US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children
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#Russia #Ukraine #WWIII #news #war #PutinsWar #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #RussiaUkrainewar #SlavaUkraini
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The future of federal support for agriculture
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5327557/the-future-of-federal-support-for-agriculture?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A colleague of mine coined an abbreviation, which I commend to your use: #YASPOG: Yet Another Single Pane of Glass.
This happens most frequently when 5 teams each decide to tackle the "single pane of glass" project and each produces a "universal" dashboard that focuses on a small part of the problem.
Resistance is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.Erica Chenoweth (Waging Nonviolence)
Made a coffee but I seem to have just drank it all before I managed to even say good morning lol
means I need MOAR COFFEE! 
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The Trump administration deletes evidence database documenting Putin's war crimes, including the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children, thereby preventing the rescue of these most vulnerable victims of the war.
independent.co.uk/news/world/e…
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 childrenSam Kiley (The Independent)
”It is unclear whether it was by accident or intent"
Oh, God, what fucking rock has this unnamed source been hiding under for the past decade?
PeerTube v7.1 is out!
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We're excited to release version 7.1 of PeerTube, which continues to evolve graphically, but also to simplify your discoverability! Let's take a close...JoinPeerTube
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As experiences go growing up in Ottawa and having a memory that is useless for most things and eidetic for ridiculous nonsense both have a lot to recommend them but one unfortunate byproduct of their cohabitation is that my inner monologue can get ambushed by Snack Bar Chez Raymond at any moment for no reason.
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François Pérusse - Snack-Bar chez Raymond
Sous-Titres en Anglais et Paroles à l'écran bientôt!Subtiles in English & Lyrics coming soon!Une des meilleurs chansons de François Pérusse!08/03: A été vu 2...YouTube
HP has previously paid millions for bricking printers, but not this time.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…
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I thankfully do not own an ink-jet printer. I switched to laser (Brothers). While the ink cost most, it surely last longer. Most importantly, I can let my printer sit there for years without printing anything, and my ink is still good, and my printer is not clogged.
The up front cost for both the printer and the ink may be more, but I gained myself both peace of mind and longevity for both (the printer and the ink).
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Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink Brother laser printers are popular recommendations for people seeking a printer with none of the nonsense.Mastodon 🐘
I built the second-worst #ZXSpectrum emulator in the world with #Perl
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fuzzix dot org :: Building the Second-Worst ZX Spectrum Emulator in the World with Perl
I've always been interested in the idea of building a small computer emulator, but it always seemed to be within the realms of bizarre science experiment meets arcane magic trick. Softwar...fuzzix.org
Microsoft Emails Windows 10 Users Urging Them to Upgrade, Recycle Old PCs
With Windows 10 security upgrades ending in October, Microsoft ramps up its Windows 11 marketing campaign, encouraging people to give its newest OS a look—or else.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior got a store page
"A run-and-gun metroidvania set in Voivod’s dystopian universe. Battle biomechanical mutants, explore a twisted post-apocalyptic world, and recover fragments of your lost mind. Featuring pixel-art visuals, tight action-platforming, and Voivod soundtrack."
store.steampowered.com/app/358…
#steam #gaming #videoGames #steamStorePage
Currently learning how to play #Starforged and as I apparently enjoy the journaling part of it I just built myself a traveler's notebook 😊 Apart from two notebook inserts, this also has an insert for holding my character sheet and my assets, plus a move cheat sheet.
#making #leatherwork #solo_rpg #ttrpg
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The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
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#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #meta #instagram #facebook
The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
Sarah Wynn-Williams had a front-row seat to some of Facebook’s most consequential (and controversial) moments. These are some of the most shocking claims...Karissa Bell (Engadget)
Good to see this. Salvaging building materials for re-use makes so much sense. And warehousing them, to make easily available. 👍
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‘It’s beautiful, don’t you think?’ The urban miners unearthing treasure in Belgium’s homes and garages
As the historic town of Leuven strives to become carbon neutral, it is transforming how its building are made – and demolished. Are there lessons for the rest of the world?Oliver Balch (The Guardian)
Via Joyce Vance:
Important point from Ruth Ben-Ghiat on the arrest #Turkey's opposition leader:
Autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the #Trump-#Musk administration for their aggressions.
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Erdogan Arrests Top Opposition Politician
On CNN Int at 2:30pmET to talk about Turkey; My WIRED Video on Dictatorsopen.substack.com
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The erasure is horrific & of course they're trying to erase *people* not just history on websites: they want trans people to disappear from public life, women & people of color to disappear from the workplace, immigrants&dissidents to disappear into murder prisons.
We fight them or they destroy us.
19 March 1939 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Agi Singer, was born in Gyor.
In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
How is it possible that many automatically (exactly every 3 hours) spammed "victims" of the holocaust (pre-camp photos in particular) are NOT FOUND in the victims database maintained by IDF soldiers who colonized former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau?
#Auschwitz #FrancescaAlbaneseIsRight #Gaza #GazaGenocide #Westbank #Lebanon #Syria #Yemen
Trump Weakens US Defenses Against Russian #Sabotage,🚨Aiding Putin’s #HybridWarfare.
Journalists reveal: US has quietly halted efforts to counter RU sabotage, cyberattacks, & disinfo., marking a dramatic policy shift under Trump.
The story details how Trump’s admin has ceased intel coord across mult agencies, effectively blinding: US to ongoing RU hybrid warfare.
NSC, FBI, DHS, & St Dept: reportedly suspended their ops w/o explanation.
Another🚨to amplify.
#USPol #Putin theintellectualist.com/trump-w…
Trump Weakens U.S. Defenses Against Russian Sabotage, Aiding Putin’s Hybrid Warfare - The Intellectualist
Donald Trump’s administration has halted U.S. efforts to counter Russian sabotage, cyberattacks, and disinformation, raising serious national security concerns. With intelligence-sharing suspended, is the U.S. enabling Putin’s hybrid warfare?TheIntellectualist (The Intellectualist)
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Via Bloomberg:
"Elon Musk's social network X has raised close to $1 billion in new equity from investors in a deal that values the company at roughly $32 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter — a valuation in line with when #Musk took it private in 2022." bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
most likely Saudi money.
We are very focused on Russia these days, but the Saudis are the second largest owner in the X owner group, and, let’s face it, the Crown Prince isn’t a huge fan of democracy or a democratic America that in close partnership with other western democracies promote renewable energy infrastructure in every corner of the world to diminish use of fossil fuel.
I know that Saudi Arabia and Russia are no traditional allies, but the rise in global climate change activism probably paves ways for all sorts of unholy alliances these days, hence the many meetings held in Saudi Arabia around the invasion of Ukraine. To think the Saudis don’t have a hand in that war is naive at best.
*The force (not the figure heads) behind Project 2025, comes from financing of roughly 100 members from the fossil fuel industry, including national wealth funds from UAE and Saudi Arabia. Not exactly poster children for democracy.
Billionaires know that keeping Twitter afloat is critical to their war on democracy.
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-…
Wondering which billionaires are bailing Musk out?
theguardian.com/technology/202…
Value of Elon Musk’s X ‘rebounds to $44bn purchase price’
Dramatic reversal of fortune for platform since billionaire owner became key ally of Donald TrumpMark Sweney (The Guardian)
Reup: I've been trying to track the things Trump has taken away. This is VERY much a work in progress, imperfectly presented. But please let me know what is missing (or better yet, steal my work)! www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Work in Progress: What Trump T...
Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away - emptywheel
A preliminary list of the things Trump has taken away.emptywheel
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I wanna puke.
"A senior official at #Musk’s DOGE is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency that it has worked to dismantle, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press." #USAID
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DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID
A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE a top job at an agency that it has helped dismantle.Matt Brown (AP News)
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Sometimes I contemplate the merits of maybe having something like a "thinking license"
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@psychology
Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique
Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.The Conversation
We had this weird steel bridge in the back of the barn leading to a disused outhouse. It was in the way of todays operations, so I hooked it up and dragged it away. Alas, as I turned around to see if it's following nicely, I see a field mouse sprinting away in panic mode, the steel roof of its previously impenetrable fortress ripped away by force majeure, its safe tunnels and carefully stored acorn stashes exposed to open air!
Oops. Sorry mouse.
#Homestead #Farm #Mouse #Oops #Nest #Acorn
This is beyond…
#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.
#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
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Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)
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more like neSLANDERthals because this is total slander.
leave my red-head chunky cousins alone.
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#Wildfire smoke obscures Miami-area roads and snarls traffic, video from the Weather Channel. #ClimateCrisis
Wildfire Snarls Florida Keys Traffic For Hours
A huge wildfire shut down the main artery into the Florida Keys on Tuesday. Traffic was snarled for hours as smoke and flames in the Miami-Dade area got closer to the well-known 18-Mile Stretch of U.S. Highway 1.The Weather Channel
A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system.
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Bravo, András Schiff.
We are a pariah nation now.
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Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.
Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.”Javier C. Hernández (The New York Times)
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Jennings is indeed emotional for all the wrong reasons. He rages any time someone exposes his sociopathically driven sycophancy. He's a bully.
Any good guy, any good person is emotional because they are empathic about someone, something or themselves & react as such to help the situation. They are heroes. All overly kind & empathic people have the potential to be someone's hero. 🙂
George Tataje
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Nobody cares about what he ever has to say...
He tows the party line.
Fuck this ghoul...
Prior to the insurrection, he couldn't be a big enough creep.
CNN is a joke for still having him on.