A look back at Voice of America, as the Trump administration shutters the broadcaster
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5329895/a-look-back-at-voice-of-america-as-the-trump-administration-shutters-the-broadcaster?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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> Whether it’s cryptocurrency scammers mining with FOSS compute resources or Google engineers too lazy to design their software properly or Silicon Valley ripping off all the data they can get their hands on at everyone else’s expense… I am sick and tired of having all of these costs externalized directly into my fucking face. Do something productive for society or get the hell away from my servers.
fuckin' preach it
Democrats aren't unified in their response to President Trump's executive actions
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331244/democrats-arent-unified-in-their-response-to-president-trumps-executive-actions?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Two astronauts are finally returning from an unexpectedly long stay at the ISS
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331240/two-astronauts-are-finally-returning-from-an-unexpectedly-long-stay-at-the-iss?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I know I post a lot of photos of clouds but honestly, I think we should all spend more time looking to the skies. They speak a rare and valuable truth to us all.
*nods wisely*
#taxTheRich #UKPolitics #UKPol
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2829058
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Wile E. Coyote test for painting a road on a wall. Testing #tesla camera.
Spoiler: it fails.
Nobody gets hurt except a manikin (of a child).
Interesting comparison between LIDAR and camera.
If uninterested in #disney Space Mountain, you can jump about halfway through the video for the car stuff.
Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?
Never underestimate the power of freakin' lasers! Have fun learning to think like an engineer and get 2 FREE boxes at: http://crunchlabs.com/LidarGet your Cr...YouTube
Aurelio Martínez, ambassador of Garifuna music, has died
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332266/aurelio-martinez-garifuna-honduras-obituary?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.The Conversation
'The White Lotus' actor Natasha Rothwell talks about her parents' influence on her
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330856/the-white-lotus-actor-natasha-rothwell-talks-about-her-parents-influence-on-her?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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An overview of the 127 legal cases against Trump's actions since taking office
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332086/an-overview-of-the-127-legal-cases-against-trumps-actions-since-taking-office?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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source - flexiblegonewrong on insta
#chronicillness #chronicallyill #chronichealth #invisibleillness #autoimmune
An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
Graphic artist Victoria Lomasko’s journey highlights how censorship has intensified in Russia.The Conversation
Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem' shakes up the charts at No. 1
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330459/lady-gaga-mayhem-charts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Researchers fear grants for studies on health disparities may be cut in anti-DEI push
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5299853/researchers-fear-grants-for-studies-on-health-disparities-may-be-cut-in-anti-dei-push?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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German parliament votes for massive increase in defense funding despite debt fears
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331877/german-parliament-votes-for-massive-increase-in-defense-funding-despite-debt-fears?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump administration's USAID cuts have implications for humanitarian workers worldwide
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5328186/trump-administrations-usaid-cuts-have-implications-for-humanitarian-workers-worldwide?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Nobel Prize-winning author takes on 'everyday, ordinary' things in new novel
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5135654/nobel-prize-winning-author-takes-on-everyday-ordinary-things-in-new-novel?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Here's what happened in the phone call between Trump and Putin
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5330929/heres-what-happened-in-the-phone-call-between-trump-and-putin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks
Shares of Tesla have plunged nearly 50% since a peak in mid-December.Olivia Rubin (ABC News)
Most board members are on multiple BoDs where they are gifted with stock. If they are all down in the market, and a member needs cash, I would think they would sell the stock with the least upside preferentially first. Therefore, dump Tesla while you can still get something for it.
Immigrant rights activist taken into ICE custody in Aurora without warning Monday night, advocacy groups say
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, who recently faced a Congressional committee to justify the city's immigration policies, called Vizguerra's arrest a "Putin-style persecution of political dissidents."
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Immigrant rights activist taken into ICE custody in Aurora without warning Monday night, advocacy groups say
An immigrant rights activist was taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Aurora without warning on Monday night, according to an immigrant advocacy group.Katie Parkins (Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH))
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Poden as redes sociais (dixitais) realmente ser transformadoras? Unhas reflexións dos nosos Sergios (@salvari e Fernández), con todo o traído e levado tema da migración dende X a outras redes.
Para as organizacións que buscan a transformación ecosocial, a elección é clara (e ás veces o camiño máis sinxelo non é o que leva máis lonxe..).
Versión en galego do post de El Salto: galicia.isf.es/blog/poden-as-r…
Poden as redes sociais (dixitais) realmente ser transformadoras? - ESF Galicia
Esta é a versión en galego do post que se publicou en castelán no blogue La tecnología no nos salvará, de El Salto Diario. Está escrito a catro mans por Sergio Alvariño e Sergio Fernández, con foto de Sergio Alvariño.Enxeñeria Sen Fronteiras (ESF Galicia)
“By firing skilled human workers & replacing them w/spicy autocomplete, Musk is assuming his final form as both…kind of boss who can be conned into replacing you w/a defective chatbot *&* as…fast-talking sales rep who cons your boss. Musk is transforming key government functions into high-speed error-generating machines whose human minders are only the payroll to take the fall for the coming tsunami of robot fuckups.”
There was a #women's half-#marathon in #Kyiv #Ukraine earlier this month called the Kyiv Pink Run (everyone wears pink)
The runners unexpectedly intersected the funeral procession for a fallen warrior in Ukraine's #war against #ethnofascist #imperialism
And then this happened:
(the text in #Ukrainian at the end references their running friend Natalka Samoilenko, killed by Russia in #Bucha in 2022, they were running in her #memory: facebook.com/groups/fartlekua/… )
#UkraineWar #HeroyamSlava #Honor
Фартлек 🇺🇦 Спортівенти | # Pink Run 🏃♀️ | Facebook
# Pink Run 🏃♀️ Благодійний пробіг пам"яті нашої бігової подружки Наталки Самойленко, яка загинула 05.03.2022 в Бучі. Усі зібрані кошти будуть передані на комплектування БПЛА 13-ї бригади НГУ...www.facebook.com
the tragedy is not that a demented plutocrat should be full of hate and stupidity
the problem, which we really need to get a handle on, is why his moronic bigotry and ignorance appeals to so many
This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany
Real-time editing and collaboration, with a European twist.Corbin Davenport (How-To Geek)
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To Make AI Scalable for the Data Center, Nvidia Unveils 'Rubin' GPU Architecture
The chip giant is preparing new "Rubin" and "Feynman" architectures to help companies address generative AI's skyrocketing costs and energy demands.Michael Kan (PCMag)
¡Estamos preparando la próxima #akademyES !
¿Quieres dar una charla en Málaga? Mandanos tu propuesta y nos pondremos en contacto contigo.
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Propuestas a:
akademy-es-org@kde-espana.org
Presenta tu charla a Akademy-es 2025 de Málaga OpenSouthCode edition II #akademyes - KDE Blog
Presenta tu charla a Akademy-es 2025 de Málaga OpenSouthCode II edition el 20 y 21 de junio: muestra al mundo tu proyecto. #akademyesbaltolkien (KDE Blog)
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news euronews.com/2025/01/27/chinas…
China’s first corgi police dog loses bonus over 'workplace misconduct'
Despite his misdemeanours, Fu Zai was honoured for his exceptional service in 2024 as an explosives-detection dog and received a Lunar New Year gift package, including gourmet pet treats.Oman Al Yahyai (Euronews.com)
What is the U.S. Institute of Peace and why is Trump trying to shut it down?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g-s1-54569/us-institute-of-peace-trump-doge?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What? So they can spy on Aquaman instead?
hachyderm.io/@evacide/11417934…
I rarely tell people to throw their devices into the sea, but you should throw your Amazon Echo into the sea.wired.com/story/everything-you…
Wow, whoever really wanted those cars dead.
"...an arsonist used Molotov cocktails to fire bomb five Teslas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles at a dealership in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tuesday morning."
"Tesla CEO Elon Musk later responded to footage of the blaze, sharing it to his X profile and captioned it: 'This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong.'"
Who's going to tell him that what he's been doing is insane and deeply wrong?
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Dramatic moment Tesla explodes after row of EVs were set ablaze at Las Vegas dealership
The unknown suspect set the a row of cars ablaze on Tuesday morning at a Tesla Collision Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.Joe Hutchison (Daily Mail)
CDU-Politiker Thomas #Bareiß spricht sich für den erneuten Betrieb der Gas-Pipeline Nord Stream 2 aus, während er gleichzeitig den Koalitionsvertrag aushandelt. Bareiß ist schon zuvor durch große Nähe zur #Gaslobby aufgefallen. Was man zu der Personalie Bareiß noch wissen sollte 👇
Thomas Bareiß war bis 2018 Mitglied im Beirat des Verbands Gas- und Wasserstoffwirtschaft, der damals noch Zukunft Erdgas hieß. Das ist ein PR- und Lobbyverband, der über die Öffentlichkeit und Politik für die Verwendung von fossilem Gas wirbt.
Mitglied bei „Die Gas- und Wasserstoffwirtschaft“ (früher Zukunft Gas) ist auch Wingas, eine Tochter der früheren Gazprom Germania (heute SEFE), ebenso das Unternehmen Wintershall, das bis Ende 2023 russische Gasfelder besaß. /1
Mehr dazu: lobbycontrol.de/lobbyismus-und…
Gaslobby: Wie Zukunft Gas die Stadtwerke einspannt | LobbyControl
Die Gaslobby bindet Stadtwerke in ihre Lobbystrategie ein. Doch nun treten diese vermehrt aus dem Verband Zukunft Gas aus.Christina Deckwirth (LobbyControl)
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