Conny Nasch

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Liberal, ethical and ecological. Love humour and discussion. International, belonging to a multi-culti country in the middle of the EU: Luxembourg and proud to be one!
Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.

Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”

POLITICO

Surprise...

Report: "Unknown traders bet $760m on oil prices dropping minutes before Hormuz reopened".

"Repeated, strategically timed trades in oil & prediction markets suggest a rising trend of insider profiteering connected to the war".

"Crude prices dropped by as much as 11 percent within minutes."

https://thecradle.co/articles/unknown-traders-bet-760m-on-oil-prices-dropping-minutes-before-hormuz-reopened

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #press #oilprices #InsiderTrading .

Lots of people in Brisbane ridiculing the absurd laws against saying the words river and sea. Crisafulli and the LNP deserved the mockery they received. Israel is a terrorist state.

#meanjin #Brisbane #Magandjin
#FreePalestine #FreeLebanon
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#Auspol

Russia has begun using highly lethal tungsten bullets in Ukraine. They are lethal because their weight and hardness means they shoot straight through regular bullet proof wests.

But fortunately, Danish company Scandic Defence has developed a new tungsten bullet proof, ceramic plate to replace the plates in regular bullet proof wests, and now the first 50,000 plates have been shipped to Ukraine.

Source (in Danish):

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/ved-fronten-loeber-ukraine-ind-i-et-stigende-problem-russerne-skyder-lige-igennem-de-skudsikre-veste

The world is failing Sudan.

The world’s largest humanitarian crisis remains desperately underfunded, while the war is fuelled by an ongoing flow of foreign‑manufactured weapons and military equipment – including some originating in the EU and the UK.

#sudan #war #humanitariancrisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czd77jgnnlno

The human cost of the war in Sudan, three years on

The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.

Turning the Corner: Momentum Builds in Ukraine’s Strike & Ground Defence Campaigns While Pacific Democracies Enhance their Strategic Deterrence.

My weekly update on war and strategic competition. This week, Ukraine's long-range strike & ground ops, Russia still not generating momentum in its spring offensive and Pacific security issues.

Futura Doctrina

The new Hungarian leader Péter Magyar came to chew bubble gum and lock up corrupt politicians… and he is all out of gum.

("Fidesz leaders" are the leaders in Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party)

I must admit I loved him from the beginning 🫶 Happily he is entrenched now 😁
https://time.com/article/2026/04/14/how-canada-fell-in-love-with-mark-carney/
How Canada Fell in Love with Mark Carney

Thanks to Trump’s unpopularity, “Carney seems to be headed from triumph to triumph,” writes Stephen Maher.

TIME

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Just wow. Wow.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pancreatic-cancer-mrna-vaccine-shows-lasting-results-early-trial-rcna331969

#News #Medicine

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial

Nearly all of the patients who responded to the a personalized mRNA pancreatic vaccine are still alive six years later.

NBC News
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Finland ends homelessness and ...
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

The Better News