I can’t speak for all countries but of the people assuming Europe will be fine, most seem to be rifht wing voters. It’s a good thing not everyone is in panic mode, but I agree people should be more aware of the current direction the world is heading in but there are also a lot of people who actually like this direction.

We could also have given Ukraine so much they won the war 2 years ago, problem is we also want healthcare, education and decent pensions. I mean it’s good the German army feels we should help Ukraine win the war but let’s not act as if this is a simple feat that doesn’t require a lot of money. Without free American weapons it will be a lot harder to defend ourselves against Putins warmongering.

I think it also shows they themselves know what they’re doing is wrong. They know their current bosses and political leaders agree, they don’t have to fear them in any way. They do it because it protects them from hysteric parents or angry mobs, but I think they most of all do it because theyvdont want there to be any evidence (= footage showing them doing this). This is not like people hiding their identity during a protest, this is like people hiding their identity when robbing a bank.

Makes most sense

According to her maybe, can’t imagine many people agree

• The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is pressing for VPN providers, proxies, and Content Delivery Systems to cooperate with anti-piracy measures
• The MPA also urges the EU to adopt an automated system that can block pirated content in real-time, without the need for court approval.
• Italy and France have already begun forcing some VPN and DNS services to block access to illegal streaming sites

I wonder in what ways he means dependence, because in a lot of ways we are getting less dependent on US but there are a few things we can’t do ourselves yet and it will take time to get it done. I hope he is saying we will have to rely on the US to appease Trump, knowing we should move away ASAP instead of him actually believing it. I’m afraid it is the latter.

Can I just comment on that image because wow, i guess someone thought let’s give everything luxurious texture and we can call it a day

Voyager on Android doesn’t display descriptions of cross-posts, so I’m copying it here for anyone unaware of that:

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/31633640

I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

As a dutchie who follows political news on a daily basis, I can confirm this researchers findings

Might be because blatant lies market better than ugly truths

Thanks I’m always a bit skeptical when it comes to big news corps framing financial stuff like this exactly because it can mean very different things for different people. And since I’m not a big corpo myself, I wonder whether they are right or not when talking about the effects on my personal life especially when the situation isn’t very extreme. Sounds like a small deflation for a short time doesn’t have to be a bad thing if you’re not in (high) debt, just like small inflation isn’t a bad thing even if you have some savings.

Problem is unless they become the biggest they will be a second-choice for the big right parties (pvv and vvd). Except for CDA and D66 there isn’t a reasonably sized centre party left and they both might remain too small to form a government without at least one of the big right parties (vvd). But who knows, if vvd pvv shrink a lot it will turn the tables.

I like how they are the only party you can vote on in all levels of government, including Europe. Even if they only get 1/2/3 seats next election, I don’t see them going away any time soon.

I’ve seen this because I like Jon Stewart and this is certainly a nice interview about an important topic. But aside from briefly mentioning big techs influence on Brexit Germany’s experience with Fascism and Communism (if Germany is the example for experience with communism you can guess how briefly it was mentioned), this interview is entirely about US companies and their influence on US politics. So even though I can recommend this video to anyone interested in that, I did downvote this post because it doesn’t belong in this community imo.

Any economists here? I grew up being told 2% inflation is perfect, more is bad and less is bad. I am fine believing that, but does this mean this is bad news? Or is deflation for a short time good after high inflation?

… after far right ousted itself.

You mean the voters can know, expect many to say the coming months ‘the established parties are too powerful, if we vote on him again he can become the biggest party and then he can realise his plans’. Not gonna happen, but I’d say it’s too soon to be sure it actually was for the better.

I read the headline and thought this is just an article of crazy shit ai says, then I saw it was from Reuters and got confused. Apparently they mean ‘the ai industry’ and not ‘an ai chatbot’ is threatening the eu:

The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.

Might have changed the outcome in Poland even, hope this interference will be taken serious.