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„Politische Verzögerungstaktik“ beim App Store: Apple kritisiert EU-Kommission
Nachdem ein erster alternativer App-Marktplatz dichtgemacht hat, fürchtet Apple Konsequenzen der EU. Dabei habe die EU laut Apple Änderungen nicht genehmigt.

Everyone on the British left should read this from @meadwaj
"...it is the Greens today who, under the energetic new leadership of Zack Polanski, are setting the pace. Given the uncertainties of the Your Party narrative, it is the Greens who will continue to step up and set that pace. They are, as I have said, the leading force on the English left."
"[The leadership of other left forces] ave a serious responsibility not to get in the way of this advance"
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The Green Way
At the end of a politically hectic year, the Green Party under Zack Polanski is one of the few genuine success stories on the British left. How much potential is there in a future Red-Green alliance?

An interview with Audrey Cooper, EIC of The Baltimore Banner, on local news decline, growing regionally, paywalls, experimenting with AI, and more (Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories

The Baltimore Banner enters a new year — and a new chapter — with a new editor-in-chief
Local journalism is shrinking in much of the country — but The Baltimore Banner is moving in the opposite direction. In just two years, the nonprofit newsroom has grown into Maryland’s largest reporting operation, expanded beyond Baltimore, and built a fast-growing base of paying subscribers. Now, with their new editor-in-chief, Audrey Cooper, at the helm, The Banner is doubling down on a belief that many in the industry have quietly abandoned: scale still matters. In this wide-ranging conv…

In two regions of Spain (NW and South), extreme one-day rainfall amounts have already increased by 29-36% since 1950. This is much more than what climate models predicted. https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/in

🥳 GREENS SMASH LABOUR AND DEFORM UK IN BY-ELECTION!
HOPE WINS OVER HATE! 🎉

It's not 7018, but a noteworthy addition to the growing community of ASPA users:
#RPKI

Post by New ASPA Signers, @newaspa@bgp.tools
AS797 (AT&T Services, Inc.) has signed ASPA objects for the first time! This means 890 unique ASNs have signed ASPA objects at some point

Hattet ihr auch so viele Äpfel, Quitten, Birnen und Beeren im letzten Jahr? Ich hab „damals“ schon gesagt, dass die Natur sich vorbereitet auf einen heftigen Winter. Nun ist der zwar noch nicht völlig außergewöhnlich für unsere Breiten, aber nach so vielen zu warmen Jahren in Folge doch anders als „gewohnt“. Und man konnte es erkennen. Sogar ich mit meinen geringen Biokenntnissen.

Checks and balances aren't working under Trump
The decline in faith is seen across the partisan spectrum,
with Democrats and independents swinging 45 and 34 points respectively since then.
Among Republicans, who control the White House and have majorities in both chambers of Congress,
there's also been a significant
19 percentage-point drop in confidence in the system.

Checks and balances aren’t working under Trump, growing majority says
On the eve of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, two-thirds of Americans say the system of checks and balances that divides power between the White House, Congress and the courts is not working well, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll.

💸 Why the price of coffee has skyrocketed: from Brazilian plantations to specialty coffee houses
https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-12-28/why-the-price-of-coffee-ha…

Why the price of coffee has skyrocketed: from Brazilian plantations to specialty coffee houses
Climate change, growing demand and the transformation of coffee into a commodity for speculation on the New York Stock Exchange have increased the value and the uncertainty around one of the most desirable products on the planet