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In general, there is a high risk that the law will end up being extremely complex. The risk categories in the Commission's text, in particular, will quickly lead to mandatory maximum-risk mitigation measures (such as scanning and age verification). www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the
www.eff.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
In general, there is a high risk that the law will end up being extremely complex. The risk categories in the Commission's text, in particular, will quickly lead to mandatory maximum-risk mitigation measures (such as scanning and age verification). www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?
Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?
Probably the most disgusting online trend of 2025, this has led to pictures of people’s excrement all over the internet. Please make it stop ...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?
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universal basic income solves or significantly mitigates almost every serious problem in modern society, which is how you know the powerful people against it are benefiting from Your Problems
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
universal basic income solves or significantly mitigates almost every serious problem in modern society, which is how you know the powerful people against it are benefiting from Your Problems
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As Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated military clashes and closed their borders, the Pakistani authorities have intensified mass expulsions of Afghans.
Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans
Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
As Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated military clashes and closed their borders, the Pakistani authorities have intensified mass expulsions of Afghans.
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There are those on the left and right who offer only grievance: Labour is getting on with the job of economic renewal | Keir Starmer
There are those on the left and right who offer only grievance: Labour is getting on with the job of economic renewal | Keir Starmer
Judge last week’s budget in the light of our bold plans to sweep away red tape, tackle inactivity among young people and pursue a closer trading relationship with the EU, says prime minister Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There are those on the left and right who offer only grievance: Labour is getting on with the job of economic renewal | Keir Starmer
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Things are going too far.
After steps, sleep and heart rate, the next wave of wellness tracking may be in the bathroom. A new crop of smart toilets is turning bowel movements into health data.
Would You Track Your Stools Like You Track Your Steps?
Equipped with sensors and AI, smart toilets promise to monitor hydration, gut health and even cancer risk — if users can get past the ick factor.
bloom.bg
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Things are going too far.
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From small clubs to viral talent shows, Chinese comedians are testing how far laughter can go in a system where every punchline must pass through censors. Read more: bloom.bg/44FapIv
📷️: A Weibo account under iQiyi
📷️: A Weibo account under iQiyi
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
From small clubs to viral talent shows, Chinese comedians are testing how far laughter can go in a system where every punchline must pass through censors. Read more: bloom.bg/44FapIv
📷️: A Weibo account under iQiyi
📷️: A Weibo account under iQiyi
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Before the public can act, they must know. But China is silencing independent journalists reporting on the environmental impacts of its massive Belt and Road Initiative—mines, ports, dams, power plants etc in mostly poor countries.
Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.
Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.
China’s media suppression campaign is reaching around the globe to silence environmental journalists reporting on polluting Chinese companies.
How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders - Inside Climate News
Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure.
insideclimatenews.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Before the public can act, they must know. But China is silencing independent journalists reporting on the environmental impacts of its massive Belt and Road Initiative—mines, ports, dams, power plants etc in mostly poor countries.
Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.
Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.
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Airlines across the world canceled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season
Global Flights in Chaos as Top-Selling Airbus Jet Hit by Recall
Airlines across the world canceled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Airlines across the world canceled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season
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Federal government unveils new emergency response facility
Federal government unveils new emergency response facility
The federal government is making major changes to how Canada prepares for natural disasters. CTV’s Josh Marano reports.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Federal government unveils new emergency response facility
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Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol
Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol
Methanol, a cheap relative of ethanol, is entering the supply chain, causing thousands of deaths around the world
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol
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Canadian soldiers are training in Israel with the genocidal army that intentionally targets and murders children and babies.
Demand to know why @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social are sending our soldiers to train with these monsters.
www.readthemaple.com/canadian-for...
Demand to know why @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social are sending our soldiers to train with these monsters.
www.readthemaple.com/canadian-for...
Canadian Forces Scheduled Missile Training In Israel Last Year
The Department of National Defence is refusing to answer questions about the scheduled training sessions.
www.readthemaple.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Canadian soldiers are training in Israel with the genocidal army that intentionally targets and murders children and babies.
Demand to know why @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social are sending our soldiers to train with these monsters.
www.readthemaple.com/canadian-for...
Demand to know why @mark-carney.bsky.social and @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social are sending our soldiers to train with these monsters.
www.readthemaple.com/canadian-for...
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On threads they're once again framing this as a Masterful Gambit by the prime minister.
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
On threads they're once again framing this as a Masterful Gambit by the prime minister.
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
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Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
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Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee policies are leaving fingerprints on the ongoing genocide in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social and Ismail Adam write about Canada’s role in Sudan’s brutal and escalating war. breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social and Ismail Adam write about Canada’s role in Sudan’s brutal and escalating war. breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach
The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity
breachmedia.ca
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee policies are leaving fingerprints on the ongoing genocide in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social and Ismail Adam write about Canada’s role in Sudan’s brutal and escalating war. breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social and Ismail Adam write about Canada’s role in Sudan’s brutal and escalating war. breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
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Labubu usually lives in Pop Land, a Pop Mart amusement park in Beijing. But like a few million visitors to New York this time of year, she’s in town for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, where she is a main attraction aboard a new float.
Labubu Takes New York on Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Float
A global sensation gets her moment at the Thanksgiving Day parade.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Labubu usually lives in Pop Land, a Pop Mart amusement park in Beijing. But like a few million visitors to New York this time of year, she’s in town for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, where she is a main attraction aboard a new float.
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NEW: Performers such as Cynthia Erivo, Lainey Wilson and the stars of the hit Netflix movie “KPop Demon Hunters” join the festivities this year at The 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Live updates: The 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Get the latest news from N.Y.C. as the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off. Follow this year's floats, performances, celebrity appearances and more.
nbcnews.to
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NEW: Performers such as Cynthia Erivo, Lainey Wilson and the stars of the hit Netflix movie “KPop Demon Hunters” join the festivities this year at The 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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TIL that the stereotype of the strict British/English upper lip comes from empire building
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The truth about British stoicism
Brits, according to many outsiders, are reserved, repressed, resilient, unemotional and self-controlled. But how did the “stiff upper lip” become so closely associated with Britain?
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
TIL that the stereotype of the strict British/English upper lip comes from empire building
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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Joan Templeman, wife of billionaire Richard Branson, dies aged 80
Joan Templeman, wife of billionaire Richard Branson, dies aged 80
The British billionaire founder of Virgin Atlantic said he was ‘heartbroken’ by loss of wife and partner for 50 years
Joan Templeman, the wife of British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, has died at the age of 80.
Branson announced her death on Tuesday in a post on social media, saying he was “heartbroken to share that Joan, my wife and partner for 50 years, has passed away.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Joan Templeman, wife of billionaire Richard Branson, dies aged 80
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Joan Branson, the longtime spouse of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Atlantic airline and one of Britain’s best known business figures, has died. She was 80. nyti.ms/3XiqAYg
Joan Branson, Richard Branson’s Wife of 35 Years, Has Died
Mr. Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder, announced her death in an Instagram post.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Joan Branson, the longtime spouse of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Atlantic airline and one of Britain’s best known business figures, has died. She was 80. nyti.ms/3XiqAYg
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Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch was crowned the winner of the Miss Universe 2025 competition.
globalnews.ca/news/1153702...
globalnews.ca/news/1153702...
Miss Mexico crowned Miss Universe weeks after walkout scandal - National | Globalnews.ca
Bosch's crowning follows a tense encounter earlier this month when a pageant executive called her 'dumb' in front of the other contestants during a sashing ceremony in Thailand.
globalnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch was crowned the winner of the Miss Universe 2025 competition.
globalnews.ca/news/1153702...
globalnews.ca/news/1153702...