Young adult happiness is falling. Percent of young people who are pretty or very happy has dropped from 88% to 76% over the last 15 years after having held fairly steady between 1980 and 2010

My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching.

Poland intercepts Russian reconnaissance plane over Baltic Sea “Provocative actions by the Russian Federation are testing our air defense systems,” Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said.

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Hungary and Russia struck 12-point plan for closer ties, documents show The cooperation agreement sheds more light on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ties to the Kremlin ahead of Sunday’s general election.

🚨🚨Whilst unsurprising still quite a scoop by @politico.eu revealing that #Hungary and #Russia struck 12-point cooperation agreement for closer ties in light of the forthcoming general election. 🧵
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‘It started with a tip-off’: how a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram Meta has just lost a multimillion-dollar legal battle over its failure to prevent children being sold on its platforms. Here’s how we uncovered evidence that became part of the case against it

‘It started with a tip-off’: how a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the super-rich control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

This is so, so well-articulated.

Podcast | How Russian oligarchs are suing Ukraine in wartime In the midst of war, Russian oligarchs are suing Ukraine – not in Moscow or Kyiv, but through European trade treaties and arbitration courts in Washington. A powerful global mechanism known as ISDS al...

Russian oligarchs are suing Ukraine – not in Moscow or Kyiv, but through European trade treaties and arbitration courts in Washington. A powerful global mechanism known as ISDS allows corporations to sue governments for billions over lost profits.

Five EU governments found to ‘consistently’ dismantle rule of law Exclusive: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia actively pursue regressive policies, watchdog finds

Five EU governments have been found to be 'consistently' and 'intentionally' dismantling the rule of law. According to Europe’s leading civil liberties group, the governments of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia are actively pursuing regressive policies.

Det absolut bedste argument for en formueskat er de riges demonstrativt selvhævdende og dybt asociale reaktion på forslaget om en formueskat.

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

Appalling. One doctor “sent Mr. Epstein’s sexual partners elsewhere for gonorrhea treatment so that when their cases were reported to public health authorities, they wouldn’t be tied to Mr. Epstein. Some doctors also shared patients’ private health information with him”

*Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!* 🧨 Today we are publishing a new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. The report is… | Fi... *Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!* 🧨 Today we are publishing a new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. The report is about...

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What effect does politician corruption have on the publics they serve? Ramos et al. explore in their paper from this month's issue. Read the full piece for their findings on corruption's toll on perceived morality & justice of society & what it means for people's well-being. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

🇵🇱🇺🇦“Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.”

- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...

Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude. Keep thinking.

Here come the AI marketing wars — ahead of Super Bowl weekend.

(via Claude)

"Piece of Denmark" - Marsh Family parody of "Piece of My Heart" by Erma Franklin on Greenland/Trump YouTube video by Marsh Family

Another great piece of political analysis from @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social.

Der skrives verdenshistorie: Kæmpenationer tæt på at knække helt afgørende kurve For første gang i et halvt århundrede hældes der nu mindre storudledende kul i kinesiske og indiske kraftværker. Forklaringen er en rasende hastig udbygning af vind og sol i de to lande. USAs præsiden...

For første gang i et halvt århundrede hældes der nu mindre storudledende kul i kinesiske og indiske kraftværker. Forklaringen er en rasende hastig udbygning af vind og sol i de to lande.

www.berlingske.dk/videnskab/de...

"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As Trump Talked About Taking Greenland, Former Employees Gained a Foothold in the Arctic Island Two men who worked with the Trump Organization hold shares in GreenMet, which signed a deal with a company ready to mine critical minerals in Greenland.

As Trump Talked About Taking Greenland, Former Employees Gained a Foothold in the Arctic Island

George Sorial & Keith Schiller who worked for Trump Org hold shares in GreenMet, which signed deal with a company ready to mine critical minerals in Greenland
www.occrp.org/en/scoop/as-...

Video: Opinion | Dear America, Greenland Is Not on Zillow Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

Dear America, Greenland Is Not on Zillow www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Polish president aligns with Trump to block Brussels’ Big Tech law Nawrocki called EU social media law “Orwellian,” echoing Washington’s main line of attack.

Poland's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki sided today with his ally U.S. President Donald Trump to veto legislation on enforcing the EU's social media law, which is hated by the American administration.

Grok Is Undressing Women and Children. Only Elon Musk Is to Blame The abuse is widespread. But instead of apologizing, Musk has gleefully encouraged the behavior, praising Grok’s ability and promoting the tool.

“Grok Is Undressing Women and Children. Only Elon Musk Is to Blame”

The abuse is widespread, writes ⁦‪⁦‪Taylor Lorenz‬⁩ for Zeteo. But instead of apologizing, Musk has gleefully encouraged the behavior, praising Grok’s ability and promoting the tool.

It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵

Why the Iranian Regime Endures Protests have broken out across the country. We’ve been here before.

The Iranian regime divides and isolates the opposition, writes Saeid Golkar, which is how it survives mass discontent. Also it has help from friends in China and Russia

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Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.

Danske politikere, der poster på og/eller betaler for X støtter nu direkte en børneporno- og kvindevoldsgenerator. Jeg tror dog ikke, det vil stoppe dem, fordi eNGaGeMEnT.

Ouch det her er skarpt og nødvendigt skåret igennem af vores Kulturminister @engelschmidt.bsky.social! 💪🥳

#dkpol

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When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).

The most on-the-money statement you’ll read today.

Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...