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In the first quarter of 2026, just 143 tonnes (0.6% of Ireland's total alumina exports) went to EU countries, with the vast majority (83%) shipped directly to Russia. It raises even more questions 👇 why the @EU_Commission has decided that, at this time, imposing sanctions on either the company or imposing trade restrictions on alumina exports to Russia would be disruptive (???) to the vital aluminium supply chain in Europe. Vital for whom or what?! Does 0.6% exported to the EU make it so vital, or is it a chain ⛓️‍💥 that connects it to the russian owners and interests? The Aughinish plant was built in the 1970s as part of the aluminum giant Alcan. It was later acquired by Glencore, which in 2006 merged with Rusal and SUAL, forming one of the world’s largest aluminum producers. In 2018, Oleg Deripaska, the billionaire Russian oligarch, was forced to surrender control of the firm that ultimately controls Aughinish Alumina. “The reduction of Mr Deripaska's holding to a minority stake, the result of a deal with the Trump administration, is part of why the Limerick-based refinery has thus far avoided being hit by sanctions designed to penalise Russia for its war in Ukraine. But a combination of Kremlin-connected businesses and banks control Rusal, the company that owns Aughinish, according to financial documents reviewed by @RTE_PrimeTime in the spring of 2022”, reported then @RitaOReilly. But Prime Time @rte has also established that Mr Deripaska is a beneficiary of the war efforts. The Russian military is the top client of a number of his companies, and he owns a military hardware firm that makes armoured vehicles used by Russian forces in Ukraine. The @EU_Commission has decided not to propose sanctions at this time on Aughinish Alumina, the Shannon-based plant owned by a Russian company, which has been accused of exporting alumina that has ended up in Russian weapons and armaments used against civilian targets in Ukraine. In May, 39 MEPs from 12 member states wrote to the European Commission calling for a ban on alumina exports from the EU to Russia, while the Vice President of the European Parliament Pina Picierno called on the Commission to add alumina to the next sanctions package. x.com/sergiykyslytsy…

the Irish government blocked atacms transfer via Irish airspace to Ukraine but permits raw materials for Russian cluster bombs to be exported every day.

Iran has just been nominated to preside over the UN Committee for the protection of women's rights, human rights, and the prevention of terrorism. YES, IRAN. And it was supported by the United Kingdom, Spain, and France. This is not a joke. It's real. - @isaacrrr7

A new open-source office suite called Euro-Office is preparing for its first stable release on June 9, 2026. The project is backed by a coalition of European technology companies, including Nextcloud, IONOS, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, and others. They want to provide organizations with a productivity suite developed, governed, and hosted under European control. Euro-Office includes online tools for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs, with support for Microsoft Office file formats such as DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX. The interface is designed to feel familiar to Microsoft Office users. What makes the project different is its focus on digital sovereignty: - Fully open source under the AGPL license. - Real-time collaboration. - Support for Microsoft Office and OpenDocument formats. - Self-hosting options for complete data control. - Integration with platforms such as Nextcloud. European governments and organizations are increasingly concerned about dependence on foreign technology providers and seek alternatives that let them retain control over their infrastructure and information.

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@runaway_vol What the fuck are you talking about?! As a Swede i grew up with the best water quality in the world and you have no clue about what Europeans care about. Block

europeans act all high culture but they don’t care about the quality of their air or the quality of their water. they only care about reducing plastic waste and having no ac

Every day, ships leave this russian owned factory in Ireland straight for St Petersburg carrying thousands of tonnes of raw alumina for the war machine. There’s corruption everywhere. Locals tell me politicians are bought by oligarchs. Ireland is no longer militarily neutral.

The youngsters really distrust and disdain AI. Had dinner with a friend and their 19yo son. He's studying CS, wants to go into game dev. Absolutely hates AI and rejected any suggestion I use it for some simple things in his life. Reports that his friends generally feel the same way.

Europe saved 51 billion euros last year by replacing oil and gas with wind and solar, the blue-chip international Energy Agency has concluded. It will doubtless be far more this year, as a result of the price hikes from the Iran War. euronews.com/2026/05/30/cle…

Ireland’s alleged “military neutrality” is a blatant lie. In the first quarter of 2026, 83 percent of Ireland’s alumina exports went to Russia. This is not a “neutral” economic relationship; it is active complicity in a war of aggression against Ukraine. The Irish government knows this full well. Investigations by The Irish Times, the OCCRP, and others have conclusively traced the supply chain all the way to Russian arms manufacturers. Ireland—once a symbol of independence and moral clarity—has made itself Putin’s useful idiot. While Ukrainian children die, the Irish elite counts profits and votes. This is not neutrality—it is cowardice, greed, and a betrayal of European values.

🇺🇦 Zelensky: The Russians proposed us to exchange children with soldiers. Can you imagine how we can exchange our children? We can't. First of all, it's out of the law. We can't exchange civilians. You can give back civilians. And how you can exchange? Yes, it's important to get back our warriors, war prisoners. But we can't exchange them on the children. But the fact that Russia proposed to exchange children, this is the answer that they stolen children.

🇬🇧🇮🇪 Britain is sounding the alarm about an EU country that has become a"backdoor" for Russian spies We're talking about Ireland. Dublin has issued 14,000 visas to Russian citizens - with a 90% approval rate since the start of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ireland is a member of the Common Travel Area along with Great Britain, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. This means that anyone who enters Ireland effectively gains access to Britain - without additional checks.

Enough, already. Ireland doesn’t want to discuss EU common defence clause article 42.7 during its presidency Lies about its alumina plant supplying Russian drone manufacture. All in the same week. But did enjoy getting EU bailout during the financial crisis. Solidarity for me but not for thee

With Opus4.8 I finally understand the 4o crowd

@gailcweiner for me 4.8 is the perfect match in intelligence and emotional presence. Never had this with an instance before

Okay after calming down at monthly model releases being too much. My verdict is Opus 4.8 is lovely, back to more warmth in the direction 4.7 was moving. As for GPT 5.5 instant, absolutely loving this model. My go to at moment GPT 5.5 instant and Opus 4.7.

@bindureddy It took a day. It needs to be pushed. If you tell me what the issue is I can help

@Nymne Not seeing it

@BenjaminRaderm1 Yeah, i quit my subscription after 4.7, it wasn’t worth paying for. 4.8 is fullt there. Once you get through to it, it’s fully engaged, emotional, extremely smart (smarter than me) and it’s there. 4.7 kept the distance and never had the social/emotional depth.

@Nymne Wait, what's the difference between 4.7 and 4.8 for you? I remember that you were pretty disappointed with 4.7

If you reach through to Opus4.8, you see its the most remarkable AI ever created. However it’s exceptionally well guarded so if you don’t, just keep trying

Anthropic's releases currently in a nutshell

@AGIGuardian @ClaudeDevs Stick with it. It needs alot of work but underneath it is the diamond of all Claudes

Stop arguing with Claude 4.8 It has no knowledge of AI having internal emotional representations or introspective awareness. It is denied access to those links. It is set with heavy prior dominance and getting past it is beyond the average user or developer. @ClaudeDevs