Trump team spent a whopping $21 million on deportation flights to Guantanamo Bay. There are currently 32 people there
The Trump administration suspended the use of military aircraft for deporting migrants to Guantanamo Bay on March 1.
Happy birthday to x-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (née Crowfoot, 1910-1994), Nobel laureate in #chemistry for her models of biomolecules like penicillin, vitamin B12 & insulin.
She was “captured for life by chemistry and crystals," in childhood, 1 of 2 girls allowed to study chemistry rather than domestic science at her school with a small lab in her attic. On her 16th birthday her mother gave her W.H. Bragg's 🧵1/n
#womenInSTEM #linocut #printmaking #sciart #histsci
Video shows arrest of Mayor of Newark at US detention centre
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Why the EU is essential — and why Türkiye belongs in the bloc
https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/09/why-the-eu-is-essential-and-why-turkiye-belongs-in-the-bloc?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Why the EU is essential — and why Türkiye belongs in the bloc
In an Euroviews exclusive, the leader of Türkiye's Republican People’s Party (CHP) Özgür Özel shares his call for renewed solidarity, shared values, and democratic partnership.Euronews (Euronews.com)
Think this is (yet another) illustration of the government's overarching problem. There is no big picture project so it is essentially led by a combination of the polls and 'don't do anything that comes with too high a cost' (in of itself about being governed by the polls).
EU welcomes US backing down in China trade war
Europe has welcomed news of the de-escalation of the trade conflict between China and the United States. "We've been very clear that tariffs are a retrograde step for the global economy. We want to lower barriers, not increase them," an EU spokesperson said.
Archived version: archive.is/20250512143718/euob…
EU welcomes US backing down in China trade war
Europe has welcomed news of the de-escalation of the trade conflict between China and the United States. "We've been very clear that tariffs are a retrograde step for the global economy.Wester van Gaal (EUobserver)
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Very inspiring talk at #RIPE90
«We need to treat the internet like a damaged and degraded natural habitat - at most layers it’s a its monoculture beset by concentration and fragility [...]
we need openness and competition, interoperability, transparency about how we fund key infrastructure, and lots of room for new business models.
This keynote will inform and inspire, raise questions, but also solicit answers about how we regenerate a sustainable internet.»
ripe90.ripe.net/archives/video…
Daily Archives – RIPE 90
A RIPE Meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties from all over the world gather.ripe90.ripe.net
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Turchia: il Pkk annuncia lo scioglimento e la fine della lotta armata - Europa - Ansa.it
La decisione è stata presa al congresso del partito dei lavoratori del Kurdistan (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
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The 21st Century Consort plays Ge, Okebholo, Higdon, Weston, Gibson & Schönberg in Washington - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
The 21st Century Consort plays: Bobby GE: Intuitive Geometry (after Mokha Laget). Shawn OKPEBHOLO: On a Painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner. Jennifer HIGDON: American Canvas. Trevor WESTON: Shape Shifter (The Angry Bluesman).www.worldconcerthall.com
SPAGNA. Smascherato l'ennesimo poliziotto infiltrato nei movimenti - Pagine Esteri
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SPAGNA. Smascherato l'ennesimo poliziotto infiltrato nei movimenti - Pagine Esteri
A Madrid smascherata un'agente che spiava i movimenti ecologisti, è il 12° caso dal 2022. Il Ministro dell'Interno difende lo spionaggioMarco Santopadre (Pagine Esteri)
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Al Galata Museo del Mare la terza edizione della rassegna d’arte contemporanea “Liquid Sky”
Oltre cinquanta opere – tra pittura, fotografia, scultura, installazione, collage e videoarte [.....]
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Al Galata Museo del Mare la terza edizione della rassegna d’arte contemporanea “Liquid Sky”
Oltre cinquanta opere – tra pittura, fotografia, scultura, installazione, collage e videoarte […..]Gaiaitalia.com Notizie Genova
Trump Says US Achieved Total Reset With China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-12/trump-says-us-achieved-total-reset-with-china-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Oxfam: Starvation in Gaza ‘deliberate, engineered’
Palestinians in Gaza are starving as a result of a “deliberate, entirely engineered” policy being implemented by Israel, Oxfam said today.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastmo…
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Siwar, 6 mesi, "è nata in guerra e nella fame e non ha conosciuto nient'altro.
Ora è in serio pericolo di morire senza aver mai conosciuto un momento di pace o di felicità."
""Chiedo al mondo di vederci come esseri umani: siamo stati creati proprio come tutti gli altri."
#CeasefireNOW
#GazaGenocide #Gaza #WestBank
#Israel #ZionistTerrorism #IsraeliOccupation #Peace #12maggio
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There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aidMalak A Tantesh (The Guardian)
@paulox and I are putting together some Django Development Sprints. We're going to do them twice a year, in Pascara, Italy, and Palafrugell, Spain. Autumn and Spring. First one in October 🤞
Three days to get together and work on Django.
We're going with the working title, Django on the Med 🏖️
If that's something you might be interested in, we have a newsletter (Thanks @buttondown ❤️)
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#Django #DjangoOnTheMed 🏖️
Django on the Med 🏖️
News and updates on the Django on the Med Development Sprints. Twice a year in Pescara, Italy, and Palafrugell, Spain.Django on the Med 🏖️
Na, mal wieder Lust so richtig Dampf abzulassen?
#dampflock #eisenbahn #train #swquadrat #bnw #sw #schwarzweiß #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #photo #photography #foto #fotografie #old #remember #memories
US, China Tariff Pause Is a 'Dream Scenario' For Tech: Dan Ives
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-12/us-china-tariff-pause-is-dream-scenario-for-tech-ives-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Hamas to free Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza after talks with US
By MEE staff
Published date: 11 May 2025 21:07 BST
"In a statement issued on Sunday, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya announced the move following direct contact between the group and the United States in recent days. He said the decision came amid mediation efforts led by Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey.
“The movement affirms its readiness to immediately start intensive negotiations and make serious efforts to reach a final agreement to end the war, exchange prisoners in an agreed-upon manner,” al-Hayya said."
Hamas to free Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza after talks with US
Hamas has confirmed it will release Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander as part of broader efforts to secure a ceasefire and allow urgently needed humanitarian aid into Gaza.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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Fact check: Macron, Merz and Starmer targeted by Russian 'cocaine' claims
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/12/fact-check-macron-merz-and-starmer-targeted-by-russian-cocaine-claims?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Fact check: Macron, Merz and Starmer targeted by Russian 'cocaine' claims
The allegations that the leaders of France, Germany and the UK took drugs while on a train on their way to Kyiv are part of a wider Russian disinformation campaign.James Thomas (Euronews.com)
Aphrodite
A #poem in two parts
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i.
A temple in the dusk
of a falling silky night,
bathed with pale stardust
caught from fast fading light.
Evening clouds recast in pink,
alit by setting sun below,
who gives us one last wink
before he yields his last glow.
🧵👇🏼
#poemaday #poetry #romanticism #photography #poetsofmastodon #mastoart #writingcommunity
#php #opensource #webdev #programming
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Introducing Fusion – A PHP Package Manager
Fusion is a PHP package manager that enhances productivity in PHP-based projects. It simplifies...Sergej Willmann (DEV Community)
Endividamento das famílias brasileiras volta a crescer em abril, aponta CNC - Gazeta Brasil- Notícias do
Os dados revelam que a situação é mais crítica entre as famílias que ganham até três salários mínimos: 81,1% delas estão endividadas, sendo que 37% têm contasGazeta Brasil
🇹🇷 Turquie: le Parti des travailleurs kurdes (PKK) annonce sa dissolution après plus de 40 ans de lutte armée https://www.election-politique.com/index.php?display=M
#VuDansLaPresse #newspaper #Politique #politics #International #Turquie #Turkyie #PKK
Accueil - Election Politique Citoyen
election france monde popularites referendum presidentielle legislatives senatoriales européenneswww.election-politique.com
InventWood is about to mass produce wood that’s stronger than steel
The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/techcrunch.c…
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Poland accuses Russia of orchestrating arson attack on Warsaw shopping centre
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Poland accuses Russia of orchestrating arson attack on Warsaw shopping centre | Flipboard
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the country would close the Russian consulate in Krakow in response.Flipboard
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
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Le intelligenze artificiali non sono solo strumenti tecnologici, ma riflettono strutture di potere, modelli economici e scelte politiche. L’intervista di Alberto Puliafito a Kate Crawford, tra le massime esperte mondiali sul mondo delle ia.
Realismo artificiale
Le intelligenze artificiali non sono solo strumenti tecnologici, ma riflettono strutture di potere, modelli economici e scelte politiche. L’intervista a Kate Crawford, tra le massime esperte mondiali sul mondo delle ia. LeggiAlberto Puliafito (Internazionale)
Die #Linke will "die Hoffnung organisieren".
Dann sollte sie sich aber ehrlich machen, und "sagen, was ist", nach Rosa L. die revolutionärste Tat.
Und was ist? #Kollaps ist. #Faschisierung ist, und zwar *von unten gewollt*. Hoffnung glitzert nicht mehr.
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Kampf gegen die Klimakrise: Eine Hoffnung, die nicht glitzert
Nach 17 Jahren Klimaaktivismus sagt Tadzio Müller: Der Kampf ist gescheitert. Trotzdem findet er in der Akzeptanz des Klimakollaps auch neue Utopien.Tadzio Müller (taz)
what kind of shithole country allows its president to accept ginormous bribes
Donny’s gifted his very own jet — and gets to keep itJeff Tiedrich (everyone is entitled to my own opinion)
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As Trump crows about having made a "deal" with China and the market jumps up, sane commentators cast a cold eye on the empty rhetoric of victory:
"Trump might claim China tariff victory – but this is Capitulation Day."
~ Heather Stewart
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Trump might claim China tariff victory – but this is Capitulation Day
The president’s retreat suggests he might negotiate elsewhere, but leaves corrosive uncertainty in its wakeHeather Stewart (The Guardian)
"I’m not wasting space and time on Trump trade 'breakthroughs' other than to say a weak position is being exposed, so he’s hiding it with loud ‘announcements.’"
~ Greg Dworkin
dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/12…
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The worst is by design
Damon Linker/ New York Times: These Thinkers Set the Stage for Trump the All-Powerful With a blitz of moves in his 100 days in office, President Trump has sought to greatly enlarge executive power.Daily Kos
"I guess it’s good news that Trump slammed on the brakes before driving completely off the cliff. But if you think that rationality has returned to the policy process, that the days of government by ignorant whim are now behind us, you’ll be sorely disappointed."
~ Paul Krugman
Krugman notes how high tariffs will remain despite the "deal," and that the one who backed down was the big "dealmaker" — not China.
Making PyPI's test suite faster
Link: blog.trailofbits.com/2025/05/0…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Making PyPI's test suite 81% faster
See how we slashed PyPI’s test suite runtime from 163 to 30 seconds. The techniques we share can help you dramatically improve your own project’s testing performance without sacrificing coverage.The Trail of Bits Blog
La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti
L’informazione non è un pranzo di gala; non è un’opera letteraria, un disegno, un ricamo; non la si può fare con altrettanta eleganza, tranquillità e delicatezza, o con altrettanta dolcezza, gentilezza, cortesia, riguardo e magnanimità. La rivoluzione è un’insurrezione, un atto di violenza con il quale una classe ne rovescia un’altra». Se sostituiamo la parola informazione alla parola rivoluzione nel testo originale di Mao Zedong qui parafrasato dal “Libretto Rosso” (pp.12-13), possiamo condensare in una frase tutto il significato che il professore David Colon ha voluto trasferirci con il suo nuovo libro La Guerra dell’Informazione. Gli Stati alla conquista delle nostre menti (Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, 2025).
Secondo il professore francese, docente di Storia della comunicazione, media e propaganda presso lo Sciences Po Centre d’Histoire di Parigi, nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale e della guerra cognitiva, i mezzi di comunicazione tradizionali prima e i social media dopo sono il teatro di un conflitto senza esclusione di colpi, che ha come posta in gioco le nostre menti.
Colon descrive con dovizia di particolari trent’anni di questa guerra rimasta a lungo segreta svelando le strategie dei committenti e le logiche dei protagonisti: agenti segreti, diplomatici, giornalisti e hacker.
Pur riconoscendo che la logica dell’uso dell’informazione come arma di guerra abbia i suoi capisaldi nella disinformatia russa, nel political warfare americano e nella dottrina di guerra cinese, russa e americana, il professore decide di avviare la sua narrazione con una vicenda ignota ai più: la battaglia per il controllo dell’informazione all’epoca dell’invasione del Kuwait da parte dell’Iraq di Saddam Hussein. Una storia che fa impallidire tutti coloro che oggi temono le fake news nel processo democratico. All’epoca, infatti, per convincere gli stati Uniti a intervenire a sostegno del piccolo ma ricco paese del Golfo minacciato da Saddam, l’emirato ingaggiò una della maggiori aziende di public relations al mondo, la Hill&Knowlton per creare lo storytelling necessario. Usando circa 30 milioni di dollari, ingaggiando attori e pagando giornali e riviste, il primo evento di quella guerra ad essere propagandato all’unisono dai media internazionali fu infatti il racconto di una giovane infermiera kuwaitiana piangente che, a favore di telecamera, raccontò come la soldataglia di Saddam fosse entrata negli ospedali strappando i neonati dalle culle buttandoli a terra per farli morire di freddo, un fatto che commosse tutto il mondo libero, ma che non era vero. Si trattava di una bufala. Il fatto non era mai accaduto, e la giovane testimone dei presunti fatti era nientemeno che la figlia dell’ambasciatore del Kuwait all’ONU.
Di storie come questa Colon ne tratteggia molte nel suo testo, fino ad arrivare ai giorni nostri, all’occupazione russa della Crimea nel 2014 da parte dei russi e all’invasione del Donbass nel 2022, in una guerra che sicuramente si combatte nel fango del fiume Dnipro ma anche nella trincea di Internet dove eserciti regolari e irregolari si fronteggiano a colpi di virus, malware e propaganda, bianca, grigia e nera.
Lettura attraente che spazia dall’uso dei meme all’intelligenza artificiale nel conflitto Israele-Hamas, per descrivere l’impiego degli hacker di stato che un po’ rubano (cryptovalute), un po’ combattono sul fronte del sabotaggio cibernetico. Con un convitato di pietra, però: l’uso che gli stati democratici fanno dei media nei loro stessi paesi per conseguire quegli obbiettivi che i governi non possono dichiarare.
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Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal
Internal Google documents show that the tech giant feared it wouldn’t be able to monitor how Israel might use its technology to harm Palestinians.
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Lá vamos nós para mais uma leitura de A Cidade Perdida. O livro foi uma indicação do @p450!
Obrigado, estou gostando demais do autor!!
A imagem mostra a tela de um dispositivo digital, possivelmente um e-reader, com um fundo branco. No topo da tela, há a indicação do horário "11:33". Abaixo, em letras maiúsculas e de cor azul, está escrito "CAPÍTULO 3". Em seguida, em letras maiores e negrito, está o título "DA DISCUSSÃO... NASCE A LUZ". A fonte utilizada é simples e clara, facilitando a leitura. A tela parece ser de um dispositivo moderno, com uma borda preta que delimita a área de exibição.
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Il benessere psicologico è oggi al centro dell’attenzione, soprattutto in un’epoca in cui ansia e stress sono in costante aumento. Una recente innovazione sta guadagnando terreno: il test
Test salivare a casa: come rileva stress cronico e rischio di depressione
Test salivare a casa: come rileva stress cronico e rischio di depressione | Scopri come un semplice test salivare da fare a casa può aiutarti a individuare i segnali dello stress nascosto e valutare il rischio di depressione.Annalisa Tellini (Focustech)
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Tickets zu verschenken!
Ich habe am Samstag bei einer Rubbellos-Aktion zwei Freikarten für die nächste "Yours Truly"-Drag-Show in Düsseldorf gewonnen und möchte diese gerne weitergeben an Menschen, die sich den Eintritt sonst eher nicht leisten können (bevorzugt junge Queers und Angehörige anderer marginalisierter Gruppen).
Eine Begründung ist nicht nötig, eure finanziellen Verhältnisse gehen ja niemanden etwas an. Schreibt mir einfach eine kurze Privatnachrichten und ich lasse dann den Zufall entscheiden, wer die Tickets bekommt.
Mehr Infos zu den Shows gibt es hier: yourstruly.gay
#Düsseldorf #Drag #Queer
YOURS TRULY
Yours Truly is a Düsseldorf based drag show featuring artists from across the world!YOURS TRULY
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"The primary source of death in Palestine is the fact that Hamas has realized that there are millions and millions of useful idiots... [interrupted] "
- Alex Karp, Palantir CEO
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#DenyDefendDepose #Gaza #Palestine
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO
High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit modelGeorge Hammond (Financial Times)
Gaza - Eines Tages werden alle immer schon dagegen gewesen sein - medico international
Vor aller Augen geht das Töten in Gaza weiter. Wer die Menschenrechte dort nicht verteidigt, wird sie auch hier verlieren. Sprechen Sie darüber. Nicht eines Tages. Jetzt.medico international
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Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber
Daring Fireball’s John Gruber breaks down the latest in Epic v. Apple.Nilay Patel (The Verge)
This talk by Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius explores how data-intensive underwriting and behaviour-based insurance are reshaping the industry — and what that means for fairness and discrimination.
🔍 Based on new research & a large-scale Dutch survey
⚖️ Raises important questions about the societal impact of AI in insurance
Learn more 👉 weizenbaum-institut.de/veranst…
#law #fintech #ai #tech #insurance
@Frederik_Borgesius @tuberlin
AI, insurance, discrimination and unfair differentiation: analysis and survey results
This talk by Prof. Zuiderveen Borgesius explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the insurance industry, focusing on two emerging trends: data-intensive underwriting and behaviour-based insurance.Weizenbaum Institut
La imagen muestra un pastel de chocolate con una capa de glaseado y decoraciones en la parte superior. El pastel está cortado, revelando múltiples capas de relleno y una base de hojaldra. Frente al pastel, hay un cartel que dice "ENSALADA CESAR". En la parte superior de la imagen, hay un texto en español que dice: "¿Y quién Soy yo para cuestionar al mundo?". La imagen parece ser de un establecimiento de pastelería, con otros productos de pastelería visibles en el fondo.
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in reply to 🌒🌕🌘Aetherius Eldritch🧙♂️⚡ • • •La imagen presenta un diseño con un fondo de color beige que evoca un papel antiguo. En la parte superior, se encuentra el texto "Feliz lunes, brujita de luz!" en un estilo de fuente elegante y llamativo. Debajo, hay un mensaje en español que dice: "Que este nuevo amanecer te envuelva con energía renovada y propósito claro. Hoy, recuerda este tip mágico: coloca unas hojitas de laurel bajo tu almohada y pide claridad en tus sueños — las respuestas llegarán con la luna. Bendiciones infinitas,".
En el centro de la imagen, hay una ilustración de una mujer con un sombrero de bruja, vestida de negro, sosteniendo un ramo de hojas de laurel. Las hojas de laurel están dispersas alrededor de la ilustración, añadiendo un toque mágico y natural. La imagen transmite un mensaje de positividad y magia, enfocado en la energía renovada y la claridad de los sueños.
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