Georgians are not giving up & are still fighting for their European future. Amplify their voices! It's the least we can do.

🛑 The media in #Georgia is under siege. Since Nov 28, over 80 journalists have faced brutal attacks during Tbilisi protests. Together with 50 press freedom organisations, ECPMF stands with Georgian independent media, urging accountability and action. ecpmf.eu/press-freedom-…

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Look what we found at 10% off preorders on Guardian Books's bookshop?! John Ironmonger guardianbookshop.com/the-wager-and-…

How heartbreaking. Maria Zaitseva, a 24-year-old Belarusian, was killed while defending #Ukraine as part of the 2nd International Legion. She was gravely injured during the 2020 protests in #Belarus, spent a long time recovering in Czechia, and could not return to her homeland.

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Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you President Donald J. Trump, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

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For 80 years, the United States government has believed government funded information distributed to people whose governments try to stifle that information--or punish those who obtain it--has been in the national interest. This began with @VOA, which beamed its first broadcast

Very happy to be long listed for the Margery Allingham mystery comp, big thanks to the The Crime Writers’ Association and the readers and I look forward to reading all the stories

Thanks to The Mechanics' Institute Review for publishing my short story ‘sugar tiger’ about a pet that only appears to its owner when it’s loved - and the shocking truth of where it spends the rest of its time mironline.org/fiction/sugar-…

'Sugar Tiger' by Michael Bird (Michael Bird) - new fiction up on the website now. mironline.org/fiction/sugar-…

Thanks to @the_CWA for shortlisting my crime story 'The Human Imperative' for the annual Margery Allingham Award - proud to be alongside a great list of writers for this prestigious prize thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-com…

Maia Sandu: "I will personally go vote for Nicusor Dan! [...] There's room for an even higher mobilization here in Moldova. Romania is our pillar of support and our reliable friend [...] Our voice here will be crucial for a strong European Romania!".

A black market is selling access to platforms that train AI models, and it’s out in the open Our new report for AlgorithmWatch algorithmwatch.org/en/scams-and-s…