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“We export public money and import long-term dependency.” - This was one of my key messages in my policy keynote at the OpenForum Europe EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026 last Friday in Brussels. Besides addressing why dependencies threaten our governmental action and what state sovereignty means today, I focused particularly on the economic aspect of Open Source. #OpenSource is a #key #driver of #economic #growth. An opportunity that we in Europe should seize.
“We export public money and import long-term dependency.” - This was one of my key messages in my policy keynote at the OpenForum Europe EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026 last Friday in Brussels. Besides addressing why dependencies threaten our governmental action and what state sovereignty means today, I focused particularly on the economic aspect of Open Source. #OpenSource is a #key #driver of #economic #growth. An opportunity that we in Europe should seize.
"Friday may be the largest worker action in the state’s history, said Christa Sarrack, president of a labor union... Ms. Sarrack said some of the #union members’ employers had decided to close for the day, while others were allowing employees to not come to work.
“We cannot simply sit by and allow this to continue,” Ms. Sarrack said. “We must use every tool that we have to fight back.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html
#GeneralStrike #Strike #Protest #Resist #ICE #GOP #News #Press #Minnesota #US #USA
"A #GeneralStrike is a work stoppage across multiple industries. The overall goal is to pause #economic activity to compel change. General strikes are uncommon in modern #America but were once a staple of #protest politics and are still frequently employed in #Europe.
Citing the killing of #ReneeGood by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection."
https://www.kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2026-01-22/fridays-ice-out-of-minnesota-day-is-a-general-strike-heres-what-that-means
Anthropic Economic Index economic primitives
https://www.anthropic.com/research/anthropic-economic-index-january-2026-report
#HackerNews #Anthropic #Economic #Index #economic #primitives #economics #research #AI #insights
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#RT, the #Russia state-owned broadcaster, published images of a helicopter approaching the Russian-flagged #OilTanker being pursued by the #USCG & said it appeared US forces were attempting to board.
#China on Wednesday said that US claims on Venezuela’s #oil were “a classic act of bullying.” Mao Ning, a spox for China’s foreign ministry, said #Venezuela has “full & permanent #sovereignty over its #NaturalResources & all #economic activities.”
The #Senate has advanced a resolution to limit #Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against #Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for the president’s expanding ambitions in the #WesternHemisphere.
#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-8-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-08-Breaking+News
As the #Trump admin asserts a #NewWorldOrder guided by #military #force & #economic #power — & Trump calls for a massive increase in military spending to confront these “dangerous times” — #US #allies are insisting that global stability depends on following #InternationalLaw.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy
#Russia hasn’t commented on the apparent #US operation against the Russian-flagged #OilTanker. In a statement issued on Tuesday to the state news agency #Tass, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the vessel was operating in full compliance with international #MaritimeLaw, & said it was receiving increased attention from the US & #NATO “disproportionate to its peaceful status.”
#Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #Venezuela #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#RT, the #Russia state-owned broadcaster, published images of a helicopter approaching the Russian-flagged #OilTanker being pursued by the #USCG & said it appeared US forces were attempting to board.
#China on Wednesday said that US claims on Venezuela’s #oil were “a classic act of bullying.” Mao Ning, a spox for China’s foreign ministry, said #Venezuela has “full & permanent #sovereignty over its #NaturalResources & all #economic activities.”
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The largest #protests in #Iran for three years entered a fifth day on Thursday
amid reports of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces,
with state-affiliated media confirming at least two people had been #killed.
Although state media did not identify those killed, witnesses and videos circulating on social media appear to show protesters lying motionless on the ground after security forces opened fire
The Guardian has also received images showing two bodies bearing what appear to be #pellet and #bullet wounds,
though the circumstances surrounding the images could not be independently verified.
The Oslo-based ⭐️Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights said one of those killed had been struck by live ammunition and died before being taken to a medical facility.
The two deaths were reported to have occurred in the southwestern city of #Lordegan.
The protests,
initially sparked by the collapse of the national currency,
began on Sunday in the capital, #Tehran, but have since spread to cities across the country,
with demonstrators chanting for #economic #justice 💥and demanding an end to the regime.
Roya Boroumand, managing director of the
⭐️Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran,
said the protests were being driven by the drop in the value of currency and its impact on the cost of living.
“Iranians are living below #poverty lines in increasing numbers and have no hope [of] any notable improvement of their living conditions,” she said.
“They are angry at the state’s #mismanagement and #corruption, and policies that are causing misery inside the country.
👉“The state deems any protest that is anti-government illegal
and the law does not really open space to legal protest.
That is why we see a pattern of popular outbursts and deadly crackdown.”
The protests come after a year of a record number of #executions in Iran,
with more than 1,500 people put to death in 2025
– the highest number since 1989.
Human rights groups say the Iranian authorities have used the #death #penalty to instil fear among the population and crush dissent.
“Executions are being carried out following grossly unfair trials held behind closed doors,
amid widespread patterns of #torture and #forced #confessions,”
said Amnesty director Hussein Baoumi.
The largest #protests in #Iran for three years entered a fifth day on Thursday
amid reports of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces,
with state-affiliated media confirming at least two people had been #killed.
Although state media did not identify those killed, witnesses and videos circulating on social media appear to show protesters lying motionless on the ground after security forces opened fire
The Guardian has also received images showing two bodies bearing what appear to be #pellet and #bullet wounds,
though the circumstances surrounding the images could not be independently verified.
The Oslo-based ⭐️Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights said one of those killed had been struck by live ammunition and died before being taken to a medical facility.
The two deaths were reported to have occurred in the southwestern city of #Lordegan.
The protests,
initially sparked by the collapse of the national currency,
began on Sunday in the capital, #Tehran, but have since spread to cities across the country,
with demonstrators chanting for #economic #justice 💥and demanding an end to the regime.
Roya Boroumand, managing director of the
⭐️Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran,
said the protests were being driven by the drop in the value of currency and its impact on the cost of living.
“Iranians are living below #poverty lines in increasing numbers and have no hope [of] any notable improvement of their living conditions,” she said.
“They are angry at the state’s #mismanagement and #corruption, and policies that are causing misery inside the country.
👉“The state deems any protest that is anti-government illegal
and the law does not really open space to legal protest.
That is why we see a pattern of popular outbursts and deadly crackdown.”
The protests come after a year of a record number of #executions in Iran,
with more than 1,500 people put to death in 2025
– the highest number since 1989.
Human rights groups say the Iranian authorities have used the #death #penalty to instil fear among the population and crush dissent.
“Executions are being carried out following grossly unfair trials held behind closed doors,
amid widespread patterns of #torture and #forced #confessions,”
said Amnesty director Hussein Baoumi.
💡"We need to ask deeper questions about the nature and purpose of #innovation."
Prof. at the UG Klaus Hubacek responds to the #NobelPrize for economic growth and innovation. Why innovate, and for whom?
Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/why-innovate-and-for-whom
🧪 #SciComm #nobel #economics #environmentalscience #economic #science #technology #environmental #research #ScientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen
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US: urge Congress to support the Right to Contraception Act, which reaffirms the right to use birth control, first recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court more than half a century ago! (via Center for Biodiversity)
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/yJzDfGN5QEqwTbepVEM3CA2 #contraception #mentalhealth #wellbeing #education #economic #feminism #familyplanning #climate #ClimateAction #endangeredspecies #protections #bc #women #men #freedom
Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it's sinking
#HackerNews #Crypto #Crisis #Crypto #Trends #Economic #Downturn #Blockchain #Challenges #Cryptocurrency #Analysis
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A great post by Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic) "The 40-year #economic mistake that let #Google conquer (and #enshittify) the world"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/06/vertical-blinds/#invest-dont-acquire