You reap what you sow….

Maybe not today, but eventually the very people whose discretion and reliability you need 100% will turn against you.

Instead of symbolically keeping the bottom seven floors running and earning 200% commitment in return, the people at the top thought: better to have 18 degrees today.

#EUCommission #airco #Berlaymont

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-heatwave-hq-forced-shut-down-air-conditioning-europe/

The EU Wants To Grow Homegrown Tech. Its Courts Keep Making That Impossible.

Just a couple weeks ago, the European Commission put out its plan for “European tech sovereignty.” It’s not surprising that Europeans are looking at their internet platform option…

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“Extending this cooperation to eastern-based armed groups with records of committing war #crimes and other #abuses with impunity shows a shocking disregard, not only for international #law, but also for #human life and #dignity.”
#EU #EUCommission
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/libya-eu-rival-authorities-intensify-xenophobic-and-racist-crackdown-on-refugees-and-migrants-in-libya-as-eu-seeks-to-deepen-ties/
Libya/EU: Rival authorities intensify xenophobic and racist crackdown on refugees and migrants in Libya as EU seeks to deepen ties

The European Union is seeking to expand its migration cooperation with rival Libyan authorities and allied armed groups just as they have been escalating their campaign of racially discriminatory mass arrests, arbitrary detention, and unlawful collective expulsions of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants supported by xenophobic discourse, Amnesty International said today.  Over the past month, the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and its rival eastern-based “Libyan Government”, allied to the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) armed group, in de […]

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Stop Killing Games Legislation Rejected By EU

Well, this is very disappointing. Over the first half of this year, we’ve talked about the resurgence of the Stop Killing Games movement, which aims to push various governments to legislate o…

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“The #EUCommission is currently engaged in an unprecedented rollback of digital, social, and environmental rules, which often closely mirror industry #lobbying demands. Now it seems that #corporate interests don't just have a seat at the table — they have an office in the Berlaymont.”
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/eus-new-ai-envoy-tech-ceo-extraordinary-conflicts-interest
Arrest warrant issued for ex-Commissioner Avramopoulos in connection to Qatargate

The Greek member of parliament is being charged in connection with the cash-for-influence scandal.

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@kasra_mp I've seen one-man hobbyist pre-LLM era side projects more impressive.

#EUCommission do better please. Stop reinventing the wheel.

@BjornW @Mastodon Well, at least someone in EU is putting real money in open source, while #eucommission is wasting time and efforts in the opinable W Social...

#wsocial #eucommission non-ironically Ursula von der Leyen promoting "european" twitter/x is literally turning her into a Viktor Orban sympathizer.

she's becoming who she vowed to fight these past years.