Imagine all the streaming!
Why is the EU still allowing geoblocking for series, movies and football?
This quote is from @ilumium at @edri
He sees geoblocking as “purely a leftover from ancient copyright rules and an attempt for the companies to slice up and optimise revenues across different jurisdictions.”
Full article on #EuropeanCorrespondent (how long until they have a Mastodon account?)
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/imagine-all-the-streaming
Old fishing nets converted into energy via "Green Plasma"
Last December, Italian scientists converted 200 kg of ghost nets recovered from the seabed into #syngas – a hydrogen-rich combustible gas that can generate electricity
Since spring 2025, Marche Polytechnic Univ. in Ancona has operated Green Plasma as Italy's first system for treating marine waste
Unsorted waste is shredded and heated to 1000°C, turning it into gas
#GreenPlasma #EuropeanCorrespondent
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/when-ghost-nets-can-make-energy
"The Iran war is p̶u̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶s̶ murdering people".
It isn't difficult to get the headlines right, and the #europeancorrespondent ought to know better.
Cheap air fares have allowed millions of Europeans to travel longer distances, boosting tourism and helping migrant workers keep close links to home.
They’ve also come with a heavy environmental toll.
"Thanks, Brussels, for that €9 flight" by #europeancorrespondent
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/thanks-brussels-for-that-9-flight
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The #EuropeanCorrespondent is doing a lot of things right. Starting with a supranational focus, so needed in Europe now.
"In Finland, tax records are considered public data, and every November, the tax authorities release a dataset to the media containing the incomes earned and taxes paid by Finland’s richest."
"At the top spot this year was Mikko ”Miki” Kuusi, founder of food delivery company Wolt and CEO of Deliveroo, whose income was €80.6 million, of which he paid €39.7 million in taxes."
STANDING OVATION
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/finlands-annual-tax-reveal
Red card for Israel? — The European Correspondent
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/red-card-for-israel
#europe #news #journalism #information #gaza #boycott #europeancorrespondent
Why is the far right becoming more succesful in Europe? A good long read primer and how to fight back; The season for wildfires is lengthening and why Canada and the EU should spend more time together. #EuropeanCorrespondent really on the nose this morning...
https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/ifm3kj8tcubzj7g16zx35kyh6gqo0s24tx28kgo8839k/2866
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