To put that in a broader global context:

In the Age of the Absurd Casus Belli, no Country is Safe - (Archived link)

In coming to the defence of Ukraine’s, Denmark’s Greenland’s and yes, Venezuela’s, sovereignty, we are defending our own. Imperial habits die hard. And Canada must be at the centre of these battles because our existence as a nation at stake.

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The decision by the Trump administration to launch an arrest operation in Caracas, Venezuela, capturing Nicolás Maduro and his spouse Cilia Flores, has profound consequences for all of us.

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The revelation that the United States would be “running Venezuela”, taking over the oil industry, replacing “free and fair elections” with a “judicious…very judicious transition”, … outlined in the recent U.S. National Security Strategy was the most expansive expression of American hegemony in the Western Hemisphere and beyond in decades.

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The meetings in Paris this week of the Coalition of the Willing supporting Ukraine take on a whole new meaning and significance. The U.S. release of the National Security Strategy one month ago, the subsequent military buildup and invasion of Caracas, the collateral rhetoric about Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, Canada — all point a revival of Great Power unilateralism at the expense of everyone else.

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In the time leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, [Russian] President Putin released speeches and documents explaining the Russian grievance.

The Putin Doctrine is fundamentally this: Greater Russia has included Ukraine for centuries … Ukrainian nationalism is a fake concept promoted by Russia’s enemies … The decision to grant Ukraine independence in 1991 was a betrayal, aggravated by NATO “aggression” … Putin further claimed that Ukraine was committing a “genocide” against Russian speakers in Ukraine, and that therefore Russia’s invasion in February 2022 was fully justified as self-defence.

It is worth noting that these arguments were all heard, considered, and dismissed as having no merit by the International Court of Justice.

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The third member of the P3, China, has its own narrative and explanation to justify its treatment of Tibetans and Uyghurs, among other minorities, its claim to Taiwan, and its status as a “Great Civilization”, giving it power and status above and beyond others.

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Ukraine’s fate is ours. If the Coalition of the Willing cannot find the means and the will to defend Ukraine’s interests, the message to Russia, China, the United States and others would be clear: your region is your playground, and any casus belli — no matter how ludicrous — will do.

As Canadians, our interests, values, and nationhood are directly at stake. This is not an exaggeration. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan for greater national solidarity, aggressive search for new markets, and a sustained effort to reach a new CUSMA agreement all make good sense, but all of us need to recognize the costs and consequences of the lawless world we are now in.

It can’t be business or politics as usual.

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That’s an investment in the future made by partners that can definitely be trusted more than investors from the US or China. Data center != AI.

“Nuremberg remains an important site for research and development in optical networks, Ulm remains an important site for research and development in mobile networks, Stuttgart remains an important site for Nokia Bell Labs and optical networks, and Bonn and Düsseldorf remain important customer contact sites.”

I have no idea about that stuff and where Nokia is located, but do they have that many branches in Germany?

This is absolutely disgusting, and I don’t think this can be done accidentally. This platform must be banned everywhere and immediately imo.

You apparently edit the title which is now misleading.

This is a story about the coal industry in Russia.

The original title is,

Russia’s Coal Collapse Marks The End Of Fossil Fuels’ Post-War Illusion

This is what India’s officials have been saying since July, but Indian imports of Russian crude dipped in the third quarter. I don’t say India should or shouldn’t buy, but what they say and what they doesn’t match if you look at the data.

Addition: Ah, the article is two months old …

Where does this headline come from? And what has it to do with the video?

@foggianism@lemmy.world

Shein and Temu products found to contain high levels of toxic chemicals: Authorities in South Korea

71% of products purchased at online platforms like Temu and Shein violate current environmental, health or safety requirements, a report from the Nordic Council of Ministers shows

British documentary finds products on Temu contain dangerously high levels of harmful metals, have false certificates

All 15 products sold by Temu, including toys and novelty items, and found that all contained button battery hazards, failing Australian safety requirements

Consumer groups around Europe have gathered evidence of harmful chemicals in various products sold on Temu

You’ll easily find more across the web.

The push reflects Beijing’s need to diversify its export markets to sustain growth in an economy heavily dependent on selling its manufactured goods overseas.

Its mostly the same stuff as on amazon and costs 1/4

This is a myth that is not true. Temu and other Chinese platforms are using their own platforms (similar to Chinese industrial companies that are using their own integrated supply chains, btw). This is not the same as on Amazon or any other Western company. Shein only recently announced that it intends to open up its own supply chain to other brands as rising tariffs on Chinese imports in the U.S. have increased pressure on the company’s retail margins.

This fact is also important to recognize. It’s supposedly the main reason why China opposes transparent supply chains to fight forced labor and protect workers’ and consumer rights.

Study on public EV charging in Europe

… recent EU rules require countries to install a certain number of chargers based on how many EVs they have and how far people drive. By mid-2025, most EU countries had already met or exceeded their targets, especially France, Germany, and the Netherlands. The number of chargers across Europe is expected to nearly triple by 2030.

Read my comments in this thread to get an idea why Chinese EVs are so cheap.

[In Brazil], in the same month that BYD’s car carrier arrived in the country, Brazilian prosecutors announced plans to sue BYD and two of its contractors for ‘slave like conditions’ at a factory site.

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A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors said it rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like” conditions at a construction site […] where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory.

The [Brazilian] Labor Prosecutor’s Office released videos of the dorms where the [Chinese] construction workers were staying, which showed beds with no mattresses and rooms without any places for the workers to store their personal belongings.

Officials said [BYD contractor] Jinjiang […] had confiscated the workers’ passports and held 60% of their wages. Those who quit would be forced to pay the company for their airfare from China, and for their return ticket, the statement said.

Prosecutors said the sanitary situation at BYD’s site in Camaçari was especially critical, with only one toilet for every 31 workers, forcing them to wake up at 4 a.m. to line up and get ready to leave for work at 5:30 a.m.

This is not all about the car brands but primarily local suppliers. These local companies will have to shut down as Chinese companies rely on vertically integrated supply chains.

Addition:

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says:

With more than 183,000 people employed in manufacturing and some 796,000 in total across the wider automotive industry, we account for 13.4% of total UK export goods generating £108 billion of trade.

According to this logic, providers in China and the US go bust first, and they cut costs in the social sector to a larger scale (except maybe in China as there is almost no welfare anyway, so there is not much to cut). Right?

Why not? It’s necessary that Europe develops its own ecosystem. LLMs are hoplessly over-hyped, but will/can be a useful part of our society in the future if we use them reasonably and appropriately. I don’t want to use tech from and controlled by the U.S. and/or China and the like.

Thanks.

Just read a piece about Mr. Krasznahorkai by a Professor of literature. Among others, he writes:

His language is the mad scream of a godless universe at our inexcusable squandering of every good thing given to us by chance. The voluble form stirs up the broken content in an irresistible current, flowing from the Big Bang to Paradise – right past our lost world.

And:

In his great tetralogy – Satantango, The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), War and War (1999) and Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming (2016) – some dark wickedness is approaching.

Holy crap. I guess you should read that only if you are in good mood ;-)

But I’ll give him a try.

Can anyone recommend a good book?