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Bytes Europe<p>Poland rejects EU army proposal, calls for strengthening national forces <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/750976/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/750976/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>army</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calls</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/for" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>for</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/forces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forces</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KingSalman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSalman</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KingdomOfSaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingdomOfSaudiArabia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LatestNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatestNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>national</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/proposal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proposal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rejects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejects</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SaudiSazette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiSazette</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/saudigazette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saudigazette</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SaudigazetteNewspaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudigazetteNewspaper</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sports</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/strengthening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strengthening</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>World</span></a></p>
European Open Source Academy<p>🚀Only two days until the inaugural <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EOSAwards25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EOSAwards25</span></a>! </p><p>It's a day to celebrate excellence in the field of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> and reflect on the challenges and opportunities ahead.</p><p>🏆The European Open Source <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Achievement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Achievement</span></a> Awardee is one of the champions for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/strengthening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strengthening</span></a> open source Europe, and with appropriate leadership, funding efforts, and skill development, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> can expand its digital <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/competitiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competitiveness</span></a>.</p><p>👇Read the nominee's hopes for the open source community below :</p>
CM Thiede<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bicmay</span></a></span> </p><p>( <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HighlyEducated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighlyEducated</span></a> ) <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> ??</p><p>Isn't that <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> for <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SuperSmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperSmart</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Indispensable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indispensable</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HighDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighDemand</span></a> ??</p><p>Or, in other words,</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/physicists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicists</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/surgeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surgeons</span></a> ??</p><p>I'll go out on a limb and say that they'd rather <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> for their <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/countries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>countries</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/strengthening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strengthening</span></a> their <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/resolve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resolve</span></a> rather than for a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socioPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socioPath</span></a> looking to put <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/collars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collars</span></a> around <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/shiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shiny</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SmartPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartPeople</span></a> to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/harness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harness</span></a> the full <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/potential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potential</span></a> of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DeathStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathStar</span></a> </p><p>They may never be allowed to leave!</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>How <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> Are Staving Off <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheBigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBigLie</span></a> 2.0. </p><p>The last four years have shown “an increase in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a>” for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a>—but also a “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/strengthening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strengthening</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/safeguards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safeguards</span></a>” against it. </p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/how-democrats-are-staving-off-the-big-lie-2-0/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">08/how-democrats-are-staving-off-the-big-lie-2-0/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>♦️“The Stop Corporate Capture Act ♦️is a comprehensive blueprint for <a href="https://c.im/tags/modernizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernizing</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/improving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>improving</span></a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/strengthening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strengthening</span></a> the regulatory system<br>🔸 to better protect the public,” 🔸<br>said Rachel Weintraub, <br>executive director of the "Coalition for Sensible Safeguards."</p><p> “The bill would restore <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/deference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deference</span></a>, ensuring that courts defer to agencies as long as their interpretation of an ambiguous statute is reasonable. </p><p>The bill would enhance our government’s ability to deliver results for workers, consumers, public health, and our environment. </p><p>And it would level the playing field so that ordinary people<br> – not just big corporations<br> – can weigh in on potential rules that affect them.”</p><p>More than 70 groups in the 🔸Coalition for Sensible Safeguards 🔸are calling on senators to endorse the bill introduced today by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth <a href="https://c.im/tags/Warren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warren</span></a> (D-Mass.), </p><p>👉The House version of the bill -- <a href="https://c.im/tags/HR1507" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HR1507</span></a>, introduced by U.S. Rep. Pramila <a href="https://c.im/tags/Jayapal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jayapal</span></a> (D-Wash.) in March 2023, already has 74 cosponsors.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bill would…<br> • Codify <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/deference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deference</span></a>, the recently overturned legal principle that courts must defer to agencies as long as their interpretation of statutory ambiguity is reasonable;<br> • Require <a href="https://c.im/tags/disclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disclosure</span></a> of changes and the sources of changes made to draft rules during the White House regulatory review process;<br> • Bar the White House from <a href="https://c.im/tags/unreasonably" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unreasonably</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/delaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delaying</span></a> essential safeguards;<br> • Make it a crime for corporations to submit <a href="https://c.im/tags/false" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>false</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> to regulators;<br> • Require anyone submitting scientific or technical research to <a href="https://c.im/tags/disclose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disclose</span></a> potential <a href="https://c.im/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflicts</span></a> of interest;<br> • Create an Office of the Public Advocate charged with increasing <a href="https://c.im/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>participation</span></a> in rulemaking, which will give communities that benefit most from new regulatory protections a much stronger voice in the process, including those that speak languages other than English; and<br> • Authorize agencies to quickly <a href="https://c.im/tags/reinstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reinstate</span></a> rules rescinded through the Congressional Review Act.<br><a href="https://sensiblesafeguards.org/press/senators-should-support-bill-to-codify-chevron-deference-modernize-rulemaking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sensiblesafeguards.org/press/s</span><span class="invisible">enators-should-support-bill-to-codify-chevron-deference-modernize-rulemaking/</span></a></p>