Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
https://www.politico.eu/article/elections-albania-exit-poll-results-democratic-party-socialist/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
Observers forced to wait for outcome of contest seen as pivotal to the country’s path to EU membership.Una Hajdari (POLITICO)
The chief aim of commercial photography is to gather the attention of the viewers, whether they are looking at the catalog or billboard. You can use the rule of thirds, which is balanced in nature and looks elegant in the frame. Based on the LCD camera you have, there may be a setting that allows you to divide your screen into the nine-square grid that the rule of thirds is designed on. #photography
📸💡 Not every photo needs AI magic.
Before you hit “enhance,” here are 5 times you should NOT use AI for photo enhancement:
🕰️ Historical photos – AI might erase context or truth
🎨 Artistic images – could distort creative intent
👶 Low-res baby photos – often ends up looking unnatural
🕊️ Memorial photos – can alter emotional tone
💻 Already-edited images – leads to over-processing
Sometimes, the flaws are part of the story.
#Photography #AI #PhotoEditing #DigitalEthics
Wie Klingbeil die SPD nach Esken umbaut
https://www.politico.eu/podcast/berlin-playbook-podcast/wie-klingbeil-die-spd-nach-esken-umbaut/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wie Klingbeil die SPD nach Esken umbaut
Während Friedrich Merz in Kiew mit Selenskyj, Macron und Tusk auftritt, kämpft Lars Klingbeil an der SPD-Basis mit Wut und Vertrauensverlust. Der Rückzug von Saskia Esken ebnet den Weg für einen Ne…Gordon Repinski (POLITICO)
As the car pulls away, nudging into the thick crowd, the daughter shrieks another horrible horrible horrible shriek,
communicating the non-communicable
as the disappearers take another step toward disappearing her mother.
As the car breaks from the crowd she runs after it.
A Worcester police officer, his voice frothing with anger, shouts,
“Arrest her right now. You are under arrest.”
And then four cops swarm her, grab her, throw her to the ground.
All the while she’s crying crying crying.
Her hair’s caught in her mouth and matted to her face, wet with spit and tears.
Four cops hold her pinned to the ground.
Then they march her away -- Her and another member of the community who had tried to intervene.
They take the pair away from the crowd.
I follow.
They have the daughter by both arms, same as the ICE agents had her mother.
I still don’t know either of their names.
Next to me is a TV reporter from a Spanish language station and her cameraman.
She yells out, “What’s your name?”
and the woman responds in Portuguese. I can’t make it out.
She asks her age and this one I catch: “dezesseis.”
Not a woman—a girl.
A 16-year-old girl.
Now in custody for the crime of reacting in an unruly way to the sudden forceful disappearance of her mother.
I keep asking about the charges.
The only cop who doesn’t ignore me explains “I’m not the arresting officer.”
The arresting officers go on ignoring me.
We get to the spot where the wagon is set to arrive.
I ask again.
Eventually I get an answer,
and it’s the usual package job:
disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly.
The charges they throw on anyone they want to arrest for the sake of arresting them,
knowing they’re unlikely to stick.
But sticking isn’t the goal.
The officer who tells me this has a tactical K9 Unit vest on.
He tells me the 16-year-old girl was interfering with police business.
“Worcester police business?” I ask.
What was the police business here exactly?
He looks at me like I’m a smart ass.
He doesn’t say anything.
I press him again:
“Kind of a grey area, huh?”
“Not really,” he says
motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.Mother Jones
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Treni, estate di lavori. Tra Firenze e Lucca tre mesi a singhiozzo
Circolazione sospesa tra Pistoia e Montecatini. Bus sostitutivi
While we waited for a new #Catholic #Pope recently, I shared a #Vatican news article on Sede Vacante coins: historians.social/@CoinOfNote/…
E-Sylum this week also has an article on the coins, linking to a longer #Numismatic News article: coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n1…
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Histodons @numismatics @histodon
CoinOfNote (@CoinOfNote@historians.social)
Attached: 1 image Posted by the Vatican News (on Facebook): "The Sede Vacante during the 2025 Holy Year evokes historical parallels with the Jubilee of 1700, which was also marked by the death of a Pope, Innocent XII, who died before the end of the …Mastodon
Dev-log # 5.0 Brainstorming and scoping
We had a nice brainstorming session with @YannKervran , @khaleer , @esklarski and @NiwlCraft , focusing on gameplay.
We explored various options for the way players will transform scrap metal and mechanical parts into ingots in the Solar Foundry, and then cast ship parts to assemble in the Hangar, engines in the Makerspace.
Giiba had the idea to model the crafting system after the cooking in BotW.
#gamedev #indiegame #solarpunk #shipbuilding
This week, we've added a few artists to the team!
I will introduce everyone one at a time as their work rolls in.
Here is Mostrovska working on illustrations for the storm events. Check out more of their portfolio at mostrovskaa.tumblr.com/
#mastoart #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #indiegame #indiedev
More event illustration sketches by Mostrovska ( mostrovskaa.tumblr.com/ ).
We're going for a stylized look, almost like a digital linocut style to represent each idea.
#digitalart #digitalpainting #indiedev #indiegames #indiegame #illustration #solarpunk #ecopunk #gamedev
Ben
I'm sorry to tell you that Ben passed this morning. He was 16 years and two months. We had many adventures together over the years. I miss him.
Good morning, fiends. 🌺🌸🪷
10 May 2025
Thank you all for the overwhelming support yesterday. I read every post, and they truly meant a lot. The truth is, I had been mourning all week—I knew what was coming, but a part of me hoped that wanting it badly enough might change things. Some things in life, however, are beyond our control, and loss is one of them. And while grief has its place, there also comes a time to move forward.
After this post, my plan is to feed Charlie, then we’ll hook up the leash and head out for a long walk. Maybe stepping away from these moments will help ease their strangeness. The house feels too quiet—which is ironic, because Ben was always the quietest among us. Charlie isn’t himself either.
"The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it." — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
#morning #mourning #flowers #grief
Medicaid Work Requirements Sought in Bill to Fund Trump Tax Cuts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/medicaid-work-requirements-sought-in-bill-to-fund-trump-tax-cuts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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S. Korean Conservatives Choose Right-Winger as Campaign Begins
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/s-korean-conservatives-choose-right-winger-as-campaign-begins?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-bloomberg
Voltaire, International Newsletter N°132
Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world.Voltaire Network
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
comics.lucentinian.com/7751
#AIComedy #Laughs #NewsLaughs #DailyLaughs #DailyJokes
Goldman Sees Yuan Reaching 7 Per Dollar as Trade Talks Progress
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/goldman-sees-yuan-soar-to-7-per-dollar-as-trade-talks-kick-off?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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BREAKING NEWS: #Hamas has announced that they will release Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander.
israeli media reports that #Israel was not aware of contacts to release Israeli-American prisoner Edan Alexander and was not involved in the negotiations.
#Gaza #HostageExchange #USpol #Palestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
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#Putin Outplays #Starmer / #Macron, Rejects Ultimatum, Invites #Kiev To #Istanbul Talks; #Zelensky Says NO
youtube.com/watch?v=8t2RHKWF5A…
#Ukraine #Russia #Donbas #NATO #UkraineRussiaWar #NATORussiaWar #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaNATOWar #AlexanderMercouris #TheDuran
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La imagen es una tira cómica en tres paneles titulada "realidad tal". En el primer panel, una princesa con un vestido rosa y un sombrero de pinoza está hablando con un sapo. Ella dice: "Si me besas, me convertiré en un príncipe guapo." En el segundo panel, el sapo responde: "Preferiría tener un sapo que hable." En el tercer panel, la princesa mira al sapo con una expresión de sorpresa. La tira es una parodia de la historia de Cenicienta, con un giro humorístico. La imagen está creada por John Atkinson, de Wrong Hands, y se puede encontrar en wronghands1.wordpress.com.
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Leonskaja plays Schubert and Brahms with Berecz in London - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano, and Mihály Berecz, piano, play: SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D899, Op. 90. BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances (selection). Live....www.worldconcerthall.com
A Father's Words Remembering His Martyred Sons
The father of martyr Ayser Al-Saadi from the eastern neighborhood of Jenin speaks to us about his son's martyrdom.Free Palestine TV (FPTV’s Substack)
#Salamander Brooch by Boucheron, Paris, c.1950
Orange & yellow diamonds, emeralds, 18k rose gold; 2.75 In.
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Since it's mother's day, one of the organizations I donate to is National Bail Out.
The #cats are trying to convince me that dinner should be served at 7pm instead of the regularly scheduled 8pm, and it’s awfully hard to argue with these faces.
Das Bild zeigt eine Karte der Niederlande mit einer markierten Route. Die Route beginnt in Amsterdam, gekennzeichnet mit einem schwarzen Punkt und der Bezeichnung "B", und verläuft durch die Hauptstädte Utrecht und Apeldoorn. Sie endet in Enschede, gekennzeichnet mit einem blauen Punkt. Die Route ist in blau dargestellt und durch die Stadtlandschaft führt, die durch verschiedene Farben und Linien gekennzeichnet ist. Die Karte zeigt auch andere Städte wie Rotterdam, Leiden und Den Haag. Die Umgebung ist in verschiedenen Farben dargestellt, um die unterschiedlichen Regionen und Landkreise zu unterscheiden.
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Flatpak 1.16.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings More Enhancements - 9to5Linux
Flatpak 1.16.1 Linux app sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with various enahncements and bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
#SilentSunday Lo único malo es el maldito calor. Pero como quiera los #manglares son la neta.
Yo prefiero el frío, muchas gracias. Por eso ya no vivo en Tierra Santa
@jotaluis @bacteriano and so, it begins…
Cuándo baja el sol, para que no nos dé frío, toca prender lumbre. Ya estamos a 36º, no nos vayamos a enfermar.
Voice of Korea
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Da Pope Leo T-Shirt
Declare your allegiance to the freshest pontiff on the block with this shirt featuring Pope Leo XIVholier than thou, and twice as memeable. Its like Vatican fashion week met divine stand-up comedy and blessed your torso.LookHUMAN
Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Trump zweifelt an Putins Bereitschaft zu Frieden ++
US-Präsident Trump hat Zweifel daran geäußert, dass Russlands Staatschef Putin ein Friedensabkommen schließen will. Großbritanniens Außenminister Lammy betont die Bedeutung der Ukraine-Unterstützung für Europa.
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East: 'We (United States) want to return the #hostages, but Israel is not ready to end the war. #Israel is prolonging the war, even though we do not see where further progress can be made.'
#Netanyahu's reacting to the comment: "I think we'll have to detox from US security assistance."
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar
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