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The UK launches a consultation on whether to ban under-16s from using social media, alongside restrictions on addictive app features like infinite scrolling (Kiran Stacey/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j

TRUMP'S "PEACE COUNCIL" – invites BOTH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA?! Europe EXPOSES Kremlin's spy networks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/trumps-ampquotpeace-councilampquot-invites-both.html

Sigh.... Somedays I'm reminded just how far we still have to go to reduce bigotry amongst those we elect
https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/9115872/federation-council-moves-to-drop-indigenous-flags-from-chambers/<…

The Riverina council that just voted to take down Indigenous flags
Mayor's push for 'unified culture' creates heat among councillors.

When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago,
I did not think that I would ever have to write about the possibility of the United States taking military action against a member state.
Yet here we are.
Donald Trump has vowed to make Greenland
— a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, which is a member of the Council of Europe and a founding member of NATO
— part of the United States, and that he will do so “the easy way” o…

Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.
International law is either universal or meaningless. Greenland will show which one we choose.

MAHA Leaders Back Chemical Industry Exec for Position at EPA | Civil Eats
https://civileats.com/2025/12/19/maha-leaders-back-chemical-industry-exec-for-position-at-epa/

Top German soccer team cancels trip to Minneapolis, citing Trump immigration crackdown (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/20/werder-bremen-cancel-minneapolis-trip-00790720
http://www.memeorandum.com/260220/p43#a260220p43

Funny, folks said the same thing about Hitler back in the day.

'I choose Ukraine' — Zelensky cancels trip to Davos following another mass Russian attack: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/i-choose-ukraine-zelensky-cancels.html

Hours after ICE toured a Kansas City warehouse, council blocks federal detention center permits | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-01-15/hours-after-ice-toured-kansas-city-warehouse-council-blocks-federal-detention-center-permits