Thanks to science, another spanish flu style catastrophe as in 1918 was prevented.
"The mRNA vaccines prevented millions of deaths. The technology for building new, effective vaccines quickly came on in leaps and bounds. Masks worked. And as with every pandemic in recent history, subsequent reviews have found that the advice to go early and hard with containment was correct."
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Five years on, the right’s Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream
Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope – but first, the more strident, misguided voices must pipe down, says author Laura SpinneyLaura Spinney (The Guardian)
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Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for the 5 Best Beaches in Rarotonga - Rarotonga Beaches Purple Travel Guide
This Rarotonga Best Beaches Travel Guide tells you what the best beaches in Rarotonga are and what the best snorkeling beaches in Rarotonga are and we show you photos of what you will see.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
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Trump names himself "Chief law enforcement officer" and promises to abuse the Justice Department to attack everyone who was involved in investigating his own crimes.
This man is building a dictatorship.
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Here is this week's #Linux & #OpenSource News video!
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New Webkit browser for Linux, NVK becomes default, KDE splits X11 code: Linux & Open Source News
Download the free Linux Enterprise report: https://tuxcare.com/downloadables/enterprise-linux-opensource-landscape-report/?utm_campaign=The%20Linux%20Experim...YouTube
Thanks Nick, a great update!
Please can you post links to your PeerTube account for your videos on here 😀
Nach Köln ist allerdings sehr weit.
Aber sehr schön gemachter Balkon, besonders der Speiskübel mit der Deko außenrum gefällt mir
Hackaday Europe 2025: Streaming Live
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Hackaday Europe 2025: Streaming Live
Hackaday Europe 2025 is in full swing, and whether you’re experiencing it live in Berlin or following along from home, here’s where you’ll find all the info you need to get the mo…Hackaday
The three of them, plus a lot of other tech billionaires subscribe to an ideology called the Dark Enlightenment espoused by this super weird, creepy dude: Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug."
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*DARK MAGA* If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to… | Jon Sneider | 340 comments
*DARK MAGA* If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE, here's the breakdown: Elon Musk and Peter Thiel cofounded a company… | 340 comments on LinkedInJon Sneider (www.linkedin.com)
The article has some useful context about Musk's career, notably what a sleazeball he has always been in his business and public dealings. It also points up the way governments have refused to do their regulatory jobs – and, less explicitly, how journalism has been a lapdog along the way.
But as it accurately points out Musk's desperate efforts to slow or reverse the well-deserved slide at Tesla, it doesn't get into the truly scary stuff. Namely, Musk won't give a damn about Tesla or its shareholders if his coup (per the first piece in this newsletter) succeeds. If he can divert U.S. government spending even more (see: SpaceX) into his bank accounts, Tesla will be an afterthought. Everything we know about this guy says there are no boundaries on his lust for money, and power. - @dangillmor
#GiftArticle #USPolitics
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Elon Musk Looks Desperate
How to lose $148 billion in less than two monthsCharlie Warzel (The Atlantic)
“Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models | WIRED”
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Literally what I and so many others have been warning about. Using LLMs in your work is effectively giving US authorities central control over the bigotry and biases of your writing.
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Newsletter: The real threat isn't AI using open knowledge — it's AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free. The future of free and open access isn't saying “wait, not like that” — it’s saying "yes, like that, but under fair terms”.
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“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge freeMolly White (Citation Needed)
Instead of worrying about “wait, not like that”, I think we need to reframe the conversation to “wait, not only like that” or “wait, not in ways that threaten open access itself”.
Anyone at an AI company who stops to think for half a second should be able to recognize they have a vampiric relationship with the commons. By operating in this purely extractive way, they destroy the things that underpin their businesses.
A new team and a new attitude, Lewis Hamilton cruises into the 2025 Formula 1 season
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5327506/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-formula-1-f1?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Threat of tornadoes moves south after storm unleashes winds and fans wildfires
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/g-s1-54089/tornadoes-move-south?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Cheap, unreliable ceramic APU resonators lead to "constant, pervasive, unavoidable" issues.
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This small SNES timing issue is causing big speedrun problems
Cheap, unreliable ceramic APU resonators lead to “constant, pervasive, unavoidable” issues.Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
From the archive 📷
Made this portrait about 30 years ago and still like it.
Shot with my 9x12 camera, which I sold years ago 🤦♀️
#portrait #portraitphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #nomakeup #photography #monochrome #largeformat
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(Nur die EBikes füllen 4 Seiten) 😁
#joinfediverse
London is empty at 9am, shops all open at 10am.
The one person I saw this morning was a lady soaking up the sun, recharging her soul, despite it only being 2'c in temperature.
As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5311603/why-does-online-college-cost-more?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Researchers astonished by tool’s apparent success at revealing AI’s hidden motives
Anthropic trains AI to hide motives, but different “personas” betray their secrets.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
They look like Nazi salutes. Here's why some people think they're a joke
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5305259/musk-salute-humor-controversy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Federal agencies plan for mass layoffs as Trump's workforce cuts continue
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328721/reduction-in-force-rif-federal-workers-job-cuts-musk-doge-layoffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Let me know which you have visited and how you liked them. backpackandsnorkel.com/USA/Onl…
Only in America
The US has no shortage of bombastic, creative, weird and wacky monuments that you will likely not find anywhere outside the US. See the growing list of monuments in the US that are, well, unique.backpackandsnorkel.com
On this day of protest, Belgrade is a powder keg, but just as important is how the president reacts – now and tomorrow
Aleksandar Vučić faces a harsh spotlight, inside and outside Serbia, says journalist and writer Brent SadlerBrent Sadler (The Guardian)
On my way to Utrecht, playing the #mtg #SpotlightSeries in modern. Wish me Luck 😅
Playing grinding breach: moxfield.com/decks/Fj4evBxtmUG…
Will report my matchups/records here, if I remember to do so 👍
just catching up to the news that there is new Kid Spatula 🖤 (˶°ㅁ°)!! can’t wait to listen ⏦ﾟ♡︎
Georgian Dream Strongmen Double Down on Deep State Conspiracy Narrative
The ruling party Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili spoke on March 13 on two separate pro-government channels, TV Imedi and Rustavi 2, respectively, drumming upCivil.ge (Civil Georgia)
15 March 1938 | A Dutch Jew, Leo Samuel Drukker, was born in Amsterdam.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 5 March 1944 in a transport of 732 Jews from Westerbork. He was among the 477 people murdered after selection in a gas chamber together with his mother Mietje and father Joseph.
The abysmally low book sales for Utown in English has motivated me to give the webcomic a new push. If Oni won't promote the book on their end, I can still get people to read what I consider to be a very, very good story--for free, as a French and English webcomic.
Utown has a dedicated website that looks awesome and I would love if you checked it out. I did a massive update this week 😀
Thank you for writing that story! I think I still owe you an update:
- the printed book reached London after I had completed reading it online (shipping was perfect… I just could not stop reading!)
- after just a few days it ended up in my bag and flew to Italy
- two days ago it was passed to a dear friend (see attached documentation 😜)
Tunisia medina watercolor sketches (2023).
As I sat on the floor with my sketchbook, one guy gave me free mint tea just to watch me paint. ❤
#sketchbook #urbansketching #watercolor #aquarelle #tunis #tunisia #tunisie
Climate litigation - Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits
“Lawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,” said the missive, which is addressed to the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.
Fossil fuel companies have vied for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years.
#environment #climate #pollution #litigation #immunity #uslaw #uspol
EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’
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“The Trump administration’s ignorance is trumped only by its malice toward the planet,” said Jason Rylander, legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute.
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“Come hell or high water, raging fires and deadly heatwaves, Trump and his cronies are bent on putting polluter profits ahead of people’s lives. This move won’t stand up in court. We’re going to fight it every step of the way.”
#uspol #uslaw #climate #EPA
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