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Karen Melchior

@karmel80.bsky.social

Digitalisation, Democracy and anti-Disinformation. European Parliament 2019-2024. Danish diplomat 2005-2017. https://karenmelchior.eu/

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EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products Lawmakers will ban use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets

Exactly “Europe should be backing innovative entrepreneurs, not putting new obstacles in their way”@annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

05.03.2026 20:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, not yet, but leading politicians and ministers have declared that they want to risk loosing in international courts

05.03.2026 18:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity The court of justice said Portugal had committed serious infringements of EU environmental law

Shameful hopefully they will bring their protection of natur in order www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

05.03.2026 17:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

it's a mix depending on who you ask, and also they want to go to the limits of the convention, risking losing in court

05.03.2026 14:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

UK and DK seem to have read the same ideas not really linked to reality about refugees and migration and set about to make laws according to ideas and not so much reality

05.03.2026 13:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Perfectly understandable. Yes, I think they are the people kept in a centre in the countryside without public transport, where they need to report as being present numerous times if they don't want to be fined. Until they volunteer to leave.

05.03.2026 13:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Denmark?

05.03.2026 13:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Opinion | Anthropic is fighting a battle the country needs Trump and his team have gone too far — again — in trying to bend a private business to their will.

We all should cheer for Anthropic in its lonely fight for responsible guardrails on AI.…A victory would help rein in an administration that has made a habit of improperly leveraging its gargantuan power to bend businesses and other institutions to its will. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

05.03.2026 12:23 — 👍 107    🔁 34    💬 2    📌 1

so basically copying Danish legislation...?

05.03.2026 11:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Men det gør det ikke til et personangreb eller angreb på folk på kontanthjælp. Hvis du vil gøre noget for kampagnen, så brug dog ikke din tid på at skændes med Rasmus eller tale ned til mig

05.03.2026 11:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Det kan godt være Rasmus søger en konflikt, men her synes jeg "it takes two-to-tango"; fordi det er altså ikke et personangreb heller ikke fordi man vil bekæmpe fattigdom i DK

05.03.2026 11:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Anklagen var personangreb. Mange bruger ordet AI-slop om den udbredte brug af AI til kommunikation i billeder og tekst af dårlig kvalitet. At Rasmus bruger ordet slopaganda om en politisk kampagne, der bruger AI er ikke et personangreb, men kommentar på kampagnens brug af AI

05.03.2026 11:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jeg synes I overdriver og forstår ikke intensiteten i jeres kritik af Rasmus. Selvom man er privatperson, så kan man godt være opmærksom på hvilke redskaber, som man bruger. Jeg bruger selv AI, men lad os alle være obs på, hvordan vi bruger det.

05.03.2026 11:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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H&M und Zara: Das Filialkarussell – wie Modekonzerne offenbar unliebsame Mitarbeitende loswerden Bedienen sich Modekonzerne einer Masche, um Ältere, Schwerbehinderte, Mütter und Betriebsräte vor die Tür zu setzen? Was sich aus dem Fall einer Nürnberger H&M-Filiale ableiten lässt.

Bedienen sich Modekonzerne einer Masche, um Ältere, Schwerbehinderte, Mütter und Betriebsräte vor die Tür zu setzen? Was sich aus dem Fall einer Nürnberger H&M-Filiale ableiten lässt.

05.03.2026 07:13 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 2

Uden at gå ind i substansen af jeres skænderi, så er det vel ikke at personangreb at påpege / angribe anvendelsen af AI? I øvrigt udeklareret. Det var vel heller ikke et personangreb når Venstres sekretariat blev kritiseret for deres AI Rambo Trolex?

05.03.2026 07:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Tiny, lost and constipated: what a baby turtle told Australian scientists about warming seas The arrival of loggerheads in New South Wales shows these ‘sentinels of climate change’ are being forced into unknown territory

For conservationists, the rescue was about more than saving the life of one turtle. It was a fresh warning that warming seas are forcing species into new territories. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.03.2026 07:14 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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👀 Labour MP Joani Reid said today that she was “not part of my husband’s business activities” after her spouse David Taylor was arrested on suspicion of spying for China

But her former company was loaned money (interest free and with no set repayment terms) by his companies

04.03.2026 22:58 — 👍 44    🔁 20    💬 8    📌 4
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The White House just posted a video mixing real footage from the Iran strikes with a killstreak animation from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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04.03.2026 22:12 — 👍 2427    🔁 970    💬 444    📌 930
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Iran Live Updates: Senate Republicans Block War Powers Limits as Mideast Crisis Widens The measure would have restricted President Trump’s power to wage war against Iran without congressional authorization. U.S. officials said airstrikes were accelerating, and several nations sent reinforcements to the Middle East to protect their interests.

Breaking News: Senate Republicans blocked a measure to limit President Trump’s power to wage war in Iran without congressional authorization, even as the conflict expanded into a wider international crisis.

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‘We never imagined this’: the Cypriot village on edge after RAF Akrotiri drone strike Evacuations near RAF base have reignited debate as Cypriots question the risks of hosting western military sites

In the third month of the cypriot presidency www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

04.03.2026 23:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

yes but I don't see such variation in other towns but maybe I wasn't paying attention :)

04.03.2026 08:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Makes me wonder where this tradition comes from. Linked to iron and steel industry? Automotive industry? Part of the periods where the houses were built

03.03.2026 22:52 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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@goodclimate.bsky.social so many beautiful iron grids on front doors.

03.03.2026 22:49 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Screenshot of an X post by Adam Schwarz stating that Melania Trump is chairing a UN Security Council meeting while the U.S. holds the presidency of the council. Below is a video still showing Melania Trump seated at a conference table with a nameplate reading “PRESIDENT” and “UNITED STATES,” speaking into a microphone, with officials seated behind her.

Screenshot of an X post by Adam Schwarz stating that Melania Trump is chairing a UN Security Council meeting while the U.S. holds the presidency of the council. Below is a video still showing Melania Trump seated at a conference table with a nameplate reading “PRESIDENT” and “UNITED STATES,” speaking into a microphone, with officials seated behind her.

I do not enjoy this timeline.

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Cities join Amazon in ending their partnership with license-plate reader Flock following Super Bowl Ad. ‘Your privacy is totally fine,’ says Ring CEO | Fortune "It was a shame" that people reacted that way to Ring's Super Bowl ad, says Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff. The company won't use Flock, but the reaction means people want safer neighborhoods.

“Since the beginning of 2025, at least 30 cities have canceled their contracts with Flock…”

03.03.2026 22:27 — 👍 227    🔁 57    💬 3    📌 6

Stort tillykke

03.03.2026 22:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Iran war live: Iran warns will attack ships trying to pass Hormuz; drones hit US embassy in Riyadh Tehran’s ability to disrupt transit in the Hormuz Strait has rattled markets and choked global trade. Trump says the military campaign against Iran could last longer than four weeks, and the U.S. emba...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was ‘not going to take years,’ as the conflict widened with Israel attacking Iran-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Iran hitting Gulf states that host US bases. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/4tW44U6

03.03.2026 06:12 — 👍 293    🔁 126    💬 55    📌 30
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Iran executes Khamenei’s plan to spread regional war Strikes on energy facilities and targets across Middle East form strategy devised to sow chaos in retaliation for US and Israeli attack

So by killing Khamenei, we have also killed the person who could call off the plan again… “Iran executes Khamenei’s plan to spread regional war” www.ft.com/content/02eb...

03.03.2026 22:34 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
4 percben az Orbán-kormány működése (80 dühös újságíró) -Küldd el külföldi ismerősödnek, ha értené
YouTube video by András Földes 4 percben az Orbán-kormány működése (80 dühös újságíró) -Küldd el külföldi ismerősödnek, ha értené

So there are elections in Hungary in April, here is a trailer of a film explaining part of how Orban took over the democratic institutions and media of the country. youtu.be/VLNTRdCk0P0?...

01.03.2026 21:16 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0