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*What is people's relationship with "space" when it's got about a thousand machines and no human "explorers"
in reply to Bruce Sterling @bruces

There's a lot of human stories behind every one of those machines, and also there's a lot of humanity we imbue into the machines themselves (particularly JAXA, but also others).

Is it logical or rational to humanize a robot halfway across the solar system? Maybe not. But we humans do it anyway.





[10:25] “Neglect and abuse”: critics slam foster care of child refugees

Youth care inspectors have started an investigation into the foster care of underage refugees following allegations of abuse made by...

dutchnews.nl/2025/03/neglect-a…


in reply to Solarpapst

Wir kriegen alle zwei bis drei Jahre eine neue ICE-Generation (die ich nicht braeuchte, mir wuerden puenktliche und saubere Zuege reichen). Aber dass SNCF die TGV-Flotte erneuert, wird höchste Zeit, die Züge sind sowas von angeranzt.



[10:11] What is happening in Kursk and why does it matter?

Russian troops are close to ejecting Ukrainian forces from their foothold in Russia's Kursk region, where they grabbed a chunk of land last August and have held on to it through more than seven months of fierce fighting.

rte.ie/news/world/2025/0313/15…

#Russian #Ukrainian #Russia #Kursk #lastAugust #morethansevenmonths







I need a button in Google meet that lets me see participants in the same order as the boss so that I can know approximately how long it is until it's my turn to speak in the "what did you do this week" meetings.
in reply to Lex Bailey

We wrote a slack bot that randomises the list of people to solve this problem.
Because that's entirely sensible.



Thought I saw a post saying "everyone deserves piracy" and I thought wow that's a radical thought but I'm willing to roll with it and see where it goes but then on second inspection it just said "everyone deserves privacy"


I don't know how much of the new tell-all book about Meta/Facebook is true, but the company's hardline panic suggests there's plenty of meat on those bones. reuters.com/legal/meta-wins-ha…

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in reply to Dan Gillmor

For folks who want to listen and don't like Amazon: libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250403…


[10:02] Natuurmannen gooien de handdoek ‘yn ‘e feart’. Bij Folsgare voltrekt zich een tweede Hounspolder

Ze zien niet meer in hoe ze nog iets kunnen redden van het weidevogelgebied bij Folsgare. Het kwaad is al geschied door werkzaamheden voor de komst van nieuwe industrie, is de overtuiging van drie vogelwachters van de Vogelwacht IJlst-Oosthem. ‘Wy goaie de hândoek yn ‘e feart’.

lc.nl/friesland/sudwest-frysla…

#Folsgare #drie #VogelwachtIJlst_Oosthem



Death by feral cat: DNA shows cats to be culprits in killing of native animals phys.org/news/2025-03-death-fe… #science


"Yeah this is my laptop, how did you know?"



[10:03] Zeldzame zwarte zeehond Ebbie wordt vrijdag vrijgelaten bij Lauwersoog

Ebbie, de zeldzame melanistische zeehond die afgelopen januari verzwakt werd gevonden, is volledig hersteld. Na een succesvolle revalidatieperiode mag het jonge dier vrijdag terug naar haar natuurlijke leefomgeving in de Waddenzee.

lc.nl/binnenland/Zeldzame-zwar…

#Ebbie #januari #Waddenzee





Spooked: #Trump disowns his "take over the #Gaza Strip" remarks after his golf resort was vandalized (video) - boingboing.net/2025/03/12/spoo… "Nobody is expelling any Palestinians," Trump said incredulously, as if he were hit with a wave of dementia" #astonishing
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[10:20 AM] Power outages increasing in Netherlands; More expected with rapid power grid expansion

The Netherlands had 27,341 power outages in 2024, almost 17 percent more than the five-year average, De Telegraaf

nltimes.nl/2025/03/13/power-ou…

#Netherlands #27,341 #2024 #almost17percent #five_year #DeTelegraaf



Elon #Musk targeted me over #Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working - theguardian.com/commentisfree/… "I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too"

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in reply to Glyn Moody

@cwebber

The Biden administration shoveled American taxpayer money into Tesla by subsidizing the purchase of Model Y’s, making it the 4th best selling car of 2024 (according to Car and Driver). 400k Tesla Y’s sold in America in 2024 alone.

Many people on the left purchased Teslas. I refuse to demonize my friends and neighbors.

It is unclear to me how demonizing millions of Tesla owners is going to win hearts and minds. This is madness.

irs.gov/credits-deductions/cre…

in reply to Rob

@rob yes, people who bought them in good faith in the past should not be blamed; people who buy them now on the other hand.... @cwebber


Can't fall asleep so instead I've been drawing 'uwu' faces in a spectrogram by whistling



Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything - wired.com/story/deepseek-china… "From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride." #monoculture #ai


湘南乃風ってなんでこの色していないの?


湘南乃風いい曲が多いよね。
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Ranker’s Return (Remake) (Chapter 189) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
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in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Ranker’s Return (Remake) (Chapter 190) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/209606
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Shounen


Baca komik Ranker’s Return (Remake) Bahasa Indonesia!!! Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/209606#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Shounen


あめちゃんねちっこくて美味しかった​:tere:


Also, an Emergency Alert went off at the top of the hour, as well. 😜 It was a test, there is no actual alert. Made me jump, tho!

Now an air raid siren goes off (10:05 local) Again, it startled me.

in reply to Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!

@losttourist
I'm not sure of installation date.

It sounded like an old-style whirling disks "air raid siren" from WW2, but that means nothing.

Origin was the clock tower in the old city hall, which was built sometime in the 1800s(?). Again, that means nothing.

in reply to Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪

Thanks. Yeah it was the old WW2 style sirens that I remember from my 1980s childhood as the nuclear war warning. Although I think by then they played a recording of the sound over loudspeakers.

That sound still gives me the creeps, I can't imagine what it was like for the older generation who remembered it from when the bombs were about to drop in WW2.



Trump officials to reconsider whether greenhouse gases cause harm amid climate rollbacks - theguardian.com/environment/20… terrible, but I read elsewhere that they may charge climate researchers with *fraud* - could #trump sink that low? #ClimateCrisis
in reply to Glyn Moody

I seem to recall that A. Einstein said something like. "There are 2 things that might be infinite: the universe and human stupidity. For the universe, I'm still doubting, he added.
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Möglicher Volocopter-Kauf: China setzt weiter auf Flugtaxis

China will künftig verstärkt Drohnen und Flugtaxis einsetzen. Deshalb hat der Konzern Wanfeng ein Auge auf den insolventen deutschen Flugtaxi-Hersteller Volocopter geworfen. Volocopter hat sich noch nicht geäußert. Von Carolin Voigt.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/ch…

#China #Volocopter




Marktbericht: Anleger nehmen wieder Reißaus

Auch heute zeigen sich die Anleger wieder von ihrer wankelmütigen Seite: Der DAX büßt einen Teil der Vortagesgewinne wieder ein. Die erratische Handelspolitik der USA bleibt ein wesentlicher Belastungsfaktor.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finan…

#Marktbericht #DowJonesNasdaq #DAX



Good grief, managed to finally properly recover from like a week of flu + allergies. 🤧