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Meta and Apple close to settling EU antitrust cases [FREE TO READ] US Big Tech groups in final stages of agreeing deal with Brussels to avoid series of escalating fines

Meta and Apple are in the final stages of agreeing a deal with European regulators to change a range of business practices to settle antitrust cases with Brussels, as the US Big Tech groups seek to avoid a series of escalating fines.

Great scoop from @bmoens.bsky.social

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How can the EU and Arab states contribute to implementing Trump's Gaza plan? And what could be their role? Listen to @hlovatt.bsky.social @ecfrmena.bsky.social
The full podcast episode: https://bit.ly/4nEYLoF

Russia has struck the factory of Ukraine’s largest hummus producer, forcing the company to suspend deliveries to stores, according to an official statement.

Don't ask me what the logic behind it was. It's just as stupid as everything else they do.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Republic of desolate minds Both the government and the protesters in Serbia held their vile and manipulative commemorations of Croatian military-police Operation Storm, which comes as a very neat deflection from actual probl…

This historical narrative fuels a national self-image of a small but proud country that deserves international respect, even from powers like the US, Russia, or China."

By @serbianism.com

serbianism.com/2025/08/05/r...

"In Serbias case,the sentiment might be reversed: too marginal for #Europe & the world, too important for the #Balkans.

🇷🇸 pride draws heavily from its history, including resistance to the Ottomans, victories in two WW, and the cultural & political stature enjoyed during Yugoslavia’s communist era.

A reminder of how Mrs Thatcher's Conservative party in 1983, an era featuring much more widespread racial prejudice in the public, approached the issue of race and national identity:

Daniel Möckli, wie kann die Schweiz Sicherheit und Wohlstand wahren? Der Zerfall der regelbasierten Weltordnung gefährdet das Erfolgsmodell der Schweiz, sagt der Sicherheitsexperte Daniel Möckli. Er sieht das Land vor schwierigen Positionierungsfragen.

"Der Zollschock hat gezeigt, wie verwundbar die #Schweiz als kleines, wohlhabendes Land ist.

Die Frage, wie sie ihre Erfolgsgeschichte fortschreiben kann, wird virulent."

ethz.ch/de/news-und-...

It's Zvonimir Boban's birthday today.

His kick was said to have started the Yugoslav War.

This wasn't really the case. But it was a manifestation of the simmering ethnic and nationalist tensions which exploded following the Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot that day.

You could also say that the anomaly of Germany maintaining a high industry share despite its rising GDP level is now probably over and the country will continue where it left off back then.

German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters Weak August data raises risk of Eurozone’s biggest economy falling back into technical recession

The German industrial boom, that started in 2005 when Angela Merkel took the reins (that was a coinicidence, she had nothing to do with it), is now officially over. www.ft.com/content/745f...

Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov explicitly blames Europeans for not wanting peace in Ukraine.This’s one of Russia's main narratives these days-Europe wants to go to war with Russia

While Russia escalates its hybrid warfare against Europe,it convinces its people that it's Europe who wants to fight

Novosibirsk, Russia. A fire has been reported at the premises of JSC "Plant Solder," which specializes in:

- manufacturing electronics and microchips
- repairing and assembling electrical devices

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

“If I was to hand you a list of centre-right parties that have beaten the radical right at their own game, I’d hand you a blank sheet of paper.” Terrific piece, this

The chaos and unrest is being instigated by Miller and Trump.

They are the ones bringing violence and disorder to American cities, filming it, and then using those images of their creation to justify the need to send in more troops and assert total control.

Tapping the Umberto Eco sign again

Premature, I think. For let's say the right does win, leaving the ECHR will then lead to rerunning Brexit chaos potentially even amplified several times over. First with regard to Northern Ireland and Scotland, second with the EU potentially suspending tariff free trade. Does that matter...?

Dutch news now reporting this Gaza demo in Amsterdam drew 250,000. If so, I think that makes it the biggest in the Netherlands since the anti-nuclear-missiles demo in 1981.

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Tak jako si USA nemohly dovolit nechat TikTok v čínských rukou, my si nemůžeme dovolit nechat Facebook v amerických...

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

Woman Worried She Doing Bad Job Enjoying Massage

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Lithuanian border guards intercepted 11 balloons carrying contraband cigarettes from Belarus. The operation disrupted Vilnius airport for nearly 30 hours. Around 18,000 packs of cigarettes were seized during this unusual “tobacco air drop.”

Vilnius Airport suspended operations on the evening of October 4 due to the appearance of unidentified balloons in the sky according to LRT
The objects were observed in the Baltoji Vokė area.Air traffic disruptions lasted for several hours,flights had to be redirected to Kaunas&Riga
lrt.lt/naujienos

Russia Targets Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure With Deadly Bombardment

A key question going into winter is how focused and intense Russia’s strike campaign will be — against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, defense industry, military sites, and civilians — and how well Ukraine can defend against it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w... via @NYTimes

Georgia’s PM imposes major crackdown on dissent, accuses EU of meddling Irakli Kobakhidze accused the EU envoy to Georgia of interfering in national politics and supporting an “attempt to overthrow constitutional order.”

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced a major crackdown against protesters today as violent anti-government demonstrations took place across the country following the ruling party’s landslide win in the local elections.

Georgian Protesters have built barricades, while robocops wait on the other side. #GeorgiaProtests

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Co zatím koukám, tak "kroužkuj ženu" rezonovalo výhradně u Pirátů a STAN. V ANO i Spolu nejde najít ani náznak. Jiný svět.