayatollahs», une aspiration de longue date du gouvernement américain. Le renversement soudain et réussi de Bachar #al-Assad en Syrie a été cité comme un modèle potentiel, même si la chute d'Assad est intervenue après une longue guerre civile.
Il est possible que les bombardements massifs menés par Israël et les États-Unis plongent l'Iran dans un état de défaillance permanente, comme cela s'est produit après l'intervention occidentale en Libye en 2011. Cette révolte a abouti au meurtre brutal de Mouammar Kadhafi, qui maintenait sous contrôle les tribus disparates du pays. L'avenir de la #Syrie, de l' #Irak et du #Liban, tous victimes d'attaques extérieures répétées, est loin d'être réglé.
Donald Trump# veut clairement une victoire internationale qu'il pourra mettre en avant. Pour y parvenir, lui et #Netanyahu entraînent les #États-Unis dans une voie inédite.
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Giant, All-Seeing Telescope Is Set to Revolutionize Astronomy
Link: science.org/content/article/gi…
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This Hubble image features the nearby dwarf, irregular galaxy NGC 4449. The galaxy is a member of the M94 galaxy group.NASA Hubble Mission Team (NASA Science)
»"Wenn die trans- Bewegung politisch was erreichen will,
muss sie sich als Befreiungsbewegung verstehen - nicht als Kampf um Integration.
Ich will nicht zur Armee gehen dürfen.
Ich will keinen trans Soldaten,
ich will keine trans Milliardäre,
keinen trans Cop.
Ich will, dass trans Menschen frei sind."«
Ella Greenberg
#trans #kriegsdienstverweigerung #Befreiungsbewegung #queer
The EU is under pressure to strike a trade deal with Trump, but an influx of mass-produced, low-quality food must be off the table, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander HurstAlexander Hurst (The Guardian)
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Text: ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out wearing masks in unmasked cars with no uniforms or identification, protesters keep dumping pounds of glitter on them so that everyone can tell they're ICE for days afterwards.Image below the text: a man in white shirt and black tie and glasses, with a raised hand, as if trying to get someone's attention.
Text on that image: who had "Glitter bombing the Gestapo" on their bingo card?
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I just hope they're using biodegradable glitter, we already have enough microplastic in our bodies..
With that concern stated, still, good!
Si è passati direttamente dalla stagione del gelo a quella del sudo.
Gaza: the grim reality of genocide
The first comprehensive analysis of how Israel's war on Gaza will cause suffering for generations to come.
A catalogue of the physical, mental & societal damage.
Please have a read. It’s important. 👇
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The first comprehensive analysis of how Israel's War on Gaza will cause suffering for generations to come. Journalist David Keys reveals the horrifying scale and long-term implications of the ongoing tragedyDavid Keys (North East Bylines)
At 17, Haya is no stranger to war. On again, off again, it was a frequent part of her childhood, but this time it has brought her to the brink of despair. When it started, she was studying, but her school was one of many destroyed in the bombardment.
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At 17, Haya should be studying and looking forward to a bright future. Instead, she's struggling to keep her family aliveJennie Kermode (Bylines Scotland)
Haggs Castle on the southside of Glasgow. Built in 1587 for the Maxwell Family, it's considered one of the few Medieval buildings still standing in Glasgow. Others include Glasgow Cathedral (built 1197), Provand's Lordship (built in 1471), Provan's Hall (built around 1450) and Crookston Castle (built around 1400).
#glasgow #glasgowhistory #architecture #glasgowbuildings #haggscastle #architecturephotography
Literate programming tool for any language
Link: github.com/zyedidia/Literate
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A literate programming tool for any language. Contribute to zyedidia/Literate development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
In @pluralistic 's The Lost Cause there was some software that kids used to show fellow residents a vision of a better future by modelling their streets and their houses. Basically what construction companies do to sell houses, or what road building companies do to sell asphalt. But easier and faster to use.
The question is, do we have anything like that? I'm at a point where I need to show a future of my town to residents, and I want to show them pictures and renderings, not just maps.
Gets some details wrong. Guns you purchase/upgrade persist. Only the guns you find underwater degrade.
> Note that weapons are ephemeral: you can only use them for the next dive,
Should say current dive, for weapons you find underwater.
> and after that they are considered degraded and gone. So you constantly need to purchase those if you want to rely on actual guns.
You purchase it once and you can use it every dive after that if you want.
#ClimateChange Will Bankrupt the Country
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Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.Ryan Cooper (The American Prospect)
Aflac with a Friday 8-K.
On June 12, 2025, Aflac Incorporated, a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), identified unauthorized access to its network. The Company promptly initiated its cybersecurity incident response protocols and believes that it contained the intrusion within hours. The Company’s business remains operational, and its systems were not affected by ransomware. The Company continues to serve its policyholders as it responds to this incident and can underwrite policies, review claims, and otherwise service customers as usual. The Company has engaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts to support the Company’s response to the incident.
Could it possibly be? Are the old legends true? It is! It's the fabled lost city of Atlanta! Howdy, y'all!comb.io
After Israel's military attack against Iran with the direct participation of the USA and the support of NATO, the EU and other allies, the effort to impose imperialist plans for the wider Middle East region is rapidly escalating and seriously threate…central wftu (WFTU)
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IDF MURDERING GAZANS DAILY!
Israeli forces killed 23 Palestinians Friday after opening fire on crowds gathered near an aid distribution site, witnesses and medics say.
Tanks and drones fired at thousands of people near a distribution centre in central Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the witnesses and medics said.
A spokesperson for al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat confirmed they received 23 bodies
#AureFreePress #Israel
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The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 400 Palestinians have been killed in this way since late May.Rushdi Abu Alouf (BBC News)
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Alleine diese Woche sind viele Menschen in Extremwetterereignissen gestorben. Laut aktuellen Daten der NASA nehmen diese stark zu. Rund um den Globus werden Autos durch Städte geschwemmt, in China wurden gerade 70.000 Menschen evakuiert. 1/2
Klimafolgen werden nicht ihrer Relevanz gerecht berichtet. Oft fehlt Kontext, wird gar nicht berichtet. Menschen haben ein Recht, informiert zu werden, um sich gerade in Demokratien eine notwendige Meinung zu bilden und die richtige Politik zu wählen. Darüber braucht es einen Diskurs. Dringend. 2/2
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Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study saysRoger Harrabin (The Guardian)
Perceptions of democracy in China are *higher* than in the US, the UK, and France. This data is coming from the world's largest democracy perception study, published by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (a Danish-based non-profit organization).
socialistchina.org/2025/03/27/…
The following article by prominent author, ecologist and anthropologist Jason Hickel addresses the trope, often heard in the West, that China’s political system is “authoritarian” and undemocratic.Friends of Socialist China
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Located in Somaliland, about an hour’s drive from Hargeisa, lies one of the most astonishing archaeological discoveries in East Africa: Laas Geel. VirtuallyMorgan Bourven (Young Pioneer Tours)
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Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •Kick-off by @EUCommission's Director for #DSA/#DMA enforcement Rita Wezenbeek.
Only some 20 people in the room but she says over 200 following online. Hopefully many journalists. 💪
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •The way #Microsoft (and other #gatekeepers) present #DMA compliance is soooo annoying!
The "regulatory dialogue" with the Commission, according to #Linkedin's competition director, was a way for the company to "mature and progress in our DMA journey."
It's not a "journey", it's a law that creates legal obligations and prohibitions for the company. Get over it and get it down already. 😠
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •After a lengthy statement by the #Linkedin rep, read out from paper with a machine-like voice, first questions from the audience:
Consumer org @beuc wants to know whether Linkedin's A/B testing for compliance solutions have been neutral and if the test results will be published. Super important for compliance #transparency!
#DMA #DigitalMarketsAct
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •Linkedin rep says they did NOT explicitly test their compliance solutions for neutrality. 👀
And results are probably not be public. How the heck is the public then supposed to know if compliance is working?
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •#Linkedin clarifies they do not use Europeans' data for training #LLM/#AI models.
I assume that statement does not apply to other #Microsoft products like #Windows and of course #Copilot.
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •Next up: #Windows #DMA compliance.
The #Windows person says "We take compliance with the #DigitalMarketsAct seriously." Maybe that's all we need to know. 😆
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •So funny how the #Windows lawyer starts off by dissing competitor #Apple by highlighting how Windows has always been an open platform where users can install apps from wherever they want without having to ask for permission 🔥
#DMA #DigitalMarketsAct
Jan Penfrat
in reply to Jan Penfrat • • •Haha this conversation with #Windows lawyers is so wild I don't even find time to post here about it.
So, I asked them how it's legal under the #DMA's Art 5(2) data cross-use prohibition to automatically sign up Windows users with #OneDrive and thereby sharing my personal data (login credentials) with the service.
The lawyers confirmed that this is what they do and argued strangely this was legal because "there are many ways to sign in to Windows". Local accounts anyone? 🤥