“The #EuropeanUnion, hit for the first time by higher US #tariffs since #Trump returned to the White House, retaliated within hours with countermeasures on US goods exports.” #TrumpTax
@bytebro You've solved it!
We tell them we've cracked cryogenics, maybe get one of their crappy AI things to write a few intellectual sounding papers about it.
Then we start a business offering it, and here's the clincher: to prove how serious we are and how important this is, it's very, VERY expensive. So much so that only the billionaires can afford it.
So we take all their money, throw them all into a warehouse full of chest freezers, lock the door and walk out to applause from the entire world.
Seriously, if you've got plans to come to the United States this year on a matter which is not absolutely essential, please cancel the ticket and get a refund.
If they're non-refundable, still ... consider the lost money a small price to pay for your safety.
The risks are too great right now.
[17:36] Limerick billionaire JP McManus lands 80th Cheltenham win with ‘£1m horse’ 43 years after first victory
Limerick billionaire businessman JP McManus landed his 80th Cheltenham win after his horse The New Lion – which he bought for a rumoured £1 million – charged to victory in the opening race today.
independent.ie/irish-news/lime…
#Limerick #JPMcManus #80th #Cheltenham #TheNewLion #£1million #today
Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.David Gelles (The New York Times)
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Something I'd like to see in writing a lot more often:
"More than 1,600 American children have died of Covid - nearly 80% of them after in-person learning resumed in 2021 - but we talk about their experience of Covid now primarily in terms of school closings and learning loss."
- David Wallace-Wells
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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
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#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart
NEW YORK: Rep. Claudia Tenney illustrates George Orwell's point as she lies through her teeth about Medicaid enrollment:
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/
Release Privacy Badger 2025.3.3 · EFForg/privacybadger
Highlights: Added tracking domain settings to admin policies. To learn more, visit our enterprise deployment and configuration document. Fixed failing to allow all requests on disabled sites in Ch...GitHub
[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…
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.Joseph Cox (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)
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."
Filipino workers in semiconductors factory declare strike victory
"Our strike was successful because we showed the unity of the workers. This is the strength that will help us succeed."Global Voices
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!
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.
2025/058
File under: #35mm #amLand #au #BelieveInFilm #dartingtonHall #devon #england #FilmIsNotDead #filmphotography #flora #karlender25 #kodakPortra400 #leicaM4p #nokton40mm #riverDart #swe #wald #wasser #wood
More: karlender.net/5872/
Congress reignites a bipartisan effort to ban hair discrimination
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5324544/crown-act-reintroduced-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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[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.
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!
Serial Deployment Of SMRs To Bring Down Cost Of New Nuclear, Alphabet Executive Tells Conference
Google has deal with advanced reactor developer Kairos PowerThe Independent Global Nuclear News Agency
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly addresses Americans over trade tensions
#Canada 🇨🇦
youtube.com/watch?v=lYpxQmh4TM…
Joly addresses Americans over tensions final
Foreign Affairs Minister Joly speaks directly to Americans saying 'Canada is not the one driving up the cost of your groceries or putting their jobs at risk'...YouTube
/ Terry Pratchett
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in reply to Laffy • • •I just got hit with a 20% increase in my car insurance from State Farm. The reason - increased cost of repairs.
People are so overly focused on the price of fk'ing eggs that they aren't seeing the broader picture of what Trump is costing us in real time.
I had to buy 4 new tires yesterday. They were manufactured in Mexico. Fortunately, those had not increased in price yet.
That said, I fully support counter tariffs from other countries.
#Tariffs
Beautiful Things
in reply to Support the Resistance • • •Cassandra -2024
in reply to Support the Resistance • • •The last couple of times that I purchased groceries, it's been almost twice as expensive compared to when Biden was president and I didn't even buy eggs