As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue
Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micropayments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.
As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue | TechCrunch
Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue
As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue | TechCrunch
Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
YouTube search gets its own version of Google’s AI Overviews
More AI-powered search results.
YouTube search gets its own version of Google’s AI Overviews
Some YouTube Premium members may start seeing an AI-powered search results carousel for certain types of searches.Jay Peters (The Verge)
Elon Musk reportedly fires Tesla's top sales exec
Omead Afshar, one of Musk's top lieutenants, is out after more than seven years at the company. He was recently elevated to a VP role in late 2024.
Rivian cuts dozens on manufacturing team ahead of R2 launch
The company laid off around 1% of its total workforce, or around 140 employees. It's the third round of cuts since the start of 2024.
Microsoft Tried To Steal A Project And Almost Got Away With It....
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Gemini is getting ready to replace Google Assistant on Android
An update to appease privacy-focused users.
Gemini is getting ready to replace Google Assistant on Android
Android users will soon be able to let Gemini control device features and apps with fewer privacy concerns.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
<...> appease privacy-focused users <...>
Appease? That's the word you use for people caring about privacy? Seriously? Pathetic corporate ghoul.
LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download LeechBlock NG for Firefox. LeechBlock NG is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.addons.mozilla.org
LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download LeechBlock NG for Firefox. LeechBlock NG is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.addons.mozilla.org
Israel Threatens Expulsion for Palestinian Villages Featured in “No Other Land”
Israel Threatens Expulsion for Palestinian Villages Featured in “No Other Land”
Israel has accelerated its attempts to erase Masafer Yatta after it was featured in an Oscar-winning documentary.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
Building A Multi-Platform Feed Reader App - is it Worthwhile?
The idea
I want to build an app, in which you can subscribe or follow profiles or feeds from multiple platforms, including various fediverse platforms (lemmy, Mastodon, Friendica, etc), blogs, and others (no idea what else yet).
App will have optional smart filtering and sorting, and optional algorithm based on your reading habits.
The north star goal is to make this app give the user the feel of being officially supported by the platforms it reads from. It should feel like a lemmy app if you see a lemmy post, feel like Mastodon if it's Mastodon, etc. This is obviously a monumental effort, so I will have to make concessions (hence north star).
Motivation
I see the recession of multi-source or Multi-Platform feed readers (RSS) as quite unfortunate to user choice and freedom.
I think this app, will promote a few ideals of mine:
- being intentional about content we want on our feed
- breaking boundary between different platforms (which is the spirit of ActivityPub)
- promoting open platforms: encourage non-profitting creators to make their content accessible on these platforms, and readers to read from them.
- consuming internet content without data mining, addictive scrolling, and having the choice to smart filter or sort your feed.
What are your thoughts? Do you agree that this is worthwhile?
Besides blog posts (RSS), lemmy, Mastodon, and other big fsdiverse platforms, what would you want to see on this app?
I think a lot of open social media accept the RSS format.
Like for example if you add a “.rss” to the end of a bluesky profile url you get the rss feed for it.
So this actually seems quite doable!
I would say its something you dont need top efficiency. Don’t do it in Rust. It’s fine to use python or something.
Trasporto pubblico, arrivano i primi 25 bus elettrici finanziati dal PNRR
Trasporto pubblico, arrivano i primi 25 bus elettrici finanziati dal PNRR
Pronta anche la stazione di ricarica al deposito At in via Pratese. Entro il 2026 si aggiungeranno ulteriori 45 mezzi e la seconda...Redazione (FirenzeToday)
The End of Publishing as We Know It
AI Is Already Crushing the News Industry
Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the mediaAlex Reisner (The Atlantic)
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Iran vetting body okays bill suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog
Tehran (AFP) – The Iranian body tasked with vetting legislation approved a bill to suspend cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday, citing recent US and Israeli strikes.Iranian lawmakers voted in favour of the bill on Wednesday, a day after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war with Israel that saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Since the start of the war on June 13, Iranian officials have sharply criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to condemn the strikes.
Iran has also criticised the watchdog for passing a resolution on June 12 accusing it of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations.
Iranian officials say the censure motion was "one of the main excuses" for the Israeli and US attacks.
"The government is required to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA to ensure full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Guardian Council spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif told the official IRNA news agency.
He said the move was prompted by the "attacks... by the Zionist regime and the United States against peaceful nuclear facilities."
The bill, which will now be submitted to President Masoud Pezeshkian for final ratification, would allow Iran "to benefit from all the entitlements specified under... the Non-Proliferation Treaty especially with regard to uranium enrichment," Nazif said.
Key Tehran ally Moscow had earlier spoken out against the move to suspend coooperation with the IAEA.
"We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects Iran's repeated statements that Iran does not have and will not have plans to develop a nuclear weapon," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference.
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X that cooperation with the watchdog was "not possible" at this time until security at Iran's nuclear facilities "is ensured."
Israel launched a major bombing campaign on June 13 that targeted Iranian nuclear and military facilities and killed top scientists and commanders.
On Sunday, Israel's ally the United States launched unprecedented strikes of its own on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz.
A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect on Tuesday.
As predicted. Now they will work on nuclear weapon in secret and will announce it in a few years as deterent from any other terrorist attacks by US or Israel.
The red line was crossed and will be crossed again when US or Israel "feels like it". So going all in is their only sane option.
HDMI 2.2 spec released with 96Gbps bandwidth and 16K support
HDMI 2.2 spec released with 96Gbps bandwidth and 16K support
Also enables uncompressed 8K at 60Hz and 4K at 240Hz. After announcing it at CES earlier this year, HDMI Forum has finally released the latest HDMI 2.2...Prasad (GSMArena)
FBI Warning on IoT Devices: How to Tell If You Are Impacted
FBI Warning on IoT Devices: How to Tell If You Are Impacted
On June 5th, the FBI released a PSA titled “Home Internet Connected Devices Facilitate Criminal Activity.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders
Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory?
Too many Democratic party leaders would rather be the captains on a sinking Titanic than change courseBernie Sanders (The Guardian)
Addio idrogeno in Francia, solo l'Italia ci crede
5 volte più costoso della ricarica di una batteria.
Con tutti quei soldi potevano estendere gli incentivi all'elettrica (ed erogarli solo ai privati magari)
Solo una persona poteva credere ancora nell'idrogeno.
Addio idrogeno in Francia, solo l'Italia ci crede - Vaielettrico
Addio idrogeno in Francia: Hype, titolare della più grande flotta di taxi a pile a combustibile al mondo, dice basta. Solo l'Italia ci crede.Redazione (Vaielettrico)
PNG is back!
cross-posted from: kbin.earth/m/programming@progr…
After 20 years, PNG is back with renewed vigor! A new PNG spec was just released.
Now the noob is using wepb for a bunch of rasterised vector graphics with 4 or 5 flat colors, and he’s wasting more disk space than before.
I just tested with this image:
Default GIMP WebP export settings (90% quality): 88.8 kB
Lossless WebP mode: 85.6 kB
Default GIMP PNG export settings (compression level 9): 189.8 kB
So I don't trust this claim unless you have some evidence.
It's ironic how WebP lossless mode is actually better at compressing the image than the lossy mode.
I bet most people would use the default thinking that they are making a compromise and that increasing the quality would make the compression worse. They wouldn't know unless they tested making the images themselves, because it's not easy for users to differentiate lossy webp from lossless webp.
This imho is why lossless should be in its own format, instead of trying to make a single container format do everything like WebP was trying. A new compression level for PNG would be most welcome.
Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books
Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books | TechCrunch
A federal judge sided with Meta in a lawsuit that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on copyrighted works.Maxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)
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Last year China generated almost 3 times as much solar power as the EU did, and it's close to overtaking all OECD countries put together (whose combined population is 1.38 billion people)
Last year, China generated 834 terawatt-hours of solar power.
Which is more than the G7 countries generated, and more than the US and EU combined. In fact the only country group that generates more solar power than China is the OECD, all 38 countries of it.
Data:
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Gli spaccamenti capitanti, nuova murfianza per rompere l’umore
È a dir poco sconcertante (!), ma la maledizione di Murphy si è gravemente abbattuta su di me in questi ultimi giorni… mi si sta letteralmente rompendo tutto, ogni cosa che possiedo, tutti i miei averi tangibili. Questo è ovviamente un duplice problema, perché da un lato sono tirchia e non voglio (ri)comprare assolutamente niente, […]
Just start drawing some diagrams and you'll quickly figure out how on your own. Which is more fun than having someone give you a geometric proof.
Evaluating the relationship between news source sharing and political beliefs
In an era marked by an abundance of news sources, access to information significantly influences public opinion. Notably, the bias of news sources often serves as an indicator of individuals’ political leanings. This study explores this hypothesis by examining the news sharing behavior of politically active social media users, whose political ideologies were identified in a previous study. Using correspondence analysis, we estimate the Media Sharing Index (MSI), a measure that captures bias in media outlets and user preferences within a hidden space. During Argentina’s 2019 election on Twitter, we observed a predictable pattern: center-right individuals predominantly shared media from center-right biased outlets. However, it is noteworthy that those with center-left inclinations displayed a more diverse media consumption, which is a significant finding. Despite a noticeable polarization based on political affiliation observed in a retweet network analysis, center-left users showed more diverse media sharing preferences, particularly concerning the MSI. Although these findings are specific to Argentina, the developed methodology can be applied in other countries to assess the correlation between users’ political leanings and the media they share
Evaluating the relationship between news source sharing and political beliefs - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Evaluating the relationship between news source sharing and political beliefsNature
In Gaza, “illusion of humanitarianism” is new phase in genocide (Video short)
In Gaza, “illusion of humanitarianism” is new phase in genocide
Dr James Smith says Gaza’s aid crisis is dire, with people killed daily at militarised distribution sites.Al Jazeera
In Gaza, “illusion of humanitarianism” is new phase in genocide (Video short)
Dr James Smith, an emergency physician, describes the aid situation in Gaza, where the Israeli military is killing people every day as they seek aid from US-backed distribution sites.
In Gaza, “illusion of humanitarianism” is new phase in genocide
Dr James Smith says Gaza’s aid crisis is dire, with people killed daily at militarised distribution sites.Al Jazeera
Iran Nuclear Attack: अमेरिकी हमलों से हमारे परमाणु ठिकानों को हुआ भारी नुकसान, ईरान ने किया स्वीकार
Iran News: Iran Nuclear Attack से ईरान के परमाणु कार्यक्रम को गहरा आघात लगा है। विदेश मंत्रालय के प्रवक्ता इस्माइल बाघेई ने अल जज़ीरा को बताया कि अमेरिकी हमलों ने नतांज़, फ़ोर्डो और इस्फ़हान सुविधाओं को भारी नुकसान पहुंचाया। रविवार को बी-2 स्टील्थ बमवर्षकों ने 30,000 पाउंड के बंकर-बस्टर बमों का उपयोग किया। ईरान का कहना है कि कोई रेडियोधर्मी रिसाव नहीं हुआ। यह हमला क्षेत्रीय तनाव को और बढ़ा सकता है।
ट्रंप का युद्ध समाप्ति का दावा
अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने Iran Nuclear Attack को सफल बताते हुए दावा किया कि इससे ईरान-इज़रायल युद्ध समाप्त हुआ। हेग में पत्रकारों से बातचीत में उन्होंने कहा कि उनके फैसले ने युद्ध रोका। ट्रंप ने खुफिया रिपोर्टों को खारिज किया, जिनमें कहा गया कि हमलों से ईरान का परमाणु कार्यक्रम केवल कुछ महीनों के लिए रुका। उन्होंने जोर देकर कहा कि यह नुकसान दशकों तक असर डालेगा।
परमाणु कार्यक्रम पर प्रभाव
Iran Nuclear Attack ने ईरान के परमाणु ठिकानों को गंभीर रूप से प्रभावित किया। बाघेई ने विस्तृत जानकारी देने से इनकार किया, लेकिन नुकसान की पुष्टि की। फ़ोर्डो, नतांज़ और इस्फ़हान सुविधाएं गहरे भूमिगत हैं, फिर भी बंकर-बस्टर बमों ने इन्हें निशाना बनाया। उपग्रह चित्रों से नुकसान का अंदाज़ा लगाया जा रहा है। ईरान का कहना है कि वह अपने परमाणु कार्यक्रम को फिर से शुरू करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है।
वैश्विक प्रतिक्रिया और भविष्य
Iran Nuclear Attack के बाद वैश्विक चिंता बढ़ गई है। ट्रंप ने दावा किया कि ईरान अब परमाणु हथियार बनाने की स्थिति में नहीं है। उन्होंने तेहरान से कूटनीतिक रास्ता अपनाने की अपील की। हालांकि, ईरान ने जवाबी कार्रवाई की चेतावनी दी है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय परमाणु ऊर्जा एजेंसी ने पुष्टि की कि हमलों से रेडियोधर्मी रिसाव नहीं हुआ। यह स्थिति क्षेत्रीय स्थिरता और वैश्विक कूटनीति के लिए नई चुनौतियां खड़ी कर सकती है।
हिंदी न्यूज़: ताज़ा समाचार और अपडेट्स » Right News India
हिंदी न्यूज़, ताज़ा समाचार, और अपडेट्स पढ़ें Right News India पर। देश, दुनिया, खेल, और मनोरंजन की खबरें हर दिन हिंदी में।मोहित ठाकुर (Right News India)
The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’
Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’
Some wear balaclavas. Some wear neck gators, sunglasses and hats. Some wear masks and casual clothes.
Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics.
It’s a trend that has sparked alarm among civil rights and law enforcement experts alike.
Mike German, a former FBI agent, said officers’ widespread use of masks was unprecedented in US law enforcement and a sign of a rapidly eroding democracy. “Masking symbolizes the drift of law enforcement away from democratic controls,” he said.
La Verità sulla “Lumaca Killer”: Cos'è l’Angiostrongilosi e Qual è il Legame con il Clima
Il vero pericolo è un verme parassita l’Angiostrongylus cantonensis, che può colpire cani e, in rari casi, anche l’uomo.
La Verità sulla “Lumaca Killer”: Cos’è l’Angiostrongilosi e Qual è il Legame con il Clima
Negli ultimi giorni, termini allarmistici come “lumaca killer”, “strage di cani” o “allarme in Australia” hanno fatto il giro del web e dei vari quotidiani. Ma cosa c’è di veroRedazione RMA (METEO POP - RMA APS)
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street 'alarmed' and 'depressed'
Mamdani's emphasis on socialism and redistribution of wealth runs counter to Wall Street's preference for unbridled capitalism and policies that support growth, such as deregulation and low taxes. The 33-year-old has supported taxing the ultra-wealthy, financial transactions and passive income like dividends. He has also endorsed a state-level wealth tax and increased marginal income tax rates on high earners.Hedge fund magnate Bill Ackman said he woke up Wednesday "a bit depressed" by Mamdani's victory. The Pershing Square chief said he's now looking at the logistics for another candidate, not himself, to run.
Lawrence Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and president of Harvard University, also expressed his distaste Mamdani's nomination.
Guys, Bill Ackman and Larry Summers are sad. 😂
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street 'alarmed' and 'depressed'
His potential victory could bring what the Street despises the most — tax hikes and tighter regulation that threaten corporate and investment interests.Yun Li (CNBC)
Meta Secures Bittersweet Fair Use Victory in AI 'Piracy' Case
In a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence and copyright law, Meta has secured a bittersweet partial fair use victory in its defense of a 'piracy' lawsuit filed by several book authors. While granting Meta summary judgment on specific claims, the court outlined how copyright challenges against AI developers might succeed in the future. The decision emphasizes the critical importance of proving potential market harm, specifically by AI-generated books.
Meta Secures Bittersweet Fair Use Victory in AI 'Piracy' Case * TorrentFreak
In a pivotal moment for AI and copyright law, Meta hassecured a bittersweet partial fair use victory in a 'piracy' lawsuit brought by authors.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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Second, the plaintiffs argued that Meta’s unauthorized copying harmed the relatively new market for AI training licensing. The court dismissed this too, ruling that the harm from the loss of licensing fees is not “cognizable”.
So all loss claimed by media giant for lost subscription (license fee) is not cognizable.
“As should now be clear, this ruling does not stand for the proposition that Meta’s use of copyrighted materials to train its language models is lawful. It stands only for the proposition that these plaintiffs made the wrong arguments and failed to develop a record in support of the right one,” the ruling reads.
No decision made then.
This is the argument that bothers me:
The court also identified a third argument, which the authors didn’t pursue in great detail; market dilution. Under this theory, AI models trained on copyrighted works can generate “countless works that compete with the originals, even if those works aren’t themselves infringing,” Judge Chhabria wrote.
So, even if what you make isn't infringing on their rights, its still competing with them which should be forbidden. That whole argument is a machine shouldn't be allowed to compete with a human. So, if I am inspired by another's work, that's ok, but if a machine does that we need to ban it.
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The latter part makes sense to me tbh. Machines should not allowed to compete with humans (in creative endeavours) because it is an intrinsically unfair competition that further erodes the rights of those humans who are more vulnerable, in the circumstance that is opposite to the intent of having machines around in the first place. They are supposed to do our beast-of-burden work, not make it so that our only pending value to be extracted by capitalism is beast-of-burden work.
What I'm not sure I buy is the idea that the "countless works" generated by AI actually compete with the original, in particular if they are non-infringing. Let's say I take the work of an author to train an AI on their style. The author writes exclusively noir; I instruct the AI to generate college drama in the same style. Are the new works competing? The author won't offer me a college drama in the first place.
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Study shows gaming can reduce stress, even the violent kind
Study shows gaming can reduce stress, even the violent kind
A recently published study aims to dispel yet another myth about video games, showing that both violent and non-violent gaming sessions can effectively reduce stress levels. The...Alfonso Maruccia (TechSpot)
The Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility mystery is solved and updates are on the way
The Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility mystery is solved and updates are on the way
Ugreen and Elgato will update their webcams to support the Nintendo Switch 2, after a three-week mystery as to why many cams don’t work.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
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Zohran Mamdani's Win Is the Beginning of the End of the Old Democratic Party
Zohran Mamdani's Win Is the Beginning of the End of the Old Democratic Party
Mamdani's NYC primary victory shows that the old tricks of the political establishment are dying out—and something new is being born.Gridwork
La mela di Eva? Un errore di traduzione che ha fatto storia
I’m 99% sure that’s a picture of a blue bottle, not sure what a man o war is.
Edit: Well today I learned that what we call “bluebottles” in Aotearoa and Australia is called “Man of War” in the US.
ICJ Will Probably Find “Israel” GUILTY of Genocide in Gaza - The Evidence Is Too Overwhelming
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Mamdani’s New York victory boosts pro-Palestine politics in US
Mamdani’s New York victory boosts pro-Palestine politics in US
Zohran Mamdani won New York’s primary race because of his support for Palestine, not in spite of it, progressives say.Ali Harb (Al Jazeera)
ICANN angry as AFRINIC election suspended
AFRINIC election annulled after ICANN writes angry letter to African regional internet registry after election suspended
Updated: The group in charge of IP addresses for 54 countries hasn't had a board since 2022Simon Sharwood (The Register)
Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning a language gives you unique insights into different cultures, societies and perspectives.The Conversation
Nöd i dem Fall, nei. Ussert mer wett da ide Schwiiz go wohne, bringt Schwiizerdüütsch nöd würkli öppis. S Hochdüütsche degäge chan mer au da bruuche. S lohnt sich also viel meeh.
Mer chan ja au Schwiizerdüütsch lerne wenn mer s Hochdüütsche langsam chan. Sött denn au viel eifacher sii.
Schwiizerdüütsch lerne isch au viel schwärer ohni Immersion wills halt eifach chum Lernmaterial dezue git. Und natürlich viel weniger Regle, wenn doch Regle bim lerne hälfet. Somit dänke ich nöd, dass Schwiizerdüütsch em Titel da grächt wird.
Salvini: «La missione della Lega sarà rivedere e circoscrivere il reato di tortura »
Salvini: «La missione della Lega sarà rivedere e circoscrivere il reato di tortura»
La nuova «missione della Lega» sarà «rivedere, circoscrivere, definire il reato di tortura». Lo dichiara il ministro alle infrastrutture, Matteo Salvini.Gayburg
Perhaps...
Alt Text:
This is a screenshot of a bluesky post from “The Tennessee Holler” posted 12 hours ago. The post reads: “If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?”
The post includes a repost from Joe G posted 2 hours ago that says “Arresting people in wheelchairs protesting Medicaid cuts.”
Below the text is a video thumbnail showing what appears to be law enforcement officers restraining an elderly person in a wheelchair in what looks like a government building or office setting.
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Money problems: have we had enough of TV shows about rich people?
Money problems: have we had enough of TV shows about rich people?
Shows such as Sirens, The Better Sister, And Just Like That and Your Friends and Neighbours have found little to say about the uber-wealthyStuart Heritage (The Guardian)
YES.
Or shows where the characters are supposed to be lower/middle class but somehow afford all sorts of shit that is super unrealistic. (Think the cast of Superstore all getting super fancy halloween costumes every year and buying a new one every year eating takeout all the time and easily affording middle range cars when they work minimum wage).
Il Mediterraneo Bollente: Mare e Clima Fuori Controllo
Temperature Marine Record nel Mediterraneo: un Allarme per Clima e Risorse Idriche
Il Mediterraneo si sta trasformando in un vero e proprio "brodo caldo", con temperature superficiali che raggiungono livelli mai registrati prima. A lanciare l’allarme è l’Osservatorio ANBI sulle Risorse Idriche,Andrea Pardini (METEO POP - RMA APS)
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White House responds to Zohran Mamdani's election win
A senior aide to President Donald Trump has claimed Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary is a result of a failure to control migration.
"NYC is the clearest warning yet of what happens to a society when it fails to control migration," Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, wrote on X.
Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a stunning upset on Tuesday night.
White House Responds to Zohran Mamdani's Election Win
Stephen Miller says Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary is a result of a failure to control migration.Daniel Orton (Newsweek)
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Specifically "disability" benefits or just overall social security transfers?
Bcs that might be due to the total household income too (and the fact that unfortunately a lot of ppl with disabilities & chronic pain don't have a lot of income).
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(Overall we tend to be overly strict about such stuff bcs politicians often exploit it in a manner 'why should we pay for a millionaires basic wheelchair?!??' ... but I didn't know there was like a cut-off income point for overall benefits in terms of using them for specific medical things in Italy & Belgium, iirc that's not the case for glasses & basic dental care, tho the availability of the later in Italy is poor/really basic.)
Well it’s the welfare people with disabilities (who cannot work due to their disability) are eligeable for. The system is different in every country but usually you have a base rate that is not enough to survive on (in the US it tends to be 8k per year, other countries aren’t much more generous), and hopefully you also qualify for other help, like maybe food stamps or subsidised energy payments.
In most of the countries I listed, both of those are slashed down or straight up removed if you marry someone with income, but especially the second.
Which basically removes any freedom for the disabled person in the relationship and makes it way easier for abusive relationships to happen.
Because you end up having a huge power imbalance. You cannot fight for yourself, you rely on your partner for your daily care or for transport if you need to go anywhere. You also rely on them for money etc. The relationship can end up as heirarchical as a Parent/Child relationship. So it’s really a problem that if you choose to marry you lose all your independence.
Map from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair
caitlinjohnst.one/p/after-deny…
https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1936913191369343452
80% of the country has been destroyed, 100% of the population displaced, 50% of the deaths children(, 0 solution has been seriously discussed), ... :
https://x.com/dn_osama_rabee/status/1933093727423095151
https://x.com/translatingpal/status/1936134624620540307
https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1936555053768171996
...
17% would only comparable to the second Congo war(, 1998-2003, 3-5M out of ~30M, mostly civilians from starvation or diseases), or the Korean war(, 1950-1953, 1.5-2M out of 9M, mostly from US bombings), otherwise, a.f.a.i.k., the only relatively recent recorded historical events with a higher percentage are genocides(, that have even reached an unbelievable 90% in two cases).
https://x.com/caitoz/status/1926467525488889926
After Denying Massacring Civilians Seeking Aid, Israel Routinely Massacres Civilians Seeking Aid
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter)
Faenza (Ra): Visite guidate della Pro Loco per i “Martedì d’Estate” (1-8-15-22 luglio 2025)
La Pro Loco Faenza organizza un ciclo di visite guidate serali nei “Martedì d’Estate”, alla scoperta di luoghi insoliti e storie affascinanti della città. Quattro appuntamenti curati da guide turistiche abilitate della Regione Emilia-Romagna, con inizio alle 20.45 e ritrovo presso la sede Pro Loco (Voltone Molinella).
Quota di partecipazione: 3 euro. Prenotazione obbligatoria, posti limitati. Consigliata la prenotazione dalla settimana precedente.
Programma:
1° luglio – “Farmacie d’arte”
Tour in tre farmacie storiche (Sansoni, Zanotti, Duomo), tra arredi antichi, architetture e arte. Percorso accessibile, tranne un primo piano non adatto a persone con mobilità ridotta.
8 luglio – “I 120 anni del Sarti”
Dalla sua nascita a teatro a cinema, un viaggio dietro le quinte e nelle trasformazioni del Teatro Sarti.
15 luglio – “Il Ridotto del Masini e la Galleria dei Cento Pacifici”
Un’immersione nell’eleganza neoclassica tra architetture, sculture e affreschi del Ridotto del Teatro Masini e della Galleria dei Cento Pacifici.
22 luglio – “Storie di uomini e paesi”
Passeggiata all’interno del Museo di Palazzo Laderchi per scoprire la Faenza tra XIX e XX secolo attraverso volti, memorie e trasformazioni della città.
Info e prenotazioni:
Pro Loco Iat Faenza – Voltone Molinella 2
📞 0546 25231 ✉️ info@prolocofaenza.it
🌐 www.prolocofaenza.it
Orari ufficio (maggio-settembre):
Lun–Sab: 9.30-12.30 / 15.30-18.30 | Dom e festivi: 9.30-12.30
Faenza (Ra): Visite guidate della Pro Loco per i "Martedì d'Estate" (1-8-15-22 luglio 2025) - ViaggieMiraggi
PRO LOCO FAENZA: “MARTEDÌ D’ESTATE – VISITE GUIDATE ALLA SCOPERTA DI FAENZA” Tra i retropalchi dei teatri e gli antichi arredi delle farmacie storiche, la Pro Loco Faenza in occasione dei “Martedì d’Estate”, organizza un ciclo di visite guidate seral…Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
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