Sullivan, a Republican Washington state Senator on radio after hearing trucks rolling thru BC from lower 49 US states may get tariffs imposed on them:
“Canada, you don't want to mess with #Alaska.
“And if you do, we are going to work hard on having our cruise ships bypass your ports, and that will help our economy tremendously.”
Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Starmer fordert weiteren Druck auf Putin ++
Der britische Premier Starmer hat dazu aufgerufen, bei Friedensverhandlungen den Druck auf Kremlchef Putin aufrechtzuerhalten. Im Gebiet Kursk werden weitere Gefechte zwischen russischen und ukrainischen Streitkräften gemeldet.
More of what the #Musk/Trump administration is doing to hurt people in #NorthCarolina
Canceling a program that paid for fresh food directly from farmers to go to food banks in our state. Good for everyone...
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USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the programs NC food banks participate in.Sharryse Piggott (Blue Ridge)
Indonesian court blocks palm oil expansion, but leaves Indigenous land rights in limbo
JAKARTA — The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua. In its Dec.Hayat Indriyatno (Conservation news)
"What kind of demented Trump reality do we live in that this even had to be said,"
- Aure
"We will never, ever, in any way, shape or form, be part of the United States"
- Canadian PM Mark Carney
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Canada #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
Brazil Supreme Court: Trial against Bolsonaro set for March 25
#politics #brazil #democracy
agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/ju…
Supreme Court: Trial against Bolsonaro set for March 25
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the cases rapporteur, authorized the indictment for trial after the Attorney General’s Office endorsed charging the former president.Agência Brasil
1. Texas AG Ken Paxton is usurping the authority of Texas Courts in a brazen act of autocratic power. He's ordering court ordered gender changes void. He's demanding licenses and birth certificates revoked, with reverted replacements for trans people. Subscribe to support my journalism.
Texas AG Paxton Declares Court...
Texas AG Paxton Declares Court Orders "Void," Orders Gender Markers Reverted For Trans People
The Texas Attorney General says that all drivers licenses and birth certificates must be reverted for trans peopleErin Reed (Erin In The Morning)
ebola and dying in a fire are now roughly as popular as #Tesla in Germany.
electrek.co/2025/03/14/tesla-i…
#eupol #uspol #TSLA #TSLAQ #TeslaTakedown #elonmusk
Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won’t buy a Tesla car
A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
'Sounds like censorship to me.' O cinema co-founder slams proposed eviction over film
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328740/miami-beach-o-cinema-no-other-land?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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TikTok complies with Brazilian data authority ruling on minors
#politics #brazil #tiktok
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TikTok complies with Brazilian data authority ruling on minors
Users must now have an account to view content on the platformValor international
CNBC reports the U.S. stock market lost $5 trillion in value in three weeks. Is America 'great' again yet?
Given that this is the third German treated horribly by ICE, I think Germany should turn Elon's support for Neo-Nazis into a diplomatic issue. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
Green card holder from New Ham...
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.NHPR
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'Don't let your kids be on Roblox', Roblox CEO tells parents, before comparing himself to Walt Disney and declaring the platform 'the future of communication'
pcgamer.com/games/dont-let-you…
#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #gaming #roblox #wtf
'Don't let your kids be on Roblox', Roblox CEO tells parents, before comparing himself to Walt Disney and declaring the platform 'the future of communication'
"I would always trust parents to make their own decisions."Rich Stanton (PC Gamer)
Well, that type of quoting is maliciously misleading. It was the second part of an if-clause.
If you don't refrain from this kind of posts, I will block you! ☝️ See, I didn't just say: "I will block you!" 😉
But seems like I have to address my criticism to #PCGamer, as they did strip the context in their subheading in the first place. For clicks? So... nothing against you, @Some_Emo_Chick as you are "just" carelessly boosting bad journalism.
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-r…
The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Book Review: Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite
The novella starts when Dorothy Gentleman wakes up and discovers she’s been uploaded off schedule and into the wrong body, and she finds out soon that someone else is dead. As one of the ship…The Skiffy and Fanty Show
Travel Guide for THE BEST MUSEUMS IN PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Purple Travel Guide
We show you the best and most important museums in the Pittsburgh area and have lots of photos to help you decide which museums you want to visit.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology's current limitations.
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A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology’s current limitations.Jacek Krywko (Ars Technica)
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Still looking at mini excavators. New conclusions:
- Cheap KOOP diesels suck, better engines cost much more
- Swing boom almost a must for foundation restoration
- Track speed on most minis is incredibly slow
Given that last fact, I couldn't drive the excavator to the forest to handle some logs or whatever, it would take hours.
So tractor attached is back in the game. Annoying to reposition, but more mobile. Also cheaper.
#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Digging #Homestead
We identified 35 crimes linked to Terrorgram, including bomb plots, stabbings and shootings.
Each case involved someone who posted in Terrorgram chats, followed Terrorgram accounts or was a member of a group whose leaders participated in the Terrorgram community.
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#News #Extremism #Terror #Tech #Telegram #Violence
The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram
How a cadre of white supremacists used the loosely moderated social media platform Telegram to inspire lethal violence — until authorities took them down.ProPublica
The fact crap like this exists, is just one more example of why...
Again, I want off this fraking planet.
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I recently got a recommendation from @Romses to watch "Whiskey on the Rocks", a satirical Swedish mini series about a 1981 diplomatic submarine incident. I pretty much binged it yesterday night and today and had an absolute blast, so I hereby am repeating this strong recommendation to all of you 😉
Europeans benefit from some of the strongest consumer protections in the world!
Whether that’s when:
🔹 Shopping – Right to safe, high-quality products that can be repaired, replaced, or returned if needed.
🔹 Travelling – Compensation for delays or cancellations.
🔹 Banking – Secure payments and fair contracts.
🔹 Surfing – Protection of personal data and safeguards against scams.
For over 50 years, the EU has been working hard to keep consumers safe – both in stores and online.
What the actual fuck is this? We've already reached the torturing engineers stage?
nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-14/gr…
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.NHPR
So last time Trump was on this bullshit, this is one of the things that stopped him: a group of tech companies got together and very quietly explained to the man and his advisors what kind of damage, precisely, it would do to the economy if they couldn't get their employees back out of the airports Trump had stranded them in.
This time? He's got a second term, he thinks he's very right, and I have no idea if anyone will talk him off his bullshit.
@mark I was thinking about the number of people I know who come here for business trips--besides the actual residents here.
I wouldn't send my staff here anymore either. It's clear and present danger now.
But yeah, I don't think there are any guardrails now.
I could have really just skipped learning about why "herd immunity thresholds" matter with an example. We could have just skipped this whole thing. We had a whole plan and it was working great.
a pox on them hippie moms (and me too now I guess, wonderful)
dallasnews.com/news/2025/03/14…
Why measles breakthrough infections are possible among the vaccinated
Being immunocompromised or in close contact with an infected person puts vaccinated people at a higher risk of infection, experts say.Miriam Fauzia (The Dallas Morning News)
Saturday Sports: College basketball ins and outs
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5325939/saturday-sports-college-basketball-ins-and-outs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Arlington National Cemetery stops highlighting some historical figures on its website
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-54054/arlington-national-cemetery-dei-website?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Last night the band Stealing Sheep joined us for a special #JoyRide listening party. We played their new album on the soundsystem and everyone decked their bikes out in colourful LEDs (inc. lots of @MCQN_Ltd's My Bike's Got LED kits 🤩)
They performed from the back of the trike and livestreamed it to their socials (sadly they're not on the Fediverse)
Here's a bit from my phone when we were down at the Pier Head
#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Liverpool #LED #WLED
#JoyRide Stealing Sheep Listening Party at the Pier Head
The #JoyRide Friday social ride hosted @stealingsheepuniverse for a special moving listening party for their new album.Here's a tiny clip of when we were at ...YouTube
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After Schumer's abrupt U-turn to pass the spending bill, what comes next for Democrats?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5327422/after-schumers-abrupt-u-turn-to-pass-the-spending-bill-what-comes-next-for-democrats?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Federal contractors say they're stuck between nondiscrimination laws and anti-DEI orders
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5325881/federal-contractors-say-theyre-stuck-between-nondiscrimination-laws-and-anti-dei-orders?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Noor Abdalla, wife of detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, speaks out
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328546/noor-abdalla-wife-of-detained-columbia-university-student-mahmoud-khalil-speaks-out?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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