"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations."
03.01.2026 08:44 β
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Beim Abgesang auf die regelbasierte Weltordnung mitzuschmettern wird nicht zum Besten Europas und der EuropΓ€er sein.
09.01.2026 11:17 β
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"K72" passt sehr gut. Γltere mit Wienbezug werden sich an "Hot Lotion" im B72 erinnern.
27.02.2026 07:48 β
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To throw trans people or any other vulnerable minority under the bus "for the greater good" is to sacrifice the greater good itself.
26.02.2026 15:34 β
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Winterthur warnt ZΓΌrich β doch der Kanton hΓ€lt an GesichtsΒerkennung und MassenΒΓΌberwachung fest
Die Polizei soll den ΓΆffentlichen Raum ΓΌberwachen und Personen identifizieren kΓΆnnen. So will es das Parlament βΒ trotz Protesten von Juristen und Linken.
π¨ Automatisierte Gesichtserkennung: Der Kanton ZΓΌrich ist auf dem falschen Weg. Wir brauchen rote Linien fΓΌr Technologien, die mit unserer demokratischen Gesellschaft nicht vereinbar sind. In einem Brief fordern Professor*innen und Expert*innen den Kantonsrat nun auf, den Kurs zu korrigieren.
24.02.2026 15:48 β
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So-called 'nudify' apps. Smart glasses that secretly record video. An explosion in sexualised deepfakes.
Tech has turned against women, and it's time to regulate it properly, says author and gender equality campaigner Laura Bates.
Read more: ft.trib.al/Z3gd5bP
23.02.2026 13:39 β
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25-170
CERTIORARI GRANTED
SUNCOR ENERGY, INC., ET AL. V. COMM'RS BOULDER CTY., ET AL.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties
are directed to brief and argue the following question: Whether this Court has statutory and Article III jurisdiction to hear
this case.
QUESTION PRESENTED
Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate.
NEW: The Supreme Court will hear a case over whether federal law precludes state-law claims over greenhouse-gas injuries β and adds a question over whether SCOTUS has jurisdiction to hear the case.
This is the only new grant in this morningβs orders: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
23.02.2026 14:41 β
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[standing around the ruins of my faberge egg collection with a hammer] someone could probably replace these as fast as i broke them
22.02.2026 23:00 β
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Kaori Sakamoto helps Alysa Liu secure her stuffie with the medal so itβs all tucked in
A Canadian hockey player fumes over being handed a stuffie while he wears a silver medal with disgust
the contrast with figure skating, where everyone was delighted and Kaori even helped Alysa secure her stuffie with the medal, is especially funny
22.02.2026 17:09 β
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Can confirm that everything folks have praised about my work has come from having the protections of tenure.
22.02.2026 12:36 β
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NEW
How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence
How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir
By me, at FT
www.ft.com/content/5207...
20.02.2026 16:40 β
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Translation: Gordon Brown is apocalyptically furious that as he was trying to do a good job, which he was clearly far better able to do than his opponents, Mandelson & Andrew were both actively trying to screw him over for the benefit of their rich pedo pal, & yes he will happily see them both burn
22.02.2026 14:15 β
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Die perverse Menschenfeindlichkeit dieses "Arguments", das man auch in "wissenschaftlichen" BeitrΓ€gen in vermeintlich seriΓΆsen Zeitschriften findet, ist unertrΓ€glich. Wer es in den Mund nimmt, ist nicht gesellschaftsfΓ€hig.
21.02.2026 19:59 β
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How much more of all this are we supposed to take, genuinely?
21.02.2026 19:11 β
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How tech turned against women
As AI-generated sexualised images proliferate and app-facilitated abuse spreads, we are sleepwalking into a new age of gender inequality. It is time to regulate properly
"large language models such as ChatGPT were consistently advising women to ask for lower salaries than men in recruitment processes,... AI tools already in use by more than half of Englandβs councils were downplaying womenβs medical conditions, potentially resulting in unequal care"
21.02.2026 10:52 β
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Having read the Tragedy of the Commons, I am not too surprised. It is a terrible piece.
19.02.2026 18:34 β
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There's some material on this at pp.56-57 of the PDF, but for every reference to consumer protection there are three references to business needs: assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
19.02.2026 10:58 β
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Will the strategy do anything to address the difficulties that people elsewhere in Europe are facing when trying to enforce their rights against social media companies based in Ireland? There is a widespread impression in Germany & Austria that the Irish authorities are very uncooperative.
19.02.2026 10:53 β
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A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
2026 basically
18.02.2026 16:23 β
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I am jealous.
15.02.2026 14:21 β
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We bought Article II of the United Nations Charter with the blood of a hundred million human beings, and less than a century later, it's being sold for nothing by people who don't even understand what they're doing.
14.02.2026 20:03 β
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Die Idee, dass das "Recht" in irgendeiner Form abstrakter wΓ€re als ein "Volk" ist, sagen wir mal, auch eine konkrete politische Aussage.
14.02.2026 20:22 β
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introducing EU regulations requiring Olympic figure skaters to do routines to whatever their country's entry for the most recent Eurovision was
13.02.2026 20:40 β
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YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
JJ β Wasted Love (LIVE) | Austria π¦πΉ | Grand Final | Winner of Eurovision 2025
This one could work.
youtu.be/onOex2WXjbA?...
13.02.2026 21:28 β
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YouTube video by CNN
Why this Olympic t-shirt is stirring controversy
IOC selling a 1936 Olympics t-shirt.
youtube.com/shorts/Ql-Hu...
13.02.2026 21:11 β
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One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.
13.02.2026 15:50 β
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Geht es wirklich nur um eine Gegendarstellung?
12.02.2026 17:55 β
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I donβt really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
Iβll call it βlessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.β
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11.02.2026 21:56 β
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