Diddy trial opens as male escort testifies he was paid thousands for sex
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US-China Truce Bolsters Stocks, GOP Tax Bill, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-05-12/us-china-truce-bolsters-stocks-gop-tax-bill-more?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The beautiful Spring weather allowed me to seize the moment by photographing the sensationally vibrant Carnations!
#ShotOniPhone #Photography #London #Carnation #Plants #Flowers #Vibrant #Beautiful #Blossom #Nature #Spring #MotherNature
icloud Private Relay
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#Tor Browser isn’t available for iphones ( #mac mobile ) but private relay utilizes tor technology. Android seems to be the preferred partner of Tor, but it would be interesting to know more about the Tor Project’s relationship with #Apple.
Manage iCloud Private Relay for specific websites, networks, or system settings - Apple Support
Some websites, networks, and services might need to see your IP address or require the ability to audit traffic, perform network-based filtering, or view your browsing history.Apple Support
Uruguay's Ex-president Mujica Receiving Palliative Care: Wife
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Uruguay's Ex-president Mujica Receiving Palliative Care: Wife
Uruguay's leftist ex-leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, who became a cult figure partly due to his modest lifestyle, was in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care, his wife said.Barrons
Ticketmaster announces it will now show the full price of your ticket up front, ahead of the FTC's ban on junk fees, which goes into effect on May 12 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front
Now you can see how much Ticketmaster tacks on before you reach checkout.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Countdown by Sara Scoles
“I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum”
– Richard #Feynman
“Now we are all sons of bitches”
– Kenneth Bainbridge
Wellerstein Restricted Data NukeMap
nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
#infasound – Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, Thule Greenland
STP-sat-6 (2021), JASON (thinktank),
Hugh Gusterson Nuclear Rites pg. 111 “totemic secrecy”
Martin Pfeiffer
Northwest Nuclear Lab
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tokamak
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pg. 50 Everettian Split (multiverse)
pg. 59 #DOE #Quantum QSCOUT, 97 Ignition, 116 ‘Q’ Clearance (nuclear), pg. 130 #Honeywell National Technological and Engineering Solutions of Sandia,
Lawrence Livermore Warmspot detector
NARAC Cobalt Magnet
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Taiwan pledges $2 million for demining in Ukraine
Ukraine remains the most mined country in the world. Nearly one-third of Ukraine's territory, approximately 174,000 square kilometers, had been mined since Russia began its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.The Kyiv Independent
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Occupied Lysychansk cut off from mobile and Internet services
Lysychansk, the Russian-occupied city in the Luhansk region, remains without mobile communication or Internet access. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Seldom do Ben Shapiro and I agree completely.
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Can't call this TDS when a leading Conservative voice has the same arguments as far left voices. USA is not up for sale yet.
#Quatar #corruption
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VPN Firm Says It Didn't Know Customers Had Lifetime Subscriptions, Cancels Them - Slashdot
The new owners of VPN provider VPNSecure have drawn ire after canceling lifetime subscriptions. From a report: The owners told customers that they didn't know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure, and they cannot honor the purc…it.slashdot.org
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The new Republican ‘MAGA Account’ has a surprising architect: Ted Cruz
The Texas senator and former Trump rival told Semafor he wants to “produce new capitalists.”Burgess Everett (www.semafor.com)
Veja todos os detalhes do contrato e dos benefícios de Carlo Ancelotti com a Seleção Brasileira - Gazeta
A Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) oficializou, na manhã desta segunda-feira (12), o nome do italiano Carlo Ancelotti como novo técnico da SeleçãoGazeta Brasil
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Number of Ukrainians seeking help for mental health issues doubles
Ukraine is witnessing a significant rise in the number of people seeking medical help for mental health disorders such as depression, sleep disturbances, apathy, and PTSD. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Inside a high school newspaper’s fight for editorial independence
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/inside-a-high-school-newspapers-fight-for-editorial-independence/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Inside a high school newspaper’s fight for editorial independence
The Alexandria, Virginia school board says it wants to “help students grow as journalists." Theogony's student journalists wonder who, exactly, the board is protecting.Nieman Lab
Nasdaq 100 Enters Bull Market After US-China Truce | Bloomberg: The Close 05/12/2025
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Most people don't trust most news most of the time, according to research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. “Our problem is not simply that the public does not trust us, it’s that they do trust other dishonest brokers,” said Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb. He says that journalists should be more transparent in order to create trust. Nieman Lab's Gretel Kahn spoke to editors and journalists in Spain, Sweden, the U.S. and the U.S. about what that might look like. "We often make mistakes," says Eva Belmonte, managing editor of Spanish news outlet Civio. "But if you have explained how you've reached your conclusion and then you have done it wrong, at least you have explained your process."
Do you think greater transparency would increase trust in media?
#News #NewsMedia #Media #Journalism #Transparency #Misinformation #Disinformation
These newsrooms are trying to boost trust through transparency. Is it working?
"Our work is the most valuable where we're creating a discourse that isn't just informing people, but actually getting them involved with the creation of good information."Nieman Lab
- Greater transparency would increase trust (63%, 60 votes)
- Greater transparency would make no difference (24%, 23 votes)
- Greater transparency would reduce trust (2%, 2 votes)
- Something else — explain in the comments (9%, 9 votes)
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I think a lot of the issue is editorial choices, not so much at the individual journalist level.
There's much better and more concise news from #tiktok than from the evening news, and that's mostly due to what each chooses to cover, and how much time is wasted on flash over substance.
Schotel, beschilderd met strooibloemen en gouden lovertjes, Koninklijke Porseleinfabriek Dommer & Co., c. 1809 - c. 1814
Gift of J.F. Heijbroek-Leendertz, Bilthoven
painting technique, h 2.6cm × d 12.8cm
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#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
War update: 133 clashes on frontline, 50 assaults repelled in Pokrovsk sector
There have been 133 combat engagements along the front line today. In the Pokrovsk sector alone, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 50 enemy assaults, eliminating 203 Russian occupiers. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
"Quando se discute a tributação sobre as empresas, é frequente ouvir-se o argumento de que Portugal tem a taxa estatutária mais alta da União Europeia. Mas a verdade é que é muito difícil - para não dizer impossível - encontrar uma empresa que a pague. Quando olhamos para taxa média efetiva - isto é, a taxa que as empresas pagam efetivamente, depois de descontados os benefícios e deduções -, o valor é muito inferior: em 2023, foi de 18,5%, de acordo com os dados mais recentes da Autoridade Tributária.
As taxas de imposto que as empresas pagam efetivamente não só são bastante mais baixas do que a taxa máxima, como têm vindo a diminuir em praticamente todos os setores da economia nos últimos dez anos. Neste cenário, é difícil argumentar que uma nova redução marginal do IRC tenham um impacto muito expressivo sobre o investimento do setor privado.
Tendo isso em conta, a questão que se coloca é: quem ganha verdadeiramente com a medida? Quando olhamos para os dados da AT sobre a distribuição do IRC liquidado por dimensão das empresas, o que vemos é que mais de metade da receita é paga pelas empresas com volume de negócio superior a 25 milhões de euros, que representam... menos de 1% do tecido empresarial do país.
Além disso, se olharmos para o IRC liquidado por setor de atividade, mais de metade da receita é proveniente de cinco setores: o setor financeiro, o imobiliário, a construção, o alojamento e restauração e o comércio.
Estes dados dizem-nos duas coisas:
1. Uma redução do IRC beneficia de forma desproporcional as grandes empresas;
2. A maior parte dos ganhos concentra-se em setores com pouco potencial para a transformação estrutural da economia e que, com níveis de receita e de lucros avultados nos últimos anos, não precisam de incentivos."
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#Portugal #IRC #Fiscalidade #Impostos #RegabofeFiscal #LutaDeClasses
Quem ganha com a descida dos impostos às empresas?
A redução do IRC tem sido apresentada como solução para pôr a economia a crescer, mas a eficácia desta estratégia é, no mínimo, duvidosa.Vicente Ferreira (Reverso da Moeda)
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Ukraine coordinates ceasefire process with European partners
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak, held talks with representatives of European Union institutions, Nordic and Baltic states, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany regarding the ceasefire process. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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WE OFFER GARLANDS OF FLOWERS AT THE FESTIVAL OF NEPTUNE
MAY 13th is the Roman Festival of offering Garlands to Neptune, the Roman equivalent of Poseidon, god of the seas and oceans. He is known f...antinousstars.blogspot.com
Come cittadino, come credente, come testimone della sofferenza umana, non posso tacere
E’ assurdo che vengano acquistati aerei militari da Israele mentre si sta consumando la tragedia di Gaza. Un popolo rischia di scomparire sotto le bombe ma l’Italia acquista tecnologie militari da Israele.Alex Zanotelli (PeaceLink)
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The thing is, in terms of different approaches, on the one hand, we have on the one side, all political science, and every successful campaign, where the aim is, to quote Tebbit, 'to finish on the ground where [they] were weak and we were strong' versus...well, what we have now:
Improvements in 'reasoning' AI models may slow down soon, analysis finds | TechCrunch
An analysis by Epoch AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, suggests that the AI industry may not be able to eke massive gains out of 'reasoning' AI models for much longer.Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
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Naddel ist tot: Ex von Dieter Bohlen stirbt mit nur 60 Jahren | MOPO
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Naddel ist tot: Ex von Dieter Bohlen stirbt mit nur 60 Jahren
Nadja Abd el Farrag alias „Naddel“ (60) ist vor wenigen Tagen im UKE gestorben. Viele Prominente zeigen sich schockiert, auch Dieter Bohlen kondoliert.moporedaktion (MOPO)
改めて、私たちの思うことを書いてみました。
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プライバシーを妥協しないってどういうこと？- Vivaldi はこう思う | Vivaldi Browser
こんにちは、Vivaldi です。 最近また、ブラウザ業界のニュースを目にする機会が増えてます。kaori (Vivaldi Technologies)
iOS 18.5: Revolutionizing Connectivity with Carrier-Based Satellite Support
Apple's latest iOS update, 18.5, introduces groundbreaking satellite connectivity for iPhone 13 users, allowing them to send messages even without traditional network access. This innovation marks a s...
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#news #tech #MobileConnectivity #iOS18 #SatelliteCommunication
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FOX: Do you think it would've made a difference here if the president hasn't said anything about the Qatari plane? Meaning if it just came in, the jet got flown to the Pentagon, and then we heard about it when we heard about it?
BRET BAIER: I don't think this president cares that much
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@slyka So far, my results show neither heat nor UV damage to the agar coating when no sensitizer is present. I did one further sensitized contact print at 45 minutes exposure and had some blistering in the most well developed shadows and some emulsion lift on an edge during rinsing. I skipped the build plate drying step and did get a qualified success. The blisters dried into emulsion lumps. You can’t see the lumps in this photo, only from the side.
More tests coming.
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Agricultores podrían recibir subsidio para asegurar sus cosechas
Un proyecto de ley busca subsidiar las primas de los seguros agropecuarios para garantizar a los agricultores una mayor protección ante los riesgos climáticos, evitando así que sufran grandes pérdidas ante fenómenos como las inundaciones, que en algunas zonas suelen arrasar con los cultivos en épocas lluviosas. La iniciativa contempla la creación de un Fondo […]
“Never before in my life have I called for mass disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
This did not sit well in Trumpworld.
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MAGA Melts Down Over Democrat’s Rousing Call to Fight Trump
The right is freaking out after JB Pritzker demanded mass protests against Trump.The New Republic
One of my favorite canyon country hikes. It includes hiking across that rimrock fin on the right to the island like knob on the end.
#Canyon #Desert #Geology #Rock #Photography
Mark Zuckerberg baut neuen #Überwachungsstaat
#Metas KI-Brillen, die eine Kamera, ein Mikrofon, eine KI-Schnittstelle und einen Internetzugang umfassen, alles diskret in den Brillen eingebettet.
Bald werden Millionen Menschen mit ihnen herumlaufen, ein Science-Fiction-Alptraum der #Massenüberwachung und Überschreitung der Persönlichkeitsrechte. Sie sind in der Lage, Gesichter zu erkennen, Sprache zu interpretieren, Informationen in Echtzeit zu überlagern und riesige Datenmengen zu sammeln, während ihre Besitzer einfach die Straße entlang gehen.
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a new surveillance state
Meta’s new AI glasses, which are capable of recognizing faces, interpreting language, overlaying information, and collecting vast swaths of data, will create a world of layered realities, wit…John Mac Ghlionn, opinion contributor (The Hill)
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Cryptanalysis and the Nuclear Bombs
The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki makes more sense once Japan's internal communications were revealed after 50 years of official Allied secrecy.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
The ants are on a mission. I know a lot of people complain about the mutualism between ants and peonies, but I love watching them do their thing. While the colors of the peonies are so pretty, something about the black and white just enhances that texture
#peony #flower #photography #floral #blackandwhite
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