Rutte calls on Europeans to spend less pensions and social services, and funnel that money to produce weapons for NATO.
Maybe he should set an example and have a quarter of his pension confiscated.
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Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening
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Trump and his billionaire allies are out of touch with a crisis facing more than 600,000 Americans, advocates tell Alex WoodwardAlex Woodward (The Independent)
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#politics #transphoby #homophoby
an anonymous account on X called “@FraserDAnderson” – had created an online “Troon Index” (“troon” is a derogatory term for those who identify as transgender). The site included profiles of almost 500 trans-identifying individuals, and had conflated law-abiding citizens with registered sex offenders, drawing no distinction whatsoever between either group. Names and photographs were published, and those listed were referred to as “creatures”, “perverts”, “filth”, “sex deceptionists” and other similarly degrading terms.
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A handful of activists are bringing an important cause into disrepute.Andrew Doyle
For all you cis folks. Feel free to boost.
#trans #transgender #FirstTheyCame #MartinNiemoller #Allies
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Cis is a pyscho-cognitive based slur and I thought that the first moment I heard at a party in D.C. in 2010 with my own mind.
I can assure you many smart straight males in Western Arizona, Baltimore, DC, NC, and the World think the same.
Digressed, yes, WE "groups" should have more peace and seek unity more and now is an excellent time to do it.
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This tracks development for the things such as scripts and (defaults for) config files for Bedrock Linux - bedrocklinux/bedrocklinux-userlandGitHub
Just did a quick word count on the Kitten reference and tutorials on the technical manual branch I’m working on and it’s about 22,181, which, were it fiction, would apparently put it in the novella category.
Given there are chunky pieces of code I still have to cover for the upcoming technical manual, it might even hit the novel category at some point.
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one of the interesting twists of the COVID vax nonsense was that the system turned those who were victimized into abusers of those who were not yet victimized.
It’s quite the mind game. Those of us crazy conspiracy nuts who watched society turn on us recall only that, and often forget that these people were also victims of the machine, perhaps worse victims, since at least we don’t have myocarditis and turbo cancer.
I wrote a blog post! ^^
Beyond Gaming: X11 bridging in muvm
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KDE Gear ⚙️ 24.12 is out! Check out what's coming in the new versions of Dolphin, Kdenlive, Kate, Okular, NeoChat, and much, much more.
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Help support KDE's work! You can still adopt an app at our fundraiser:
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Good people in the world of tech populate the non-profit communities run by altruistic volunteers with no commercial interests, and therefore no interest in exploiting you, your work, or your data.Support Good People
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Soros-funded attorney Marc Elias is threatening to “fight Trump and Republicans even harder in court in 2026 and 2028.” Our legal team is uniquely prepared to fight the leftist onslaught that’s coming—we’ve learned a lot over the last 4 years about how to fight and win. We are already at work, but need your ONGOING SUPPORT to fund our legal team.
This dangerous attorney—who’s represented Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris and almost robbed Pennsylvania’s Dave McCormick of his Senate win—will use the Judiciary as a weapon against Trump and the America-First movement. Elias expects favorable rulings because “more than half of federal judges were appointed by Democratic presidents,” and “many state courts are controlled by liberals.”
WE NEED TO STOP THESE ATTEMPTS TO WEAPONIZE THE COURTS!
Elias vows to fight Trump and Republicans by every means possible! We can’t let him get his way.
This is a story which exemplifies the vicious, anti-democratic cycle that underpins the EU’s political dynamics. It is about decision-making processes which alienate voters and lead to weakened and discredited governments. It is about Ursula von der Leyen finally managing to ram through one of her favourite projects, while alienating one of her staunchest supporters.
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The medical and political establishments have failed vulnerable children for long enough. At last, the tide is turning.Andrew Doyle
Mystery drones have been spotted over key U.S. military facilities, as well as other sensitive locations including Trump’s Bedminster golf course.EpochTV
Exploiting mansplaining as tradecraft during WW II:
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
From Elyse Graham's “Book and Dagger”, describing a training school for the SOE.
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a DM clip of Black Lives Matter’s Hawk Newsome calling for more black vigilantes to fight the “injustice” of Daniel Penny’s verdict of not guilty. Watch Dave RuRumble
At this point in his presidency, President Biden has already commuted more sentences than his recent predecessors.Zachary Stieber (The Epoch Times)
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“Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg said during an interview
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So, like many things, it depends.
A high speed, modern hand dryer wins out in a life cycle analysis against recycled paper towels. An extra long session is worse than one paper towel, two paper towels is almost as bad as an old hand dryer like the one you've got in the pic.
Margin between a modern air dryer and paper towels is, therefore, small with a small edge to the modern air dryer, but the old air dryer loses on the resources used side.
like @fuat2mb mentioned, that's just one factor. Removing the work load for facilities of having to keep them all full was the reason they were invented in the first place, not to reduce resource usage.
Well, they wanted to reduce the labor used. They weren't factoring in the material use. Because of this you'll still see a lot of new construction put them in, especially to help greenwash the company. It's sorta about resources but mostly about cutting labor.
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Hundreds of mysterious drones have been sighted near military bases and critical infrastructure along America's eastern seaboard, baffling federal and state autwashingtonstand.com
With martial law defeated, now is a decisive moment for change in South Korea.
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Following Yoon's failed attempt to impose martial law, the situation continues to unfold as each passing moment shakes the foundation of the current social order and further opens the horizon of possibility.Steven Lee (Peoples Dispatch)
Progressive activists are not the ones concerned all Syrian rebels are jihadists and willing us to fail.
They are the people reaching out to & raising the voices of Syrian democrats, leftists, feminists and those working against sectarianism & for peaceful coexistence.
How to Limit Your Exposure to #Endocrine #Disruptors
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So when the high-end canned product makers say there's no #BPA in our can, which is the biggest source of BPA, they really have switched to using its analog cousins #BPS and #BPF which are just as bad for you. Also BPA makes plastic stiffer & is an #estrogen analog whereas #phthalates are an #androgen analog and makes plastic softer. You want neither in your diet.
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If you thought Santa was busy this time of year, you should see Congress. With just a handful of days left to finish this year's business, members have their hawashingtonstand.com
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Simplicity“But only one thing is necessary; for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:42)Ecclesiastes 7:29 says, “God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated” (GNT).Dutch Sheets (Give Him 15)
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Comer revealed to Just the News that the Biden Treasury Department has told Congress it has more than 400 suspicious activity reports — money laundering alerts — involving the ActBlue fundraising platform connected to the Democratic Party.John Solomon (Just The News)
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🇺🇸 7 ans d’échecs aux audits pour le #Pentagone. 1 000 milliards de budget annuel, mais impossible de dire où l’argent va.
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Big record labels claim to be helping musicians by destroying the @internetarchive !
We organized a letter with over 500 musicians who are speaking out about how this couldn't be further from the truth:
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Folks, this is Luigi Mangione’s manifesto that the mainstream media don’t want people to read, so please don’t distribute it, m’kay?
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Spinsters, my email groups and Facebook feeds are littered with women freaking out about Trump. Full freak out. Everything catastrophic he's going to do. And how he caused the South Korea military coup before he even took office!
I mean, I'm not thrilled about a Trump presidency. I'm worried about his competency and that of those around him, and I don't think he can deliver his promises. But I'm hoping for the best and waiting to freak out until there's something to freak out about. Maybe even then I won't freak out. After 15 years of transgender rule, maybe I've run out of freaks-outs.
For a moment I asked myself, Am I missing something? But I don't think so. It feels like social contagion. And I don't think it works to argue or rationalize with people who are in this freak-out. It reminds me of Y2K. Remember that? Some people are too young. That was a crazy time to be living in a liberal city. Some guy actually handed me a flyer about planning what to do with poop when Y2K happens. You can't respond rationally to people in freak-out mode. It just gets them more upset.
The hard fact of the matter is that we don't know what the future holds. I'm glad I live in a rural area, even though life is harder here in many ways. I live at a slower pace and I don't get thrown off balance easily.
Palestinians have the Israelis.
Americans have Republicans.
Two blocs of powerful people that are actively trying to kill the other.
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American Medical Association finds people in US are sick for an average of 12.4 years, an increase from figure in 2000Maya Yang (The Guardian)
A lot of hoopla about Google's new quantum computer chip. To put it into perspective, in 2019, largest quantum ICs had ~50 physical qubits. Google's new chip has 105. Experts estimate practical applications of quantum computing when scale reaches a million+, maybe in 60-70 years' time? (If ever)
(That is to say that the applications we're reading about in the Google press releases would require 1M+ physical qubits)
We seem to have entered the era of constant hype. As one hype cycle ends, another starts.
Unfortunately I know a lot of folks who are *desperate* to believe the future has arrived. The salespeople must be rubbing their hands with anticipation.
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
Protests remain the most dangerous place for journalists in the U.S.
In 2024, nearly half of all arrests were at hands of NYPD, spiking from April through May during protests at Columbia University.
Our annual arrest report:
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While revelers and protesters alike gathered near New York City’s Times Square on Dec. 31, 2023, a freelance reporter rang …U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Norway’s two governing parties want to scrap an electricity interconnector to Denmark, with the junior coalition partner also calling for a renegotiation of power links to the UK and Germany, as sky-high prices trigger panic in the rich Nordic country.
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Country’s energy minister describes ‘shit situation’ as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009Richard Milne (Financial Times)
Makes sense!
I think it should have been Harris, with subtitle: "Unburdened by what might have been"!
* Callback to Kamalaisn "Unburdened by what has been".
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Kamala Harris' biggest impact on meme culture has been her weird (or maybe wise?) turns of phrase.Aidan Walker (Know Your Meme)
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Q: Under what legal authority does the US have a force posture in Syria
Singh: I’m sorry, what is the question
Q: What legal authority, either national or international, does the US have a true presence of force posture in Syria
Singh: We’ve had a true presence and arrangement there for a number of years
In other words, it's an illegal occupation. Welcome to the rules based world order.
@rameshgupta Russia was invited to Syria by the internationally recognized government of Syria. The US invaded Syria and occupied food and oil producing energy starving Syrians.
I advice you to learn about the subject you opine on in the future as not to make a clown of yourself in public.
Reminder for the diseased centrists and bothsiders
#BrianThompson of #UnitedHealthCare killed more Americans than any terrorist.
His decision on policies that denied life saving critical care, to preserve his fat paycheck and shareholders winnings killed as much as any WMD could.
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The W3C @tag has published a Statement of Ethical Web Principles to guide the community to build a better web.
The web is a fundamental part of our lives, shaping how we work, connect, and learn. We understand that with this profound impact comes the responsibility to ensure that the web serves as a platform that benefits people and delivers positive social outcomes. 1/4
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The Ethical Web Principles, which build on W3C’s core values and principles in the web and its architecture, are a call to action for the web industry and for W3C itself, aiming to deliver positive social outcomes.W3C
The Ethical Web Principles are as much a guide in ethical thinking across the web industry as they are a guide for the work of the W3C community by providing a concise set of principles to assist spec developers, authors, and reviewers in their work.
Furthermore, the document outlines how we, as an organization, define the power and purpose of the web, from an ethical standpoint.
These principles are not merely theoretical; they constitute a call to action. 2/4
How many of your members violate these policies and what action will you take against them?
Google?
Meta?
Adobe?
Microsoft?
US Department of Homeland Security?
TikTok?
IAB?
IBM?
Oracle?
Samsung?
Snap?
Yahoo!?
Or, how about UnitedHealth Group?
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The W3C @tag has published a Statement of Ethical Web Principles to guide the community to build a better web. @torgo@mastodon.social and @wz43rtx noted: The web is a fundamental part of our lives, shaping how we work, connect, and learn.w3c.social
Odd… no reply?
So the Ethical Web Principles do not apply to your own members? You’re happy to have members that violate your own Ethical Web Principles?
Are these Ethical Web Principles only for non-W3C members?
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"Way of life" which exploits others must die. May it be soon.
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