EU slaps Meta with a nearly 800 million euro fine for engaging in ‘abusive’ Marketplace practices
European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.
The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, issued the 797.72 million euro ($841 million) penalty after its long-running investigation found that the company abused its dominant position and engaged in anti-competitive behavior.
Ukraine Foils Undercover Russian Mole Operation in Special Forces
A Ukrainian officer was recruited before the war, and he transmitted to Moscow information about Kyiv's operations, Ukraine's Security Service said.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said in a statement it had detained an unnamed lieutenant colonel who had commanded a special operations forces unit and acted as a "mole" for Russian military intelligence agency, the GRU. Newsweek has emailed the Russian Defense Ministry for comment.
Brazil's first lady insults Elon Musk at G20 social event
Brazil's first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore at billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 social event on Saturday at which she spoke about the need to regulate social media to rein in misinformation.
A ship's horn sounded as she spoke and she joked, "I think it's Elon Musk," before adding,
"I'm not afraid of you, fuck you, Elon Musk."
New Russian Navy submarine spotted east of Dublin.
New Russian Navy submarine spotted east of Dublin.
Technically she does still work, although she certainly doesn’t need to survive. Her needs are well and truly met a million times over.
I mean I guess good job? Better late than never.
Bezos bought the Expanse to save the series so he could keep watching it.
Musk does lots of nerdy shit like dressing as Iron Man or referencing Star Trek.
So yeah at least with sci-fi they consume it.
It most likely is a state actor with the scale at play.
What should be more concerning is that they have these lists of people to target.
Tankies will turn around and tell you Russia and China are something positive.
Best not to listen to broken clocks.
Centrist Democrats are revolting.
As they begin to dissect their collapse in the presidential election, some Democratic National Committee members are concluding that the party is too “woke,” too focused on identity politics and too out of touch with broad stretches of America.
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Or as one DNC member from Florida put it: “I don’t want to be the freak show party, like they have branded us. You know, when you’re a mom with three kids, and you live in middle America and you’re just not really into politics, and you see these ads that scare the bejesus out of you, you’re like, ‘I know Trump’s weird or whatever, but I would rather his weirdness that doesn’t affect my kids.’”
Aka the libs want to turn on trans people.
Here’s the MoM
Same trend, same cause.
I…worked on this story for a year…and…he just…he generated it out.
It is literally still worse than before he started.
MoM and Yearly rapidly exploded into insane highs when he took office. The best he has achieved is almost returning to a pre-Milei level.
Anthony Albanese seeks to exploit Donald Trump's climate plans in the hope billions will flow to Australia
The prime minister will use a week-long trip to South America to pitch Australia as a safe and reliable country to invest in, especially if the incoming US president follows through on his climate threats.
Anthony Albanese will seek to exploit Donald Trump's pledge to slash investment in the United States' clean energy industries.
The prime minister is using meetings in South America to pitch Australia as a safe and reliable trading partner in the hope it could lure billions that otherwise would have been invested in the US.
In July 2022, Poland and South Korea signed an agreement to produce 1,000 K2 tanks, with plans for 500 of them to be manufactured in Poland.
Both article explains that. They used a “credit” given by the Sandy Hooks survivors so that their money from this sale would go to Alex’s other debts first. So it was less money but allocated more beneficially for jones.
Went up a few percent to 8pct the month before he was elected, and flew up to 25.5% the month after he was elected.
Before 2022, it hadn’t been above 6% in nearly a decade.
This wasn’t a problem only Milei could solve that no one else had; this was a problem caused by Milei that didn’t exist before him.
Not yet that I know of, but I did finally appoint some other mods for the com. So it's not just reliant on myself.
DJ Shadow - The Organ Donor
Reason: I just love DJ Shadow and this was my first and remains my favourite.
Police officer tells court of failed attempts to disarm 95yo holding knife
A NSW police officer tells a jury she attempted twice to grab a knife out of Clare Nowland's hands in the moments before the aged care resident was tasered by her colleague Senior Constable Kristian White.
cross-posted from: https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/684096
> Day 4 of trial of Kristian White who definitely didn't straight up murder a 95 year old woman armed with a walker and a fruit knife. > > Sure looks like the sort of life-or-death scenario that possibly justifies deploying a torture device from that cctv footage.
Vote cast with 158 other countries to recognise ‘permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’
At a UN committee vote on Thursday, Australia voted with 158 other countries, including the UK and New Zealand, on a resolution to recognise the “permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”.
Mexico Goes All In on Housing: 1 Million New Homes, Zero-Interest Mortgages
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum launched a sweeping plan to address the country's affordable housing crisis.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has launched a comprehensive housing initiative to address the country's housing deficit by building a million homes and offering zero-interest mortgages.
The program, aimed at supporting vulnerable groups, focuses on female-led households, young people, Indigenous communities and senior citizens. The announcement is a fulfillment of Sheinbaum's campaign promise to create affordable housing and promote equitable urban development.