Inside the new George Kittle deal - EUROPE SAYS
The 49ers and tight end George Kittle finalized a new five-year contract on Tuesday.EUROPE SAYS
Australia: Socialist Equality Party meeting attendees support party’s anti-war program - EUROPE SAYS
World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with workers and young people attending the Socialist Equality Party’s election meetings last week in Melbourne andEUROPE SAYS
Feature interview: how Meta and X will eat themselves
This is how huge tech platforms like Google and Meta roll; first, they're good to their users; then they abuse them to make things better for business customers, then they exploit their business customers to squeeze out every last bit of value fo…RNZ
They're not going to fix things, they have no intention of making things right. What's happening is exactly what they want to happen.
What they're hoping is to destroy our country and lives beyond the point of no return before we stop them.
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…which is extremely dangerous for us, but also their weakness: authoritarians do not expect a sustained opposition. They think we’ll eventually give up and fall in line. Let’s make sure they’re wrong.
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Attorney General Bonta Urges Congress to Block Dismantling of EPA’s Office of Research and Development Integrated Risk Information System Program
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in sending a letter to Congress, urging members to oppose two Congressional bills (H.R. 1415 and S.State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
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An Unpopular President Is a Weak President
The early reviews are in: Trump 2 is a box office disaster.
The polls show President Trump’s approval is deeply underwater:
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SHOCK ARREST of Judge STUNS Across the Globe
MeidasTouch contributor Anthony Davis reacts to the chilling arrest of a Wisconsin judge by the FBI as Donald Trump escalates his attacks on the U.S. judicia...YouTube
30 April 1911 | Norwegian Jew, Herman Rafael Scharff, was born in Oslo.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942.
He did not survive.
this was a stunning evening, i have a lot of photos of this sunset that were caught from different locations at the end of a road trip as i was getting back into Cape Town.
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Wow. Interesting story, but fascinating for #psychology students and experts alike, I'm sure:
A pure clinical case study here, of #TrumpVirus / #WordSalad #psychopathology 101.
'Just say yes': Trump begs reporter to accept that doctored photo is real
'Just say yes': Trump begs reporter to accept that doctored photo is real
ABC News' Day 100 interview with President Donald Trump went off the rails after reporter Terry Moran refused to accept Trump's false assertion that an altered photo was real.Carl Gibson, AlterNet (Raw Story)
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Queensland respiratory surveillance report: 23 Apr to 29 Apr 2025
Reported cases:
🔹COVID: 303 (-12.9%)
🔹Influenza: 816 (-28.9%)
🔹RSV: 608 (-14.8%)
Hospitalisations:
🔸COVID: 51 (-20.3%)
🔸Influenza: 80 (-8.0%)
🔸RSV: 58 (unchanged)
Source: health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra…
Acute respiratory infection surveillance reporting
Find weekly surveillance reports that provide a profile of influenza from a number of perspectives.Queensland Health
Queensland: GENOMIC ANALYSIS REPORT - SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance: 28 April 2025
🔸XEC is the dominant lineage with approximately 46% of samples tested over the past 2 weeks
🔸KP.3.1.1 is the second highest lineage proportion with approximately 21%
Source: health.qld.gov.au/__data/asset…
Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Within the framework of the official visit, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the Minister of Foreign Affairs ofBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Azerbaijan National Leader Remembrance Day 2025 – Heydar Aliyev – Malaysian Chess Federation
For the 3rd consecutive year, MCF will collaborate with the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to organize the Azerbaijan National Leader Remembrance DayBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
This one started off with the following rubbish "You don't need to be welcomed to your own country".
It's not my country anyway, it belongs to the Ngunawal / Ngambri people and there is nothing wrong with welcome to country!
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#Foreigner
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Foreigner - I Don't Want to Live Without You (Official Music Video)
You're watching the official music video for Foreigner - "I Don't Want to Live Without You" from the album 'Inside Information' (1987)Check out Foreigners la...YouTube
Sometimes I am not sure where my brain takes me, as was the thing when I discovered I wanted to recreate Henry 8ths famous outfit.
Everything made and machine embroidered by me. Silk, velvet and fake fur.
3d printed dagger to match
I have an idea for the next one.. a slightly more elaborate 😛
#historicalsewing #embroidery #royality #costume #søm #sying #tudor #ball #machineembroidery
small biz as a demographic supported Trump because they thought it was more important to deny my family health care than to make money
i will weep no tears for small biz as a demographic
individuals who happen to have a small business & who also voted for Kamala exist & I am one of them but let's not pretend small biz *as a demographic* isn't reaping karma for their actions in supporting the GOP over multiple decades
Clashes In Ra’anana Outside Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony
Dozens of right-wing activists rioted outside outside a Reform synagogue in Ra'anana on Tuesday evening, during a screening of the "alternative Memorial DayBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Canada election results live updates: Carney says trade deal with Trump will happen ‘on our terms’ as Liberals fall short of majority government
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating theBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Who should I vote for? What are the key party policies in the Australian election? | Australian election 2025
Lower taxes, cheaper fuel and home-buying help are among the sugar hits on offer at this year’s election.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Koalitsioonierakondi toetab kokku 21% ning opositsioonierakondi 71,1% vastajatest - EUROPE SAYS
Erakondade reitingud: toetust kasvatanud Keskerakond möödus Reformierakonnast - DelfiEUROPE SAYS
RFK Jr. Kills Lifesaving Narcan Program, Will Replace With Thoughts And Prayers
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RFK Jr. Kills Lifesaving Narcan Program, Will Replace With Thoughts And Prayers
Not actually an exaggeration.Robyn Pennacchia (Wonkette)
Philippines, New Zealand sign visiting forces deal
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
DOGE Aide Dismantling CFPB Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From Cuts — ProPublica
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DOGE Aide Dismantling CFPB Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potential violation of federal ethics laws.ProPublica
#WritersCoffeeClub 29 Have you ever written anything that didn't age well?
Not precisely, but I _did_ write something that has aged very _uncomfortably_.
In my 2022 book "Lurkers at the Threshold", I added a travel warning for regions of Germany where the fascist #AfD had received more than 20% of the vote. Now, after the 2025 federal elections, this covers much of the country.
I am not going to take these words back, and will likely repeat them in future volumes. But it is depressing how much obviously worse my home country has become in the last few years.
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That doesn't explain the number of voting districts in "Western Germany" who went hard for the AfD.
A few days ago I published "Crystal Chariot: a poem for the moment" to my blog. Then I decided to remove it. Now it's back. dustycloud.org/blog/crystal-ch…
I am having a hard time talking about my experiences right now publicly, for many reasons. This poem is the best I have been able to do.
Former Japanese PM: Japan should redefine its position and role in Asia instead of aligning with the US – World
Former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama told China Daily in an exclusive interview that although Japan has largely pursued a national strategy ofBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
sigh.
TheConversation: People who aren’t legal experts are more willing to rely on legal advice provided by ChatGPT than by real lawyers – at least, when they don’t know which of the two provided the advice. That’s the key finding of our new research, which highlights some important concerns about the way the public increasingly relies on AI-generated content. We also found the public has at least some ability to identify whether the advice came from ChatGPT or a human lawyer.
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I love this paragraph from AWS's own docs.
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What is RAG? - Retrieval-Augmented Generation AI Explained - AWS
What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), how and why businesses use RAG AI, and how to use RAG with AWS.Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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Ko Simon toku ingoa
in reply to Dave Lane 🇳🇿 • • •Dave Lane 🇳🇿
in reply to Ko Simon toku ingoa • • •systematic decline in quality of online platforms over time driven by greed
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Ko Simon toku ingoa
in reply to Dave Lane 🇳🇿 • • •John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺
in reply to Ko Simon toku ingoa • • •Sometimes I miss the prohibition on seven dirty words...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_di…
George Carlin's list of "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" or "Filthy Words"
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Doc Edward Morbius ⭕
in reply to Dave Lane 🇳🇿 • • •Mild quibble: Google did come up with Gmail on its own. Or at least through a 20% project (that is, it wasn't a management objective).
But other than that, novel product development has been quite poor.
Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Dave Lane 🇳🇿
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •Doc Edward Morbius ⭕
in reply to Dave Lane 🇳🇿 • • •Google definitely tweak the heck out of products. But in terms of either launching new game-changers, on the scale of Gmail, Maps (aquisition), Youtube (aquisition), Android (aquisition), or ... come to think of it, Chrome was also home-grown, no?, they've an awfully weak record.
(Gemini, Google Books, and Translate are some other successful launches, though they've had relatively limited reach. Gemini's still in early days, so it could prove a breakout yet.)
All the more so for revenue-generating products, of which Doubleclick / Adsense remains the sole cash machine.
List of products for those interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_….
@pluralistic
Wikimedia list article
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Doc Edward Morbius ⭕ • • •Dave Lane 🇳🇿
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •free and open-source browser engine of the Chromium project
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