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"EU must stick together against Trump’s hostile tactics, says top diplomat. Kaja Kallas says Washington seeks to pick apart European governments, which wield less power individually."

As always, the plan is to divide and conquer. Hungary and Slovakia say Hi! www.ft.com/content/1b9c...

Trump snubs Zelenskyy’s offer of drone help In an interview with Fox News, the U.S. president said the U.S. does not need Ukraine’s help in the Middle East.

Trump snubs Zelenskyy’s offer of drone help

Trump sons back drone startup in talks to acquire Ukrainian manufacturers A drone startup backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. is negotiating to acquire Ukrainian drone manufacturers or license their technology for US production

Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr. have backed drone startup Powerus, which is in talks to acquire Ukrainian drone manufacturers or license their technology for US production
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After backlash, von der Leyen stresses support for rules-based order Two days after declaring that "Europe can no longer be a custodian for the old world order", Ursula von der Leyen attempted to defuse the backlash by stressing her "unwavering" support for internation...

Amid an intense backlash led by Spain, Ursula von der Leyen goes on the record to clarify where she stands on the rules-based order.

Full story.

New evidence challenges Trump claim about deadly girls school strike On 28 February, a missile hit Shajareh Tayyebeh School - a girl's primary school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran. Iranian authorities have said the strike killed at least 165 people, many of them children.

New evidence challenges Trump claim about deadly girls school strike

‘Slopaganda’: White House celebrates Iran strikes with movie clips The White House has drafted Tom Cruise, Walter White and Sith Lords in a propaganda video which celebrates the Iran strikes. It shows once more to what extent the Trump administration’s trolling reveals a staggering lack of empathy.

‘Slopaganda’: White House celebrates Iran strikes with movie clips

What Trump was actually wearing: [Recent image of Donald Trump wearing a white and gold oversize baseball cap while saluting our fallen soldiers] Old footage falsely labeled as current by Fox News Channel: [Old image of Donald Trump from 2025 saluting and dressed in black] Sponsors of Fox News Channel today Chase Bank [Screenshot of Chase Bank Freedom Unlimited ad] Jones Road Beauty [Screenshot of Jones Road Beauty add showing founder Bobbi Brown]

Donald Trump wore an oversize white and gold baseball cap at a recent dignified transfer of fallen soldiers. Fox News covered that up with old footage, sponsored today by Chase Bank and Jones Road Beauty. Don't support brands like these that fund misleading right wing media.

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Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...

Read our analysis of the video showing a US Tomahawk missile strike next to Girls’ School in Iran on February 28 here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran The service member killed was not publicly identified, but U.S. Central Command said the death was caused by injuries after an attack on a Saudi military base.

Another American service member has died in the war with Iran, the Pentagon said on Sunday, bringing the number of American troops killed in the conflict to seven.

How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job (Guest Column) A former Pixar employee writes that after John Lasseter's departure, the company still has a lot of work to do to fix its sexist culture.

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Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint From Gates to Musk and Altman, today’s ultra-rich steer AI and tech, raising questions about who decides the future

Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint

Trump has made billions from the presidency and he is now using the services for our military dead as an opportunity to sell his branded merchandise (the cap). He should not be wearing headwear of any kind at this moment, let alone something he sells on the internet. This is indecent.

So let me get this straight ...

1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil

Como o Chega usa as mulheres contra a igualdade No Chega a mulher é vista à luz de um “modelo muito específico, centrado na família e no cuidado”, diz investigadora de Coimbra que analisou os programas do partido e intervenções de duas deputadas.

www.publico.pt/2026/03/08/s...

The arm of a protester was broken as security officers tried to remove him for interrupting a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on March 4.

The European Union needs "less and less decision-making by unanimity", says Rob Jetten, the new prime minister of the Netherlands.

"We cannot explain to our constituents that Europe is sometimes way too slow in reacting to great issues that affect us all," he said in Brussels.

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

Religious Extremists vs Religious Extremists - what can go wrong?
jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

this not the way Spain

Who benefits from Trump’s war in Iran? The answer is disturbingly clear There's no four-dimensional chess here. There's just the president, and what we know he's like.

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Investigador aponta “domínio de Ventura sobre o Chega” comparável à Coreia do Norte O investigador João Carvalho considera que existe um domínio de André Ventura sobre o Chega, partido que lidera, e um “culto de personalidade” comparável ao que se verifica com os ditadores da Coreia do Norte.

Investigador aponta “domínio de Ventura sobre o Chega” comparável à Coreia do Norte

"We hope our leaders will put aside their differences and stand together to continue to refuse the Department of War's current demands for permission to use our models for domestic mass surveillance and autonomously killing people without human oversight."
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Pelo menos sete vereadores saíram do Chega desde as autárquicas de outubro Pelo menos sete vereadores eleitos pelo Chega nas eleições autárquicas de outubro desfiliaram-se do partido nas últimas semanas, passando a exercer o mandato como independentes, e alguns integraram depois os executivos municipais, garantindo a maioria.

Pelo menos sete vereadores saíram do Chega desde as autárquicas de outubro

Trump Slams Anthropic as 'Leftwing Nut Jobs' for Refusing Pentagon's AI Demands The White House is essentially blacklisting Anthropic. But others, including OpenAI's former chief scientist, are applauding the company for standing up to the Defense Department.

E anda a EU a tratar o X e a Meta com luvinhas...
www.pcmag.com/news/trump-s...

Sair para correr, fazer 'journaling', revelar fotografias, ler clássicos, colecionar vinis. Muitos jovens têm procurado o “slow living” e meios analógicos como escape do ambiente agitado e estimulante das redes sociais.

Perceba porquê: expresso.pt/geracao-e/2026-...

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Anti-government student protests reported in Tehran Videos geolocated at universities in Tehran show students chanting "bi sharaf," or "disgraceful" in Farsi, as clashes erupted against supporters of the government.

Iranian students renew anti-government protests in Tehran amid a US military buildup

Tirso Faria afirmou que o deputado do Chega Rui Afonso “inscreveu dezenas de membros do grupo no partido, pagou-lhes meses de quotas e quantias para irem votar", revela o jornal Público. Saiba mais: expresso.pt/politica/2026-0...

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Arguido acusa deputado do Chega de comprar votos a neonazis do grupo 1143

Arguido acusa deputado do Chega de comprar votos a neonazis do grupo 1143