In The Mists
Vatnajökull on a cloudy, drizzly day. Wreathed in fog, the stark contours have another kind of beauty.
Nothing can hide all of the mountains though. We had to approach quite closely to see through the cloud, but it was worth the walk.
October, southern #Iceland.
#MountainsMonday #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography
Thailand to Hold Election in February as Cambodia Clashes Rage
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/thailand-to-hold-election-in-february-as-cambodia-clashes-rage?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"By comparison, at least, the way the Chinese government speaks about AI is more modest. Yes, China’s economic leadership views AI as a priority and has boldly claimed it seeks to lead the world by 2030. Yet the rhetoric lacks the eschatological tone common in Silicon Valley. Chinese economic planners appear more interested in AI as a tool for industrial processes than as a means of creating a superintelligence that will reach the singularity. The State Council’s 2025 “AI+” initiative is focused entirely on efficiency-enhancing applications rather than intelligence explosions.
There is another important difference. China is banking far more heavily on simpler, lower-cost open-source AI models. In the US, most of the leading “frontier” AI models are secret and proprietary, in part as a business model and in part due to the apocryphal fears that the wrong actors could trigger human extinction. The smaller, lower-cost Chinese models may be seeking, in that sense, to be the more nimble 1970s Toyota rivals to the giant American cars produced by General Motors.
More importantly, China is hedging its bets by investing heavily in a wide range of other technologies that might reasonably be described as “the future”. In 2024, the country invested an estimated $940bn in clean-energy capex, broadly defined as renewables, electricity grids and energy storage (batteries), dwarfing its AI investments. In these sectors, AI is meant to be a complement — the glue rather than the structure.
While China’s overall economy remains weaker than it was in the 2010s, elements of this broader strategy seem to be bearing fruit."
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#USA #China #AI #AIHype #AIBubble
Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon ValleyTim Wu (Financial Times)
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Volkswagen Tiguan chega ao Brasil com "nota 10" em segurança
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Probably my cheapest purchase from the motor factors, but potentially the most stressful while in use.
BOJ Stands Out in Big Central Bank Week: 3-Minute MLIV
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A trent’anni dagli Accordi di Dayton Paesi Edizioni presenta Sarajevo di Joshua Evangelista, nuovo titolo della collana Città Geopolitiche, un viaggio […]
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A trent'anni dagli Accordi di Dayton Paesi Edizioni presenta "Sarajevo" di Joshua Evangelista, nuovo titolo della collana Città GeopoliticheRedazione (Babilon Magazine)
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Eine aufstrebende Solarindustrie abwürgen, Windradhersteller* aus dem Land treiben, die Wärmepumpenproduzenten durch Rückwärtssaltos in die Ecke stellen und dann frech behaupten, dass die Umweltpolitik die Konjunktur gebremst hat.
So kackdreist muss man erst mal sein.
*Windradflügel bauen sie heute z.B bei Aarhus in Dänemark. Am Lohnniveau, Bildung und Sozialleistungen kanns also nicht liegen!
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Ho ucciso l’angelo del focolare è l’approfondimento quindicinale dedicato alle questioni di genere. Va in onda sulle frequenze di Radio Onda d’Urto ogni due settimane – il venerdì pomeriggio alle ore 18,45 – dentro la Cassetta degli Attrezzi.
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È il film che sta incassando di più, primo nella classifica del box office
https://www.esquire.com/it/cultura/film/a69724432/incassi-cinema-seconda-settimana-dicembre-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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È il film che sta incassando di più, primo nella classifica del box office
Gli incassi della settimana dall'8 al 14 dicembre secondo i dati Cinetel.Giuseppe Giordano (Esquire)
"The EU plans a crackdown on “very dangerous” products sold on online platforms including China’s Shein and Alibaba, its justice commissioner has said, admitting “we need to do better” to protect European consumers.
Michael McGrath told the Financial Times in an interview that the bloc was not protecting its citizens sufficiently from a rising tide of unsafe goods sent directly from China to customers’ homes.
“I am very concerned about the volume of unsafe products coming into the European Union. I think we have a duty to better protect EU citizens, and we also have a duty to European businesses to ensure that they are operating on a level playing field,” McGrath said.
The Irish commissioner said that “year in, year out” national authorities found products that were “very dangerous, with life-changing consequences for individuals” and which could “even cause loss of life”.
Customs and enforcement officers were overwhelmed, with only “a tiny proportion of the unsafe products coming into the European Union” being stopped, McGrath admitted. “That’s not good enough.”
Some 4.6bn low-value parcels entered the EU in 2024, and the number is continuing to double every two years, he said. Around 90 per cent come from China."
Has the goat burned?
No! The Gävle goat is going into week three of Advent looking sharp! Not long till Yule now!
Live stream
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Official website
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#GävleGoat #Gävlebocken #Goatwatch2025
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Wer heute früh den Bericht von Katrin Eichendorf gesehen hat, der sieht es noch schwärzer ..... (Das Video such ich gerade, dauert aber wahrscheinlich noch)
Und dahin will die csU abschieben und Ortskräfte trotz Zusage doch nicht rausholen .....⁉️
Mehr Menschenverachtung und Ignorieren der UN Charta geht nicht.
Frauen in Afghanistan: Die Hoffnung können die Taliban nicht unterdrücke...
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Hier die ganze Doku:
Vergesst das bitte nicht, wenn ihr über Migration, Asyl, Flucht oder allgemein die fckcsU redet:
Afghanistan im Griff der Taliban ⁉️
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frontlines: Afghanistan im Griff der Taliban
Vier Jahre nach der Machtergreifung haben die Taliban Afghanistan dramatisch verändert. Wie geht es den Menschen in dem bitterarmen Land?ZDF
La ultradreta torna a Xile després de la dictadura de Pinochet
Amb quasi el 60% dels vots, el candidat ultra José Antonio Kast ha guanyat la segona volta de les eleccions presidencials. Kast, de formació advocat, està vinculat a l'organització ultracatòlica Political Network for Values, impulsada per l'exministre de l'Interior del PP, Jaime Mayor Oreja.
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Il Louvre nel caos: dal furto agli scioperi. Cosa sta accadendo
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Kingston On Murray Cemetery, South Australia, September 2025.
While exact founding dates are sparse, burials recorded as early as the late 19th century suggest the cemetery has served the region for well over a century.
The cemetery reflects the settlement history of Kingston-on-Murray, a small Riverland town known for its agricultural heritage and proximity to the Murray River. Many interments represent pioneering families, local farmers, and community figures.
Photo by Bron, edit by Kev.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.
#cemetery #cemetary #cemeteries #cementerio #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
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I got the The Archer archetype!
A white cabinet door is open, revealing a built-in organizer for rolls of wrapping paper and similar materials. The organizer is a series of vertical slots cut into a tan-colored backing board. There are eight rolls visible within the organizer. The rolls feature a variety of patterns and colors, including a light pink with white polka dots, a brown pattern, silver, black and white, and a metallic silver. The rolls are arranged vertically, with varying heights and diameters, and the cabinet itself appears to be made of a smooth, white material with visible hinges.
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"Some say if everyone is talking about a bubble, it’s a sign there isn’t one. Yet bubble arguments raged in 1999 even as it continued to inflate. The same is happening now.
One big difference between now and 1999-2000 is the scale of price gains. Sure, Nvidia’s up a lot (really, a lot). But gains in the company’s shares of 54% this year to an October peak, and 30% including the drop since then, pale in comparison to the leaps in 1999.
Cisco more than doubled in a month from mid-October 1999, while Apple was up 150% that year and Intel gained 75% in just under three months early in 2000.
Even the best big stocks this year, names such as Western Digital, Seagate and Micron Technology, only tripled or quadrupled to their peaks this week, before falling hard on Friday. In 1999, Qualcomm soared 2,620%. It took until 2020 before it recovered from the subsequent bust.
Ultimately, whether this is a bubble depends on whether it pops. If it turns out AI can’t deliver both the promised productivity gains and fat profits for its creators, the parallel will be to the painful dot-com aftermath, not the boom."
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#AI #GenerativeAI #AIBubble #AIHype #DotComs
A7 Radio - 100% Mix & Flow
La stream @7 Radio 100% Mix est un flux musical qui diffuse les créations audios @7 Productiona7productions.blogspot.com
¿Que cómo van los #CLERs? Atareados.
El jueves el CLER de Sedaví nos reunimos con el nuevo párroco. Ya le habíamos hecho llegar el tríptico que preparamos hace un par de meses con un resumen de las cosas que llevábamos hechas. Le presentamos un poco lo que somos y lo que hacemos, le ofrecimos/pedimos colaboración. Le propusimos que mire cómo está el protocolo de emergencias de las campanas, que lo adapten si procede, que informe a la población. Le preguntamos si sería posible usar la iglesia como refugio climático para personas vulnerables en caso de ola de calor con cortes de luz.
El viernes hubo reunión de la asociación de damnificados por la DANA. La nueva junta es mucho más afín a los CLERs, y de ahí van a salir colaboraciones muy potentes.
Ayer sábado tuvimos la segunda jornada formativa en autoprotección, y ya entramos en faena. Creo que ya estamos listos para plantear planes de emergencia a nivel de edificio. Antes, aprovechando, hicimos la reunión quincenal del CLER de Sedaví, me quedó pendiente pasar a limpio el acta (a ver si hoy), y, con ayuda, pasar un par de registros de entrada (a ver si a lo largo de la semana).
Y hoy antes de que arranque el aviso rojo haremos otra vez una rueda de reconocimiento con la red autónoma de walkies.
(y sigo)
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Geely inaugura il Geely Safety Centre, il più grande centro di collaudo per la sicurezza automobilistica, con 5 Guinness World Records.
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#motori #auto
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New publication: "The Impact of Refugee Shocks on Host Countries: A Scoping Review" #immigration #refugees #evidence #publication #scopingReview #economics #migration #politics #radicalRight #health #environment #wellbeing @sociology @migration
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The Impact of Refugee Shocks on Host Countries: A Scoping Review
This article provides a systematic overview of the academic literature on the impact of ″refugee shocks“ – the sudden arrival of large numbers of refugees – on host countries.www.comparativepopulationstudies.de
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter | Bondi beach terror attack | The Guardian
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a Muslim man helping save Jews. Flies in the face of what so many would have us believe about Muslims, huh?
#Australia #BondiBeach #BondiBeachAttack
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family of Ahmed al-Ahmed say he ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attackCaitlin Cassidy (The Guardian)
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Meloni accusa Schlein di vuoto politico ma fugge anche dal confronto con Conte: siamo al ridicolo
Nel comizio per la conclusione della manifestazione di Atreju, Giorgia Meloni ha avuto l’ardire di rimproverare Elly Schlein per non aver presenziato alla kermesse, segno inequivocabile di mancanza di contenuti, a detta della premier.Giovanna Musilli (Globalist.it)
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Ich bin auch für dezentrale Projekte - aber ich noch viel mehr für einen schnellen Kapazitätsausbau.
#Politik #politics
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51 Gigawatt geplante Speicherkapazität vor dem Aus
Batteriespeicher über 100 Megawatt sollen aus der Kraftwerks-Netzanschlussverordnung (KraftNAV) herausfallen. Es gibt kein alternatives Genehmigungsverfahren.Alfons Deter (top agrar)
Today I am putting the finishing touches on a soft, warm #Hanten. Hand sewing down the collar.
My neighbour, Ana, two doors down, is of a venerable age. I saw her looking pretty frail the other day. She was complaining about being cold in her house, but that spending all day in her fuzzy bathrobe didn’t seem dignified. So I decided to make her something to keep her warm. #sewing
Cesare Cremonini eletto “Malessere del 2025”
Famiglia senegalese va a vivere in un bosco, Salvini lo fa radere al suolo per farci un parcheggio
Passaggio al Bos (CO) – Non si ferma l’impegno del governo, e in particolare del Ministro dei Trasporti e delle Infrastrutture, per difendere tutte le famiglie che si trovano a vivere sperduti in montagna in una casa senza elettricità, gas, acqua corrente, servizi igienici, in cui non si prende La7 e che hanno subito la […]
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Famiglia senegalese va a vivere in un bosco, Salvini lo fa radere al suolo per farci un parcheggio | Lercio
Passaggio al Bos (CO) – Non si ferma l’impegno del governo, e in particolare del Ministro dei Trasporti e delle Infrastrutture, per difendere tutte le famiglie che si trovano a vivere sperduti in montagna in una casa senza elettricità, gas, acqua cor…Augusto Rasori (Lercio)
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qui abbiamo il Panettonco mastodon.uno/@artematiko/11568…
Si avvicina il Natale e Plin Plon - il brand di prodotti e servizi che non sapevi di volere - ha cominciato a proporre le sue idee pee le feste.Ringrazio Plin Plon, perché sono anni che sostiene ⭐️ @LINKioni ⭐️ sponsorizzandoli con pacche sulla schiena.
Il PANETTONICO è uno dei prodotti di punta di questa stagione. Quale versione versione preferisci?
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Migliaia di pesci rossi hanno invaso un piccolo lago in Trentino
E ora rischiano di morire per mancanza di ossigeno, oltre a essere un problema per l'ecosistema della zona
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Nos chercheurs ont développé Anyway Systems, un logiciel qui permet à l'IA d’exécuter une tâche sans passer par les services «cloud» de tiers.
Le système, relayé par une start-up, peut être installé sur un réseau de machines locales sans qu’aucune donnée ne sorte du réseau, garantissant ainsi confidentialité et souveraineté.
Avons-nous vraiment besoin de centres de données géants pour l'IA?
Une équipe de l’EPFL a développé un logiciel qui permet à l’IA d’exécuter une tâche sans passer par les services «cloud» de tiers. Le système relayé par une start-up pourrait remettre en question le modèle commercial des géants de la Tech.go.epfl.ch
#photography #rawtherapee #olympus #microfourthirds #föhr #northfrisia #alkersum #museum #kunstderwestküste #art #gallery #paintings
"Today we hv workshops &we’re showing the doco, Israelism,which talks abt the education Israelis receive frm childhood 2instill in them,on the 1 hand, hatred towards the Palestinian ppl and, on the other hand, t this land is theirs & belongs to them and t the Palestinians hate the ppl of Israel and want to kill them all.There is a fear &hatred t is generated,which is part of the structure &the system t wants to sustain this theft &appropriation of territory." @palestine
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La Palestinización del Mundo: Día de Muertos con la Asamblea Oaxaqueña por Palestina Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt habla con miembros de la AsambleaCounterPunch Radio (CounterPunch.org)
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