As the US prepares for #NoKings, I have to admit: I, too, seem to have been temporarily distracted in school when we had that lesson on the US having an autocrat.
In the Germany of 1929-33, the president's power to rule by decree if the house is divided was a key factor in the only 30% of Nazis seizing power completely. It lasted 12 yrs and left everything in ruins, millions dead. Therefore rule by executive decree is no longer allowed in our post-war constitution.
Constitutions can evolve.
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French court jails two teenagers over 2024 Jewish girl rape
A French court on Friday, June 13, sentenced two teenagers to nine and seven years in prison over the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl last year outsideBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
When you target a nuclear facility, an active nuclear reactor, with a weapon capable of destroying it, you aim at releasing large and lethal amounts of radiation in the surrounding areas and affect all life forms in this area (for decades). What is the difference between “this” conscious action and a small nuclear bomb?
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#Russia #Ukraine #Israel #Gaza #Syria #Kurdistan #Iran #Lebanon #Armenia
Nuclear attacks in history
Nuclear attacks in history Hiroshima Nagasaki are not forgotten but becoming less rare of occurrences When you target a nuclear facility, an active nuclear reactor, with a weapon capable of destroying it, you aim at releasing large and lethal amounts…diaspora* social network
It is quite cold this weekend. #OfficeKitty is sleeping a lot more in this weather. She has been getting us up past 6am which is great - a big improvement from 5:15am.
Happy #Caturday wherever you are
@AncTreat5358 Indeed small wins with cats are to be celebrated!
She brought herself up as a stray in the streets of Western Sydney where it has a couple of months of cold, a few months of normal weather and then several months of stinking hot days and nights.
I watched a segment on #CNN with Victor Blackwell who had a USMC veteran, a JAG officer, who said “Marines aren’t trained to know the difference between lawful & unlawful orders.”
I call bullshit, Sir!
Military Training on illegal orders happens in👇🏼
1. Boot camp training
2. Ongoing training
3. Reality-based training
4. Case Studies “My Lai Massacre”
I also received Law Of Armed Conflict training annually.
DO NOT FOLLOW UNLAWFUL ORDERS!
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What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-transgender-immigration-0b233218cae0f76b00ecb5933445e69f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Polish Interior Minister threatens Germany — EADaily, June 13th, 2025 — Politics, Belarus
Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Semoniak decided to threaten Germany.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
How to escape the crowds on an Italy holiday
Italy is home to some of the most popular holiday destinations in the world, from Rome’s historical marvels and the towering cliffs of the Amalfi Coast to theBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Today in 1645, 380 years ago: English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by fifteen thousand Parliamentarian soldiers.
Cadet Bone Spurs wants "suckers" and "losers" to worship him
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[Cadet Bone Spurs] has a long and well-documented history of contempt for military service. There’s audio of him congratulating a man for faking a disability, as Trump did, to escape the Vietnam draft. There’s video of him challenging the heroism of being a POW in 1999, as well as in 2015. Videos, transcripts, witness testimony, and his own tweets show him ridiculing American generals in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. His own family members say he criticized his brother for going into the military and threatened to disown his son if he enlisted.
He was just better at hiding it, but no more.
Revealed: Alvaro Morata considered faking injury to get out of playing at Euro 2024 for Spain amid ‘self-destructive’ mental health struggles
Alvaro Morata has revealed he considered faking an injury to get out of playing at Euro 2024 for Spain amid "self-destructive" mental health problems.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #Iran #drones
That looks odd. There is no good reference, but that sheet metal is around 5 mm thick and that makes no sense for building drone enclosures. That thing is probably too heavy for a single man to lift and it can probably support the weight of an elephant. If you wanted to transport drones, you could use plywood or thin sheet metal to make the compartments.
But, if I had to transport something like gas cylinders, I'd build something like this.
🔁 Bachelor's thesis survey! Please boost! 🔁
As many of you already know, I'm a cognitive science student currently working on my bachelor's thesis about the relationship between internet users' identities and their online personas.
Specifically, I want to see how that relationship might be different for cis and trans individuals, as well as for entities with non-human identities.
I prepared a short survey to collect the data I'll need for the thesis and I would greatly appreciate it if you take the time to answer it and share it around, both on fedi and elsewhere! It is meant for individuals of all gender identities and ages and shouldn't take more than 15 minutes to complete.
Thank you for your time 😀
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Survey about the importance of online personas for internet users
The purpose of this survey is to study the relationship between internet users and their online personas and to compare how this relationship may differ between cisgender and non-cisgender individuals.Google Docs
Masonic Sights in Washington DC
Masonic sights as seen by an unworthy Cowan. Quasi-Egyptian decoration, mystical geometry, architectural confusion, and owls.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
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Helping Immigrants in Portugal – The Portugal News
On joining this small Facebook page, she was asked if she would be willing to join the team and so the journey began. She became co-President of the group, onBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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More fathers are taking paid parental leave
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/14/fathers-day-parental-leave?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Symbol of Eternal Loyalty Found on Rare Medieval Sword in the Netherlands
A remarkable medieval sword, dating back nearly 1,000 years, has been discovered in the Dutch province of Utrecht bearing a powerful ancient symbol of eternalBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Brussels and Belgium see credit ratings lowered
Two times bad news for the indebted Belgian authorities. The American rating agency S&P has lowered its assessment of the creditworthiness of the BrusselsBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Як з приміщення не зробити баню під час спеки та охолодити його: прості, але дієві поради
Ці методи допоможуть пережити спекотні дніМарина Бондаренко (Телеграф)
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The poster board section of a Target in #LosAngeles
They're all gone
Why are all the posters gone?
🤔
(bye for now #Mastodon, I leave soon myself to join my local #protest #demonstration)
#USA
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So you know, there's always kayfabe going on, but Democrats aren't in on the joke -- Republicans would just as soon put them against the wall.
Which brings us to the second big problem of the Trump regime, which many white Americans are still slow to realize: they're the enemy, too.
Authoritarians can't enact their draconian fantasies, even against a small minority group, without massive collateral damage to everyone else, especially when it perceives them as potential ideological enemies.
One of the goals of Trump's BBB (aka the MAGA Murder Bill) is to turn the entire country into a border enforcement zone and expand militarized police state shit into every blue state and major city.
This has been true of red state anti-abortion efforts for some time now. Americans are used to enjoying frictionless interstate travel, and white Americans have been largely immune from law enforcement scrutiny. They want to end that. Everyone will be suspect, tracked, surveilled, and at risk.
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Petition calls for allowance of English language in petition processBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Удар РФ по Запоріжжю — кількість постраждалих зросла
У Запоріжжі внаслідок ранкової атаки Росії кількість постраждалих зросла до чотирьох.Олексій Грушевський (online.ua)
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