CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Kenya finalises trade deal with China, president says https://www.polity.org.za/article/kenya-finalises-trade-deal-with-china-president-says-2026-03-25#Polity #News #Policy #Politics #Governance #Africa #SouthAfrica

Ontario proposing cap on ticket resale prices at original valueThe Ontario government is planning to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, according to a news release. The move comes years after the province scrapped part of an anti-scalping law in 2019.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-ticket-resale-price-cap-ontario-9.7135950?cmp=rss

African nations to borrow $155bn this year, S&P says https://www.polity.org.za/article/african-nations-to-borrow-155bn-this-year-sp-says-2026-03-18#Polity #News #Policy #Politics #Governance #Africa #SouthAfrica

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116238453716406471"Public institutions are funded by taxpayers' money: their communications serve public interests and should be open to all - without the need of creating social media accounts on proprietary, for-profit closed systems. This is especially salient for European governmental communications: isn’t it absurd that they would require social media accounts owned and run by U.S. based companies?"#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #RSS #SocialWeb

@_elena On my end, on the Fediverse, I found the following accounts:@renaissance@renaissance_78@bird.makeup@re_thiais@renaissance@twitter-bridge.cryobyte.net@renaissance_fde@renaissance_62@renaissancehdf@enmarcherbt@bird.makeup@ren_arras@bird.makeupAs for bluesky, I agree that 36 followers is truly ridiculous, but I would be dishonest if I said it didn't exist.And as for "Joli bullshit de l'opposition" don't worry, you're not old school because : "il faut appeler un chat, un chat"

@davidzipper In other news, US Deaths Per Bullet Fired are on par with other countries.

@ACM Have you considered the option of *not using LLMs at all*?Keep slop out of government.

#AlexJones believes #America first #policy is being silenced in favor of distractions using #war in ways that critically halts #investigations against #deepstate programs.https://www.infowars.com/posts/breaking-exclusive-the-iran-war-is-being-used-by-the-deep-state-to-distract-trump-from-the-domestic-prosecutions-that-must-take-place-against-the-deep-state/

Hamilton, Sarnia residents file formal request for Ontario to fix its 'broken' air pollution policyThe cumulative effects policy is supposed to limit the amount of harmful carcinogens emitted by industry in the Hamilton and Sarnia areas. But it's not working, say environmental advocates. #pollution #policy #environment #Hamilton #Sarnia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/cumulative-effects-assessment-policy-9.7108574?cmp=rss

Hey fedizens, you wanna watch the Norwegian Consumer Council (a semi-independent state agency) launch an attack on enshittification?They're holding a lunch seminar in an hour (11:40 UTC) on their fresh report about enshittification and what must be done about it. It's called "Breaking free – Pathways to a fair technological future".https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/seminar-og-lansering-av-rapport-om-enshittification/They've got @pluralistic presenting digitally, and luckily for you and me they're open for online attendance. The venue is chock full in physical attendance. You can watch the stream anonymously. The digital policy director of the NCC, @finnmyrstad is on here, so I look forward to this report and event having some bite to it.#enshittification #fediverse #norway #policy #aDifferentWorldIsPossible #tech #decentralization