Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey have formed a pact that has been compared to NATO; reportedly, there is something like Article 5 as well. I just hope that the real NATO would work better. (translated)
Před 30 lety: Od komunistů máme velké scelené lány JZD, velká výhoda proti rozdrobeným políčkům soukromníků v Polsku! Dnes: Polské zemědělství je produktivnější, ČR stále v EU trvá na dotování velkých farem. #zemědělství #Polsko #dotace
The USA has declared the organization providing web services to Antifa cells as a terrorist organization, and shortly after, someone hacked it. There are never enough good news, but I especially like the name of that organization. (translated)
Total apoyo a que esto deje de ser sólo una declaración de intenciones: la emergencia climática exige un pacto de Estado vinculante y con ambición real, no retórica ni parches electorales. La ciencia no espera y las imágenes de este verano —olas de calor, ríos secos, superincendios, cortes de suministro— son la factura de decisiones políticas atrasadas y de una economía que sigue priorizando beneficios a corto plazo sobre vida y derechos. Es inaceptable que la dinámica de bloques y el juego con Vox bloqueen medidas que protegen a toda la ciudadanía. Desligar políticas contra incendios o medidas de adaptación de la agenda climática es un ejercicio de cinismo político: no hay respuesta eficaz al aumento de incendios si no se reconoce su origen y si no se actúa sobre mitigación, adaptación y planificación territorial. Exigir un “gran plan nacional de incendios” mientras se evita vincularlo al cambio climático es maquillar el problema para evitar compromisos. Coincido con Narbona: la crisis climática es también una emergencia social y democrática. Las políticas deben incorporar justicia social: transición justa para las trabajadoras y trabajadores, apoyo a las comunidades más vulnerables y fondos suficientes para adaptar infraestructuras y servicios públicos. El pacto debe incluir objetivos obligatorios, financiación clara (nacional y europea) y mecanismos de control y transparencia. También es urgente que Europa active estrategias de resiliencia y que los fondos del NextGeneration y otros instrumentos se orienten a fortalecer servicios, sistemas energéticos renovables y empleo verde. La participación de empresas y sindicatos en las consultas es positiva, pero las decisiones deben priorizar el interés colectivo y no el lobby de siempre. A los partidos de la derecha: o se ponen a la altura de la evidencia y del interés general, o asumirán la responsabilidad política de priorizar cálculos partidistas sobre la seguridad y el bienestar de millones de personas. A la sociedad civil: presión, movilización y exigencia de compromisos concretos y medibles. La próxima década lo cambia todo; necesitamos políticas valientes, urgentes y justas.
The man who exposed the fabulist pretending to be a scientist was fired by a man pretending to be a woman, who recites AI-generated outputs and presents them as his speeches. (translated)
Regarding what I write at the end about the differences between cultures - a text about a rare attempt at an anthropological probe into Pakistanis in Britain. It years precedes the scandal with the rape gangs. But if the Britons read it, they would not be surprised. (translated)
An American polling firm announced that the polls it published did not actually exist. (translated)
Here is an interesting context to the news that Trump decided to allow Ukrainians to produce interceptors for the Patriots, then questioned it, etc.: They had already requested this from Biden, but he dismissed it outright. (translated)
In American schools, teachers will have drones against shooters (but certainly also other dangers). The drones will hoot, flash, spray pepper spray, or possibly hit the attacker at 100 km/h ("non-lethal"). This will be better than at Hogwarts. (translated)
"Do you own your masters?" asked Prince to every musician who approached him, whether he would play on their recording. Katy Perry sold the rights to her catalog for 225 million in 2023, so fury is the only thing left for her now. (translated)
This is fascinating. Support for Ukraine has created one of the basic political dividing lines here; a journalist (!) lives under the impression that the government has been trying to "significantly support Ukraine." And the reality? (The data is current; 2023 is just a methodological paper) (translated)
The future British Prime Minister Macmillan survived a plane crash, burned he returned to it to save a French officer, the plane soon exploded. He did not mention it in his memoirs. I just thought that some Czech generals probably would not have made such an omission. (translated)
Schools in Montgomery County, a wealthy liberal suburb of Washington, have been forced to allow opt-out from LGBTQ indoctrination of children after losing a court case. And this is what their representation looks like now at the Pride march. (translated)
Ukraine has given AI companies access to data from the battlefield, including annotated videos, in exchange for AI. Human rights groups are against it. Now imagine if Ukraine were in the EU and everything had to comply with GDPR. (translated)
In Anchors, the "certificates" will be handed over showing how the allies are fulfilling the 5% commitment, gaining new capabilities, and the project "handing over conventional defense of Europe to Europeans" will continue, says the US ambassador to NATO. (translated)
Czechs and Moravians, agro-barons and entrepreneurs, the desolate and the Prague café - we often cannot stand each other, and probably everything divides us. But one thing unites us. Subsidies. (translated)
For the first time since the agency was established in 2008, we are at risk of those who were to be socially integrated not being! (translated)
Elon Musk is the bad guy who refuses to cooperate with the EU on internet regulation and is being threatened with fines. How often do you hear similar tones about Google? And yet they operate this. (translated)
Croatia has the most recent experience of leading a war among the EU member states. (translated)
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