#Insects are going extinct. I live in the #suburbs. I leave portions of the yard to their own devices, removing invasives as I find them to help. This stump hosted a termite swarm just before they flew off. Birds gulped them out of the air. It was fun to watch, but couldn't get a good shot! Sorry!
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#photography #FotoMontag #spring
Sunday, June 15th
Demands:
Opening of the #Rafah border to humanitarian aid
End the bombings
Letting the voices of the people be heard.
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Großbritannien: Hohe Haftstrafen für "Marsalek-Spione"
Ein Londoner Gericht hat sechs Bulgaren wegen Agententätigkeit für Russland zu teils hohen Haftstrafen verurteilt. Angeleitet haben soll die Gruppe der untergetauchte Ex-Wirecard-Vorstand Marsalek. Von A. Meyer-Fünffinger
Israel urges ICC to drop arrest warrants against PM
The Hague (AFP) – Israel has asked the International Criminal Court to dismiss its arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant while ICC judges reconsider complex jurisdictional questions.In a 14-page document dated May 9 but posted on the ICC website on Monday, Israel argued the warrants issued in November were null and void while judges weigh a previous Israeli challenge to the ICC's jurisdiction in the case.
In a ruling that made headlines around the world, the ICC found "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore "criminal responsibility" for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the war in Gaza.
The court also issued a war crimes warrant against top Hamas commander Mohammed Deif over the October 7 attacks that sparked the conflict. The case against Deif was dropped in February after his death.
Israel, not one of the ICC's 125 members, challenged the court's jurisdiction but judges on the ICC's "Pre-Trial Chamber" dismissed the bid and issued the arrest warrants.
But last month, the ICC's Appeals Chamber ruled the Pre-Trial Chamber was wrong to dismiss the challenge and ordered it to look again in detail at Israel's arguments.
Israel says now that the arrest warrants should not stay in place while this complex and lengthy process is ongoing.
"Unless and until the Pre-Trial Chamber has ruled on the substance of the jurisdiction challenge... the prerequisite jurisdictional finding does not exist," Israel argued.
"It follows that the arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 must be withdrawn or vacated pending the Pre-Trial Chamber's determination of Israel's jurisdictional challenge."
Israel and its allies reacted furiously to the warrants issued on November 21, Netanyahu describing it as an "anti-Semitic decision" and then US president Joe Biden slamming it as "outrageous."
Technically, any member of the ICC is required to arrest Netanyahu if he travels there, although the court has no independent power to enforce warrants.
Israel argued in its submission that Netanyahu could theoretically be arrested while the court was still weighing whether it had jurisdiction in the case.
"Depriving persons of their liberty on the basis of an arrest warrant issued in the absence of the necessary legal pre-conditions is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and of the rule of law," Israel argued.
Allowing the warrants to stay in place during the deliberations "is unlawful and undermines the legitimacy of the court," said Israel.
"Depriving persons of their liberty on the basis of an arrest warrant issued in the absence of the necessary legal pre-conditions is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and of the rule of law," Israel argued.
So by this statement all the Israel's prisons full of Palestinian hostages jailed but not charged with any crime should be freed, right?
How the US Gave India and Pakistan an Excuse to Stand Down
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Sources: the Trump admin is considering a sale of hundreds of thousands of US AI chips to UAE's G42 and is expected to unveil a deal with Saudi Arabia's Humain (New York Times)
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Sources: the Trump admin is considering a sale of hundreds of thousands of US AI chips to UAE's G42 and is expected to unveil a deal with Saudi Arabia's Humain
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The State Department must release the memo we’ve FOIA’d showing there were not sufficient grounds for revoking Rümeysa Öztürk’s visa.
The government is not allowed to hide information to conceal wrongdoing, which is exactly what’s happening here.
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State Department must declassify Rümeysa Öztürk deportation rationale
And if the administration doesn’t want to disclose embarrassing information about its actions, it should stop making up reasons to deport peopleFreedom of the Press
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
#photography
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"Plenty of hugs for you and me": 10 delightful books to read to kids with two moms - LGBTQ Nation
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Über 130.000 #Unterschriften hat Steffen Gleiser mit seiner #Petition für das #Bleiberecht von Ahmed Mohamed Odowaa gesammelt (der Wahnsinn & großartig)!
Damit der #Foodblogger #MarkusSoeder und sein Innenminister davon mitbekommen neben der vielen #Fastfood #SocialMedia Arbeit und anderen Dingen, hat Herr Gleiser einen offenen Brief an beide verfasst und mit "Hochachtung" (hust) beendet.
#HeldVonAschaffenburg #Aschaffenburg #Ersthelfer #Markus #Maggus #Söder #Soeder #JoachimHerrmann
Offener Brief an Ministerpräsident Herr Dr. Markus Söder und Innenminister Herr Joachim Herrmann
Liebe Unterstützer*innen, über 130.000 Unterschriften auf beiden Petitionen haben sich bis heute für ein Bleiberecht von Ahmed Mohamed Odowaa ausgesprochen - ich möchte mich an dieser Stelle noch einmal von ganzen Herzen für Euer Engagement bedanke…Change.org
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The release of Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander, following direct negotiations between the U.S. and Hamas, comes after the Trump administration had already caught Israel off guard by agreeing to halt hostilities with Yemen’s Ansar Allah.
#UrbanExploration #BridgeObsession
📍St. Elmo W. Acosta Bridge, Saint Johns River, downtown, Jacksonville, Florida
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Zeventigduizend Palestijnse kinderen riskeren hongerdood door Israëlische hulpblokkade - Joop - BNNVARA
Deze periode zonder hulpgoederen is de langste die de Palestijnse bevolking ooit heeft meegemaakt..BNNVARA
Deze passieve kop en URL is verschrikkelijk laf. Israël verhongert 70.000 kinderen door hulpgoederen te blokkeren, moet het zijn.
Hamas releases Edan Alexander, the last living American Israeli hostage in Gaza
An American Israeli soldier held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip was released Monday, Hamas said, in a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel.
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#USA #IsraeliPalestinianConflict #PalestineNews #News #IsraelNews #Israel #Palestine #USANews
Gaza : menacées par la famine alors que les combats ont repris, l’ #UNICEF et le #PAM tirent la sonnette d’alarme face à une catastrophe imminente pour 71 000 enfants et plus de 17 000 mères menacés de malnutrition aiguë alors que la nourriture dont elles ont besoin est bloquée à la frontière. unicef.fr/article/le-risque-av…
Avril 2024 La famine imposée par Israël à Gaza hrw.org/fr/news/2024/04/09/la-…
Le risque avéré de famine menace les enfants de Gaza - UNICEF
L'UNICEF et le PAM tirent la sonnette d'alarme face à une catastrophe imminente pour 71 000 enfants et plus de 17 000 mères menacés de malnutrition aiguë.Estelle FLABAT (UNICEF)
"Emoluments"
As highlighted in the US Constitution:
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#emoluments #corruption #dictatorship #Constitution #democracy #TrumpVirus
12 May 1918 | A Jewish woman, Sara Szanto, was born in Târgu Mureș in Romania.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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"Long before the overwhelming harms of smoking were widely known, tobacco companies already knew their product was harmful and addictive. Instead of taking corrective action, they spent decades undermining any regulation, even while cigarettes continued to kill millions. Opting not to mitigate harms but to instead distract from the overwhelming evidence their product was deadly, they aggressively pushed their product on vulnerable audiences"
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#socialMedia #meta
Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies
Just as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profitScientific American
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Je sais bien que les heures les plus sombres de notre histoire c’est pas toujours la meilleure comparaison
Mais la Cimade a été créée pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, d’abord pour aider les déplacé·es d’Alsace-Moselle, avant de cacher et sauver de nombreux Juifs.
Quel symbole envoie Retailleau.
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Le Sénat veut écarter les associations des centres de rétention et poursuit son offensive anti-migrants
Cinq associations, dont la Cimade et France terre d’asile, sont actuellement mandatées par l’Etat pour intervenir dans les CRA, où elles accompagnent les personnes retenues en leur octroyant information et assistance juridiques.Le Nouvel Obs avec AFP (Le Nouvel Obs)
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Xiaomi si allea con il Nürburgring per sviluppare la SU7 Ultra, puntando a record e innovazione con un'edizione speciale dedicata
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#motori #auto
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Monday Bag o’ News
A note from Polly, left in an empty plastic container by the sink: “Where’s the split pea soup? There was a WHOLE CONTAINER!” Sorry, kiddo, I cooked it and I polished off the left…Paul's Thing
Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year.
See statement -
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #UK
Billable Hour Dying So Slowly, You’d Think It’s Billing By The Hour
Generative AI poses an unprecedented challenge to the billable hour.Joe Patrice (Above the Law)
Vík to Hali — On the Ring Road Around Iceland
Crossing lava fields and the world's largest glacial delta beneath mountains and beside waterfalls: From Vík to Hali along Iceland's southeast coast in December and January.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
Walleye Cuts Credit, Commodities Teams to Focus on Core Groups
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/walleye-cuts-credit-commodities-teams-to-focus-on-core-groups?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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McDonald’s Sets Goal of Hiring 375,000 US Workers This Summer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/mcdonald-s-sets-goal-of-hiring-375-000-us-workers-this-summer?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Alberta Freezes Industrial Carbon Tax to Help Firms as Tariffs Hurt Economy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/alberta-freezes-industrial-carbon-tax-to-help-firms-as-tariffs-hurt-economy?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Après avoir regardé Share alike: Ensemble, c'est tout avec @davidrevoy : videos.domainepublic.net/w/ro1…
Je suis allée regarder le film Spring de la fondation Blender youtube.com/watch?v=WhWc3b3Khn…
7min 44
Et là, je suis à deux doigts de me refaire toutes les BD de Pepper et Carrot....
Une soirée détente comme je les aime!
Merci @lentcine
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Avec David Revoy (illustrateur et auteur de bandes-dessinées) et Sarah Diep et Soizic Pineau du média Manifesto XXI.Financer directement et collectivement la création déplace le pouvoir de décision, à l’image de la communauté de Pepper & Carrot de David Revoy, qui participe à son processus de création.
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En ligne le 12 mai. Résumé Financer directement et collectivement la création déplace le pouvoir de décision, à l’image de la communauté de Pepper & Carrot de David Revoy, qui participe à son processus de création.Lent ciné
Reporter: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied #refugee status. So why such an exception for the #Afrikaners?
#Trump ofcl: One of the criteria is making sure they can “assimilate” into our country.
Trump’s EO shutting down the refugee program made exceptions “to admit only those #refugees who can fully & appropriately assimilate into the United States.”
For Trump, that means #WhiteSupremacists.
Javier Milei Has Been a Disaster for Argentina | Opinion
Argentina is not yet lost. But its democracy is in grave danger.Newsweek
Raspberry Pi OS Update Finalizes Bookworm-Based Release Ahead of Debian Trixie
A new version of Raspberry Pi OS is now available, marking what is likely the final release based on Debian Bookworm before the upcoming transition to Debian Trixie later this year.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Sinistra Per Israele (per capirci, Fassino & Co) ha fatto sparire il sito. Forse si vergognano? Dopo aver difeso l'indifendibile ora cercano di cancellare le tracce.
Peccato che il web abbia memoria: web.archive.org/web/2025040418…
In Camogie, the women’s version of the Irish national sport, playoff matches are being cancelled because some players want to wear shorts.
Could someone please let me know what century this is?
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#Camogie #Ireland #WomensRights
Munster camogie final postponed over unresolved skorts issue
Provincial council said players indicated they would not be prepared to play game in skortsSeán Moran (The Irish Times)
Oggi 12 maggio, 44 anni fa, l'attentato a Giovanni Paolo II
In questo giorno del 1981, Papa Giovanni Paolo II fu ferito a colpi d'arma da fuoco dal turco Mehmet Ali Ağca in Piazza San Pietro, Città del Vaticano. Il Papa rimase gravemente ferito: un proiettile gli trapassò l'addome e un altro mancò di poco il cuore.
foto La Presse
#otd
#accaddeoggi
#giovannipaoloII
#agca
#piazzasanpietro
EXTREME HEAT IN NORTH AFRICA
Temperatures at record levels everywhere
46.5 in ALGERIA,46.4 in NIGER
Minimums up to 36C in MALI
The extreme heat will just get worse and smash records allover the area.
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Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
"In light of our church's steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step," [bishop] Rowe wrote. "Accordingly, we have determined that, by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government."
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Fugfi da guerra e persecuzioni e Trump ti arresta. Sei un bianco che va via da un paese democratico come il Sudafrica e Trump ti concede asilo politico.
Arriverà a derubare i poveri per dare le loro poche cose ai ricchi, tipo Superciuk
Perché concedere asilo politico ai bianchi sudafricani è una follia politica targata Trump (e Musk)
Trump concede asilo politico ai sudafricani bianchi rappresenta una mossa controversa e priva di fondamento logico o giuridico, che sembra rispondere più a motivazioni politiche e ideologiche che a una reale necessità umanitariaglobalist (Globalist.it)
Die 3. Kaarster Culture Hacking Party (KCHP3) findet statt am 14.06.2025 10–19 Uhr auf dem Tuppenhof in Kaarst. Schüler:innen der 4 weiterführenden Kaarster Schulen programmieren Adapter zu den Terminen von KulturVeranstaltenden. Das sozio-technische Projekt Wir macht erfahrbar, wie sich durch Digitalisierung und gemeinsames Engagement konkrete, nutzenbringende Lösungen schaffen lassen. Meld Dich an! #kaarst #kultur #coding #hackathon #altbot kulturforum-kaarst.de/EventHub…
Das Bild ist ein Plakat für die "3. Kaarster Culture Hacking Party" am 14.06.2025 auf dem Tuppenhof in Vorst. Es zeigt zwei Silhouetten von Personen, die an ihren Laptops arbeiten, mit Code-Syntax wie "[code]" und "" um sie herum. Der Hintergrund ist farbenfroh und abstrakt. Oben steht in großen Buchstaben "GEMEINSAM CODEN LIVE ERLEBEN" und darunter "14.06.2025 AUF DEM TUPPENHOF IN VORST". Ein QR-Code befindet sich oben rechts. Der Text "Fun beim Programmieren Für jeden gibt's Rewards!" ist in einem roten Feld zu sehen. Der Haupttext lautet "Kultur digitalisieren – Digitalisierung kultivieren Mach mit!" und beschreibt die Veranstaltung als eine Möglichkeit, kulturelle Termine durch Programmieren sichtbar zu machen. Unten rechts ist das Logo des "Kultur Forum Kaarst" mit Kontaktinformationen und einer Website-Adresse zu sehen.
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African policymakers will push for global finance reforms and new financing models to address the continent’s spiraling debt crisis during three days of crunch talks convened by the continent’s regional body.
semafor.com/article/05/12/2025…
Africa’s debt crisis talks to center on need for global reform
Around 20 of the continent’s 54 countries are in, or at risk of, debt distress.Alexander Onukwue (www.semafor.com)
#dolomiti #instagood #alessandrogaziano #pictastravel #pictaslandscape #travel #italia #visioni #montagna #landscape #traveldiaries #Raw_community #Raw_Allnature #unesco #snap_community #nature #photooftheday #Italy #veroexplore #behindthelens #natgeo #veroearth #photography #dolomitesvalgardena #mountainlifedolomiti #globalcapture #snap_community_member
L'immagine mostra un paesaggio montano in una giornata luminosa. In primo piano, un prato verde con un albero di conifera solitario si estende verso una casa di montagna con un tetto di tegole marroni e pareti bianche. La casa è situata su un pendio, con un sentiero che conduce verso di essa. Sullo sfondo, si ergono imponenti montagne con cime ricoperte di foreste e rocce esposte. Il cielo è azzurro con nuvole bianche e soffici che si stagliano contro di esso. La scena evoca un senso di tranquillità e bellezza naturale, tipica delle regioni alpine.
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Trump's coalition includes a huge number of people who will suffer terribly from his policies, but who voted for him anyway. Trumpism requires that he find ways to keep those Christmas-voting turkeys happy, or at least distracted.
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the trump administration is having its best foreign policy week to date
let’s talk about why
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ian bremmer on Instagram: "the trump administration is having its best foreign policy week to date. let’s talk about why @gzeromedia"
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in reply to Fuchsmädchen • • •Das Bild zeigt eine atemberaubende Sonnenuntergangsszene. Der Himmel über dem Horizont zeigt eine sanfte Farbverläufe von tiefem Blau zu einem warmen Orange und Rot, was auf den Sonnenuntergang hinweist. Die Silhouette der Landschaft, einschließlich Bäume und Hügel, ist dunkel vor dem Hintergrund des abnehmenden Lichts. Im Vordergrund sind die Umrisse von Häusern und Bäumen zu sehen, die sich gegen den Himmel abzeichnen. Die Farben des Himmels wechseln sich sanft ab, und einige Sterne sind bereits sichtbar, was auf die zunehmende Dunkelheit hinweist. Die Szene vermittelt eine ruhige und friedliche Atmosphäre, die die Schönheit der Natur bei Sonnenuntergang einfängt.
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