Ambrose Andrews @znalo@librem.one

In Oliver Djurkovic's mind, the Australian National University's (ANU) latest pitch to curb spending — which would see the institution's well-respected School of Music scrapped — defies logic.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-08/anu-school-of-music-to-be-replaced-with-school-creative-culture/105506682
"Getting rid of one-on-one instrumental lessons at a music school defies any logic of how a music school should operate," the Masters of Music student and saxophone player said. #music #education #creativity

Labour has (quietly) dropped its appeal against the striking down of Suella Braverman's anti-protest law, but what that now means, as Katy Watts (Liberty) argues, is that all those arrested under the law, now found itself to be unlwful, should have their cases quashed.

The attrition against protest is anti-democratic, and those caught up in the state's illegal action(s) need to be released from its grip

#protest #politics

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/protest-law-braverman-overturned-labour-yvette-cooper-liberty-greta-thunberg/

Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Government is phasing out its use of Microsoft Office.. to switch to open source alternatives like LibreOffice instead.

Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit... well, risky.

Denmark's relationship with the US is under strain, following Donald Trump's clearly stated ambition to seize control of Greenland, and recent reports of increased spying by the States on Greenland and Denmark.