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ClearVue Technologies expands into New Zealand with Viridian Glass Partners... - published 12 May 2025 #Strategy #ASX #price #Tech #Strategic
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State of the world’s #nursing 2025: investing in education, jobs, leadership and service delivery.

#WHO #Health #Care #Nurses #Healthcare #Social #SocialCare

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La présidente de l'UE devrait faire l'objet d'une enquête pour complicité dans les crimes de guerre d'Israël (The Intercept)
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"« Je ne suis pas quelqu'un qui dit “l'histoire les jugera” - ils devront être jugés avant cela », a déclaré Francesca Albanese dans une interview exclusive. (Extraits)
Francesca Albanese, rapporteur spécial des


"Rather than giving in to the logic of immediate profit, New Caledonia can choose to be pioneers in ocean protection," Jérémie Katidjo Monnier, the local government member responsible for the issue, said in the public session.

"It is a strategic lever to assert our environmental sovereignty in the face of the multinationals and a strong signal of commitment to future generations."

nit.com.au/12-05-2025/17808/in…

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Parole da leggere e non valgono solo per i giornalisti




AI is a scam, Part 1,569

"After years of depicting Klarna as an AI-first company, the fintech’s CEO reversed himself, telling Bloomberg the company was once again recruiting humans after the AI approach led to “lower quality.” An IBM survey reveals this is a common occurrence for AI use in business, where just 1 in 4 projects delivers the return it promised and even fewer are scaled up."

fortune.com/2025/05/09/klarna-…

How come we keep buying from the tech bros such super dodgy stuff?

in reply to Gerry McGovern

The last 2 paragraphs from that article are a glimpse into an heart of pure evil:
"Today, that customer support channel is hiring again: CEO Siemiatkowski said Klarna has two new agents acting as freelance customer support. It’s also piloting an “Uber type of setup” that lets the workers choose their own schedules and work from anywhere in Sweden, where Klarna is based, at pay starting at 400 Swedish krona ($41.17). Some of these agents, Siemiatkowski said, could even be customers.

“We also know there are tons of Klarna users that are very passionate about our company and would enjoy working for us,” he told Bloomberg."

Customer support is already hard on workers without further backend enshittification.

in reply to bovaz

Yeah, the tech bros have their way with toxic positivity and turning customers into free support agents through discussion forums, etc. They do everything they can to strip workers of as many rights as possible, while spinning the sense that they're doing the world a favor.
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Lo smantellamento della #sanitàPubblica a favore di quella privata prosegue inarrestabile, ma non riguarda solo il sud.
Questo è solo l'inizio.

#capitalismo #diritti #salute #sanità #Costituzione
#12maggio

diogenenotizie.com/ospedali-58…

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The answer is and long has been: yes.
Should Reporters Identify Judges by the President Who Nominated Them? nytimes.com/2025/05/12/opinion…


Twenty years ago: #Lucire Romania launches

lucire.com/insider/20250512/tw… #LucireRomania #Lucire #FashionMagazine #publishing #history #Romania #București #EU #licensing



This morning I went to protest against the Israeli #Genocide of the Palestinian people on occasion of the Israeli president Herzog visiting #Berlin and being hosted by the German president #Steinmeier. It tells a lot about the complicity of the German public that we were a grand total of six people holding rather lame signs (on account of a near total ban on permissible language)! at least the authorities feared us enough to delegate some thirty cops to move us out of sight.

#NieWieder #Berlin #Täterkult #Palestine #Gaza



Hiking is always better with friends!

A quick snap of Bianca from the Hiking group on day 2 of the Camino de Santiago.

#hiking #nature #rural #photography #hikingphotography #onthetrail #people #beautofulskies #people #rest



Simple Blogging Tips And Insights Every Blogger Needs To Know


Occasionally, I receive questions or comments about blogging and social media that inspire me to share key insights with my readers. Here are three recent examples of those topics. Hopefully, you’ll learn something from them.

How to get less spam!


In my recent post, “Astonishing! Some Bloggers Disable Comments on Their Blogs. Why?” many readers mentioned that they turn off comments due to the overwhelming number of spam comments that often come through. This is a valid concern! However, it’s worth noting that WordPress offers a setting that can help prevent you from seeing most spam comments. Activating this feature is simple.

  • On your blog’s dashboard, go to Jetpack – Akismet Anti-spam.

Image highlighting Jetpack - Akismet Anti-spam on the dashboard of a WordPress blogClick Jetpack – Akismet Anti-spam

  • On the page that opens, look for the Settings box. Under Spam Filtering, ensure ‘Silently discard the worst and most pervasive spam so I never see it‘ is selected.

Image highlighting the 'Silently discard the worst and most pervasive spam so I never see it' setting on WordPress.Ensure ‘Silently discard the worst and most pervasive spam so I never see it’ has been selected.

  • Click the ‘Save changes‘ button.

You’ll now see much less spam in your blog’s spam folder. On average, I’m seeing no more than a few spam comments every week.

For more details, check out my post, ‘Turn This Setting On To Stop Seeing Too Much Spam On Your WordPress Blog.’

How do you find the people you want to follow?


Author Liz Gauffreau recently left a comment on my post, ‘The Ultimate Guide to Engaging on Bluesky: Tips, Features, and Strategies for Success,’ saying she was struggling to find other users on Bluesky who read or write literary fiction.

I asked Liz if she had checked out the Bluesky Starter Pack directory, where users can search for other users with similar interests. I included a link to the directory. This is how Liz replied.

An image showing a reply from a blogger thanking me for the information I sent her.Job done!

If you’re a Bluesky user, I recommend checking out the information about Starter Packs. They are an excellent way to discover other bloggers, writers, authors, photographers, and more. Starter Packs are also great for getting noticed and connecting with other users. Click the following link.

What are Bluesky Starter Packs?

And click the following link to check the Bluesky Starter Pack directory I sent to Liz.

Bluesky Starter Pack Directory.

I recently passed a milestone on Bluesky: getting over 5,000 followers. Given that I’ve only been on Bluesky since November 2024 and it took me nearly 12 years to reach 9,000 followers on X, I can’t emphasise enough how every blogger and writer should consider using Bluesky.

If you haven’t already, give Bluesky a go.

How to stop the theme you’re using from crashing your blog.


Amanda, who blogs at ForestWood, recently published a post titled ‘It’s Time For A Change Of Theme.’ She was referring to a change of blog theme. I’d recently published a post about WordPress themes, so I was interested in what Amanda had to say. Needless to say, Amanda’s post inspired me (and many others) to leave a comment.

You’ll have to read Amanda’s post to find out what she and I had to say, but it contained an important lesson some readers may have forgotten or may not know about regarding WordPress themes. Do not attempt to change your WordPress blog’s theme unless you’re using a theme still supported by WordPress.

If, like Amanda, you are using a retired theme and click ‘activate’ on any of the current themes WordPress offers, you won’t be able to return to your retired theme!

If you are using a retired WordPress theme that isn’t causing you any issues, you can continue using it. However, be cautious, as there are drawbacks to using a retired theme, including those related to online security. For more information, check out my recent post, “WordPress Themes: Something Exciting Is Happening,” which provides further details.

Let’s wrap it up!


  • Use WordPress’s Jetpack – Akismet Anti-spam feature to significantly reduce spam comments. By enabling the option to “silently discard the worst and most pervasive spam,” users can keep their spam folder manageable.
  • Use the Bluesky Starter Pack Directory to connect with other users with similar interests. This resource helps you discover other bloggers, writers, authors and photographers and gain visibility.
  • If you are thinking of changing the theme of your WordPress blog, be aware that if the current theme you are using is retired and no longer supported by WordPress, you won’t be able to return to it.

Do you have any questions about blogging or social media? Leave them in the comments section.

The featured image in this blog post is taken from Pixabay. AI checked spelling and grammar mistakes.

I’m getting tough with non-engaging comments. Comments such as ‘Nice post’ are marked as spam.

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RedotPay launches crypto payment cards in South Korea - published 12 May 2025 #media #ASIC #Apple #Tech #FinTech
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🗳️ ■ La luz que aún no llega sobre el apagón: versiones, datos e incertidumbres ■ Se cumplen dos semanas del 'cero energético' en toda la Península Ibérica se multiplica el ruido, también político, a falta de respuestas. El Gobierno trata de ganar tiempo para entender los millones de datos que ha requerido a las energéticas.[…]
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#politica #pedrosanchez #apagon




Universities in Japan are increasingly introducing admission quotas for female applicants at science and engineering faculties in order to raise the number of women in science. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/… #japan #universities #shimane #hiroshima #education #women039sissues


They arrive this morning in Washington -- to protests and unwelcome, I hope. The United States doesn't need yet more racists.
White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S. nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/a…


Another "AI" coding assistant review from the actual field "But for anything more nontrivial, I found it took me more time to validate the code and fix the numerous big and subtle errors than it saved me."

(Original title: Martin Pitt: Testing sourcery.ai and GitHub Copilot for cockpit PR reviews)

piware.de/post/2025-08-09-sour…

in reply to tante

This absolutely reflected my experience and is why I turned off Copilot. The time it saved in typing obvious things was not offset by the time I wasted debugging subtle and hard-to-spot bugs that it introduced.

The most depressing thing was that it wasn't even good at things I'd expect a token predictor to be good at. Our coding conventions specify parameter orders that are consistent across subsystems. I expected that something parsing our code would be able to learn this and give subtle hints to enforce it (autocomplete functions and calls with the parameters in the right order). Instead, the autocompletions would randomly swap parameters at call sites and were completely inconsistent in naming things and parameter order for generated functions.

The one thing that it was useful for was identifying missing abstractions. If Copilot could fill in an entire function body, the APIs it was calling were missing an abstraction.




Israël doit être exclu de l'Eurovision ! (pétition)
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"Le problème
L'art n'a jamais été neutre et l'Eurovision est depuis toujours un haut lieu de diplomatie internationale. Aujourd'hui, une question grave se pose à l'Europe : le concours européen de la chanson va-t-elle devenir la scène d'un art-washing du premier génocide filmé de l'histoire de l'humanité ?
Depuis plus de 17 mois, les autorités israéliennes


Superbugs now feast on medical implants, sutures, dressings, raising infection risk

A remarkable new study has recently overturned a commonly accepted notion regarding the durability of...
#engineering #technology
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I don’t know if anyone will actually get to see this today. I updated to a custom domain name and it invalidated my handle. Hopefully the trouble ticket will get addressed soon. But in the meantime, here’s a 'Perfoliate bellwort' for #MacroMonday #ClassicMono#MayBlooms#EastCoastKin #ericgphoto


Kitty 0.42 Launches With Quick-Access Terminal lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…



The dueling splits followed by the leap over the railing makes me feel sore just watching.

youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlL…

#music #dance #jazz

in reply to Steve's Place

Just so I don't fool you, and just so I'm speaking for the record, my plan to implement the ability to convert YouTube links to embedding in Vue.js was then abandoned.

However, I realized that I could achieve the same functionality with Misskey's summary proxy; Iceshrimp originally had the ability to convert YouTube URLs to embedded videos with the summary proxy.

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Mutant Rice and Bill Gates’s Lab Rats: Grand Experiments in India’s Fields off-guardian.org/2025/05/12/mu…


Die #Naturschutzeule bekommt ein neues Design. Finde die kuckt jetzt deutlich grimmiger drein. Und das ist auch vollkommen verständlich und angebracht.
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Mal wieder #FotoMontag .

Vorletztes Wochenende war ich in der sächsischen Schweiz unterwegs und habe damit meinen Jahresvorsatz, pro Monat an einen neuen Ort zu gehen, für Mai schon sehr früh erfüllt.

Hier sehen wir den Lilienstein von einem Punkt etwas flussaufwärts von Bad Schandau.

#Photography #SächsischeSchweiz




in reply to Willow "Wolveric" Catkin

@WolvericCatkin "Curious is the trap-maker's art... his efficacy unwitnessed by his own eyes." :neocat_googly_shocked:

ebony mimic you win this time




Share alike continues with ***Together, impossible is nothing***, with **David Revoy** - @davidrevoy (illustrator and comic book author) and Sarah Diep and Soizic Pineau from **Manifesto XXI**
Directly and collectively financing creation shifts decision-making power, as exemplified by David Revoy’s Pepper & Carrot community, which participates in his creative process.
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Share alike : Together, impossible is nothing


With David Revoy (illustrator and comic book author) and Sarah Diep and Soizic Pineau from Manifesto XXI

Directly and collectively financing creation shifts decision-making power, as exemplified by David Revoy’s Pepper & Carrot community, which participates in his creative process.

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Il Vero Pericolo dell’Alcol: Quando Bere in Compagnia Fa Più Male che Bene
@scienza
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Nel dibattito pubblico e nei messaggi di prevenzione, il consumo solitario di alcol è spesso visto come il segnale più preoccupante di una relazione malsana con la bottiglia. Tuttavia, numerose ricerche recenti stanno ribaltando questa convinzione, indicando che

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There is a growing global freshwater crisis. Big Tech is increasingly taking the water we need to drink and grow food. This is only the very beginning.

How water vapor is powering the next generation of soft robots

"Our innovation leverages the liquid-to-gas phase transition of water to generate mechanical motion in a way that is simple, scalable, and remarkably powerful."

techxplore.com/news/2025-05-va…



Foreign media and academics should avoid amplifying Chinese propaganda narratives that war in the Taiwan Strait is inevitable and coming soon, writes J. Michael Cole

jmichaelcole.substack.com/p/is…

#Taiwan #台灣



Na quarta-feira, dia 14, vamos receber Benedito Machava (Yale University) para uma aula aberta integrada no nosso novo Joint International Workshop "Hopes and Fears. Anti-colonial and Postcolonial Imaginaries in the Lusotopy and Beyond".

ENTRADA LIVRE

ℹ️ ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/moralid…

#Histodons #PostColonialism #Mozambique #Moçambique #Socialism #Socialismo #Lusotopy #Lusotopia #ColonialismoPortuguês #PortugueseColonialism #PoliticalHistory #HistóriaPolítica



Yellow-rumped Thornbill. Acanthiza chrysorrhoa. Rooting around in the undergrowth on a misty morning in Queensland.
#birds #birdwatching #photography #darktable #wildlifephotography
#nature #wildlife #australia #inaturalist #ecology #biodiversity

X-posted to inaturalist.org/




Bathsheba at her Toilet, Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1594
Bathsheba bathes out of doors assisted by two maidservants. King David spies the young woman from the roof of his palace and instantly falls in love. In this painting, the king remains unseen as Cornelisz van Haarlem depicted the Old Testament story from his point of view. We, the viewers, assume the role of David spying on the three nude women.

oil on canvas, h 77.5cm × w 64cm
rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/S…
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random



Linux 6.15 Fix Merged For Sizable Performance Regression On Newer AMD CPUs lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Das kannn ich vollauf bestätigen: “Staatssekretärin Jennifer Morgan, vormals Geschäftsführerin von Greenpeace International, gilt in der UN-Klimadiplomatie als sehr sachkundig und bestens vernetzt.”
Klimaschutz jetzt zurückzufahren ist unverantwortlich.
spektrum.de/news/klimapolitik-…
in reply to Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf

Auch das ist echter Trumpismus: Wenn Du keine internationale Klimapolitik willst, dann brauchst Du auch keine Beauftragte dafür und schon erst recht keine "Powerfrau" wie Jennifer Morgan.





U.S. and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days in major trade breakthrough.

CNBC reports: "The deal means 'reciprocal' tariffs between both countries will be cut from 125% to 10%."

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#Tariffs #TradeWar #News #Trade #China #Politics



#politics Here's something Trump-haters/dislikers/whatever we want to call ourselves need to digest. It does look like Trump is getting things done on the international stage. We'd be fools to oppose peace, wouldn't we? It's also true that few, if any recent presidents have been particularly powerful peace-brokers. So how do we juxtapose this reality with the reality of some of the atrocious things the guy's doing?Are some of these fears perhaps fuelld by fear itself? I just don't know what to think, I'm not accusing anyone of anything, I still strongly dislike Trump and haven't changed my stance on that at all. But trying to make sense of the world situation is getting exponentially harder and harder.


Google Keep brings text formatting to the web theverge.com/news/664857/googl… #Google #News #Tech

in reply to Vivaldi Browser

while Vivaldi is an awesome browser that I'd like to use as my default, there are two things I use regularly that make me switch back to Safari every time for reasons of user-friendliness:

1. (less important) Open tabs that have been synchronized from other devices are displayed on the new tab page below the favorites (Safari's version of SpeedDial).

2. (most important) When I click on the address bar, the favorites and synced tabs are also displayed there, so I can easily switch between my favorite sites without having to open a new tab every time to get to SpeedDial...

It would be great if there was something similar in Vivaldi (desktop and mobile) too!

in reply to Jens Siebert 🦀🇪🇺

@jenssiebert

Interesting ideas. :tony_normal:

Please post them to our feature requests category on the Forum, so they could gather support from others.

forum.vivaldi.net/category/185…

in reply to Vivaldi Browser

a least one similar feature request is already there...

...since 2019 🤔

forum.vivaldi.net/topic/42572/…

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in reply to Jens Siebert 🦀🇪🇺

@jenssiebert

Nice! In that case, upvote 👍 the first post and leave a comment if you want to add something to the request.

in reply to Vivaldi Browser

while I really want it to make it my default on all devices. Not playing HD-Videos on Amazon prime is always the showstopper for me 🙁