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europesays.com/2162498/ Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Meetings With the President of Poland Andrzej Duda and Deputy PM Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz #défense #Død #pentagon #PeteHegseth #SecretaryOfDefense


The #BrokenTimes has no idea what to do. It is lost.
"Perhaps the fact that the nation has endured difficult times before should offer a note of comfort. But perhaps not."
In an Anxious Moment for the Nation, Historians Say This One Is Different nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/poli…
in reply to Jeff Jarvis

The #BrokenTimes does have a story about NoKings: buried. I found it by searching--could not find where it is linked. The story does not provide a link to tell readers where protests are around them, only links to its stories about Trump. Not journalism.
nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/no-k…


CLIMATE CHANGE 2025!

At least 11 confirmed dead in San Antonio flooding, with unknown number still missing

Flash flooding struck the region early Thursday, when as much as 8 inches of rain fell before sunrise, according to the National Weather Service.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis #Breaking #BreakingNews

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🇺🇦💔 This is a Ukrainian soldier originally from Slovyansk, Donetsk region, who was returned to Ukraine during today's exchange.

In captivity, the Russians took away his finger, "justifying" it by saying that "he no longer needed it."

These are Russian methods. This is how they treat all Ukrainians. And, in particular, with people from Donetsk region who did not ask to be "liberated" and who defended their native, Ukrainian region from them.

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Esteemed #SenatorPadilla:
"1. 1st Latino US Sen from CA *4th largest economy in the world.
2. Ranked the 2nd most effective Dem in the Sen, based on bills introduced & passed..."
-K Kingsley

#DHS Sec Noem forcibly removed Sen Padilla from a press conf -launches #ICE raids on noncriminal #immigrants -wore a $50K Rolex watch while visiting a torture prison in SLV -banned from the Tribal Lands in her home state -exorbitant travel expenses landed her in hot water...
#Fascism #Kakistocracy #USPol

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ATTEND IF YOU CAN!

2,000 "No Kings" protests are planned Saturday in response to the Trump administration's plans to hold a large-scale military parade this weekend
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews

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If you're doing anything interesting today, remember to set your phone to airplane mode and disable biometric unlock before you head out.
in reply to Dan Riley

@dan131riley My understanding is that this is not the case - that Airplane Mode disables transmission, including wifi. bluetooth and cellular, and that - for example, on iPhones - that this means "find-my" type utilities no longer work, and that there's no in-phone recording of your motion taking place.
in reply to mhoye

Airplane mode typically doesn't turn off GPS reception, so location services may need to be turned off separately. Otherwise, photos in airplane mode may still have EXIF location data (for example).

Airplane mode may not turn off bluetooth, so verify that is off.

Even then I wouldn't trust it. Airplane mode isn't designed for privacy, and it has evolved over time to be more permissive. I wouldn't be surprised if some phones still send an occasional IMEI ping even in airplane mode.



Spotted on a recent walk. It's still afloat and has a nice, new mooring rope, but don't - whatever you do - lean on that taffrail...

#Photography #Boat #Psychogeography




We're starting an exciting journey through the book: Data-Driven Science & Engineering( databookuw.com/ ) on the Embedded Slack #book-club. The book explores signal processing, machine learning, and control systems from a fresh, data science perspective.

We've invited a math professor to guide us through all the fancy math in the book. Expect engaging Slack discussions and weekly live sessions on Fridays at 11am PT, beginning June 20.

...

1/2

#book

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Pepe is on his throne for #NoKings Day. No crown, but @anja wondered what head gear would be appropriately.

My call is a jesters hat.

Good luck to all those heading out to protest today. Be loud. Be safe. You do a good thing.

#sillySummerHatting #caturday

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europesays.com/2162488/ 5 Key Questions on Israel’s Strikes and the Risk of a Wider War #AirDefenseSystem #attack #BusinessInsider #Conflicts #damage #drone #Friday #Iran #Israel #missile #OctoberLastYear #response #risk #strike #Tehran #US #war




When you target a nuclear facility, an active nuclear reactor, with a weapon capable of destroying it, you aim at releasing large and lethal amounts of radiation in the surrounding areas and affect all life forms in this area (for decades). What is the difference between “this” conscious action and a small nuclear bomb?

diasporasocial.net/posts/49779…

@actapopuli @heretical_i

#Russia #Ukraine #Israel #Gaza #Syria #Kurdistan #Iran #Lebanon #Armenia

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in reply to Heretical_i

but the "middle class" was fed this drug of international justice, ruling, bodies, judicial processes, and that their affluent standard of living was through peaceful and moral means. All assassinations, invasions, torturing, bribing, strike busting, was done within a spectrum of morality and justice.

Who are you to call the holly "middle class" a hallucinating drug addict?

@heretical_i

in reply to yianiris

When was it that this hypocrisy was branded "no longer necessary" time to pull the plug on the show?

Was it 9/11 ? If so, GWB wasn't that stupid after all.

Because now we have fully conscious supporters of global fascism and imperialism, which justifies the ridicule of such organizations as UN or IAEA

@heretical_i



I watched a segment on #CNN with Victor Blackwell who had a USMC veteran, a JAG officer, who said “Marines aren’t trained to know the difference between lawful & unlawful orders.”

I call bullshit, Sir!

Military Training on illegal orders happens in👇🏼
1. Boot camp training
2. Ongoing training
3. Reality-based training
4. Case Studies “My Lai Massacre”

I also received Law Of Armed Conflict training annually.

DO NOT FOLLOW UNLAWFUL ORDERS!

#TrumpAuthoritarian
#DictatorTrump
#NoKings

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Cadet Bone Spurs wants "suckers" and "losers" to worship him


slate.com/news-and-politics/20…

[Cadet Bone Spurs] has a long and well-documented history of contempt for military service. There’s audio of him congratulating a man for faking a disability, as Trump did, to escape the Vietnam draft. There’s video of him challenging the heroism of being a POW in 1999, as well as in 2015. Videos, transcripts, witness testimony, and his own tweets show him ridiculing American generals in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. His own family members say he criticized his brother for going into the military and threatened to disown his son if he enlisted.


#resist #MadKingDonald #CadetBoneSpurs




These are the vehicles the Mossad used according to Iran’s security forces who have issued a warning that Israeli Mossad agents are using Toyota Hilux vehicles equipped with a concealed compartment from which drones were launched to strike targets within Iran from close range.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #Iran #drones
in reply to Aure Free Press

That looks odd. There is no good reference, but that sheet metal is around 5 mm thick and that makes no sense for building drone enclosures. That thing is probably too heavy for a single man to lift and it can probably support the weight of an elephant. If you wanted to transport drones, you could use plywood or thin sheet metal to make the compartments.

But, if I had to transport something like gas cylinders, I'd build something like this.

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🔁 Bachelor's thesis survey! Please boost! 🔁

As many of you already know, I'm a cognitive science student currently working on my bachelor's thesis about the relationship between internet users' identities and their online personas.

Specifically, I want to see how that relationship might be different for cis and trans individuals, as well as for entities with non-human identities.

I prepared a short survey to collect the data I'll need for the thesis and I would greatly appreciate it if you take the time to answer it and share it around, both on fedi and elsewhere! It is meant for individuals of all gender identities and ages and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes to complete.

Thank you for your time 😀

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…




Ukrainian intelligence drone operators destroyed multiple high-value Russian air defense systems in occupied Zaporizhzhia: a Buk-M3 SAM, a 9S19 “Imbir” radar (S-300V), and a Pantsir-S1 system.

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LLMs haben immerhin ein Gutes: Wir verstehen jetzt besser, was Intelligenz _nicht_ ist.
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@boriskarnikowski schön wärs. Fürchte es geht ganz Oldschool dann doch eher um Geld.


What's this?

The poster board section of a Target in #LosAngeles

They're all gone

Why are all the posters gone?

🤔

#NoKings

(bye for now #Mastodon, I leave soon myself to join my local #protest #demonstration)

#USA

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Good news: A fourth prisoner exchange in one week has taken place, President Zelensky announced.
Among those freed today are soldiers of the Armed Forces, National Guard, border guards, and transport unit fighters — many held captive since 2022.


In Tainan (Shalun), they built some prototypes for zero-carbon single family homes that scholars apparently can test-live in.

It’s Getting Serious: Taiwan’s Phasing Out of Nuclear Energy and Furthering its Transition to Green Energy taiwaninsight.org/2025/05/20/i…

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@boriskarnikowski Würdest Du dies als tiny house bezeichnen?
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@boriskarnikowski KfW 55 ist ja schon mal nicht ohne.



❗️U.S. military aid possible: Ukraine has prepared a powerful arms procurement package, but final approval must come at the presidential level, President Zelensky said.