Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children
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The Real Housewives of Hasbara: When the Gaza War Is Good for Business
Makes me wonder how deep does the algorithm divide go.
In these 1.5 years I was never served an explicitly pro-Israel content. On the other hand I was served pro-Palestinian and even some anti-Israel creators.
Sure this is just anecdotal, but there must be something behind it. The algorithmic bubble, or intentional manipulation, idk?
EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
Summary
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered a “zero-for-zero” deal to eliminate all industrial tariffs with the U.S., following Trump’s 20% tariff hike on EU goods.
The offer revives a proposal from a decade ago that was nearly finalized under the TTIP — the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership — that was ultimately scuppered by Trump in his first term.
The deal would cover cars, chemicals, and other industrial goods. Trump's tariffs have rattled global markets, with EU stocks seeing their steepest drop since COVID-19.
The EU warned it is also ready with countermeasures if negotiations fail.
EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
“Europe is always ready for a good deal,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.Koen Verhelst (POLITICO)
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Because it's something the EU wanted and didn't get in the last round. It'll be funny if Trump accepts because it basically concedes that his negotiating position is weaker than it was eight years ago.
I'm with you though. I think a united front from all the countries where Trump imposed tariffs would be more effective at nipping this nonsense in the bud. And I think countries are shortsighted if they don't recognize that the U.S. is becoming a fundamentally unreliable negotiating partner and their approach to negotiating with the U.S. should reflect that.
The world reacts to Trump's sweeping tariffs: 'No basis in logic'
Summary
Global leaders criticized Trump’s new tariffs, which range from 10% to 49%, warning of trade wars and economic fallout.
The UK and Italy urged negotiation, while Brazil passed a reciprocity bill. China and South Korea vowed countermeasures.
Australia and New Zealand rejected Trump’s logic, citing existing trade deals and low tariffs. Norfolk Island was baffled by a 29% duty despite having no exports.
Financial markets dropped, oil and bitcoin sank, and leaders warned of inflation. Analysts say Trump risks fracturing global trade with little to gain economically.
The World Reacts To Trump's Sweeping Tariffs: 'No Basis In Logic'
“Nobody wants a trade war," said one British official.AP (HuffPost)
salvinanza mattoide contro la sinistra che odia — vs adolescente pazzo nazista odiatore
So che ridere o lamentarmi di Salvini ormai è praticamente come sparare sulla Croce Rossa… ma non è colpa mia se lui si mette in condizione di dire cose (stavo per scrivere “o fare”, ma lui non fa mai niente, parla solo…) che vengono completamente ribaltate o smentite dall’universo nel giro di giorni! E stavolta […]
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salvinanza mattoide contro la sinistra che odia — vs adolescente pazzo nazista odiatore
So che ridere o lamentarmi di Salvini ormai è praticamente come sparare sulla Croce Rossa… ma non è colpa mia se lui si mette in condizione di dire cose (stavo per scrivere “o fare”, ma lui non fa mai niente, parla solo…) che vengono completamente ribaltate o smentite dall’universo nel giro di giorni! E stavolta è bella succosa… 😋Questo è cosa il signorotto ha scritto in un post di due giorni fa, dove cita (omettendo una o due parole) una frase pronunciata da Saviano in un video che lui stesso allega; per giunta, così facendo dimostrando o di non aver capito cosa Saviano volesse dire, o di averlo volutamente travisato per portare avanti la sua retorica inutile. (facebook.com/salviniofficial/p…)
Ahh signora mia, ma come dobbiamo fare con questa sinistra che sa solo odiare odiare e odiare? Ma vi sembrano parole normali signora Concetta? Visto che il povero self-made man Trump è già stato vittima di ben due tentativi di omicidio, poi… Che faccia tosta questo signor Saviano, per permettersi di ricordare che chi semina vento raccoglie tempesta, che chi sparge sangue perderà anche il proprio! 😤😤Io voglio anche far finta che a Salvini, poveraccio, non sia mai arrivata nota del fatto che quei due sparatori non avevano niente a che fare con “la sinistra”, essendo il primo addirittura repubblicano registrato, e l’altro non si sa ma comunque non era sostenitore dei blu, mentre Saviano tutto ha detto in questo video tranne che parole di incitamento all’odio… Ma ora c’è una novità! 🤡
È notizia di poche ore fa infatti che, negli Stati Uniti, sia stato appena scoperto che un adolescente che ha ammazzato i genitori faceva parte di un gruppo neo-nazista dove, oltre ad esaltare Hitler, si pianificava (principalmente lui, a quanto pare, che avrebbe anche prodotto diversi scritti) di rovesciare l’attuale governo, passando giustamente per l’uccisione del Donaldo… 😳
- Teen killed parents as part of Trump assassination plot, says FBI — bbc.com/news/articles/c62g8d47…
- A 17-year-old in Wisconsin allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — edition.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/…
- Teen charged with killing parents also planned to assassinate Trump, FBI says — nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-…
- Wisconsin teen allegedly killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — abcnews.go.com/US/wisconsin-te…
- Teen killed parents in Wisconsin as part of plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
- Wisconsin teen charged with parents’ murders is accused in extremist Trump assassination plot — cbsnews.com/news/wisconsin-tee…
- Teen suspected of murdering parents now tied to ‘cult’ and conspiracy to kill Trump to spark a ‘political revolution’ — independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
- Usa, 17enne accusato di aver ucciso i genitori voleva assassinare Trump — adnkronos.com/internazionale/e…
- Ammazza i genitori e compra un drone per uccidere Trump. Il folle piano del 17enne Nikita — quotidiano.net/esteri/uccide-g…
- Studente di 17 anni uccide i genitori, il movente folle: «Voleva i soldi per assassinare Trump». L’adesione al gruppo ispirato a Hitler — leggo.it/esteri/news/studente_…
Ma come?! Non era la sinistra che odia? In realtà quelli che odiano sono semplicemente scarti della società che si fanno abbindolare da movimenti politici estremisti che, nei casi in cui non sono ascrivibili a nessuna parte dello spettro politico, in realtà sono puntualmente assimilabili invece a quella destra ultra-estrema che non va avanti ad ideali veri, condivisibili o meno, ma semplicemente a violenza e convenienza personale? Ma tu pensa… 😓
Tutto è bene quel che finisce con un subumano nazista prossimamente incarcerato? Purtroppo, nonostante la realtà dei fatti sia questa, ho paura che gli esponenti della nostra destra — non estrema, ma nemmeno vera ed onesta, semplicemente stupida come la merda — continueranno a tenere gli occhi chiusi. E comunque, questo bimbo è stato anche molto cretino: il motivo per cui lo hanno sgamato è che ha smesso di andare a scuola dopo il duplice omicidio, quindi giustamente le autorità hanno iniziato a cercare i genitori, ed ecco qua. 🥱
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Studente di 17 anni uccide i genitori, il movente folle: «Voleva i soldi per assassinare Trump». L'adesione al
Uccide entrambi i genitori (madre e patrigno) per mettere in atto un piano più grande:...Redazione Web (Leggo)
Palestinian teenager who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation, medical report says
Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who had been held for six months without being charged, suffered from extreme malnutrition, and also showed signs of inflammation of the colon and scabies, said a report written by Dr. Daniel Solomon, who watched the autopsy, conducted by Israeli experts, at the request of the boy’s family.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of Solomon’s report from the family. It did not conclude a cause of death, but said Ahmad was in a state of extreme weight loss and muscle wasting. It also noted that Ahmad had complained to the prison of inadequate food since at least December, citing reports from the prison medical clinic.
Palestinian teenager ~~who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation~~ starved to death by zio terrorists, medical report says
Imperial news up to its old tricks...
They didn't list a cause of death, so it could be the case that they just shot him to death after starving him for a while.
Not that that's better...
The Digital Packrat Manifesto | DRM and big tech's war on ownership has led me to make my own media libraries, and you should too
Amazon’s recent decision to stop allowing people to download copies of their Kindle e-books to a computer has vindicated some of my longstanding beliefs about digital media. Specifically, that it doesn’t exist and you don’t own it unless you can copy and access it without being connected to the internet.The recent move by the megacorp and its shiny-headed billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos is another large brick in the digital wall that tech companies have been building for years to separate consumers from the things they buy—or from their perspective, obtain “licenses” to. Starting Wednesday, Kindle users will no longer be able to download purchased books to a computer, where they can more easily be freed of DRM restrictions and copied to e-reader devices via USB. You can still send ebooks to other devices over WiFi for now, but the message the company is sending is one tech companies have been telegraphing for years: You don’t “own” anything digital, even if you paid us for it. The Kindle terms of service now say this, explicitly. “Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you,” meaning you don’t “buy a book,” you obtain a “digital content license.”
The situation brings to mind an interview I did over a decade ago, with the executive of a now-defunct streaming platform. He told me candidly that the goal of all this was to make digital media a “utility” like gas or electricity—a faucet that dispenses the world’s art as “content,” with tech companies in complete control of what goes in the tank and what comes out of it.
Hearing this was a real tin foil hat moment for me. For more than two decades, I’ve been what some might call a hoarder but what I’ve more affectionately dubbed a “digital packrat.” Which is to say I mostly avoid streaming services, I don’t trust any company or cloud with my digital media, and I store everything as files on devices that I physically control. My mp3 collection has been going strong since the Limewire days, I keep high-quality rips of all my movies on a local media server, and my preferred reading device holds a large collection of DRM-free ebooks and PDFs—everything from esoteric philosophy texts and scientific journals to scans of lesbian lifestyle magazines from the 1980s.
Sure, there are websites where you can find some of this material, like the Internet Archive. But this archive is mine. It’s my own little Library of Alexandria, built from external hard drives, OCD, and a strong distrust of corporations. I know I’m not the only one who has gone to these lengths. Sometimes when I’m feeling gloomy, I imagine how when society falls apart, we packrats will be the only ones in our village with all six seasons of The Sopranos. At the rate we’re going, that might not be too far off.
The Digital Packrat Manifesto
DRM and big tech's war on ownership has led me to make my own media libraries, and you should too.Janus Rose (404 Media)
Yes, my physical library is pretty decent but my current digital one can fit on just a few external HDs. :/
China Displaces U.S. as Global Leader in Research - FPIF
The latest Nature Index rankings reveal an astonishing trend: nine of the world’s top 10 research institutions are now ChineseTo fully appreciate China’s meteoric rise, one must look back at the academic landscape a decade ago. When the Nature Index Global rankings were first released in 2014, only eight Chinese universities made it into the top 100. Today, that number has more than quintupled, with 42 Chinese institutions now ranking among the world’s best
One of the most notable policy shifts has been the move away from publication-based evaluation metrics. Previously, Chinese academics were incentivized to publish as many papers as possible, often at the expense of quality. However, recent reforms have introduced a more rigorous peer-review system that prioritizes impactful and innovative research over sheer volume. This shift has resulted in a significant improvement in the credibility and global influence of Chinese scientific output.
China Displaces U.S. as Global Leader in Research - FPIF
Nine of the world’s top 10 research institutions are now Chinese.John Feffer (Foreign Policy In Focus)
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Taiwan stocks plummet in biggest one-day drop on record after US tariffs
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What Eddy Burback got wrong about his phone... [Discussion of Fediverse as an alternative within]
cross-posted from: lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/pos…
Companion article here: blog.gardinerbryant.com/what-e…
What Eddy Got Wrong About His Phone
Eddy's solution of locking his phone in a safe is not a sustainable solution. So I wanted to explore what I believe to be the next best thing!Gardiner Bryant (The Bryant Blog)
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I loved his video, but there were some pretty key actions that he could have done to reduce his phone usage, e.g., limiting/deleting his social media apps, reviewing/turning off his notifications, or setting Focus times to limit distractions during productive times of the day.
Fun experiment overall, but I wasn’t expecting any new revelations on attention spans from a comedian.
I think he made a good video but I couldn't stop thinking about this new "anti-consumerism consumerism". So many "I needed my phone to do x, so I bought this to do that." Even without the immediate ability to buy anything anywhere he is fundamentally locked into this mindset of "I need so I buy".
Could have used parental controls(like so many "adults" need to have their friends set on their phone) and locked your phone as only a phone. Delete every app that isn't essential. You can make your phone useless when you're bored, you can pick it up but nothing will be there to give you "relief". No distractions, no ability to install distractions. Your phone is yours, you can have it do whatever you want. I guess some people are just so addicted they can't even be near it. They're like people that stop smoking just to get addicted to vaping. Still addicted, just not to the old dirty style of getting your fix.
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DOJ Argues Courts Have ‘No Authority’ to Direct Trump to Bring Home Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
Trump DOJ Says Courts Have ‘No Authority’ to Direct Admin on Bringing Home Maryland Man Wrongl ...
The Trump DOJ filed a brief Sunday saying federal courts cannot order the administration bringing home wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.Caleb Howe (Mediaite)
China's 10-year initiative aims for a more secure food supply by 2035
China has announced a 10-year plan to build an agricultural powerhouse, aiming for stable grain production and a more secure food supply by 2035.
The plan, reported by state media Xinhua, outlines several key strategies to enhance food security, modernize agriculture, drive technological innovation, and promote rural revitalisation.
By 2027, China aims to achieve a grain output capacity of around 700 million metric tons, strengthen self-sufficiency in key crops, make breakthroughs in agricultural technologies like seeds and machinery, and boost global competitiveness, according to the plan.
This initiative comes amid escalating tensions with the United States, an economic slowdown, and challenges posed by climate change.
Tools that Just Work™ …until they don’t
Tools that Just Work™ …until they don’t
As a former Apple guy, it pains me a bit to say this, but I’m coming to believe that the whole “It Just Works” thing is a temporary illusion. Oh, it can be achieved! But the real …Adventures in Linux and KDE
Russia is not on Trump's tariff list
Summary
Russia was excluded from Trump’s sweeping tariff list due to existing U.S. sanctions that limit trade, White House officials claimed.
Despite lower trade volumes, countries like Syria were still included, prompting skepticism.
Trump has prioritized ending the war in Ukraine and threatened 50% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil. Russian state media framed the omission as sanctions-based, not favoritism, with some mocking Trump’s harsher stance on allies.
Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a 10% tariff despite the country’s strategic partnership with the U.S.
Russia not on Trump's tariff list
US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.Vitaliy Shevchenko (BBC News)
You might need to learn how to read better...
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Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude all recommend the same, simple tariff calculation that the White House appears to have used.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
After tariff shock, Trump may weaponise finance against allies
Summary
Following fresh tariffs, Trump may escalate pressure on allies by leveraging America’s financial dominance.
Options include restricting dollar access via Fed swap lines or pressuring payment giants like Visa and Mastercard, risking disruptions in Europe.
Trump’s advisers suggest a “Mar-a-Lago accord” to force currency revaluations, echoing the 1985 Plaza Accord, though economists doubt its feasibility.
Such moves could strain global markets, weaken trust in the dollar, and provoke retaliation. European leaders are considering countermeasures, fearing economic coercion and financial instability.
1980s-2000s : the information age
2000s-present : the data age.
Information implies it's correct, data implies it can be anything , true or false.
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’Quique Kierszenbaum (The Guardian)
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Titled “The Perimeter” and published on Monday, the report said the stated purpose of the plan was to create a thick strip of land that provided a clear line of sight for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to identify and kill militants. “This space was to have no crops, structures, or people. Almost every object, infrastructure installation, and structure within the perimeter was demolished,” it said.
The article presents this as a new revelation, but wasn't creating a wider buffer zone on the Gaza side of the border one of the explicitly stated war goals? (And visible from space.) I'm surprised that there isn't signage and barbed wire to prevent civilians from wandering in accidentally, but the rest seems to be describing what a buffer zone (or "kill zone") is almost by definition.
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Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
How Trump’s Forest Service Cuts Could Affect Wildland Firefighting
The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.ProPublica
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Don't worry. With increases to the prison state there will be plenty of prisoners to coerce into doing this dangerous job for free/pennies... smh.
time.com/7210800/inmate-firefi…
The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight blazes.Justin Hawkins / Made by History (Time)
US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals
US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals
A group of islands, occupied only by penguins and seals, has been swept up in Trump's trade war.Ottilie Mitchell (BBC News)
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Berlin’s immigration authorities are moving to deport four young foreign residents on allegations related to participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, an unprecedented move that raises serious concerns over civil liberties in Germany.
The deportation orders, issued under German migration law, were made amid political pressure and over internal objections from the head of the state of Berlin’s immigration agency.
The internal strife arose because three of those targeted for deportation are citizens of European Union member states who normally enjoy freedom of movement between E.U. countries. None of the four has been convicted of any crimes.
“What we’re seeing here is straight out of the far right’s playbook,” said Alexander Gorski, a lawyer representing two of the protesters. “You can see it in the U.S. and Germany, too: Political dissent is silenced by targeting the migration status of protesters.”
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.Hanno Hauenstein (The Intercept)
I’m interested and I’m also pretty fed up seeing people defending Israel, USA and Germany (but many others too) WHILE PEOPLE ARE DYING in this moment.
3,000 portable anti-tank weapons, 500,000 rounds of ammunition for fully and semi-automatic firearms as well as other fuses and propellants. Much of the over €300 million was spent on armored vehicles, military trucks and safety glass.
Is this the humanitarian aid you blabber about?
So yes, your argument is unwelcome and you need to know that. Don’t agree? Then please explain.
Germany: Schools closed over extremist right threats
Summary
Several schools in Duisburg, Germany, were closed on Monday following threats of criminal actions linked to right-wing extremism.
While authorities do not believe the threats are serious, they suspended in-person classes at 17 schools, affecting approximately 17,980 students.
Germany: Schools closed over extremist right threats
Classrooms in the western German city of Duisburg have been closed after extremist threats linked to several schools. Officials said the measure was precautionary.Richard Connor (Deutsche Welle)
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Hong Kong stock market plunges most since ’97 crisis amid tariffs panic
Hong Kong stock market plunges most since ’97 crisis amid tariffs panic
Benchmark Hang Seng Index plummets as much as 13.74 percent in horror day for Asia’s markets.John Power (Al Jazeera)
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German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy
Summary
A new Innofact poll shows 55% of Germans support returning to nuclear power, a divisive issue influencing coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD.
While 36% oppose the shift, support is strongest among men and in southern and eastern Germany.
About 22% favor restarting recently closed reactors; 32% support building new ones.
Despite nuclear support, 57% still back investment in renewables. The CDU/CSU is exploring feasibility, but the SPD and Greens remain firmly against reversing the nuclear phase-out, citing stability and past policy shifts.
German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy
Some 55% of Germans favor a reversal of nuclear policy according to a marketing poll. The issue has been a point of contention between parties seeking to form a coalition government.Jon Shelton (Deutsche Welle)
No. Take a good look at France and their nuclear strategy. Both maintaining old reactors and building new ones is extremely costly. Building times are to be measured in decades. Nuclear power is not economically viable nor is it a solution to the climate catastrophe.
Returning to nuclear power in Germany is nothing but a pointless waste of tax money.
Keep looking at things from a money perspective and the solution become obvious : kill everyone and be done with it.
Today, nuclear energy is a reasonably safe, efficient source of energy. Is it the energy of the future ? Probably not. But is it an efficient option for smoothing the grid while planting renewable all around it? It's definitely better than the other alternatives. Does it cost money to develop? Sure. Everything costs money. But there are benefits that won't show up in an accounting book that can't be brushed aside.
Power to gas, water pumps, heat storage and battery storage are viable alternatives. There are many days already where we over produce green energy. Why sink hundreds of billions into nuclear plants when we could use the energy we already produce instead?
Nuclear power is all but efficient.
You keep seeing these as "alternatives", despite the shortcomings.
I say they are complimentary, and as far as providing power to address these shortcomings, nuclear power is a good solution. How can you look at something that can single-handedly address all power requirements in some area, while providing supports to other, and say "nah", seriously.
What do you mean? The cost of an old nuclear reactors' MWh is 40-50€, that's really competitive.
And unlike solar and wind, it produces anytime. As a French person, not only do I think we were right to build them in the first place, I'm annoyed we stopped in the 2000s after the Chernobyl scare campaign, it's safer than Germany's coal, which also produces radioactive waste and isn't properly regulated, unlike nuclear.
Look at the desaster that is Flamanville 3, for instance.
The cour de comptes is pretty clear about it, too:
ccomptes.fr/sites/default/file…
I agree that coal is important to phase out, even moreso than nuclear power. Germany was wrong to leave nuclear before coal.
But building new reactors is an utter waste of time and money.
I have two answers to give you.
- Flamanville is a new generation of reactor that we are testing out after regretfully stopping the large-scale production of reactors in France. Therefore the welding sector had been lacking work for 20 years, many retiring. The same issue goes for many other highly-specialized skills in the field. Americans had to be brought in to fill in for these positions, at high cost. So the left hadn't been corrupted by Russia into being against nuclear power in the first place, Flamanville would like gone about as well as developing a fundamentally different design can. I will grant you, however, that this isn't the design I would have liked to see deployed: France used to be developing the Phoénix and SuperPhénix fast neutron reactors until protesters made them stop. These kinds of reactors are cleaner, more fuel-efficient (by several orders of magnitude!), some variants can even consume previous nuclear waste, although I don't think these two French designs could. These would have been wonderful to have access to. Russia and China have already developed these designs, in large parts with our researchers when they lost their jobs, and we'll eventually just buy them from them again. Nice plan.
- What would you replace these with? Batteries? Once again? Coal? Renewables? How would you deal when, all over Europe, every winter, there are weeks on end with next to no wind nor sun? Should we create new mountain ranges and rivers to store more energy hydraulically? Shift demand? Nuclear is the worst system except for all the others.
just not true.innofact can f off.
if you keep asking the old people, you will get old people answers.
when confronting the asked ppl with the numbers it costs to build a new one they all dont want a new one.
not to mention the insurance for a plant.
and from ukraine war we all learned nuclear ia stupid.
or go ask any of those fuckwits if we can store the waste where they live. numbers prove that around the plants the number of kids with cancer did indeed exceed all expections.
NOBODY wants a plant or the waste anywhere close to where they live.
"would you like cheap clean nucular(!) energy"
or
"would you like a powerplant and final storage near you"?
fuck innofacts hate campaign.
numbers prove that around the plants the number of kids with cancer did indeed exceed all expections.
Do you have a source on this? Not to be contrarian, I've just never heard this to be the case.
Not sure how much I'll get out of this, being that it's in German, but I appreciate the follow up!
Edit: It gets worse. 60% solid cancers, 120% increase in leukemias among children living within 5 km of nuclear power stations. I'm actually really surprised 😬
from ukraine war we all learned nuclear ia stupid.
Isn't that what prompted this - Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, and then everyone needing an energy source that isn't Putin?
"would you like a powerplant and final storage near you"?
Why would they put final storage near humans and not inside a mountain or something?
dutch dont have mountains to be fair.
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
The testimonies are some of the first accounts by Israeli soldiers to be published since the latest war started in October 2023 after Hamas’s attack on Israel. They were collected by Breaking the Silence, a group founded in 2004 by Israeli veterans who aim to expose the reality of the military’s grip over Palestinians. The Guardian interviewed four of the soldiers who corroborated the accounts.Titled “The Perimeter” and published on Monday, the report said the stated purpose of the plan was to create a thick strip of land that provided a clear line of sight for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to identify and kill militants. “This space was to have no crops, structures, or people. Almost every object, infrastructure installation, and structure within the perimeter was demolished,” it said.
The IDF did not respond to a request for comment on the report and combatants’ accounts.
Satellite imagery has previously revealed the IDF destroyed hundreds of buildings that stood within 1km to 1.2km of the perimeter fence, in a systematic demolishing act that rights groups say may constitute collective punishment and should be investigated as a war crime. Last week, Israel’s defence minister said the military would seize “large areas” in Gaza in a fresh offensive.
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’Quique Kierszenbaum (The Guardian)
Elisa Sighicelli: vetri di Murano e arte contemporanea al Poldi Pezzoli
Elisa Sighicelli: vetri di Murano e arte contemporanea al Poldi Pezzoli
Vitroepifanie di Elisa Sighicelli: l’arte contemporanea incontra l’eccellenza dei vetri di Murano al Poldi Pezzoli A Milano, tra le eleg...Antonio Marano (Blogger)
European stocks tank 6% at open as global tariff rout deepens
European stocks close 4.5% lower as global markets seesaw on tariff uncertainty
European stocks were volatile on Monday, eventually closing sharply lower as investors digested fresh news on U.S. tariffs.Chloe Taylor (CNBC)
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Trump tariffs: Why are Asian markets seeing a 'bloodbath'?
As a region that manufactures so many of the goods sold globally, Asian countries and territories are being hit directly by the tariffs.
They are also particularly sensitive to the impact of fears that a global trade war could trigger a slowdown or even a recession in the world's biggest economy.
Japan's Nikkei 225 benchmark index closed down by 7.8% and ASX 200 in Australia lost 4.2%.
In afternoon trading, the Kospi in South Korea was 4.7% lower.
Asian stocks see their worst drop in decades after Trump tariffs
Asian markets from Tokyo to Sydney plunged amid increasing fears of a global economic downturn.Peter Hoskins (BBC News)
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Open source is just that
"Open" is an unspecific, a range of openness from not redistributable to (libre) free software.
- Free Redistribution
The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
- Source Code
The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably downloading via the Internet without charge. The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed.
- Derived Works
The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.
The Open Source Definition
Introduction Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria: 1. Free Redistribution The license shall…Open Source Initiative
It seems like the author is confusing open source with Open Source. The latter has a formal definition which includes a lot more than simple access to source code.
I also agree that no one is entittled to free support or enhancements, bugfizes, etc.
The Open Source Definition
Introduction Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria: 1. Free Redistribution The license shall…Open Source Initiative
Free and open source software. "Open Source" has always been an attempt to attract big fish, hoping they are not evil, just slow. It's morally obsolete, while FOSS still isn't.
And BSD\ISC\MIT understanding of FOSS is even less morally obsolete every day that comes, no expectations that a properly designed virus license will somehow convert the humanity, just letting out seeds of knowledge that will eventually change the world or maybe not. It's sacrificial, but also very potent.
Anyway, most of those expecting free support are companies making money on products they haven't spend a dime improving. Or employees of such companies.
The whole world is using Java, but where is Sun? The whole world is using Asterisk (ok, maybe not all of it), but its developers are not millionaires AFAIK.
Entitled script kiddies are just dumb and rude, but I think there's much less of them than the former group. And they are less persistent, than that former group.
It seems like the author is confusing open source with Open Source
No, they made it pretty clear that they do understand it. Here's a relevant quote:
When software is open-source, it is open-source, not necessarily free and open-source (FOSS), and even if it is FOSS, it might still have a restrictive licence[sic]. The code being available in and of itself does not give you a right to take it, modify it, or redistribute it.
- open source - the definition you linked
- FOSS - includes free software - wording is wonky here, but I'm pretty sure OP means Free Software here given the italics and whatnot
- code being available - source available != open source; e.g. Unreal Engine is source available, provided you agree to their terms, but distribution is very limited
They didn't go into depth, which is fine (would've made the post much longer), but I think they did a fair job. A lot of people assume that if they have access to the source, they can do whatever they want with it, which absolutely isn't the case. Read the terms of the license, or at least be familiar w/ the major licenses and how to recognize them.
Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli settler, officials say
The incident is the latest in a surge of violence and near-daily confrontations in the volatile West Bank, where settler violence and clashes between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians have kept it on edge.
The mayor of Turmus Ayya, Adeeb Lafi, told Reuters earlier in the day that Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, was shot along with two other teenagers by an Israeli settler at the entrance to Turmus Ayya and that the Israeli army pronounced him dead after detaining him.
However, the Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the incident as an “extra-judicial killing” by Israeli forces during a raid in the town, saying it was the result of Israel’s “continued impunity”.
Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli settler, officials say
Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, killed alongside two other teenagers in West Bank town as settler violence escalatesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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“During a counterterrorism activity in the area of Turmus Aya, IDF soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks toward the highway, thus endangering civilians driving,” the Israeli army said in a statement.“The soldiers opened fire toward the terrorists who were endangering civilians, eliminating one terrorist and hitting two additional terrorists.”
How the fuck does anyone defend Israel when they are literally gunning down children for throwing rocks at cars.
What the honest fuck. I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could support Israel after they have committed atrocity after atrocity.
That's if you believe they actually threw any rocks to begin with.
"They threw rocks at us" is a perfect excuse in a rocky, desert landscape. There are always loose rocks around the victims and the murders.
Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping
Nations from 175 countries have gathered in London this week at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to hammer out the final details of a deal, more than a decade in the making, that could finally deliver a plan to decarbonise shipping over the next 25 years.
If the most ambitious proposals are realised, the agreement would also require all ships to pay a small charge based on the greenhouse gases they emit, with the proceeds going to fund climate action in poor countries. This levy is seen as a crucial source of funding for poor countries, which are seeing increasing economic devastation from extreme weather.
But powerful economies, including China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, oppose the levy, while others, including the EU, may agree to drastically water it down.
Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping
Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economiesFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
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