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#EU drops sponsorship of #disinformation conference at #Trump officials’ request
🖊️ Aisha Down in London, Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
#Lithuania and #Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/trump-eu-disinformation-conference
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Oh America, I dunno how we’re gonna come back from this era of madness, but when we do, hoooboy, we owe a lot of people a lot of apologies. Can you imagine any other time in this nation’s history when the President could have been ridiculed so publicly and so well, and most Americans think “ yeah, that tracks.”
Utterly humiliating.
#trump #art #eu #parliament https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliated-as-giant-golden-nude-statue-unveiled-at-parliament/
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BR-Recherche zu Pestiziden - Mehr als 50 Wirkstoffe scheitern an EU-Prüfung
Mehr als 50 Pestizid-Wirkstoffe sind seit 2011 bei der Wiederzulassung in der EU durchgefallen, zeigt eine Analyse von BR Data. Genau diese Überprüfung will die EU-Kommission abschaffen. Wissenschaftler befürchten Risiken für Mensch und Umwelt.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/br-recherche/eu-neuregelung-pestizid-zulassung-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de
#EU #Pestizide
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❗️EU ambassadors have approved new sanctions targeting 743 individuals and 826 organizations linked to Russia’s military-industrial complex, UNN reports. The measures also cover 77 State Duma members elected from occupied Ukrainian territories and renew restrictions over Russia’s use of chemical weapons. #EU
#EU
EU wants to track potential rogue efforts to block out the sun
Rising temperatures are sparking fears that governments or private actors could launch unsanctioned experiments to try to alter the climate
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3369959/eu-wants-track-potential-rogue-efforts-block-out-sun
#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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Ik was naar de #OneConference omdat ik Osvaldo Zavala Giler wilde horen spreken. Hij is bij het Internationaal Strafhof, het #ICC verantwoordelijk voor de praktische zaken, zoals de ICT. Hij deed een urgente oproep aan EU-landen om het zg 'blocking statue' te gebruiken. Dit kan Europese bedrijven verbieden om mee te werken aan Amerikaanse sancties. Deze quote vond ik sterk: "In the 21st century autonomy will not be measured by who has the legal authority, but who has the technical capacity to take decisions." #EU #digitaleautonomie
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I take serious issue with the @guardian@flipboard.social's reporting on data showing increased cancer rates among young people "prompting warnings about lifestyle choices". It is completely inappropriate to suggest that cancer patients and survivors might have avoided their cancer had they made better life choices.
The article says very little about the causes of cancer, only stating: "WCRF said risk factors such as growing obesity levels, poor diet, insufficient exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking and environmental exposures (such as pollutants, chemicals, plastics, water and air pollution) could be contributing to the trend" and adding "About 40% of cancers are linked to these kinds of modifiable risks."
But that list mixes a lot of things: exposure to polluants, chemicals, plastics and pollution are not *personally modifiable risks*! These are society-level risks that require collective, i.e. political, action. So now is the time to report on irresponsible policies such as Germany's fuel subsidies or the EU's Food and Feed Safety Omnibus that aims to roll back safeguards protecting us and the environment from pesticides and are *currently* being implemented/negotiated NOT blame young people for not eating their fives-a-day. Seriously, what are we supposed to do: Cycle to work in more toxic fumes? Ingest more harmful pesticides by eating more fruit and veg?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/cancer-rates-rising-more-quickly-among-younger-people-international-study-finds
#PinkOctober #cancer #pesticides #EU #OctobreRose #cancer_colere #Tankrabatt #Krebs
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@UnequalExchange@lemmy.world
I dont know what tell you. The second world war was expensive, the salt march was free.
#climate #resistance #eu #un #build #solar
急速求助帖!
Fedi 友们:
今年 6 月,我向父母出柜了。之后,我向父亲推荐了中国同志家长援助热线,希望他能够通过沟通,更好地理解我。
但我真的无法理解父亲的态度。他似乎完全没有考虑过我的感受。那位同志家长在向他解释和沟通时,他却一直有说有笑,表现得像是在看笑话一样。
母亲还说我是“愚蠢的”。
我现在真的很伤心,也不知道该如何面对他们。想请问大家,在这种情况下,我应该怎样与父母相处,才能尽量保护好自己,也让彼此之间的关系不再那么紧张?
如果有朋友愿意和我聊聊,欢迎随时通过 Signal 联系我🥹
https://signal.me/#eu/O6uY0w0dzN41dCYiFDxVPQZ4Z_B4a7WVDNxLKDZlUPCnZ2AYST5Jr7QNn3i_xfh3
@board
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Open public consultation on the EU KIDS ACT. If you have opinions about EU rules for children on social media, age verification, concerns about how this will affect the fediverse, etc... here's the best place to share them: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/19418-Child-online-safety-keeping-digital-spaces-accountable-and-trustworthy-EU-Kids-Act-_en
#EU #KidsAct #EUKidsAct #AgeVerification #PublicConsultation #EUHaveYourSay #fediverse #mastodon #socialMedia
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‘Niemand ontkomt aan de verslavende algoritmes van big tech’ @kimvsparrentak@eupolicy.social in podcast van @FTM_nl@social.ftm.nl:
“Onlangs kondigde Ursula von der Leyen aan dat sociale media voor kinderen onder zestien jaar verboden wordt. In het voorjaar komen bovendien regels om de verslavende werking van sociale media in te perken. Te gast in de studio Kim van Sparrentak, Europarlementariër namens PRO. Zij zet zich al jaren in om de macht van het algoritme in te perken.” https://follow-the-money.simplecast.com/episodes/niemand-ontkomt-aan-de-verslavende-algoritmes-van-big-tech-s_hGN1i4 #BigTech #VerslavendOntwerp #EU #SocialMedia
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Europeans/EU Citizens!
Update on the EU Kids Act:
The EU Commission has opened up the submission form for feedback on the bill. Let them know how much you don't want this! Let them know how much harm this bill will do to civil rights and economic stability! It's better to try and fail then to roll over and take it!
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/19418
P.S. And as always, mail/call your MEPs and other relevant government officials!
#Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #EUKidsAct #EU #EuropeanUnion #AgeVerification
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From the U.S. #Congress
Senator Whitehouse: First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
"The Russians are paying for Trump's ballroom, and he just took sanctions off one of them in exchange.
Putin owns this White House from top to bottom."
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73967876/white-house-ballroom-trump-russia/
#news #midterms #elections #usa #Ukraine #eu
Chocolate giant lobbied U.S. and EU officials over deforestation laws, says report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/chocolate-giant-lobbied-u-s-and-eu-officials-over-deforestation-laws-says-report/
#EU #UnitedStates #environment #forest #deforestation #chocolate
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Age verification in the Fediverse: How the KIDS Act challenges Mastodon
https://www.heise.de/en/background/Age-verification-in-the-Fediverse-How-the-KIDS-Act-challenges-Mastodon-11474306.html
"The EU’s planned KIDS Act poses technical and organizational challenges for the Fediverse. However, it is unlikely to be the end, as some critics warn."
👀
#KidsAct #Fediverse #EU #Mastodon
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RE: https://chaos.social/@samvie/117366476663687911
EN: 🔥 Read the latest @epicenter_works newsletter for a clear analysis of what the EU Kids Act means for the Fediverse and its services like Mastodon.
🧵 Bye Bye Fediverse
"And to top it all off, unlike under the DSA, small platforms like Mastodon or F-Droid won’t be spared.
Accordingly, multibillion-dollar corporations like Meta, Google, and Apple will have to meet the same requirements as small European providers.
https://epicenter.works/content/zwei-fronten-ein-irrweg-warum-digitaler-ausweiszwang-niemanden-schuetzt
#DSA #Mastodon #Fediverse #BigTech #EU
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🔥 Bitte lest den aktuellen @epicenter_works@chaos.social Newsletter
mit einer klaren Analyse was der EU #Kidsact für das #Fediverse und seine Dienste wie #Mastodon bedeutet
🧵 Bye Bye Fediverse
"Und als absolute Krönung, werden im Gegensatz zum #DSA kleine Plattformen wie #Mastodon oder #fdroid nicht verschont.
Milliardenkonzerne wie #Meta, #Google und #Apple haben demnach die selben Auflagen zu erfüllen wie kleine, europäische Anbieter.
👉 https://epicenter.works/content/zwei-fronten-ein-irrweg-warum-digitaler-ausweiszwang-niemanden-schuetzt
Open quoted post#EU
Around 80% of the continent experienced 'strong' heat stress, or feels-like temperatures above 32C, during an exceptionally hot summer
A record 52% of Europe was exposed to intense heat stress during the exceptionally hot summer that seared the continent this year, the EU’s climate monitor said Friday
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/02/europe-s-hottest-summer-triggers-record-heat-stress
#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
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Der Ausbau von biometrischer #Überwachung und die #Digitalisierung im Allgemeinen sind nicht nur Projekte zur Staatautoritarisierung, sondern ebenso immer größere Schritte in den absoluten #Überwachungskapitalismus.
Das aktuelle Beispiel in der Schweiz, wo SBB-Bahnhöfe zukünftig mit biometrischer #Überwachungstechnologie ausgestattet werden sollen, um Konsumdaten zu melken, zeigt das wieder einmal auf.
Auch die geplante Abschaffung von analogen (Papier-)Tickets wird das Sammeln, Zuordnen und Profilerstellen von und mit Überwachungsdaten zukünftig vereinfachen.
"Doch wofür das Ganze? Im Plan stehe, dass durch die gezielte Überwachung die «Abschöpfungsrate» pro Reisenden erhöht werden solle, so der «K-Tipp». Sprich: Es geht darum, die Daten zu nutzen, um die Kunden zum Konsum zu verführen. «Denn je mehr Umsatz die Ladenbetreiber im Bahnhof machen, desto mehr Miete müssen sie den SBB zahlen.»
Das Ziel sei, 57 Bahnhöfe komplett auszurüsten. Die Verträge seien mindestens bis zum Jahr 2028 geplant. Als Erstes werde im September der Bahnhof Schaffhausen umgerüstet."
https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/sbb/980413828-die-sbb-planen-den-totalen-ueberwachungsbahnhof-ab-september-2023
https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/%C3%96v/227084823-wie-die-bankkarte-bald-zug-und-bus-erobern-koennte
Zur Erinnerung: Auch in Deutschland droht eine weitgehende Nachverfolgung von ÖPNV-Kund*innen über das geplante digitale 49€-Ticket sowie über die #EU mit ihrem AI-Act.


