Mit einer neuen Verordnung zur Umsetzung des Selbstbestimmungsgesetzes will das Bundesinnenministerium frühere Geschlechtseinträge und Vornamen dauerhaft speichern und an andere Behörden übermitteln. Die Begründung bleibt vage – die Kritik von Verbänden ist dafür umso deutlicher.
Donald Trump’s Greatest “Triumph”
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"Yes, he’s done quite a job so far and, in a way, it couldn’t be simpler to describe. Somehow, he’s managed to take the greatest looming threat to humanity and put it (excuse the all-too-appropriate image) on the back burner. I’m thinking, of course, about climate change. My guess is that you haven’t read much More
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Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
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A formula for writing alt tag or alternative text for data visualizations like charts and graphs.Amy Cesal (Nightingale)
“Move fast and break things.”
The things:
- Human rights
- Our habitat
- Democracy
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"Because electricity is more costly for data centers than water, companies often prioritize building their facilities in places with cheap power, even if the area is drought stricken. That has exacerbated water shortages across the world, Ms.Mastodon
A whole continent of culture is incapable of maintaining the modern industries and luxuries they were given by Western Society because they don't even the word Maintenance in their language to maintain these glorious gifts. Don't blame the West. It's a You problem.
Learning the Right Lessons From Britain’s Response to 7/7
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"On July 7, 2005, four young men carried out coordinated suicide bombings on London’s public transport system, killing 52 people and injuring over 700. The attackers weren’t foreign operatives; they were British citizens. The shock was profound. The country mourned, then mobilized. The government promised security measures. Laws were
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The car chase scene with Lt. Bullitt in a 1968 Ford Mustang chasing 2 hit men in a 1968 Dodge Charger showed the improved handling of a lighter weight vehicle in city driving. But it seemed ridiculous the way it caught back up to the Charger on the open road after the bad guys had caused the Mustang to slide out and stop.
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Should We Garden Our Forests?
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"A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management “Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon,” found that older larch and ponderosa pine are suffering increased death rates. Old growth ponderosa pine like this are dying due to climate change and increased competition for resources like water. Photo by George Wuerthner The More
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A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management “Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon,” found thatGeorge Wuerthner (CounterPunch.org)
In a remarkable upset, progressive State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoralNick Licata (CounterPunch.org)
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Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/13/25).Ryan Cristián (The Last American Vagabond)
Survey across six continents uncovers accounts of abuse causing defenders to fear for their safetyClea Skopeliti (The Guardian)
National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fastPhoebe Weston (The Guardian)
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Trump Confuses Telling Blatant Lies With a Straight Face With Competence
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"We all know and expect that a president’s top appointees are picked in large part because of their willingness to carry out a president’s agenda. But usually these are people with some experience in the areas that they are overseeing. Insofar as this is not the case, they can generally rely on the
L’État, la révolution et l’autogestion. La question autogestionnaire et la gauche en France depuis 1968
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The ongoing 21-month-long war in Gaza has seen more than 58,000 killed and 100,000 wounded as Israeli attacks continue amid rising numbers of child deaths from malnutrition.www.globalissues.org
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The finding comes amid growing calls for a wealth tax among Labour MPsArchie Mitchell (The Independent)
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On July 7, 2005, four young men carried out coordinated suicide bombings on London’s public transport system, killing 52 people and injuring over 700. TheAmeer Al-Auqaili (CounterPunch.org)
We all know and expect that a president’s top appointees are picked in large part because of their willingness to carry out a president’s agenda. ButDean Baker (CounterPunch.org)
The United States' latest tariffs on Europe and Mexico demand a bold European response to reshape the global order.Mario Pianta (Social Europe)
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#Slovakia blocks the 18th package of sanctions against #Russia
#EU's 18th package of sanctions against Russia was not finally adopted, as Slovakia vetoed it, blocking the process.
#frauUrsula and Callas, the Nazi duo of @EU_Commission went nuts
Trump Repeats Claim Epstein Files Are 'Made-Up' Democratic Hoax
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President Trump on Tuesday repeated his fantastical claim that Democrats 'made-up' the Epstein Files just to hurt him -- even though they too kept them from the publicInformationLiberation
"Took a walk through US Congress today, one foreign flag is omnipresent in these halls"
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Mandy Patinkin with the right kind of rage for this moment:
Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckglpk… "We focus on these incidents, but of course these weren't the only children killed in Gaza [on Sunday]," Rose said.
"Every single day, since the start of the war, an average of classroom full of children have been killed."
Mahmoud Abdul Rahman's son, Abdullah, was among six children who died at a water distribution point in Gaza on Sunday.David Gritten (BBC News)
Chinese court sentences a Japanese man to more than 3 years in prison on espionage charges
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It is ironic that gun purchases by the typical conservative types has drastically gone down as purchases by liberals has gone drastically UP since November. Shit like this is why, and I'm not going to shed any tears if bullies get shot. If you think gun culture is all MAGA, check into the
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Déclaration du Pôle de Renaissance communiste en France
Le 14 juillet 1935, le grand défilé parisien du Front populaire impulsé par le PCF et par la CGTU sous les plis mêlés des drapeaux rouges et tricolores se concluait au stade Buffalo aux accents de la Marseillaise et de l’Internationale tour à tour entonnées par Jacques Duclos. Allait suivre la victoire du Front populaire aux élections de 36 avec à la clef, la dissolution des ligues fascistes, les grèves accompagnées des occupations d’usine, de grandes avancées sociales et surtout…. la classe ouvrière devenant pour la première fois l’avant-garde reconnue de la Nation à l’initiative du Parti communiste français.
Le 14 juillet 1945, une immense manifestation parisienne célébrait la victoire des peuples sur le nazisme à l’issue. Le rôle déterminant de l’Armée rouge dans la victoire remportée sur Hitler était alors universellement reconnu et, en France même, nul ne se fût risqué à minimiser l’importance de la Résistance communiste intérieure dans la libération de notre pays. Du reste, le « Parti des Fusillés » obtenait alors près de 30% des suffrages tandis que la CGT réunifiée présidée par Frachon comptait cinq millions d’adhérents… Aile marchante du gouvernement d’unité patriotique issu du CNR, les ministres communistes Thorez, Croizat, Billoux, Marcel Paul, Casanova (Duclos étant alors président de l’Assemblée nationale) allaient promptement mettre en place la Sécurité sociale, les retraites par répartition, la généralisation des conventions collectives, le Code du travail, les statuts du fonctionnaire, du mineur et de l’électricien-gazier. Ce volet social était d’ailleurs adossé aux nationalisations de Renault, de l’Énergie, de l’Aéronautique (SNECMA), des Charbonnages et des principales banques. Tout cela fut accompli en deux ans car dès 1947, les ministres communistes furent exclus du gouvernement sur l’ordre des États-Unis désireux d’engager mondialement la croisade antisoviétique qu’on allait bientôt surnommer « guerre froide ».
Eh bien, le 14 juillet 2025 dessiné par Macron se situera aux antipodes de ces deux 14 juillet dignes du grandiose 14 juillet 1789. Sous l’impulsion du pouvoir actuel, la France officielle est en effet devenue le fer de lance de la marche à la guerre continentale que projette l’UE-OTAN arrimée aux dirigeants maladivement anti-russes de Londres. En témoigne le très agressif pacte militaire conclu ce 10 juillet, sans la moindre consultation préalable des deux Parlements nationaux concernés, par MM. Macron et Starmer en vue de la coordination des forces nucléaires anglaise et française. Cette marche de plus en plus précipitée des forces euro-atlantiques vers le « conflit global de haute intensité » tourné contre la Russie, mais aussi contre la Chine populaire (ouvertement ciblée par la cheffe de la « diplomatie » européenne Kaja Kallas), vise à maintenir l’hégémonie planétaire chancelante de l’Axe euro-atlantique (flanqué du régime pronazi de Kiev et des dirigeants génocidaires d’Israël !) sur la « majorité mondiale » que représente notamment le mouvement planétaire des BRICS. Y compris si cette hégémonie devait être préservée au prix d’une troisième guerre mondiale possiblement exterminatrice pour notre pays, si ce n’est pour toute l’humanité, voire pour l’ensemble du vivant ?
Ajoutons que le prétendu « isolationnisme » de Donald Trump et son soi-disant « abandon » de Kiev relèvent en réalité d’une nouvelle division du travail entre les forces euro-atlantiques, Trump préparant avant tout une guerre d’agression contre la Chine sur fond de mainmise israélo-américaine sur le Proche-Orient alors que l’UE, à nouveau dominée par l’impérialisme allemand en plein réarmement, est chargée par Trump de mener la charge contre la Fédération de Russie.
En outre, la marche à la guerre impérialiste s’accompagne comme toujours d’une régression sociale massive que le gouvernement Bayrou-Retailleau est chargé de mener contre ce qui subsiste des conquêtes de la Libération et du produire en France industriel, halieutique et agricole.
Enfin, les processus de fascisation de l’UE, mais aussi de la Ve « République » en voie de dissolution dans l’État fédéral européen en gestation, s’accélèrent sur fond de montée des extrêmes droites et d’euro-criminalisation des mouvements de soutien à Gaza. Du reste, l’euro-banalisation des néonazis kiéviens s’accompagne de persécutions anticommunistes caractérisées (Tchéquie, Ukraine, Pologne…), tout cela dans l’absolu silence de la fausse gauche atlantiste.
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Asian shares are mixed after Nvidia nudges Nasdaq to a record, while other US stocks slump
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Firms like OpenAI are developing AI in a way that has deeply ominous implications for workers in many different fields. The current trajectory of AI can only be changed through direct confrontation with the overweening power of the tech giants.jacobin.com
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#US sanctions and tariffs did their job, perfectly.
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In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others
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"Second week of Trump’s damage control on the Epstein coverup…
He’s sticking with the story that the Epstein Files are a Democrat hoax. Is literally anyone buying that? What a joke."
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Near the beginning of Trump’s second term, the Department of Agriculture stopped the flow of some of the money that pays for deliveries of products like meats, eggs, and vegetables known as “bonus commodities” through The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, to charitable organizations like food banks. TEFAP is one of the primary ways that state and federal governments have ensured food reaches communities in need in the aftermath of climate-fueled disasters like a hurricane or heatwave.In March, the USDA also moved to end future rounds of funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program. These two programs, which are also designed to support emergency food providers such as food banks, were slated to distribute more than a billion dollars this fiscal year to states, tribes, and territories.
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The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.Ayurella Horn-Muller (Grist)
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Dijon : Le quartier des Lentillères veut changer la ville entière !
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"Le Quartier libre des Lentillères est un haut lieu de lutte niché au cœur de Dijon qui réinvente le rapport à nos communs et à notre autonomie. Du 30 mai au 1er juin 2025, les Lentillères fêtaient leurs 15 ans d'existence lors d'une grande fête. Retour sur l'histoire de ce lieu et sur le vécu des personnes y habitant.
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Le Quartier libre des Lentillères est un haut lieu de lutte niché au cœur de Dijon qui réinvente le rapport à nos communs et à notre autonomie. Du 30 mai au 1er juin 2025, les Lentillères fêtaient leurs 15 ans d’existence lors d’une grande fête.unioncommunistelibertaire.org
High speed of development of Huawei's phone CPUs, 3 generations of chips in 2 years
Sidenote: its insane how chipmakers refer to CPUs as 7 nanometer, 2 nanometer, etc, since there is absolutely no component or wire inside the CPU that is actually this small, it purely a marketing term lol
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A new rumor claims that Huawei is developing the Kirin 9030 for the Mate 80 lineup and it is allegedly 20 percent faster than the previous generationWccftech
Recapping Candace Owens' FAILED Hit Job
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You want a website, but you’re not looking to break the bank. That’s a solid plan.
There are plenty of “budget” or “low-cost” web design options out there. If you’re careful, you can get a site that’s both affordable and effective. But too many people end up with a site that’s glitchy, outdated, or just doesn’t work because they fell into common pitfalls.
If you’re going for a budget site, great. Just dodge these mistakes to save time, money, and frustration.
People often make one of two errors. Some assume a cheap website is guaranteed to be terrible. Others think they’re getting a high-end site for pennies.
Both are off-base.
You can absolutely get a clean, functional website without spending thousands, especially if you need something simple—a few pages, basic info, or a contact form. But “cheap” doesn’t mean you’re getting a custom-built site with all the bells and whistles. Be realistic.
That said, don’t dismiss affordable designers just because their prices are low. Some are new and eager to build their portfolios. Others use tools like Squarespace or WordPress to work efficiently. A skilled cheap website designer delivers value by focusing on what you need.
Look at their past work. Have a chat. If their style fits your goals, you’re set.
The biggest mistake is hiring someone to “make a website” without a clear idea of what it’s for. You end up with a site that looks fine but doesn’t do the job.
Before you start, figure out:
You don’t need a detailed spec sheet, just a sense of direction. Without it, you’ll get a generic or mismatched site, and even a cheap site is a waste if it doesn’t work.
A budget site still needs a purpose.
Fast work is fine, but sloppy work isn’t.
Some cheap website designers are quick because they’ve got their process down to a science. That’s great. But if someone offers to whip up a full site in a day without asking about your needs, that’s a warning sign.
A solid designer, even an affordable one, will take time to understand your audience, message, and preferences. It doesn’t need to be a long process, but a quick discussion is essential.
Don’t rush them either. Demanding a complete site overnight leads to mistakes. A good cheap website designer needs a few days to organize content, choose images, and test everything.
Take the time to get it right. It’ll pay off.
Your site has to work on phones. It needs to load fast. And you should be able to update it without relying on the designer for every change.
Many cheap websites miss these basics. They might look decent on a computer but break on mobile. Or they’re slowed down by clunky code or too many plugins. Or they’re built in a way that makes simple changes a nightmare.
That’s not a bargain—it’s a liability.
Even a low-cost site should be mobile-friendly and quick. If it’s built on a platform like WordPress, you should be able to edit text or images yourself. Ask the designer how updates work and what maintenance is needed.
Test it before it goes live. Don’t just hope it’s okay.
Websites aren’t a “build it and leave it” thing. They need a bit of care. Too many people get a cheap site, put it online, and forget about it. A year later, links are broken, forms don’t work, and the content’s outdated.
Even a simple site needs occasional attention. Update your info. Check that forms and links still function. Refresh the look if it feels stale.
A good cheap website designer builds a site that’s easy to manage. Ask them what’s needed to keep it running—maybe monthly checks or software updates. And make sure you know how to reach them if something breaks.
You can get an awesome site on a budget if you’re smart about it.
You don’t need fancy animations or custom code. You need a site that shows who you are, communicates your message, and makes it easy for visitors to take action.
Stay within your budget, but don’t chase the cheapest option blindly. Know what you want, stay involved, and communicate clearly. That’s how you get a website that’s both affordable and worth every cent.
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Russia may hope to use Trump's 50-day window to wear down Ukraine, but quick gains seem unlikely
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Native American radio stations at risk as Congress looks to cut $1B in public broadcasting funding
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Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL
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I have over 400 physical DVDs and over 300 physical CDs. I buy them, I rip them, and then I put them in a box.
And I'm kind of wondering why I keep them. Why not rip and resell? I'm not planning to buy enough shelf space for all that. I like the convenience of having a media server.
I've got other stuff I'm storing in my storage unit, so it doesn't cost me anything to keep them, but still. Why?
I've got 4 copies of the music, but only 2 of the movies.
I was thinking about how all the music is MP3s because that's what we had back then, but now all the cool kids are using FLAC. So maybe I should start ripping in FLAC.
I got rid of my vinyl and cassettes before confirming I could get everything in a digital format. There's music I'll never hear again. At least this time I made copies first.
Looking at you Cerbral Corps and your original release of Oxide Socks.
Rough times for broadcast networks illustrate changing media landscape
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Vance heads to Pennsylvania to launch the White House's first major push to sell Trump's big bill
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Translated lede: "#ICE declares itself above the US judicial system and claims millions of undocumented #immigrants are ineligible for bond hearings while being held for #deportations", which is a scumbag maneuver to have them simply give up and leave, instead of pursuing their case and being locked down for months or years.
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Currently no paywall, but anyway archive.ph/washingtonpost.com/… #AmericanGestapo #gestapo
How Trump could use a building renovation to oust the Fed chair
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