Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀

TODAY The Europeans podcast interviews Eugen Rochko.

Two of my favourite Internet items today: The informal weekly review of the sociopolitical Europe that @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social provides , plus the main developer behind the alternative, healthy, human social app that Mastodon is, @Gargron@mastodon.social .

Today's a fine day and makes me believe that a better Internet is possible. Thanks for this episode!

Why are we having fewer children?

(Interview with Berkay Ozcan, Professor at LSE)
- Couple formation happens at later age
- Women are choosing "careers" and not just "jobs"
- More people choose not to have kids at all

What else is going on? Short anser: we don't know yet

Even in countries providing a lot of support to parents, fertility rate has still declined

Immigration is no silver bullet. It's part of the solution, not the whole solution.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2026/03/11/immigration-falling-birth-rates-ageing-population/

#Fertility #Immigration

Imagine all the streaming!

Why is the EU still allowing geoblocking for series, movies and football?

This quote is from @ilumium@eupolicy.social at @edri@eupolicy.social

He sees geoblocking as “purely a leftover from ancient copyright rules and an attempt for the companies to slice up and optimise revenues across different jurisdictions.”

Full article on #EuropeanCorrespondent (how long until they have a Mastodon account?)

https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/imagine-all-the-streaming

"If you love being right, you'll be right alone"

Quote from the mother of Eugene Khoza, who is co-host of the "What Now" podcast. (look for it via @AntennaPod@fosstodon.org)

I'm having some performance issues with #phanpy For instance I can't write a new post because it never opens the page for it. Has anyone experienced this?

I'm using:
https://phanpy.blaede.family