@seeingwithsound@mas.to2025-11-18 14:52:51
[OT] Europe is breaking up with U.S. cloud https://www.eetimes.com/europe-breaking-up-cloud-us/ Geopolitics forces European large organizations to abandon U.S. hyperscale cloud reliance.
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2025-11-18 14:52:51
@marcel@waldvogel.family2025-12-17 19:46:40
"Europe needs to recognize this as the crisis it has been waiting for. The continent is in real danger of being sidelined by its most important ally, and its ability to defend itself and secure its future role in the world hinges on its ability to mobilize resources and act collectively.
The EU’s decision last week to extend sanctions on Russian central bank assets—made without unanimous consent—is a good start."
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-17 18:01:36
Russia is dehumanizing Europe – dangerous narratives of Kremlin propaganda: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/russia-is-dehumanizing-europe-dangerous.html
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-12-18 13:50:30
The Ukraine Reparations Loan: How to fix Europe's financial plumbing. As US support for Ukraine vanishes, Europe must overcome Belgian opposition and improvise fiscally to provide Kyiv with €210 billion.
https://www.cer.eu/insights/ukraine-reparatio…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-18 10:25:58
Von der Leyen 5 months ago.
"Stability and predictability" 🤣
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/27/von-der-leyen-and-trump-strike-eu-us-trade-deal-to-avert-all-out-tariff-war
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-17 16:14:07
Putin calls European leaders
‘little pigs’
and says Russia will achieve its
Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force
The Russian leader says the aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally
https://www…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-17 08:53:46
Why Europe should sanction America | Euractiv
https://www.euractiv.com/news/why-europe-should-sanction-america/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-18 23:20:37
Don't Back Down, Europe -- Trump's tariff threats against allies should be the last straw. (Francis Fukuyama/Persuasion)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/dont-back-down-europe?triedRedirect=true
http://www.memeorandum.com/260118/p69#a260118p69
@haayman@todon.nl2025-12-18 04:43:42
This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/17/europe-donald-trump-ai-bubble-us-economy-eu
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2025-11-17 00:49:47
A lot of journalistic pieces contain too little information. But here's one that is chock full of interesting stuff, not details, but hooks for deeper inquiry. That stuff goes far beyond the topics in the headline. For instance I had never previously considered subway cars as a potential form of spyware.
"After F-35 “Kill Switch”, Now Europe Perturbed By Chinese “Kill Switch” That Could Cripple Its Transport Infra'
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-01-17 23:31:02
Trump Threatens Europe Over Greenland; Europe Responds by The Bulwark
#uspol
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-14 22:31:04
Opera says in the 12 months ending with October, it saw a 88% surge in daily active iOS users across Europe, partly due to the changes mandated by the DMA (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/13/opera-ios-growth-europe-dma/
@veit@mastodon.social2026-01-17 17:47:43
Trump announces 10% punitive tariffs from 1 February 2026 against Germany, among others – as leverage in the Greenland dispute. From 1 June, the tariff will rise to 25%. This serves as a reminder that dependence makes us vulnerable to blackmail. It is time to detach ourselves from the United States as quickly as possible – especially digitally: away from big tech, US platforms and US offices.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-12-18 14:51:58
Good overview of hybrid warfare by Russia.
#AP
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-01-18 16:53:33
Wishful thinking instead of proper planning is not a good trait in a leader.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scottish-first-minister-says-may-majority-means-new-independence-push-2026-01-18/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-12-14 08:45:30
“Trump’s America is not merely indifferent to Europe – it’s positively hostile to it. That has enormous implications for the continent and for Britain, which too many of our leaders still refuse to face.
…
The motive hardly matters: whether the US regards the EU as an enemy for transactional or ideological reasons, it now sees it as an enemy.
…
[Mark] Rutte warns of war, urging Europe to prepare itself, yet he has nothing to say about the one-time ally across the Atlantic…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-12-18 17:25:09
“Money today or blood tomorrow”: Tusk warns Polish independence threatened if Europe lets Ukraine fall - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/tusk-warns-polish-independence-threatened-if-europe-lets-ukraine-fall/
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-01-17 20:35:23
Now officially shopping for an organization, ideally in Canada but absolutely out of US jurisdiction (Europe OK), to provide Web & DNS support. We have a few mostly-dormant WordPress blogs and static sites, a bunch of identity-supporting DNS records, and that's about it. Nothing very high-traffic, should be an easy ask. Would prefer something that demonstrates resilience and stability by having been around a few years.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-17 16:15:52
Putin calls European leaders 'little pigs' and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - Europe live (Jakub Krupa/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/17/ukraine-russia-war-eu-european-council-frozen-assets-zelenskyy-europe-live-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p57#a251217p57
@nohillside@smnn.ch2026-01-14 15:56:24
Bargeld rocks!
- Inklusion
- (Un)Abhängigkeit vom Stromnetz
- (Un)Abhängigkeit von Visa/Mastercard
Europe is Rediscovering the Virtues of Cash - Slashdot https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/14/1436212/europe-is-rediscovering-the-v…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-12-17 22:00:04
euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-18 01:46:53
Trump’s threat to impose fresh tariffs on eight European countries
– UK, Norway and six EU member states
– is a wrecking ball to the carefully stitched deals he concluded with those countries last summer.
The two biggest voting blocs in the European parliament,
🔸the European People’s Party (EPP) and
🔸the Socialists & Democrats (S&Ds),
said on Saturday night the deal with the EU cannot be approved in the present circumstances.
Trump’s threat a…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-17 11:37:18
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.
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-16 17:33:03
This is EUROPE as you see it for the FIRST TIME: TOTAL rearmament and its own ARMY! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/this-is-europe-as-you.html
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social2026-01-16 18:17:27
Relation EU-USA :
"La meilleure ligne de conduite que Bruxelles pourrait adopter serait de reconnaître qu'une rupture définitive s'est produite et de s'engager dans une voie plus indépendante, écrit Nathalie Tocci, directrice de l'Institut italien des affaires internationales et professeure Š l'École d'études internationales avancées de l'Université Johns Hopkins en Europe."
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz2025-12-18 20:33:59
Thinking about all the citizen data that our government is shipping offshore to AU & elsewhere... there're apparently indications that Russian vessels have been hovering around undersea data cables in the north Atlantic... some suspect they've installed charges on all cables supplying data to Europe. In a future conflict, they could use these to continually disrupt European communications & intelligence. Who's to say that the US/China/others? haven't done the same to …
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 09:39:04
"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…
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-12-17 13:39:12
I was a North American student in the UK a quarter-century ago. While there, I met many people from all over Europe, several of whom remain incredibly important to me today. The news that Britain will once again take part in Erasmus fills me with joy. The program has changed the course - for the better! - of so many lives, including my own. Yay exchange programs and the connections they create!
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-17 23:25:51
TV Republika, the largest right-wing broadcaster in Poland, plans an English-language channel, seeking to fill a market gap in Europe for MAGA-aligned outlets (Raphael Minder/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/fec67146-0654-4104-a2cc-d354feb0e6c1
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-11-12 01:15:45
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2025-12-17 01:50:07
On December 17, 2025 at 2:01 a.m. local time (5:01 UTC, 6:01 CET), Arianespace will launch #Galileo L14, a pair of satellites, with Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana: at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho6lSJ0mOBU a webcast from 4:30 UTC, at https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Follow_the_Galileo_launch_L14_campaign some updates.
@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-01-16 13:00:11
"Europeans’ ‘psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing down progress, warns study"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
@usul@piaille.fr2025-12-17 11:16:49
Les revirements de Jordan Bardella sur le droit Š l’avortement
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/12/17/le-grand-ecart-de-jordan-bardella-sur-le-droit-a-l-avortement_6658288_3210.html
@tgpo@social.linux.pizza2025-12-18 18:14:12
"Europe is full of liquid."
#workquoteoftheday #quote
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-15 10:01:30
AWS launches European Sovereign Cloud, creating a new parent company for its sovereign cloud that will be locally controlled in the EU and run by EU citizens (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/amazon-sovereign-cloud-europe-expansion.html<…
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.place2026-01-18 08:56:45
What are we even doing in Europe? The asian biscuit industry is from the future!
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk2026-01-17 08:50:56
From email:
> Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – “Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy”.
> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
> The debate is scheduled for 9 February 2026.
@villavelius@mastodon.online2026-01-16 10:05:50
Trump maintains America 'needs' to have full control of Greenland, one way or another, in order to have a defence against Russia and China. Europe clearly needs the US in order to have a defence against Russia, so I guess logic dictates that Europe must take full control of America, one way or another.
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025-12-10 20:12:37
"Every year, thousands of people across Europe fall ill after eating contaminated food, with eggs, meat and ready-to-eat (RTE) food products among the most frequent sources of infection. "
Serious Listeria infections rising in Europe, EU report warns https://www.efsa.…
@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.com2026-01-17 17:20:28
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t
I hope this bullshit finally disinhibits people in Europe - particularly those not on the left - from condemning the MAGA regime, and retaliating economically instead of pathetically trying to appease it.
Go to hell Trump, nobody wants the 💩 you have to offer.
I hope this bullshit finally disinhibits people in Europe - particularly those not on the left - from condemning the MAGA regime, and retaliating economically instead of pathetically trying to appease it.
Go to hell Trump, nobody wants the 💩 you have to offer.
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com2026-01-17 17:20:28
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t
I hope this bullshit finally disinhibits people in Europe - particularly those not on the left - from condemning the MAGA regime, and retaliating economically instead of pathetically trying to appease it.
Go to hell Trump, nobody wants the 💩 you have to offer.
I hope this bullshit finally disinhibits people in Europe - particularly those not on the left - from condemning the MAGA regime, and retaliating economically instead of pathetically trying to appease it.
Go to hell Trump, nobody wants the 💩 you have to offer.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-18 17:51:59
Good summary why Europe must not appease Trump.
source: #Trump …
@anneroth@systemli.social2025-11-16 11:35:36
Still missing for Europe: a website monitoring local communities against data centers.
„$64 billion in U.S. data center projects have been blocked or delayed by a growing wave of local, bipartisan opposition. What was once quiet infrastructure is now a national flashpoint — and communities are pushing back.“
https://www.datacenterwa…
@annsev@troet.cafe2025-11-18 17:19:55
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2025-11-16 22:20:41
A movie that is forever burned into my brain is Conspiracy (2001), which is a recreation of the Wannsee conference, were the Nazis decided to kill all Jews is Europe.
The banality of it while they haggle about questions of "legality" and having turf wars while they plan one of the biggest genocides in history is suffocating.
A very timely movie right now if you can stomach it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)
@zudn@theres.life2026-01-17 22:34:15
Anybody ever hear anything from the young man who started #thereslife? Seems he was in Europe somewhere and headed to the US to study, or something like that. I signed up sometime in the early days and was glad to see @… take it up when he decided to let it go.
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-16 21:48:59
Europe ASSURES: Security guarantees for UKRAINE will remain unshakeable! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/16/europe-assures-security-guarantees-for.html
@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-17 23:24:42
Pope Leo XIV urges ‘concrete actions’ on climate change at COP30
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251117-pope-leo-xiv-climate-change-cop30
@brichapman@mastodon.social2025-12-17 20:01:12
Europe just opened major funding for industrial decarbonization—clean hydrogen, net zero manufacturing, carbon capture.
Carbon removal is scaling too: 268,000 tonnes contracted in November across biochar, direct air capture, and biomass. Real projects, real revenue.
Sign up for the For People And Planet climate solutions digest.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-17 19:41:10
Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/17/europe/protesters-denmark-greenland-trump-intl
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p43#a260117p43
@theodric@social.linux.pizza2025-12-18 01:26:43
It took THE ENTIRE DAY to get the barn opening cut large enough and then THE ENTIRE EVENING to winch and shove and wiggle and cajole this rotting piece of shit vardo inside the rotting piece of shit barn so we can work on it over the miserable drippy fuckass winter without getting excessively wet and overly fuckassed. (Miserable is unavoidable: it's Europe.) I need to order a big tarp to serve as a barn door. I need to order a desiccant dehumidifier that will actually work on something t…
@hakona@im.alstadheim.no2025-11-14 14:09:51
Interesting about how #Russia uses criminal networks to sabotage #Europe. https://icct.nl/publ…
@frankel@mastodon.top2026-01-16 17:28:44
#Cloud #Cost Comparison for #European Providers
https://www.eucloudco…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-12-15 10:30:08
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-14 12:00:44
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ChristmasAroundEurope
- Christmas around Europe Part 1
The annual Christmas around Europe day celebration of Christmas music and singing from across Europe.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n8jr
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-14 17:34:48
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
R.E.M.:
🎵 Radio Free Europe
#REM
https://theartsmixof.bandcamp.com/track/r-e-m-radio-free-europe-the-art-mix-edit-kzp-rms
https://open.spotify.com/track/6l6O0Q6pd1tc1DiE7GLy4u
@aredridel@kolektiva.social2026-01-16 01:39:59
Content warning: Star Fleet Academy S01E02 Spoilers
I see that there are still only 2 cultures in the universe who do opera. Europe in the 2nd millennium CE and Klingon. Weird that it only happened twice.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-16 11:01:31
TikTok plans to roll out a new age detection system, which analyzes profile information to predict whether a user is under 13, across Europe in the coming weeks (Supantha Mukherjee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-12 12:40:52
Kamal Ahmed, who previously hosted The Telegraph's The Daily T podcast, leaves to join Fortune as executive editorial director for UK and Europe (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-18 07:24:04
The bully strikes again. New tax for American companies and citizens when they buy stuff from European countries that do not bow to Trump's Greenland demands.
If Europe blinks, we're lost.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/us/politic…
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.place2025-11-18 06:54:44
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 09:59:02
"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
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-16 02:51:08
Kari Lake stops Radio Free Europe from broadcasting into Iran over politics (Ja'han Jones/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/kari-lake-radio-free-europe-iran-usagm-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p153#a260115p153
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-18 18:01:33
Internal docs show Meta's Vibes AI video feed has about 2M DAUs as of November 9, up 1% from the previous week; ~52% of returning users prompted the AI (Pranav Dixit/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-vibes-ai-internal-…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-18 18:35:56
I build robots to save lives: Here’s why Europe must invest in Ukraine’s civil security: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/i-build-robots-to-save.html
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-14 16:00:44
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ChristmasAroundEurope
- Christmas around Europe Part 2
The annual Christmas around Europe day celebration of Christmas music and singing from across Europe.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n8jt
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-17 14:52:56
RE: https://mastodon.social/@eurocaro/115909635361024549
Europe needs to decolonise itself from the US, says Caroline de Gruyter.
"The US is no longer our ally; it no longer offers faith in progress or a vision for the future, and as a model of …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-16 12:25:33
Finland's president urges Europe to hold its nerve as he warns no ceasefire likely soon in Ukraine (Emma Burrows/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/stubb-finland-trump-ukraine-putin-russia-europe-8bdbd76ed7c04b5ff6af8abafc7b837c
http://www.memeorandum.com/251116/p5#a251116p5
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025-12-08 21:55:39
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/high-levels-of-forever-chemical-found-in-cereal-products-across-europe-study<…
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-12 18:19:00
🏀 The other clšsico: Barcelona and Real Madrid’s rivalry thrives on the basketball court too
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/13/barcelona-real-madrid-basketball-rivalry-nba-europe-clasico
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-15 16:14:29
One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea.
“Trump called me down to the Oval Office,”
John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian.
💥“He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy #Greenland.”
It was an extraordinary proposal.
And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-13 23:11:01
Australia begins consultations with publishers and platforms on its News Bargaining Incentive, requiring Big Tech to pay local publishers or face new taxes (April Ossington/Channel News)
https://www.channelnews.com.au/australia-m
@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-17 16:18:42
France Agrees to Sell Up to 100 Rafale Fighter Jets to Ukraine - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/world/europe/ukraine-france-rafale-fighter-jets.html
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-17 14:15:08
Ukraine has to fight for attention, while Europe is looking at Greenland, Ukraine is suffering enormously, Putin is not forced to do any concession by Trump. Maybe Trump is even helping Putin to force Ukraine to accept a very bad deal…
#ukraine #greenland
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-15 16:11:20
Danish PM says US
‘ambition to take over #Greenland’
is intact after Washington meeting
'Not easy' talks with US leave to #Denmark determined to
'prevent' US takeover of Greenland
Danish prime minister
Mette Frederiksen has responded to last night’s “not easy” meetin…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-17 16:50:25
Former NATO chief accuses Trump of ‘gangster’ threat over Greenland as protests held in Denmark | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-greenland-donald-trump-denmark-protest-b2902402.html
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-17 18:59:24
Trump made a mistake, he is escalating with Europe on something they can't compromise on, sovereignty of it's member states. This will become an ugly fight.
#greenland #denmark #eu
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 10:03:14
Finally
"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…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-17 21:11:14
Europe vows 'firm' response to new Trump tariffs over Greenland (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-vows-response-to-new-trump-tariffs-over-greenland/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p48#a260117p48
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-15 08:55:37
A profile of Ivan Urgant, a popular Russian late-night TV host who became a pariah after his suspension in February 2022 for opposing the invasion of Ukraine (Paul Sonne/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/wo…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-18 03:30:51
Trump's war on Europe (Martin Wolf/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b17e6660-7722-4723-953b-2d72e7ec9292
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p150#a251217p150
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-16 11:21:03
As Europe rearms, Anduril is trying to break through in the UK by co-funding major programs, cutting manufacturing deals, and billing itself as "Anglo-American" (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 09:53:40
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-15 09:11:04
Q&A with Amazon's Prime Video Europe VP Andrew Bennett on a flurry of global partnership deals, including with free-to-air broadcasters, and other growth plans (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-12 11:25:11
Europe must prepare for war with Russia, NATO chief warns: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/12/europe-must-prepare-for-war.html
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-14 11:10:46
Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe "over the coming months" as required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/820858/whatsapp-third-party-messaging-dat…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 09:31:17
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-11-15 12:25:25
The US is not only no longer an ally of Europe, it is actively undermining democracy in Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/large-afd-delegation-set-travel-washington-us-congress-member-says/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-13 16:20:52
HBO Max nears a complete Europe rollout after launching in eight countries, including Germany and Italy; the streamer is now available in 100 territories (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/hbo-max-europe-launches-prime-video-deal-1236680…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-16 21:23:37
Not an abstract peace, but protection! Are Europe and the US preparing tough guarantees for Ukraine?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/16/not-an-abstract-peace-but.html
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 09:18:01
"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, @… .
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-15 08:07:19
"This instinct—to ignore existing borders, laws, and treaties; to treat other countries as artificial; to break up trade links and destroy friendships, all because the Leader wants to look powerful—is one that Trump shares with imperialists of the past."
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-10 22:40:27
Is the US preparing Europe to split? Important details of the new strategy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/is-the-us-preparing-europe.html
@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-16 17:46:58
Auction of Holocaust artefacts cancelled following complaints from survivors | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-gestapo-nazi-dusseldorf-b2866258.html
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-15 08:18:18
This shows that Trump is on Putin's side, not on the side of Europe and Ukraine. The whole Greenland affair diverts attention/ troops from Ukraine, all in Putin's interest.
""I think he's ready to make a deal," Trump said of the Russian president. "I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal." Asked why U.S.-led negotiations had not yet resolved Europe's largest land conflict since World War Two, Trump responded: "Zelensky."
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-12-12 09:14:24
"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…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-16 17:19:35
Putin's nuclear roulette: how Russia, under the guise of wanting "peace," is blackmailing Europe: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/16/putins-nuclear-roulette-how-russia.html
@benb@osintua.eu2026-01-16 22:43:38
⚔️ 900,000 combat servicemen and real experience – THE UKRAINIAN ARMY is the strongest in Europe!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/combat-servicemen-and-real-experience.html
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-16 10:58:46
The EU has confirmed that Greenland falls under article 42.7 of the EU-treaty, the mutual defence clause. If the USA is so stupid to take Greenland against the will of Greenland/Denmark and the EU. It will suffer enormously, all US military bases in Europe will have to close. Power projection in Africa and the Middle East will become very hard. To name just one thing.
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-10 22:48:51
Europe can't replace Ukraine's lost U.S. military aid, Kiel institute finds: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/europe-cant-replace-ukraines-lost.html