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[17:41] ‘We don't want to do anything to hurt Ireland’ – Trump says US pharmaceutical industry has gone to Ireland as Micheál Martin meets US president in the Oval Office

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is due to meet US President Donald Trump later today in a hotly anticipated meeting as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

independent.ie/irish-news/poli…

#MicheálMartin #US #DonaldTrump #today #StPatrick’s




NEW YORK: Rep. Claudia Tenney illustrates George Orwell's point as she lies through her teeth about Medicaid enrollment:

acasignups.net/25/03/12/ny-24-…



Privacy Badger version 2025.3.3 is live in all supported browsers.

Besides a bunch of bug fixes, the new version adds support for overriding tracker settings via enterprise policies. To learn more, visit github.com/EFForg/privacybadge…

To install Privacy Badger, visit privacybadger.org/




I saw #InTheLostLands last night. The plot is a bit thin, stretched from a GRRRRR Martin short story. I liked it visually and I thought the two leads did well with the material. The sound has the compression problem too typical of movies with wide dynamic range. Overall I enjoyed it much more than reviews would lead you to expect.


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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[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.



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.




[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…



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





#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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#RJKJr opposes mass vaccination & culling as a strategy for controlling the #H5N1. He advocates for measures to protect flocks from infection by wild birds, isolating infected fowl, & allowing the highly pathogenic virus to spread.

The bird flu outbreak has ravaged poultry farms, leading to an egg shortage & higher prices.

His appt🚨signals "culling" humans.

The #TrumpMusk regime is against #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #Science #NationalSecurity #Vaccines #NIH...
#USPol
finance.yahoo.com/news/health-…



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NEW: In the wake of the downfall of cybersecurity watchdog CISA, #Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) plans to launch an alternative program aimed at safeguarding elections and rebuilding trust in the democratic process.

democracydocket.com/news-alert…





#introduction
I've been lucky enough to be born and surrounded by the necessary conditions to recently scale from the 64.5% vulnerable/poor class to the 32.4% middle class of my country. I'm just a blink away from poverty.
I have the privilege of having spare time to think about the injustice we endure as a society.
I'm looking for a community to learn/help more.
I want to focus my energy and time on solutions. I would love to support any Open Source projects that need Spanish Translation.✊🏽
in reply to Ciclop

Welcome to the Fediverse! Your interests really align with some great hashtags here.


‘Incredible!’ CNN Busts Trump DOGE Spox Making Influencer Vids at Gov Office Amid Job Cuts mediaite.com/news/incredible-c…