Fed minutes: Most officials worried about inflation moving higher
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BlackRock is trying to buy up electric utilities in US states. It hopes to profit by increasing electricity bills for customers.
Wall Street monopolies aim to privatize as much infrastructure as they can to suck out wealth by charging monopoly rents.
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At the heart of the matter is a simple question: Is it a good or bad thing for the world’s largest asset manager to have a controlling stake in a regional utility?Brian Martucci (Minnesota Reformer)
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Gamescom 2025 had a lot of surprises big and small, but none really captured our attention as Valor Mortis. This indie title from the minds behind Ghostrunner blends Napoleonic French vibes with Prototype horror, and we are all here for it. During Gamescom 2025's Opening Night Live, we were given a sneak peek at Valor Mortis, a new horrifying action-RPG ...
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Message au mouvement pour le climat
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"Malgré le recours à une esthétique de l'action directe, la plupart de l'activisme pour le climat s'est concentrée à obtenir l'attention médiatique (incluant les médias sociaux grand public, ce qui est autant une extension du pouvoir capitaliste que la télévision ou les journaux) dans le but d'atteindre une reconnaissance sociale, finalement pour faire pression sur des
Malgré le recours à une esthétique de l’action directe, la plupart de l’activisme pour le climat s’est concentrée à obtenir l’attention médiatique (incluant les médias sociaux grand public, ce qui est autant une extension du pouvoir capitaliste que l…La Grappe
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US-led coalition captures a senior Islamic State member in Syria
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Patty Quillin, Hasting's philanthropic wife and Simons both live nearer San Francisco than they do L.A. but they are funding a candidate for city council in L.A.'s crime-ridden first district.Jennifer Smith (Daily Mail)
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For horni reasons I need to know…. How would you react if this was your view? 🎀 #nsfw #Lenore #lenorensfw #castlevania #cosplay #nsfwcosplay #nude #nudesky #ass #redhead
What It’s Like to Fly Bark Air, the First-in-Class Airline for Dogs (and Their People) | Vogue – DrWeb's Domain
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By Phil Broq. Trump, cynical and provocative, not only added fuel to the fire with his talk of Putin's "friendship" and his desire to end the conflict, he also pushed the Europeans into the very pit they dug themselves.Phil BROQ (Réseau International)
This sweet and polite woman who never run for any office represents all of EU, the defense industrial cartel puppets around Trump are the ones "misrepresenting"
The Ukrainian comedian represents "their" war against #Russia
Just in case you didn't know who is who
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By Phil Broq. Trump, cynical and provocative, not only added fuel to the fire with his talk of Putin's "friendship" and his desire to end the conflict, he also pushed the Europeans into the very pit they dug themselves.Phil BROQ (Réseau International)
Google announces new Pixel Phones
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Learn more about the new Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL phones announced today at Made by Google.Stephanie Scott (Google)
#Palestine
#USTech #EquipmentSupply
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"...ongoing investigation into how global corporations and tech giants supply the digital and mechanical tools of modern warfare and apartheid"
"This report provides a detailed examination of Caterpillar Inc.’s presence and operations in Palestine. It reveals a long-standing engagement characterized by deep integration with the Israeli military through equipment supply and support"
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By Refaat Ibrahim * This report is the second part of Silicon Valley Colonialism: The Corporate Empire Behind Israel, an ongoing investigation into how global corporations and tech giants supply theEditing Team (Quds News Network)
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And this👇 is the infamous D9, the one used in Gaza and West End to raze homes to the ground and dig roads deep, and bury people too. This thing here is what makes the landscape irrecognizable after the bombing. al Qassam brigades have been targeting them with some success.
Exploding robots have also been used, cheaper, no humans required but not as devastating
“I’m an AG”
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Israeli Child Predator Suspect Told Feds He Had Plans to Fly Back to Israel, Yet Was Still Allowed to Flee
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Newly obtained arrest documents reveal that Tom Alexandrovich, the Israeli official arrested in a multi-agency child predator sting in Nevada earlier this month, told a HomInformationLiberation
La enfermera #palestino - #estadounidense Amanda Nasser describe la situación en el Complejo Médico Nasser como catastrófica, donde médicos y enfermeros agotados y hambrientos trabajan a su máxima capacidad, en medio de una grave escasez de medicamentos y equipos, para salvar las vidas que puedan.
La enfermera palestino-estadounidense Amanda Nasser describe la situación en el Complejo Médico Nasser como catastrófica, donde médicos y enfermeros agotados y hambrientos trabajan a su máxima capacidad, en medio de una grave escasez de medicamentos …Telegram
Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond, unless urgent action is taken to curb global carbon emissions.Australian National University (Phys.org)
Des dizaines de bateaux pour Gaza
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Des dizaines de bateaux pour Gaza - Une flotte s'élancera dès la fin du mois Vivian Petit
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that stat doesn’t mean much
Heh, coincidentally, I just asked Chat GPT how we're supposed to know what any statistics mean - or actually are - in the wake of the #TrumpVirus elimination of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thin-slied: "reliable sources", like the government. Catch 22 / "There's a hole in the bucket!"
As for the AI landscape (to sort of mirror it's tone), nobody can predict, or as #TrumpVirus says, "We'll see what happens". I tend to agree that most will be the property of big data with the re$ources (money/electricity/scale) to be a "winner".
What I'm seeing, based on both the strength & fallibility of (publicly accessible) AI,
is heavy use of disclaimers and qualifiers and efforts to seem neutral... But what I can foresee is a few major "channels" of AI, both in #media offerings and for consumers to pick and choose, which will basically reflect "the mind" of the owners, be it Musk (Grok), Meta, or maybe (hopefully) some neutral, public-service entity. Again, "we'll see..."
Fuck they are going to come hard for this. Basically the ideal platform to coordinate mass protests across city areas. Giving plebs mass coordination functionality subverting existing mobile networks (which they block).
😂🤣😂 Oh they coming hard on this...
Curious to hear people's opinion about Delta Chat...
Especially with an eye on the possibility of mandatory 'client-side scanning' for messaging platforms like Signal and WhatsApp (i.e. turning these messaging apps into a direct eavesdropping device for the police), I'm wondering if Delta Chat might be a good alternative.
Delta Chat is based on email but it functions like an ordinary messaging app. It's PGP end-to-end encrypted, decentralised/federated, open source... so it should be possible for many people to run their own messaging servers, thereby circumventing (possibly, hopefully) the legal requirements of the chat control bill.
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AWS in 2025: Stuff you think you know that's now wrong
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One of the neat things about AWS is that it's almost twenty years old. One of the unfortunate things about AWS is... that it's almost twenty years old.Corey Quinn (Last Week in AWS)
The nazi-government is planning to essentially destroy any remaining social security & infrastructure in Finland.
No, really. They plan to cut so deep, we may never recover. Not even if the next government is left-leaning. Not even if two after that are left-leaning.
Why? Anyone who doesnt CLOSELY follow politics, still thinks that one of the biggest party, SDP is “leftist” like when Sanna Marin was in lead. Not even close, if elected the new leader Antti Lindman wants to KEEP CUTTING.
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“Five questions and answers about the ‘debt brakes’ the government is proposing; the background idea is austerity measures on public finances and the welfare state model.” #naziGovernment #finpol
sorry, link only in finnish.
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Hallitus ajaa Suomeen velkajarrua. Lakiesityksen tavoitteen saavuttaminen kestäisi valtiovarainministeriön arvion mukaan 50 vuotta. BIOSin ekonomisti Jussi Ahokas vastasti viiteen kysymykseenKansan Uutiset (KU)
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Published August 20, 2025 5 of San Diego’s Best Libraries to Explore In addition to a dizzying number of books and movies, these local institutions are equipped with makers’ studios, galleries, stu…DrWeb's Domain
The Block Stacking Problem
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From Keith Woods on X:
"Auron MacIntyre's views on race are totally incoherent.
Auron MacIntyre is a conservative opposed to White identity politics. Because his audience is more radical, he has to use pilpul to spread his message that White identity politics is evil.
Here, he tells Tucker that thinking of people by race is a modern "vulgarisation" - not true, actually the modern innovation is the distinction between ethnicity and race that Auron insists on (more)
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Obama applauds Newsom's California redistricting plan as 'responsible' as Texas GOP pushes new maps
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My "Introduction to #ATProto" blog post that I've been working on for some time is ready 🙂 It goes through things like records, lexicons, DIDs, then PDS/AppView etc. and how it all works together. Let me know if anything is wrong! More parts later, with the Fedi comparisons & misconceptions etc.
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits togethermackuba.eu
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To chat and make fun of Trump. This is about how European politicians and diplomats characterize their strategy. They hope, if not to convince Trump, then at least to delay the process of negotiations on Ukraine.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
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"I discussed with the King of Jordan and the Egyptian President the anticipated Israeli attack on Gaza City," - Emmanuel Macron, President of France.
Hey everyone, Yousef, @NouranKhaledGh’s brother in Gaza, is looking for remote work:
“Before the war, I was working as a copywriter in English and Arabic. I managed to get dozens of projects done successfully and I got a top-rated badge on Upwork.”
He wasn’t able to work during the war. In January, during the ceasefire, he was able to get short-term projects. He goes to a dedicated workplace every day even now, in the middle of an ongoing genocide, to have electricity and a working Internet connection to look for work but has been getting rejections on Upwork, likely because he’s based in Gaza.
“I just want to get back to work because I don’t want to lose everything in my life.”
This is his Upwork account:
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How can we help?
Please share + talk to people you know who might benefit from Yousef’s expertise.
Thank you!
#Palestine #Gaza #GetFediHired #FediHire #copywriter #english #arabic
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The move is an acceleration of President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring English the country’s “official language.”
August 20, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDT, Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT, 7 min
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration aims to “promote assimilation over division.” (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)
By Laura Meckler and Justine McDaniel
The Trump administration has quietly rescinded long-standing guidance that directed schools to accommodate students who are learning English, alarming advocates who fear that schools will stop offering assistance if the federal government quits enforcing the laws that require it.
The rescission, confirmed by the Education Department on Tuesday, is one of several moves by the administration to scale back support for approximately 5 million schoolchildren not fluent in English, many of them born in the United States. It is also among the first steps in a broader push by the Trump administration to remove multilingual services from federal agencies across the board, an effort the Justice Department has ramped up in recent weeks.
The moves are an acceleration of President Donald Trump’s March 1 order declaring English the country’s “official language,” and they come as the administration is broadly targeting immigrants through its deportation campaign and other policy changes. The Justice Department sent a memorandum to all federal agencies last month directing them to follow Trump’s executive order, including by rescinding guidance related to rules about English-language learners.
Since March, the Education Department has also laid off nearly all workers in its Office of English Language Acquisition and has asked Congress to terminate funding for the federal program that helps pay for educating English-language learners. Last week, education advocates noticed that the guidance document related to English learning had a new label indicating it was rescinded and remains online “for historical purposes only.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Education Department drops English-learner guidance for schools – The Washington Post
#2025 #America #Books #DonaldTrump #EnglishLearning #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Politics #Resistance #Schools #Science #Teaching #TheWashingtonPost #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
Education Department drops English-learner guidance for schools – The Washington Post – DrWeb's Domain
"Oh so that’s why Elon Musk was calling me a fed last week. Now it all makes sense."
("Elon Musk is abandoning his attempt to create a new political party and instead is preparing to fully back JD Vance for President in 2028")
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CFP committee adding weight to games against strong opponents, limit reward for beating weak foes
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🚨This is HUGE—trade school enrollment is at the highest level EVER RECORDED!
Pixel 10 Phones
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Learn more about the new Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL phones announced today at Made by Google.Stephanie Scott (Google)
Elon Musk Denies Wall Street Journal Report That He’s Scrapping Plans For Third Party
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Elon Musk is reportedly scrapping his plans for a third party and will instead refocus his political operation on supporting J.D. Vance.Ben Kew (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
By driving a wedge through the heart of the West Bank, Netanyahu's government wants to kill the dream of Palestinian self-determinationMiddle East Eye
In 1995, at the beginning of the last week of August, on the afternoon of an inhumanly hot and intolerably humid day, I arrived at Newark Airport to live in the United States.kieranhealy.org
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President Donald Trump has often relied on sector-specific tariffs to enact his sprawling trade agenda.Erin Doherty (CNBC)
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Cinematic platformer Deer & Boy will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2026, newly revealed publisher Dear…Sal Romano (Gematsu)
Short joke: European leaders 🤣 🤣
"It is time for our European counterparts to put up or shut up.
They keep saying "the US should do this, the US should do that". President Trump has put secondary tariffs on India because of their consumption of Russian oil, and the Europeans haven't done that yet. As a matter of fact, the Europeans are buying the refined products that the Indian refineries make." - Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent.
#EU #USA #ScottBessent
Labour continues to play into the hands of Reform.
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Labour’s new data access law would allow the UK government to replicate an Elon Musk-style DOGE data-grab, experts and campaigners have warned.Rei Takver (DeSmog)
NEWSOM MOGS VANCE??? BUT I WOULD NEVER VOTE DEMOCRAT EVER
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Graham asks Kavanaugh about Military Tribunals
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After a month of being with us, they have really grown. Here they are at 16 weeks old: Gracie May and Buzzy Bee
#Yorkies #Yorkie #Mutts #Puppies #DogsofMastodon #Dogs #AdoptDontShop
The #BabySharks at five months+.
Buzz, in the back, is now twice the size of Gracie. He definitely looks more poodle-ish.
He is very gentleman-like and almost always lets her pounce on him first for their epic and hilarious Battle Royales. Envision the whistling from the Wild Wild West Shootout.
#dogs #dogsofmastodon #pets #yorkies
Update: Gracie and Buzz at 6 months old. I am not sure if I can keep calling them #BabySharks since they don't chew our fingers as much anymore but they do love the sticks in the #Backyard. Battle Royales continue.
Now that they have had their shots, leash training coming soon. 😵💫
Gracie is 4lbs and Buzz is 7lbs.
#Dogs #Hund #DogsofMastodon #Yorkies #pets
It's been a while since I posted a #BabySharks picture. They will be turning 10 months old this month.
They are loving hanging out in the #Mountains and exploring all the new scents and meeting new people.
There has been zero littermate syndrome (something I was slightly concerned about). They love their doggie cousins and big brother, Auggie Doggie.
Their teeth are still super sharp and they play non stop.
I just love them! ❤️ 🐾
#Yorkies #Dogs #DogsofMastodon #dogsoffediverse
Our President has two like this. They are amazed when they see my dogs. One is not scared of them but the other one keeps her distance.
They will escape her office and come running to see me. I actually appreciate that as they are afraid of some of the other employees.
The walls are closing in...
Devin B. Martinez Mobilization of the Bolivarian Militia in April 2025. Photo: Prensa Presidencial / Telegram Maduro activates Bolivarian National Militia in response to US “threats”, vowing to def…INTERNATIONALIST 360°
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Letters from an American August 19, 2025, Heather Cox Richardson Yesterday, the 51 Democratic Texas state representatives who left the state for Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts on August 3 to…DrWeb's Domain
Government urged to drop 'parasitic' private contracts as rail fares set to soar
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THE government was urged to ditch “parasitic” private contracts today after it emerged that regulated train fares in England could soar by 5.8 per cent next year.This year fares went up 4.Morning Star
Fossil fuel investors utilities sabotaged and Palantir recruitment event disrupted in actions linking climate crisis and Gaza genocide ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ Two militant climate action groups staged separate but thematically linked actions in London …anarchy (Freedom Press)
What are the must-have Italian cookbooks?Hannah, NewcastleDining And Cooking (Dining and Cooking)
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Publisher Nacon and developer Midgar Studio have delayed action RPG Edge of Memories from its previously planned fall 2025 release window to 2026.Sal Romano (Gematsu)
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