@kiwu@twtxt.net jump on IRC and tell us! Server irc.mills.io, on 6697 (TLS), join #lobby, then private message (I am quark). :-P

Donald Trump Is Ready for Fight Night. So Are Donors
The UFC event on the White House’s South Lawn is the president’s birthday gift to himself. Sources expect it to be a lobbying extravaganza. ⌘ Read more

I just completed “Lobby” - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/3 – Again, I’m doing this in mu, a Go(ish) / Python(ish) dynamic langugage that I had to design and build first which has very few builtins and only a handful of types (ints, no flots). 🤣

Ex-PM Sunak joins Microsoft and AI firm as paid advisor
The former prime minister has been told not to lobby the UK government by the appointments watchdog. ⌘ Read more

Outback water project unlikely due missing $30m, minister says
After decades of lobbying and design controversy, the New South Wales government says it needs another $30–40 million to proceed with the Wilcannia Weir upgrade. ⌘ Read more

Lobby du tout-électrique, PwC, Jean Tirole : dépenses pour la croissance
Un article de Henry Bonner Et voilà, c’est fait : Fitch abaisse la note de la dette de la France… Et en dépit de l’envolée des taux d’intérêt, le gouvernement continue les dépenses. Comme l’échec du Premier ministre en France, la « défaite » du parti de M. Milei en Argentine dans une élection locale ce mois-ci montre […] ⌘ Read more

Killing more than breast and prostate, our deadliest cancer to get screening
After years of lobbying from patients, the first ever national lung cancer screening program will roll out next month for people who have a significant history of smoking. ⌘ Read more

New (February 2025) paper, https://cms.mgt.tum.de/fileadmin/mgt.tum.de/faculty_and_research/mppe/39_Nora_von_Ingersleben-Seip_How_the_European_Union_Fell_Out_Of_Love_With_Open-Source_Software.pdf , describes “How the European Union Fell Out of Love with Open-Source Software”:

“A coalition of determined open-source software (OSS) advocates and a handful of technology experts working in the European Commission set out in 2004 to end Microsoft’s monopoly. They almost succeeded. This article reveals how they managed to change the EU’s software policies, made Microsoft lobbyists work overtime - and in the end, and despite their best efforts, could not withstand the power of proprietary companies’ lobbying campaigns.

Drawing on the Multiple Streams Framework, the article explains the European Commission’s decision to promote OSS and open standards in 2004, and its puzzling decision to reverse course just a few years later, in 2010, despite its unchanged rhetoric about the benefits of openness. The analysis reveals three key factors that drove the changes in the EU’s policies.

In 2004, OSS advocates managed to frame the EU’s dependency on proprietary software as a problem – and the promotion of OSS and open standards as the solution.

In 2010, #Microsoft and other proprietary companies used their existing connections in Brussels to sow doubt about the maturity and cost of #OSS among #EU policymakers.”

25 years later we’re where we started.

#OpenSource #EIF

Someone ABANDONED their pet cat in our hotel lobby (Maryland) ⌘ Read more

(#7mxlpza) @movq@movq that used to be me until I lobbied to have fiber optic to the premise
@movq @www.uninformativ.de that used to be me until I lobbied to have fiber optic to the premise ⌘ Read more

[ANN] MoneroTalk #339: Monero’s Place in Policy & Regulation in 2025

This episode is a recording of an X Spaces discussion with Douglas Tuman, John Bush, Stoic.XMR, BawdyAnarchist, and others about whether or not the Monero community should engage in political activism to push for pro-privacy, pro-Monero policies in the U.S. The participants debated the merits of lobbying for regulatory clarity versus focusing purely on grassroots, opt-out strategies that avoid government intervention altogether.

Links:

• [https://redirect.i … ⌘ Read more

** In reply to: The politics of accessibility – Brian DeConinck **
In reply to: The politics of accessibility – Brian DeConinck

A devastating perfect blog post.

The core concept of digital accessibility is that everyone, including people with disabilities, should be able to access information and accomplish tasks via computer independently.

Continuing later,

This is an intensely political statement, backed by decades of protests and lobbying and litigation. … ⌘ Read more

Buoyed by Trump win, US pro-crypto lobby group opens Australian outpost
‘Stand With Crypto’, a lobby group backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is hoping to capitalise on a wave of momentum from Donald Trump’s decisive US election win. ⌘ Read more

Assistant Treasurer ‘cosied up to banks’, tech giants say
Technology lobby group DIGI says there has been an “extraordinary” level of engagement between Stephen Jones and Australia’s banks on new anti-scam laws. ⌘ Read more

‘Shameful’: Tech Council facing questions over Richard White saga
The powerful lobby group took nearly a week to deal with serious allegations of misconduct. ⌘ Read more

Does Australia Have An Israel Lobby? ⌘ Read more

L’impossible recyclage du plastique
Très régulièrement, à la faveur d’une campagne de propag… pardon de conscientisation par l’une ou l’autre organisation de lobbying non gouvernemental, on découvre que l’Humanité rejette une quantité ahurissante de plastique dans la nature, que c’est une catastrophe et que nous allons tous mourir, ce qui explique au passage les lois de plus en plus […] ⌘ Read more

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RT by @mind_booster: Two ‘discourses of climate delay’ which are super prevalent right now
1⃣ “The solution is nuclear”. The Swiss Govt is pushing this one, via Energy, Climate & Transport Minister Rösti (also a fossil fuel lobbyist and climate denier) & lobby groups are advertising with billboards.
Two ‘discourses of climate delay’ which are super prevalent right now

1⃣ “The solution is nuclear”. The Swiss Govt is pushing this one, via Energy, Climate & Transport Minister Rösti (also a fossil fuel lobbyi … ⌘ Read more

**“The rise of the oil and gas lobby is particularly notable at COP27, where the host country itself announced a deal to sell gas to Europe in return for replacing old thermal power plants with cleaner energy.”

Important when criticizing this to remember that the EU also has blame**
“The rise of the oil and gas lobby is particularly notable at COP27, where the host country itself announced a deal to sell gas to Europe in return for replacing old thermal power plants with cleaner energy.”

Important when critic … ⌘ Read more

RT by @mind_booster: The European Parliament has begun its discussions about corporations obligations to protect human rights and prevent environmental destruction in their value chains. Problem: a weak proposal due to pressure from lobby groups. 5 things the EP must fix: href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23HoldBizAccountable”>#HoldBizAccountable**
The European Parliament has begun its discussions about corporations obligations to protect human rights and prevent environmental destruction in their value chains. Problem: a weak proposal due to pressure from lobb … ⌘ Read more

Americans have right to carry guns in public, says US Supreme Court in landmark decision
The decision was a stunning victory for the National Rifle Association gun lobby group, which brought the case along with two New York men who had been denied gun permits. ⌘ Read more

China’s coronavirus controls top concern for European firms, who may ‘vote with their feet’ if uncertainty persists
Beijing’s stringent approach to containing Omicron outbreaks is the biggest challenge for European businesses in China for the second year running, a new survey by a business lobby shows. ⌘ Read more

Will Indonesia’s Jokowi start his own political party to cement his legacy?
The president’s lobby group Projo says it may register as a political party as talk swirls of officials mulling a constitutional change to allow third terms. ⌘ Read more

Taiwan admits paying American lobbyists to help establish closer US ties amid rising pressure from Beijing
Island’s foreign ministry says it hired PR firms to help US government and others ‘have a better understanding of Taiwan’, saying lobbying transparency is key. ⌘ Read more

Lobbying Fortress Europe | #frontexfiles ⌘ Read more…

/lobby xoka!

How Marketing and Lobbying Built Thanksgiving Traditions https://tedium.co/2018/11/20/thanksgiving-history-corporate-roots/

eBay, Organized Crime, and Evangelical Christians: The Ethical Minefield of Studying Ancient Civ… https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kgxjp/ebay-organized-crime-and-evangelical-christians-the-ethical-minefield-of-studying-ancient-civilizations-hobby-lobby-irisagrig-iraq

Get Yourself A Treat https://tedium.co/2017/08/15/lets-all-go-lobby-movie-snipe-advertising/