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Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform, is facing intense criticism and boycott calls following CEO Daniel Ek’s announcement of a €600m ($702m) investment in Helsing, a German defence startup specialising in AI-powered combat drones and military software.

The move, announced on 17 June, has sparked widespread outrage from musicians, activists and social media users who accuse Ek of funnelling profits from music streaming into the military industry.

Many have started calling on users to cancel their subscriptions to the service.

“Finally cancelling my Spotify subscription – why am I paying for a fuckass app that works worse than it did 10 years ago, while their CEO spends all my money on technofascist military fantasies?” said one user on X.

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The original was posted on /r/steamdeals by /u/Important_Rock_8295 on 2025-06-30 11:46:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/xenodium on 2025-06-30 15:38:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/ytjryhrbr on 2025-06-30 05:46:59+00:00.

I'm trying to read a book, but everytime I see a kanji I dont recognize, I have to open my jisho app and physically write down the kanji in order to look it up. Google lens seemed like a good idea, but all it does is just translate it into english which defeats the whole purpose. Is there any app that works like google lens but just gives the japanese reading for kanji?

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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/Nakuzo2 on 2025-06-30 04:43:38+00:00.

I am at a point where I have went through the first 300 words in Kaishi and have read some very basic grammar. Anki is something I don’t enjoy doing, but I don’t despise either.

In order to keep language learning interesting and fun I really want to start immersing, however I struggle at finding beginner content that is engaging. So far, Shirokuma cafe is the only remotely interesting beginner anime where my understanding is around 25%. Anything else I find interesting like Japanese horror, other anime, or Japanese let’s plays, the understanding is probably less than 10%.

I guess there are 2 parts in my question. As the title suggests, is it too early to start immersing? At this stage, should I not worry about understanding anything and just use immersion as a tool to get familiar with the sounds and structure of the language? And is there any beginner friendly media you would highly recommend?

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The original was posted on /r/okbuddyphd by /u/the_white_oak on 2025-06-30 04:41:51+00:00.

AWS, Microsoft, Google - todas elas lançaram recentemente "nuvens soberanas". Mas a verdade é que todas as empresas norte-americanas estão sujeitas à legislação norte-americana em matéria de partilha de dados. Vamos analisar se é seguro utilizar as nuvens dos EUA ou se se trata apenas de uma "lavagem soberana".

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-06-30 13:03:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/Stiltonrocks on 2025-06-30 11:14:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/No_Syllabub8915 on 2025-06-30 11:04:36+00:00.

The tenth edition of the largest event of its kind for children in foster care has come to Warsaw, offering much-needed recreational opportunities to children from all over the world. The organisers hope that it can improve not only the children's abilities, but also their well-being.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/29/poland-hosts-world-cup-for-foster-children-in-legia-warsaws-stadium

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Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon on multiple vehicles have killed three people as attacks continue despite a November ceasefire with the armed group Hezbollah.

The latest Israeli attacks came a day after Israel killed a woman and wounded 25 people in attacks across southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the woman was killed in an Israeli drone strike on an apartment in the city of Nabatieh.

Israel, which retains troops in five locations in south Lebanon, has repeatedly bombed its neighbour despite a ceasefire which halted more than a year of fire exchanges and nearly two months of an all-out war.

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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/cynical_pill on 2025-06-30 16:39:23+00:00.

Shout out to the great Hungarian people! :-)

I looked into this “Tibet action group” think tank and its run by some random Canadian-born lady. It doesn’t seem as off-kilter as something like falon gong, that being said I didn’t go further than a couple of Wikipedia pages.