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Markus the Swiss Finn

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Lover of beauty, a philosopher, a seeker of The Truth. Opposed to all forms of authoritarian behaviour. => #NAFO www.auvinen.ch Mastodon: @ardentengender@toad.social Signal: ardentengender.21 For software and tech: @SuberCoder.bsky.social.

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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 3h
France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders
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France accuses Elon Musk of 'online harassment' of Europe leaders
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot warned Tuesday of foreign interference in France's presidential election in spring 2027. He singled out US tech billionaire Elon Musk for using social network X to attempt to influence debate in European democracies.
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lizandrynn.bsky.social @lizandrynn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10h
A new report from @Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Romania expose Ikea’s role in destroying Europe’s precious forests. Unique areas of European biodiversity are NOT raw materials for flat-pack furniture. act.gp/4hJ6d1t
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We are losing biodiversity by the minute, and Ikea is still part of the problem - Greenpeace International
While politicians move at a snails pace to write protections into law, destruction hasn't paused. Logging companies are still cutting down trees in the very places proposed for future protection. Righ...
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 10h
This is increasingly a problem in the USA as well...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 10h
Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy
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Hungary removes anti-LGBTQ provisions from 'child protection' law, batting back Orban legacy
The vote was praised by rights groups, who add that 'there is still a lot to do' on LGBTQ rights.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/10/2026
In its new crackdown, the Turkish government is targeting LGBTQ+ groups’ websites and social media channels for alleged obscene posts accessible to children. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of
EFF strongly condemns Turkey’s state-led discriminatory, oppressive attacks on feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations, media platforms, student groups, and rights defenders and activists within the
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 12/10/2026
Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter
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Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter
Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday passed legislation protecting the rights of national minorities, which removes a major hurdle in Kyiv's bid for membership.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22h
The American Copyright Protection Act would let copyright owners seek court orders forcing ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block Americans’ from accessing to entire websites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 10h
Way too sweet for my taste but it makes this champagne very easily drinkable. And cheap.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12h
EU policymakers claim that their Kids Act will keep the internet safe by treating every user as a child unless they age-verify. They are incorrect - this is a prohibitive proposal that puts all online services behind age gates. We urge the EU Parliament to reject it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will put online services behind age gates, expand the use of
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. Many people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, fewer provocations because there were fewer bots. It's pretty clear where those bots were coming from.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 12/10/2026
Greenpeace International is calling for the IMF and World Bank to move beyond recommendations for austerity to taxation of high-net-worth individuals and the profits of corporate polluters in order to unlock much-needed funding for countries to act on climate. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Finance meeting: Tax the wealthiest polluters to fund climate action - Greenpeace International
“To fund a fair and resilient future for generations to come, governments must be able to redesign tax systems so they benefit the majority, not just the wealthiest.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Medieval punishment for medieval men. Sounds fair to me.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And for those who are not academics: heaving a pile of papers that haven’t gone through peer review and going “here, you sort this out for us and prove us wrong” isn’t scholarship. It’s a hurricane shitting on an earthquake and demanding the professionals come clean it up.
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here's inspiration for us all! India is doing a remarkable job saving creatures and nature for the future. Never forget, everything is possible, it only takes will. ❤️
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How India saved its tigers—and lions and rhinos and elephants
India’s wildlife-conservation success holds lessons for other environmental efforts
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
There’s also this piece from last year which points to similar cognitive effects. Asbestos of the mind is an excellent way to put it.
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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Delighted that Navi Pillay, chair of the UN commission which found Israel guilty of genocide in Gaza, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let Trump and Netanyahu splutter and fume: the truth becomes ever harder to deny.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/10/2026
Site-blocking isn’t just theoretically dangerous. Italy’s system blocked hundreds of innocent websites. Spain’s swept up domains belonging to Greenpeace and Harvard. Now Congress wants to bring this to the U.S. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection
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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 10/10/2026
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This goes for most countries. We could have handled the overheating of the world with ease but chose not to.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 11/10/2026
Wind and solar helped the UK avoid US$7.8 BILLION in gas imports during the Hormuz crisis. That’s what breaking fossil fuel dependence looks like. Governments backing more oil and gas owe people an explanation. SCALE UP RENEWABLES.
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Do you have an inner locus of control? Do you believe you are in control of your life or are you the victim of outside forces? What if there is something on the outside that you can influence?
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The quality you should most wish for your children
The benefits of having an internal locus of control
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not even Switzerland does enough to protect nature.
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is the best asset Putin has!
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 08/10/2026
Yes, switching to Linux sounds scary. But it’s not as hard as you might think, and you don’t even have to fully commit to it. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...
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How to Opt Out of the Major Operating Systems
You can toggle every setting in the world and install two dozen different applications, but there’s no way around the fact that the majority of computers out there come with one of three different
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For pregnant & breastfeeding women in Gaza, the war has created particular risks. With much of the healthcare system decimated, access to care remains complicated and expensive. Hygiene conditions are minimal. Women often have no choice but give birth in tents or other makeshift conditions. #gaza
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War in Gaza: the victims that no one talks about
According to the United Nations, Gaza’s maternal and newborn healthcare system has been “decimated”.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Big companies are always bad but especially when it comes to food safety!
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mark Carney: "Canada is now the best connected economy in the world, with access to a market of 1.5 billion consumers, tariff-free. Over the next six months, we intend to double that number." 👊 🇨🇦 💪 Oh the lessons we are learning❕
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's no bottom where USA is sinking. Execution? By firing squad?! Livestreamed!?!
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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hands up - are you guilty? I know I am! 🙈 #WritingCommunity
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026
Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank
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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack.
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fools. Do we need another nuclear accident to remind people of the foolishness of that technology?
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The Global Eye @theglobaleye.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#NEWS | 🇺🇸 — Google and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement under which Google will buy 890 megawatts of new nuclear capacity.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Switzerland simply is the best country in the world, no matter how you look at it.
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The most innovative countries in the world
Will Donald Trump hurt America’s ranking?
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Markus the Swiss Finn @swissfinn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is not quite the expected view... Is the camera on service?
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin @mwuerker.bsky.social
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❄ SkiWeather.eu @skiweather.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
MOUNTAIN WEATHER Tux, Tirol: Snow depth: lower 0cm, upper 5cm. The vertical temperature profile favours higher pistes. High freezing level around 3740m puts pressure on lower snow. skiweather.eu/go/tux/1240 #skiweather #hiking #forecast
Snow report webcam: Tux
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