I'm glad that @ecb.europa.eu is progressing with their blockchain (DLT) plans for the Euro, but am a little concerned that privacy and anonymity scarcely get a mention among the high level principles.
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/paymen...
On peut rรชver mais c'est pourtant le bon sens !
"Tu dรฉtruis, tu rรฉpares"ย : Dominique de Villepin propose un systรจme onusien de rรฉparation des guerres www.franceinfo.fr/monde/iran/f...
Franceโs former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has called for sanctions against Israel and the US over their attacks on Iran:
โWe say clearly to the United States that their war against Iran is illegal, illegitimate, and dangerous.โ
A critical journalist and migration activists targeted in the same #Paragon spyware attack. Who had the means & motive: the Italian government. No-one else has a motive, and spyware is expensive and not sold to normal citizens. Like in other EU countries spyware is being used for political purposes.
The US and Israel have bombed at least 13 hospitals and health facilities in Iran and one in Lebanon.
Translation: The system that processes import entries (called ACE) can only handle 10,000 lines at a time.
Someone has to manually build Excel spreadsheets for each batch.
To remove the tariff charges, CBP needs to run roughly 170,000 separate manual update operations.
OK, so when can we expect the US to sign this unconditional surrender of theirs?
Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.
Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.
We live in Orwellian times.
The Iceland referendum on EU accession is now slated for 29 August this year.
Note: The referendum will first only be on restarting the negotiations, but clearly a sign of shifting geopolitical thinking.
I was curious how these percentages look like in other countries, OECD report: one.oecd.org/document/DEL...
US doesn't fare that badly in this one, but probably the racial / income disparities are mich wider there.
The US are a 3rd world country. How are there not programmes that would teach all children to swim at a much younger age?
This is unthinkable in Slovenia.
economist.com/united-state...
Netanyahu: โThese So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Livesโ
Netanyahu: โThese So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Livesโ https://theonion.com/netanyahu-these-so-called-genocide-experts-have-probably-never-committed-a-genocide-in-their-lives/
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Having been through that visa process, it is a maze, but ultimately you will find a path. Persevere. ๐ช
I also recommend having a printed version of your return ticket and first hotel stay and/or an Indian eSIM ready to go when you land. In case of further questions by border officers.
god i love how Russians use American cultural memes as well, if not better, than most Americans
Spanish PM Sรกnchez responds to Trump:
"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."
Toliko ฤrne, da se vฤasih ob mimohodih srednjeลกolcev spomnim na verske veljake iz JC Superstar. ฤe bi seveda kdo imel dovolj poguma obleci kaj ne-trenirkasto-konformistiฤnega.
Remember this when governments tell you, that you should trust them to install backdoors by law. Even their offensive tools regularly leak.
9to5mac.com/2026/03/03/g...
Netanyahu on how Israel is different from Iran: "Here's the difference ... these mass murderers in Tehran target civilians."
Netanyahu is wanted for crimes against humanity, including the murder of between 75,000 and 186,000 civilians, at least 20,000 children or babies.
The only thing that's doomed to fail here is appeasing Israel and their warmongering. EU sanctions on Israel now!
Only one EU leader has dared to directly challenge U.S. President Donald Trump over a war against Iran, calling it unjustified, dangerous and illegal:
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez.
13 years later and the story of Aaron Swartz still fills me with anger and sadness
Von der Leyen is losing - not gaining - power:
By speaking where she has no mandate, sheโs alienating her own College, enraging member states, and betting EU credibility on Trumpโs war aims.
A Commission president who has lost the Council (!) doesnโt need to wait for 2029 to become irrelevant
IRAN is Americaโs war, Europeโs consequences:
โฝ Energy shocks
๐ข Refugee waves
๐ Far-right surge on arrival
โ๏ธ Rules-based order
Washington gets the geopolitical prize, if it works.
Europe foots the bill, either way.โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
So you're saying that targeting British bases would in fact be the correct course of action for Iranian retaliation?
Tweet on X by Amir Kiyae reads: Strikes on Iran appear to have hit the home where opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have been held under house arrest - both are reported safe, but their residence was damaged. Former President Ahmadineiad's home was also targeted. Israel has stated it is targeting Iranian leaders "past, present, and future." This follows previous Israeli strikes on Evin Prison. Draw your own conclusions,
Home of reformist opposition leaders from 2009 Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard was also hit by Israeli/US strikes. They have been under house arrest by the regime for over a decade.
OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.
openai.com/index/our-ag...
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Our tech, scientific and cultural perspectives made for a really interesting discussion about Europe, where we are today and where we need to go next.
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Of course, it is unlawful.
Even the "pre-emptive" justification is half-hearted guff.
Of course, it is stupid.
Wise US politicians once realised a rules-based international order was in their interests. That is being thrown away.
And most of all, and regardless of the above, it is wrong.
