US officials appear increasingly desperate to attract guests to their Freedom 250 extravaganza in Brussels. The invitation "may have ended up in your spam folder" so "please let us know whether you have received it or not," the missive sent Monday from the US Mission to the EU implores invitees.
Our cunning plan is to use AI to cut consumption of power, which is increasingly scarce because of AI.
Mr. Schlichting, a three-time Trump voter, said he was satisfied with the president’s explanation of why he led the country to war, then added, “I don’t know how much of it is true.”
Archive.ph down again. I suspect whatever tussling is going on over this site and others like it would make for an intriguing media story. Perhaps a candidate for @onthemedia.bsky.social as publishers must be weeping and gnashing their teeth.
A merged Meta-Ireland tricolor that's going round the socials and foreshadowing the kicking that the upcoming Irish presidency of the EU can expect from digital rights advocates.
Right-wing extremists polling at record highs in German state prompts prominent reporter at Sueddeutsche to write that "democratic politics as it has functioned in Saxony-Anhalt for 36 years and in the Federal Republic for 77 years has reached its limits."
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/sach...
Temu got fined €200mln today by the EC but Musk is the story. Last year he was fined a paltry €120mln for 3 violations of the DSA amid suspected ongoing threats to democracy. Meanwhile Temu was fined more for what appears a one-off about dodgy toys. EU is fighting shy of real threats from Big Tech.
EU officials say they are being tortured by the longer charge times needed to use electric cars during their monthly trips. It's a non-debate.
An EU watchdog is taking a stand against normalization of fascism in EU politics.
Excellent scoop @maxgriera.bsky.social
cc @terryreintke.bsky.social
Sorry not sorry Coca-Cola! There never should have been an automatic right to put advertising in cities and the backlash is growing to change the social contract e.g. @adfreecities.bsky.social
A new law will aim to use artificial intelligence to boost efficient use of power as electricity demand threatens to overwhelm Europe’s grids.
The far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations could lose its funding and its right to be a political party.
www.politico.eu
Unlike in previous makeovers, the emblematic advert has been officially removed for good by the Brussels authorities, saying it is "a thing of the past".
