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Cheers of excitement as lights come back on in Madrid – video
Residents cheered with joy as power returned in Madrid after a huge outage brought parts of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, grounding planes, halting public transport, and forcing some hospitals to suspend routine operations. Footage from the capital captured the lights turning on in buildings at 2146 local time (1946...
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Published: 28 Apr 2025, 23:37
Cheers of excitement as lights come back on in Madrid – video
Power begins to return to Iberian peninsula after unprecedented blackoutGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
E.P.A. Says It Will Tackle ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Details Are Sparse.
A new proposal to combat PFAS contamination, announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, left critical questions unanswered.
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Published: 29 Apr 2025, 00:03
Red Gum BBQ
A raucous beacon amid elegant winery restaurants.
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Published: 30 Apr 2025, 04:50
The beauty and challenge of elections in Canada's frigid north
The unique culture, landscape and weather make running elections in Nunavut both difficult and rewarding.
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Published: 27 Apr 2025, 19:31
Philhellene
Family-run institution for Cretan-influenced feasts.
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Published: 30 Apr 2025, 04:28
Federal NDP looks toward rebuilding party, with leadership race on horizon - EUROPE SAYS
Jagmeet Singh announces his resignation as leader of the NDP, following the results of the election, at his reception in Burnaby, B.C., on April 28.TijanaEUROPE SAYS
Rosenberg: What's Putin trying to achieve by calling a three-day ceasefire?
Vladimir Putin calls a three-day ceasefire in May, coinciding with events marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two's end.
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Published: 28 Apr 2025, 15:34
Denmark urges citizens to enhance home preparedness after blackouts in Spain and Portugal
30th April 2025 – (Copenhagen) Danish Minister for Resilience and Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen has called on citizens to bolster their home emergencyBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Today in 1532, 493 years ago: in present-day Peru, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the village of San Francisco de la Buena Esperanza de Payta (current city of Paita, the oldest port in that country).
'Not good enough': Paramedic frustrated by delay to treating Bondi victims
A critical care paramedic who responded to the Bondi Junction stabbing says he felt "frustrated" and "inadequate" after a directive for ambulance crews to stay outside the Westfield shopping centre.
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Published: 30 Apr 2025, 01:58
ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Millie Roberts (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Who should I vote for? What are the key party policies in the Australian election? | Australian election
Lower taxes, cheaper fuel and home-buying help are among the sugar hits on offer at this year’s election.EUROPE SAYS
Norway raises security concerns over Manhattan-sized Arctic land sale as tensions rise
A large plot of private land in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago may soon be sold for about €300 million ($330 million), but the deal has raised concernsBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time.
— Tom Cargill
Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue – video report
A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spat at and pelted with objects by a group of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister. The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded on Thursday near...
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Published: 28 Apr 2025, 19:29
Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue – video report
A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spat at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security ministerGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Wie lange geht das eigentlich schon mit der #FossilIndustrie? Anscheinend hat die #CIA schon 1954 versucht, einen Streik bei den Howaldtswerken anzustiften, um #Onassis zu schaden und das Öl-Geschäft zu sichern🧐
Vielleicht hätte Onassis doch für die republikanische Partei spenden sollen🤷♂️
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Podcast: Aristoteles Onassis: Reichtum mit Schiffen aus dem Norden
Aristoteles Onassis - ein Name, der für Reichtum, Macht und Jetset-Leben steht. Vor 50 Jahren verstarb der legendäre Reeder, doch sein Erbe lebt weiter.ARD Audiothek
Punch Lane
If sophisti-casual was a word, this place would define it.
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Published: 30 Apr 2025, 04:42
More Australians are voting early than in previous elections. Some parties have taken advantage - EUROPE SAYS
Applications for postal voting in the 2025 federal election close at 6pm on Wednesday.EUROPE SAYS
ISW: Russia prepares to forcibly remove and deport Ukrainian children this summer
Russian authorities will deport over 53,000 Ukrainian children to “summer camps” designed to erase their Ukrainian identity, according to a new ISW analysis
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ISW: Russia prepares to forcibly remove and deport Ukrainian children this summer - Euromaidan Press
Russian authorities will deport over 53,000 Ukrainian children to "summer camps" designed to erase their Ukrainian identity, according to a new ISW analysis.Maria Tril (Euromaidan Press)
Would you walk away if your takeaway coffee cost this much?
The majority of Australians say yes.
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Published: 30 Apr 2025, 04:00
How much is too much for Aussie coffee?
Explore the rising coffee costs in Australia and what it means for daily coffee lovers.Amy Martin (Goulburn Post)
Pa Tong
A tropical-tinged space for unbridled southern Thai cooking.
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Published: 30 Apr 2025, 03:44
ISW:
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Any long-term peace agreement between #Russia and #Ukraine must include Russia's explicit recognition of the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian Constitution.
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Institute for the Study of War
Russian Security Council Secretary Dmitry Medvedev stated on April 29 that Russia's war in Ukraine must end in Russian "victory" and the "destruction" of the current Ukrainian government. Senior Kremlin officials continue to signal that Russia hasInstitute for the Study of War
Усик та Дюбуа провели дуель поглядів на пресконференції перед матчем-реваншем
Олександр Усик і Даніель Дюбуа провели нову дуель поглядів на прес-конференції перед боєм. Бій за звання абсолютного чемпіона світу у важкій вазі відбудеться в Лондоні 19 липня.Юлія Шрамко (UNN)
Three killed in Uppsala shooting – DW – 04/29/2025
Three people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala, near Stockholm.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
'They aimed to kill' - BBC identifies security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters
The BBC exposes the members of the security forces who fired on protesters at Kenya’s parliament last year.
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Published: 28 Apr 2025, 01:36
squirrel levels are 16% and falling
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Whakapapa Holding to run Mount Ruapehu skifield for 10 years - EUROPE SAYS
A private bid to run the Whakapapa ski field on Mount Ruapehu has been accepted by the Department of Conservation.EUROPE SAYS
Valtteri Filppula, Finland’s only Triple Gold Club member, announces his retirement
HELSINKI — Valtteri Filppula has decided to retire from hockey at age 41 after playing one final season at home in his native Finland.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Aratere, Interislander's only rail-enabled ferry to retire - EUROPE SAYS
Interislander's only rail enabled ferry, the Arartere, will be retired this year to make way for the construction of new port infrastructure, seeing some jobsEUROPE SAYS
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Swarms of Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Dnipro late on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring at least 46, officials said.
"Путін отримав би всю Україну". Трамп виступив з новою скандальною заявою
Американський лідер Дональд Трамп не захотів відповідати на запитання, чи довіряє російському диктатору Володимиру Путіну, однак досі вірить, що останній "хотів би зупинити війну".Анастасія Смирнова (online.ua)
you ever think about how Christians are explicitly genocidal towards Jews and it's one of their central tenets?
sure they might not explicitly preach blood libel anymore but their goal is to convert everyone
if you convert every Jew you have wiped out the Jewish people
those of you who consider yourselves Christian, presumably if you're on here and remotely in my orbit, then you don't seek the eradication of the Jews, and I'm glad of that!
but I've never found an explanation of how you can square the concept of supercessionism that isn't either genocidal, or your own esoteric heretical version* of Christianity
*(which like, cool, fine, but also I don't really think you can expect other people to think of your particular esoteric version when they talk about Christianity)
Simon Willison
in reply to Vicki Boykis • • •I just tried Qwen 3 8B - the 4bit 4.3GB MLX variant - and it's surprisingly capable for such a small model
I'll write it up tomorrow
Simon Willison
in reply to Simon Willison • • •the last six months have genuinely rekindled my interest in local models - they started getting really good! The Qwen 2/2.5 models, Llama 3.3, Mistral Small 3 and 3.1, Gemma 3 and now Qwen 3 are all GPT-4 level and run on my Mac
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