Trump calls Bolsonaro’s prosecution a ‘witch hunt’ and tries to strong-arm Brazil with tariff hikes. President Lula fires back: Brazil won’t bow to threats or emperors — not in the 19th century, not in 2025. Sovereignty, respect, and the people come first.

https://time.com/7301498/trump-brazil-lula-da-silva-us-tariffs-bolsonaro-witch-hunt/ #press

This Saturday 12 July Linux install parties in #Danmark and #Nederland (all times local)!

* AlsSund Linux User Group (#AlsLUG) #Sønderborg, 13h-16h

https://alslug.dk/index.md

* Repair Café #Amsterdam, 13h-16h

https://www.repaircafe.org/cafe/linux-repair-cafe-amsterdam-javaplein/

@RepairCafeInternational

For details and more events worldwide: https://endof10.org/events/

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GNULinux #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would cause devastating climate change. But they ignored the evidence and continued drilling, instead choosing to spend an enormous amount of money and effort denying, misleading and delaying climate action.

Fossil fuels account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Drilling and burning these fuels heats our planet and supercharges extreme weather events like deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes.

A really helpful few posts from a Junior Doctor who is paid £20 an hour explaining her pay and conditions.

In all of this we should remember that since 2008 pay for junior doctors has fallen by 20.8%. Over the same period from 2008 to 2025, the basic salary of MPs climbed from £63,291 to £93,904, an increase of 32.6%. Not including all their expenses.

Seems to me that they worth way more than 20 quid an hour.

The EU is at least talking about 'tech sovereignty' amid fears of over-reliance on Big Tech in the Trump era.

Meanwhile over here in the UK, the government is ... handing over our public services to surveillance monopolist Google on a plate.🤦 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/09/uk-governments-deal-with-google-dangerously-naive-say-campaigners