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I have spent about 5 mins thinking about whether to make a post about this or not.
Since it raises all sorts of interesting questions, I thought I should
I am not sure I agree with the content of the post
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'Miss Palestine' Nadeen Ayoub to compete in global pageant to show 'we are human beings'
The 27-year-old has accused Israel of genocide and says she's the voice of a people who refused to be silenced. Her appearance at Miss Universe will be the first time Palestinians have been represented at the contest.Sky News
⛔️🇪🇺The will of the one more important than the will of the majority: Hungarian foreign minister says his country will not support Ukraine's EU accession, regardless of Russia's stance (more) pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09… #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #Hungary #11yrInvasionofUkraine
Euro U21: Italia-Montenegro 2-1 - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Euro U21: Italia-Montenegro 2-1 - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
Italia-Montenegro 2-1 (0-1) nel match d'esordio delle qualificazione alla fase finale degli Europei Under 21 nel 2027. Per gli ospiti a segno Kostic (4'). Azzurrini in gol con Lipani (52') e Koleosho (79') su calcio di rigore. (ANSA). (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
it will be wild to see what these people will come up with today. because i think they are going to respond today to my "final stand" email from yesterday
i already have enough to report them, since they already gave a definitive no. giving them a third chance to just make the update (with a GDPR violation hanging over them if they refuse again) is only for my own sake, because doing the legal stuff wastes energy i need for other things
my fucking phone carrier has decided to treat my new personal identity number (PIN) as a legally separate person and are refusing to update it.they're either saying that they want to keep me on file as a non-existing male person, or they're saying that they want to cancel my phone plans, which would be a breach of contract, i already double-checked
so after two weeks of trying to make them do this, i am trying one last thing: sending them a "right to rectification" request as per article 16 of the GDPR. they are legally required to update the PIN they have on file for me
i can't believe it looks like THIS of all things is what i have to take someone to court over. wtf
i hope they realise how much they are fucking this up for themselves
it actually doesn't matter if i'm their best customer or if they cancel my accounts effective immediately (which would be a clear violation of terms).
it's the fact that they are handling and storing my personal information that obligates them to keep it accurate and up-to-date. they even must store a lot of info on me for accounting purposes, because i am already a customer since a year back.
and as i mentioned in a followers-only subthread, all i need to do now is nothing at all. the GDPR and swedish telecom laws make it clear that they must update my PIN.
i guess that's why she keeps sending me more messages even though i have stopped saying anything new in response.
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ＥＵ、グーグルに制裁金約30億ユーロ－自社の広告技術サービス優遇 – Bloomberg
欧州連合（ＥＵ）の執行機関、欧州委員会は５日、アルファベット傘下のグーグルが広告技術を巡り公平な競争をゆがめたとして、約30億ユーロ（約１兆3800億円）の制裁金を科した。ＥＵの措置は、トランプ米大統領との緊張をさらに悪化させる恐れがある。WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
More info on this... apparently this feeds the Western Tiger Swallowtail and Pale Swallotail butterfly.
Apparently this was a valued food of the Chumash here, but the pits... they are poisonous, but you can leach the poisons out before cooking. Similar to acorns. I wonder who figured out you had to leach all these plants before they could be eaten, and the process, 10,000 plus years ago?!?!
yankeebarbareno.com/2012/09/13…
#ethnobotany #prunusilicifolia #plants #edible #chumash
Holly-leaved Cherries
Holly-leaved cherries (Prunus ilicifolia), seen here in the process of ripening, are a wild grown food that can be foraged in the local mountains. “Prunus ilicifolia is the most common wild c…Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure
This leads to a fork in the road: one way leads toward domestication by deliberately encouraging the ones that are good to eat, the other to processing technology.
"Things seem to be going well at the #CDC, the federal agency charged with protecting US #PublicHealth. By 'well' I mean terrible, thanks to the leadership of the health and human services secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr. Not only is the agency in complete disarray under his leadership, but the secretary’s fringe agenda is now also putting the lives of everyone in the country at risk." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States
The CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is in shambles. And that is all thanks to one manMoustafa Bayoumi (The Guardian)
It's #BandcampFriday ! Woohoo! Come on down, check out my body of work that started in 2017, from weird experimental stuff, all the way up to harsh cyberpunk darksynth and ambient scary sounds
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Pressed for Time: The looming challenge small-town newspapers are facing
The last couple of decades have been tough on newspapers. Kansas has lost about 50 publications in the past 20 years.Tom Shine (KMUW)
I put black oil sunflower seed and water out for the birds and squirrels every day. My neighbor used to put out unsalted peanuts plus or minus hulled sunflower seed on his balcony, but recently stopped. Some pigeons took up in his roof and they cause all kinds of mayhem, so no more peanuts for now.
Which means they're all at my place. 😆 I just sent him a picture of TEN pigeons on my patio. It's getting to be Hitchcock levels of pigeons out there in the morning. Luckily I find them funny.
Rock doves, which is why pigeon nests look so ridiculous. In nature they nest on rocky ledges and only need a few sticks to stop eggs from rolling over the edge. But if you look at the kind of nests they make in cities, it's funny and then kind of sad.
"Rock doves have been domesticated for several thousand years, giving rise to the domestic pigeon. They may have been domesticated as long as 5,000 years ago."
That's a long history! I had no idea. I thought pigeons were their own species, and people happened to keep them as pets sometimes, kind of like parakeets.
After thousands of years living among humans, I'm not surprised at all that they adapted to our living environments, like cats and dogs. I bet the ones that survive in the city are way more adaptable in their behavior than wild rock doves. There's pretty strong selection pressure in that direction for any animal that lives around human-generated complexity and chaos. Every time there's been a mass extinction event in the past, new capabilities emerged when life finally recovered. I bet this coming age will be full of very clever and adaptable creatures, and pigeons will still be around.
It's #BandcampFriday today I've heard!
Me and my band #RYAUmeå released our debut album just before summer, and this is thus your _first chance_ to get it on a Bandcamp Friday!
We play a kind of #jazz/ #folk fusion with a bunch of influences from all over the place, though our Swedish heritage is probably most apparent, taking inspiration from the nature and places around us both here in #Umeå and elsewhere.
Have a listen!
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Defendant in custody attempts to flee S.F. courtroom
A defendant in custody attempted to flee Friday morning and was detained by deputies who chased him into the San Francisco courthouse hallway.
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Kenvue stock drops 10% on report RFK Jr. will link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy
HHS will release the report that could draw that link between the pain medication and autism this month, according to the Wall Street Journal.Annika Kim Constantino (CNBC)
Anthropic to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Author Copyright Claims
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-05/anthropic-to-pay-1-5-billion-to-settle-author-copyright-claims?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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State Department May Bar Iranian UN Delegation From Shopping at Costco
The U.S. is reportedly weighing banning Iranian diplomats from visiting wholesale stores like Costco when they’re in New York this month for the UN General Assembly meeting, a newly leaked memo shows. According to The Associated Press, one State Department proposal for limiting the Iranian delegation’s movement would include barring them from member clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club unless…
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State Department May Bar Iranian UN Delegation From Shopping at Costco
The US has already imposed severe restrictions on Iranian diplomats’ movement for the UN general assembly meeting.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
欧州委、グーグルに5000億円の制裁金 広告技術でEU競争法違反 – 毎日新聞
欧州委、グーグルに5000億円の制裁金 広告技術でEU競争法違反 毎日新聞ＥＵ、グーグルに制裁金約30億ユーロ－自社の広告技術サービス優遇 Bloomberg.co.jpEU、Googleに5000億円制裁金WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
Starmer Bids to Rebuild Premiership From Wreckage Left by Rayner
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LIBERI DAI VELENI DI ROMA
Il 9 settembre al corteo che sarà aperto dai più piccoli, parteciperanno le donne e gli uomini che vogliono continuare a vivere LIBERI DAI VELENI DI ROMA
Santa Palomba siamo tutti noi che non ci arrenderemo mai alla tracotanza di un potere che vorrebbe annientarci.
#Ambiente #StopInceneritore #NoInceneritore #NoInceneritori #ZeroWaste #Rifiuti #Riciclo #EconomiaCircolare #NoAlCarbone #EnergiaPulita
Ganz frisch von der #Fursuit Parade heute morgen auf der #Eurofurence29
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Belgium won’t transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine — Foreign ministry
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has confirmed his country's strong opposition to the transfer of frozen Russian assets, most of which are held in Belgian banks, to help Ukraine. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Me: there shouldn't be billionaires!
Tesla/Musk: Ok
Me: nooooooo, not like that!
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There are so many, other, worse, things for me to scream about but can I just pause for a moment and say ...
It is INFURIATING to have my life just consistently fucked around with by political leaders who aren't just evil -- but are staggeringly incompetent even in their evil-ness. They just have a lot of money and in our system that's all you need to get power over people.
OMG hätte bloß mal jemand vorher was gesagt!!!!
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"Fast niemand tankt": Kritik an Millionen für Wasserstoff br.de/nachrichten/bayern/fast-…"Fast niemand tankt": Kritik an Millionen für Wasserstoff
Mit 66 Millionen Euro hat Bayern in den vergangenen Jahren Wasserstofftankstellen gefördert. Da die Zahl der zugelassenen Fahrzeuge weiter niedrig ist, spricht SPD-Politiker von Brunn von Geldverschwendung. Das Wirtschaftsministerium verteidigt sich.Petr Jerabek (BR24)
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Zelensky: If Putin truly wanted to end war, he wouldn’t be inciting our neighbors to impose energy blockade
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that if Russian leader Vladimir Putin genuinely wanted to end the war, he would not be inciting Ukraine’s neighbors—particularly Slovakia—to impose an energy blockade. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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in reply to Totts • • •I did boost them.
Totts
in reply to quangobaud • • •@miguelpergamon it's truly a curious a matter: on one hand there are concerns about objectification, which no woman likes; reconciled with bodily autonomy and this juxtaposed beauty from the horror of destruction
Much much xxx
quangobaud
in reply to Totts • • •I think the toots mentioned activism and keeping Gaza and Palestine in the public consciousness/conscience.
Last time I watched a pageant was in the 80's when Miss Guam (just the most amazing looking person I remember seeing on tv at that time) did not win and there was information in the media about US military and political meddling in Guam also while the US was getting upto shit just about everywhere.
Totts
in reply to quangobaud • • •@miguelpergamon when I was younger as a feminist it was a meat parade. Consequently, anathema to watch.
Recently, I have been reading up on Neo Feminist theory, and my position about female representation is wholly different.
I have spent three years feeling very unattractive and have done a lot of serious thought about why we need beauty.
Xx
quangobaud
in reply to Totts • • •I forgot to mention. I also learnt to loathe Donald Trump not much later because of the Central Park Five, the Miss Universe competition and his general creepyness. Even though I'd stopped watching pageants, all those competitions were always on the tv news and in print media.
But, as I like smarts (and attractiveness) more than looks (not that I'd say *that* out aloud as I wanted to live), I had plenty of other people I found fascinating like Countdown Vorders (boo for her then long time conservatism), artists, musicians, scientists, writers & historians, and a lot of comedians.
Activists are the most attractive, though. 🙏
(Oh, no, I meant archivists. Too late to change it now!)
Totts
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