Martin Friedrich

@MartinFriedrich
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NSFW Art and body positivity.
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'Spain’s rapid deployment of wind and #solarenergy has slashed the influence of expensive gas and #coalplants on #electricityprices by 75% since 2019, according to new analysis by research group Ember.

As a result, the country is now one of the cheapest #electricity markets in Europe.'

https://theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/in-numbers-renewables-have-turned-spain-into-one-of-europes-cheapest-electricity-markets/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe's cheapest electricity markets

Wind and solar met almost half of Spain’s electricity demand in the first half of 2025 (46%), up from 27% in the same period in 2019.

The Progress Playbook

💬 Max Schrems recently spoke with EL PAÍS to talk about how the cloud has become monopolised by Big Tech, why the EU must push for digital autonomy, and how GDPR & laws are struggling with enforcement and loopholes.

👉 Read the full interview here: https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-09-13/max-schrems-jurist-the-promise-of-the-cloud-was-that-everything-would-be-much-cheaper-but-it-turns-out-that-it-functions-as-a-monopoly.html

Max Schrems, jurist: ‘The promise of the cloud was that everything would be much cheaper, but it turns out that it functions as a monopoly’ 

The Austrian activist who won data protection guarantees for Europeans believes the EU must achieve true digital autonomy

EL PAÍS English
Burlington is obviously a place that is regressing not progressing and this is steadfast proof that America is not the "Land of the Free"
https://open.substack.com/pub/planetnude/p/burlington-outlaws-public-nudity?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=230uj8
Burlington outlaws public nudity

City’s new ordinance ends Vermont’s most visible experiment in urban body freedom

Planet Nude

📰 "The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) has ruled that the “Pay or Okay” model that was implemented by Austrian newspaper Der Standard violates the #GDPR, confirming an earlier decision by the Austrian data protection authority, the DSB."

👇 Read the full Cybernews article:
https://cybernews.com/security/court-pay-or-okay--austrian-newspaper-violates-gdpr/

ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results

OpenAI scrambles to remove personal ChatGPT conversations from Google results.

(Me: nothing to add here, it'd be like dynamiting fish in a barrel.)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/chatgpt-users-shocked-to-learn-their-chats-were-in-google-search-results/

ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results

OpenAI scrambles to remove personal ChatGPT conversations from Google results.

Ars Technica