Cash-loving Japan reluctant to switch to app-based salary payments
App-based digital salary payments are yet to gain traction in Japan two years after being introduced, with only a fraction of workers choosing the option despite the nation slowly trending towards a cashless future.
Boeing and Rolls-Royce found to be lobbying against sanctions on Russia
Aerospace giants Boeing and Rolls-Royce have hired lobbyists to try to prevent the US Congress from introducing further sanctions against Russia, Novaya Gazeta Europe has discovered after analysing the information published on the US House of Representatives’ lobbying disclosure website.
Boeing and Rolls-Royce found to be lobbying against sanctions on Russia
Aerospace giants Boeing and Rolls-Royce have hired lobbyists to try to prevent the US Congress from introducing further sanctions against Russia, Novaya Gazeta Europe has discovered after analysing the information published on the US House of Rep…Новая газета Европа
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An entire game made using AI tools in Unreal Engine
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Argentina's top court finds 80 boxes of Nazi materials in its basement
Dozens of boxes of Nazi material confiscated by Argentinean authorities during World War II were recently rediscovered in the Supreme Court's basement, the court said on Sunday.
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Denmark and Italy seek support to rein in European human rights court
The aim, Italian sources said, is to start a conversation on how the human rights convention is interpreted, one that better reflects the “challenges of modern irregular migration.”
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Germany’s Social Democrats to tap Labor Minister Bärbel Bas to help lead party
The former Bundestag president is poised to become co-leader of the SPD as it attempts a reboot after historic election losses.
US shuts Mexico border to live cattle over flesh-eating parasite fears
Mexico’s top agricultural official says she disagrees with the measures but is confident an agreement can be reached to resume trade
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Gaza is Palestinian, not Israeli, Tel Aviv must end war and leave: ex-Israel PM
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the Gaza Strip is a Palestinian territory, not Israeli and called for an end to Israel’s war on the enclave and a complete withdrawal from the besieged enclave, the Jerusalem Post reported.
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Mexico suing Google over relabelling Gulf of Mexico
- Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google for relabelling the Gulf of Mexico in its Maps app.
- The big tech firm did so after receiving instructions to do so by the Trump administration.
- The region’s name is displayed as Gulf of Mexico with Gulf of America in brackets for Maps users outside the US.
Mexico suing Google over relabelling Gulf of Mexico - Hypertext
After threatening action against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico in Maps, the Mexican government is now suing the big tech firm.Robin-Leigh Chetty (Hypertext)
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Trump revives failed drug price plan with promised executive order
Trump revived a failed effort from his first term on an issue he's talked up since even before taking office.
Donald Trump says he’ll sign an executive order on Monday that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications — reviving a failed effort from his first term on an issue he’s talked up since even before becoming president.
Under the planned order, the federal government would tie what it pays pharmaceutical companies for those drugs to the price paid by a group of other, economically advanced countries — the so-called “most favored nation” approach.
It was a rule that Trump tried to adopt during his first term, but could never get through. He signed a similar executive order in the final weeks of his presidency, but a court order later blocked the rule from going into effect under the Biden administration.
Donald Trump Revives Failed Drug Price Plan With Promised Executive Order
The president revived a failed effort from his first term on an issue he's talked up since even before taking office.AP (HuffPost)
If i go to sleep early I just lie awake for ages.
Instead I'm just trying to get up early enough, the amount of sleep I get be damned.
Trump loses his mind over pushback to Qatar jet deal
Summary
Trump lashed out at bipartisan critics after reports revealed he plans to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One.
In a Truth Social post, Trump dismissed concerns as “world class losers” complaining about a transparent gift. Qatar stated the plane is under legal review between its Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon.
Critics, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Chris Murphy, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, accused Trump of corruption and violating the Constitution.
Even allies like Laura Loomer led the MAGA pushback to the jet deal.
Trump Loses His Cool Over Pushback to Qatar Jet Deal
The president is planning to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet from the country and use it as a new Air Force One.Yasmeen Hamadeh (The Daily Beast)
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China and US agree 90-day pause to trade war initiated by Donald Trump
Countries to lower reciprocal tariffs by 115% as US treasury secretary says ‘neither side wants a decoupling’
China and the US have agreed a 90-day pause to the deepening trade war that has threatened to upend the global economy, with reciprocal tariffs to be lowered by 115%.
The 90-day lowering of tariffs applies to the duties announced by Donald Trump on 2 April, which ultimately escalated to 125% on Chinese imports, with Beijing responding with equivalent measures.
China also imposed non-tariff measures, such as restricting the export of critical minerals that are essential to US manufacturing of hi-tech goods.
Forget subtitles: YouTube now dubs videos with AI-generated voices
Forget subtitles: YouTube now dubs videos with AI-generated voices - Rest of World
YouTube’s automatic dubbing system is competing with human firms to help creators scale the language barrier.Andrew Deck (Rest of World)
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Reducing Cost of Prescription Drugs
Big pharma will raise the prices around the world to match the US:
the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World
Trump to Sign Executive Order Reducing Cost of Prescription, Pharmaceutical Drug Prices
President Donald Trump revealed that he would be signing an executive order on Monday reducing the cost of prescription and pharmaceutical drugs by 30 to 80 percent.Elizabeth Weibel (Breitbart)
Classic Rock: Hunting a Botnet that preys on the Old
Classic Rock: Hunting a Botnet that preys on the Old - Lumen Blog
Lumen has partnered w/ federal and int’l law enforcement to help take down a criminal proxy network and protect the internetBlack Lotus Labs (Lumen Technologies)
DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs
DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs
Kyle Schutt is a 37 year old "DOGE software engineer," according to ProPublica. In February, Drop Site News reported that he gained access to FEMA's "core financial management system.Micah Lee (micahflee)
DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs
DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs
Kyle Schutt is a 37 year old "DOGE software engineer," according to ProPublica. In February, Drop Site News reported that he gained access to FEMA's "core financial management system.Micah Lee (micahflee)
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007)
Cassadaga è l'ottavo album in studio dei Bright Eyes, pubblicato nel Regno Unito il 9 aprile 2007 e negli Stati Uniti il 10 aprile. Nel 2006 furono registrate dalle 25 alle 30 canzoni, di cui 13 compaiono nella tracklist finale. L'album prende il nome dalla città di Cassadaga, in Florida... Leggi e ascolta...
Come legare la propria bici, e come non farlo, breve video da @shifter
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Un breve video con un serie di buone pratiche ed errori comuni su come legare la propria bici per avere la massima sicurezza possibile.
In inglese, ma qui su YouTube potete attivare i sottotitoli in italiano:
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Francesca Albanese: Confronting crisis – Trump and the New World Disorder
Francesca Albanese: Confronting crisis – Trump and the New World Disorder
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories addresses the opening plenary of Counterfire's Revolution!Counterfire
Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/29974707
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]By Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
Reporting from Jerusalem
May 11, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/middleeast/hamas-hostage-edan-alexander.html
Trump's pick for surgeon general quit medical residency due to stress, former department chair says
Meet Casey Means, L.A. holistic doctor and Trump surgeon general pick
Trump selects an L.A. holistic medicine doctor for surgeon general. A doctor friend wonders whether her views on medicine sync with those of Health Secretary Kennedy.Jenny Jarvie (Los Angeles Times)
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La nube al centro dell'Universo e l'involontaria profezia del World Trade Center - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
La nube al centro dell'Universo e l'involontaria profezia del World Trade Center - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Era una giornata di festa il 30 maggio del 1921 a Tulsa, Oklahoma e il resto degli Stati Uniti, per la celebrata ricorrenza del Memorial Day, dedicato alla memoria dei soldati che avevano combattuto in guerra per difendere la Nazione.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Portraits of 1,400 healthcare workers killed by Israel in Gaza @ TikTok Genocide
Portraits of 1,400 healthcare workers killed by Israel in Gaza @ TikTok Genocide
This video does not merely show faces or names — it documents the lives of about 1,400 martyrs from the healthcare sector in Gaza, deliberately assassinated by the Israeli occupation as part of a systematic policy of genocide.tiktokgenocide.com
Hamas and U.S. reach deal. “I think we'll have to detox from US security assistance,” says Netanyahu
Ryan Grim
May 11, 2025
"#Hamas and the United States announced an agreement today that will lead to the freeing of #Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, a dual #American citizen, ahead of President #DonaldTrump’s trip to the region. #Israel was reportedly not involved in the discussions, but informed about the deal afterward. Israeli airstrikes have intensified throughout the day. "
Hamas and U.S. reach deal. “I think we'll have to detox from US security assistance,” says Netanyahu
Hamas and the United States announced an agreement today that will lead to the freeing of Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, a dual American citizen, ahead of President Donald Trump’s trip to the region.Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)
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Dem governor launches plan to counter RFK Jr.’s autism registry
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to undermine the autism registry RFK Jr. keeps talking about.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a plan to protect autism-related data from RFK Jr.’s absurd plans to create a disease registry tracking autistic people.
Pritzker plans to sign an executive order Wednesday that will prevent state agencies from obtaining or disclosing data that personally identifies people with autism, unless it’s required for medical care or legal matters, according to a copy of the order obtained by the Chicago-Sun Times.
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Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use; The report suggests it might not be okay to use copyrighted data for AI training.
Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use
The report suggests it might not be okay to use copyrighted data for AI training.Wes Davis (The Verge)
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STOP THE GENOCIDE
1948 - 2025 Ongoing Nakba
Pans & Pots Protest Against Forced Starvation
Organized by:
- CPSA - London
- IJV - London
- People for Peace London
- Western Divestment Coalition
As Gaza Starves, Israel Attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center
As Gaza Starves, Israel Attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center
Israel is targeting Palestinians’ slim means of accessing food, bombing two makeshift kitchens and UNRWA’s distribution center in Jabalia in the past few daysHamza M.Salha (Drop Site News)
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Video Opinion | "How Do You Sleep At Night?": Woman Brilliantly Confronts John Fetterman On His Genocide Support
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duolinguaggio superscarsoide, senza leghe ora a fanculo
Ahi ahi… da stasera, ahi ahi ahimé ahinoi, non si torna più indietro. Questa è proprio, come direbbe un vecchio signore, l’ora delle decisioni irrevocabili! Ma, chiaramente, la mia coscienza è assolutamente tranquilla. Oh, sturatevi gli occhi, ascoltate! È arrivato qui ed ora il momento di mandare sinceramente a cagare il gufo verde, con quelle […]
Investire in Africa: opportunità e finanziamenti per il tuo business
Investire in Africa: opportunità e finanziamenti per il tuo business
Perché investire in Africa? Un'opportunità per chi è alla ricerca di un nuovo business e di finanziamenti ad hoc per realizzarlo L’Afric...Antonio Marano (Blogger)
Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it
Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it
Spotify, SoundCloud and other tech platforms have worked to remove a new song from Ye that praises Adolf Hitler, but the song and its video have continued to proliferate online including across X, where it has racked up millions of views.Ben Goggin (NBC News)
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Bike Helmets: Stupid Hat or Essential Protection?
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Few topics in cycling inspire as much controversy as helmets. Some people insist they’re essential, calling non-wearers reckless and invoking harsh and violent imagery: “enjoy your traumatic brain injury”. “You’ll regret it when you’re in a hospital with a feeding tube”. You hear suggestions of denying access to public healthcare. On the opposite end, helmet skeptics argue that they’re a distraction. I’ve actually heard people call them “magic hats” that “don’t offer significant protection (if any at all)”. Helmets dehumanize cyclists and send the wrong message. They’re dorky and uncool, rather than fashionable and European.So what’s the truth about helmets?
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References:
- Protection provided
Bicycle helmets – To wear or not to wear? A meta-analyses of the effects of bicycle helmets on injuries (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Risk compensation
Drivers overtaking bicyclists: Objective data on the effects of riding
position, helmet use, vehicle type and apparent gender (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Bicycle helmet wearing is associated with closer overtaking by drivers: A response to Olivier and Walter, 2013 (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Emotional reactions to cycle helmet use (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets – Results
from an experiment of cycling speed and short-term effects
of habituation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Risk compensation? – The relationship between helmet use and cycling
speed under naturalistic conditions (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Bicycle helmets and risky behaviour: A systematic review (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Level of risk
Sport-related major trauma incidence in young people and adults in England and Wales: a national
registry-based study (injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…)
Active Living and Injury Risk (thieme-connect.de/products/ejo…)
Epidemiology of injury in professional cyclists (bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/Suppl_…)
- Discouraging cycling
Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks? (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…)
Bicycle helmet research [CARRS-Q Monograph Series - Monograph 5] (eprints.qut.edu.au/41798/)
The effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on
helmet use and bicycle ridership in Canada (injuryprevention.bmj.com/conte…)
Recommend or mandate? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the
effects of mandatory bicycle helmet legislation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
Helmet law makes nonsense of bike hire scheme
(theage.com.au/national/victori…)
- Dehumanization
The effect of safety attire on perceptions of cyclist dehumanisation (sciencedirect.com/science/arti…)
- Claims bike helmets don't help
cnet.com/science/brain-surgeon…
rwcpulse.com/blogs/peeking-at-…
- Dutch statistics
swov.nl/en/fact-sheet/cyclists
veiligheid.nl/sites/default/fi… (English summary included)
Blog: Bike Helmets make no difference
Turns out bicycle helmet laws have never been about protection.Gerd Stieler (Redwood City Pulse)
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So either you think that also runners should wear an helmet, or your point is not backed by data.
Introducing a new open-source shadow library!
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Why does the godot logo appear as the icon in bing?
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DNS Piracy Blocking Orders: Google, Cloudflare, and OpenDNS Respond Differently * TorrentFreak
DNS Piracy Blocking Orders: Google, Cloudflare, and OpenDNS Respond Differently * TorrentFreak
Facing escalating DNS piracy blocking orders, major providers like OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google are adopting notably different responses.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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Aren't they Austrian based?
There is a thread on power tripping mods about Austria server that is censoring speech because Israel can't be criticized
The part that I find interesting is that they want to redirect the domains somewhere else.
Whats to stop a country from making one of these orders, along with a gag order, to redirect traffic from an adversarial nation webpage to something they're hosting? Effectively creating a nationwide phishing attack
Trump administration fires US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about using copyrighted content to train AI
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.Scott MacFarlane (CBS News)
The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense | Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.Annie Lowrey (The Atlantic)
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