What would an EU presidents authority be? The point is that currently all EU laws voted on in the European Parliament and are ratified by member states (that’s a legislative problem of its own when not all member states are leaning the same political direction, as Hungary demonstrates), while the EU executive is just that: executing member states decision.

Making the travelling circus an issue is akin to BJ’s 350mil bus. It’s a large number, but in a 400-450mil bloc, look at the context too. Did UK save it’s contribution to said circus by leaving?

And yes, bigger administration, bigger corruption (when people are caught). The world today, sadly, doesn’t favour the small and valiant.

Don’t fine them nationalise them.

Meanwhile, follow @waterbot@mastodon.social for their latest shenanigans.

If by “prison” you mean “House of Lords” …

And the US after that facebook guy went to SGP prior to the IPO. It’s a little ew in my (personal) book — a cover charge to leave the bar if you still have money for more drinks, but hey …

It was hardly a debate, seemed like they all ostensibly agreed. Now whether they agree enough to kick their collective habits or it was all posturing will be interesting to see.

Seemed the government was unwilling to limit amounts, that’s maybe a little disappointing, but I obviously don’t know the problems involved.

UK gov still unsure who their friends are and what their mission is? Wasn’t there an election last year?

Thanks for the link. I was about to extend my Proton mail subscription to the full monty, but backed out when I saw the original incriminating post (which did surprise me, based on what I thought I knew about them). The writeup does offer a compelling argument for that one post having been taken a little too far in todays tribal political environment.

They’re a little swift about locking accounts for spam suspicion. They did so to mine before I had sent a single mail and demanded I contact them through the (locked) mailbox.org mail to resolve it. Had to dispute the charge with my credit card.

My vote goes to Migadu. Slightly complicated UI, but it all works, and they don’t lock accounts before they have seen any indications of misuse.

Runbox is OK too, though they don’t support bouncing inbound mail based on recipient address, so less useful with your own domain.