The Trump administration's plans to convert some 50,000 civil servants into at-will employees has some worried that essential government functions will be politicized.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me, baby
Do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
Happy Christmas
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you"
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now
I know you'd fool me again
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Oh, oh, baby
A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My god, I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover, but you tore me apart
Now I've found a real love. You'll never fool me again
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
I gave you my heart
A man under cover, but you tore him apart
Maybe next year I'll give it to someone—
I'll give it to someone special
Special
Someone
Someone
I'll give it to someone—
I'll give it to someone special
Who give me something in return
I'll give it to someone—
Hold my heart and watch it burn
I'll give it to someone—
I'll give it to someone—
I'll give it to someone special
I thought you were here to stay
How could you love me for a day
I thought you were someone special
Gave you my heart
I'll give it to someone—
I'll give it to someone—
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
You gave it away
I'll give it to someone—
I'll give it to someone—
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US farmers face a tough outlook as China's imports of various US agricultural products plummeted in May.
The trade war and China's concerns about the long-term relationship with the US could have deep implications for global supply chains and the US farm sector.
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China’s imports of a slew of US farm goods plummeted in May. Analysts say the trade may never fully recover.Mia Nulimaimaiti (South China Morning Post)
Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto
Link: thedeletedscenes.substack.com/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A "magical" experience, and what we get when we let people pursue their passionsAddison Del Mastro (The Deleted Scenes)
Capitalism is when the guy who builds a social media app and shares it freely with the world gets next to nothing for their effort while the fascist convicted criminal who uses their work makes billions.
Please, tell me again how capitalism breeds innovation. All it breeds are greedy psychopathic parasites (aka billionaires).
(Trump’s Truth Social is built on Mastodon which is licensed under AGPL. You should all continue pressuring them to keep releasing the source.)
github.com/boehs/truthsocial/t…
#truthSocial #mastodon #capitalism masto.ai/@Nonilex/114733459914…
🎺🐤👱♂️ Automatically updated dump of Truth Social's source code (reskinned Mastodon) - boehs/truthsocialGitHub
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Mastodon is licensed under the AGPLv3-or-later.
The AGPLv3 doesn't require making the source code publicly available - only providing it to the users that it does the computation of.
If there is a refusal to provide the corresponding source to such users, that is a case of copyright infringement, which the copyright holders can respond to by permanently terminating the license.
@Suiseiseki The guy is a complete idiot. Truth Social does provide it's source code to both it's Mastodon and Soapbox forks. It's just that they don't put them in Git (or any other version control) repositories, only as downloadable ZIP files.
ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, one of the world’s leading Earth observation conferences, opened today in Vienna.
#earth #science #space #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Taktische Nuklearwaffen – Welche Folgen hätte ein begrenzter Atomkrieg?
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🔥 This isn't "national defense." This is robbery.
And you're the mark.
💰 Bleeding the country dry at a rate of more than $32 million per hour.
💸 Contractors charging $71 for 4-cent pins.
🩸 $10 TRILLION blown since 2001.
Our real "national emergency"
tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/…
In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen (Operation Rough Rider), bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing scores of civilians), deployed greater numbers of troops and multiple aircraft carriers to the Middle Ea…John Whitehead (Tenth Amendment Center)
Cataphract: Medieval-fantasy roleplaying wargame, in the Black-Sea C. 1300
Link: samsorensen.blot.im/cataphract…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Cataphracts commanders: there is no actionable intelligence in this post. Read on. About two months ago, I reread several series on militarysamsorensen.blot.im
Jon Elmer, contributing editor, reports on the first week of the war with Iran launched by Israel on the morning of 13 June 2025. The full broadcast is avail...YouTube
The PC port of Mario Kart 64 is out
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There's also already a functioning Dreamcast port
This project is still a work-in-progress and has a rare crash for a small minority of users. Custom track import works however, all features are not yet supp...YouTube
Future Cities, a full-length documentary takes us inside the bustling Chinese city of Shenzhen.
We examine the unique manufacturing ecosystem that has emerged, gaining access to the world’s leading hardware-prototyping culture whilst challenging misconceptions from the west. The film looks at how the evolution of “Shanzhai” – or copycat manufacturing – has transformed traditional models of business, distribution and innovation, and asks what the rest of the world can learn from this so-called “Silicon Valley of hardware".
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the vibe on X today is awesome
Sure, there are trolls but they are way outnumbered
@DrJRobinson23
Zacchaeus climbed a tree just to see Jesus - and ended up dining with Him. Small steps of curiosity can lead to massive encounters.
#Indigenous #nativeamerican #native
Attached: 1 image The Native American 10 Commandments #Indigenous #nativeamerican #nativeMastodon 🐘
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Reminder: The web you might miss of the 1990s or 20'00s is still out there!
So I feel no reason to miss it!
Its just that now these cottages lie within the shadow of corporate skyscrapers which dominate the skyline.
For all the vilification "the deep web" gets (not that there's a clear demarcation), I see most of the harm lying on the surface!
3Dsen (3D NES emulator) reaches ver 1.0
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3DSen Maker: https://geod.itch.io/3dsen-maker3DSen PC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/11479403DSen VR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/954280Homepage:...YouTube
Empire is losing the narrative and its grip on the masses.
Empire always pairs physical war with media propaganda campaigns.
And right now, the propaganda is propaganda-ing.
The toxic and manipulative abuser (i.e. United States Empire) will go to any lengths to try to maintain control and possession. Fortunately, more people in the imperial core are recognizing this.
Donald Trump has dragged the United States into another unnecessary war because his “America First” agenda is failing at home. He is using big bombs like a little man.
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We will all pay the costs of this war, though we can’t yet know how high they will be.rev-dr-william-j-barber-ii (Common Dreams)
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New post on my #knitting blog: about our Solstice celebrations, baking breads, sewing clothes, knitting toys, and trying to not to succumb to despair.
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This weekend we celebrated the Summer Solstice. Starting last Fall, we got a set of wool felt ball garlands to hang in our living room, each one in a colorway we felt aligned nicely with Fall, Wint…whit::knits
Interesting podcast discussing the Iran bombing & things to go back & re-watch & pay attention to. .
RESPECT: Talking Fake News w/ Derek Johnson
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TONIGHT ON RESPECT, FAKE NEWS!FAKE NEWS!, and we’re not just talking FAKENEWS7NY!This week I have the honor and pleasure of sitting down and talking FAKE NEWS, with the one and only DEREK JOHNSON!JoinRumble
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O mundo explodindo e eu triste porque a roupa de cama nova com lençol de elástico depois de ser lavada e colocada em uso nunca mais será dobrada tão corretamente quanto chegou.
Desejem-me #forçaguerreiro
Does your government allow lawmakers to accept "donations" from billionaires or their proxies?
That is exactly how the road to full fascism happens
Republican Bill Would Legalize DOGE and Let Trump Dismantle Everything
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Donald Trump’s DOGE team is on dubious legal footing. Republicans have an efficiency bill to let him tear apart the federal government.Douglas Lucas (Rolling Stone)
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TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – The Iranian Health Ministry gave an assurance that no radiation leaks threaten the health of people following the military attacks by the US and Israel on the country’s nuclear facilities.Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (Mehr News Agency)
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The case for a Canadian wealth tax; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/06/23/bil…
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Here's a Brit you should take seriously.
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AA Parvini on ww3, or "will he have to eat his hot cigar?"The US Attack on Iran: A Prelude to World War III?
Special stream about Donald Trump ordering a strike on Iran's Nuclear Facilities and the potential for the conflict to escalate.Buy courses here: https://www...YouTube
Articles about politics, economy, culture, history, sports, tourism in DPRKwww.pyongyangtimes.com.kp
After President Trump’s attack on Iran over the weekend, civil society leaders are organizing to demand an end to the violence.Democracy Now!
Reform UK believes the plans for a Britannia card will make the UK ‘incredibly attractive’ to the wealthy, but tax expert Dan Neidle has warned it will leave a massive black holeDavid Maddox (The Independent)
Nigel's last name sounds like the Malay word for Vagina.
This is in no way relevant or important, but I think it's an amusing coincidence.
Honestly, I don't see the purpose of even getting into public office if yours is not the voice you use, their ideas are the ones you put forward, and their projects are the ones you vote on.
Nothing you would is your own. Why even bother then?
Activists documented 411 incidents of foxes being chased or killed – a 13 per cent increase on the year before
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim…
Exclusive: Activists documented 411 incidents of foxes being chased or killed – a 13 per cent increase on the year beforeJane Dalton (The Independent)
The British government has carefully refused to publicly reveal whether it supported the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, and even whether it deems the attack to be lawful.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
Details about how Meta's nearly Manhattan-sized data center will impact consumers' power bills are still secret.Roshan Abraham (404 Media)
A new rule could deny benefit to more than a million disabled people — even those needing daily care. Here’s how it works & how to fight backMike Sivier (Vox Political)
If Trump calls, Starmer may faithfully follow him to war on Iran. But people in Britain are unlikely to take that lying down.The Canary
Journalist puts German foreign ministry official on the spot and UK PM parrots Israeli talking points A German foreign ministry official has said that international law banning attacks on nuclear f…SKWAWKBOX
This decision is part of a campaign by the British state to quell direct action movements ~ James Horton ~ Palestine Action, it was announced on Friday, is set to become a proscribed group.anarchy (Freedom Press)
A major problem with letting billionaires decide how your country is run is that they will back whichever psycho promises the lowest taxes and least regulation, no matter how completely batshit and unfit that person is:
hamiltonnolan.com/p/nations-ar…
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Do you deserve to die for your own bad government?Hamilton Nolan (How Things Work)
"Some of y'all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don't exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us."
cr: @EpiEllie
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
Louis D. Brandeis
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@amiserabilist
Here's a short story by Lord Dunsany, written in 1915, about the food of the day. It's pertinent.
THE FOOD OF DEATH
Death was sick. But they brought him bread that the modern bakers make, whitened with alum, and the tinned meats of Chicago, with a pinch of our modern substitute for salt. They carried him into the dining-room of a great hotel (in that close atmosphere Death breathed more freely), and there they gave him their cheap Indian tea. They brought him a bottle of wine that they called champagne. Death drank it up. They brought a newspaper and looked up the patent medicines; they gave him the foods that it recommended for invalids, and a little medicine as prescribed in the paper. They gave him some milk and borax, such as children drink in England.
Death arose ravening, strong, and strode again through the cities.
Exclusive: Elbit Systems pushed for retrial after charges against Palestine Action co-founders were dismissed, new documents show.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
When Albie Amankona spoke out on racism, the rightwing channel that claims to defend free speech dropped him. But GB News can’t operate above the law.Good Law Project
What the f*** is wrong with this government???
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But decision to attack Iran was only Trump’s to make – arrogance of ‘poodle’ UK government ought to be shocking UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he told his Iranian…SKWAWKBOX
The real aggressors
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From China to Iran, here's the full list of the countries the US has bombed since the Second World War.TLE (The London Economic)
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the crisis engendered by the Israeli aggression against Iran on the afternoon of June 19,2025.Friends of Socialist China
Israeli bombing of the #Evin #prison in #Tehran was much heavier than the media reported earlier.
The #hospital and the administrative office of the prison were also bombed
#IDF says they dropped over 100 bombs on Tehran this morning.
Video shared on #BlueSky
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And #Telegram:
t.me/newsvideofa/3472
#Iran #Israel #IranUnderAttack #StopIsrael #StopGenocide
#WarOnIran #WarCrime
@iran @israel
Israeli bombing of the #Evin #prison in #Tehran was much heavier than the media reported earlier. The #hospital and the administrative office of the prison were also bombed #IDF says they dropped over 100 bombs on Tehran this morning.Telegram
Day 35! No more neck burns, shredded tongue, chemo etc. Now the healing begins!
The highest CO2 levels in 50,000 years is still 10 times less than our current anthropogenic climate nightmare.Darren Orf (Popular Mechanics)
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Am Dienstag will das Kabinett die Finanzplanung des Bundes beschließen. Laut Regierungskreisen soll der Verteidigungshaushalt enorm wachsen.
Klingbeil will mehr Schulden machen: Wehretat soll bis 2029 auf 153 Milliarden Euro anwachsen
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sage advice
@ElliottBlackwe3
In the midst of destruction, we must bring forth creation in whatever form we are able: paint, dance, sing, write, take photographs, cultivate a garden, bake, connect with someone, be fully present to beauty & offer it back to a world that desperately needs it to survive.
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We have completed our very successful attack on Hawaii. All planes are now outside of America air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Pearl Harbor. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great Japanese Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Holy cow - my current supervisor is one of the dumbest but also most arrogant idiots I've ever had to work with.
He knows as much about finances and budgeting as a blind person knows about colors. Every time he opens his mouth he makes things worse.
I used those think of this sort of thing as a kind of personal insult.
I’ve decided instead that it’s just a reflection of the brokenness within the organization and that I am not going to be able to fix it.
It’s a clear message that the people who put the idiot there have no idea what they are doing either!
No need to stress, no need to try to change things. Just keep them from hurting you as best you can.
@Jagahati
Yes - at this point I no longer feel the need to do "damage control" - I just keep my head down and cover my six with paper trails all over the place (and make connections with other folks churning in the lower ranks with me so we can cover each other's backs).
I can't stop the stupid. This tidal wave is too big to push back.
On June 8-13 a Chinese delegation headed by member of the Politburo of the CCP and Vice Premier He Lifeng visited the United Kingdom. The unprecedentedВладимир Терехов (New Eastern Outlook)
This isn't just about one person — it’s about changing the rules so no billionaire can dodge responsibility, anywhere.Greenpeace International
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GH15 prayer for June 23, 2025
Peace Through Strength - My Response to the Strike on Iran
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El Govern de l'estat espanyol continua finançant el genocidi a Gaza 🇵🇸
Dades públiques de comerç exterior mostren que a l'abril de 2025 Espanya va comprar a Israel bombes per valor de més de 3.3 milions d'euros.
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#EmbargamentAIsraelJa
#StopArmesAmbIsrael
Proposed gas plants in Wisconsin pose health risks, report finds Pollution from the plants could contribute to heart attacks, ER visits, and long-term health harms over decades https://yaleclimateconnections.Mastodon
TIL: Axel Health (axelhealth.com/) is still using Debian 8 - From 2015 💀
I don't know if they are actually using it only for the displays (that show patient numbers etc) or for the central configuration server, but in either case that's diabolical.
Holy shit
Axel Healthin ratkaisut helpottavat potilaiden asiointia, tukevat ammattilaisten päivittäistä työtä sekä auttavat organisaatioita tehostamaan toimintaansa.www.axelhealth.com
once saw a dentist chair running outdated windows 7 (yes, after EOL) with an anti-virus security alert popup which was ignored, and a horribly outdated Java version installed that was begging for updates
this person was doing minor surgery with that machine daily, I had no choice but to let them use a probably malware'd device on my face, or leave and pray the next guy isn't as stupid
nothing about this is fun
@froge on one side of this, the good news is that a lot of the devices have no reason to be online for normal functionality and can be air gapped to hell
on the other side though, even if a network is air gapped, lateral movement of scum like ransomware can still disable the devices and if nobody took a disk image of it while it was still working, it's toast
I don't really consider hospitals to ever be correctly air-gapped because in reality there are like 6,000 endpoints literally a single hop away from the "air gapped" devices with full internet access, and hacking the firmware of something like an insulin or drug pump is laughably easy because they simply ignored computer security for 30 years, you can still buffer overflow to RCE on those things without any issues
@pluralistic@mamot.fr wrote about this in 2014/15 and from the new research I've seen very little has improved since then
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Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced on Saturday a new outage of fixed internet and landline services in the Gaza Strip and northern Gaza Strip governorates.The company explained in a statement that the outage was the result of targetingDAILY YEMEN
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