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While I distracted my mum with a trip to Bempton RSPB reserve, the innocent looking box I'd left in the corner of her living room was secretly printing an enormous blowfly. This may be part of a larger sinister experiment, that might involve Jeff Goldblum...

...or it might just be prep for Mondays 3d printing workshop involving @museuminabox artefacts scanned by the Natural History Museum.

Gannets nesting in the chalk cliffs at RSPB Bempton.
The head of a blow fly from a electron microscope scan at the natural history museum. This is part of a Museum in a box collection.
@Museum in a Box
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As measles cases rise, some parents become vaccine enthusiasts
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/30/nx-s1-5343997/measles-vaccine-hesitancy-enthusiasm-outbreaks?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@health-npr

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Automatically Crack Safes with this Autodialer

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Automatically Crack Safes With This Autodialer

When attempting to secure something, whether it’s a computer, sensitive data, or valuables, there’s always going to be a way to break that security. It might be impossibly hard, like ta…
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NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life.
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NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars

The Conversation (Ars Technica)

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Extension Manager Update Brings UI Buffs, Support for GNOME 48

If you’re an avid user of GNOME Shell extensions then a) you’re in good company, and b) you’ll be familiar with Matt Jakeman’s terrific Extension Manager app since it makes ...
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XZ Utils 5.8 Introduces Performance Improvements in the LZMA/LZMA2 Decoder - 9to5Linux

XZ Utils 5.8 open-source complete C99 implementation of the .xz file format is now available for download with performance improvements.
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#OpenSource #foss #organicmaps #fosserytech #weeklynews #opensourcenews #fossnews #reactos #mpv #protondrive #shotcut
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as much as I like @brave , it's sadly still tied to #google search engine monopoly, so there's that, but they could at least fix what can be fixed and make their own web store.. that would be cool
#Google @Brave

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30 March 1937 | Dutch Jewish boy, Isaac Beugeltas, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Studio photograph of a young boy photographed against a solid background. He has dark short hair. His fringe falls over his forehead. He is wearing a jacket with three buttons - unbuttoned, a waistcoat and a shirt buttoned up to the neck.
#auschwitz

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Angriff auf #Informationsfreiheit – Union will das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz abschaffen. Wir brauchen mehr Transparenz und Demokratie, nicht weniger. Wir brauchen ein Transparenzgesetz! taz.de/Angriff-auf-Information…

Angriff auf Informationsfreiheit: Amthors Rache

CDU und CSU möchten in der kommenden Koalition das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz abschaffen. Gelingt ihnen das, ist mit mehr Korruption zu rechnen.
Arne Semsrott (taz)
#informationsfreiheit

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Trump won't rule out military force to take Greenland
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/30/nx-s1-5344942/trump-military-force-not-off-the-table-for-greenland?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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🐕 grains/dog/cat feeder • STL files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2860688
💡 Designed by amkdesigngroup

grains/dog/cat feeder

Useful for kitchen grains as well as animal feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWztVRWjrc&t=12s
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This is a battle we cannot afford to lose. If we allow this to happen, we may never be able to undo the damage. The ocean has been taken for granted for too long, but we can still act, now.

Thanks to a legal loophole in US law, deep-sea mining in international waters has just become one step closer to reality, and the consequences for marine ecosystems could be catastrophic.

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Breaking news Deep-sea mining is closer than ever thanks to a legal loophole in US law Pictures of a massive underwater robot and a baby octopus
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means the floodgates are open for corporations to push forward with deep-sea mining projects. The potential for widespread environmental destruction is overwhelming, and it’s happening now.

💥 What can you do?💥

Share this information, spread the word so more people understand what’s at stake!

Support policies and organizations pushing for tighter international regulations on deep-sea mining.

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Photo of a high-tech machine plowing the ground of the ocean The US is not a member of the United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA), the global body that regulates deep-sea mining in international waters. Companies typically cannot mine the seabed beyond national jurisdictions without ISA approval. But here's the key: TMC is trying to bypass this system by applying for permits under an old US mining law, even though the seabed they want to mine is far outside US territory.
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Sign the petition to halt deep-sea mining projects and demand stricter global protections for the ocean.

Let’s keep the pressure on.

Follow 👉 seaspiracy on social media for more ocean news⁠

- Seaspiracy-

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#seaspiracy #ocean #fish #marinelife #conservation #oceanconservation #oceans #savetheocean #marineconservation #sea #deepseamining #stopdeepseamining #china #deepsea #protectthedeep #environment #saveouroceans #oceanlife #savethedeep


Stop deep sea mining - Greenpeace International

The deep ocean is one of the world’s largest, most fragile, and most important ecosystems. We need a global moratorium to stop the launch of this destructive new extractive industry.
Greenpeace International
#fish #environment #conservation #china #ocean #marinelife #sea #oceans #stopdeepseamining #oceanlife #SaveOurOceans #marineconservation #savetheocean #oceanconservation #Seaspiracy #deepsea #savethedeep #protectthedeep #deepseamining
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This move could set a really dangerous precedent: industrial-scale destruction of one of the last untouched ecosystems on Earth.

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Photo: Two workers with helmets look at a gigantic underwater drill This move could set a really dangerous precedent: industrial-scale destruction of one of the last untouched ecosystems on Earth.. If successful, this would allow corporations to sidestep international regulations and start mining the deep ocean under weak or outdated national laws.
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The deep ocean is Earth's final frontier and it hosts millions of undiscovered species.

The mining industry claims to be "green" because these metals are used in EV batteries, but the real cost is s irreversible ecological collapse.

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Photo of a little orange deep-sea being with one eye What's the cost? The deep ocean is Earth's final frontier and it hosts millions of undiscovered species. Mining would destroy habitats before we eben know what we're losing. Seafloor ecosystems take millennia to recover, if they ever do. Once scraped clean, they're gone forever. The mining industry claims to be "green" because these metals are used in EV batteries, but the real cost is s irreversible ecological collapse.
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The #ocean is not a resource colony for #corporate exploitation.

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Photo of a grey and white deep-sea being with tentacles swimming next to orange brown massive clams with grey algae The ocean is not a resource colony for corporate exploitation. If we don't act now, there won't be anything left to protect.
#ocean #corporate
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A petition? For mining someone else's resources? Y'know, historically that kind of thing was resolved with deep sea torpedos, which would be a lot more effective I'd say.

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#SilentSunday
One Eurasian collared dove grooms another on an apple tree branch. The doves seem happy.
#silentsunday

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Morgen zwischen 12:30 und 15:30 startet Isar Aerospace das erste Mal die neu entwickelte Rakete Spectrum für einen Testflug.
Das ist übrigens der erste Start einer Rakete in einen Orbit von Europa aus, in diesem Fall aus Andøya in Norwegen! 🚀

Bisher habe ich leider nichts von einem Livestream gelesen, eventuell gibt es auf dem YouTube-Channel von Isar Aerospace etwas: youtube.com/@isaraerospace
Ansonsten gibt es einen Newsroom zum Erstflug auf der Website: isaraerospace.com/newsroom-fir…


Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace offers flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations and single satellites.
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Immer dran denken: flamey end down, pointy end up or you're gonna have a bad day.

Oder anders gesagt: da hat was nicht funktioniert. Mal schauen was da genau los war.

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Overheard at a conference about #AI in #Medicine:

Speaker: "I hear neurologists prefer we say that generative AI systems 'confabulate' and not that they 'hallucinate'."

Neurologist [shouting from the back of the room]: "CORRECT!"

#psychiatry #neuroscience #sciComm #edu

Chase Parsons, DO, MBI Chief Medical Information Officer Boston Children's Hospital
#ai #medicine #scicomm #neuroscience #edu #psychiatry
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that's a great list of toots. I like this one:
"This is my deeper worry about AI - as we demand that the AI justify its decision to us, we create an incentive model for confabulation, just as we have for natural intelligence. Personalised reassuring salesmanship and gaslighting."

Especially: "Personalised reassuring salesmanship and gaslighting" Ouch...

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Pine Marten

A few more images of this beautiful creature that has been visiting the woodland hide, here in the Scottish Highlands.

#pinemarten #wildlifephotography #wildlife #scotland #highlands

A photo of a pine marten taken at dusk in a Scottish woodland.
A photo of a pine marten taken at dusk in a Scottish woodland.
A photo of a pine marten taken at dusk in a Scottish woodland.
A photo of a pine marten taken at dusk in a Scottish woodland.
#scotland #wildlife #wildlifephotography #highlands #pinemarten
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I’d never heard of a marten until about a month ago. My world is richer for knowing about them.
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'S e taghan a th' ann - In Scottish Gaelic it's known as taghan.

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Today in American science is fucked news:
A couple of blues or whatever they call toots on Bilesky. Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social 6h I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I'm editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity. Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social. 6h When researchers cannot engage in legitimate scientific discourse out of fear that the government will strip away their livelihoods, we no longer live in a society that values freedom, truth, or progress.

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I'll be talking about #postmarketOS at the next Portland Linux/Unix Group (PLUG) meeting on Thursday April 3rd, come on down if you're in the area 😁

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#pdx

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting: PostmarketOS

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#pdx #postmarketos

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@element you should've just stayed quiet instead of posting element.io/blog/us-shows-the-r…

It really just reads like "well, matrix is better for fascist governments planning airstrikes on innocent people".

Just.. Why?


US shows the risk of running a government by Signal

The Trump administration’s spectacular security breach, in which it seemingly shared details of a planned military strike in Yemen with a journalist, highlights just what can go wrong if you use consumer messaging apps to run your government.
Steve Loynes (Element Blog)
@Element

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wow!! we finally released this vn about sex and transformation and making a potion and sitting on the roof. it's good and you should buy it now so you get the next part free
eevee.itch.io/vignettes

vignettes by eevee, Floraverse

a series of personal adult stories
itch.io
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@unascribed Ooh. I don't like prepending links, but the trick to self redirect there when UA is Mastodon is 🔥
@unascribed

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Happy Mother’s Day! (My cartoon for @theguardian.com books)
Title: Just in time for Mother's Day: Classic literature with added Mums Panel 1: Moby Dick "Ahab! Moby! Enough of this nonsense. Apologise to each other and if you can't get along, stay apart." says Ahab's mother, standing in a little boat and looking sternly into Moby's eye, while her son sits chastened behing her. Panel 2: Casino Royale. "Vodka martini, shaken not stirred... And a sweet sherry for my mother." says James Bond. His mother calls over feom their table "Just a little one." Panel 3: The Lord of the Rings. "You can look for your ring after you tidy your room and walk the dog, Sauron." says Sauron's mother, holding out the dog lead to her son, who replies "Aw, mum!".
@The Guardian

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Als je mensen uitlegt hoe de AVG/GDPR werkt, dan ben je nog geen activist. Dan probeer je het gewoon te doen zoals we afgesproken hebben: binnenlandsbestuur.nl/digitaal…

Uw FG is niet activistisch!

U mag uw FG best complimenteren met een stevige ruggengraat en dikke huid. Maar dat heeft weinig met activisme te maken.
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#Python Pop Quiz 🐍❓

What is the value of the number variable at the end of this code?

A) 5
B) 49
C) 50
D) None of the above

#python
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@sybren
Was my first guess also. But will number changed ever? It should be forbidden to write such code 🤪
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@blenderbuch It's good to know how a language behaves, even when you think the code in question could be better.
@Carsten

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Wenn der Produktname Programm ist
"Grund des Rückrufs: Erstickungsgefahr"
lebensmittelwarnung.de/___lebe…
Packung mit Pastillen und einem Aufkleber mit Totenkopf und der Aufschrift "Black Death - Mr Simms sourest sweets"

Black Death Mr Simms Sourest Sweet

www.lebensmittelwarnung.de

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The good news is: we made it out of winter without depleting European gas storage sites! The bad news, we'll need to refill ~twice as much gas as past years to refill to healthy levels. Every new heat pump, solar panel and wind turbine will help us reach that goal more easily:
Graph showing how much energy is stored in European gas storage sites. Usually goes down until mid-April & then increases.

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So how does a solar panel or heat pump in summer help fill these sites for winter? We use LOADS of natural gas to create electricity & warm water, even in summer. The gas we burn for that is not available for storing for winter use. So: more efficiency in summer means more gas available for winter!

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Ooh, the Doors Plus website has been diddled.
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Folks refused to believe that clipboard API is a vulnerability and should be nuked from browsers...

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So Moss is out at a social walk with her puppy training class so I got the priviledge of a birthday walk with the mighty Nettle. Lovely! I'm now back to my "bday weekend off my diet eating of a crisp mountain" 😀 #dogsofmastodon
Nettle the collie on a grassy path. Mountains in the background and on the left a single lobely hawthorn tree.
#dogsofmastodon

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Went caving in Wales with @hugh yesterday. Turns out it was just an elaborate plan to rickroll me. Quite physically exhausting but 10/10 would recommend :neocat_floof:
A bat hanging on a cave wall
A cave, illuminated by a lamp, making a turn to the right.
Me in caving gear sliding down a slope, showing two thumbs up.
Hugh standing next to two music sheets inside a cave, titled "Never Gonna Give You Up"
@Hugh

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Hörempfehlung: Der Landwirtschafts-Podcast 63 Hektar erzählt, wie landwirtschaftliche Betriebe in die grüne Energieproduktion einsteigen – unter anderem, um wirtschaftliche Sicherheit zu gewinnen.#Energiewende ardaudiothek.de/episode/63-hek…

Podcast: Biogas, Solar und Windpark: Vom Landwirt zum Energieproduzenten? #46

Schwankende Erzeugerpreise, steigende Anforderungen an Tier- und Umweltschutz: Viele Landwirtinnen und Landwirte suchen nach lukrativen Alternativen, um ihren Betrieb für die Zukunft auszurichten.
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#Energiewende

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Nobody suspected large corporate law firms to be at the forefront when it comes to defending the rule of law against authoritarianism.

Them being such eager accomplices, preemptively and completely submitting to fascism, is nevertheless astonishing.

(Source: politico.com/news/2025/03/28/s…)

Politico article: Major Law firm strikes preemptive deal with White House

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Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/30/nx-s1-5332291/rosie-the-riveters-honored-for-service-in-wwii?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@U.S. News

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Police say ICE tactics are eroding public trust in local law enforcement
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Yet again, Google cancels a good product that worked for hand wavey bollocks reasons. The Nest Protect smoke alarms are excellent, so of course they had to go. theverge.com/news/638171/googl…

Google discontinues Nest Protect smoke alarm and Nest x Yale door lock

Google will stop manufacturing its smart smoke alarm and smart door lock in favor of new models from First Alert and Yale.
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Bonus bollocks, only the US and Canada get a First Alert (ugly) alternative. Never trust Google for continuity.

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Justitia? Fuck Justitia!
Soweit bereits bekannt werden im Koalitionsvertrag viele europa- und verfassungsrechtswidrige Abmachungen stehen. In den USA sehen wir, wie eine Demokratie stehend fällt, wenn die […] …

Zum Weiterlesen den Link benutzen.
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#demokratie #Europa #Justitia #koalition #spd

Illustration zweier Herren im Anzug, die Justizia, die am Boden liegt und nach der der ihr bereits entglittenen Waage zu greifen versucht am Bein vom Betrachter wegschleifen. Textzeile: Der Stand eer Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD

Justitia? Fuck Justitia! – Guidos Welt

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#spd #europa #Demokratie #Koalition #justitia

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Protests hit #Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon #Musk - theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… well done, people, keep it up

Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government
Dara Kerr (The Guardian)
#Tesla #musk

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Slow copying some files to an old laptop and decided to make some labels for my general use #floppydisks
A laptop with some floppy disks
Five floppy disks with various poorly made labels
#floppydisks

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[Playful Technology] shows how to remote control what an analog clock shows using an ESP8266 microcontroller.
youtu.be/K5sB2GNunMY

Would be especially useful today
#BST #BritishSummerTime #electronics #EscapeRoom


I made REMOTE CONTROL clock hands using an ESP8266 over Wi-Fi!

Clock mechanisms are great but they're only designed to move hands in one direction.... clockwise. And, traditionally, the hour hand only ever advances one h...
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#electronics #britishsummertime #bst #escaperoom

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"Das nächste Spielzeug."

Die #Selfhosting-Lösung ist eingetroffen. Jetzt braucht es noch Speicherriegel und eine #SSD.

#unplugtrump

Kleiner schwarzer Barebone-Rechner, Frontseite mit diversen Anschlussbuchsen für USB, HDMI etc.
Kleiner schwarzer Barebone-Rechner (Rückseite) mit diversen Anschlussbuchsen für Ethernet und Stromversorgung.
#selfhosting #unplugtrump #ssd
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Nice I've just got one of those and setup #OPNsense on it as it's now my router / firewall.

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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore condemned Donald Trump's "hostile" stance on climate change, but said Trump had "limited" ability to stop the "sustainability revolution." japantimes.co.jp/environment/2… #environment #sustainability #algore #donaldtrump #us #climatechange

Trump can't stop 'sustainability revolution': Al Gore

Gore also condemned the administration's treatment of universities and student activists, but said the tide is turning.
The Japan Times
#us #donaldtrump #climatechange #environment #sustainability #algore
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