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France Becomes First Government to Endorse UN #OpenSource Principles, Joined by 19 Organizations
https://unite.un.org/fr/news/france-be

"Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access"
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Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access
Company admits under oath that American authorities can demand European citizen information despite security promises.

A young female bear caused a stir after wandering out of the forest and into the leafy suburbs of the Lithuanian capital.
For two days, the brown bear ambled through the neighborhoods of Vilnius,
trotted across highways and explored backyards
— all while being chased by onlookers with smartphones and, eventually, drones.
The government then issued a permit for the bear to be shot and killed.
That did not go down well with Lithuania’s hunters who refused, aware …

Lithuanian hunters refuse government request to shoot a wild bear in the capital
Lithuanian hunters have refused to shoot a wild bear that was spotted roaming around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and criticized the government for issuing a permit to kill a member of the protected species. The Lithuanian Association of Hunters and Fishermen says in a statement it is shocked by the decision of the Environment Ministry to shoot the bear. The bear now seems to be out of danger as it was spotted on Wednesday walking through forested areas well outside the city. A government …

Vultron, which makes AI tools for federal contractors, raised $22M from investors including David Sacks' Craft Ventures, raising ethical questions (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/david-sacks-and-the-blurred-lines-of-…

David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service | TechCrunch
When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures, the firm

Bipartisan government funding is at risk of dying in Trump's Washington (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/bipartisan-government-funding-dying-trump-spending-cuts-shutdown-rcna219344
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p6#a250720p6

Heroes.
Government to ban Palestine Action after group vandalises RAF planes | ITV News
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-06-20/government-to-ban-palestine-action-after-group-vandalises-raf-planes

Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/07/youtube-broadcaster-content-easier-to-f…

UK Government Should Change Law To Make Broadcaster Content Easy To Find On YouTube, Regulator Urges
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 content on YouTube should be easier to find, Ofcom has told the UK government as part of its public service media review.

Inside Ukraine's recent government reshuffle, where old ministers take new roles: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/inside-ukraines-recent-government-reshuffle.html

Illegal alien who raped, impregnated his own daughter at government-run shelter learns prison sentence (Peter Pinedo/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-alien-who-raped-impregnated-his-own-daughter-government-run-shelter-learns-prison-sentence
http://www.memeorandum.com/250719/p40#a250719p40

The authoritarian dream is rooted in the belief that state violence should serve as the primary tool of governance.
When the guardrails of democracy are dismantled, violence shifts from being a last resort to a governing principle.
This is precisely what unfolded in Los Angeles, where Trump deployed the National Guard and Marines to crush protests against his mass deportation policies,
while mobilizing ICE as a modern-day Gestapo.
What cannot be ignored is that the…

From the Streets of LA to the National Stage: The Left Must Win the Cultural War
Trump’s war on dissent can only be defeated by a left that challenges the values sustaining authoritarianism.