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On 31 May 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) made history by transmitting a live performance of The Blue Danube Waltz into space from its Cebreros deep space antenna in Spain. This symbolic gesture elevated Johann Strauss II’s famous waltz, often considered the unofficial ‘anthem of space’, to its rightful place among the stars.
Global politics don't feel particularly cooperative at the moment, but which countries could actually feed themselves independently if all international food trade shut down? Just one, according to a new study.
"No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?"
"No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?" ~ Thomas Sowell
I arrived at Hamburg main station, tracks 13+14 - just where over a week ago, a mentally ill German woman injured 15 in a brutal knife attack, some severely. She was stopped by two men: a young refugee from Syria and a man from Chechnya. The press quickly dropped the case.
That had not at all been the case when a similarly ill man, but a refugee, killed two in Bavaria. For weeks, up to our elections, this tragic event was heavily exploited to push anti-migrant politics.
Welcome to Future Knowledge—a podcast from the Internet Archive & Authors Alliance exploring how knowledge is created, shared & preserved in the digital age.
Each episode pairs authors with thought leaders in policy, tech & the arts. Explore current issues in digital preservation, copyright, AI & more with hosts Chris Freeland (Internet Archive) & Dave Hansen (Authors Alliance).
“We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled development, and we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world--no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.”
"We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled development, and we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world--no longer a government…
Follow Steve Hsu on X(Twitter) here: https://x.com/hsu_steveToday we sit with the U.S. Physicist and Computing scientist Steve Hsu to talk about the US China...
"He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing."
Im Februar veröffentlichte die Universität Hildesheim einen Bericht über den Sexualwissenschaftler Helmut Kentler. Jetzt melden sich immer mehr Opfer des pädosexuellen Netzwerks zu Wort.
#Palestine / 12 countries condemn forced displacement of Palestinian village in occupied West Bank
Diplomatic missions from #UK, #Germany, #France and 9 other nations issued joint statement expressing solidarity with residents of Mughayir a-Deir who were forced to abandon homes due to settler violence and Israeli authorities' failure to provide protection.
As has been common practice for years, Israeli settlers established an outpost meters from a Palestinian village. The community was forced to flee after escalating violence and threats. Seven neighboring communities have already been displaced following the same pattern. Tens of thousands in Area C face "high or imminent risk" of forcible transfer.
These countries demand Israel dismantle the outpost and allow safe return. They call this a violation of international law and demand Israel respect the prohibition on forcible transfer.
**JOINT PRESS STATEMENT** **WEST BANK, JUNE 2025**
**DIPLOMATIC STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN MUGHAYIR A-DEIR**
The undersigned diplomatic missions express their strong solidarity with the Palestinian community of Mughayir a-Deir. The community's long-standing residents were recently forced to abandon their homes and belongings due to escalating settler violence and a prevailing climate of impunity.
Israeli settlers have established an outpost just metres from the community, which is a clear violation of international law. Mughayir a-Deir was one of the last remaining Palestinian communities in the area. Seven neighbouring communities have already been displaced amid a broader and deeply troubling pattern of violent settler attacks and a lack of protection by the Israeli authorities.
We therefore urge the Israeli authorities to dismantle the outpost immediately and to take urgent and effective measures to enable the safe return of the displaced residents. It is imperative that the community is protected from further violence and intimidation.
Mughayir a-Deir is not an isolated case—it reflects a broader pattern of displacement in Area C of the West Bank, where a coercive environment marked by repeated settler violence, movement restrictions, land confiscation, demolitions and inadequate access to essential services is making life unbearable and pushing communities to leave. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Area C face a high or imminent risk of forcible transfer. This alarming trend gravely undermines prospects for a just and lasting peace.
We call on Israel to respect its obligations under international law, including the prohibition of forcible transfer. We also reaffirm our clear and consistent opposition to settlements, which are illegal under international law. We emphasise Israel's responsibility to protect all Palestinian communities in Area C.
*The Consulates General of Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Representative Offices of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands, as well as the Office of the European Union Representative to the West Bank and Gaza*
@WesternDemocracies You should all face up to the fact, that your total moral abdication from the atrocities preformed by the Israeli fascists IS A SCANDAL AND AN EPIC MISTAKE, and take affirmative action that forces Israel to stop the war and the Gaza genocide, and will compel them to abide by international law and UN resolutions, but instead you all just talk cheap, and continues to profit from the war by selling armaments to the Israeli fascists...It seems that the leaders and their sycophant governments in these western socalled democracies all have a beginning twitc in their right arms! #StopTheGenocide #StopIsraeliFascism #StopTheWar #NoToFascism #FreePalestine
This profile shows how Laila Soueif's life crisscrosses with so many important events in Egypt's contemporary history. If you are interested in knowing more about student movements and the struggles against multiple dictatorships in #Egypt, this article crystallises how the life of this frail woman lying in a hospital bed in London is so important.
Laila Soueif, on 247th day of hunger strike for jailed British-Egyptian son, defiant in face of death theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…
oh man new AC compressors are like $5-700. i found a video on how to remove it though so i am feeling a bit more enthusiastic today about finishing this up
Askip la #freedomflotilla se fait survoler par des drônes et il faudrait donc faire particulièrement de bruit pour protéger ses occupants. Pour les français il y a un appel à envoyer un mail à "alerte.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr" Je sais pas quel est le ocntact équivalent pour la belgique #palestine
If the federal government printed money to fund healthcare instead of manufacturing missiles I wouldn't be so mad about government spending or the national debt
@HiroProtagonist there's so much corruption and incompetence in government, more government spending = more centralization, corruption, bureaucracy, and regulations- covid clearly demonstrated this inverse relationship between spending and quality of care. look at all the tax money they spent on covid vaccines and murdering people in hospitals. similarly, more military spending doesn't necessarily provide better security. the more money they have the more they feel a need to waste it
i would rather have government spend zero on health care tbh. charity should be voluntary.
@realcaseyrollins ✝️ If they didn't spend your money on missiles you could spend it on healthcare or whatever else you needed yourself. Anytime you give money to government in exchange for services rather than purchasing the services yourself you give up control, freedom, privacy, and usually efficiency.
Carbon capture won't work. Alberta leaders will still blame Ottawa for everything. Oil companies will still reap huge profits while Albertans get very little. Meanwhile, some provinces are literally on fire.
Welcome to a new privacy-first initiative challenging the digital identity status quo, urging a sharp turn away from the surveillance-ready infrastructure embedded in mobile driver’s licenses.
The campaign, called No Phone Home, brings together a broad alliance of civil liberties groups, privacy experts, technologists, lawmakers, and public officials who are resisting the ways digital IDs compromise people’s rights.
What’s fueling the campaign is concern over how mobile driver’s licenses, increasingly adopted in the US and abroad, are built atop a technical framework that allows them to silently transmit data back to issuing authorities. While this function may not be active by default, it exists; and that, privacy advocates argue, is a serious vulnerability.
Even if unused, if the architecture allows for data to be sent back to government servers, it eventually will be the campaign’s statement warns.
Koło cyfryzacji partii @razem szykuje plan działania na najbliższe miesiące. Jakie tematy z zakresu cyfryzacji są dla Was najważniejsze? Czas działać! 💪
@dwaem Ale to trzeba robić z głową, a nie wersjonować PDFy xDDD Git może i by się jeszcze nadał, ale GitHub i podobne byłyby do tego absolutnie bezużyteczne.
Podstawowa wartość takiego VCSa wynikałaby z wykorzystywania go przez parlament. Dzisiaj aby jako obywatel ogarnąć, nad czym właściwie toczy się głosowanie, musisz włożyć olbrzymi wysiłek w rozwiązywanie referencji w projektach i poprawkach - albo zapłacić za komercyjne opracowanie. To sztuczna bariera informacyjna.
To był kampanijny damage control Mentzena po słynnym wygasłym hostingu. Sam pomysł nie był niczym nowym w środowisku okołokorwinowym, patrz bitbucket.org/knp-sekcja-prawa… @KrzysiekJ
@dwaem To tak żeby uściślić - marzyłby mi się publiczny system pozwalający wygenerować tekst ujednolicony (nienormatywny) na każdym etapie procesu legislacyjnego, włącznie z propozycjami poprawek w Sejmie i Senacie, a także wyświetlający czytelnie różnice między takimi tekstami i rozwiązujący referencje.
Większa tego część jest już dostępna na rynku komercyjnie - a powinna być publiczna, zintegrowana z systemami informacyjnymi Sejmu, Senatu i RPLem.
Zresztą, w tym kontekście to żadna różnica, czy PDF czy Markdown. Mógłby być nawet Dropbox czy Google Docs - to co jest tutaj ma się nijak do procesu legislacyjnego.
Oczywiście, że ma się nijak do naszego procesu legislacyjnego, ale w teorii można byłoby na bazie zwykłego repo w git stworzyć taki system. Wtedy marszałek by mówił "głosujemy teraz nad PR #123" - "X głosów za, Y przeciw, PR zmergeowany" 😁
@hlukasz @dwaem No i to jest właśnie chłopskorozumowa droga donikąd, bo teksty prawne funkcjonują na zasadach które nie mapują się zbyt dobrze na gitowy koncept merge'a.
Pewnie jakby się uprzeć to dałoby się zbudować sensowny system z gitem pod spodem, ale raczej wątpię by była to najlepsza opcja. Natomiast GitHub/GitLab/Codeberg etc. i koncepty takie jak PR/MR będą tu kompletnie bezużyteczne.
Ce que beaucoup de gens oublient, c'est que la façon dont une personne connaît le passé influence sa compréhension du présent et sa perception de l'avenir. Si une personne connaît le passé de manière déformée, sa perception du présent et de l'avenir sera faussée.
L’artiste qui avait chanté, avec Pierre Barouh, le célèbre thème du film de Claude Lelouch, était une passionnée de jazz et de comédies musicales. Elle est morte le 4 juin, à l’âge de 88 ans.
🇹🇳🇫🇷Le terroriste raciste Christophe B, est l’homme qui a assassiné le Tunsien Hichem Miraoui en lui tirant dessus à cinq reprises. Il avait également blessé un homme d’origine Turque.
Was curious if anybody knows what the military convoy along I-90 westbound past Bellevue towards I-405 Southbound? Lots of weird armored vehicles that had four large tires on each side instead of tracks, also asphalt paving equipment. Made it impossible to get from Bellevue to I-5 because they wouldn't let me in to get to the other side of the freeway.
Most of the time I see these convoys, they're transferring troops and materiel between the Fort Lewis army base, and the base's military training ground between Yakima and Ellensberg.
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