It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds -
Bert Hubert's writings
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - Bert Hubert's writings
The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it...
 "it is very scary to make yourself 100% dependent on the goodwill of the American government merely because it is convenient. So let’s not." #gdpr #privacy #surveillance
#Trump ‘#surrendering to the Russians’ on Ukraine, top Democrat says -
the Guardian
Trump ‘surrendering to the Russians’ on Ukraine, top Democrat says
Senator Jack Reed hits out at Trump’s verbal attacks on Ukrainian president and increased alignment with Russia
 "Democratic senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, hit out at Trump’s recent verbal attacks on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy"
Europe’s big carnivores are on the rise – but can we live with bears next door? -
the Guardian
Europe’s big carnivores are on the rise – but can we live with bears next door?
Numbers of animals once hunted as vermin are rising across the continent. But scientists worry about how we are going to get along with these preda...
 imagine bears and wolves in the UK. let's do it... #rewilding
The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church -
Medievalists.net
The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church - Medievalists.net
Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th ce...
 "Hidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century. " wonderful #romania
Philippines officials offer cash for mosquitoes amid rise in #dengue cases -
the Guardian
Philippines officials offer cash for mosquitoes amid rise in dengue cases
People in village near the capital line up with their haul, where a mosquito zapper and some pesos await
 "one Philippine peso (1.7 US cents) for every five mosquitoes." innovative
How #Vance unsettled the Europeans -
emptywheel
JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference: A Speech by Gaslight - emptywheel
How Vance unsettled the Europeans While Musk was ripping through the US government like a 10 tonne toddler on cocaine, Vice President JD Vance was ...
 " Being from a country where the most common cause of death in child is a bullet, Vance’s sentiment of “tak(ing) our shared civilization in a new direction” misses that a lot of Europeans don’t consider America very civilized, largely because of peculiar cultural norms like gun violence."