Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO

#EU Policy Analyst for the #OpenSource Initiative. Former EU Parliament Assistant. Expert in 💻Digital, 🚄Transport, and 🧪Research Policy. #fedi22 #EU #tech #ukraine #foreignpolicy Find out about my work at OSI Policy Team (npub1mz7…pq08)

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2026-06-03 11:29:43 GMT

The #EU is about to release its #Tech #Sovereignty package. You can listen to @npub1k2l…dvmj 's press conference here.
I'll be livetooting in this thread as soon as it gets started 🧵 ⬇️
https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/grid?ebs=yes&ebsplus=yes&date=20260603
#EUpol #OpenSource

2026-04-12 21:16:16 GMT

The vibe in Brussels rn. Another L for Putin & Trump!
#EUpol #Hungary #RuszkikHaza
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2026-03-27 12:37:31 GMT

Outstanding Comms
#EU #Australia
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2026-02-26 10:27:59 GMT

Made a bet with a Brussels journalist: will Open Source be mentioned at all in this panel on Europe's Cyber Resilience challenge, hosted by @npub12mx…7kh4 ?
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2026-02-01 14:11:59 GMT

How it feels to turn on the CO2 Meter #FOSDEM #OpenSourceEUpolicy
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2026-02-01 10:36:03 GMT

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The amazing Denise from Element is talking about how the EU's upcoming omnibus reforms in tech are going to impact Open Source! #opensourceeupolicy #fosdem
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2026-01-30 09:34:48 GMT

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"We don't need one software giant, we need 10, 20, 30 giants, ideally all competing with each other!", says Frank

2026-01-23 08:31:17 GMT

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Perhaps rather than writing an angry rant about failing to secure extremely sought-after EU funding, you could write some feedback saying more money is needed for vital projects?

2026-01-09 11:02:21 GMT

It isn't limited to paid subscribers because people were undressing women and generating child porn with it.
It's limited to paid subscribers because this gave them excuse to curtail use of an extremely expensive AI.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-x-grok-chatbot-limits-access-image-generator-women-bikini-deepfakes/
#X #twitter #EUpol

2026-01-08 17:13:10 GMT

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COMMON EXCUSES FOR NOT BUYING A C15:
"THIS CAR WILL BE SHIT IN WINTER"
Allow me, if you will, to tell another story: I have friends who live in a deep valley. It snowed a lot. They own an SUV, could not drive out of the valley.
The entire village was resupplied by C15.
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2026-01-08 17:13:09 GMT

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CREDITS:
Baptiste Pitois for the incredible off-roading video (Check out his YouTube channel): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78WQz6foOVw
Unknown for the cows, I downloaded it years ago from FB and can no longer find the post. EDIT: Commenters tell me it is Spanish Farmers 🇪🇸 so I credit them!

2026-01-08 17:13:09 GMT

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So ladies & gentlemen, if you really need a fast car to traverse the perils of the countryside, that can go off-road, carry multiple cows, and make you feel better about your manhood, don't buy an oversized pedomobile, or the overcompensator9000.
Get a Citroen C15.
Goodnight 🚙

2026-01-08 17:13:08 GMT

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There is, of course, one final criteria to consider. Many men feel insecure about their manhood, so how does the C15 fare in addressing this problem ?⬇

2026-01-08 17:13:08 GMT

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For this, I conducted a peer-reviewed scientific investigation taking into account the following criteria:
- Percieved penis size of owner
- Increase to general sex appeal
- Number of couples who can have sex in the back privately.⬇
Again, the numbers speak for themselves
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2026-01-08 17:13:08 GMT

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In addition to these flagrant examples of the C-15s supremacy, there are several other perks:
- So many were built that any French garage can replace the entire engine for the price of a croissant.
- Space for multiple cows
- Convenient cup holders
- Heating⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:07 GMT

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... achieving such a speed would likely result in your vehicle being embedded into a tree and parts of your internal organs no longer being on the inside of your body. This is not an optimal outcome, so I consider this limitation a bonus. ⬇

2026-01-08 17:13:07 GMT

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But what if you're an environmentally conscious mother who needs to drive the 5 minute walk to your kids' school? Surely, a modern car must be less polluting?
Again, dear reader, you are wrong.
CO2 emissions/km:
C15: 151.5 g/km
Ranger: 178 g/km
Discovery: 397 g/km⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:06 GMT

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Slowly, you enter the second stage of grief: anger.
"A VAN LIKE THAT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO OFF ROAD, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN DIRT TRACKS".
Allow me to tell you a story. I was in a C15 at the bottom of a steep, muddy track. Then I was at the top of the track.
The End.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:06 GMT

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In fact, one of my first experiences with a C15 was herding multiple cows inside one. Ask yourself, reader, do you need to carry anything larger than multiple cows?
If not, then the C15 is for you.
There are also convenient benches for humans.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:06 GMT

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"BUT WHAT IF I NEED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE SIZE OF MY MANHOOD BY DRIVING FAST?!" I hear you say.
Dear Sir, fear not: though the C-15's top speed of 150km/h is vanquished by the slightly faster Ranger (170km/h) and Discovery (200km/h) ...⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:05 GMT

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But what about fuel efficiency? Surely the C15 can't be more efficient than modern cars?!
FUEL COST FOR 100KM RANGE (at €1.86/l):
Citroen C15: 6.3 l/100km - €11.72
Ford Ranger: 11.3 l/100km - €21
Land Rover Discovery: 10.2 litres/100km
C15 Wins again.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:05 GMT

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I see you, impressed by the C15s fuel efficiency and low price, but you smile "surely", you say "such a small vehicle cannot meet my insatiable craving for capacity".
You are mistaken, dear friend.
CAPACITY:
C15: 2.6m³
Ranger: 1.8m³
Discovery: 0.8m³⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:05 GMT

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First on PRICE TO BUY:
At the time of release in 1984, a C15 would set you back about €13 000 (adjusted for inflation, euro)
The Cheapest 2018 Ford Ranger will cost you €25k.
A Land Rover Discovery will set you back about €50k
Today, you can get a C15 for €2k
C15 wins.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:04 GMT

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The Ford Ranger (2020). One of the most popular pickups in the US.
A key selling point is that the cabin is so high you can run over toddlers without even noticing.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:04 GMT

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I will compare the vehicles on the following criterea:
- PRICE TO BUY
- PRICE TO RUN
- CAPACITY
- OFF-ROADING
- SPEED and
- EMISSIONS
with additional bonus criteria at the end.
Lets see how the C15 holds up.⬇

2026-01-08 17:13:04 GMT

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The Landrover Discovery, a British staple famous for being the favourite car of renowned pedophile prince andrew, and emitting as much CO2 as a cruise ship.⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:03 GMT

I often hear Americans & rich brits justify buying oversized, polluting vehicles by claiming they need them because they live in the "countryside".
I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇
#C15 #carBrain #CarDependency #SUV #NoSUV #Pickup_truck
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2026-01-08 17:13:03 GMT

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I grew up in highly rural France: 30 mins to nearest supermarket, many unpaved roads, really tough winters. And yet I rarely ever saw SUVs or Pick-Ups.
Because the French have understood that the C15 represents the peak of what the automobile can be. ⬇
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2026-01-08 17:13:03 GMT

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So in this thread, I will compare the C15 to its competition on the basis of objective criteria, and prove that men who buy SUVs and Pick-Ups are, with very few exceptions, compensating for something ;)
Without further ado, the competition:⬇

2026-01-05 21:10:36 GMT

The only reason you'd punish people for telling the military to refuse illegal orders is if you plan to give the military illegal orders.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8039wg1rdo

2026-01-05 17:56:49 GMT

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So there we have it, 3 main routes for deterrence, which we need to apply starting from now.
Because Trump knows that the EU can significantly swing the midterms with sanctions/tariffs.
If he wants to take Greenland, he'll need to do it early this year to retain power in the midterms (provided free and fair elections actually take place).

2026-01-05 17:53:31 GMT

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Finally, there is one last lever that most people have written off: the military one.
Greenland represents an extremely challenging terrain and environment that US forces are not used to operating in.
However, European Troops, in particular from Nordic countries, are trained and equipped for precisely that environment.
Deploying them to Greenland now would be an immediate and effective deterrent, in particular to those US generals who remember Vietnam.

2026-01-05 17:47:45 GMT

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Secondly, an economic lever: tariffs and sanctions.
This could involve decisions like closing the EU market to US big tech, or imposing significant tariff barriers on certain products.
Here, ambiguity is important: to keep the US guessing, the EU should have as many people as possible (national governments, Commissioner, parliamentarians, high rep etc..) make as many different threats as possible. This could be key to deterring the US.
⬇️

2026-01-05 17:43:43 GMT

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Firstly, a diplomatic lever: military bases.
The US relies on its military bases in Europe for lots of its Operations in the Middle East, but also on Europe's ports.
The first and most obvious action Europe could take would be to make it clear to the Trump administration that any attack on Greenland would lead to the immediate and irrevocable closure of these bases.
The cost to US influence of such a decision would be extremely high.
⬇️
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2026-01-05 17:40:11 GMT

#Trump's threats against #Greenland pose a significant risk for #Europe, but there is no reason to despair.
The #EU still has numerous levers to reduce the likelihood of invasion. What matters is that we start pulling them as soon as possible.
🧵 ⬇️
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2025-12-26 23:19:16 GMT

The #Trump administration has been accusing the #EU of #censorship via its #DigitalServicesAct, but is any of what they are saying true?
Let's investigate 🧵🔽
#EUpol #USpol
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2025-12-26 13:47:58 GMT

One million passengers in a year and a load factor of 80%. The SNCB's classic, cheap Brussels to Paris train has been extremely successful in it's first year.
https://mediarail.wordpress.com/rail-europe-news-in-brief/#239
#trains #railways #sncb #sncf #railways

2025-12-25 12:05:50 GMT

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115779344192606197
The far-right: YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY CHRISTMAS ANYMORE! WOKE NONSENSE
The European Commission:
#note1lxh…63fu

2025-12-14 09:52:38 GMT

This week, #US state department officials met with a politician from the German far-right party, #AfD.
The same politician is described as being "totally under (russian) control" in a leak of Kremlin documents.
The #Trump administration is colluding with the Kremlin to bring down the #EuropeanUnion.
#EUpol
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2025-12-12 14:00:38 GMT

Just discovered this wildly tasty drinks company called embrace, with different flavours from fruits across Europe 🇪🇺 the peach and mint one from Marseille is damn tasty.
https://www.drinkembrace.eu/
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2025-12-10 15:35:10 GMT

#Denmark have declared the United States a security threat, placing them with #Russia and #China in the list of countries who could use military force against Denmark or its allies.
#EUpol
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/danish-spy-agency-now-views-us-as-a-possible-security-concern

2025-12-07 11:04:32 GMT

There is so much censorship in the EU that 7 of the 8 countries with the most freedom of the press are EU member states.
#EUpol
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2025-11-24 12:10:50 GMT

RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115595997701449168
Privacy and Security is a selling point for Europe. It is disappointing to see that undermined, and for use to lose excellent projects' presence.
#note1cu7…avmk

2025-11-18 17:32:57 GMT

If anyone is curious about the future of #trains between London and continental Europe, @npub10ra…24jw's recent report on the matter is as comprehensive as it gets!
I was among the lucky people in the room when he first presented it this week!
#CrossBorderRail #EUpol
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2025-11-18 13:56:58 GMT

Almost half a century later, IBM's internal training documents from the late 70s are specifically valuable in the era of #AI.
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2025-11-18 13:15:49 GMT

RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/115570855799458529
First it was IoT devices, and now browsers don't work when Cloudflare has an outage. We truly are living in the dumbest timeline.
#Cloudflare
#note1d96…hcdw

2025-11-14 15:44:55 GMT

In #Slovakia, pro-russian prime minister Fico was visiting a highschool. When he started spouting disinformation about Ukraine, students objected. He told them that if they love #Ukraine so much they should go to the front.
They all walked out. The kids are alright.
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2025-11-13 09:58:42 GMT

I want to make it clear: this is not a victory. They will still get to charge developers who don't even distribute on their app store, just like Apple do.
#Sideloading #DMA #Android
https://www.theverge.com/news/819835/google-android-sideloading-experienced-users-developer-verification?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

2025-11-09 16:03:44 GMT

So grateful for the opportunity to speak this year at #SFScon, for the amazing connections I made with people throughout different #FOSS communities!
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2025-11-07 10:22:12 GMT

Absolutely loving @npub1syt…d2pe's talk on crisis engineering and digital resilience!
From moving to European services to the #meshtastic Lan! #SFScon
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2025-10-30 15:22:33 GMT

International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European #OpenSource alternative.
#EUpol
https://www.euractiv.com/news/international-criminal-court-to-ditch-microsoft-office-for-european-open-source-alternative/

2025-10-12 12:36:33 GMT

This is going to go so so so so wrong #AIbubble
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2025-10-07 08:56:39 GMT

Side point on #ChatControl: When I worked on the law in the European Parliament, in the face of questionably legal, and highly problematic behavior by DG HOME, I prepared a whitepaper on why it was such a terrible Idea.
As it is in the public interest, I have decided to make that white paper public.
https://jmaris.me/chatcontrol_issues.pdf

2025-09-26 16:09:08 GMT

The only U.N building this man should be in is the Hague.
#NetenyahuIsAWarCriminal #Israel
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2025-09-23 17:05:46 GMT

I hate how many media outlets are seriously reporting on #Trump's comments at the #UN #UNGA
It is not even worthy of anything apart from "Trump says another dumb thing". There is no analysis to be made, no useful insights to be drawn.
#USpol #journalism #news
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2025-09-15 13:57:46 GMT

Behold, the patriots #UKpol
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2025-09-10 14:47:56 GMT

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That is incorrect. Lifecycle CO₂ Emissions per unit of power produced of Nuclear, including construction and decommissioning, are comparable to wind, and half that of solar.
When safely stored, nuclear waste poses no threat of contamination. Increased recycling can also dramatically reduce radioactivity.
CO2 and methane emissions are what pose an imminent threat to us, not nuclear waste. Germany's decision to abandon nuclear put back its CO2 reductions significantly.

2025-09-10 11:48:19 GMT

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Gas can get fucked, but Nuclear is green.

2025-09-05 08:56:43 GMT

As the UK backslides, the #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanCourtOfJustice just set out an opinion stating that #Trans people must be allowed ID reflecting lived gender! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇪🇺
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #EUpol
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/trans-people-must-be-allowed-id-reflecting-lived-gender-eu-court-adviser-says/

2025-08-26 08:39:40 GMT

Good luck justifying this under the #DigitalMarketsAct. Google doesn't get to gate keep what we install on our devices. They may be able to get away with it in the US, but not here in Europe.
#EUpol #Google #Android
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

2025-08-20 16:22:07 GMT

Me: damn, this thing done by [imperfect but well-intentioned entity] is really cool!
Many #Mastodon commenters:
[imperfect but well-intentioned entity] once did [bad thing picked out from an enormous pile of good things] and they failed to do absolutely everything right; therefore you must hate them and never praise any good thing they do, thank you for your attention in this matter!

2025-08-20 07:41:44 GMT

The #EU just leapfrogged #China by #GDP.
We also have:
🗳️ Democracy & Fundamental Rights
💼 Strong #SocialRights and reasonable working hours
🧑‍⚕️ #UniversalHealthCare
🌿 Strongest environmental protection in the world.
🇪🇺 gets a lot of stick, but we compete with the world's biggest economies while protecting our people and the #environment, we should celebrate that more.
#EUpol
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2025-08-17 09:43:24 GMT

The deal #Putin and #Trump propose just gives Russia what it needs to prepare a new war against #Ukraine and #Europe
We cannot accept it. Europe must join the war and do what the US won't: defeat Russia. #USpol #EUpol

2025-08-12 09:23:18 GMT

Following a #FreedomOfInformation request, I can reveal that in 2005 — almost two decades ago — the #EuropeanCommission trialled the deployment of an Open Source stack (#Linux desktops with #OpenOffice) and that trial was mostly successful.
Here is the Commission's report on that trial 🔗 ⬇️
https://jmaris.me/OSS_at_EU.pdf
#DigitalSovereignty #EUpol #OpenSource #DigitalAutonomy #EU
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2025-08-06 14:30:41 GMT

Groundbreaking news for European Tech autonomy: European Search Engines Qwant and Ecosia launch a joint Search Index.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/

2025-07-21 12:25:52 GMT

"They're putting blue food colouring in everything"
#AI
https://blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyre-putting-blue-food-coloring-in-everything/

2025-07-12 09:38:27 GMT

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and you believe tucker carlston?!

2025-07-12 09:38:12 GMT

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three years into the war and I still heard Russian spoken in Kyiv. What you are claiming is utter bullshit!
Do you know who was predominantly fighting in the Ukrainian army from 2014 to 2022, when Russia staged a coup in the DNR? Russian speaking Eastern Ukrainians!

2025-07-12 09:36:11 GMT

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I'd encourage you to look at the scores in Gaza, the West Bank, and Iran. they are much lower. Does that mean that we should t support these people when they face attacks from imperialist states?

2025-07-11 16:55:17 GMT

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There was no such agreement. Gorbachev himself said so.

2025-07-11 15:36:41 GMT

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The vast majority of EU delegates share your anger about Palestine. Action is predominantly being blocked by Germany, Hungary, and Austria. Focus your anger on them.
There can be no peace in Ukraine because Russia wants to conquer it.

2025-07-11 15:32:16 GMT

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7. By "the language of minorities", I assume you mean Russian?
I was in Kyiv as recently as 2024. I heard plenty of Russian still spoken, in particular among the older population. I'm going to make it overwhelmingly clear: there is no repression of the Russian speaking population in Ukraine.

2025-07-11 15:31:29 GMT

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6. Ukraine cannot hold elections when every single polling station would be a target for Russia. The Ukrainian Constitution confirms this.
The president still retains the confidence of Parliament and all opinion polls, including independent ones not conducted by Ukrainian entities, put him at well over a 50% approval rate, higher than most western politicians.
To call Ukraine undemocratic is extremely unfair.

2025-07-11 15:24:50 GMT

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Okay, I'm going to go through the points one by one:
1. Minsk 1 and 2 was violated both by Russia and Ukraine.
2. Russia is responsible for starting the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the guy who lead the effort literally openly says it: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/21/russias-igor-strelkov-i-am-responsible-for-war-in-eastern-ukraine-a41598
3. What do you mean by NATO non-drill agreements?

2025-07-10 14:39:36 GMT

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One thing that I don't understand is: if you support of Palestine, why not Ukraine?
Both are small countries, who face historical and present aggression and attempted genocide from an imperialist, expansionist neighbour.
Both are victims of massive War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. Both are being failed by the West (Palestine more than Ukraine, ofc).
I also ask this to any pro-Ukrainians who are pro-Israel.

2025-07-10 09:53:36 GMT

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The Iranian people can't decide how they "want" to live, because when they try they face extreme repression and execution. Get your head out your arse. I'm not calling for a western intervention in Iran, but it is egregious and wrong that you label them as the good guys.

2025-07-10 07:43:22 GMT

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imagine believing that Iran, a country that arbitrarily executed political opponents, and executed over 30 women last year, Is moral.
Support for Palestine is vital, especially among the moral failures of the west, but don't start painting a religious autocracy that treats women like second class citizens and hangs political opponents as moral.

2025-07-04 12:45:05 GMT

You don't need #AgenticAI. You need procedures and workflows that automate tasks that can be automated. You need to go through the awkward process of working out what you are doing and how to do it better/automatically. No AI will allow you to wave a magic wand and make all your problems go away. In the long term, it will just create problems and new costs.
https://futurism.com/ai-agents-failing-industry?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/business

2025-06-28 18:25:07 GMT

#AI isn't about making our lives better: it's about creating more profit we will never see the benefits of.

2025-06-28 17:11:17 GMT

Hungarians made history today as over 180 000 marched through Budapest to celebrate pride, in open defiance of #fidesz's illegal ban. This day will mark the beginning of the end for Victor #Orban and his cronies. Soon #Hungary will be free!
#Hungary #Pride #EUpol
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2025-06-26 09:42:42 GMT

Game Publishers keep dropping support for games they have sold to consumers, leaving the games unplayable.
The "Stop Killing Games" European Citizens Initiative demands the EU propose a law to force developers to leave games in a playable state!
It has reached 500k of the 1m needed signatures (deadline July 31). We need your support!
EU Citizens Sign here: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home
#EUpol #StopKillingGames #VideoGames #ConsumerProtection

2025-06-19 13:00:11 GMT

The recent paper showing LLM use weakens your brain contained specific traps for LLMs so that when #AI evangilists tried to use AI to counter it, the results were mediocre.
https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/
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2025-06-18 18:11:30 GMT

The brutal, daily bombing and murder of innocent civilians, in #Palestine and #Ukraine are signs of a collapsing rules-based world order.
It is not collapsing because of #Russia or #Israel, but because the west, who was supposed to uphold it, chose not to for the simple reason that it was inconvenient.
Today Ukrainians and Palestinians are suffering the consequences. Tomorrow it will be Europeans and Americans.
If you don't stop evil in it's infancy you might not be able to when it grows.

2025-06-17 08:57:43 GMT

If you are a small business or NGO and are looking to move away from big tech services, you should check out #Yunohost!
You can use it to automagically deploy alternatives to google drive, teams, slack, notion, google search, office, chatGPT and much much more!
#SelfHosting #DigitalSovereignty
https://yunohost.org/

2025-06-16 08:53:41 GMT

Europe has a choice: join the war and defeat Russia now while it is weak, or wait until an unjust peace, and face a stronger Russia, hell-bent on attacking us.
For some absurd reason, we are choosing the latter.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eastern-europe-baltics-hospitals-wartime-preparation-health-care-russia-ukraine/
#EUpol #USpol #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar

2025-06-13 08:18:59 GMT

While there were many really positive talks at #Vivatech, one moment really stood out to me:
At a talk on integrating AI into travel, the moderator asked who used an AI chatbot to book their travel to the conference.
Five people raised their hands in a room of over 100.
The moderator, ignoring this, replied "Oh! So a lot of you!".
Many in business leadership have become obsessed with putting #AI in everything, and are in total denial about the actual appetite for it.

2025-06-12 15:37:04 GMT

In three years, the criminal regime in #Russia sent one million of its people to their deaths in their meat-grinder of a war, all to take less than 5% of #Ukraine's territory.
#Russia needs to be stopped. They are weak now, but they are learning, and if they defeat Ukraine, then Europe will be next.
#Europe must join the war and defeat Russia now, before it is too late.
#EUpol #UkraineWar #Europe #Opinion #war
https://jmaris.me/jekyll/update/2025/02/21/EuropeMustJoinTheWar.html

2025-06-02 14:52:26 GMT

An extremely welcome initiative from the 🇪🇺 #eu:
🔋Phone Batteries must retain 80% capacity after 800 cycles.
📱Phone makers must provide 5 years of updates,
🪛 are banned from discriminating against repair shops,
🔧 and must provide parts for 7 years after EOL
#EUpol #sustainability #tech #smartphones #CircularEconomy
https://www.androidpolice.com/eu-new-rules-will-shake-up-android-update-policies/

2025-05-17 21:35:19 GMT

#Israel have faced challenges both on-stage and off-stage, with several tv stations defying prohibition on “political” content to condemn the horrific actions of the Israeli military in #Gaza.
#Eurovision
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2025-05-17 14:42:16 GMT

Unpopular Opinion, but labelling anyone who replies critically but politely to your posts as a "reply guy" is problematic.
If you field a controversial opinion, you can't expect people not to disagree.
If they are rude or you would rather not engage with them, then the block button exists, but you can't expect your statements won't face any criticism.

2025-05-16 13:34:41 GMT

Less than 75k signatures from EU citizens are required to get the Commission to make a proposal to ban #ConversionTherapy!
We need your signature!
#pride #lgbtq #LGBTQIA
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

2025-05-10 19:00:04 GMT

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It's so cool to see Fediverse admins do what Social Media giants fail to do: actually deal with Russian bots and spammers.

2025-05-10 18:59:29 GMT

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Thanks for your mega fast reaction, and well done :D

2025-05-09 16:10:28 GMT

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The European project has lifted millions out of poverty, and brought us closer together, it has balanced economic growth and citizens wellbeing and prosperity. We have the world's best life expectancy, outstanding education, beautiful cities and nature, 24 languages and 27 incredible counties and cultures to discover. There is much to celebrate, and we should.
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2025-05-09 16:10:17 GMT

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In spite of all the challenges, we actually managed to agree a common position by the end of the meeting (much to my relief as we didn't really have time for another meeting).
Under a century ago, we were fighting each other in trenches, now we can work together and even laugh around a table together: that is Europe's greatest success.
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2025-05-09 16:09:53 GMT

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a Danish Liberal translated for the French far-right, a Spanish leftist whispered missing words to a Portuguese social democrat, the Romanian spoke German to the German who then got into an argument with another German because he understood the others proposal of the number "nine" in English as "nein" (No) in German, much to the amusement of everybody present.
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2025-05-09 16:09:39 GMT

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What followed was absolute comedy gold, as MEPs used broken English, harnessing quotes from films as part of their negotiating tactics, and political opponents translated for each other: ,⬇️

2025-05-09 16:09:15 GMT

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During my time in the European Parliament, I attended a crucial final negotiation between Portuguese, Danish, German, Romanian and French MEPs, only to discover there had been a mixup and we would have no interpretation (translators) for the meeting.
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2025-05-09 16:08:50 GMT

Happy Europe Day from Brussels! Today marks 75 years since Europe's Nations chose peaceful cooperation over war. On Europe Day I wanted to share a personal anecdote about that cooperation.
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2025-05-08 09:22:31 GMT

"The #Russian army has committed and continues to commit atrocities in #Ukraine on a scale that Europe has not seen since World War II.
This is the army that will march on Red Square in #Moscow on #May9. These people are not liberators of #Europe, they are occupants and war criminals. To march side by side with them is to share responsibility for the blood of murdered Ukrainian children, civilian and military, not to honor the victory over Nazism."
https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-shchodo-uchasti-inozemnih-vijskovih-u-paradi-9-travnya-v-moskvi