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I'm Kwero 🙂

  • UK launches urgent review into foreign interference in politics over "shocking case" of former Reform UK politician Nathan Gill

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  • This is long overdue. The United Kingdom has the second worst campaign finance system in the Western World. I mean, David Cameron got caught selling access in exchange for donations:

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/26/david-cameron-private-dinners-tory-donors

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/25/david-cameron-peter-cruddas-pressure

    The same thing happened again with Boris Johnson:

    https://www.ft.com/content/8c6041ff-a223-43e9-9e45-53c3f7cf47f7

    After scandals like this, many Western Democracies changed their campaign finance laws. Britain never did. A single guy just gave £9 million to Reform:

    https://theconversation.com/reforms-9m-gift-and-the-rise-of-the-political-mega-donor-271428

    What makes the UK particularly vulnerable to foreign powers is that:

    • Donations from non-UK citizens are legal.
    • MPs are allowed to have second jobs.
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot

    www.cnbc.com /2025/12/16/california-judge-says-tesla-engaged-in-deceptive-autopilot-marketing-.html

  • US tech firm Palantir extends deal with French intelligence agency

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  • EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

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  • Will Reddit's challenge to Australia's "social media ban" succeed? | Constitutional Clarion

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  • A US corporation thinks it's more legitimate than the Parliament of Australia.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK that Stanford scientists recently examined what happens when people stop using social media. They found deactivating Facebook and Instagram improved users' emotional well-being and happiness

    web.stanford.edu /~gentzkow/research/emotional_state.pdf
  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
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    Stanford scientists found deactivating Facebook and Instagram improved users' emotional well-being and happiness

    web.stanford.edu /~gentzkow/research/emotional_state.pdf
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    1-year-old child dies after being run over in San Francisco

    www.sfchronicle.com /bayarea/article/sf-crash-child-injured-21242377.php
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Could Congestion Pricing Unlock a Better Toronto?

    schoolofcities.utoronto.ca /could-congestion-pricing-unlock-a-better-toronto/
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Australian prime minister praises Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed as ‘best of our country’

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2025/dec/16/australian-prime-minister-albanese-visits-ahmed-al-ahmed-hospital-bondi-hero-ntwnfb
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Couple in dashcam footage who were killed trying to fight off Bondi shooter identified as Boris and Sofia Gurman

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2025/dec/16/boris-and-sofia-gurman-identified-as-couple-who-lost-lives-trying-to-stop-bondi-gunmen-as-attack-began-ntwnfb
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    The number of underage french girls who are suicidal and hurting themselves is rising extremely fast. Experts are worried.

    www.liberation.fr /societe/sante/tentatives-de-suicide-automutilations-en-2024-une-augmentation-massive-des-hospitalisations-dadolescentes-et-de-jeunes-femmes-20250619_N7ZFVSDCI5A7FHMDEL43NY3A2Q/

  • A coordinated EU approach to housing

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  • Canadian delegation, including MPs, denied entry into West Bank

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  • Fun fact

    Canada currently gives tax breaks to people that give money to the following universities :

    • Tel-Aviv University
    • Ariel University
    • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    • Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    • Ben Gurion University of the Negev
    • Bar-Ilan University
    • University of Haifa
    • Yeshivat Aish Hatorah

    👉 https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/charities-giving/other-organizations-that-issue-donation-receipts-qualified-donees/other-qualified-donees-listings/list-prescribed-universities-outside-canada.html

    If Israel is showing such disrespect, their charitable statuts should be revoked.

    In fact, there are far too many foreign universities in this list. WTF

  • US suspends technology deal with the UK

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  • A UK government spokesman said: “Our special relationship with the US remains strong and the UK is firmly committed to ensuring the tech prosperity deal delivers opportunity for hardworking people in both countries.”

    The UK-US special relationship is special because only Brits believe it's true.

  • PBS is "the propaganda"?

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  • How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

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  • Great journalism from The Guardian 👏

    Billionaires Joesley and Wesley Batista own JBS, the largest meat company that the world has ever seen. Their clients include Aldi, Carrefour, Walmart, Burger King, McDonalds.

    Wherever you are in the world, if you eat meat, you are very likely enriching these two brazilian brothers.

    https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-07-02/jbs-brazilian-butchers-took-over-the-world

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/jbs-meat-company-australia-four-corners-investigation/100997044

    Almost 8 years ago, Wesley and Joesley Batista were in jail, engulfed in a corruption scandal that nearly toppled the Brazilian president Michel Temer.

    Now they are back at the height of their power. And they getting involved in international diplomacy.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

    www.theguardian.com /world/2025/dec/16/joesley-batista-brazil-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-trump
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Musk’s fury over X fine sends chill through European Parliament and EU Regulators. They are used to corporate attacks, but not like this.

    www.euractiv.com /news/musks-fury-over-x-fine-sends-chill-through-meps-and-eu-staff/
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Irish Engineers say the country has become too dependent on cars, public transport should get more funding than roads

    www.irishtimes.com /transport/2025/12/15/engineers-seek-restoration-of-public-transport-spending-priority/
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Cheap packages to face €3 charge at EU border from July 2026

    www.euractiv.com /news/cheap-parcels-to-face-e3-charge-at-eu-border-from-july-2026/

  • Australian PM proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydney

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  • Australian resident, not citizen. That's not exactly the same thing.

  • Australian PM proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydney

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  • The man arrived in Australia in 1998 on a student visa, authorities said, and was an Australian resident when he died. Officials wouldn't confirm what country he had migrated from.

    A foreigner should not be allowed to obtain a gun licence.

    This is the first loophole that needs to be closed.

  • France demands EU-Mercosur trade pact signing be put off

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  • From what I understand, in exchange of agricultural products from Brazil and Argentina, these countries will make it easier for large EU corporations to sell cars and planes.

    It's basically bad for farmers but good for industry.

    In theory, the winners are supposed to compensate the losers. In theory...

  • France demands EU-Mercosur trade pact signing be put off

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  • I'm not against international trade, but EU elites have lost the plot

    Trade deals should have much stronger environmental and labor norms.