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Where do you get your source of tech news that aren't the same BS about Apple, Facebook, Nintendo, Google, phones?
Whenever I go to a tech news site, it's mostly the same topics about the latest phone, the latest watch, or Nintendo/Playstation/Xbox. Or doom-and-gloom about privacy laws.
Don't get me wrong. I like to stay on top of things, sure.
But sometimes I want to read about, I don't know, advancements in eInk paper, DIY gadgets, transmitting data using non-conventional media (e.g. FM radio), odd games (e.g. that you can play with one hand, with your phone), coding fun things in some esoteric language, or good news like schools benefiting from tech donations.
Not necessarily those topics, but do you see how none of them are about Apple, Google, Amazon, AWS, iPhones, Android, Elon Musk (shudders), Pokemon, stocks, or Comcast screwing us all?
What websites do you visit for that kind of content? Thanks!
‘This is an authoritarian country, now’: Professor blasts U.S. as he moves to Canada
‘This is an authoritarian country, now’: Professor blasts U.S. as he moves to Canada
An Ivy-League professor who is moving to Canada says that the United States has reached a 'midpoint' between liberal democracy and fascist dictatorship.Charlie Buckley (CTVNews)
“every time i think i take 10 damage” — “ogni volta che penso prendo 10 di danno”
Che palle… Oggi, non so perché, ma sono alquanto cacata. Forse perché stanotte ho dormito precisamente 11 minuti in meno di quanto speravo (per non parlare di quanto volevo)? E chi lo sa, ormai qui tanto la mia stessa esistenza è gambling puro: mi sveglio la mattina e non so come starò per il resto […]
In response to the imposition of American tariffs, the Heard and McDonald Islands have joined the Belt and Road Initiative
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/27768178
FYI: Trump imposed tariffs on an island which only has penguins and seals as permanent inhabitants
Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as a Critic of Its CEO
I discovered this article after it was censored from the Reddit privacy community.
Thank goodness there are still some places where you are allowed to criticize the rich and powerful.
Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as a Critic of Its CEO
The man created—but didn't wear—a shirt critical of James Dolan, the venue's CEO.AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
Det är rimligt av en mängd skäl att bojkotta de stora US-amerikanska sociala medierna. För alla men framförallt för vänstern. Det är förstår svårt att sluta helt med US-amerikanska produkter och US-amerikanska sociala medier.
Su Gazeta Destinacioni (Poets of the World) potete leggere alcune poesie di Giuseppe Iannozzi
Su Gazeta Destinacioni (Poets of the World) potete leggere alcune poesie di Giuseppe Iannozzi.
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Ringrazio infinitamente Maria Teresa Liuzzo e Florentina Skenda e tutta la Redazione di questa prestigiosa testata.
4 Poesie di Giuseppe Iannozzi
4 Poesie di Giuseppe Iannozzi NIENTE Avrai pure gli occhi belli belli, azzurri come il cielo in primavera, ma a me non mi incanti: delle colombe ho seguito il volo,…Gazeta Destinacioni
Amazon wants to buy TikTok
Amazon wants to buy TikTok
But it's not being taken seriously. TikTok's future in the US is once again uncertain. On April 5, President Trump's extension to the 'sell or be banned'...Vlad (GSMArena)
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NTSB Calls On FAA To Address Boeing 757 Slide Fault
A FedEx Boeing 757 gear-up landing incident, where the crew struggled to deploy the evacuation slide, prompted the recommendation.
[PeerTube Mirror] Locust City — An Elysium Story (Project X7)
Locust City — An Elysium Story (Project X7)
Mirror for an original upload by Jamrock Hobo Jamrock Hobo writes in the video description: "Internal presentation of ZA/UMs Disco Elysium sequel “Project X7”: Locust City – An Elysium Story. It wa...AbnormalBeingsTube
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China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.
China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.
Beijing's measures come in the wake of duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration earlier this week.Ruxandra Iordache (CNBC)
The Beautiful Dissociation of the Japanese Language
This article was making the rounds last year, but I don't think I've seen it posted here - and it seems like a good fit.
It talks about how disconnected the Japanese writing and speaking systems can be, and how that can create some affordances. I found it interesting, at least.
The Beautiful Dissociation of the Japanese Language
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Senators unveil bill to claw back power over tariffs amid Trump trade wars
Summary
Senators Chuck Grassley and Maria Cantwell introduced the bipartisan Trade Review Act of 2025 to reassert Congress’s authority over tariffs, following Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements.
The bill would require the president to justify new tariffs and submit an economic impact analysis. Congress must approve tariffs within 60 days or they expire; it could also revoke them anytime.
Grassley’s support signals growing Republican concern over Trump’s trade policies.
The bill echoes the War Powers Act, underscoring fears that unchecked trade actions harm U.S. allies, exports, and consumers.
Senators unveil bill to claw back power over tariffs amid Trump trade wars
Trade Review Act would require greater checks on tariffs in further sign of congressional disquiet over president’s plansLauren Gambino (The Guardian)
Head of NSA and Cybercommand Is Ousted
Gen. Timothy Haugh Ousted as Head of NSA and Cyber Command
No reason was given for the removal of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, but the far-right activist Laura Loomer had called for his ouster in a meeting with President Trump, an official said.Julian E. Barnes (The New York Times)
Chi è lo psicologo e cosa fa? Scopri il ruolo fondamentale per il tuo benessere mentale!
Chi è lo psicologo e cosa fa? Scopri il ruolo fondamentale per il tuo benessere mentale!
La salute mentale è un aspetto essenziale del benessere umano, ma molte persone non sono pienamente consapevoli del ruolo fondamentale che uno psicologo può avere nel migliorare la loro vita. Se ti sei mai chiesto "Chi è lo psicologo e cosa fa?", questo articolo è pensato per darti una visione chiara e completa. Il supporto psicologico non è solo per chi sta attraversando difficoltà evidenti, ma è utile anche per chi desidera comprendere meglio sé stesso, migliorare le proprie relazioni o affrontare sfide quotidiane come stress e ansia.
*"La salute mentale è altrettanto importante quanto la salute fisica. Quando la mente sta bene, il corpo sta meglio."
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Chi è uno psicologo e perché è importante per il tuo benessere
Lo psicologo è un professionista della salute mentale che si occupa di studiare e trattare le emozioni, i comportamenti e i pensieri umani. Mentre uno psichiatra può prescrivere farmaci, lo psicologo non si occupa di farmacoterapia, ma lavora con il paziente tramite tecniche terapeutiche per migliorare il suo stato mentale.
Questo professionista aiuta le persone a comprendere meglio se stesse, a risolvere i conflitti interni e a gestire emozioni difficili come l'ansia, la depressione o lo stress.
Molte persone considerano lo psicologo un aiuto solo in caso di "gravi problemi".
In realtà, lo psicologo è utile anche per migliorare la qualità della vita e il benessere generale. Il suo lavoro non si limita a trattare i disturbi mentali, ma si estende anche al supporto preventivo, al miglioramento delle relazioni interpersonali e al rafforzamento delle capacità di coping.
Cosa fa uno psicologo? Le attività chiave di un professionista della salute mentale
Il lavoro di uno psicologo può sembrare misterioso per chi non ha esperienza diretta con la psicoterapia. Tuttavia, il suo ruolo è estremamente importante e variegato. Uno psicologo si occupa di una serie di attività che includono l'assistenza, la consulenza, la valutazione e la diagnosi dei disturbi psicologici. Di seguito, esploreremo in dettaglio le principali aree di intervento di uno psicologo.
Diagnosi e valutazione psicologica
Una delle prime cose che uno psicologo fa quando si incontra con un paziente è la valutazione psicologica. Durante questo processo, lo psicologo raccoglie informazioni sul paziente, esaminando le sue problematiche psicologiche e il contesto in cui si inseriscono. Questa fase iniziale può includere interviste cliniche, questionari, e test psicologici. Lo scopo è identificare disturbi psicologici, ma anche per capire le risorse e le aree di forza su cui lavorare.
La valutazione è essenziale per ottenere una diagnosi accurata e per progettare un piano terapeutico personalizzato. Una diagnosi corretta aiuta a scegliere l'approccio terapeutico più adatto, che può variare in base alla tipologia di problema (ansia, depressione, disturbi alimentari, ecc.).
Psicoterapia: il trattamento per disturbi psicologici
La psicoterapia è il cuore del lavoro dello psicologo. Attraverso la psicoterapia, il professionista guida il paziente in un percorso di consapevolezza e cambiamento, utilizzando tecniche specifiche per affrontare e superare i disturbi psicologici. Ci sono diversi approcci terapeutici, tra cui:
• Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamentale (TCC): Si concentra sui pensieri e i comportamenti del paziente, aiutandolo a cambiare schemi di pensiero disfunzionali.
• Psicoterapia psicodinamica: Approccio che esplora l'inconscio e il passato del paziente per comprendere come influenzi il presente.
• Terapia umanistica: Si concentra sulla crescita personale e sulla consapevolezza del sé.
Durante le sessioni di psicoterapia, il paziente impara a riconoscere i propri schemi di pensiero, a gestire le emozioni e a sviluppare strategie per affrontare le difficoltà quotidiane.
Supporto emotivo e consulenza
Non tutte le persone vanno dallo psicologo per trattare un disturbo clinico. Molti cercano semplicemente un supporto emotivo o una consulenza per affrontare sfide di vita come il cambiamento, la perdita di una persona cara, o le difficoltà nelle relazioni. Lo psicologo offre uno spazio sicuro e confidenziale dove il paziente può esplorare i propri sentimenti, riflettere sulle sue emozioni e trovare soluzioni a problemi che possono sembrare insormontabili.
Psicologo: il tuo alleato nella crescita personale
Lo psicologo non è solo un professionista che interviene nei momenti di crisi, ma è anche un facilitatore di crescita personale. La terapia psicologica non ha solo lo scopo di risolvere problemi immediati, ma di promuovere una vita più soddisfacente e sana.
Andare da uno psicologo può essere un'opportunità per imparare a gestire meglio le proprie emozioni, a comunicare efficacemente con gli altri e a sviluppare una maggiore autoconsapevolezza.
Maggiore autoconsapevolezza
Uno degli obiettivi principali della psicoterapia è aiutare il paziente a diventare più consapevole dei propri pensieri, emozioni e comportamenti. La consapevolezza è il primo passo per poter fare cambiamenti duraturi e positivi nella propria vita.
• Comprendere i propri schemi di pensiero
• Identificare emozioni represse o non riconosciute
• Imparare a fare scelte consapevoli
Miglioramento delle relazioni interpersonali
Molte persone cercano l'aiuto di uno psicologo per migliorare le loro relazioni, siano esse familiari, amicali o sentimentali.
Attraverso la psicoterapia, si imparano tecniche per comunicare in modo più efficace, per comprendere meglio i propri bisogni e quelli degli altri, e per risolvere conflitti in modo costruttivo.
• Comunicare meglio con il partner
• Gestire i conflitti familiari
• Affrontare difficoltà legate a relazioni professionali
Gestione dello stress e resilienza
La vita moderna porta con sé molte sfide e situazioni stressanti.
Uno psicologo può aiutare a sviluppare strategie di coping per affrontare lo stress quotidiano e per aumentare la resilienza, cioè la capacità di adattarsi e superare le difficoltà senza che esse influenzino gravemente la propria salute mentale.
• Imparare a gestire lo stress
• Sviluppare una mentalità positiva
• Potenziare la resilienza nei momenti di difficoltà
Perché andare da uno psicologo? I benefici concreti per la tua vita
Molti dubitano di aver bisogno di uno psicologo, pensando che la psicoterapia sia solo per chi ha gravi disturbi. In realtà, i benefici di un percorso psicoterapeutico vanno ben oltre la risoluzione di problemi urgenti.
Qui ci sono alcuni dei principali vantaggi che puoi ottenere consultando un professionista della salute mentale:
• Maggiore consapevolezza di sé: Uno psicologo ti aiuta a comprendere meglio chi sei, i tuoi desideri e le tue paure.
• Miglioramento delle emozioni: Imparerai a gestire ansia, depressione, stress e altre emozioni difficili.
• Relazioni più sane: Potrai migliorare la comunicazione e risolvere conflitti con le persone che ti stanno a cuore.
I servizi offerti da uno studio psicologico
Nel mio studio, offro una vasta gamma di servizi psicologici progettati per supportarti nel raggiungimento del benessere mentale. Se desideri intraprendere un percorso di psicoterapia, affrontare una difficoltà emotiva o semplicemente migliorare il tuo stato psicologico, sono qui per accompagnarti nel tuo cammino verso il miglioramento. Ogni persona è unica, e per questo motivo i miei servizi sono personalizzati in base alle tue necessità.
I miei servizi psicologici includono:
• Psicoterapia individuale: Un percorso terapeutico personalizzato per affrontare difficoltà psicologiche come ansia, depressione, stress e altri disturbi emotivi. Ogni sessione è orientata a migliorare il tuo benessere.
• Consulenza per ansia e stress: Supporto mirato per chi vive situazioni di ansia o stress, con l'obiettivo di sviluppare strategie efficaci per gestirli.
• Terapia di coppia: Un aiuto pratico per le coppie che desiderano migliorare la comunicazione, risolvere conflitti e rafforzare la loro relazione. La terapia di coppia può portare a una nuova comprensione reciproca.
• Terapia per disturbi alimentari: Un approccio terapeutico per affrontare e superare disturbi alimentari come l'anoressia, la bulimia e l'iperfagia, per ritrovare un rapporto sano con il cibo.
• Supporto per adolescenti e famiglie: Percorsi di consulenza e psicoterapia pensati per adolescenti e famiglie che affrontano difficoltà legate alla crescita, alla comunicazione o a situazioni di cambiamento.
Il ruolo cruciale dello psicologo nella tua vita
Il lavoro di uno psicologo non si limita a "curare" i disturbi mentali, ma ha un impatto diretto sulla qualità della vita di ogni individuo. La psicoterapia, infatti, non riguarda solo la risoluzione di problematiche urgenti, ma è un'opportunità per migliorare la propria condizione mentale e raggiungere una vita più sana e soddisfacente. Che tu stia cercando di superare difficoltà specifiche, di sviluppare una maggiore consapevolezza di te stesso o di migliorare le tue relazioni interpersonali, lo psicologo è una risorsa fondamentale per il tuo benessere generale.
Non aspettare che la situazione diventi insostenibile. Investi oggi nel tuo benessere mentale e prendi il controllo della tua vita. Prendersi cura della propria salute mentale è un atto di prevenzione e cura per vivere meglio ogni giorno. Se vuoi fare il primo passo verso un cambiamento positivo, Marco Pontificale è la soluzione giusta per te. Il miglioramento del tuo benessere è a portata di clic!
Dott. Marco Pontificale | Psicoterapeuta Psicologo a Muggiò
Migliora la Tua Vita con i miei Percorsi di Psicoterapia. Fissa un Incontro nel mio Studio. | Dott. Marco Pontificale: Psicologo a Muggiò (MB)Dott. Marco Pontificale Psicologo Psicoterapeuta a Muggiò
[Part 1] The journey of Mara Peridot
Even being unexpectedly awoken so much earlier than the start of her normal shift, Mara Peridot retained her trademark cheer as she made her way to the upper floor of the Vault where everyone was being assembled. Weaving through the assembly of people, she tried to make small talk with one of the computationists who happened to be just ahead of her, but he drearily waved her away while sucking a wakeup paste from a small pouch. Oh well, surely this call by the Overseer was something momentous. She sidled into the large room, the available chairs long since gone, and stood near the wall. She could just see the Overseer just over the heads of some of her taller fellow dwellers. He was a stocky older man, with grey hair and a square face. She had only ever talked with him a few times, normally when he had come into the hydroponics garden to discuss some matter with the more senior biological technicians, but she still fondly remembered when he had stopped on the way out to compliment her agrobacterium-mediated recombination work.
"Ah, you're here, good..." His voice cut short her reminiscing and cut quiet the murmurs that had been in the room. He continued now, with all assembled giving him their full attention.
"Well, only good that you're here. We've got a problem. A big one. The controller chip for our water purification system has given up the ghost. We can't make another one and the process is too complicated for a work-around system. Simply put, we're running out of drinking water. No water, no Vault."
Some gasps and stares that were somehow louder followed his pronouncement. Mara's heart jumped. Surely he was going to explain how this was all going to be fixed in short order. She involuntarily dug her nails against the Vault's wall.
"We are going to do something we've never done before. One of you is going to leave the Vault and find a new water chip. I know, I know. This must come as a shock. We don't know what's out there. But this must be done for the good of the entire Vault."
He motioned to one of the security officers who had been waiting before continuing.
"To make this difficult decision fair, we have decided to leave it up to chance. Everyone who is within the appropriate age range, physical condition, and does not hold a critical position is going to draw straws. There are about two hundred of you, and whoever it is, know I have faith in your abilities. Let's begin."
Everyone was shocked, and the closest dwellers to the security officer seemed to pick their straws from his clutched hands in a daze. Eventually a more formal line begin to form. Vault dwellers were used to forming lines. In front of Mara was Albert Cole and she secretly hoped he would get the short straw. He was well liked in the Vault for his ability to get any two people to come to an agreement. He'd probably do fantastically in the out side, and Mara she'd heard him wishing for a chance to go up there anyways.
"Why straws fix Vault?"
Mara turned to look at the source of the deep, booming voice. It was poor, sweet Max. He was strong, but sometimes got a little turned around. She explained it was a contest and that was enough for Max.
The line got shorter and eventually Albert picked his straw. He whistled as he grabbed it, and with no hesitation examined it.
"Dang!" He exclaimed upon seeing it was full length.
Mara got up to the officer holding the straws and hovered her hand over one, but at the last moment darted away and picked another. Whew it was over. She was done and could could put this morning behind her. Just like Albert, she had a full le-
Oh. No.
No. No. No. No.
It was short. Tiny. No mistaking it. Absolutely not a full length straw.
She couldn't hear anything. Her vision hyperfocused on some random distant point in the room. She barely noticed as Max half caught her falling and guided her into one of the now vacant chairs.
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Pakistan becomes first foreign country to join China’s space station training programme: Suparco
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/60348204
- Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco)
Pakistan becomes first foreign country to join China’s space station training programme: Suparco
Commission's director says astronaut selection process to be completed by 2026.APP (DAWN.COM)
Leftist purity culture is the best tool the fascists have.
He did more than you ever have, and that's saying.. well, practically nothing I guess.
Get over it and enjoy the fact that someone is doing anything.
Pretending to be leftists is the best tool fascists have.
Are you glad he cost you the election?
US to warn Lebanon to get tougher on Hezbollah to unlock Gulf cash, sources say
US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus is expected to arrive in Beirut on Friday for meetings with Aoun and other Lebanese officials.
There, she will raise concerns that the Lebanese army is "backsliding" against disarming Hezbollah, one current US official and two former US and Arab officials told MEE.
But at the top of the Lebanese officials' agenda will be asking the US why reconstruction funding from Saudi Arabia that was promised earlier this year has not materialised.
MEE revealed in January that the US dangled the promise of Saudi cash to Lebanese lawmakers to ensure Aoun, Lebanon’s former commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, was elected president. Since then, Saudi Arabia has brushed off Lebanon’s appeals for cash.
US to warn Lebanon to get tougher on Hezbollah to unlock Gulf cash, sources say
A senior US official is expected to tell Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday that he needs to get stricter on Hezbollah to unlock desperately needed financial assistance from Saudi Arabia, current and former US and Arab officials told Middle Eas…Sean Mathews (Middle East Eye)
Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step
A crackdown on political dissent is well under way in Germany. Over the past two years, institutions and authorities have cancelled events, exhibitions and awards over statements about Palestine or Israel.
There are many examples: the Frankfurt book fair indefinitely postponing an award ceremony for Adania Shibli; the Heinrich Böll Foundation withdrawing the Hannah Arendt prize from Masha Gessen; the No Other Land directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham being defamed by German ministers. And, most recently, the philosopher Omri Boehm being disinvited from speaking at this month’s anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald.
In nearly all of these cases, accusations of antisemitism loom large – even though Jews are often among those being targeted. More often than not, it is liberals driving or tacitly accepting these cancellations, while conservatives and the far right lean back and cheer them on.
Germany has recently taken a chilling new step, signalling its willingness to use political views as grounds to curb migration. Authorities are now moving to deport foreign nationals for participating in pro-Palestine actions. As I reported this week in the Intercept, four people in Berlin – three EU citizens and one US citizen – are set to be deported over their involvement in demonstrations against Israel’s war on Gaza. None of the four have been convicted of a crime, and yet the authorities are seeking to simply throw them out of the country.
Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step
The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight, says Hanno Hauenstein, a Berlin-based journalistHanno Hauenstein (The Guardian)
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Literally Jews pushing the German government that is centre-Left to help them call other Jews anti-semetic. As it pushes for Germany to continue sending weapons and money to kill Palestinians.
Legal experts told me that invoking Staatsräson in deportation proceedings is legally dubious. A recent parliamentary review reached a similar conclusion, noting that Staatsräson – often cited to justify Germany’s foreign policy toward Israel, including the plan of the incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, to invite Benjamin Netanyahu despite an active international criminal court arrest warrant – carries no legally enforceable weight.
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Abraham said he had planned to return to Israel the day after the closing ceremony, but that he changed his plans during a stop-off in Greece, when he learned that Israeli media outlets were describing his speech as antisemitic, with some citing German officials.
As well as receiving death threats on social media, Abraham said several individuals turned up at his family members’ home in Israel, causing them to vacate the premises out of fear for their safety.
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Israeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’
Yuval Abraham criticises German officials, saying statement devalues term ‘antisemitism’ and puts Jewish lives in dangerPhilip Oltermann (The Guardian)
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Greece’s Aegean islands reel from ‘lake of mud’ flash floods before Easter rush
People on the Aegean islands, more used in April to the sight and scent of spring’s blossoms, have been left reeling from flash floods spurred by typhoon-strength gales, with authorities calling a state of emergency in some of Greece’s most popular destinations less than three weeks before Easter.
“It’s a total catastrophe and it happened in just two hours,” said Costas Bizas, the mayor of Paros, the island worst hit by weather not seen in decades. “We need all the help we can get.”
On Paros and Mykonos, two of the country’s most visited islands, officials were racing against the clock to complete clean-up operations before the arrival of tourists for the Easter break.
Greece’s Aegean islands reel from ‘lake of mud’ flash floods before Easter rush
Authorities race to complete clean-up operation after devastation from gales and heaviest rainfall in 20 yearsHelena Smith (The Guardian)
Israel got warned by Egypt three days in advance so it impossible to suggest they did not know.
Whether they knew the resistance was counterattacking does not make the resistance self-defense any less justified nor Israeli crimes any better.
Ouster of top FDA vaccine official prompts concern from lawmakers, scientists
A Washington Post report on March 28 that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) forced the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) top vaccine official—Peter Marks, MD—to resign or be fired quickly caught the attention of some lawmakers, along with members of the scientific and business communities.Marks submitted his resignation letter, with an effective date of April 5. The development comes amid a major change in focus under the leadership of new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time vaccine skeptic, which the agency spelled out in a March 27 announcement.
Marks: Kennedy wants support for misinformation, lies
Marks is a hematologist oncologist who has led the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) since 2016 after serving as its deputy director since 2012. He has widely been credited as playing a key role in Operation Warp Speed, a partnership between the federal government and the private sector that streamlined the development, production, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine.
In his resignation letter, published by the Post and other media outlets, Marks raised concerns about efforts to undermine confidence in vaccines, especially against the backdrop of a multistate measles outbreak that is especially severe in Texas. Marks said he was willing to work with Kennedy to address his concerns over vaccine safety and transparency. Kennedy has minimized the outbreak and has suggested alternative treatments, including vitamin A, which some hospital officials said has been linked to cases of liver problems.
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Irish regulator set to fine TikTok €500m for EU data sent to China
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/32102322
ArchivedTikTok owner ByteDance is set to be hit by a privacy fine of more than €500 million for illegally shipping European users’ data to China, adding to the growing global backlash over the video-sharing app.
Ireland’s data protection commission, the company’s main regulator in Europe, will issue the penalty against TikTok before the end of the month, according to people familiar with the matter.
The move comes after a lengthy investigation found the Chinese business fell foul of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation in sending the information to China to be accessed by engineers, added the people, who spoke under condition of anonymity.
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As part of the decision from Ireland’s data protection commission, the regulator will order TikTok to suspend the unlawful data processing in China within a set time frame. China has long provoked the ire of privacy activists, who claim that the nation’s mass surveillance regime violates fundamental rights.
TikTok has been in the crosshairs of the Irish data protection commission before. In September 2023, it was fined €345 million for alleged lapses in the way it cares for children’s personal data. The watchdog has also sounded the alarm over Big Tech firms shipping the personal data of European citizens outside of the 27-member bloc, slapping a record €1.2 billion fine against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. for failing to protect personal information from the American security services.
The Irish probe into TikTok started in 2021, when the regulator’s then head Helen Dixon claimed that EU user data could be accessed by “maintenance and AI engineers in China.”
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Irish regulator set to fine TikTok €500m for EU data sent to China
DPC to issue the penalty against TikTok before the end of the month, according to sourcesSamuel Stolton (The Irish Times)
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Irish regulator set to fine TikTok €500m for EU data sent to China
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/32102322
ArchivedTikTok owner ByteDance is set to be hit by a privacy fine of more than €500 million for illegally shipping European users’ data to China, adding to the growing global backlash over the video-sharing app.
Ireland’s data protection commission, the company’s main regulator in Europe, will issue the penalty against TikTok before the end of the month, according to people familiar with the matter.
The move comes after a lengthy investigation found the Chinese business fell foul of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation in sending the information to China to be accessed by engineers, added the people, who spoke under condition of anonymity.
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As part of the decision from Ireland’s data protection commission, the regulator will order TikTok to suspend the unlawful data processing in China within a set time frame. China has long provoked the ire of privacy activists, who claim that the nation’s mass surveillance regime violates fundamental rights.
TikTok has been in the crosshairs of the Irish data protection commission before. In September 2023, it was fined €345 million for alleged lapses in the way it cares for children’s personal data. The watchdog has also sounded the alarm over Big Tech firms shipping the personal data of European citizens outside of the 27-member bloc, slapping a record €1.2 billion fine against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. for failing to protect personal information from the American security services.
The Irish probe into TikTok started in 2021, when the regulator’s then head Helen Dixon claimed that EU user data could be accessed by “maintenance and AI engineers in China.”
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Irish regulator set to fine TikTok €500m for EU data sent to China
DPC to issue the penalty against TikTok before the end of the month, according to sourcesSamuel Stolton (The Irish Times)
Joan Didion’s Notes on Therapy
Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late fifties, when she was working at Vogue and he at Time. They married in 1964, and in 1966 they adopted a baby girl, giving her a name from the Yucatán: Quintana Roo. Together, Didion and Dunne lived out one of the most collaborative literary marriages in American history. Last week, after two years of preparation, the New York Public Library opened the Didion-Dunne archive to the public. Among its three hundred and thirty-six boxes of material is a thick file of typewritten notes by Didion describing her sessions with the psychiatrist Roger MacKinnon, beginning in 1999. Addressed to Dunne, the entries are full of direct quotations and written with the immediacy of fresh recollection. Didion was concerned about Quintana and her struggles with depression and alcoholism, but she was preoccupied, too, with aging, with creative fulfillment, with the complex dynamics of their family. She recorded her thoughts with the cool, forensic clarity she was known for.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/07/what-we-knew-without-knowing
OpenAI just raised another $40 billion round led by SoftBank
OpenAI just raised another $40 billion round led by SoftBank
OpenAI is now valued at $300 billion after raising a fresh round of funding led by SoftBank.Kylie Robison (The Verge)
Mounting calls to free Niger’s deposed president
Niger’s democratically elected former President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife Hadiza have spent more than 20 months in detention by a military that seized power in 2023 and this week cemented its grip on the country.A former high school philosophy teacher who went on to become Niger’s interior minister, Bazoum represented a break with the past: His presidential inauguration in 2021 was hailed as the first peaceful democratic transition in the West African nation since it gained independence from France in 1960.
But he was ousted only two years later as Niger followed in the footsteps of neighboring Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso in returning to military rule. On Wednesday, coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani was sworn in as Niger’s president for a “transitional” five years.
edit: downvotes from spineless coward Putin bitches. maybe if you're a cunt hard enough your daddy dictator will anal you softly.
Mounting calls to free Niger’s deposed president
Ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife Hadiza have spent more than 20 months in detention since the junta seized power in a 2023 coup.Preeti Jha (www.semafor.com)
"wEsTeRn ImPeRiLiSt..."
I guess that makes killing innocent people and fucking a functioning government over OK to you. lol. jfc... you people are fucking SPECIAL.
edit: downvotes from spineless cowards Putin bitches. maybe if you're a cunt hard enough your daddy dictator will anal you softly.
Oh nooo, the poor people!
I bet you are also crying about the violence and coups you cause almost every day in the world.
Hypocrite.
The US colonial power is finished. Cope
If your stupid troll ass looked over my post history you'd see a pattern but then again... that requires honesty, a spine in your back, no bullshit troll intent, and no bad faith bullshit. I think the projection is strong with your... type. Keep huffing the glue in your lice carpet wall covered soviet bloc room. Things will look up for you.
edit: downvotes from spineless cowarded Putin bitches. maybe if you're a cunt hard enough your daddy dictator will anal you more softly.
His shithole country losing all over the world and seething about it, hahahahaaaaa
Him and his little propaganda post about a country he couldn't find on a map and doesn't know anything about, like most of the ignorant US morons.
I'm from western Europe you idiot, far superior and educated.
Glad we can dump your banana republic.
Now go cry somewhere else, no need for your moronic american neanderthal level remarks.
Get back to your trailer and your meth and go jerk off to your stars and stripes rag you all love so much or whatever it is you do there.
Here's the sad part of this whole exchange. I'm over here, a random cunt using the last dying breaths of my shithole country's freedom to criticise my piece of shit government, while noting there are, in fact, other piece of shit governments too.
Meanwhile, you're out there being an absolutely spineless and convictionless arselicker; doing all you can to please the portrait of whatever whack dictator you have hanging on your sucio walls and you're all pissed off because someone that's clearly not you, has the fucking audacity to not be a spineless dictator groveling crotch pheasant.
Yea, I might be somewhere that sucks and has trash elites but so do you.
The difference between you and I is, I have a day job that's not being an autocrat's bitch online and am willing to see the wrongs of my people and call for change. Meanwhile, here you are... jUsT fOlLoWiNg OrDeRs to defend autocracy on every social media you're assigned to - and are angry someone out there isn't cowering like you.
You could be working towards your and your people's own freedom to criticize own dickhole leaders but instead, here you are... proving your pathetic allegiance to an effort towards the world's enslavement.
Bravo clownrade. 🤡
I am a much more advanced and civilised educated knowledgeable European that understands geopolitics at a level you can never achieve.
You make ridiculous assumptions fueled by your propaganda not even close to reality.
It is sad that you can't even understand most of the world doesn't like the US shithole.
My 'leaders' as you call them are sell-out US bootlickers, the people however think differently.
You cant even grasp the beginning of the spectrum that is out there.
A good thing actually, it's best the enemy is completely ignorant. Couldn't hope for more.
The fact you think I am paid to ridicule your awful cancer country says a lot more about you than me.
And it's been a constant here. None of you clowns have even the least knowledge of the world.
All the more reason you will lose, whatever you try.
Fascist lose in the end.
You called yourself Russian above, Borat. Lol! Fucking halfwit. You write like your mom drank too much while you were in the womb. You read like a cishet white dude who mentally never figured out how to articulate above the 10th grade*.
Defo, you wouldn't know wtf intelligence was if it bit you in the clown ass. If you're not being paid to be a coward and you're just this complete spineless twat on lemmy for nothing... lmfao that proves the point.
So mentally fucked up on your glue fumes you're calling yourself Russo in one breath, forgetting you did that and whining about it, and then vomiting out autocrat talking points like a Trump/Biden/Putin/Duterte/Bukele loving bitch. Then getting confused wtf fascism even is.
No one is this fucking stupid. If you're not getting paid to be this shitty of a troll, you should consider it.
You must've done too much meth in your trailer/car/tent or wherever you cockroaches live.
It really brings me so much joy your dimwit president (a perfect US representative) is accelerating the demise of your shithole.
All of you clowns crying online and having total meltdowns LOL
Enjoy the sanctions, luckily all you vulgar corn syrup filled peasants have enough fat to last a few months but it's not going to go well for you scum.
And nobody in the world will care.
Bye POS. Enjoy your food stamps 😂
Donde es insande? Is that a glue name you don't like? Lol estupida cabron.
Anyway. I guess you would know what too much meth looks like. Though, judging from our boring ass exchange here and how much you're DRAMATICALLY lacking, meth and trailers might be too rich for you at this time. Sorry about your luck, Borat. I can't relate.
Not sure why you're being a cunt about people's housing and inability to buy food, btw. Trailers and food stamps is an insult to you? Still can't relate. Just dumb right wing cunt things? Definitely FOX news, IRA, and Hasbara talking points. Again, if you're not getting paid by one of them you are truly an idiot. Lol
I'm glad you enjoy watching people suffer. You've made that crystal clear in every exchange, bud. Probably due to the fetal alcohol syndrome in your frontal lobe. Sad, really. But, cheer up fashy. It makes you an excellent candidate for your daddy Trump's cabinet selects. You should tweet him or something. I bet he'd make you director of meth and glue huffing. Right up there with RFK. You'd finally have an actual purpose in your sad little life.
I only see them in videos from the US.
And now you, the Russophobic US regime propaganda posting racist cunt wants to pretend to have the high grond? LOL.
Get fucked
You're repeating your same lame attempts at insults
t I’d be willing to put cash down you aren’t a lick of what you claim on lemmy
I bet you don't have cash since you're from the US shithole.
Also it doesn't matter what you think does it?
Nobody listens to dumb americunts.
Like your fat mom didn't listen when they told her she shouldn't fuck a monkey and got you.
Who are you quoting? lmao.
Are you getting railed by another person on lemmy also? I wouldn't be shocked. You do suck.
-4 LOL
I guess people see through your US fascist regime propaganda.
And what a vulgar and vile hate filled POS you must be to write such deranged comments.
Italy’s Leonardo given £165m UK military helicopter contract
Italy’s Leonardo given £165m UK military helicopter contract
Extension to deal over Royal Navy’s Merlin fleet comes as government plans to increase defence spendingJoanna Partridge (The Guardian)
I would support them coming back in the Union
Same, as long as there are exactly zero exceptions for them this time. And they must adopt the Euro from day one.
"Liberation Day" Trump’s Tariffs on Europe
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/60291330
kudos to s h i k o r aedit: complete list is here (4 pages long)
Trump tariffs list: See all the tariffs by country
A table showing all the new US tariffs announced by President Trump on WednesdayBBC Visual Journalism team (BBC News)
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Massive Expansion Of Italy’s Piracy Shield Underway Despite Growing Criticism Of Its Flaws
Massive Expansion Of Italy’s Piracy Shield Underway Despite Growing Criticism Of Its Flaws
Walled Culture has been following closely Italy’s poorly designed Piracy Shield system. Back in December we reported how copyright companies used their access to the Piracy Shield system to order I…Techdirt
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