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"I think if you're European, then it is a national security priority to stop using X" — @…
Well, indeed. But is there a national security priority to move to yet another #US owned and controlled social media platform, when there…

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

This week, GÉANT hosted a delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia, MYREN, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and TIME dotCom at our Amsterdam office.
Discussions focused on our respective organisations, service offerings, capacity planning & the evolving landscape of EU–Asia submarine cable infrastructure.
We also looked ahead to how we can deepen cooperation through both EU–Asi@Connect & the GÉANT Community Programme.
👏 Thank you to our guests for t…

🎨 How art reveals the values that sustain lasting peace
#art …

How art reveals the values that sustain lasting peace
Peace emerges from everyday cooperation, shared values and harmony with nature, not just decisions made by rulers.

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

"The reality is that the views expressed in this US national security strategy are in many ways identical to the Russian viewpoints on Europe and the Russian goals of regime change in European countries." — @…
I think we should all consider the possibility that this may be because

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

US wants cyber partnerships to send ‘coordinated, strategic message’ to adversaries https://therecord.media/us-wants-cyber-partnerships-to-send-message-to-adversaries

Europe’s Scientific Cooperation with Russia: How Europe Is Preparing for a Probalbe War: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/europes-scientific-cooperation-with-russia.html

CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026)
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student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

Trump on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organisations, agencies and commissions
following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organisations,
including those affiliated with the United Nations.
Most of the targets are UN-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labour and other issues that the Trump administration has categori…

U.S. to exit 66 international organisations as Trump further retreats from global cooperation
The U.S. plans to withdraw from 66 international organizations, primarily UN-related, under Trump's administration, emphasizing national interests.

34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/34-arrests-in-spain-during-action-against-black-axe-crimi…

34 arrests in Spain during action against the ‘Black Axe’ criminal organisation – Criminal network engaged in a multitude of criminal activities and present in dozens of countries | Europol
The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), in close cooperation with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt) and with the support of Europol, has conducted an operation against the international criminal organisation ‘Black Axe’. The action resulted in 34 arrests and significant disruptions to the group's activities. Black Axe is a highly structured, hierarchical group with its origins in Nigeria and a global presence in dozens of countries. The core …

Kai Trump: President, Harris should meet 'in the middle' (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5676618-kai-trump-donald-trump-harris-cooperation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p57#a260107p57

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

the BC Greens have reached a turning point.
When we signed the Cooperation and Responsible Government Accord (CARGA) with the BC NDP in 2024, we did so with a clear goal: to use our leverage in the legislature to force action on some of the issues that matter most to you—housing, healthcare, climate, and the cost-of-living crisis.
Today, I am announcing that the BC Greens will not renew that agreement.

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

"So these are some very dramatic statements that have raised deep questions about whether there is any foundation for #NATO to function going forward" — @…
Well, indeed. #NATO

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

"This is the last chance for Western countries to convince the rest of the world that they are capable of dialogue rather than monologue, consistency rather than double standards, and cooperation rather than domination."
Finland's Alexander Stubb in:
https://www.foreignaffairs.c…

The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.

""The withdrawal of law enforcement resources here is dependent upon cooperation. ... as we see that cooperation happens, then the redeployment will happen," Homan said."
Top Trump official digs a deeper legal hole for administration: legal reporter - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/tom-homan-minneapolis/

The European Union, overcoming deep dissension among its members,
gave the green light to a sweeping trade pact with four South American countries on Friday
that would create one of the largest free-trade zones in the world,
connecting markets with more than 700 million people.
The agreement offers a stark contrast to the amped-up aggression on display this week from the Trump administration.
As Europe worked to extend an era of economic collaboration,
th…

E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People
The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States’ turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.

"this that makes it necessary for the United States to do something to avoid the civilizational and democratic disaster that is unfolding in Europe." — @…
I'm REALLY going to take issue with this. Yes, it's true that Europe faces challenges. But it is not Europe which faces civilizational or democratic disaster. This is classic pr…

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said it has asked Interpol for cooperation in a manhunt for the Chinese suspect currently residing in China.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20251208…

Police confirm identity of Chinese mastermind behind KT payment breach
Police investigating the KT Corp. payment breach and micropayment scam said Monday they have identified the mastermind behind the crime, known as a...

🤝IMPORTANT COOPERATION! Ukraine and Portugal will jointly manufacture marine drones #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/important-cooperation-ukraine-and-portugal.html…

"nothing is said about #Russia as a challenge or a potential enemy of the United States." — @…
And I feel confident that this is because #MAGA does not …

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

"Cop30, Trump and the fragile future of climate cooperation"
#US #USA #America #Climate

Blocking the work of MSF is absolutely depraved. Israel continues to fumble its way out of the community of civilized nations.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93…

Israel to halt operations of several humanitarian groups in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said on Tuesday that the organizations that will be banned on Jan. 1 did not meet its new requirements for sharing staff, funding and operations information. It accused Doctors Without Borders, known as MSF by its French acronym, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with H…

"Another priority is the issue of free speech, which they regard as very important. The way to understand this, I think, is that it's mostly a question about moderation on social media and that they don't like that."
I think you are much too kind here, @… .

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

"it is official U.S. policy to work toward regime change in European countries and to weaken or even destroy the European Union." — @…
I think this has been coming for a long time – since long before #Trump. The interests of the US and of an incr…

New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe
In this video, I discuss the new U.S. national security strategy, which, to put it mildly, is concerning for Europe. It's largely a document about how the Trump administration sees it as a requirement for continued transatlantic cooperation that MAGA movements come to power in European countries. Watch the

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

Russia to scrap military cooperation agreements with 11 European countries: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/russia-to-scrap-military-cooperation.html

https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-may-ditch-camera-vendor-amid-privacy-issues/

Santa Clara County may ditch camera vendor amid privacy issues - San José Spotlight
Cities across Silicon Valley may be on the cusp of cutting ties with a surveillance company linked to local police departments' cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

It's time to crush the patriarchy.
Humanity has to start by ridding itself of religion, because it underpins male hegemony.
No more monarchies.
No private landownership.
Cooperation, not capitalism.
Careful stewardship of the world's resources.
Fair distribution of resources.
Distributed smaller scale energy generation - because power shouldn't mean power over others.

I have long lived by the principles of community, voluntary cooperation, and decentralized member-driven governance. Before knowing the term anarcho-syndicalism, I often imagined unions as truly democratic organizations, where delegates are elected and revocable at any moment, rooted in direct workers’ self-management and direct participation in controlling economic and social life, independent from both state authority and capitalist ownership.
Discovering anarcho-syndicalism about a…

Looking at "THE PARCHED EARTH OF COOPERATION: HOW
TO SOLVE THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS IN
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GOVERNANCE", thinking:
Too bad we have no world governance really, so regulation does not work out. The second approach, privatization, actually *caused* a lot of tragedy-of-the-commons issues; see wastewater, climate change, labor exploitation, inflation, shortages, wealth distribution and all the corresponding collateral damage (non-exhausti…

ENBCS Conference 2026 (Hamburg): Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Mind https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140875/enbcs-conference-2026-hamburg-buddhist-and-christian-perspectives-mind

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

REMINDER: Influenza has everything needed to kill people every year and produce a global pandemic every few decades forever. What keeps it at a low “just the flu” level is vaccination. One thing that kept the most recent surges from being more like 1918 is the CDC. What is left of the CDC is inadequate to that task. https://m…

A Paris court rejects a French government request to suspend Shein in the country after finding illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on the site (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/shein-fast-fashion-paris-5014e98e3479485dd45f0e5bdf…

Paris court rejects bid to suspend Shein platform in France
A Paris court has rejected a government request to suspend the Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein in France. Authorities found illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on Shein's website. Shein welcomed the decision on Friday, saying it remains committed to strengthening its control processes in cooperation with French authorities. The controversy began in early November when France's consumer watchdog and Finance Ministry moved to suspend Shein's online marketplace. French authoritie…

Many thanks to all the men flying today who are wearing grey sweatpants. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated

student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

Border czar Homan pledges 'massive changes' with cooperation in first press conference since arrival in Minnesota (KSTP-TV)
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/border-czar-homan-to-hold-first-press-conference-since-arrival-in-minnesota/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p43#a260129p43

I think we can actually prove that this constraint is the *only* constraint that can preserve freedom:
1. There will exist actors in a system who will wish to take advantage of others. Evolution drives survival and one strategy for increasing survival in an altruistic society is to become a parasite.
2. Expecting exploitative dynamics, a system needs to have a set of rules to manage exploitation.
3. If the set of rules is static it will lack the requisite variety necessary to manage the infinite possible behavior of humans so the system will fail.
4. If the system is dynamic then it must have a rule set about how it's own rules are updated. This would make the system recursive, which makes the system at least as complex as mathematics. Any system at least as complex as mathematics is necessarily either incomplete or inconsistent (Gödel's incompleteness theorem). If the system is incomplete, then constraints can be evaded which then allow a malicious agent to seize control of the system and update the rules for their own benefit. If constraints are incomplete, then a malicious agent can take advantage of others within the system.
5. Therefore, no social system can possibly protect freedom unless there exists a single metasystemic constraint (that the system must be optional) allowing for the system to be abandoned when compromised.
Oh, you might say, but this just means you have to infinitely abandon systems. Sure, but there's an evolutionary advantage to cooperation so there's evolutionary pressure to *not* be a malicious actor. So a malicious actor being able to compromise the whole system is likely to be a much more rare event. Compromising a system is a lot of work, so the first thing a malicious actor would want to do is preserve that work. They would want to lock you in. The most important objective to a malicious actor compromising a system would be to violate that metasystemic constraint, or all of their work goes out the window when everyone leaves.
And now you understand why borders exist, why fascists are obsessed with maintaining categories like gender, race, ethnicity, etc. This is why even Democrats like Newsom are on board with putting houseless people in concentration camps. And this is why the most important thing anarchists promote is the ability to choose not to be part of any of that.

ENBCS Conference 2026 (Hamburg): Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Mind
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student_cooperation: Student cooperation (2012)
Network of cooperation among students in the "Computer and Network Security" course at Ben-Gurion University, in 2012. Nodes are students, and edges denote cooperation between students while doing their homework. The graph contains three types of links: Time, Computer, Partners.
This network has 185 nodes and 360 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Multigraph, Unweighted

Britain has quietly suspended intelligence cooperation with the US in the Caribbean
because London does not consider the deadly US military campaign against ships accused of drug trafficking to be in line with international law.
That amounts to an extraordinary open fissure in a close working relationship
at a time when the US is increasing its military buildup,
expanding its controversial campaign in the region with an attempt to threaten Venezuela.

Spanish judge closes NSO Group spyware probe due to lack of cooperation from Israel https://therecord.media/spanish-judge-closes-nso-group-spyware-probe-israel

But I think that - first of all - Europe needs a strong cost reduction drive for components, systems, and processes in the energy transition, in a cooperation between R&D, manufacturers, and governments, and aligned with scaling up the market for 'made in Europe' solutions. We'll probably not get to the Chinese level, but we need to get a lot closer. This is essential both for competitiveness and affordability.

Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after 'cooperation' (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/homan-minneapolis-immigration-enforcement-0d559bf53b630d7cc525fd3219f430ba
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p67#a260129p67

Homeland Security Searches Lesley University Dormitory
https://binj.news/2026/01/15/homeland-security-searches-lesley-university-dormitory/

The UN is looking for a new home for its Climate Technology Centre—the hub that helps developing nations access critical climate tech for adaptation and mitigation.
This is a major opportunity: the hosting mandate runs until 2041, positioning the selected organization at the center of global climate technology cooperation.
Proposals due March 16, 2026.

ENBCS Conference 2026 (Hamburg): Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Mind https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140875/enbcs-conference-2026-hamburg-buddhist-and-christian-perspectives-mind

Israel on Tuesday said it had
💥suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations,
including "Doctors Without Borders" and CARE,
from operating in the Gaza Strip
for failing to comply with new registration rules.
Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating the aid organizations.
But the organizations say the rules are arbitrary and warned that the new ban would harm a civilian population d…

Israel to halt operations of several humanitarian groups in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said on Tuesday that the organizations that will be banned on Jan. 1 did not meet its new requirements for sharing staff, funding and operations information. It accused Doctors Without Borders, known as MSF by its French acronym, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with H…

😎 Social media research tool can lower political temperature—it could also lead to more user control over algorithms
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-social-media-tool-political-temperature.html

Social media research tool can lower political temperature—it could also lead to more user control over algorithms
A new tool shows it is possible to turn down the partisan rancor in an X feed—without removing political posts and without the direct cooperation of the platform.

Good Morning #Canada
At some point in the next 2 days I have to visit #ServiceCanada and renew my passport. Did you know that 70% of Canadians own a passport which puts us in the upper middle worldwide when compared to other countries. "Ownership" is technically incorrect as all Canadian passports legally remain the property of the Crown and must be returned upon request. According to the Henley Global Passport Index, Canada is among the top countries in Passport Power, ranked 8th on the global mobility spectrum. Trust in the nation issuing the document and in its citizens helps place a country in the rankings. I wonder why recently the USA dropped out of the top 10 for the 1st time? Canada is a member of the Five Nations Passport Group, an international forum for cooperation and sharing of best practices between the passport issuing authorities of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Travel
https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking

Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney speech at Davos. It was a good one. This is how he ended it, but it is worth watching in full, including the Q&A afterward.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just. This is the task of the middle powers, the countries that have the most to lose from a world of fortresses and the most to gain from genuine cooperation.
The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.
That is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and confidently, and it is a path wide open to any country willing to take it with us.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA

The Council of Europe has officially adopted the final text of the Convention on the co-production of audiovisual works in the form of series – the first international legal framework specifically dedicated to the independent co-production of series for television and streaming platforms. This marks a significant step for the European and international audiovisual sector, strengthening cultural cooperation, supporting independent producers and enhancing transparency.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/programme-for-series-co-productions/convention

Germany turns to Israel for a ‘cyber dome’ amid rising threats https://therecord.media/germany-cyber-dome-israel

CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle (Saale), 5–8 September 2027
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CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle (Saale), 5–8 September 2027
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CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle (Saale), 5–8 September 2027 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20135822/cfp-pietism-and-rule-vii-international-congress-pietism-…

CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026)
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CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026)
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CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20135187/pietism-and-rule-vii-international-congress-pietism-research-h…