Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
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Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.
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Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for Clonmacnoise, Athlone, and Galway - Ireland Purple Travel Guide
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'An unbelievable cocktail of incompetence': a U.S. representative on Signal messages
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Genuine props to @theatlantic.com for releasing the war plans It was obvious that everyone in the Trump administration was lying about it, but it's still nice having firm confirmation that none of them can be trusted
🇨🇦 #WarJournal Day 1. The US announces that they will be removing sanctions from Russian pot ash and of course that combined with an upcoming 25% tariff on Canadian pot ash is a serious blow to the economy of Saskatchewan. If Russia can meet demand it also takes away an important Canadian lever in the trade war. Not to mention it enriches a European autocrat currently in a shooting war with one of our allies. #ElbowsUp #CanadianPoli
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Saskatchewan premier says Trump has gone 'too far' with plan to lift sanctions on Russian goods, including potash
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said it was "disturbing" to see the U.S. help bring Russian fertilizer back into the global market.Alec Salloum (Regina Leader Post)
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As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
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As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
As top Trump cabinet members sent texts in a Signal group chat, CBS News analysis shows one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia.Joanne Stocker (CBS News)
The Office but it’s Severance
From the studio who brought you Arrested Development but it’s Succession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g4lq7Qx_4UEdited by Luís Azevedo.Like this video? ...YouTube
What's soil blocking? This seeding method helps gardeners use less plastic and peat
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Trump Officials Insist 'War Plans' Signal Chat Not Classified, Dems Skeptical
At a Tuesday hearing, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and DNI Tulsi Gabbard struggle to explain how info about targets, weapons, and attack sequencing is unclassified. Democrats weren't having it.Chloe Albanesius (PCMag)
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Madness - House of Fun (Official 4K Video)
‘House of Fun’ video now in 4K HD.'Wonderful' by Madness for the first time on vinyl! Order now: https://madnessband.lnk.to/wonderfulID'House Of Fun' was rel...YouTube
Here’s another mutual aid campaign to help a family trapped in Gaza. I know it feels weird to give money to some random online campaign. @shantini and her sister personally vet these, which gave me confidence to chip in a little. If you have a few bucks to spare, consider it. Chipping in a few bucks is about the easiest way to make a positive impact on the world you’re going to encounter all day. techhub.social/@shantini/11422…
Ok so friends this is one of those really urgent ones! I need as many boosts as I can get. This family is barely able to stay fed right now. And send $5 if you can, everything helpsDonate to Help the Abdelwahed family evacuate Gaza, organized by Akram Abdelwahed
Hello, my name is Akram. I am 29 years old and from Gaza. After my father's … Akram Abdelwahed needs your support for Help the Abdelwahed family evacuate Gazagofundme.com
Trump cuts threaten measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devices
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➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2843107
💡 Designed by LittleTup
*Well, yeah, who wouldn't #cyberwar
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Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger
Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.Google Threat Intelligence Group (Google Cloud)
It's garden planning time in our neck of the woods and I'm working on a planting list for the small rock garden I built last summer. Any suggestions or discussion of suitable plants would be welcome.
So far I have 2 small sedums to move in from a temporary location and an abundance of wild strawberry and creeping thyme all over the place.
The garden is south facing on a slope in full sun, North American climate Zone 4a, min winter temp -30C to -35C. There's a paved path on the south and west sides and a wall of the house on the east. This makes it fairly warm, and thus dry, in spite of the 80 to 100 cm of precipitation (much of that snow) it gets every year.
#gardening #mastogardening #RockGarden #rockgardenplants #perennialgardens #xeriscaping
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Tulsi Gabbard yesterday, under oath:
“I don’t recall specific weapons systems being named.”
The Atlantic today:
“1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)”
“1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts”
“1415: Strike Drones on Target”
That’s called lying under oath which *I do recall* is a crime
18 U.S. Code § 1621: Perjury before Congress.
Punishable by up to 5 years in America. Not Russia, hunny bunny.
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Fix SASS deprecation notices by ChaosExAnima · Pull Request #34278 · mastodon/mastodon
Fixes #32608. This addresses all SASS deprecation notices, and ensures the light theme colors are still as expected. Details: Modified variables to use @use ... with for overrides. Import files wi...GitHub
Not sure that I realized my system was set to light mode. But I found out real quick! 
(Setting it to the system was the Right Call ™.)
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My Baby You
Provided to YouTube by ColumbiaMy Baby You · Marc AnthonyMarc Anthony℗ 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.Released on: 1999-09-28Conductor, Arranger: Jorge Ca...YouTube
Judge freezes Trump plan to dismantle Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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PebbleOS on Bangle.js Smartwatch demo
Still a way to go! But you can navigate menus at least.Get a Bangle.js: https://shop.espruino.com/banglejs2PebbleOS port and instructions: https://github.com...YouTube
Als je een pre-order hebt op de nieuwe Pebble Core 2 Duo, dan kun je je in de tussentijd misschien hiermee vermaken 🙃 (zie filmpje hierboven)
Wat review betreft, wellicht dat je @gadgetbridge erbij kunt betrekken. Dat is natuurlijk direct gelinkt aan Pebble, maar ook interessant voor gebruikers van andere smartwatches. En nu op het hoofd krabben of ze die persoonlijke en medische data nog wel in een Amerikaanse cloud willen opslaan.
Zou leuk zijn ja! Met name omdat Gadgetbridge al in 2015 gestart is met het doel om vrij te zijn van de Pebble-servers, wat in 2018 erg van pas kwam toen die offline gingen. Sindsdien is Gadgetbridge enorm uitgebreid, maar de Pebble-ondersteuning is altijd gebleven.
De gevaren van het delen van privacy-gevoelige gezondheidsdata met (Amerikaanse) clouddiensten is iets wat vaak mist in previews/nieuwsberichten over smart devices.
🇪🇺⚠️ Every citizen should stockpile enough food to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours in case of crisis, the European Commission is to warn, according to a draft of its Preparedness Union Strategy seen by POLITICO.
According to the 17-page draft, the strategy should “create a secure and resilient EU with the capabilities required to anticipate and manage threats and hazards, independently of their nature or origin.”
Teardown of Casio Credit Card-Sized Radio
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Teardown Of Casio Credit Card-Sized Radio
These days we don’t get too fussed about miniaturized electronics, not when you can put an entire processor and analog circuitry on a chip the size of a grain of sand. Things were quite diffe…Hackaday
Been up for hours, couldn't even get in to type #GoodMorning #Bonjour due to the #cats.
They are unbelievably close, just a whisker and a wallet away from a fight. #CatsOfMastodon
Google's new "thinking" model is ready to think for you.
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Google says the new Gemini 2.5 Pro model is its “smartest” AI yet
Google’s new “thinking” model is ready to think for you.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
Yep, pass. This is still same old technology, not scalable, not workable in normal situations.
Github repository of the parametric t-maze CAD files is available here : github.com/mathiaslec/simple_p…
#freecad #cad #laser #lasercut #amu #GitHub
GitHub - mathiaslec/simple_parametric_t-maze: A simple and parametric t-maze designed with FreeCAD, for laser cutting.
A simple and parametric t-maze designed with FreeCAD, for laser cutting. - mathiaslec/simple_parametric_t-mazeGitHub
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for a Self-Guided Tour of Dublin – Day 4 - Ireland Purple Travel Guide
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Debata Sněmovny k obranyschopnosti Česka a koncepci armády je neveřejná, aby poslanci mohli vyslechnout utajované informace i od náčelníka generálního štábu Řehky.
Poslanci opozičních hnutí ANO a SPD se rozhodli schůze nezúčastnit. irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/nezuc…
‚Nezúčastníme se tohoto trapného divadla.‘ ANO a SPD odešly ze Sněmovny kvůli neveřejné debatě o obraně
Představitelé opozičních hnutí ANO a SPD označili neveřejnou debatu za snahu umlčet opozici.ČTK (iROZHLAS.cz)
I spent some extra time making sure Ascent DX runs properly on the #SteamDeck. Time well spent, the game looks and sounds amazing on the screen!
(The game is out for free on steam right now! s.team/a/3384890 )
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in reply to ProPublica • • •I do not care what your political affiliation is but current group of greedy grifters in WH will not help any of us working for wages, regarding cost of living, healthcare, social security, or energy.
All who live on their wages: we have something real in common. Let us all act on it together.