I hope they really get fined hard this time. Unfortunately the “pay to consent” feature is easily removed while the larger problem (though harder to grasp judicially) of election interference, abusing personal data, hateful content, disinformation - remains. And imho we should be looking much harder at X in that regard anyhow.
Thanks. It gets worse:
“That’s the purpose of it, and they’ve done a good job of it. But now I’m president.”
This is who Trump is. Thinks he is. Strongman. But alas, he’s fighting windmills. And by fighting them, he makes those peaceful windmills fight back. Which then retroactively justifies his paranoia that the world is against him? Stop the sanewashing. This person belongs in an asylum.
Systematically
It’s the sort of long standing horror show that nobody is surprised by anymore. My continued disgust at what Israel is doing cannot go any higher, nor does it change anything. We all knew this has been the ultimate goal for a loooooong time, and we all knew it was going to happen much sooner the moment Trump got elected again.
While everyone is flabbergasted by Trumplon’s shenanigans, China decides it’s a good time to ramp it up.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP repeatedly claims that the European Union was “formed in order to screw the United States”.
I thought I was immune to the insanity, but I’m flabbergasted again. Did he really say that?
community. What is r/something on reddit, is c/something on feddit.
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I like this sort of music anyhow. Drones.
In case someone’s interested, there are radio stations offering that 24/7. Dronezone or Darkzone on Soma FM, Radio 9128…
Why should it be dystopian?
The world already has several global reserve currencies, the euro already being #2. I see no benefit in vying for first place here. I find the whole concept a little artificial anyhow; but hey, I’m not a banker.
Oh My God! Prepare for a Tsunami of third-rate jokes by second-rate comedians!
I can vividly see before my mind’s eye a stand-up guy walking up and down the tiny stage, speaking into his mic: “BTW, have y’all heard that Hooters went bankrupt? [Insert punchline objectifying women]”
I can’t help myself, I’m glad that EU countries recognize the threat and arm themselves.
Have you noticed that most “Say No To War” people - then and now - claim to be “unpolitical”? In other words, follow a gut feeling instead of forming an informed opinion? That was me in the distant past. And I see people around me talk like that.
Yes, it feels nicer. But they open themselves wide to hybrid warfare disinformation tactics, unless they make the effort of informing themselves. Until then, please have the courage to say “I don’t have enough information to have an opinion about this topic”.
As for specifically Finland and specifically this treaty:
The move aligns Finland with Poland and the Baltic states, which also plan to leave the treaty.
This makes sense.
The EU should’ve listened to the Baltic states’ Russia policies decades ago.
In 4 years. But still, shit. Hadn’t even thought about it.
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TBF they did get the hint but it took them a while to start doing something about it.
She herself answer the question posed in the title: “this could be the end of my political career”, and further:
Le Pen appears to be anticipating a guilty verdict, telling the panel of three judges: “I feel we didn’t succeed in convincing you.”
In case of conviction, the court could impose a period where she is ineligible to run for office “with immediate effect” — even if she files an appeal.
Immunity from crimes. Always has been.
Is he ready to say that quiet part out loud though? Actually nvm, he did. He just calls it “injustice”
The boring bit is that I’m not the least bit surprised that he said that. other aspects of this dystopian timeline are certainly less boring.
I hope the lawsuits start raining in from everywhere, and not just against Meta.