Musk Faces Complaint Over Efforts to Get FAA to Drop Verizon, Use Starlink
A legal group alleges that Elon Musk 'corrupted FAA’s business relationship with Starlink' and is urging the inspector general's office to investigate. SpaceX has denied any wrongdoing.Michael Kan (PCMag)
studies show that when a frog attempts symbiosis with a scorpion to carry both across a river from a wildfire, the scorpion stings it and they both drown
studies show that when grasshoppers sit around and make music all day, they do not survive the winter as well as the ants that spend that same time collecting food to store in their nest
studies show that employers prefer employees who double their original investments, and when they terminate the one who keeps the investment undisturbed for years that portion is given to the employee who had originally been entrusted with the most assets
Jewish Voice for Peace is occupying Trump tower to demand Mahmoud Khalil’s release, no muslim ban ever and to stop arming Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace on Instagram: "BREAKING: Hundreds of U.S. Jews and friends are taking over the Trump Tower to say: Come for one, face us all. On Saturday, ICE agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist, recent graduate of Columbia Univ
32K likes, 368 comments - jewishvoiceforpeace on March 13, 2025: "BREAKING: Hundreds of U.S. Jews and friends are taking over the Trump Tower to say: Come for one, face us all.Instagram
every time some fuckwit accuses me of anti-semitism I point to Jews like this and ask: anti-Semitic like these Jews?
This Jewish led action is spectacularly helpful
Alright nerds, I ended up treating myself to a package of random MtG* cards to build my first deck.
(* #MagicTheGathering , not Evil Lady name's)
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This is Doom running on Android 16's Linux Terminal - Android Authority
Android 16’s Linux Terminal will soon be able to run graphical Linux apps, so we fired up Doom to show this feature off.Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)
Q5: @MakersHour
Most supply chains are pretty long these days. What would have to change to make your making more local?
A5: When I need to buy hardwoods I go to TreeStation. They only take down trees if that have to come down for safety reasons, and then the timber is planked for sale. As they are local, and only work locally, I know that the timber is also local.
I could improve my supply chain by only sourcing my timber from them, but that isn’t always practical.
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Q5: Most supply chains are pretty long these days. What would have to change to make your making more local?
A5. This is a difficult one. I’d love to be able to go more local but when I can find whatever I need online and in-stock, without having to traipse around multiple shops, it saves so much time. Even just being able to check stock online and go directly to one store to collect is fab.
If I’m out and about, I do like perusing local shops to see what I can find though.
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Q5/A5 long supply chains? To make my making more local I would have to source tools and thread from local surplus or reuse like Seattle ReCreative.
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Trump saying his goal is to eliminate taxes for anyone earning less than $150,000 per year is like me saying my goal is world peace. Both are nice goals. And both are equally impossible.
Trump is turning into a department store Santa Claus. He keeps promising benefits without having any idea if and how to deliver them. Heck, he doesn't even care if it happens, provided the MAGA child on his lap leaves with a smile. "Sure, Tommy, I'll deliver a pony on Christmas night."
This is like the incredibly wonderful stupendous "Only I Can Fix It" "I Have Concepts of Plan" better healthcare plan and "Infrastructure Week" that he promised during is first stint in the White House and never delivered.
How can anyone vote for or support Trump knowing that all of his promises are hollow? I get the MAGA rage but do any of them really believe he will deliver anything he promises other than pain for others, tax breaks for the wealthy, and power for himself.
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It’s not a trade war; it is a destabilization campaign.
The erratic swings in trade policy are not a bug, they’re a feature.MikePalecek (MikePalecek’s Substack)
@JoshuaACNewman fwiw, I don't think tankies are real. I've only ever seen the term applied to internet LARPers or to MLs by people who haven't read Lenin. Which is to say I think there are people that some anarchists would call tankies, but I don't think the people they imagine when they're using the word actually exist.
By all accounts, I'm a tankie 🤷
Ihr lieben Alle!
Die #Petition auf der #Bundestag Seite zur
Sicherstellung einer langfristigen ausreichenden Finanzierung für zivilgesellschaftliche Initiativen vom 19.01.2025
epetitionen.bundestag.de/petit…
hat gerade mal etwas über 20% des notwendigen Quorums erreicht und geht nur noch bis 1.4.25.
Bitte zeichnet diese Petition noch mit, falls Ihr es noch nicht getan habt und verbreitet diese an Freund*innen und Bekannte weiter.
Es ist zwar schön, dass andere Plattformen horrende Zahlen an Unterschriften verzeichnen konnten, aber hier wäre die Mitzeichnung wohl am ehesten effizient. Danke!
always awesome to see twitch.tv/makerdeck completely full, right now...
#maker #3dprinting #twitch #live
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Hare Raising
Scampering along, springing over the heather.
#mountainhare #hare #highlands #scotland #winter
German parliament to debate radical borrowing rule changes to boost defence
Election winner Friedrich Merz also trying to seal €500bn fund to revive economy before new parliament convenes
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Merz presses Greens to name their terms for German defence spending rise
‘What more do you want from us?’ asks chancellor-in-waiting as he seeks urgent support for fiscal rule changesKate Connolly (The Guardian)
This is a corrupt, dishonest right wing guy with authoritarian streaks who held no political office before.
Sounds familiar?
As my musician friend Todd Harper says, a mind is a terrible thing.
There's something related to #homeassistant in the #mail !
#drunkshopping #drunkpurchase #drunkbuy #homeautomation
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"Avid EU/ NATO/ NAFO fan!" in bio
Remarkable fandom
US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple
Critical minerals are in demand around the world for military, technology and other uses. A geoscientist shares what’s known about Ukraine’s reserves, which could help the country recover from war.The Conversation
Trump Baselessly Suggests Fired Federal Workers Were Incompetent at Their Jobs
A multiyear survey finds that those working at federal jobs tend to be among the hardest working in the country.
The big names are struggling
The bookies are having a great Cheltenham Festival. Fact to File is the only big name to win so far this week. Only two favourites won today which has been the trend for this week. It may change tomorrow of course but there is value in looking at the 7/1 shots that will run tomorrow. Today wasn't as successful as yesterday as I only had 1 winner today, ironically that was the other favourite that won today.
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The big names are struggling
The bookies are having a great Cheltenham Festival. Fact to File is the only big name to win so far this week. Only two favourites won today which has been the trend for this week. It may change to…rghsaint
Q4: @MakersHour
What is the most technological part of your making and what is the most "low-tech"?
A4: I suppose the most technological is going to be either 3D printing, or the plasma cutter and welders, I have. They are all tools that I couldn’t easily replace if I had to create their purpose from scratch, with no plans.
The lowest tech is going to be a hammer. Interestingly, I seem to have 4 or 5 big sledge hammers and 6 club hammers, as well as the other smaller claw, ball pein, cross pein, and metal forming hammers.
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But: it's far from what we today call paint either in durability (renaissance belive greek statuary where white because the color disappear completely, and we practically don't have any painting remaining form those times) or aviable color.
I would also add that steel nails require blast furnace, which are not really «low tech».
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Q4/A4 most and least technological parts of making?
most: digital photography and image manipulation to draft and adapt patterns.
in between: measuring, sizing patterns, reinterpreting pattern instructions
least technological: cutting and stitching.
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Marktbericht: Angst vor Zollkrieg bringt Wall Street ins Wanken
An den Börsen haben sich die Wirtschaftssorgen mit Wucht zurückgemeldet. Nach neuen Aussagen von US-Präsident Trump ist die Angst vor einer Ausweitung des Zollstreits der USA mit den Handelspartnern gestiegen.
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Marktbericht: DAX wackelt wieder
Einen Teil der starken Vortagesgewinne dürfte der DAX zum Handelsstart wieder verlieren. Das Gezerre um die US-Zollpolitik zwingt die Anleger zur Vorsicht. Sie scheuen das Risiko.tagesschau.de
Look on the bright side: If we bring liquor smuggling and rum running back, then we're going to produce a new generation of Kennedys! The current ones turned weird on us.🤔
And we'll get some more Al Capones! OK, I admit, that'll be painful for NYC and CHI, but in 30 years we'll get new rap artists!
Glass half-full people!
Turn that frown, upside down!
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