If China is not global, neither is the US. No one touches each other’s “backyards”. The US had a treaty obligation to defend Ukraine from Russia and never did it (provide some weapons is not the same as actively defending a country).

Sure, but don’t expect me to do any pressure to our politicians about standing for international law with a regime that would love to kill us and is helping to kill Ukrainians everyday. Not my war, washing my hands like Pilate.

We should, unfortunately we’ve been alone with that for too long. The world didn’t care when Ukraine was invaded… the international law is dead since then.

Oh I missed the part where Russia’s allies critized their invasion of Ukraine. It’s not, not only there’s a growing rival, China, you have more mid-powers than ever before, from Pakistan and India, to Turkey or even Ethiopia.

It’s not 1945 anymore, for long that the us is not hegemon, its relative power is smaller every year.

But who’s following the rules? Not Russia, not Iran, not Azerbaijan, not Sudan, not Rwanda, not Ethiopia… And the list goes on. This is not new. The question is more, why would the US follow them if no one else does and there’s no consequence?

Gentle reminder that Iran was helping Russia to attack Ukraine and never showed any interest in international law or human rights. Why should we care? I most definitely don’t. Hope their fascist regime crumbles as fast as possible.

Only if you’re not paying attention to the party, they always eagerly fit into the worst clichês of far-left. Always siding with dictators, Islamic terrorists, antissemitic propaganda etc… really much more similar to the RN then they’re supporters like to admit.

Vivaldi is basically Chrome but better, design is better, privacy 1000% better and there’s a couple of extra cool features. But very similar to Chrome, for Chrome users it’s the easiest swap, a true upgrade.

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That’s great, I think that like with Mastodon you can always migrate later to another server if you wish… but I never tried that here. Lemmy just needs a bit more and more diverse users, I would say… but it already has all the essentials. Don’t look back to that US big tech and help instead to increase the good content here.

The complete article for people caught by the paywall:

Let’s start with the good news.

Whether you’re reading this on our website or through our app, you’re using technology that we built and manage ourselves. It operates entirely on European servers.

The same is true for some of the tools we rely on to monitor and measure our results, such as Matomo and Metabase.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg; beneath it lies a deep foundation of U.S. technology.

That was once a deliberate decision.

For example, Google Workspace offers an Advanced Protection Programme that combines robust security with ease of use – which made it a rational choice for our newsroom.

Our newsletters (ActiveCampaign), internal communication (Slack), password manager (1Password) and customer support (Intercom) are also owned by U.S. companies or use U.S. servers.

And that’s precisely where the problem lies.

Washington can force U.S. tech companies to share data – even if it’s stored in Europe.

For a newsroom like ours, that possibility undermines our core journalistic principles: protecting sources, maintaining confidentiality, and preserving independence.

In light of recent political developments across the Atlantic, one thing is clear: using U.S. technology leaves us vulnerable.

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Switching to other software and services will be expensive, require time, and bring its share of frustrations.

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This is why we’re sharing the process publicly and inviting everyone to follow our journey. We also hope you’ll share your own experiences with us.

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I’ll post the article on the comments. To be honest I think it was the first time visiting this site, seems very interesting.

I don’t have that issue… read it without issues on mobile Vivaldi browser

Why not leave the comments to the comment section and use the original titles for the posts?

The original title would have been more informative than the one chosen by the op.

It’s not like there’s an abundance of EU focused titles. They often have good and pertinent articles, just judge by article.

Outright banning one of the most influential sites in the EU bubble is just making this corner of the internet even more blind sighted by extreme left orthodoxy instead of being a corner of healthy and interesting debate.

Thank you ideology cop.