🇪🇺 vs 🇬🇧 — Two approaches to facial recognition

EU AI Act (Aug 2026):
Bans real-time facial recognition in public spaces, except narrow law enforcement cases.

UK (Dec 2025):
Expanding police facial recognition vans to more cities while consulting on regulation.

EU: privacy by default.
UK: surveillance first, regulation later.

#Privacy #AI #FacialRecognition #EU #UK

I use less than 5L of water to shower in our motorhome and I take a very decent shower. It is all about knowing how to use that water. Likely a shower at home would use over 10 times that. Here is the water consumption in EU on average:

statista.com/chart/19591/avera…

The average human in Spain consumes in a day as much as we two consume in a week in our motorhome.

Ride With Less videos.trom.tf/c/ridewithless/… :)

#europe #eu #water #consumption #motorhome #vanlife

Perhaps because the billionaires who actually run the US are frustrated by all those inconvenient regulations, the ones that keep people alive and help to protect their privacy?

#europe #EU #USA #unitedStates #fascism #regimeChange #war #russia #appeasement

Increasingly the UK is being required to choose; are we Europeans or are we in partnership with the USA?

Many of us may feel European, but our political class (and right now especially our Govt.) when pushed to choose, seem to prefer to focus on transatlantic relations rather than rebuilding the relations across the channel.

Its increasingly clear this is very much the wrong choice....

#politics #EU

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe

The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new reality, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

^{Jonathan Freedland (The Guardian)}

Nach ersten Meldungen wird nächste Woche voraussichtlich tatsächlich das #Verbrenneraus im EU-Parlament fallen. Eine weitere Fehlentscheidung.
So langsam kann ich diese oft berichtete #Politikverdrossenheit bei mir selber spüren. Es ist eine Sache, wenn #Politiker logisch falsche Entscheidungen treffen. Aber korrekte Entscheidungen wissentlich zurückzunehmen, ist eine ganz andere Hausnummer. Vielleicht muss doch erst alles den Bach runtergehen, bevor man ohne Idioten neu starten kann.
Ich muss Trump zustimmen, wenn auch aus anderen Gründen, dass diese #EU, also in dieser Form, weg kann. Sie taugt nichts und schadet mehr, als sie nutzt. Hier wächst nichts zusammen. Hier wird nur geklammert und eifersüchtig die eigenen Pfründe verteidigt.

#Hoffnungslosigkeit
#Verkehrswende
#Antriebswende

RE: journa.host/@ScottLucas/115699…

#Germany 's #Merz pushes back #Trump Admin's National Security Strategy portraying #Europe as a threat.

Europe “can stand firmly on its own feet" - "We will...not allow anything or anyone to divide us"

#NATO #EU #Ukraine #TrumpRussia

Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas@journa.host)

Attached: 1 image #UkraineWar, Day 1,386: #Zelensky Discusses #Europe- #Kyiv Economic Proposal With #Trump Camp #Bessent #Kushner #Ukraine #TrumpRussia https://eaworldview.com/2025/12/ukraine-war-trump-team-zelensky-europe-kyiv-proposal/

^{Scott Lucas (Journa.host)}

First they came for the Middle East…

#USA #fascism #EU #theWorld

Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/german-state-…

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice

Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: commission.europa.eu/about/con…
#USA: usa.gov/elected-officials

Representations in Member States | European Commission

Commission representations perform various functions such as liaising with local authorities and media, organising official visits, and providing political information and analysis.

^{European Commission}

mstdn.social/@Free_Press/11568… Free_Press@mstdn.social - PUTIN'S AGENT TRUMP

Trump says he is "disappointed" that Ukrainian President Zelensky hasn't read his peace proposal yet.

"Russia is, I believe, fine with it, but not sure that Zelensky is fine with it…His people love it, but he hasn't read it."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

KGB's Codename For Trump is:

Aure Free Press :verified: (@Free_Press@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 video PUTIN'S AGENT TRUMP Trump says he is "disappointed" that Ukrainian President Zelensky hasn't read his peace proposal yet.

^{Aure Free Press :verified: (Mastodon 🐘)}

Pharmaceutical companies in the #EU are required by law to have a "qualified Person" (QP). Their sole purpose is to sign of the entire (incredible complex) manufacturing process of the drugs the company produces every day and take the blame (i.e. get fired) in case of errors or costly product recalls.

Overseeing and signing of #ai processes however, sounds even worse, as it is literally impossible for a person to understand the inner workings of the black box...

Fucking yes… finally! Thank you, Ireland, Spain, and Netherlands!

“Ireland will not participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast on RTÉ, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part … Spain’s national broadcaster RTVE and the Netherlands’ AvroTros also announced that they would boycott the contest.”

Maybe we should rename it to the Genocidevision Song Contest?

Now… any more European countries with a backbone?

rte.ie/entertainment/2025/1204…

#eurovision #genocideVision #boycott #EU #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #FreePalestine #Ireland #RTE #Spain #Netherlands

RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel

Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast on RTÉ, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part.

^{RTÉ Entertainment (RTÉ)}

Funny how ‘annexation’ becomes ‘changing the map’ when it’s an ally. The West’s vocabulary shifts faster than its principles.

#Israel #Trump #Gaza #US #Hyprocrites #Europe #FreePalestine #Genocide #Uk #EU #Palestine #USPol #Zionism #Ukraine

“As we consider these three risks, we don’t have to speculate about how AI data centers might affect Massachusetts. Consider Ireland, a country with a similar population size, where AI has driven a data center boom. Warehouses full of servers are on pace to use one-third of Ireland’s electricity, drawing from fossil-fuel power plants and wind farms alike. That keeps old, dirty plants on the grid, sucks up renewable energy that otherwise would help replace fossil fuels, and drives up costs for everyone. The Irish pay among Europe’s highest electric bills.”

commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion…

#Ireland #AI #EU #winning

The dark side of AI: Climate chaos, pollution, and injustice 

Unless we have a seat at the table to set regulations, the AI data center boom will hurt Black and brown frontline communities like mine in Roxbury first and worst.

^{Dwaign Tyndal (CommonWealth Beacon)}

She knew what she was doing when she went to that peaceful demonstration against genocide…… Bloody terrorist

#brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #immigration #farageisalyingsackshit #ReformAreUseless #BorisJohnson #TaxTheRich

Your daily reminder that @EUCommission are only cunts on days with names ending with day.

“The European Commission will launch its long-awaited bid to simplify digital rules in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and to promote European start ups in the global artificial intelligence race.”

rte.ie/news/2025/1119/1544678-…

#EU #BigTech #AI #bullshit #institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EUCommission #spinelessToadiesInSuits

European Commission in bid to simplify digital rules

^{Tony Connelly (RTÉ)}

Good morning, everyone. Oh, look: Today, the @EUCommission launches their plans to gravely undermine our fundamental rights because tech lobbyists asked them to.

rte.ie/news/2025/1119/1544678-…

#MastoDaoine #EU #DigitalLaw #InfoSphere #Rights #AI #GDPR #DSA #DMA #DataAct

European Commission in bid to simplify digital rules

The European Commission will launch its long-awaited bid to simplify digital rules in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and to promote European start ups in the global artificial intelligence race.

^{Tony Connelly (RTÉ)}

THE NEW BIRD FLIES!

Ukraine has increased its inventory of the Ukrainian produced Flamingo cruise missile.

The missile has a larger payload than a Tomahawk, flies faster, and can cause more damage according to weapons experts.
#AureFreePress #NewsHappensHereFirst #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

Imorgon presenteras förslaget för EU Omnibus, där man bland annat planerar att skära i GDPR till förmån för AI-företag. Det ska bli otroligt spännande att följa denna utveckling. open.substack.com/pub/tensetti…

#omnibus #eu #ai #gdpr #politics

EU Omnibus och nedmonteringen av GDPR

EU-flaggor framför Europeiska kommissionens byggnad i Bryssel.

^{Jonatan Tensetti (Jonatan’s Substack)}

I believe Europeans need to worry more about Chat Control / ProtectEU.

It is absolutely dystopian & can not be allowed to be implemented!

After all, it can't be any good if the politicians want to be exempt from it ;)

youtube.com/watch?v=fPzvUW8qaW…

They also provide a nice summary here: mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vp…

(I didn't know Ashton Kutcher was that in love with mass #surveillance 🕺)

⏯️ by @mullvadnet

#ChatControl #ProtectEU #Privacy #eu #europe #europeanunion #it #europa #tech #news #digital