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RE: https://todon.nl/@prolrage/116755752331565292
“Genocide is fine actually, as long the victims are Brown.” – The EU, apparently.

Belgium's Hautes Fagnes wildfire - the country's largest ever - still raging. Now two small villages in neighbouring Germany, near Monschau, had to evacuate within 10 minutes.
#drought

Duitse grensplaatsjes geëvacueerd vanwege brand in natuurgebied Hoge Venen
Aanleiding voor het besluit is de "actuele ontwikkeling van de brand" in combinatie met de weersverwachting. 

Mastodon adds email newsletters, letting writers send their posts directly to subscribers' inboxes, even to readers without a Mastodon account (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/mastodon-looks-to-newsletters-to-h…

Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web | TechCrunch
Mastodon’s newly launched newsletter feature lets anyone subscribe to creators by email, even without a Mastodon account.

Nederlandse miljardensteun voor drones blijkt van doorslaggevend belang aan het front in Oekraïne - NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/06/17/de-nederlandse-miljardensteun-voor-drones-blijkt-van-doorslaggevend-belang-aan-het-front-in-oekraine-a4930142?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_term=20260617
Archive https://archive.ph/HJIzi
Ondertussen stijgt de drone productie vooral verder:
Ukraine built 90% of its newly authorized weapons itself. Year ago, it was 70% - @…
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/16/ukraine-built-90-of-its-newly-authorized-weapons-itself-year-ago-it-was-70/

In the media competition 'How to trivialise climate change', Dutch @nrc.nl has this strong entry on its frontpage today:
"Waving against the heat. Higher temperatures good for sales of Spanish fans."
#heat #heatwave

RE: https://mas.to/@anna_lillith/116763466536463232
Deepfakes in der EU: EU-Parlament beschließt Verbot von KI für sexualisierte Deepfakes | DIE ZEIT
https://www.zeit.de/digital/2026-06/deepfakes-eu-verbot-ki-anwendungen-parlament-gxe
'Das Europaparlament hat einem Verbot von KI-Anwendungen, mit denen sexualisierte Deepfakes erstellt werden können, zugestimmt. Eine große Mehrheit von 423 Abgeordneten stimmte für eine entsprechende Änderung des europäischen KI-Gesetzes. 57 Abgeordnete lehnten sie ab, 174 Parlamentarier enthielten sich.'

RE: #schonelucht #Luchtvervuiling

Marietje Schaake on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/marietjeschaake.bsky.social/post/3mm25f7q5fc2a
Link from 📸:
Europe’s leaders must stop self-censoring - Marietje Schaake - FT
https://www.ft.com/content/c4a067dc-dfac-487b-906f-c9bbb73016e8

RE: #bigtech #tobacco