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Plus treaty change to make it easier to suspend and eject member states when democratic backsliding occurs.
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Plus treaty change to make it easier to suspend and eject member states when democratic backsliding occurs.
Can You Name a Country?
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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January 24, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Can they stop everyone? No.
But like the GFW of China the policy can add enough friction that the majority of consumers stick to using approved services by companies that comply with the legislation.
The GFW has become increasingly sophisticated over the years & now the UK wants their own version.
But like the GFW of China the policy can add enough friction that the majority of consumers stick to using approved services by companies that comply with the legislation.
The GFW has become increasingly sophisticated over the years & now the UK wants their own version.
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Can they stop everyone? No.
But like the GFW of China the policy can add enough friction that the majority of consumers stick to using approved services by companies that comply with the legislation.
The GFW has become increasingly sophisticated over the years & now the UK wants their own version.
But like the GFW of China the policy can add enough friction that the majority of consumers stick to using approved services by companies that comply with the legislation.
The GFW has become increasingly sophisticated over the years & now the UK wants their own version.
Enforcement against non-UK based VPN companies will be via the same business disruption & blocking measures that are in the OSA:
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service provider (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Welcome to the Great Fire(Wall) of London.
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service provider (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Welcome to the Great Fire(Wall) of London.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Enforcement against non-UK based VPN companies will be via the same business disruption & blocking measures that are in the OSA:
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service provider (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Welcome to the Great Fire(Wall) of London.
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service provider (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Welcome to the Great Fire(Wall) of London.
Obscenely
Rich
Arsehole
Called
Larry
Ellison
Hopefully he will take a big hit when the bubble bursts.
Rich
Arsehole
Called
Larry
Ellison
Hopefully he will take a big hit when the bubble bursts.
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Obscenely
Rich
Arsehole
Called
Larry
Ellison
Hopefully he will take a big hit when the bubble bursts.
Rich
Arsehole
Called
Larry
Ellison
Hopefully he will take a big hit when the bubble bursts.
Had that nonsense here with the Scottish Independence referendum. Indy supporters claiming that Scotland would not have to take on its share of the national debt, and could stop paying taxes to Westminster but still expected it to pay pensions that those taxes pay for. Pure fantasy land stuff.
January 23, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Had that nonsense here with the Scottish Independence referendum. Indy supporters claiming that Scotland would not have to take on its share of the national debt, and could stop paying taxes to Westminster but still expected it to pay pensions that those taxes pay for. Pure fantasy land stuff.
Turns out that the EU countries do have sovereignty and can 'take back control' of their borders.
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Turns out that the EU countries do have sovereignty and can 'take back control' of their borders.
Private Business VPNs are completely orthogonal to age gating commercial VPN providers.
Enforcement will be via the same business disruption & blocking measures that are in the OSA:
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Enforcement will be via the same business disruption & blocking measures that are in the OSA:
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
January 23, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Private Business VPNs are completely orthogonal to age gating commercial VPN providers.
Enforcement will be via the same business disruption & blocking measures that are in the OSA:
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Enforcement will be via the same business disruption & blocking measures that are in the OSA:
DNS / IP blocks
Payment processing bans
Ancillary service (ads, hosting, search engine) bans.
Looks to me like the classic good cop bad cop move. EU parliament canceling previous trade agreement, and countries putting soldiers into Greenland to raise the cost of action there, while Mark Rutte laid on the usual cringeworthy obsequious flattery.
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Looks to me like the classic good cop bad cop move. EU parliament canceling previous trade agreement, and countries putting soldiers into Greenland to raise the cost of action there, while Mark Rutte laid on the usual cringeworthy obsequious flattery.
From a year ago.
Majorities for reintroducing conscription (went into abeyance in 2011) and increased defence spending.
Nuclear weapons - majority against Germany acquiring own, but there is a majority in favour of Macron's idea of extending France's nuclear umbrella.
www.ndr.de/ndrfragt/Umf...
Majorities for reintroducing conscription (went into abeyance in 2011) and increased defence spending.
Nuclear weapons - majority against Germany acquiring own, but there is a majority in favour of Macron's idea of extending France's nuclear umbrella.
www.ndr.de/ndrfragt/Umf...
Umfrage: Mehrheit will Wehrpflicht zurück - Jüngere eher skeptisch
Wie verteidigen wir uns künftig? Die Mehrheit der #NDRfragt-Teilnehmer ist für die Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht - auch für Frauen. Die Reaktivierung alter Kasernen im Norden halten viele ebenso fü...
www.ndr.de
January 22, 2026 at 7:57 AM
From a year ago.
Majorities for reintroducing conscription (went into abeyance in 2011) and increased defence spending.
Nuclear weapons - majority against Germany acquiring own, but there is a majority in favour of Macron's idea of extending France's nuclear umbrella.
www.ndr.de/ndrfragt/Umf...
Majorities for reintroducing conscription (went into abeyance in 2011) and increased defence spending.
Nuclear weapons - majority against Germany acquiring own, but there is a majority in favour of Macron's idea of extending France's nuclear umbrella.
www.ndr.de/ndrfragt/Umf...
Those sort of measures along with closing `US military bases in Europe would likely reserved for and only be put into force if the USA actually invades Greenland.
The trade war will be fought with economic countermeasures.
The trade war will be fought with economic countermeasures.
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Those sort of measures along with closing `US military bases in Europe would likely reserved for and only be put into force if the USA actually invades Greenland.
The trade war will be fought with economic countermeasures.
The trade war will be fought with economic countermeasures.
Literally tilting at windmills.
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Literally tilting at windmills.
I think you need to read the UK Parliament website first:
"The most significant contributory benefit in the UK – accounting for expenditure of almost £100 billion a year – is the State Pension."
It's a term of art of which you appear to be unaware.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/contributory...
"The most significant contributory benefit in the UK – accounting for expenditure of almost £100 billion a year – is the State Pension."
It's a term of art of which you appear to be unaware.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/contributory...
Contributory benefits and social insurance in the UK
Spending on contributory benefits accounts for around 9% of social security expenditure on working-age adults and children.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I think you need to read the UK Parliament website first:
"The most significant contributory benefit in the UK – accounting for expenditure of almost £100 billion a year – is the State Pension."
It's a term of art of which you appear to be unaware.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/contributory...
"The most significant contributory benefit in the UK – accounting for expenditure of almost £100 billion a year – is the State Pension."
It's a term of art of which you appear to be unaware.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/contributory...
Danish newspaper of record: " #Denmark should initiate discussions w/ #Sweden, #Norway and #Finland, possibly #Iceland, for establishing a joint #nuclear weapons program."
Yes. We must discuss this *seriously*. A joint deterrence program makes so much sense.
www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
Yes. We must discuss this *seriously*. A joint deterrence program makes so much sense.
www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
Det er tid til et fællesnordisk atomvåbenprogram – vi kunne opkalde det efter Thors hammer
Vi indrømmer gerne, at det er et vildt forslag. Men vi lever også i vilde tider.
www.berlingske.dk
January 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Berthold Kohler in FAZ: “A credible nuclear deterrence, however, is indispensable for Germany’s security. In Berlin, therefore, consideration must also be given to our own nuclear armament.” Trump is triggering the biggest wave of nuclear proliferation in human history, and US media is clueless.
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It’s a contributory benefit, but a benefit nether the less.
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 PM
It’s a contributory benefit, but a benefit nether the less.
Does that imply a big bang?
January 20, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Does that imply a big bang?
No Way, this already is fundamental breach of trust and will only accelerate the already existing trends in the EU (and elsewhere) for tech sovereignty, independent defence and financial disentanglement. Can't be subject to blackmail.
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
No Way, this already is fundamental breach of trust and will only accelerate the already existing trends in the EU (and elsewhere) for tech sovereignty, independent defence and financial disentanglement. Can't be subject to blackmail.
She’s just being honest about the total surveillance state that Labour and the Tories have been building since Blair.
Just don't let her visit the Stasi museum in Berlin, she'll be enthusing about the effectiveness of Zersetzung next.
Just don't let her visit the Stasi museum in Berlin, she'll be enthusing about the effectiveness of Zersetzung next.
January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM
She’s just being honest about the total surveillance state that Labour and the Tories have been building since Blair.
Just don't let her visit the Stasi museum in Berlin, she'll be enthusing about the effectiveness of Zersetzung next.
Just don't let her visit the Stasi museum in Berlin, she'll be enthusing about the effectiveness of Zersetzung next.
She’s just being honest about the total surveillance state that Labour and the Tories have been building since Blair.
January 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
She’s just being honest about the total surveillance state that Labour and the Tories have been building since Blair.
That is my theory for why they keep putting back the release date for GTA VI.
It has become impossible to parody the USA.
It has become impossible to parody the USA.
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 AM
That is my theory for why they keep putting back the release date for GTA VI.
It has become impossible to parody the USA.
It has become impossible to parody the USA.
The battleships of the 21st century. Probably applies to aircraft carriers too.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The battleships of the 21st century. Probably applies to aircraft carriers too.
Shock horror, there is not enough revenue in the 'Use a chatbot to turn my bullet points into a formal business email to impress the person at the other end who also uses a chatbot to turn my verbose email into concise bullet points' market to sustain $1 trillion valuations.
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Shock horror, there is not enough revenue in the 'Use a chatbot to turn my bullet points into a formal business email to impress the person at the other end who also uses a chatbot to turn my verbose email into concise bullet points' market to sustain $1 trillion valuations.
Wouldn't be surprised.
Saw similar here in the UK when the people that voted for Brexit realised that the EU wasn't going to give them a deal that let them keep all the benefits of membership without the obligations of membership after leaving.
Exceptionalism and entitlement is a hell of a drug.
Saw similar here in the UK when the people that voted for Brexit realised that the EU wasn't going to give them a deal that let them keep all the benefits of membership without the obligations of membership after leaving.
Exceptionalism and entitlement is a hell of a drug.
January 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Wouldn't be surprised.
Saw similar here in the UK when the people that voted for Brexit realised that the EU wasn't going to give them a deal that let them keep all the benefits of membership without the obligations of membership after leaving.
Exceptionalism and entitlement is a hell of a drug.
Saw similar here in the UK when the people that voted for Brexit realised that the EU wasn't going to give them a deal that let them keep all the benefits of membership without the obligations of membership after leaving.
Exceptionalism and entitlement is a hell of a drug.
Let me put it like this, post Trump, I'd consider visiting NY, and would be happy to buy consumer goods from the US but don't want the strategic dependance that we have had up to now, especially in the areas of Tech and Defence and Finance.
US media in 10 years - where did our tech hegemony go?
US media in 10 years - where did our tech hegemony go?
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Let me put it like this, post Trump, I'd consider visiting NY, and would be happy to buy consumer goods from the US but don't want the strategic dependance that we have had up to now, especially in the areas of Tech and Defence and Finance.
US media in 10 years - where did our tech hegemony go?
US media in 10 years - where did our tech hegemony go?