Eternal Father,
you inspired the Virgin Mary, mother of your Son,
to visit Elizabeth and assist her in her need.
Keep us open to the working of your Spirit,
and with Mary may we praise you for ever.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

________

May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

“It is for your own good!” says Romania’s hybrid regime


#politics #EU #democracy

EU is getting more authoritarian by the day. Kill the beast !

In January 2025, The Economist delivered a devastating verdict: Romania had become the European Union's first "hybrid regime", downgraded from its previous "flawed democracy" status in the British newspaper’s yearly Democracy Index. The trigger was Romania's Constitutional Court annulling the first round of presidential elections based on what The Economist described as "murky intelligence reports" with evidence that was "at best, questionable".


francezul.substack.com/p/it-is…

Full ban on Russian energy? EU continues to commit economic suicide


#politics #EU #suicide

As one German commentator observed: “The planned ban on Russian gas imports has little to do with the war in Ukraine — and everything to do with the American trade war. The EU is capitulating to Trump. The cost of that capitulation will be devastating, especially for Germany”.


thomasfazi.com/p/full-ban-on-r…

AI isn’t an existential threat to humanity, capitalism and corporations are.

You see, we created capitalism, a religion modeled on cancer, and the corporation, a new, artificial species; a parasite that co-opts human beings to do its bidding; an organism that’s psychopathic by design and grows by extracting from and exploiting us and our habitat.

And we now find ourselves ruled by this religion and driven to ruin by these parasites as they drain our humanity, destroy our habitat, and condemn our future.

Your enemy is capitalism.

Your enemy is the corporation.

This is an existential battle against a cancerous ideology and an invasive species for the survival of our own.

#capitalism #corporations #corporatocracy #humanity #humanRights #personhood #democracy #AI #technology

in reply to Aral Balkan

There's a long history linking substance abuse, alcoholism, and fascism, that is then used in excuse-making narratives whitewashing their conduct.

Musk may be an addict, but it in no way diminishes what he has done.

He is sane and culpable. He's trying to evade trials & lawsuits by claiming he was under the influence.

Richard J Evans "The Third Reich in History and Memory" and "The Pursuit of Power 1815-1914"

theguardian.com/books/2016/nov…

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in reply to Chris

I wanted to buy the last issue as Memorabilia, but their site is quite confusing.

When you try to buy it, the May 2025 issue on MagazinesDirect (where they point you to) shows the issue from two months earlier, (Make Linux Mobile) as the May 2025 issue, which I find confusing. If I buy, which one would I get?

Would I get "25 Years of Linux" or "Make Linux Mobile"?

My guess is that the paper editions get published late with a delay.

Edit: The June edition (published 29th April) has now appeared, so I guess that around the end of June, or beginning of July, the last issue will appear.

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Beschreibungen darüber was die israelische Armee in #Gaza eigentlich macht, abgesehen von dem Bombardieren von Zivilisten - vor allem einfach alles zu zerstören was an Häusern noch übrig ist, damit ja nie jemand mehr zurückkommen kann. Viel davon mit Bulldozern, zum beträchtlichen Teil gesteuert durch Zivilisten, Extremisten aus Siedlerbewegung

»Pressed by Trump on Gaza and Iran, #Netanyahu Looks for Scapegoats in #Israel«
haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0… (Paywall)

archive.today/aWInP

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in reply to stephie

Es ist also auch eine komplette Fehleinschätzung so zu tun, als wäre nur Netanyahu das Problem.

Wenn wir irgendwelche Äußerungen Netanyahus in den deutschen Medien hören, dann sind das - so übel sie auch klingen mögen - das was ihm diplomatisch vertretbar erscheint, bei dem schon der Druck der US-Regierung und anderer Regierungen mit eingepreist ist.
Echtes Handeln in Gaza, der Westbank wird bestimmt und umgesetzt von Extremisten die noch viel weiter rechts sind als Netanyahus Äußerungen.

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in reply to stephie

Deren Ziele sind auch nichts was irgendwie in einer Form unklar wäre: Komplette Vertreibung aller Palästinenser, oder eine Existenz ohne jede Menschenrechte, ohne jede Selbstbestimmung, ohne jede Bewegungsfreiheit.

Und diese Variante ist noch die freundlichere Variante der Extremisten in Israel. Wenn man der kürzlich in Haaretz veröffentlichten Umfrage glauben mag, dann ist ein beträchtlicher Teil der israelischen Gesellschaft noch deutlich extremer eingestellt.
(Siehe:norden.social/@stephie_hamburg…)

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The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com


#society #slop #misinformation #collapse

A pretty sure sign of a dying civilisation if you ask me.

Earlier this week, it was discovered that the Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer had both published an externally-produced "special supplement" that contained facts, experts, and book titles entirely made up by an AI chatbot [...]

The writer didn't care. The supplement's editors didn't care. The biz people on both sides of the sale of the supplement didn't care. The production people didn't care. And, the fact that it took two days for anyone to discover this epic fuckup in print means that, ultimately, the reader didn't care either.

It's so emblematic of the moment we're in, the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore.


dansinker.com/posts/2025-05-23…

Wes Moore, Tim Walz urge for a fiercer Democratic party at famed Jim Clyburn Fish Fry
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wes-moore-tim-walz-urge-fiercer-democratic-party/story?id=122368938&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News @news-abc

Over 100 killed as torrential rain unleashes floods in northern Nigeria
https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/31/over-100-killed-as-torrential-rain-unleashes-floods-in-northern-nigeria?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-euronews

europesays.com/2123492/ Spokane food organization pivots to year-round farmers market as food distribution funding ends | News #business #FARMERS #markets #spokane #SpokaneValley #washington

The YouTube AskTheSpiritGuides 30 day challenge workbook arrived yesterday early, no need to copy over from my spiritual journal now. There’s even a printable version available via link in the YouTube description. Here is a Photo of 30 day challenge workbook with botanical theme of my spiritual journal.
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Family and friends of escaped New Orleans inmates arrested for aiding in jail breakout
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-orleans-inmates-escape-arrests-b2761191.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News @news-Independent

Erstaunlich.

"Der frühere Wehrbeauftragte des Bundestages hält Beck „ein einseitiges Nachbeten dessen, wie Netanjahu seine Kriegsführung rechtfertigt und das Völkerrecht missachtet, weil keine Rücksicht auf die Zivilbevölkerung in Gaza genommen wird“ vor."

tagesspiegel.de/politik/streit…

Reverse engineering of Linear's sync engine

Link: github.com/wzhudev/reverse-lin…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

"..according to Israel’s own army, not a single example of 110 aid looting incidents was perpetrated by Hamas. The whole claim by Israel of Hamas stealing aid, used by Israel to justify mass starvation is a lie"
Owen Jones

#Israel #Gaza #Starvation #Genocide

Israel's 'aid' programme is genocidal
owenjones.news/p/israels-aid-p…

My School Banned Phones for the Year. Here's What Happened


#society #health #surveillance #control

We need to act fast or there'll be a whole generation of lobotomised morons...

I sighed and went around the room getting a quick read on how much screen time each student had accumulated. The class average neared 11 hours.
I said, “Guys. Guys. Let’s suppose you sleep 8 hours a day. That means you're awake for 16 hours a day. If you’re on your phone for 12 hours, that means you only spend 4 hours not looking at a two by four inch screen…Is that really how you want to spend your life?”
Most of the kids just shrugged.
Then one kid said, “What else is there to do?”
That’s how I know we’re in deep trouble.


afterbabel.com/p/my-school-ban…

in reply to FlikeNoir

@Christo_459 Alt text, second image: Recognising the symptoms
Measles typically begins with cold-like symptoms, including:
• High temperature
• Runny or blocked nose
• Sneezing
• Cough
• Red, sore, watery eyes
Small white spots may appear inside the cheeks and on the back of the lips a few days later, followed by a rash that usually starts on the face or behind the ears before spreading to the rest of the body. The rash may appear brown or red on lighter skin and can be harder to detect on darker skin tones. Symptoms usually appear 10-12 days after exposure.
Helen Benson, NHSGGC Consultant in Public Health, said:
"While Scotland and Greater Glasgow and Clyde have strong MMR uptake through the childhood vaccination programme, we cannot be complacent. Govanhill is one of the areas where uptake is lower, and although case numbers are low, there is a risk of community spread, especially with increased overseas travel during the holiday season.
"Measles is preventable with two doses of the MMR vaccine. We are offering weekly drop-in clinics for both adults and children and would encourage anyone who has missed one or both doses, to come along. The vaccine is free, completely safe, and this is great opportunity to catch up with any doses you may have missed to protect yourself and your family. Interpreters are available, and we welcome anyone who needs extra support.
"If you're unsure at all, you're welcome to pop-in for a chat with our immunisation team who will happily answer any questions that you may have too."
If you are unsure of your MMR vaccination status, or would like to find out about how to catch up with any missed MMR doses in your area, please visit the NHS Inform page on MMR vaccination for further information.
in reply to FlikeNoir

@Christo_459 Alt text, third image:

HSGGC MMR drop-in vaccination clinics
For children aged 12 months to 6 years:
• Govanhill Clinic (Sandyford Building, Calder Street, G42 7PE)
Every Tuesday
• 9:00am - 10:45am
• 11:20am - 1:05pm
• 2:00pm - 3:30pm
For adults:
• Tuesday 10 June 2025 9:00am - 3:30pm
The Community Wing (upstairs), The Shields Medical Practice, 80 McCulloch Street,
G41 1NX
• Every Tuesday evening from 17 June to 23 September 2025 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Govanhill Health Centre, 233 Calder Street, G42 7DR
• Saturday Clinics at Govanhill Health Centre (10:00am - 4:00pm):
• 28 June 2025 • 26 July 2025 • 23 August 2025
• 20 September 2025
For more information, visit: nhsggc.scot/your-health/general-vaccinations

Au-delà du "moment hamiltonien" #1: La colère des contrôleurs


#politique #UE #corruption #lacorde #guillotine2025

Hallucinante corruption. Il faut tout cramer, envoyer tous les gens au pouvoir à Cayenne à 8 par cellule, et repartir sur des bases saines.

Ivana Maletić et Jorg Kristijan Petrovič n’en démordent pas : à peu près rien ne va dans le “plan de relance” européen géant de 723 milliards d’euros décidé par les chefs d’Etat européens en 2020. Publié le 6 mai dernier, son 17ème document (rapport, note, évaluation divers) de la Cour des comptes européenne sur la “Facilité pour la relance et la résilience” (FRR) est sévère, comme les précédents. Manque de “surveillance des réformes annoncées”, “responsabilité des décideurs publics” vis à vis des contribuables et “transparence” insuffisantes, telles sont les “lacunes” pointées par les deux auditeurs lors d’une récente conférence de presse.


florenceautret.substack.com/p/…

Justice française : les parquets continuent de soutenir Alexis Kohler


#politique #corruption #lacorde #guillotine2025

L'analyse de l'excellent Marc Endeweld.

marcendeweld.substack.com/p/ju…

#commonLisp #emacs #smallweb #kitten screwlisp.small-web.org/kitten… #webdev

Eev (and lisp secret alien technology) made it /really/ easy and convenient to generate a kitten matching @aral's Tutorial 2: dynamic pages, kitten.small-web.org/tutorials… serve it and visit it inside emacs (just press F8 over and over again and it happens on its own).

I guess you can do it too...? What do you think? How much of a Hurkle itch is this giving you Aral ;p. It seems /really/ easy to get a fancy! #tls site up like this.

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How Israel and Witkoff Are Trying to Strong-Arm Hamas Into a Deal That Does Not End the Genocide dropsitenews.com/p/israel-hama…

Fremdwahrnehmung und Eigenwahrnehmung sind ja oft unterschiedliche Dinge.

Bei Carolin Kebekus war Anna-Lena Baerbock zu Gast & wurde zur "feministischen Außenpolitik" befragt, auf die Baerbock sichtlich stolz ist.(Ab min 16)

Aber irgendwie war die "feministische Außenpolitik" nirgendwo zu finden wenn es um Gaza ging, als sie dafür plädierte dass zivile Gebäuden den Schutzstatus verlieren - eine Einladung dazu Frauen und Kinder zu töten & Lebensgrundlagen zu vernichten ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDov…

in reply to stephie

Ich weiss nicht wie man darauf kommen kann von feministischer Außenpolitik zu sprechen, wenn es ihr während der eigenen Amtszeit so völlig egal war wenn es wirklich darauf ankommt und sie stattdessen aufmunternd auf die Schultern geklopft hat wenns darum ging gerade die Leben der vulnerabelsten Menschen zu gefährden, verletzten und zu töten.

news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1…

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Early signs of magnesium deficiency that are sometimes ignored
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/early-signs-of-magnesium-deficiency-that-are-sometimes-ignored/articleshow/121457147.cms?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into LIFESTYLE @lifestyle-TimesofIndia_

“We're widening sidewalks, improving intersections and crosswalks, and we're putting a lot of effort into improving bus infrastructure."
> When will Arlington's Columbia Pike Project finally be completed? wusa9.com/article/news/local/a…

Starving civilian populations is a long-standing strategy of war, used to break morale, force surrender, or weaken resistance—seen in sieges, blockades, and scorched-earth tactics throughout history.
> LIVE: Israel kills 2 Gaza aid seekers as UN warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’ aje.io/3tqtdr

aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20…

Ivan Krastev (FT) argues:

'The current wave of anti-liberalism is a revolt against double standards. In a society governed by mistrust the cynic is the only one to be trusted'...

He thinks voters have become fed up with the hypocrisy of the (declared) liberals, who manage to enrich themselves & their families when in Govt. & so prefer people who are at least open about their conflicts fo interest...

Its unlikely to be the full story, but it could be a contributory factor?

#politics

US defence chief warns of China threat as Beijing’s top brass skip summit
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/31/us-defence-chief-warns-of-china-threat-as-beijings-top-brass-skip-summit?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Global News @global-news-AlJazeera

Baba Vanga chilling prediction on 2030 COVID comeback goes viral as India reports spike in cases
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/astrology/zodiacs-astrology/baba-vanga-chilling-prediction-on-2030-covid-comeback-goes-viral-as-india-reports-spike-in-cases/articleshow/121532415.cms?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into ASTROLOGY @astrology-TimesofIndia_

This is why Trump won so handily
> Supreme Court lets Trump end legal protections for 500,000 migrants, exposing more to deportation bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/nat…

Aid Centers, Shelters Targeted as Ben-Gvir Urges Unrestrained Destruction #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/aid-cen…

'Africa a rich continent — we want equal partnership, not just aid' — South African envoy in Moscow odysee.com/Tandiwe_Thelma_Mgxw…

More train and bus trip editing capabilities, a new departure view, #OpenRailwayMap integration and a ton of new features in #Transitous - the past two months around #KDE Itinerary: volkerkrause.eu/2025/05/31/kde…

@kde

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Salvadoran Human Rights Group Reports at Least 415 Deaths in Custody Under State of Exception telesurenglish.net/salvadoran-…

»U.N. officials have also criticized Israeli limitations on what kind of aid they can provide.
"#Israeli authorities have not allowed us to bring in a single ready-to-eat meal. The only food permitted has been flour for bakeries. Even if allowed in unlimited quantities, which it hasn't been, it wouldn't amount to a complete diet for anyone," said Eri Kaneko, U.N. humanitarian affairs spokesperson.«

»Conditions in #Gaza are catastrophic despite renewed aid, UN says«
reuters.com/world/middle-east/…

#Palestine / Thousands of tons of food aid for Gaza are spoiling in Jordanian warehouses due to Israeli restrictions

Medical supplies are being rationed, while hundreds of millions of dollars worth of goods remain stranded, compounded by halted shipments from #Jordan and #Egypt. Aid organizations report #Israel is barring aid shipments, with concerns raised over a new Israeli-led “aid” organization and the safety of deliveries to starving populations.

npr.org/2024/06/13/1273508147/…

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@palestine
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