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        29 votes
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Could invisible fences be the future of livestock farming – Sweden and Denmark will soon legalise virtual fencing. What is it and is it safe?
10 votes - 
        
Starter comments on Tildes?
I get a lot out of browsing Tildes and all the conversations here. This is in keeping with the Tildes philosophy of high-quality content and conversation. In the spirit of quality discussion,...
I get a lot out of browsing Tildes and all the conversations here. This is in keeping with the Tildes philosophy of high-quality content and conversation.
In the spirit of quality discussion, context is everything and reference points matter. I have found my own thoughts nudged many times here, and often the comments and points of view lend entirely new perspective to the content (and are sometimes more interesting).
While I appreciate the discussions, there are often links to an article, a video, a blog, or anything really, with no context and little description.
So in the spirit of conversation, I'm asking if there could be "conversation starter" comments for posted links. I'd like to know why this video or that blog is different from just randomly finding some link online. Why is this link on Tildes? What makes it interesting or important? What are we talking about? Where is the quality conversation?
Is that too much, or would that be reasonable? Thoughts?
33 votes - 
        
European Court of Human Rights has cleared Norway of violating its citizens' constitutional rights in a case dating back to the award of oil and gas exploration licences in 2016
9 votes - 
        
Hamlet rages in Stockholm against political closure of a cultural institution – government funding freezes have resulted in a real terms decrease of £4M per year since 2017 for theatre Dramaten
6 votes - 
        
In the early 1990s, Sweden faced one of the worst economic crises in its modern history – the lessons for other countries, especially France, deep in its own budget crisis, are simple, if not easy
21 votes - 
        
Europe's animal welfare overhaul is on life support – Denmark's farm minister thinks he can still revive it, one compromise at a time
6 votes - 
        
South Korea officially recognises same-sex couples in national census
32 votes - 
        
Ireland makes a program offering basic income for artists permanent
30 votes - 
        
Iceland to propose higher tourist tax following record-breaking number of visitors – 1.7 million international tourists in the first seven months of 2025
23 votes - 
        
Norway to phase out electric vehicle VAT exemption from 2027 – intends to increase the one-off registration tax for fossil-fuelled passenger cars
8 votes - 
        
US President Donald Trump’s 100% China tariff triggers $20b wipeout, 1.6m crypto traders liquidated
39 votes - 
        
California lets residents opt-out of a ton of data collection on the web
22 votes - 
        
Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it
14 votes - 
        
After more than a century of various proposals and planning, Norway has once again officially abandoned the ambitious Stad Ship Tunnel project
13 votes - 
        
Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s – PM Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration
45 votes - 
        
UPS is ‘disposing of' US-bound packages over customs paperwork problems
29 votes - 
        
Helsinki is turning to drones and artificial intelligence to help tackle one of the city's trickiest challenges - keeping traffic moving smoothly
6 votes - 
        
California passes law banning extra loud commercials on streaming services
31 votes - 
        
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
58 votes - 
        
US State Attorneys Generals defend trans Americans in letter to Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission
44 votes - 
        
British Columbia Premier David Eby announces new Prince George, Surrey involuntary care facilities
15 votes - 
        
Hydropower, heat pumps and EVs made Norway a climate darling. Oil and gas exports made it rich. The paradox shaping this country's future – and the world's energy transition.
11 votes - 
        
How Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave – traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
25 votes - 
        
Young Greenlandic woman living in Denmark will regain custody of the infant girl taken from her shortly after birth – becomes the latest flashpoint between Denmark and Greenland
25 votes - 
        
How Denmark plans to roll out the world's first cow burp tax – government is investing billions in technologies to help farmers cut livestock emissions
10 votes - 
        
The country with Europe's most radical climate plan – an interview with Petteri Orpo, prime minister of Finland
15 votes - 
        
Sweden is to implement a nationwide mobile phone ban in all schools in an attempt to improve security and study conditions for students
9 votes - 
        
Sweden's health minister has urged the EU to push ahead with social media restrictions for kids while insisting it be treated as a pressing matter
28 votes - 
        
Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide
72 votes - 
        
US coffee prices surge
34 votes - 
        
In a concerted effort to improve previously poor cancer survival rates, Denmark's success story has caught the attention of UK policymakers
9 votes - 
        
Sweden's employment agency has been tracking the online locations of thousands of citizens claiming unemployment benefits in an effort to crack down on welfare fraud
28 votes - 
        
US health insurance premiums poised to spike over drug costs, tariff threats
15 votes - 
        
Bluesky will comply with age verification laws in South Dakota and Wyoming after exiting Mississippi
18 votes - 
        
EU hits Google with €2.95bn antitrust fine despite trade tensions with US
41 votes - 
        
Nepal blocks Facebook, X, YouTube and others for failing to register with the government
15 votes - 
        
Why Denmark's plan to speedrun the EU's new climate target is in trouble – bloc's biggest players want to delay a vote on the 2040 emissions-cutting milestone
5 votes - 
        
European Commission internally recommends Signal with disappearing messages
28 votes - 
        
Swedish financial technology company Klarna announces launch of its initial public offering, months after the firm paused its planned listing
7 votes - 
        
Deep in the Swedish forest lies one of Europe's hopes for a spaceport that can ultimately compete with the United States, China and Russia
12 votes - 
        
Six months into tariffs, US businesses have no idea how to price anything
30 votes - 
        
ReTuna shopping mall in Sweden is the first in the world to sell only secondhand and repurposed items – established in 2015, it's a municipality-led experiment in circular consumption
25 votes - 
        
Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion
31 votes - 
        
Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen has issued a long-awaited apology to the Greenlandic women and their families affected by what she called "systematic discrimination" during a contraceptive campaign
20 votes - 
        
Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers strike deal that would allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize
30 votes - 
        
Donald Trump administration issues stop-work order for US offshore wind project
29 votes - 
        
Denmark has proposed scrapping its tax on chocolate, cake and other sweets, as well as coffee, to help consumers cope with high food prices
17 votes - 
        
US government snaps up 10% of Intel for $8.9B
38 votes - 
        
Sweden to build more nuclear plants with US or UK technology – Vattenfall says it will chose between GE Vernova and Rolls-Royce's small modular reactors
12 votes