Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.open.substack.com
Please read this and share widely, folks. We are losing an incredible service to democracy.
"I’ve met many in our audience who told me VOA gave them their first taste of freedom, led to their decisions to defect from authoritarian lands or that they now speak our language because of VOA's Learning English broadcasts."
Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
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Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience
VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.www.steveherman.press
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Hitler used the Constitution to shatter the Constitution. In 53 days. Today is day 54 of Trump’s second term.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
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#TrumpLovesHitler #EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.Timothy W. Ryback (The Atlantic)
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Cartoon Network Groovies (Gorilla 4 Sale)
One of a series of Cartoon Network Groovies that used to air on the Boomerang channel.YouTube
My husband took this with his telescope and I just adore it.
#nasa #space #photography #photo #bwblackphotography
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‘It’s worth it’: Urban Grocer replacing all U.S. produce suppliers
Urban Grocer staff in Victoria have removed nearly all U.S.-sourced produce from their shelves, and by next week, they will no longer have any of that countr...YouTube
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16 March 1891 | A Polish Jew, Aron Libster, was born in Żółkiewka.
In #Auschwitz from 14 September 1941.
No. 20824
Fate unknown.
Judge blocks #Trump after he invokes wartime #AlienEnemiesAct to speed up #deportations
A federal judge ordered the administration to turn around any planes that had already taken off after the act quietly went into effect.
#law #immigration #Venezuela #DueProcess #14thAmendment #5thAmendment
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@pluralistic :
"Amazon's excuse for destroying your privacy: they want to do AI processing on the audio Alexa captures, and that is too computationally intensive for on-device processing. But that only raises another question: why does Amazon want to do this AI processing [...]?
For Big Tech companies, AI is part of a "growth story" – a narrative about how these companies that have already saturated their markets will still continue to grow."
"Every part of this Echo privacy massacre is downstream of that [pro-monopoly] policy choice: "growth stock" narratives about AI, twiddling, DMCA 1201, the Darth Vader MBA, the end of legal privacy protections. These are material things, not ideological ones. They exist to make a very, very small number of people very, very rich."
Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025)
pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/alt…
One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
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#News #NYC #Police #EricAdams #Crime #Violence #PoliceBrutality
How Eric Adams Embraced NYPD’s Community Response Team Despite Misconduct Concerns
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.ProPublica
The SF I write was always "not mainstream"—YA then singularity stuff but not the way many in the genre showcased SV's toxic tech religion...
But since I've been writing #solarpunk, it's the clearest rebuttal to this history of fashy SF.
Good review: nerds-feather.com/2025/03/revi…
Review: Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
Jordan Carroll uncomfortably probes the connections between the field and the right wing of America Jordan Carroll’s academic book Speculat...www.nerds-feather.com
I admit to also having a heinlein collection, so I feel a bit called out 😅
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Welp, looks like Türkiye is looking at acquiring Eurofighter Typhoons instead of F-35s. At this rate, Trump's reputational damage—self-inflicted by attacking his allies and cutting Ukraine off at the knees—is going to take down the US military export industry. Nobody wants to build their armed services around weapons bought from a supplier who couid decide to disable them on a whim.
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#Türkiye’s Eurofighter #Typhoon Deal Gains Momentum as UK Submits Formal Offer - defencesecurityasia.com/en/tur… 40 of them; big if confirmed and it happens... #turkey #trumpTürkiye’s Eurofighter Typhoon Deal Gains Momentum as UK Submits Formal Offer - Defence Security Asia
Türkiye’s bid to acquire Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets is advancing steadily, with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence officially submitting a sales proposal to Türkiye’s Ministry of National Defense.admin (Defence Security Asia)
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![A screenshot of a Freecycle post with a picture that shows unused party supplies for a 90th birthday party still in cellophane, "Happy 90th Birthday" written in sparkly gold cursive letters on a white background, plus several gold glittery "90"s on sticks possibly for use as cake toppers. The post title is, "Offer: 90th birthday decorations [I have blacked out the address]." The text of the post reads, "Gold sparkly on sticks."](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/239680 "A screenshot of a Freecycle post with a picture that shows unused party supplies for a 90th birthday party still in cellophane, \"Happy 90th Birthday\" written in sparkly gold cursive letters on a white background, plus several gold glittery \"90\"s on sticks possibly for use as cake toppers. The post title is, \"Offer: 90th birthday decorations [I have blacked out the address].\" The text of the post reads, \"Gold sparkly on sticks.\"")
»#Airbnb, the online homestay marketplace, is facing #boycott calls after reports have surfaced that its billionaire co-founder Joe Gebbie has joined Elon #Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE). […] Calls to boycott Airbnb have circulated across Instagram, TikTok and X, formerly Twitter.«
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Airbnb Faces Boycott Calls
The calls come after Airbnb's billionaire co-founder, Joe Gebbia has reportedly joined Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Marni Rose McFall (Newsweek)
FYI #cdnpoli
America doesn’t deserve Pete Buttigieg.
#PeteButtigieg #MayorPete #USpol #uspolitics #Harvard
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A young Peter B. asking questions
Links to the original videos2000-09-27 The Challenges of the New Economy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuu4Sxumxc&t=3628s)2001-02-21 Thirteen Days and th...YouTube
@libreoffice #OpenSource
Die Gerichte im echten Norden (@gerichteSH@social.schleswig-holstein.de)
Angehängt: 1 Bild #SchleswigHolstein goes #OpenSource Softwaremonopole sind teuer und stehen dem #Datenschutz im Weg. Deshalb setzt die Verwaltung in Schleswig-Holstein zukünftig auf #OpenSourceSoftware.Mastodon Schleswig-Holstein
Writing Sun 16 Mar TWSBI Eco and Colorverse NGC 2264
Todays writing tools
TWSBI Eco <1.1> + Colorverse NGC 2264
#edc #fountainpen #fountainpens #penoftheday #dailypen #TWSBIEco #TWSBI #Colorverse #ColorverseNGC2264
I took some low-res photos at the last group bike ride and the next one is in two weeks (and should be much warmer!)
After watching the two for a bit, the young one came up with a shellfish, perhaps a clam and started bonking it on their chest.
Then drama!
A sea gull stole it right out of paws!
Sea gulls are jerks.
Gulls gotta eat too, but boo!
On this project I’m not printing bottom layers: they just don’t show and are a waste.
I’m also using lightning infill.
I hold my breath when it starts but I’ve only had one adhesion failure (and it was my unrelated fault).
Project update:
Finally wrapped the first layer. Next up is removable trays for the second layer.
Printed the first top tray for the drawer. Fits perfectly on the first try.
I love how I can get exact fits with #3dPrinting. Now to fill this tray up with more camera stuff!
Back on #3dPrinting/#organization bullshit.
The first tray of the second layer is looking nice, if I do say so myself.
This #3dPrinting project is finally over!
~98% of my #photography gear lives neatly in this single drawer now.
The top two trays have my Nikon 1 cameras, battery chargers and spares as well as (most) of my 35mm negative scanner.
The Diana flash units kicked by butt. They have a really odd, organic shape that I had a hard time modeling, so I just modeled the “female” port and plugged them in.
There is only one misc area for extra lens covers that aren’t worth organizing.
Connecting an eGPU to a $120 Mini PC!
Find the Mini PC on Amazon - https://lon.tv/v6yhd - Barebones direct: https://lon.tv/znp51 the eGPU: https://lon.tv/yl5t9 - find oculink adapters here: https...YouTube
A new podcast traces how state lotteries became big business
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5321373/a-new-podcast-traces-how-state-lotteries-became-big-business?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Arlington National Cemetery stops highlighting some historical figures on its website
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328802/arlington-national-cemetery-stops-highlighting-some-historical-figures-on-its-website?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Germany's youth vote is increasingly polarized. Why?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5327244/germanys-youth-vote-is-increasingly-polarized-why?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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My oh my… Trump just reached the find out phase.
Canada likely to follow in Portugals footsteps and cancel the purchase of 72 F-35 fighter jets, because that aircraft is made in the dictatorship from where The God King is threatening all NATO allies.
The Lockheed Martin stock is about to enjoy the Tesla experience 📉🔻🔥
Yep, find phase gonna start ramping up.
Plus, I don't blame them. Why would you trust a dang jet that dependent on working software from a country being run by a nut job.
NPR Music listens to Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem'
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5326160/npr-music-listens-to-lady-gagas-mayhem?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5329244/bloody-saturday-voiceofamerica-radio-free-asia-europe-trump-kari-lake?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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