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Big Tech's EU lobbying hit €151M in 2025, up from €113M in 2023 and €97M in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with EU officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/big-tech-lobby-budgets-hit-re…

Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.

Stell dir vor, deine Armee macht ein paar Tage Pause weil du das Service-Abo nicht rechtzeitig bezahlt hast 🤦‍♂️
Defense Contractors Lobby To Kill Military Right-to-Repair, Push Pay-Per-Use Data Model - Slashdot https://tech.slashdot.or…

Big Tech ist Europas Lobby-Champion: Mit 151 Mio. € hat die Branche 2025 alle Rekorde gebrochen. Fünf der sechs größten EU-Lobbyakteure kommen aus dem Silicon Valley. 720 Parlamentarier stehen 890 Digital-Lobbyisten gegenüber. Microsoft, Meta & Co üben Druck wegen der Digitalgesetze DSA, DMA und AI Act aus. Knickt von der Leyen ein? #netzpolitik

Er macht sich seine Welt widewide sie ihm gefällt. Oder versucht es zumindest.
(Und hat es damit ja auch in den neuen Asterix geschafft, als Lobby-Dinner-Gast.)
Nein, gemeint ist natürlich nicht @…
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When we close streets to cars and open them up to people, we can't just leave them as-is for half a decade. We need to build infrastructure to ensure that cars *can't* come back. Otherwise, it's too tempting for drivers who see a pristine stretch of unclogged road to be like, "hey I could be breaking the speed limits or storing my car there for free!", lobby their local weak-spined politicians, and reclaim the road for SUVs.

How Kyrsten Sinema Bullied an Arizona City to Approve Her Client's AI Data Center (Andrew Perez/Zeteo)
https://zeteo.com/p/kyrsten-sinema-arizona-lobby-ai-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p159#a251028p159

I read the Bill Gates memo and it makes sense to me?! Am I missing something here? Or is the problem that the outrage machine of the far right and anti-climate-change lobby is misconstruing what he is calling for?
He's clearly saying that getting emissions down is still a priority that's already on track! In contrast global health and poverty are issues that appear to be slowing down or on hold and need more focused attention *now*. Therefore we need a shift in funding!

Toch geen hoger statiegeld. Waarom ging de inspectie overstag? | de Volkskrant
#statiegeld

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Father John Misty:
🎵 Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
#FatherJohnMisty
https://fatherjohnmisty.bandcamp.com/track/chateau-lobby-4-in-c-for-two-virgins-15
https://open.spotify.com/track/1kpV69gQV5aixc3deHdzOr

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Wie gelingt es mächtigen Akteuren, den #Klimaschutz systematisch zu verzögern?
Mit rhetorischen Tricks, falschen Hoffnungen und strategischem Pessimismus werden #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen blockiert und Verantwortung verschoben. Die bekannten A…

Verzögern statt leugnen: Die neue Taktik der fossilen Lobby
Nicht alle leugnen den Klimawandel – viele verzögern bewusst. So funktionieren die Strategien der Klimaschutzverzögerer.

Andere sollen sparen - Asyl-Lobby will weiter die volle Sozialhilfe haben #News #Nachrichten

#AntiAKW #Atomausstieg #Russland-Deal: #ANF beauftragt Lobby-Agentur
Im Verfahren um den Antrag zur Kooperation mit …

🕶️ Community Analysis of Social Virtual Reality Based on Large-Scale Log Data of a Commercial Metaverse Platform
#vr

Community Analysis of Social Virtual Reality Based on Large-Scale Log Data of a Commercial Metaverse Platform
This study quantitatively analyzes the structural characteristics of user communities within Social Virtual Reality (Social VR) platforms supporting head-mounted displays (HMDs), based on large-scale log data. By detecting and evaluating community structures from data on substantial interactions (defined as prolonged co-presence in the same virtual space), we found that Social VR platforms tend to host numerous, relatively small communities characterized by strong internal cohesion and limited …

The gun lobby is spending millions to protect its power
while young people are fighting for their lives.
As the year ends, we need to meet this moment with real urgency.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗥𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀
— and gun violence won’t pause for the holidays.
Our movement can’t slow down either.
Your donation fuels rapid-response organizing,
expands our Action Hub,
and helps young people push for real accountability in 2026.
𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽 …

March For Our Lives
Since 2018, we’ve mobilized millions of young people to demand what is rightfully ours: A future free of gun violence.

Die Mitte ist erschöpft, die Ränder schreien – und die Politik duckt sich weg. Besitzstand statt Fortschritt, Lobby statt Haltung. Wir brauchen wieder ein Narrativ der Demokratie, sonst schreiben Populisten das Drehbuch.
#Demokratie #Wochenschau

@… In 1992, I went to Czechoslovakia (it was about to split, but hadn't yet) as an SEC employee on a US AID project. In the lobby of the Ministry of Treasury in Bratislava, the elevators had no doors and the cabs didn't stop as they passed thru the doorways. You just jumped into the moving cab.
I went with our interpreter in a cab, and we went up to…

RE: https://social.cologne/@GeorgEhring/115770676818440138
Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der die Lobby der Autofahrys der Politik öffentlich mitteilt, daß deren Auto- (Verbrenner-)‍Lobbyismus unangebracht und ein Irrweg sei.
Das ist ein Sinnbild der…

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Wie gelingt es mächtigen Akteuren, den #Klimaschutz systematisch zu verzögern?
Mit rhetorischen Tricks, falschen Hoffnungen und strategischem Pessimismus werden #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen blockiert und Verantwortung verschoben. Die bekannten A…

Verzögern statt leugnen: Die neue Taktik der fossilen Lobby
Nicht alle leugnen den Klimawandel – viele verzögern bewusst. So funktionieren die Strategien der Klimaschutzverzögerer.

Downing Street makes changes to press access, cutting an afternoon briefing and promising more press conferences, which will be open to social media influencers (Emilio Casalicchio/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-do…

Keir Starmer’s Downing Street axes afternoon media briefings
The move has already sparked an uproar from Westminster’s journalists.

The #AI generated Auld Lang Syne video that's part of all the hotel lobby playlists with some girl drinking a cup of coffee is something else.

🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Wie gelingt es mächtigen Akteuren, den #Klimaschutz systematisch zu verzögern?
Mit rhetorischen Tricks, falschen Hoffnungen und strategischem Pessimismus werden #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen blockiert und Verantwortung verschoben. Die bekannten A…

Verzögern statt leugnen: Die neue Taktik der fossilen Lobby
Nicht alle leugnen den Klimawandel – viele verzögern bewusst. So funktionieren die Strategien der Klimaschutzverzögerer.

De aanduiding "worst" mag, volgens de vlees lobby, alleen nog maar gebruikt worden voor tubes van dierlijk materiaal (darm) of plastic, gevuld met een volvette geëmulgeerde massa van orgaanvlees, reuzel, kruiden, en brood of andere graanproducten, waarbij de ingrediënten orgaanvlees en reuzel essentieel zijn.
Smakelijk eten.

#sheesh
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/sales-weapons-resume-amid-shutdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#sheesh
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/sales-weapons-resume-amid-shutdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I’ve spoken with my boss (he’s a bit of a dickhead but his heart’s in the right place) and confirmed that I won’t be getting fired for opposing Israel’s ongoing genocide and supporting the human rights of the Palestinian people to live with freedom and dignity like the rest of us but not everyone is as lucky.

Pro-Palestinian influencer Dr. Nahla Al-Sarraj fired following Zionist smear campaign
Dr. Nahla Al-Sarraj gained hundreds of thousands of social media followers by discussing the Gaza genocide. She was fired after a pressure campaign from Israel lobby groups that she believes aimed to silence her. Despite this, she remains unbowed.

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…

Was die Rechten da als Wirtschaftspolitik machen, ist ein Rückzugskampf. Die CDU gibt europäische Technologieführerschaft im Automobilbau auf und igelt sich in der sicheren aber aussterbenden Verbrennerniesche ein.
Das wird Arbeitsplätze kosten und niemand von diesen Kurzblickern hat einen Plan, wie wir in anderen Bereichen Wertschöpfung in Deutschland und Europa sichern. Das wird uns Wohlstand kosten und unsere Abhängigkeit weiter steigern.

Dr. Zoe Mayer (@zoe@gruene.social)
Attached: 1 image Die Kurzsichtigkeit und Lobby-Hörigkeit der Konservativen ist dramatisch. Diese Entscheidung sabotiert nicht nur den Klimaschutz, sondern auch die Zukunftsfähigkeit der europäischen Autoindustrie.

#Toyota is engaging in some real Black Mirror shit. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/toyota-employee-lobbying

Geweldig item van Lubach, hoe de fossiele autolobby Europa kapot maakt. Lobby tegen verbod op verbrandingsmotoren vanaf 2035 is krankzinnig. Kijken!
#EV #China #EU

To cut tariffs Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts
— a special Rolex desktop clock,
a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar,
and loads of flattery.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/trump-swiss-gifts-gold-rol…

How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.

Tim Cook met with US lawmakers in a closed-door meeting to lobby against provisions in pending legislation that would require app stores to verify users' ages (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10…

Die Dummen sind wie immer die korrekten SteuerzahlerInnen, Leute, die sich an Recht und Ordnung und Ihr Gewissen halten.
Warum ergreift Reiche nicht Initiative, die von Ihr identifizierten Steuerschlupflöcher zu schließen, staat Reichen zu zeigen, wie man den Staat über den Tisch ziehen kann - legal oder im Grauzonenbereich.

Wirtschaftsministerium: Reiche berät Reiche
Bei Treffen mit der Stiftung Familienunternehmen gaben Ministerin Reiche und ihr Staatssekretär Tipps, wie die Superreichen-Lobby Steuersenkungen erreichen könne. Das zeigen interne Unterlagen.

Yeah, I'd knock a couple of months off the time remaining before the AI-triggered financial collapse.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqe22pz81o

Rishi Sunak hired by Microsoft and Anthropic as paid adviser
The former prime minister has been told not to lobby the UK government by the appointments watchdog.

The price of a monkey #AnimalRights

The price of a monkey
The long-tailed macaque has lost a battle for its survival — but won one for scientific integrity, reports Mongabay’s Gerald Flynn. In early October, the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, reaffirmed the species’ endangered status, rejecting an appeal by the U.S. National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR). The lobby group had argued that the […]

I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/3

🙈 The price of a monkey
#animals

The price of a monkey
The long-tailed macaque has lost a battle for its survival — but won one for scientific integrity, reports Mongabay’s Gerald Flynn. In early October, the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, reaffirmed the species’ endangered status, rejecting an appeal by the U.S. National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR). The lobby group had argued that the […]

I always love it when I make part 1 general enough that all I have to do for part 2 is change a parameter. #gleam
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode

Lord Dannatt is to be suspended for four months after he was found to have broken the rules, having offered to secure meetings with ministers for a potential commercial client who wanted to lobby the government.
He was secretly filmed telling undercover reporters he could make introductions to ministers and that he would “make a point of getting to know” the best-placed politician.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/24/house-of-lords-peers-richard-dannatt-david-evans-suspended-breaking-lobbying-rules?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#throwback: Christmas *2025* scene at a hotel lobby in Vijayapura (Bijapura) #Karnataka #India.
Also when I was out sick with a serious throat and chest infection. Took me weeks to recover.
#tbt #xmas #Christmas #throwbackThursday

Progressive candidate Nida Allam has launched a primary challenge to a House Democrat from North Carolina,
seeking a redo of the 2022 contest that saw significant interference by the pro-Israel lobby and corporate interests.
Nida Allam announced her campaignon Thursday,
with backing from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and a slate of progressive groups on launch.
She’s running on a platform supporting issues like Medicare for All and affordable housing,
and has …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Father John Misty:
🎵 Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
#FatherJohnMisty
https://fatherjohnmisty.bandcamp.com/track/chateau-lobby-4-in-c-for-two-virgins
https://open.spotify.com/track/1kpV69gQV5aixc3deHdzOr

Reading Break at VIU so there is a special day perforfance of this semester's Theatre production of......
Animal Farm!
The accompanying artwork in the lobby is topical.
#animalfarm #theatre #viu #localtheatre #ice

In a separate case, Lord Evans is to be suspended for five months after a finding that his actions “could erode public trust in parliamentarians”, with the watchdog finding four separate breaches of the rules.
The Labour peer was caught offering to introduce undercover reporters – who were posing as property developers hoping to lobby the government – to fellow parliamentarians.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/24/house-of-lords-peers-richard-dannatt-david-evans-suspended-breaking-lobbying-rules?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other