Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads
REPORTER: What responsibility do you feel to the civil servants who have now lost their jobs? Many of them worked at the Dept of Education during your first term. TRUMP: Many of them don't work at all. Many of them never showed up to work.Threads
Ex-Präsident Duterte nach Festnahme in den Niederlanden gelandet
Der ehemalige philippinische Präsident Duterte ist nach seiner Verhaftung in die Niederlande ausgeliefert worden. Nun erwartet ihn vor dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag der Prozess. Dem 79-Jährigen werden zahlreiche Morde zur Last gelegt.
REPORTER: What responsibility do you feel to the civil servants who have now lost their jobs? Many of them worked at the Dept of Education during your first term.
TRUMP: Many of them don't work at all. Many of them never showed up to work.
I guess search is a biggie, and easy to change there are quite a few decent options now, if you haven't tried them:
Duckduckgo.com
Ecosia.org
@kagihq
@marginalia
Startpage.com
Etc
If you feel like running one yourself, SearxNG is a good aggregator, and it can search the fediverse too 😀
De-google-ify Internet - Main Page
The web giants centralize our digital lives in exchange for their services The Free Software community offers alternative ethical services The Framasoft network intends to prove itby hosting themdegooglisons-internet.org
@reinouts @brodokles.bsky.social @Framasoft
I had to choose a language twice on FF for Android, but I could pick Spanish and Polish. Not tried any other languages. Must be a bug.
Also, I'm not French either - there's this thing called bookmarks and the history function 😜
Marktbericht: Die Kurserholung gelingt
Zuletzt hatte der DAX zwischenzeitliche Erholungen nicht halten können. Diesmal halfen aber erfreuliche Inflationsdaten aus den USA und die Hoffnung auf einen Waffenstillstand in der Ukraine.
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#Marktbericht #DAX #DowJones #S&P500
Marktbericht: DAX versucht erneut die Erholung
Sorgen um Donald Trumps Handelspolitik lasten auf den Aktienmärkten - auch heute kann der DAX nicht auf Unterstützung der US-Indizes hoffen. Dennoch könnte er einen weiteren Stabilisierungsversuch unternehmen.tagesschau.de
Nice brief write-up on path traversal vulnerabilities and good mitigation strategies: go.dev/blog/osroot
‼️ Cause of post-#COVID inflammatory shock in children identified: Reactivation of the Epstein-Barr virus appears to cause the rare condition #MISC. The findings, uncovered by a team from #CharitéBerlin & the DRFZ, have now been published in #Nature.
💡 These insights open the door to new treatment methods, potentially not limited to MIS-C.
👉 charite.de/en/service/press_re…
#CharitéPaper #Science #Research #Medicine #EBV #PIMS #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #corona
@nature.portfolio
Press reports: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Press release of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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These #Words Are Disappearing in the New #Trump Administration
As Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.
#language #lexicon #idiocracy #law #FreeSpeech #hate #bigotry #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #USpol
nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0…
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
Gemma 3 is optimized to run on powerful multi-GPU PCs or a single smartphone.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
Today is the anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee.
W3C has continued to expand on what the web does by our mission to make the web work, for everyone. We bring together global stakeholders to develop open standards that enable a World Wide Web that connects and empowers humanity.
w3.org/mission/
Our mission
Learn who W3C is, our values and the principles upon which we conduct our mission to led the Web to its full potential.W3C
theconversation.com/kultarrs-a…
Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Scientists are finally learning how they live
Kultarrs might look cute. But these carnivorous marsupials are fierce and feisty predators.The Conversation
I am so mad at the 90 million Americans who didn't bother voting and allowed this type of shit to happen!
This Republican run Department of Justice has accused Habitat for Humanity of engaging in wire fraud.
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❝The Newsom podcasts gutted me. I’m not bothered that he’s talking to conservatives. I’m an organizer. I’m all about outreach. The idea that you should be willing to talk anybody about what you believe and why you believe it is embedded deep in my soul. But the whole reason you have conversations like that is so that you stand up for those who aren’t in the room.❞
Garrett Bucks via @beep:
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Ethan Marcotte (@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com)
“You’re always allowed to say no. You don’t actually have to throw anybody under the bus. You can in fact say that the laid-off auto worker deserves sympathy, but so does the single mom on welfare and the trans teenager who loves volleyball and the V…beepin’
Whose failure? Failure can be defined only in relation to a goal. Certainly it's a terrible defeat for humanity, but from the perspective of the people we have in power, it's a success
@inthehands
A case of measles has been confirmed at a Montreal Canadiens #hockey game on March 3.
Quebec measles outbreak: 31 cases, experts blame low vaccination
The following people may have been exposed:

🟥spectator(s)s in the red sections 111 to 117;

🟥Workers in these same sections;

🟥Tim Hortons and Pizza Pizza workers at the #BellCentre.
#montreal #canada #cdnpoli #measels #publichealth #medmastodon #quebec #healthcare #maskup #elbowsup #hockey
quebec.ca/en/health/health-iss…
Measles outbreak
For each measles case reported in Québec, a public health investigation is conducted. Consult locations, dates and times where exposure may have occurred.Gouvernement du Québec
One very good thing:
Had my infusion yesterday, (which created rough but tolerable side effects), and this morning I woke up feeling better than I have in decades. Is this what it's like for normal people? Holy smokes! No pain. Freedom of movement. A little energy, even. I'm having to pace myself so I don't overdo it.
All because a new doctor said that a universal dose of medicine is like a "one size fits all" hat: it doesn't fit most. An infusion tailored to the exact amount of medicine I need can make all the difference in the world!
"DOGE's jello-against-the-wall strategy has largely failed in court, and this week a federal judge ordered it to pony up and begin complying with FOIA request filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."
Turns out DOGE can't beat FOIA by shouting NOT AN AGENCY
Judge tells Musk to cough it up!Liz Dye (Public Notice)
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"In a study appearing today in Nature Sustainability, the researchers report that #CO2 and other greenhouse gases can cause the upper atmosphere to shrink. An atmospheric layer of special interest is the thermosphere, where the ISS and most satellites orbit today. When the thermosphere contracts, the decreasing density reduces atmospheric drag - a force that pulls old satellites and other debris down to altitudes where they will encounter air molecules and burn up."
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Study: Climate change will reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space
Greenhouse emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways that, over time, will reduce the number of satellites that can safely operate there, according to new MIT research.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
🇺🇦 🇺🇸 agree on a joint proposal for a 30-day partial truce to be proposed to 🇷🇺
In #Donetsk oblast, 🇺🇦 pushed back 🇷🇺 forces in #Novosilka
In #Kursk oblast, 🇷🇺 advanced near Myrne and Zozulivka, and rumours 🇺🇦 is withdrawing
The captain of the container shit that collided with a US vessel in the North Sea was a 🇷🇺 national, and has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter
🇨🇳 naval vessels have been circling 🇦🇺 for nearly a month, conducting live-fire exercises and forcing civilian flights to divert
On April 1, #Wisconsin will elect a State Supreme Court Justice. Justices serve 10-year terms & make decisions that impact your rights, including abortion access and voting laws and will shape Wisconsin’s future for decades to come.
Judge Crawford cares about voters abroad, so much so that she called #DemocratsAbroad to answer your questions! Watch the recording here to find out more, and remember to send your ballot back ASAP!
youtube.com/watch?v=-DtdhBlY_B…
#WisconsinitesAbroad #WISupremeCourt
District Judge Susan Crawford, WI Supreme Court Candidate
Hear from District Judge Susan Crawford, WI Supreme Court Candidate, as she speaks with Democrats Abroad. Judge Crawford, a respected legal expert and advoca...YouTube
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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine by a majority vote, declaring solidarity with the Ukrainian people and calling on the European Union member states to increase military support.
europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum…
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression | RC-B10-0156/2025 | European Parliament
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION pursuant to Rule 136(2) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure replacing the following motions: B10-0156/2025 (S&D) B10-0159/2025 (Verts/ALE) B10-0161/2025 (PPE) B10-0163/2025 (Renew) B10-0168/2025 (ECR) on continuing the unw…www.europarl.europa.eu
#Amazon forest felled to build road for #COP30 #climate summit
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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.Ione Wells (BBC News)
Meh
For Richard Dawkins superfans only. Moderately amusing anecdotes, points repeated from other books, behind the scenes look at some of his books or performances. Purpose unclear, he already has autobiographies.
It wasn't bad, and I'm sure he'd be an entertaining dinner guest - but I kept wondering "why was this book written?" I think the concept was to provide more information about his career from his perspective.
Corona-Infektionen: Rätsel um PIMS-Erkrankungen bei Kindern gelöst
Die Ursache für das rätselhafte Entzündungssyndrom PIMS als Folge einer Coronainfektion bei Kindern war lange unklar. Jetzt haben Forschende einen Zusammenhang mit einem anderen Virus gefunden. Von Nina Kunze.
EMPLOYEES AT THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE Univision were left distraught after the NET’s brass decided to run DHS ads warning #immigrants that the govt will find & deport them.
The ads *part of a new $200M campaign DHS, have rankled immigrant-rights grps, who view them as a blunt attempt at fearmongering on the taxpayer dime.
Univision has covered the ads critically on air.
Yet Univision has joined English-language NETs in complying with #TrumpMusk regime's #Fascism.
#USPol thebulwark.com/p/univision-tel…
‘State Propaganda’: Anger Erupts Inside Univision Over Airing of Trump Ad
The network wasn’t the only one to run the controversial spots urging deportations. But unlike Telemundo, officials there were already on edge.Adrian Carrasquillo (The Bulwark)
Ukraine struggles to hold on in Kursk Oblast as Russia strikes back before peace talks
Ukraine’s retreat from Kursk Oblast appears more likely as the latest news shows Russia taking ground amid intense attacks to drive Ukraine out, experts and soldiers say.
Retaking Ukrainian-held territory in Kursk Oblast could leave Kyiv without its hard-fought bargaining chip before potential negotiations with Russia.
Photo: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-st…
“The #EuropeanUnion, hit for the first time by higher US #tariffs since #Trump returned to the White House, retaliated within hours with countermeasures on US goods exports.” #TrumpTax
I just got hit with a 20% increase in my car insurance from State Farm. The reason - increased cost of repairs.
People are so overly focused on the price of fk'ing eggs that they aren't seeing the broader picture of what Trump is costing us in real time.
I had to buy 4 new tires yesterday. They were manufactured in Mexico. Fortunately, those had not increased in price yet.
That said, I fully support counter tariffs from other countries.
The last couple of times that I purchased groceries, it's been almost twice as expensive compared to when Biden was president and I didn't even buy eggs
@bytebro You've solved it!
We tell them we've cracked cryogenics, maybe get one of their crappy AI things to write a few intellectual sounding papers about it.
Then we start a business offering it, and here's the clincher: to prove how serious we are and how important this is, it's very, VERY expensive. So much so that only the billionaires can afford it.
So we take all their money, throw them all into a warehouse full of chest freezers, lock the door and walk out to applause from the entire world.
Seriously, if you've got plans to come to the United States this year on a matter which is not absolutely essential, please cancel the ticket and get a refund.
If they're non-refundable, still ... consider the lost money a small price to pay for your safety.
The risks are too great right now.
Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.David Gelles (The New York Times)
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