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“In the Netherlands, every citizen is allowed to clear and plant a strip of paving slabs up to 50 centimeters away from the house wall without asking the authorities. ‘We want as many people as possible to take responsibility for making cities greener and therefore more resilient to the climate crisis,’ explains Landegent as he rolls up a blue fiber optic cable that was buried in the sand bed under the tiles. Later, he says, they’ll lay the cable back in the bed. Doesn’t the network operator have to agree to this? Or send a fitter to supervise? Or doesn’t the homeowner at least have to be informed? Landegent smiles and shakes his head. Dutch people—who are accustomed to taking matters into their own hands—would never ask such questions, he seems to think.”
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In the Netherlands, Anyone Can Turn a Slice of Sidewalk Into a Garden
As they cheerily tear up sealed surfaces and plant flowers, Dutch citizens are proving that climate mitigation can be beautiful.Klaus Sieg (Reasons to be Cheerful)
Te Pāti Māori Condemns Fast-Track Approval Of Seabed Mining | Scoop News
“This project will extract 50 million tonnes of seabed every year, dumping millions of tonnes of sludge into the moana for 35 consecutive years,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.www.scoop.co.nz
Nasal tanning sprays linked to skin cancer, trading standards officers warn | Consumer affairs | The Guardian
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#Health #Influencers #Capitalism
Nasal tanning sprays linked to skin cancer, trading standards officers warn
Demand for ‘dangerous and unregulated’ tan-enhancing sprays being driven by influencers, watchdog saysMabel Banfield-Nwachi (The Guardian)
Historic NJ Transit strike begins, halting all trains across N.J.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced the strike late Thursday as Gov. Phil Murphy held a press conference on the negotiations.Matthew Enuco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (nj)
Is AI Use in the Workplace Out of Control? - SecurityWeek
While usage of Artificial Intelligence apps in the workplace is surging, security and governance are being left behind.Alastair Paterson (SecurityWeek)
What is famine, and why is Gaza at risk of reaching it soon?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/16/what-is-famine-and-why-is-gaza-at-risk-of-reaching-it-soon?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What is famine, and why is Gaza at risk of reaching it soon?
One in five in Gaza face famine as Israel’s blockade continues. What does starvation do to the human body?Alia Chughtai (Al Jazeera)
Quebec Investors to Acquire Bankrupt Bus Maker Lion Electric
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/quebec-investors-to-acquire-bankrupt-bus-maker-lion-electric?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business @business-bloomberg
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The syndicalist movement in Sweden - John Andersson
An article by John Andersson detailing the establishment and growth of the Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC), a revolutionary syndicalist union in Sweden. Originally appeared in the One Big Union Monthly (September 1920).libcom.org
Watch: Wildlife dyed blue in São Paulo chemical spill
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#Nature #Environment #Pollution #Contamination
Watch: Wildlife dyed blue in São Paulo chemical spill
City officials say they are acting to rescue and save the lives of the affected animals.www.bbc.com
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Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @paul
It's Customer Experience Day. Let's play!
#ComplaintsAtFictionalBiz
#HashTagGames
How to play: Write something, Use the HashTag, Toot/Post and Repeat!
TIP:Think about the businesses in your TV and Movies. You know the characters, etc, plots, etc relating to those businesses. Now, makeup complaints customers, any customer, in the plot or anyone, might have.
UK Taxman Could Squeeze More From Richest 1%, Watchdog Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/uk-taxman-could-squeeze-more-from-richest-1-watchdog-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Explosions heard in Kyiv amid Russian drone attack as Ukraine-Russia peace talks loom #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Trump #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Explosions heard in Kyiv amid Russian drone attack as Ukraine-Russia peace talks loom
Explosions were heard in Kyiv amid a Russian drone attack on the capital in the early hours of May 16, as Ukraine and Russia are set to begin peace talks later in the day.Volodymyr Ivanyshyn (The Kyiv Independent)
https://www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/05/12-filmes-de-comedia-picantes-para-assistir-bem-longe-dos-pais-streaming.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
https://www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/05/smartwatch-motorola-modelos-que-vao-elevar-seu-estilo-e-desempenho-edqualcomprar.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Smartwatch Motorola: 3 modelos que vão elevar seu estilo e desempenho
Conheça e compare modelos de relógios multitarefas da marca norte-americana com ótimo custo-benefício e bons pontos positivos. Preços começam em R$ 434Techtudo
The one right that makes all rights possible.
A brief history of habeas corpus, how dictators love to suspend it, and why we cannot let that happen here.
How Dictators Hide the Bodies
Suspending Habeas Corpus and the Crises That Follow
New NEXT COMES WHAT.
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- 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
#Multimedia exhibit on life in #Gaza comes to Houston: ‘They deserve to live like any other people’ “My Beloved City, Gaza Habibti” - #Houston @ Midtown Arts & Theater Center from May 15-24. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Tim Wilson "Shitting Bricks" About Goldstein Election Result
(Headline has been updated to reflect reality)
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I heard from my sources that approximately 2/3 of international postal votes are for Teal independent Zoe Daniel. She needs just 258 votes to beat smarmy RWNJ candidate Tim "Freedom Boy" Wilson. 474 votes are yet to be counted, plus 50-100 estimated to arrive before the cutoff midnight tonight.
#AusPol #AusVotes #AusVotes2025 #ZoeDaniel #TimWilson #GoldsteinVotes
Mega-Sena acumula e vai pagar R$ 68 milhões no sábado; confira os números sorteados - Gazeta Brasil-
Nenhuma aposta acertou as seis dezenas do concurso da Mega-Sena sorteado nesta quinta-feira (15), e o prêmio principal acumulou mais uma vez. Os númerosGazeta Brasil
Material Components for #Android 1.14.0-alpha01 is out!
Highlights:
- Updated to compileSdk 35
- BottomSheet fixes for Android 14
- New #Material 3 dialog styles
- "Show all" Chip for better accessibility
- Smarter color rendering under buttons
Details: github.com/material-components…
Release 1.14.0-alpha01 · material-components/material-components-android
Important The compileSdkVersion was updated to 35. Dependency Updates Dependency Previous version New version androidx.dynamicanimation:dynamicanimation v1.0.0 v1.1.0 Library Updates B...GitHub
places.pub
places.pub is a service that makes OpenStreetMap geographical data available as ActivityPub objects.
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The economic argument for industrial unionism - Vincent St. John
An article by Vincent St. John discussing industrial unionism as practiced by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Originally appeared in the International Socialist Review (September 1908).libcom.org
Time to share another author friend: Gale Stanley
MM BDSM, Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Gaylit, Holiday, New Adult
Gale Stanley grew up in Philadelphia PA. She was the kid who always had her nose in a book, her head in the clouds, and her hands on a pad and pencil.
Some things never change.
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#GayRomance #WritersofMastodon #AuthorSpotlight Bookstodon #MMBookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQBookstodon @MMbookstodon
Gale Stanley
Gale Stanley grew up in Philadelphia PA. She was the kid who always had her nose in a book, her head in the clouds, and her hands on a pad and pencil. Some things never change.Queeromance Ink
#photography #quote
#NIH are still terminating grants, cancelling expected renewals, zeroing out budgets and issuing stop-work orders. And reporting less and less of this to avoid scrutiny and accountability.
A friend called it their "quiet quitting" of science funding
So please REPORT NIH funded projects that have been stopped in any way so we can report the real picture of what is going on: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.html
Sony's Haven Studios head Jade Raymond leaves the company she founded in 2021; sources say some developers worried over its first game's reception and progress (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
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Sony's Haven Studios head Jade Raymond leaves the company she founded in 2021; sources say some developers worried over its first game's reception and progress
By Jason Schreier / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
This is the definition of how you get bad intelligence: Fire officials who tell you things that you don't like www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Here's a #foodporn tip for ya: If you ever blow thru #Eugene, #Oregon and want a seriously incredible sandwich, look up Scribles Bistro and Deli on Monroe Street. It is a little hole-in-the-wall tucked in a residential neighborhood, really #PNW vibe, and their Pastrami Sandwich (which I had today) is 12 on the 10 scale.
I would have taken a pic but when the food came, but did not want to waste time before devouring.
Brief report from the front, May 13, 2025
Another classic "split" for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Report by Marat Khairullin with illustrations by Mikhail Popov.Zinderneuf (Marat Khairullin Substack)
Quand les journalistes deviennent des info-influenceurs.
Quand les reporters indépendants et les micromédias font la conquête du journalisme sur les réseaux sociaux.#information #YouTube #nouveauxmédias #influenceur #influenceuse #TikTok
Il cuore nero e abbandonato della vecchia Toronto, nella grande cattedrale del carbone canadese - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Il cuore nero e abbandonato della vecchia Toronto, nella grande cattedrale del carbone canadese - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Dolori della crescita… Growing Pains. Titolo di una celebre sit-com di fine secolo ma in tutto il Nord America, come altri luoghi dello stesso emisfero, anche il modo metaforico per riferirsi a fasi problematiche, nei trascorsi di una grande varietà …Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Il cuore nero e abbandonato della vecchia Toronto, nella grande cattedrale del carbone canadese
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#strutture #architettura #infrastrutture #energia #produzione #carbone #risorse #città #canada #toronto #ontario #laghi #ciminiere #edifici #costruzioni #novecento #industria #urbanistica #commissioni #urbex #luoghiabbandonati #riutilizzo #capitali #nordamerica
Il cuore nero e abbandonato della vecchia Toronto, nella grande cattedrale del carbone canadese - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Dolori della crescita… Growing Pains. Titolo di una celebre sit-com di fine secolo ma in tutto il Nord America, come altri luoghi dello stesso emisfero, anche il modo metaforico per riferirsi a fasi problematiche, nei trascorsi di una grande varietà …Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Retrofit 3.0.0 is out! Now using OkHttp 4.12 (Kotlin-based) with full forward compatibility from 2.x.
Details: github.com/square/retrofit/rel…
#Retrofit #Kotlin #AndroidDev #OkHttp #Android #Java
Release 3.0.0 · square/retrofit
Changed Upgrade to OkHttp 4.12 (from 3.14). This is the version of OkHttp that is written in Kotlin, and as a result Retrofit now has a transitive Kotlin dependency. However, this is also the sup...GitHub