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Livestream: Sondersitzung des Bundestags zum schwarz-roten Finanzpaket

Zur Stunde diskutiert der Bundestag in einer Sondersitzung über das von Union und SPD geplante Finanzpaket für Infrastruktur und Verteidigung. Verfolgen Sie die Debatte hier im Livestream.

➡️ tagesschau.de/inland/bundestag…

#Bundestag



New route for old exploitation

A US-backed infrastructure project [the Lobito Corridor] in the DRC is framed as development, but history suggests it’s just another pipeline for foreign powers to profit from Congo’s riches.

africasacountry.com/2025/03/ne…

#Congo #DRC #RDC #Africa #AIAC



Israel blockiert humanitäre Hilfe für #Gaza und hat seit einigen Tagen auch die Stromversorgung gekappt. Das ist ein Verbrechen, verstößt gegen Völkerrecht und verschärft die dramatische Lage in Gaza weiter. Auch die Familien der Geiseln demonstrieren gegen den Lieferungsstopp.
#Gaza


Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Moskau meldet "Befreiung" von Sudscha ++

Die russischen Streitkräfte haben nach eigenen Angaben die von der Ukraine besetzte Stadt Sudscha im russischen Gebiet Kursk wieder unter Kontrolle. Nach dem Vorschlag einer Waffenruhe sind nach Kreml-Aussagen US-Unterhändler auf dem Weg nach Moskau.

➡️ tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb…

#Liveblog #Ukraine



Q. across Africa as US Foreign Aid is withdrawn, will Chinese aid replace it?

Chinese aid has mostly been differently focusses (funding infrastructure rather than social services), and certainly China's Govt. may see the potential for extending influence, but unless its character is radically altered, for African countries while infrastructure may continue to improve with Chinese help, social (poverty-focussed) services look threatened unless African states themselves take them up?

#Africa

in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May

there was an excellent article in the Grauniad a few weeks back, arguing that US withdrawal offered a golden opportunity to the EU to build bridges into Africa, starting with a recognition of the damage from colonialism and an honest discussion about meaningful reparations for slavery in the form of preferential trade agreements

It’ll never happen with the EU’s Fortress Europe mentality but it could also go a long way to stemming the flow of climate refugees heading north




Oooh, another up close look at the CyberSub.

latimes.com/california/story/2…

#tesla #submarine #automobile #uboat #nazisubmarine

in reply to Michael Kohne

Remember, Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law drowned after accidentally shifting her car into reverse and driving into a pond: businessinsider.com/angela-cha…

Touchscreens are not a safe interface for things like shifting between drive and reverse.

in reply to Brian Campbell

😬

Also, if that happens and the doors short out and you are stuck inside, you are SO IN TROUBLE. There's no way you are going to find the manual in the dark, find a flashlight, read the instructions to find the emergency egress/door handle 😬




Had a look at my Pi Hole blocked queries list and there are entries for:

incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org

I thought I had disabled all the 'phone home' functionality in Firefox, but it appears to be still sending telemetry. about:telemetry claims it is disabled but there are several telemetry settings set to true in about:config. I don't know how to turn these off in settings, the only option seems to be to set:

toolkit.telemetry.server

to an empty address.

#Firefox



Arbitrator prohibits Meta / Facebook whistleblower from promoting tell-all book

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

cnbc.com/2025/03/12/arbitrator…

#TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #StopZuckerberg #StopFascism #NoOligarchs



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High-Speed Reservoir Computing With Integrated Laser Graded Artificial Neurons

hackaday.com/2025/03/13/high-s…



A green winged teal drake and its reflection. Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 11-MAR-2025. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #ducks


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Finally! A Democrat stands up for fellow congresswoman Sarah McBride, when the Republicans deliberately choose to misgender her.

About time the childish bullies are told "NO!"

youtu.be/-_o9YhgG548?si=cXpZJs…

in reply to Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath

@Kletskous indeed. This exposes the Republican idea of freedom, which is not "freedom for all", but instead "my freedom to trample on your freedom".
in reply to Randahl Fink

@Kletskous Frank Wilhoit nailed it in 2018: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."


What is space war-fighting? The Space Force’s top general has some thoughts.
Controlling space means "employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities."
arstechnica.com/features/2025/…


Good morning, Fediversians! Let's play some #SarlaccPit!

We are looking for 5 words with 10, 3, 5, 2 and 4 letters, respectively.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

All are welcome to vote and guess at any time. Others may appreciate a CW when you guess.

Rules & previous Sarlacc Pits may be found here:
c.im/@darth_hideout/1136311968…

Words and phrases are drawn from any and all Star Wars shows and movies.

This is the 1st poll and will run for 24 hours.

#StarWars #Games #Puzzles @starwars

  • L as in Lothal (0 votes)
  • D as in Dagobah (0 votes)
  • B as in Bossk (0 votes)
  • S as in Sebulba (0 votes)
Poll end: 3 days ago

in reply to Hippie Scuba Steve

Poll 3 of the current round of #SarlaccPit!

A achieved victory in the latest poll. There is 1 A.

We are looking for 5 words with 10, 3, 5, 2 and 4 letters, respectively.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

All are welcome to vote and guess at any time. Others may appreciate a CW when you guess.

Rules & previous Sarlacc Pits may be found here:
c.im/@darth_hideout/1136311968…

Words and phrases are drawn from any and all Star Wars shows and movies.

The next poll and will run for 24 hours.

#StarWars #Games #Puzzles @starwars

  • T as in Typho (0 votes)
  • D as in Darth Plagueis (0 votes)
  • R as in Ragnar Vizsla (0 votes)
  • H as in Hera Syndulla (0 votes)
Poll end: 1 day ago

in reply to Hippie Scuba Steve

Poll 4 of the current round of #SarlaccPit!

Hera and Ragnar have teamed up to achieve victory in the latest poll. There is 1 H and there are 2 R's.

We are looking for 5 words with 10, 3, 5, 2 and 4 letters, respectively.

R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S A R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _

All are welcome to vote and guess at any time. Others may appreciate a CW when you guess.

Rules & previous Sarlacc Pits may be found here:
c.im/@darth_hideout/1136311968…

Words and phrases are drawn from any and all Star Wars shows and movies.

The next poll and will run for 24 hours.

#StarWars #Games #Puzzles @starwars

  • P as in Peli Motto (0 votes)
  • E as in Ezra Bridger (0 votes)
  • O as in Omega (0 votes)
  • L as in Lama Su (0 votes)
Poll end: in 3 hours



Good morning dear friends, have a terrific Thursday!


Zed, the Rust based editor now has native Git integration.

zed.dev/blog/git

#WebDev #rust #zed



This could be a picture of them eating each other out, and it would be less sexier than that look between them.


This is the most cursed idea I have seen published in a long time 😂 😂

#devops #kubernetes #k8s

github.com/learnk8s/xlskubectl





Galway is the largest city in Ireland�s Connacht province. It grew around a fortification that was built here in 1124. Today, the city is home to historic buildings, churches, city gates and cemeteries #Galway #Ireland backpackandsnorkel.com/Ireland…


this button is so inconspicuous and doesn't know the power it holds 📲


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First Bush saw WMDs where there weren’t any, now Trump sees fentanyl in Canada -- who said the GOP ain't what it used to be?
in reply to God

So err, where is Bush? He proudly claimed to have voted for Trump!




Review: Shock Values

An economic history of the United States, considering the various means used to stabilize prices and control inflation.

bobonbooks.com/2025/03/13/revi…







🎵 Cities


#song #music #musique

There seems to be a strong theme emerging from some of my latest songs. I was born and raised in cities, and while I lived in them for most of my adult life, I knew I would be more than fine living in the middle of nowhere (having tested that assumption on occasion).

So when the opportunity arose a few years back, I jumped ship.

If you listen to Entangled, Let Me Off, Bercée d’illusions (in French) and to some extent Living The Dream, it’s pretty easy to figure out that my apparent fixation on cities stems from both personal and philosophical/political/environmental considerations.

Regardless, I hope you’ll enjoy this new chapter in what is maybe shaping up to be a concept album, and which you’ll find on these fine, non-corporate sites:

(Still debating whether I should keep posting on bandcamp. In the meantime, if you want to pay for Cities, you can do so on Mirlo).



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A web browser should *NEVER* be able to look inside your clipboard without an explicit user action (such as ctrl-v). Honestly, this should not be a controversial statement. Microsoft Edge is one of the browsers that ships this dangerous capability. Here is the dialog you need to hunt for to turn this API off.

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There's just nothing better than coming back from a trip to my room of #ShittyGear, listening to the brilliant makertube.net/w/k1CsnE3ABr3txv… by @bgm and scheming how to make best use of it.

Thanks for the inspiration!


Shitty Gear


Well it’s me playing various lower quality instruments in an effort to demonstrate that you can make okay music with inferior equipment. Don’t know if I demonstrated that successfully but there you go. Done for a Jamuary challenge a few years ago.


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actuaries.org.uk/planetary-sol…

Le rapport «Planetary Solvency» indique que si on continue à ignorer le climat et les limites planétaires, on fonce vers un réchauffement moyen de 3°C, chute de 50% du PIB mondial, chute de 50% de la population mondiale et un tas d'autres problèmes politique et sociaux... Tout ça avant la fin du siècle.

#PlanetarySolvency #écologie #climat #limitesPlanétaires

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Au passage je tombe sur ces rapports qui analysent la situation belge : cerac.be/fr/publications/2024-…

Le résumé est assez clair : «L'analyse a révélé que la plupart des limites planétaires ont été franchies à l'échelle belge (…)»

#PlanetarySolvency #écologie #climat #limitesPlanétaires #SolvabilitéPlanétaire #Belgique



Shitty Gear


Well it’s me playing various lower quality instruments in an effort to demonstrate that you can make okay music with inferior equipment. Don’t know if I demonstrated that successfully but there you go. Done for a Jamuary challenge a few years ago.
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