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The title says "Europe", but text at the bottom says "South China Morning Post".
Probably an unlabeled bot account, an unusual mastodon server (no way to see what users post there) and a website that reposts things from all over the internet (e.g. reddit posts).
Didn't find enough proofs, but smells fishy.
#nafo

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown.
“When we compare the total terrestrial water storage data with climate datasets, the trends broadly correlate,” said Mohammad Shamsudduha, professor of water crisis and risk reduction at UCL.

The Idiot Tendency on the left are still going strong, it seems, in Germany at least. (Only Corbyn and the three or four MPs who won't talk to each other still take the preposterous position that countries seeking to defend themselves are dangerous for peace.)
https://www.

Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no
The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die, says German academic Mithu Sanyal

Belgium has hit back against an EU plan to use Russia’s frozen assets to aid Ukraine,
describing the scheme as “fundamentally wrong”
and throwing into doubt how Europe will fund Kyiv.
Belgium hosts €183bn of Russian assets, about two-thirds of the Russian assets immobilised in the west, at the Brussels-based central securities depository Euroclear.
In a sharply worded letter, Belgium’s prime minister, Bart De Wever, said the proposal violated international law and woul…

⚽ US sports say parity is essential for success. The Premier League proves that’s untrue
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/15/premier-league-parity-nfl-nba-mlb

US sports say parity is essential for success. The Premier League proves that’s untrue
There are no salary caps, no aprons, and no luxury taxes, yet the world’s most-watched soccer league is only getting more balanced

This really is shaping up to be one of the worst governments in living memory.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/25/moj-considering-extreme-proposal-to-scrap-jury-trials-for-all-but-most-serious-cases

Giornata della protezione dei dati: 5 idee sbagliate sulla protezione dei dati, sfatate da @…
Da quando il #GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) è entrato in vigore nel 2018, i cittadini dell'Unione Europea hanno una maggiore protezione della

Researchers say Russia-aligned Pravda network is engaging in "LLM grooming", flooding the internet with disinformation to influence chatbots like ChatGPT (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov

I so hope this blows up in his face spectacularly.
Note that I do not believe that any LLM can become as skilled as the least skilled #InfoSec professional using conventional tools, so I’m quite confident this will not reach any useful goal.
I’m saying he needs to learn a lesson, and it would be great if it were useful for others as well. @…