I love the tone and am happy teslas is feeling the wrath, but also dislike a percentage based chart which doesn't show Tesla's total sales in dollars or euros. The problem here is that while it's a huge impact to Tesla, it's not nearly as much of an impact as you might expect because they sell a huge majority in the US.

I can search it, but do you have a description of what type of finance transaction are being processed this way still?

That's an idiotic statement. Realism or understanding what realpolitik is in a political situation is far more likely to allow you find and develop change in an organization, as well keep you from wasting your time on useless leverage points. In this case knowing both frames of reference is valuable so that action can be taken, as opposed to just writing five words.

Post a summary at least OP:

Signal CEO Meredith Whittaker says her company will withdraw from countries that force messaging providers to allow law enforcement officials to access encrypted user data, as Sweden continues to mull such plans.

Whittaker said Signal intends to exit Sweden should its government amend existing legislation essentially mandating the end of end-to-end encryption (E2EE), an identical position it took as the UK considered its Online Safety Bill, which ultimately did pass with a controversial encryption-breaking clause, although it can only be invoked where technically feasible.

She made the claims in an interview with Swedish media SVT Nyheter which reported the government could legislate for a so-called E2EE backdoor as soon as March 2026. It could bring all E2EE messenger apps like Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, and others into scope.

Other articles have mentioned

Sweden’s Armed Forces Opposed to the Bill

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However, SVT reported that the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) oppose such a bill.

In a letter to the government, the Armed Forces said the bill could not be implemented “without introducing vulnerabilities and backdoors that could be exploited by third parties.”

Being halfway between both sides, I can see the need for a monetary model to sustain development, yet I am challenged by the opacity that this feels like. The OP's point that it feels like a downward slide toward principles compromise is challenging. Especially in light of the enshittification of everything lately, Mozilla needs to do a better job communicating how this is not going down that path and yet also trying to sustain itself.

Correct me if I'm wrong but ladybird is focused on a new browser, and not a new browser that is privacy oriented? Their language is pretty specific about donations and independence, but I didn't catch anything that specifically denotes privacy.

I'm not an expert, but have read a decent amount on this. Others may have more and better info.

With that said, even if an Article 5 invocation won't bring the US into your fight, it provides a hefty infrastructure of value to countries in it. From basing, to logistics, to intelligence, to aid, it is valuable. Now the politics of it are complicated and the US can hinder some of that value, but it still means that in Europe if Russia provides an Article 5 reason, other countries in NATO can choose to help in various forms. That's not nothing. It's also faster and less arduous then negotiating individual defense treaties with neighbors and others.

So yes, overall probably still worth it. Even if just as an entree into other alliances.

Non paywall link https://archive.ph/MOrsZ

As some who has been out literal in the woods, can someone give me more context?

The PI's I deal with on Research Vessels almost always get their hands dirty. Both in the lab and on deck, so managing is more of an added responsibility, as opposed to a managerial shift to desk bound life.

Maybe not true for all areas.

Just did. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5yd157rl21o

He flew in last night. https://bsky.app/profile/elonjet.net/post/3lekxc3tpvt2q

While I don't begrudge another blocker, I do wonder why you wouldn't want to use ublock origjn.

For some tech nerds, the X-odus is not something to mourn, but could herald the era of decentralised social networks they have been dreaming of known as the “Fediverse”.

Advocates of the “Fediverse” argue that there should be one account for any social media network in the same way that Gmail accounts can email any email addresses, or mobile numbers call users on any other network.

In walling off social networks so users can’t leave, the platform has the power. Instead, newer social networks including Bluesky are being built on “ecosystems” that enable them to interconnect.

No one knows what will happen to X, with predictions ranging from collapse, to flipping to an anti-Trump platform if Musk and the president lock horns, to becoming a training ground for Musk’s xAI venture. AI could gobble up social media, and xAI is valued at $40bn – almost the price Musk paid for Twitter.

And maybe not even that much 'fun' as it landed as a cat3 rather then 5, so might be bad but not horrific. Also valid point on being prepared. The ultimate preppers, who follow orders, and have a plan even if it doesn't last.

The video used knots and meters. So 66.21 kn and 8.57m.

Saildrones aren't intended as a hurricane monitoring platform. The marine work I am most aware of them used for is multibeaming the seafloor, so my reaction as a seafarer on a research vessel is, "it survived?!?!?" (Also which model?). That's a sea state 7 and Beaufort of 9.

Which should answer your question that yes, there are not much in the way of other data points like this. There might be some other NOAA floats, buoys, and some vessels with weather station data which can report, but having an unscrewed vessel like Saildrone is just starting to be used. Marine research doesn't have the military budgets to just throw things at storms.

Perhaps this should be decreed in a new Geneva convention as the only allowed long range missile system? That would make wars less deadly and more useful.

Say more please? What's the advantage?

People are doing work to figure out how bad the famine will be..