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Британія відповіла на вислання свого дипломата з Росії eurointegration.com.ua/news/20… #Новини


Більше половини французів підтримали б "ядерну парасольку" Франції для союзників eurointegration.com.ua/news/20… #Новини


I'm really getting sick of having to keep turning off Apple Intelligence every time one of my devices updates, which they do fairly frequently. Apple needs to respect their customers' choices and stop this crap now.
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Romania: Government crisis challenges democratic bodies dw.com/en/romania-government-c…


Bosnia issues arrest warrant for Serb leader Dodik dw.com/en/bosnia-issues-arrest…



[17:55] Two to be sentenced over €500,000 fraud at Dublin Zoo

A man and a woman have admitted their roles in a fraud in which over €500,000 was stolen from Dublin Zoo over seven years ago.

rte.ie/news/2025/0312/1501727-…

#over€500,000 #DublinZoo #sevenyearsago



Here are the 200+ sites an ICE surveillance contractor is monitoring.

404media.co/the-200-sites-an-i…

in reply to 404 Media

thank you for the phenomenal reporting on this! My jaw is on the floor after seeing Signal and ProtonMail on the list. But also: GIPHY and VSCO - what?

Notably absent are Fediverse platforms. And honestly this is the biggest motivation for going one step further and self-hosting (it feels like an additional protective shield)



Filipino workers in semiconductors factory declare strike victory…
globalvoices.org/2025/03/12/fi…
"#Labor activists in the Philippines saw a major victory after a 74-hour strike of 1,800 workers at Nexperia #Philippines, a #Dutch semiconductors factory. The strike ended in victory on March 8 after the management agreed to increase daily wages and reinstate dismissed #union officials."


Fuck it man, idk. Just put on some Grateful Dead. Put on some Aretha. Print some kind of zine. Paint a sign. Start a band. Write a manifesto. Bootleg a t-shirt. Hand out stickers. Throw a party. Keep it weird.



Українцям за кордоном допомагатимуть у спеціальних центрах єдності: що про це відомо news.telegraf.com.ua/ukr/ukrai…


Every day I find a brand-new little horror that's been happening in US agriculture. After a lifetime of collecting ag horrors. ok throw it on the video essay pile with the other 200 that are waiting I guess

Anyway here's today's fresh horror! I think you will like it!

in reply to Sarah Taber

Anyway, I'm thinking a lot about how foodies spent the last 30 years lecturing poor people on "making wise choices with their food dollars."

They should have been counseling landowners on making wise choices with their property.

in reply to Sarah Taber

A food card I get from my health insurance gives a monthly allowance for food, but only "healthy food". Puts me in a state of concern on if my choices as being healthy are actually healthy and thus paid for.


Look at that face. I would give that face anything. Photo from my collection, ca. 1940s.


MLB announces 2025 Trade Deadline date (July 31, 6 p.m. ET) mlb.com/news/mlb-2025-trade-de… Major League Baseball has announced that the 2025 Trade Deadline is Thursday, July 31, at 6 p.m. ET. #MLB
#mlb
in reply to Major League Baseball

@Lino_JR Everything old is new again, I guess. My brain still defaulted to the July 31 date for the past few years anyway, even when the date was August 3 or whatever.



Five EU defence ministers meet in Paris to discuss Ukraine, Reuters says pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03…



[05:57 PM] Former Philippines leader Duterte arrives in the Netherlands; Will be jailed near ICC

An airplane carrying former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte landed at Rotterdam The Hague Airport on Wednesday at about 4:55 p.m.

nltimes.nl/2025/03/12/former-p…

#Philippine #RodrigoDuterte #RotterdamTheHagueAirport #Wednesday #about4:55p.m.



#Politics It just occurred to me that Trump is utilizing the same tactics as Marxists have used to recruit people to their cause. You start the cry of "they're ripping us off, they're getting wealthy at our expense, down with the pigs, etc. Then once you have them all worked up to a frenzy, they'll follow you anywhere, and you can control them like sheep. This a brand new opinion on my part, so maybe I have it a little wrong, heck, maybe I have it all wrong.
in reply to Bruce Toews

That’s actually pretty spot on. #FDR called it government by organized mob, though to be fair he was describing something a little different. But it is absolutely the mob mentality. If you’ve ever found yourself on the wrong side of an online mob, as I unfortunately have, you have a bit of a taste. The mob can do no wrong, even when they’re wrong.
#fdr


Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight
Meta fights to keep leeching evidence out of AI copyright battle.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…


Elderly lady blew me a kiss!

I was out on my lunch. As I returned to my parked car, I noticed a large SUV struggling to reverse out of their parking spot.

I walked in front of the SUV and calmly waved and talked the tiny lady through backing out and turning the wheel and exiting.

Before she drove off, she smiled and blew me a kiss 😀

That could be someone's grandma or mom.

I hope they tell the story about the handsome brown man with beard who helped her - emphasis on handsome of course!

#adulting #ageing #dadlife







Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly addresses Americans over trade tensions

#Canada 🇨🇦

youtube.com/watch?v=lYpxQmh4TM…



UK expels Russian diplomat and says Moscow is seeking closure of British embassy in city – UK politics live theguardian.com/politics/live/…



Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: the Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic (with an accompanying website), The Net with Sandra Bullock, and Hackers. As well as these 3 films, I look back at William Gibson's now extinct mid-90s website, "William Gibson’s Yardshow", and the equally lost to time Johnny Mnemonic net.hunt, an online scavenger hunt. cybercultural.com/p/cyberspace… #InternetHistory #90smovies



BBC: Британія допомогла Україні та США узгодити 30-денне припинення вогню newsua.one/news-military/11017… [Ukraine]


Трамп о прекращении огня: Мои люди сейчас направляются в РФ, теперь все зависит от нее news.liga.net/politics/news/tr… #Russia #Ukraine




#EU retaliates against #Trump’s #tariffs as #TradeWar escalates

The #EuropeanUnion hit back Wed at Trump’s #steel & #aluminum tariffs w/its own levies, announcing tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of products, including bourbon & motorcycles, while warning of further retaliation.

The 27-nation bloc said its 2-stage response would target ~$28B in US exports. The announcement of the European measures came at the same time Trump’s tariffs took effect.

#economy #USpol
washingtonpost.com/world/2025/…




Rahm Emanuel Is Back To Punch Some Hippies: A Report

Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) morning email thingie has shaken me to the core of my being: "FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: “Rahm Wants to Run. Yes, For the Presidency” — a marmalade-dropper from JMart to start your day. "Rahm Emanuel “has been as visible as any other Democrat” since returning from his stint as ambassador to Japan, writes POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin in his just-published column, and blatantly has…

mockpaperscissors.com/2025/03/…



First they came for the welfare state, and the Democrats "reached across the aisle."

Then they came for the Supreme Court, and the Democrats voted for Clarence Thomas, et al.

Then they came for the election finance law, and the Democrats said, "We really should do something about that."

Then they came for voting rights, and the Democrats promised to defend them.

Then they started to dismantle the national government, and the Democrats composed strongly worded letters.

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