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At the #GlobalGatewayForum in Brussels this month, key milestones were marked for the EU-Africa-India Digital Corridor, a trusted, secure, high-capacity data link between continents, centred around the #BlueRaman cable system.
The event saw collaboration formalised between the European …
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115933922208824012
Is this likely to work?
"How to Optimize Rust for Slowness" – Carl Kadie
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The EC introduces draft revisions to the EU's Cybersecurity Act to phase out equipment from high-risk suppliers in critical sectors, a move criticized by Huawei (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
The Guardian is a mixed bag, but I do appreciate the US edition — among other things for its willingness to write headlines without cowardice.
This is currently the top story on their home page.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/epstein-files-release-strategy-trump
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT/115564144071125950
Yeah you can save a lot of time by accepting that "it cannot" is the answer. You mustn't draft legislation with an LLM because in that context words do massivel…
@dawid@social.craftknight.comSister of Epstein victim reported him in 1996, but FBI failed to investigate, files reveal | Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/epstein-fbi-maria-farmer-annie-farmer
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/20/shooting-hares-england-ban-trail-hunting-animal-welfare-law
Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties (Sam Levine/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/epstein-files-release-strategy-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p20#a251220p20
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Dollar General agrees to pay $15m to settle price-gouging claims | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/dollar-general-settlement-price-gouging
Fortunately, there is still some good EV news from Brussels: Germany may proceed as planned with the tender for public fast chargers for lorries along the motorway, including the “Durchleitungsmodell” (passthrough model).
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en…
@dawid@social.craftknight.comFBI notes detail grim demands Epstein made for procurement of underage girls (George Chidi/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/epstein-fbi-underage-girls-investigation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p113#a251219p113
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❓ Have you ever seen a bandwagon you didn’t want to jump on?
💩 Can you please be less shit? https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115643458015221823
You can give the European Commission feedback on their Open Source strategy.
Sounds like a good idea to participate.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-…
@dawid@social.craftknight.comDavid Brooks, who wrote a NYT column last month decrying popular fixation on the Epstein story, appears in newly released photos of a 2011 event with Epstein (Anna Betts/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/jeffrey-epstein-estate-f…
US army lawyer fired as immigration judge after defying Trump deportation agenda (Associated Press)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/army-lawyer-fired-immigration-trump-deportation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251221/p1#a251221p1
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Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel's violations of human rights https://eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/
@dawid@social.craftknight.comRE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115905711246518413
Cyprus, probably the most corrupt country in Europe. For a while they were profitably selling EU citizenship to Russian gangsters - this is from just 4 days ago:
Die EU-Kommision macht eine Konsultation zu #OpenSource für den Einsatz in ihrer Verwaltung und sucht Stellungnahmen und Use Cases, z.B. von Unternehmen, Verwaltungen oder Einzelpersonen:
> The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:
a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU [...]
a strategic and operational framework to strengthen t…
Bill Clinton spokesperson says White House is using him as scapegoat after Epstein files release (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/bill-clinton-white-house-epstein-files
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p54#a251220p54
You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE
#resist
@dawid@social.craftknight.comAt an undetermined point in the future, the Commission intends to establish requirements that align uni- bidirectional charging capabilities with relevant grid codes and communication protocols, as is already required for charging infrastructure.
https://single-market-economy.ec.e…
Outrage and legal threats: Trump justice department slammed after limited Epstein files release (Victoria Bekiempis/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/trump-justice-department-legal-threats-epstein-files-release
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p41#a251220p41
@dawid@social.craftknight.comThe list of members for the newly starting "Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption (E04005)" is now online: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupI…
The #EU Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847) has now an Implementing Act:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/cyber-resilience-act-imple…
New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos | Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/nyt-david-brooks-epstein-photos-released
Democrats release new Epstein photos ahead of DoJ transparency deadline
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/jeffrey-epstein-estate-files-photos
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@dawid@social.craftknight.comMake no mistake, the only values the European Commission gives a single damn about are expressed in Euros and cents.
The guiding principle of the successor to the European Coal and Steel Community isn’t human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, it’s the Single Market.
How dare you even pretend to care when you are beyond silent in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, you despicable bunch of fancy-suited hypocrites.
@dawid@social.craftknight.comI guess I’m going to get to know the peeps at Norfolk Police quite well over the next few months. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/14/public-should-heed-forthcoming-rules-on-single-sex-spaces-says-uk-equ…
Hard to see positive points in this lobby-wish list turned into legislative proposal. Weakening of the 2035 and all intermediate targets, not even ambitious targets for corporate fleets. Clear signal that this Commission isn’t here for the future, it’s to defend the status quo.
https://ec.europa.eu/commis…
@dawid@social.craftknight.comThe Department of Homeland Security has signed a nearly
$140m contract to purchase six Boeing 737 planes
-- for deportation operations.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/us-signs-boeing-trump-deportation-d…
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@dawid@social.craftknight.comNew York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/nyt-david-brooks-epstein-photos-released
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p131#a251218p131
@dawid@social.craftknight.comRE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115643458015221823
Jumping on the AI hype while it is collapsing is such a perfect summary for a lot of EU tech policy. This not only shows lack of understanding but lack of leadership …
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Man sues Tennessee county after he was jailed over meme related to Charlie Kirk killing (Anna Betts/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/tennessee-charlie-kirk-meme-arrest-lawsuit
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p124#a251218p124
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@dawid@social.craftknight.comStruktury metaloograniczne (MOF), za które przyznano tegorocznego nobla z chemii, są jedną z ciekawszych ostatnich rzeczy, o których czytałem. Nowe metody na uproszczenie ich produkcji spowodują, że już niedługo można się spodziewać przełomu w wielu gałęziach gospodarki.
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US (Sam Levin/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/fbi-terrorism-investigations-anti-ice-activity
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p46#a251219p46
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Ofcom: UK porn traffic has now settled at a "lower level" since the start of age checks; VPN users rose to a peak of 1.4M in mid-August and now stand at 900K (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/10/uk-porn-traf…
Professor Obvious theorizes that the difference is related to how the substances interact with areas of the brain
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/13/psychedelics-ocd-treatment-psilocybin
The European Grids Package and Energy Highways are now published
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2945
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115790466560092444
“Complacency is over.”
Thank goodness. So I guess we’ll stop going on about “European values” while ignoring – if not actively aiding and abetting – Israel’s li…
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@dawid@social.craftknight.com'You don't have to do it alone': how US cities are helping each other resist ICE (Whitney Bauck/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/16/ice-immigration-raids-cities
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p147#a251216p147
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@dawid@social.craftknight.comRobust Security Guarantees for a Solid and Lasting Peace in Ukraine - Statement of the Coalition of the Willing (European Commission)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_45
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p134#a260106p134
@dawid@social.craftknight.comCuba denounces US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela's coast as 'piracy' (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/13/cuba-denounces-us-seizure-oil-tanker-off-venezuela-coast
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p44#a251213p44
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