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"An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Pollution

An E.U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack
Earlier this year, a European Union directive mandated advanced treatment of micropollutants in wastewater, with the cost to be borne by polluters. But the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, which are responsible for most of those contaminants, are now pushing back.

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.

JPMorgan Chase launches a decade-long plan to invest $10B in industries critical for national security, including "frontier" tech like AI and quantum computing (Hugh Son/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/jpmorgan-chase-to-invest-10-…

JPMorgan Chase says it will invest $10 billion into industries critical for national security
The move helps JPMorgan Chase organize its activities around national interests at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.

House Republican unveil new health plan. What's in it?
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/house-gop-details-health-plan

the plan for next spring is shaping up, six or seven weeks i guess (# nights in parentheses): ann arbor 🚌 detroit 🛫 istanbul (3) 🛫 stockholm (14) 🚢 helsinki (3) 🛫 paris (14) 🚂 lyon (5) 🛫 puglia(20) 🚂 rome 🛫 istanbul 🛫 detroit 🚌 ann arbor

Netflix's Ted Sarandos and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro plan to launch a stop-motion studio for training and research, located at the Gobelins school in Paris (Elsa Keslassy/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/global/ted-sa…

Ted Sarandos and Guillermo del Toro Unveil Stop-Motion Studio Plans
Guillermo del Toro and Netflix boss Ted Sarandos have unveiled plans for a stop-motion studio which will be built at France's Gobelins school.

Plan na niedzielę: pojechać baną, pociągiem i cugiem.
#gwara #mikol

2 Israel MPs ejected after interrupting the felon's speech with "Terrorist!", saying, "recognise Palestine", "The Trump plan isn't peace but the normalisation of the occupation."
Dos diputados israelíes interrumpen el discurso de Trump en la Knesset al grito de "terrorista"

Dos diputados israelíes interrumpen el discurso de Trump en la Knesset al grito de "terrorista"
Los diputados izquierdistas Aymen Odeh y Ofer Cassif fueron expulsados del parlamento de Israel este lunes después de interrumpir el discurso del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ante la cámara

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution,
believe them.
https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3m324s2k3dc2d

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@barver333/115541182758553568
Als de grote AI bedrijven slim zijn, gaan ze dat gewoon doen Wikipedia betalen, relatief een schijntje vermoedelijk in het licht van hun totale uitgaven en qua marketing/imago een goed plan. Ook hebben ze…

Climate change isn't gender-neutral. The 2023/2024 El Niño drought in Southern Africa didn't just destroy crops—it fueled gender-based violence and put women environmental defenders at risk.
COP30's new Belém Gender Action Plan tackles this head-on with gender-responsive budgeting and support for climate action that protects women.

COP30’s Gender Action Plan Needed to Address Climate-Induced Violence - African Climate Wire
Talks underpinning COP30’s Gender Action Plan reveal the fragility of progress in recognising the systems of oppression that affect women, girls, and gender diverse people.

Meine #PileOfShame-Statistik ist verheerend.

Sources: OpenAI is working with Arm to develop a CPU designed to work with the AI chip OpenAI is developing with Broadcom, which will be manufactured by TSMC (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-working-softbanks-arm-br…

OpenAI Is Working With SoftBank’s Arm on Broadcom AI Chip Effort
OpenAI’s development of its own artificial intelligence chip will benefit SoftBank, one of its biggest shareholders, which is also helping the ChatGPT maker develop and finance its ambitious data center plan. OpenAI is working with SoftBank’s Arm subsidiary to develop a central processing unit ...

“How is it possible that a peace proposal ignores the International Court of Justice’s July 2024 Advisory Opinion, which reiterated that Israel’s occupation is illegal and must end?
How can it fail to mention the Palestinian’s right to self-determination?
Why are Palestinians, who have a right under international law to armed struggle against an occupying power, expected to disarm while Israel, the illegally occupying force, is not?”
And many more good questions.

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

The job of the college is to get the best price for the property and not subsidize another college.
"Shannan is hoping the college will sell him the property at less than market value, but the process has been frustrating. He said he was in the process of trying to have a conversation with Algonquin, but was “rebuffed” as recently as Tuesday."
Then there will be the hurdles of getting the accreditation. I love the idea of a trades college, but there is a lot of work an…

We've now posted our submitted response to Manchester’s Local Plan – consultation | Steady State Manchester https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/10/27/manchesters-local-plan-responding-to-the-consultation/

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
UPDATE!  11 Nov.  We have now submitted a revised version.  It adds some answers to questions we didn’t address in the previously published draft, and has some additions to some of the other …

I wanted to help with carbon, the programming language, but having to sign a CLA is a major obstacle to me.
With my limited time I would rather not invest in this.
Granted, the intentions seem good. They plan to transfer all rights to a newly founded foundation once things are running. It's just not my cup of tea. I prefer the viral chaos of the linux situation; i.e.. GPLv2 never going away because too many contributors are difficult to find.

Noch vor kurzem hätte ich bei Meldungen wie „EU will auf Drängen der Union das Verbrenner-Aus zurücknehmen“ gedacht, wie schlimm das für's Klima ist. Aber der Drops ist glücklicherweise gelutscht¹, da geht kein Weg mehr zurück, und China macht's vor.
Inzwischen denk ich eher, was für ein Festhalten an einem wirtschafts­politischen Irrweg die Merz-CDU da veranstaltet. Weil sie weder Idee noch Plan haben, wie die deutsche Wirtschaft zu modernisieren wäre, sondern stattdessen an d…

iPhone Air 2: Schlechte Verkäufe sorgen angeblich für Verschiebung
Das dünnste iPhone aller Zeiten kommt Analysten zufolge schlechter an als von Apple erhofft. Das ändert nun offenbar den Release-Plan für ein neues Modell.

Trump’s Sham #PeacePlan
There will be no peace in #gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.
By Chris Hedges
https://

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

lazygit is perfection and that sadly means i will never learn jj
https://www.bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/

The (lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need
When my son was born last April, I had ambitious learning plans for the upcoming 5w paternity leave. As you can imagine, with two kids, life quickly verified this plan 🙃. I did eventually start some projects. One of the goals (sounding rebellious in the current AI hype cycle) was to learn and use neovim for coding. As a Goland aficionado, I (and my wrist) have always been tempted by no-mouse, OSS, gopls based, highly configurable dev setups.

Trump administration lays out plan for federal workers’ back pay after government reopens | Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/12/2025/trump-administration-lays-out-plan-for-federal-workers-back-pay

Massive Logging Project Next to Yellowstone National Park Blocked by U.S. Court https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/massive-logging-project-next-to-yellowstone-national-park-blocked-by…

Massive Logging Project Next to Yellowstone National Park Blocked by U.S. Court
Center for Biological Diversity: MISSOULA, Mont.— In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, a federal court today struck down a U.S. Forest Service plan to log more than 16,500 acres of pine forests just outside Yellowstone National Park, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

Plan C turned out to be a nice day in the mountains. But Woah was there a chill wind. Good that I was prepared.
#hiking #wandern #mountains

Anyone interested in following along with the brain dump before it's completely edified can feel free. It's the same one I've posted before.
Editing support (typos, corrections, questions) is always welcome.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/
Edit:
FYI, I've temporarily renamed it "Rainforest" but WriteFreely doesn't really support changing URLs or titles very well so it's stuck until I finish it. The temporary name is "Rainforest" because it's roughly the opposite of Desert. It is not simply optimistic rather than pessimistic... it's a plan.

Going up and coming down: the launch of the 11th #Starship and the ditching of its booster - so far everything happening to plan. The full screencaps and two more in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3m34eo5xshk2q

The James Donald Forbes McCann Catamaran Plan
Writer/comedian/low-income husband and father James Donald Forbes McCann does not own a boat—yet...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/catamaran-plan/

Beware of #spam calls offering you significant discounts on your phone or internet plan and a free high-end smartphone.
They start asking questions to collect info about you. It starts innocent: Who is your provider? How much data do you have on your own?
Don't tell them anything. Ask about the details of their offer, be insistent, they will give up.
Or just hang up.

Schade, dass der Nachtzug nach Malmö nun doch nicht kommt. Wobei ich ein kleines bisschen Verständnis dafür habe, dass die Schweiz sich nicht so ganz als Subventionsgeber für im großen Teil deutsch-dänisch-schwedische Verbindungen ansieht ...
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/nachtzug-v

Nachtzug von Basel nach Schweden kommt doch nicht
Skandinavien im Schlaf - das sollte ein Nachtzug von Basel nach Kopenhagen und Malmö liefern. Halt gemacht hätte der Zug auch in Baden-Württemberg. Nun ist der Plan geplatzt.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@badastro/115350341474213632
This is a cute little piece. Great in particular if you plan to write some Martian science fiction with scenes set at the surface of the planet. Or on one of the moons. Or in orbit.

Thought I had a good sabbatical plan for the spring, but it's been upended by a one-time opportunity: I've ended up on the committee creating India's new national 11th and 12th grade curriculum/textbook in computer science. So much for the best laid schemes, but also exciting!

DTO-BioFlow is using AI to analyze decades of marine biodiversity records, revealing insights that support ocean monitoring, conservation, and restoration. 💙
https://dto-bioflow.eu/news/using-deep-learning-unlock-decades-mari…

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump

White House Abruptly Cancels Meeting on FEMA’s Future After Leaked Report Revealed Plan to Gut the Agency - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11122025/white-house-cancels-fema-meeting-on-proposed-cuts/

Today in #AbolishStateDOTs news..
#NYC #CrossBronxExpressway

@… ich darf keinen Plan machen. Pläne sind der Spontanitätskiller. Pläne sind der kleine Tod, der die völlige Auslöschung mit sich bringt. Ich werde meinen Mitspielenden ins Auge blicken. Ich werde zulassen, dass sie über mich und durch mich hindurchgehen. Und wenn es vorbei ist, werde ich das innere Auge richten, um eine Improvisation zu se…

Love it when a plan comes together.
KDE Plasma 6.5.2 Wayland on FreeBSD 15 beta 5. My how-to will be updated tomorrow (some minor tweaks), but this is running solid on that laptop.
Thanks to @… for useful additions!
#freebsd

ReformUK and their ilk keep claiming it is easy for asylum seekers. Like if they eventually get settled status, the Home Office immediately makes them homeless. So easy for them, our beneficent welfare system. That's after living on a pittance while awaiting a decision, so no spare money to put down for a deposit.
Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness - Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness
It comes after the government set out a new plan to tackle homelessness

Britain clearly has a problem with too many people going to university, and Badenoch proposes to change that.
Imagine how much better off the UK would be, if Cameron, Osborne, Bojo, Gove et al had never gone to Oxford!
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/new…

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places
Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

EHDS als "Versuchskaninchen": Europas ambitionierter Plan für Gesundheitsdaten
Die EU plant mit Gesundheitsdaten und KI die digitale Souveränität. Experten diskutieren die Chancen, Risiken und wirtschaftlichen Hürden.

Google launches a cheaper AI Plus plan in India, costing ~$2.21 per month for the first six months and ~$4.44 thereafter, to compete with ChatGPT Go (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/google-launches-sub-5-ai-pl…

Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go | TechCrunch
For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for ₹199 ($2.21) for the first six months, after which you'll have to pay ₹399 ($4.44).

"In a major shift, HUD’s plan would direct most of the $3.5 billion in homelessness funds away from Housing First to programs that prioritize work and drug treatment."
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/54oxw

From #RobertReich @rbreich@instagram.com and @imcivicaction@instagram.com @…
#Trump wants to invoke the

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115507006485634894
This is why @… made the Gaza Verified Archive (e.g., see

The flight of the 11th #Starship itself also went completely to plan it seems: deploying all dummy 'satellites', relighting an engine and reentry and controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite deliberate damage and hard maneuvers. Full screencaps and four more in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3m34hq2qcmc2q

Except, of course, on city-owned property like Potrero Yards, because affordable housing doesn't pencil out.
And SF's Upzoning plan allows towers without on-site affordable, unlike the State Density Bonus, which actually requires significant on site affordable housing. Developers can just fee out for less than half the cost of building affordable units.
SO I wonder - who were the advisors on the Family Zoning Plan, and whose families would be built for?

Lurie warns Sunset: rezone or ‘there could be towers everywhere’ 
In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

Except, of course, on city-owned property like Potrero Yards, because affordable housing doesn't pencil out.
And SF's Upzoning plan allows towers without on-site affordable, unlike the State Density Bonus, which actually requires significant on site affordable housing. Developers can just fee out for less than half the cost of building affordable units.
SO I wonder - who were the advisors on the Family Zoning Plan, and whose families would be built for?

Lurie warns Sunset: rezone or ‘there could be towers everywhere’ 
In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

"Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Nature

Los van eventuele dreigingen, Wilders wil bij voorkeur helemaal niet aan debatten deelnemen en/of interviews afgeven, daar kan hij alleen maar mee verliezen omdat hij geen enkel goed inhoudelijk plan heeft voor Nederland, laat staan ideeën over financiële dekking en dergelijke.
#wilders #politiek

Was eine Wurst https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/donald-trump-will-auf-1-dollar-muenze-was-nach-satire-klingt-ist-ernst-gemeint-accg-110720319.html (€)

YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-plans-ge…

YouTube TV Plans Launching in 2026 With 10+ Genre-Specific Packages
In early 2026, YouTube plans to launch YouTube TV Plans, over 10 genre-specific packages including a sports tier with ESPN, FS1 and NBC Sports Network.

Who are going to be the five D senators who chicken out and sign a blank check to the trumpies?
These wimpy-D's are willing to give away what little power we have left to obtain magic beans - which are worthless promises that the R's will allow a vote on ACA subsidies. A vote? We know that the R's will roll over that vote, that el-cheato won't sign, and that even if enacted, will simply become a bag of cash that el-cheato will use for whatever purpose he wants.
…

Republicans try to end shutdown without health care fix
Senate Republicans are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It's unclear whether their plan will work. Democrats have voted 14 times not to reopen the government as they demand an extension of health care subsidies, which aren't expected to be part of the legislation. Many say they will continue to hold out until President Donald Trump and Republican leaders negotiate with them on an extension. A …

This is how you say that the Republicans are rigging the voting systems without saying the Republicans are rigging the #voting systems.
Michael Steele knows. The #Republicans aren't worried about this election because they have a Plan B. Watch this space:

Also my #infosec friends could learn a thing or two here from disaster prep if this isn't already a familiar idea.
Do you have a MISL for a large scale cvss 9 0-Day that's being exploited in the wild? Have you run a table top? You fucking should. Especially since we've all been through that shit several times now. You should absolutely have a clear plan of what's gonna happen, and your whole team should be able to respond.

Even if I wanted to go the earthly version of hell I would say fuck no to providing my social media posts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

An investor group and AI developer Voltai plan to use AI to design, build, and run a 3GW data center in South Korea, set to cost up to $35B and open in 2028 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/a-…

New York just doubled down on clean energy in a big way.
The state's Power Authority approved an ambitious update: 5.5 GW of renewable capacity including solar, wind, and innovative compressed air storage. That's 2.5 GW more than previously planned.
The goal? Help develop 15 GW total to hit climate targets while keeping costs down as demand surges.

NYPA adopts 5.5-GW renewables plan amid concerns over affordability, policy changes
Developers with major solar, wind and storage projects in the New York Power Authority’s updated plan include AES, EDF Renewable Energy, Forward Power and Orenda.

Paramount releases its first earnings report since the Skydance takeover, posting Q3 revenue of $6.7B and a net loss of $257M; PSKY jumps 5% after hours (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

David Ellison Goes Public: Paramount Releases First Earnings Report Since Skydance Takeover
The company is targeting $30 billion in revenue in 2026, Ellison told Wall Street in an investor letter, and is launching a "comprehensive strategic review" of assets that might not be core to his plan.

OpenAI expands its ~$5 ChatGPT Go plan to 16 new Asian countries, including Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, after launching it in August (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/openais-affordable-ch…

OpenAI's affordable ChatGPT Go plan expands to 16 new countries in Asia | TechCrunch
OpenAI is expanding its $5 per month ChatGPT Go plan to 16 more countries.

Quite interesting but "no role for Hamas and other factions", What does that mean? Fatah? And isn't that a matter for the Palestinian people?
A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan | Donald Trump | Al Jazeera
https://www.a…

A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Only a decolonised plan centred on Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace to Gaza.

Think Tank legt Zehn-Punkte-Plan für europäische Seekabel-Strategie vor
Vier US-Konzerne kontrollieren 71 Prozent der Seekabel-Kapazität. Ein Brüsseler Think Tank fordert jetzt eine ganzheitliche EU-Gegenstrategie.

Manchester’s Local Plan is available in draft.
You've til 17 Nov to respond.
Our post gives you the links to the plan and consultantation, AND our draft response that you can use as a template for yours!
In summary, the council is constrained by planning regulations but they could still do much better.
Tell them!
 #Manchester

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
UPDATE!  11 Nov.  We have now submitted a revised version.  It adds some answers to questions we didn’t address in the previously published draft, and has some additions to some of the other …

24 Hour Business Plan Podcast
The business planning podcast for leaders who want clear, practical strategies to drive growth and execution without the jargon...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/24-hour-business-plan/ …

Gee, wouldn't it be nice if Lashinsky actually talked about how the plan would or would not support affordable housing, or had some references to support that upzoning helps develop large amounts of housing affordable to the mix of incomes in the community? (Esp in already densely built areas, liek San Francisco)
Because all of the research I have done says this is family zoning for families making over $250K a year. But I'm sure the Mayor's realtor brother is eager for m…

In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts 
I called the mayor’s upzoning scheme “incremental.” Some readers were having none of it.

Gee, wouldn't it be nice if Lashinsky actually talked about how the plan would or would not support affordable housing, or had some references to support that upzoning helps develop large amounts of housing affordable to the mix of incomes in the community? (Esp in already densely built areas, liek San Francisco)
Because all of the research I have done says this is family zoning for families making over $250K a year. But I'm sure the Mayor's realtor brother is eager for m…

In the debate over Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, emotions are still trumping facts 
I called the mayor’s upzoning scheme “incremental.” Some readers were having none of it.

Trump admin reveals new militarized zone plan for California-Mexico border
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/trump-administration-us-mexico-border-militarized-zone-california

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

In a letter, the SIA urges the USPTO to drop a plan to impose annual patent fees of 1% to 5% based on government-assessed value, replacing the flat-fee model (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association
The federal government wants a bigger slice of the semiconductor pie through patents.

"Great British Energy plans 15 GW clean energy investment"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

Great British Energy plans 15 GW clean energy investment
UK government-owned energy company’s first strategic plan sets GBP 15 billion private finance target and commits to support for more than 1,000 local and community energy generation projects.

The Trump plan: "gives Palestinians the choice between genocide and apartheid".
El mundo entero celebra el plan de Trump para Gaza: lecciones (no) aprendidas de los Acuerdos de Oslo
https://www.eldiari…

El mundo entero celebra el plan de Trump para Gaza: lecciones (no) aprendidas de los Acuerdos de Oslo
Mientras se negocian los detalles del plan para Gaza y el alto el fuego, el texto plantea a los palestinos una elección entre genocidio y apartheid. El mundo ha elegido apartheid

YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-plans-ge…

YouTube TV Plans Launching in 2026 With 10+ Genre-Specific Packages
In early 2026, YouTube plans to launch YouTube TV Plans, over 10 genre-specific packages including a sports tier with ESPN, FS1 and NBC Sports Network.

A look at Netflix's funding plan for WBD: $59B of debt financing via Wall Street banks, to be eventually replaced with bonds, term loans, and revolving credit (Emily Graffeo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Amazon will invest $35B in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/amazon-ple

Amazon pledges a massive $35 billion worth of investments in India’s AI space through 2030
Amazon has committed to investing $$35 billion in India’s cloud and AI space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.

Sexpuppen in Kinderoptik: Frankreich droht Shein
Sexpuppen mit kindlichem Aussehen bei Shein rufen in Frankreich die Justiz auf den Plan. Die Plattform handelt, doch die Regierung verschärft den Ton.
https://www.

De VVD:
"Demissionair minister Mariëlle Paul (Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, VVD) heeft zich, voordat ze besloot een regeling rond huisvestingskosten voor arbeidsmigranten in stand te houden, niet laten adviseren door uitzendkoepel ABU en andere partijen."

Minister Paul besloot eigenhandig plan in te trekken dat arbeidsmigranten moest beschermen
Arbeidsmigranten: Vakbonden, de uitzendbranche en SER-voorzitter Kim Putters zeggen niet met minister Mariëlle Paul van Sociale Zaken (VVD) te hebben gesproken over intrekking van een zorgvuldig voorbereid kabinetsplan.

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

Majestic Labs, which makes patent-pending server architecture that promises more memory capacity, raised $100M, including a $71M Series A led by Bow Wave (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/majestic-labs-meta-google-ai-funding.html
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Former Google, Meta executives raise $100 million for high-capacity AI servers startup
The three plan to sell high-memory server technology.

"Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Trump Administration Withdraws Plan to Overhaul Homeless Aid - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/m2uAQ

A look at CollectiveMetrics.org, a new nonprofit founded by two ex-Meta ad executives that aims to bring more transparency to digital advertising to fight scams (Craig Silverman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/scam-ads-are-flooding-so…

Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.

Chinese state-backed chipmaker Hygon, which makes server CPUs, calls off merger with its top shareholder and server maker Sugon; the merger was announced in May (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/c…

Chinese chipmaker Hygon calls off merger with top shareholder
Shares fall as companies blame 'market environment' for change of plan

European Union 27, under far right climate denialist pressure, opts for lower carbon emissions target and keeps door open for offsets beyond the EU, despite having been given a highly critical report on them.
No coverage that I can find in the UK press.
El tirón antiecológico germina en el plan contra el cambio climštico de la Unión Europea

El tirón antiecológico germina en el plan contra el cambio climático de la Unión Europea
Dos años después de que la UE forzara una histórica petición de abandonar los combustibles fósiles, la presión de los partidos negacionistas se hace notar en vísperas de la Cumbre del Clima de Brasil

Trump Unveils Plan for Tacky Giant Golden Addition to D.C.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-plotting-even-bigger-architectural-234958283.html

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

"Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota
With demand rising and tax credits expiring, the utility wants to rapidly expand the batteries and solar it’s building near the shuttering Sherco coal…

Exclusive: Dems Fire Back at Trump’s ‘Freaky’ Kid Self-Deportation Plan
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-dems-congressional-hispanic-caucus-fire-back-at-trump-freaky-friday-child-minor-self-deportation

The response has not been enthusiastic in its support.
Trump Announces Plan For 50-Year Home Mortgages - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trump-announces-plan-for-50-year-home-mortgages/

Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, streaming, paying out $10B, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-jack-conte-patreon/

Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone
The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan To Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule | Portside
https://portside.org/2025-10-08/inside-stephen-millers-secret-plan-normalize-trumps-dictator-rule

Several of Asia's top tycoons and conglomerates are joining the data center race as tech giants plan $240B in APAC hyperscale expansion over the next five years (Jonathan Burgos/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanburgos/2…

The Asian Billionaires Riding The Data Center Boom
The buildout of AI infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific is in high gear. Masayoshi Son and Mukesh Ambani are among the region's wealthiest taking the lead.

Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30 per share in an all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html

Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.

Can tourism be respectful? Native Hawaiians have a plan. - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/zI8QY

Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, music streaming economics, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-jack-conte-patreon/…

Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone
The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He’d rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that.

Sources: Tesla abandoned Elon Musk's goal to make thousands of Optimus robots in 2025 due to significant technical challenges, especially with the robots' hands (Theo Wayt/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/el…

As Elon Musk Preps Tesla’s Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain
When Elon Musk takes the stage at Tesla’s annual meeting next month, one of the centerpieces of his plan to impress shareholders will be a dancing troupe of Optimus bots, the humanoid machines that he says will eventually eclipse Tesla’s electric vehicle business, which is suffering from ...

Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells staff that "I don't plan on leaving anytime soon" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/apple-chip-chief…

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to establish a Europe-led satellite constellation, operated out of Germany, to provide satellite-to-smartphone connectivity (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/vodafone-ast-spacemobile-launch…

Meta says it will invest $600B in the US infrastructure and jobs by 2028; Zuckerberg told Trump at a September dinner that Meta will spend "at least $600B" (Juby Babu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-plans-600-billio…

Sources: Meta does not plan to abandon building the metaverse, and expects to shift the savings from the layoffs into investments in its AR glasses (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/meta-cuts-metaverse-unit.html

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

Sources: Sequoia's Pat Grady and Alfred Lin plan to deepen the firm's AI focus and reframe its image as less politically partisan, after Roelof Botha's exit (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20