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Conference Interpreter and Conference Interpreter Trainer #1nt
Member of Assointerpreti and VKD im BDÜ
Eco-aware tech embracer
Mountain hugger
President of Mountain Wilderness International
Climate Reality Leader
Member of Assointerpreti and VKD im BDÜ
Eco-aware tech embracer
Mountain hugger
President of Mountain Wilderness International
Climate Reality Leader
In the budget speech, EU Commission president von der Leyen made a bold statement that #AI is expected to approach human reasoning by next year. Scientists & scholars are appalled that the EC has fallen prey to this hype theatre & have written a letter raising concerns euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
Von der Leyen caught in AI hype trap while Tech bros cash in
Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Commission are fueling the AI hype, claiming AI could reach human-level reasoning next year. When asked for evidence, they cited tech CEOs’ essays, prompting scientists...
euobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In the budget speech, EU Commission president von der Leyen made a bold statement that #AI is expected to approach human reasoning by next year. Scientists & scholars are appalled that the EC has fallen prey to this hype theatre & have written a letter raising concerns euobserver.com/digital/ar68...
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Excellent article by Nathalie Tocci.
"From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
"From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
Once a global leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing | Nathalie Tocci
From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Excellent article by Nathalie Tocci.
"From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
"From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
World leaders pledged to end deforestation by 2030 at Cop26 in Glasgow, but four years later, the rate of loss is largely unchanged. Swathes of the Amazon, the Congo basin and rainforests in east Asia continue to disappear each year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
World leaders pledged to end deforestation by 2030 at Cop26 in Glasgow, but four years later, the rate of loss is largely unchanged. Swathes of the Amazon, the Congo basin and rainforests in east Asia continue to disappear each year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Interessante pubblicazione di #Eurostat, da leggere.
Italia in fondo alla classifica del reddito reale, fatto 100 il 2010, siamo sotto del 2,8%. Siamo il fanalino di coda, peggio di noi solo la Grecia.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
Italia in fondo alla classifica del reddito reale, fatto 100 il 2010, siamo sotto del 2,8%. Siamo il fanalino di coda, peggio di noi solo la Grecia.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Interessante pubblicazione di #Eurostat, da leggere.
Italia in fondo alla classifica del reddito reale, fatto 100 il 2010, siamo sotto del 2,8%. Siamo il fanalino di coda, peggio di noi solo la Grecia.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
Italia in fondo alla classifica del reddito reale, fatto 100 il 2010, siamo sotto del 2,8%. Siamo il fanalino di coda, peggio di noi solo la Grecia.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
Cornell researchers found that the current rate of #AI growth would emit 24-44 million tons of CO2/year, equal to adding 5-10 million cars to US roads.
It would also drain 731-1,125 million m3 of water/year, equal to the water usage of 6-10 million Americans. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
It would also drain 731-1,125 million m3 of water/year, equal to the water usage of 6-10 million Americans. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
‘Roadmap’ shows the environmental impact of AI data center boom | Cornell Chronicle
Researchers used advanced data analytics to create a state-by-state look at that environmental impact of the AI boom and how to make the computing infrastructure that supports it more sustainable.
news.cornell.edu
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cornell researchers found that the current rate of #AI growth would emit 24-44 million tons of CO2/year, equal to adding 5-10 million cars to US roads.
It would also drain 731-1,125 million m3 of water/year, equal to the water usage of 6-10 million Americans. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
It would also drain 731-1,125 million m3 of water/year, equal to the water usage of 6-10 million Americans. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Una lucida analisi di #Milano da parte della TV svizzera: l'erosione del ceto medio e l'aumento della povertà (e del lavoro povero)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTg...
Milano, tra lusso e povertà | Falò | RSI Info
YouTube video by RSI Info
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November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Una lucida analisi di #Milano da parte della TV svizzera: l'erosione del ceto medio e l'aumento della povertà (e del lavoro povero)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTg...
Yes, the funds available for any good cause are scarce, but not because of some natural law. Austerity is a political choice. The decision to impose it is driven by governments bowing to the wishes of the ultra-rich
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yes, the funds available for any good cause are scarce, but not because of some natural law. Austerity is a political choice. The decision to impose it is driven by governments bowing to the wishes of the ultra-rich
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists, representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries, were given access to the #UN climate summits over the past four years #COP
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists, representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries, were given access to the #UN climate summits over the past four years #COP
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Istat: "Le retribuzioni contrattuali in termini reali a settembre 2025 restano al di sotto dell’8,8% ai livelli di gennaio 2021"
www.istat.it/comunicato-s...
www.istat.it/comunicato-s...
Contratti collettivi e retribuzioni contrattuali – III trimestre 2025
A settembre 2025 retribuzioni contrattuali invariate su agosto e +2,6% su settembre 2024
www.istat.it
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#Istat: "Le retribuzioni contrattuali in termini reali a settembre 2025 restano al di sotto dell’8,8% ai livelli di gennaio 2021"
www.istat.it/comunicato-s...
www.istat.it/comunicato-s...
"But now America has a jarring split-screen of its own, between an oligarch president bringing a Midas touch to the White House and families going hungry, workers losing pay and government services on the brink of collapse."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"But now America has a jarring split-screen of its own, between an oligarch president bringing a Midas touch to the White House and families going hungry, workers losing pay and government services on the brink of collapse."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What he knew was that fascism was not over & that the right would metastasise, returning in a new form to claim power over a populace stupefied by the tawdry blandishments of capitalism. Was Pasolini wrong in his predictions? I think we all know the answer to that www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
What did Pasolini know? Fifty years after his brutal murder, the director’s vision of fascism is more urgent than ever
With mystery still surrounding Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death, the poet and film-maker’s warnings of corruption and rising totalitarianism offer a chilling message for our times
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What he knew was that fascism was not over & that the right would metastasise, returning in a new form to claim power over a populace stupefied by the tawdry blandishments of capitalism. Was Pasolini wrong in his predictions? I think we all know the answer to that www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
For Intl. Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated today, RSF is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked journalists and the right to information in 2025. What do they have in common? A hatred of #pressfreedom
rsf.org/en/2025-pres...
rsf.org/en/2025-pres...
2025 Press Freedom Predators
For International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on 2 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked jou...
rsf.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
For Intl. Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated today, RSF is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked journalists and the right to information in 2025. What do they have in common? A hatred of #pressfreedom
rsf.org/en/2025-pres...
rsf.org/en/2025-pres...
A coordinated assault on civil society is unfolding with surgical precision (...) EU institutions and national governments are deploying a 5-step playbook to eliminate independent organisations that stand between corporate power and public interest
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
How NGOs die — Europe's playbook for dismantling democracy
The playbook is brutally efficient: fabricate a scandal, delegitimise and defund organisations into dependency on philanthropic support, then criminalise their new funding as foreign influence — all w...
euobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A coordinated assault on civil society is unfolding with surgical precision (...) EU institutions and national governments are deploying a 5-step playbook to eliminate independent organisations that stand between corporate power and public interest
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
On top of the energy cost fueling a return to industrial-era levels of pollution, AI is also propped up by a massive global sweatshop operation, where low-wage workers in underdeveloped countries do all the hidden intellectual labor that makes AI useful
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
AI is propped up by a global sweat shop operation, where exploited workers polish the software for wealthy corporations in the west.
futurism.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
On top of the energy cost fueling a return to industrial-era levels of pollution, AI is also propped up by a massive global sweatshop operation, where low-wage workers in underdeveloped countries do all the hidden intellectual labor that makes AI useful
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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We demand full clarity on the scope of Orbán’s alleged spy network.
The allegations of intelligence infiltration within the European Commission must be urgently and thoroughly investigated through a European Parliament inquiry committee.
www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...
The allegations of intelligence infiltration within the European Commission must be urgently and thoroughly investigated through a European Parliament inquiry committee.
www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...
Greens/EFA Group call for inquiry committee into allegations of spying on EU officials
Greens/EFA call for inquiry into shocking allegations of Hungarian spying on EU officials. Reports claim the Orbán government ran an espionage network within EU institutions. The Group urges urgent ...
www.greens-efa.eu
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We demand full clarity on the scope of Orbán’s alleged spy network.
The allegations of intelligence infiltration within the European Commission must be urgently and thoroughly investigated through a European Parliament inquiry committee.
www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...
The allegations of intelligence infiltration within the European Commission must be urgently and thoroughly investigated through a European Parliament inquiry committee.
www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...
"From liberal Europe to communist China, the technology that threatened to destroy the planet is held to be the one that will save it."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Techno-capitalists think innovation can save the planet. But that same thinking is what got us here
An upside-down mindset is emerging around the world. We have to rethink our relationship with the environment and the technology that has caused it harm
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"From liberal Europe to communist China, the technology that threatened to destroy the planet is held to be the one that will save it."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"What shocked me was the scale of destruction across the entire neighbourhood. I had never seen anything like it before. It felt as if a nuclear bomb had hit this place" #Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘It’s like a nuclear bomb has hit’: shocked Palestinians return home to desolation
Families are going back to Gaza City and surrounds to find their neighbourhoods obliterated, with many forced to camp in the ruins
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"What shocked me was the scale of destruction across the entire neighbourhood. I had never seen anything like it before. It felt as if a nuclear bomb had hit this place" #Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Il 10 ottobre è entrata in vigore la Legge 132/2025 sull'IA con regole specifiche per i liberi professionisti. Questi infatti hanno l'obbligo di informare i clienti sull’impiego di sistemi automatizzati, specificando finalità e limiti dell’uso dell’#IA www.agendadigitale.eu/cultura-digi...
Legge AI italiana in vigore: gli impatti su aziende e professionisti
La Legge 132/2025 sull'intelligenza artificiale appena entrata in vigore va sul solco dell’AI Act. Il quadro è definito anche se mancano molte parti e questa stessa legge rimanda a futuri decreti del ...
www.agendadigitale.eu
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Il 10 ottobre è entrata in vigore la Legge 132/2025 sull'IA con regole specifiche per i liberi professionisti. Questi infatti hanno l'obbligo di informare i clienti sull’impiego di sistemi automatizzati, specificando finalità e limiti dell’uso dell’#IA www.agendadigitale.eu/cultura-digi...
Dockers in the Italian port of Genoa, who sparked massive pro-Palestinian protests in Italy last week with calls to block shipments of goods to Israel, have adopted the Global Sumud Flotilla and were joined by dockworkers from all over Europe.
www.politico.eu/article/docw...
www.politico.eu/article/docw...
Dockworkers in Italy threaten total block on Israel trade
The dockers have designated the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to Gaza as a kind of tripwire for threats of further action.
www.politico.eu
September 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Dockers in the Italian port of Genoa, who sparked massive pro-Palestinian protests in Italy last week with calls to block shipments of goods to Israel, have adopted the Global Sumud Flotilla and were joined by dockworkers from all over Europe.
www.politico.eu/article/docw...
www.politico.eu/article/docw...
When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With LA facing so many pressing environmental and political problems, some southern California residents are publicly questioning whether investing massive resources in the summer 2028 Olympics makes sense.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
Los Angeles vowed to host the Olympics without breaking the bank and environment. Can it?
With three years to go, experts agree that the city has set bold goals and faces steep challenges
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
With LA facing so many pressing environmental and political problems, some southern California residents are publicly questioning whether investing massive resources in the summer 2028 Olympics makes sense.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
"Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words"
#mediafreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#mediafreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words"
#mediafreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#mediafreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.
August 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, urges Israel and all countries to fulfil their obligations under international law “to end the genocide” and punish those responsible news.un.org/en/story/202...
Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide
Senior independent rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council alleged on Tuesday that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, a charge flatly rejected by Tel Aviv.
news.un.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, urges Israel and all countries to fulfil their obligations under international law “to end the genocide” and punish those responsible news.un.org/en/story/202...