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Ukraine is moving towards EU membership faster than expected, according to EU Commission report: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukraine-is-moving-towards-eu.html

A joint Databroker Files investigation shows commercially traded mobile phone location data allows the tracking of millions of Europeans, including EU officials (netzpolitik.org)
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-eu/

Databroker Files: Targeting the EU
Precise locations and revealing movement patterns: the mobile phone location data of millions of people in the EU is up for sale. Collected supposedly only for advertising purposes, this data can also be used for espionage. European data protection is failing – even top EU officials in Brussels are affected. The EU Commission says: 'We are concerned.

Make 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.

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image 🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law. Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

Microsoft Office ohne Teams soll EU-Strafe verhindern
Microsoft kommt wohl um eine EU-Wettbewerbsstrafe herum. Office 365 soll ohne Teams ein bisschen weniger kosten.
https://www.heise.de…

»Brüssel räumt ein — Substanzielle EU-Gelder sind an Spyware-Hersteller geflossen:
Die EU-Kommission will unverzüglich die Finanzierung von Spyware-Produzenten einstellen, die sich "schweren beruflichen Fehlverhaltens" schuldig gemacht haben.«
Jetzt wird eine Firma zu recht schuldig gesprochen. Wann sehen verantwortliche Politiker*innen ein, dass Überwachung das Gegenteil von Sicherheit ist?
🇪🇺

Brüssel räumt ein: Substanzielle EU-Gelder sind an Spyware-Hersteller geflossen
Die EU-Kommission will unverzüglich die Finanzierung von Spyware-Produzenten einstellen, die sich "schweren beruflichen Fehlverhaltens" schuldig gemacht haben.

Reasons NOT to give a Peace Nobel Prize to Trump: Department of War, support genocide in Gaza, escalate conflicts with Iran and Yemenis, deport children, blow up criminals instead of judge them, threaten Venezuela, Canada and Greenland with invasions. For The Norwegian Nobel Committee consideration.
#Peace #Trump

CLOSER TO THE EU! Ukraine is fighting for freedom on all fronts! | NEWS PULSE: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/closer-to-the-eu-ukraine.html

Brüssel räumt ein: Substanzielle EU-Gelder sind an Spyware-Hersteller geflossen
Die EU-Kommission will unverzüglich die Finanzierung von Spyware-Produzenten einstellen, die sich "schweren beruflichen Fehlverhaltens" schuldig gemacht haben.

Apple says Live Translation on AirPods will expand to the EU next month; the first iOS 26.2 beta, seeded to developers on Tuesday, brings the feature to the EU (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/04/ios-26-2-expands-live-transl…

iOS 26.2 Expands Live Translation on AirPods to EU
The upcoming iOS 26.2 update for iPhone makes the Live Translation feature on select AirPods available in the EU, according to Apple. The news was...

🚨 Scammer warning
This account is direct messaging people from Gaza to try and scam them:
@…
Attached is a screenshot of a direct message that one of our Gaza Verified members got.
The mind boggles. What kind of lowlife targets people who are already facing famine and genocide to rob them of the money they need to survive?
In …

Spionage via Online-Graumarkt: EU-Mitarbeiter durch Handy-Standortdaten entblößt
„Anonymisierte“ Geodaten hochrangiger EU-Offizieller sind online zu erwerben. Die Kommission verschärft die Richtlinien für Mitarbeiter, Verbote sollen kommen.

Zelensky rejects ‘second-tier’ EU status, urges swift accession talks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/zelensky-rejects-secondtier-eu-status.html

I get some times second hand phone to play with them, and I do many re-installations. So I did a Python script to handle the install of apps coming from F-droid more easily https://repos.susurrando.com/adelgado/android_manager
It does a backup of the APKs or a list of APK nam…

android_manager
Android Manager

Dienstag: Blackwell-Chip nur für die USA, EU-Gelder gingen an Spyware-Hersteller
Exportkontrollen für Nvidia-Chips EU-Subventionen in der Kritik Sam Altman gereizt Informationskontrolle in Russland Security-Katalog für TK-Anbieter

Ukraine is doing everything it can to gain EU membership, even during wartime, Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukraine-is-doing-everything-it.html

Sounds about right for a criminal regime that’s carrying out genocide. https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/middle-east-news-oapkqap7z/-/a-IU5fv5REQhWV_lrAS277Jg:a:3199698-/0

Israel arrests ex-army lawyer for leaking video showing Palestinian’s abuse
Israel has arrested Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi over her leaking of a video showing Israeli soldiers abusing prisoners. Israel has arrested former military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi over her leaking of a video showing Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee at the notorious Sde Teiman …

EU-Kommission verhängt 2,95 Milliarden Euro Bußgeld gegen Google
Die Alphabet-Tochter soll gegen europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht verstoßen haben. Die Aufsichtsbehörde hat dem Unternehmen zudem eine Frist gesetzt.

Russians hit a passenger train with a UAV! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/russians-hit-a-passenger-train.html

Hey Jimmy, what does a neutral description of genocide look like, you walking moral vacuity?
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/wikipedia-founder-comments-on-gaza-genocide-article-sparks-b

Wikipedia founder comments on Gaza genocide article sparks backlash
Jimmy Wales challenges the neutrality of Wikipedia's 'Gaza genocide' article, prompting a pushback from editors amid wider debate on how to cover "Israel's" actions against Palestine.

❗️ZELENSKYY visited POKROVSK DIRECTION #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/zelenskyy-visited-pokrovsk-direction-shorts.html

One of USA’s last remaining independent journalistic outlets… *checks notes*… Teen Vogue… is shuttered. https://romancelandia.club/@herhandsmyhands/115491522193236227

azteclady (@herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club)
Attached: 2 images #PSA #CallToAction #TeenVogue Teen Vogue has now been folded into Vogue, and all politics reporters, all Black women and all trans people working there were fired on Monday (11/3/25) morning. That is, none of the people who made Teen Vogue a surprisingly effective civics communication vehicle remain with the magazine. If you or someone in your family has a subscription, now it's a good time to explain what boycotts are and what they can do. Note how "facts" becomes "prog…

China: Aussetzung der Exportkontrollen für Seltene Erden gilt auch für die EU
Peking hat EU-Handelskommissar Šefčovič bestätigt, dass Seltene Erden vorläufig wieder in die EU ausgeführt werden dürfen. Das ist wichtig etwa für Halbleiter.

Russian piracy – UAVs launched from oil tankers #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/russian-piracy-uavs-launched-from.html

“They stood in a silence so heavy it seemed to bend the light around them.
Their smiles were hesitant — like doors that had forgotten how to open. And in that moment, I realized: freedom itself can be fragile.
We who survived war thought we had endured the worst — the bombs, the hunger, the endless waiting. But their stories shattered that belief.”
– @…

When I heard the prisoners were to be released, a fragile pulse stirred inside...
They stood in a silence so heavy it seemed to bend the light around them. Their smiles were hesitant — like doors that had forgotten how to open. And in that moment, I realized: freedom itself can be fragile. We who survived war thought we had endured the worst — the bombs, the hunger, the endless waiting. But their stories shattered that belief. They spoke of nights drenched in cold water while they slept, of wrists bound until flesh gave way, of blows that d...

'We don't want to share their fate' — Orban says Ukraine membership would drag EU into war with Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/we-dont-want-to-share.html

Decent folks may want to block this libertarian, pro-genocide instance.
(libertarian.communitynetwork.space)
https://libertarian.communitynetwork.space/objects/0b38de6a-3cbe-4113-8fbb-25b17b6e5dfe

Korsier (@korsier@libertarian.communitynetwork.space)
@aral Well, she didn't learn her lesson the first time.

15 major OIL facilities have caught FIRE in Russia this week #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/major-oil-facilities-have-caught.html

Lviv hit by Russian ballistic missiles – aftermath of the attack #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/lviv-hit-by-russian-ballistic.html

Folks, Alaa is still in the North. She cannot evacuate due to lack of money.
Please help if you can.
💕
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified

Alaa (@alaamoh@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image My friends, I am still in the north of Gaza City. I cannot evacuate to the south because I do not have the money. The army is getting very close to us. I need $1,500 urgently so that I can evacuate and survive. Please help me. 🙏😢 Donation link https://gofund.me/5ac86d56 @aral@mastodon.ar.al @joynewacc https://mathstodon.xyz/@glmxndr

Ukraine's existence is in Hungary's national interest, Orban says as he continues to oppose EU aid to Kyiv: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/ukraines-existence-is-in-hungarys.html

Folks, if you see a link to Gaza Verified (gaza-verified.org) on a profile, make sure that the link has the verification badge (in the apps) or is green with a check mark (on the web app).
So, in other words, please verify that the link is actually verified.
More info on how verification works on Mastodon: https://joinmastodon.org/ve…

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NATO's new plan: tanks will cross European borders without stopping! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/natos-new-plan-tanks-will.html

All my dreams are about running from the bombs and seeing fires,
And sometimes I dream of my house being bombed and razed to the ground,
And I cry in the dream and wake up to cry again.
– @…
This wasn’t a poem. It was just a message in passing to a friend this morning. And yet, also, a poem.

Joy's Voice: Empowering a Gaza Author
To My Dearest Donors,

Russian army facilities are burning in Karelia and the Leningrad region #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/russian-army-facilities-are-burning.html

Russian soldiers steal fuel from civilians – the shortage is growing #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/russian-soldiers-steal-fuel-from.html

Green light for Tomahawks for Ukraine – the US has made its decision! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/green-light-for-tomahawks-for.html

❗️ZELENSKYY: "The Russians would like to win, but that will never happen!" #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/zelenskyy-ampquotthe-russians-would-like.html

💣 Putin threatens with nuclear weapons again – "Burevestnik" and "Poseidon" #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/putin-threatens-with-nuclear-weapons.html…

🇺🇸 US Ambassador to NATO visits Kyiv: support for Ukraine and the path to peace #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/us-ambassador-to-nato-visits.html

“Drone umbrella” instead of “Drone wall” – an update on Europe's initiative #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/drone-umbrella-instead-of-drone.html

Russia – the gas station country – is importing fuel for the first time, – Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/russia-the-gas-station-country.html

The Kremlin is generously funding propaganda — a record 3 billion for the next three years #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/the-kremlin-is-generously-funding.html…

Ukrainian drones strike radar systems in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/ukrainian-drones-strike-radar-systems.html

Russian drone attack on farm kills 13,000 pigs in Kharkiv Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/russian-drone-attack-on-farm.html

Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure in massive strikes ahead of winter, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/russia-targets-ukraines-energy-infrastructure.html

Putin rages as explosions destroy Russian chemical plants, West arms Ukraine! | Weekly Wrap-Up: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/putin-rages-as-explosions-destroy.html

Ukraine war latest: Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure in massive strikes ahead of winter, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/ukraine-war-latest-russia-targets.html

Linearization of the 57th: End of Separate Battalions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/linearization-of-the-th-end.html

French photojournalist killed, Ukrainian photographer injured in Russian drone strike: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/193006.html

Art after apocalypse — opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/art-after-apocalypse-opera-spurred.html

Tomahawks are coming to Ukraine! The US delivers war-changing weapons! | Weapons with @StarskyUA: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/tomahawks-are-coming-to-ukraine.html

Ukraine accuses Russian intelligence of ordering assassination of ex-Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/ukraine-accuses-russian-intelligence-of.html

Kremlin throws billions into brainwashing citizens as Russia’s economy plummets into the abyss: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/03/kremlin-throws-billions-into-brainwashing.html

Drones hit major oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad region: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/drones-hit-major-oil-refinery.html

Munich airport again halts operations due to drones; Police investigating approaching drones at Prague airport: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/munich-airport-again-halts-operations.html

A NEW NIGHT OF TERROR! Russia turns ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE into ashes!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/a-new-night-of-terror.html

Tracing my buried bloodlines: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/tracing-my-buried-bloodlines.html

‘Savage’ Russian double-tap strike on railway station in Sumy Oblast injures at least 30, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/savage-russian-doubletap-strike-on.html

Russian attacks kill 1, injure 33 in Ukraine over past day, target gas infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/russian-attacks-kill-injure-in.html

Ukraine brings back 22 children from Russian-occupied territories: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/ukraine-brings-back-children-from.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,114,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

As mysterious drone sightings increase, this is what Russia has to gain from them: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/as-mysterious-drone-sightings-increase.html

US pressure! Moscow in the crosshairs — a new phase of the war?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/us-pressure-moscow-in-the.html

Ukraine to scale up strikes on Russia’s fuel and logistics infrastructure, Umerov says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/ukraine-to-scale-up-strikes.html

'Get serious' — Russia is already at war with Europe, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/get-serious-russia-is-already.html

Ruling party claims victory in Georgian elections amid major protests: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/ruling-party-claims-victory-in.html

Ukrainian western cities in flames: overnight Russian attack targeted Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/ukrainian-western-cities-in-flames.html

Russian bombs injure six in Sloviansk, including child: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/russian-bombs-injure-six-in.html

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,115,250 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Massive Russian attack on Ukraine kills 5, injures 14: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/massive-russian-attack-on-ukraine.html

Lithuania's Vilnius airport closed in response to airspace violation, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/05/lithuanias-vilnius-airport-closed-in.html

Aeroflot to dismantle eight Boeing cargo jets for parts as sanctions cripple Russian fleet: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/aeroflot-to-dismantle-eight-boeing.html

Ukraine slaps new sanctions on Russian oil industry, drone production: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/ukraine-slaps-new-sanctions-on.html

Greece to send €200 million arms package to Ukraine, including M110A2 howitzers and DPICM rounds: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/greece-to-send-million-arms.html

Ukrainian military: Russian push on Dobropillya blunted, two pockets form amid fierce fighting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/ukrainian-military-russian-push-on.html

Ukrainian Intelligence: China supplying satellite data to Russia for missile strikes on Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/ukrainian-intelligence-china-supplying-satellite.html

G7 convenes emergency meeting as Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/g-convenes-emergency-meeting-as.html

Georgian police crack down on protesters as thousands march on presidential palace: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/georgian-police-crack-down-on.html

Fuel shortage grips Russian-occupied Crimea as locals sell spots in gas-station lines: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/fuel-shortage-grips-russianoccupied-crimea.html

Czechia's populist Ano party wins parliamentary elections, threatening future aid to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/czechias-populist-ano-party-wins.html

2 powerful Ukrainian agencies are fighting in the open. Both say only Russia is to win: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/04/powerful-ukrainian-agencies-are-fighting.html

Ukrainian counterattacks around Pokrovsk blunt Russia’s advance: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukrainian-counterattacks-around-pokrovsk-blunt.html

Ukrainian drones hit Russian refineries in Bashkortostan and Kstovo, sparking fires: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukrainian-drones-hit-russian-refineries.html

Russia ends seasonal draft model, moves to year-round conscription from 2026: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/russia-ends-seasonal-draft-model.html

Video shows Russian drone killing white flag-waving civilians and dog, Ukraine opens war crimes investigation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/video-shows-russian-drone-killing.html

Albatros-M warship burns in Sevastopol, one of only four in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet used to track drones: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/albatrosm-warship-burns-in-sevastopol.html

Ukraine’s military intelligence opens ground corridor in Pokrovsk to improve logistics: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukraines-military-intelligence-opens-ground.html

Putin in shock: Romania gets weapons nearly free, Russians face tribunal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/putin-in-shock-romania-gets.html

Ukrainian prosecutors accused of using force against operative amid conflict with anti-graft agency: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/ukrainian-prosecutors-accused-of-using.html

How Europe plans to phase out Russian oil and gas, explained: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/how-europe-plans-to-phase.html

Leaked documents reveal sanctions and tech shortages crippling Russia’s Su-57 and PAK DA programs: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/leaked-documents-reveal-sanctions-and.html

"Russian Victory" – MYTH: Putin's illusions distort reality, Russia's losses are mounting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/190049.html

Russia's seaborne oil exports see sharpest fall since early 2024 after new US sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/russias-seaborne-oil-exports-see.html

Die Welt: About 2,000 Colombians among thousands of foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/die-welt-about-colombians-among.html

THE IMPENETRABLE FORTRESS: POKROVSK stands firm against enemy attacks! | FRONT NEWS: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/the-impenetrable-fortress-pokrovsk-stands.html

Returning home, photographer Yelena Yemchuk finds beauty in a country at war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/returning-home-photographer-yelena-yemchuk.html

Russia's Oreshnik missile enters serial production, Putin claims — nearly 1 year after promising to mass produce weapon: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/russias-oreshnik-missile-enters-serial.html

Belgium shuts down Brussels Airport due to suspicious drone sighting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/belgium-shuts-down-brussels-airport.html

POKROVSK IS UNCONQUERED! Russia fails to break through Ukrainian defenses! | Map of the War: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/pokrovsk-is-unconquered-russia-fails.html

Explosions reported in Russia's Oryol Oblast — residents claim missile attack: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/explosions-reported-in-russias-oryol.html