Thai construction magnate and others surrender to police on charges over building collapse in quake
https://apnews.com/article/bangkok-building-collapse-thailand-myanmar-earthquake-ee56ec5b47304c771d38c5998e587a5e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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🤔 Does #fedibird support Mastodon's Filters V2?
fedibird.com/@tukine/114511817…

#MastoDev

月音 (@tukine@fedibird.com)

Phanpy、フィルター設定（ワードミュート）効かないのか〜。確かにそれは結構困るな。 #PhanpySocial

^Fedibird

Ooh look, something cooking at @letterformarchive with yours truly and local San Francisco sign painters Michelle "Meng" Nguyen and @nbsigns.

letterformarchive.org/shop/a-s…

Although the event is in-person, a recording will be made available afterwards for those outside of the bay area.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #LetterformArchive #SanFrancisco

Salon Series 55: A Sign Painterly Slice Through Letterform Archive - Letterform Archive

A trio of guests working in and championing the craft of sign painting share some of their favorite specimens from the Archive’s shelves.

^{Letterform Archive}

[Spiegone del mattino ☕] potrebbe anche diventare una rubrica 🤫

Il motivo per cui ultimamente parlo di Software Libero, Open Source e software proprietario, è perché secondo me le persone, anche quelle interessate a non usare il software prodotto da una grande azienda, spesso non hanno ben chiare le premesse.

La questione del Software Libero è "antica", informaticamente parlando, risale agli anni 80.
Le distinzioni specifiche si sono formate durante questi anni e hanno portato a tutta una serie di differenze sostanziali nel modo di concepire l'informatica.

La distinzione fondamentale secondo me è quella tra: avere un'idea di in che direzione dovrebbero andare le cose oppure rilasciare un botto di codice che comunque è utile avere pezzi per costruire cose.

Secondo me il Software Libero rientra nella prima categoria e sono abbastanza d'accordo sull'idea che esprime.

Ci sono altre idee, con cui sono meno/non d'accordo e poi ci sono "non idee" nel senso che tutta questa filosofaggine passa in secondo piano.

Quindi insomma, no, non è automatico, secondo me, che: una cosa è gratis/open/l'ho presa su [distributore di cose open di fiducia] o chi per esso -> sto andando nella direzione giusta.

Bisognerebbe sempre controllare la licenza, in teoria.

Poi...nella pratica al momento se volessimo usare solo Software Libero dovremmo recuperare qualche macchina un po' vecchiotta e...probabilmente sarebbe più complicato usare internet. Per non parlare dei telefoni con Android.

Questo non toglie che secondo me è una direzione in cui andare, quindi se possibile sarebbe preferibile preferire quello.
E controllare.
Controllare è parte dell'essere fruitori consapevoli invece che utenti pecore.

Link per approfondire:
gnu.org/
fsf.org/

As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out
https://apnews.com/article/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-education-379c55d6a9487381d48d8450a639bd13?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress

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An Israel Jew who teaches at Harvard, and led an event in which people presented various views about Israel and Palestine, found it and her (without her name) in a Harvard report, described as "antisemitic" and "anti-Israel". (From March): *Columbia University investigates

Columbia University investigates students critical of Israel amid Trump’s threats

Investigation is part of a flurry of recent cases brought by new disciplinary committee against students who have expressed criticism of Israel

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-state-secrets-7a4d39f9a2013003b592efa94aa230ed?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress

Either Palestine… or Fire[hell], Generation After Generation: PFLP

In the face of the renewed Nakba… we resist, we unite, and we move toward return and liberation.

To the masses of our steadfast people in the homeland and diaspora…
To the free people of our Arab nation…
To the free people of the world everywhere…

On May 15th, we mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, our open wound that has not healed, and a painful turning point in human history, when zionist gangs, with the full support of colonial powers, committed one of the most horrific crimes of the modern era: the systematic ethnic cleansing of our Palestinian people, their displacement, the destruction of hundreds of cities and villages, and the planting of a racist settler entity on the ruins of our homeland.

The Nakba represented a pivotal moment in the history of our people, a profound revelation of the nature of the zionist project as a racist, colonialist, and uprooting tool aimed at erasing Palestinian national identity and existence, seizing land, and displacing the Palestinian people. Since that moment, the chapters of the Nakba have not ceased, but have continued in renewed forms of killing, massacres, expulsion, discrimination, impoverishment, and siege.

Today, the Nakba is being replayed in a more bloody and barbaric form in the Gaza Strip, where our people are subjected to a genocide war unprecedented in modern history. The occupation machine is carrying out the most heinous forms of killing, destruction, starvation, and displacement. Hospitals, schools, and displacement camps are being bombed amidst a stifling siege, international complicity, international silence, and direct American partnership.

On this painful anniversary, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while commemorating the steadfastness of our people across the homeland and in exile, from Gaza to the West Bank, from Al-Quds to the 1948 territories, and from the diaspora camps to forced exile, affirms the following:

First: Our conflict with the zionist entity is a comprehensive, historic struggle that will only be resolved by achieving our people’s full national rights, at the heart of which are the right of return, self-determination, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all Palestinian soil with Al-Quds as its capital. The Palestinian cause will remain the core of the Arab-zionist conflict until the roots of the Nakba are eradicated and the occupation ends.

Second: The true response to the Nakba and its repercussions is to build a unified resistance front and formulate a comprehensive national strategy that embraces resistance in all its forms, with armed struggle at its forefront. This strategy reaffirms the PLO as a comprehensive and unified national framework, based on partnership and democracy and in accordance with national consensus decisions. This strategy aims to block the path to monopolization and hegemony, harness the energies of our people wherever they reside, and enable them to express their will to resist the occupation until liberation and return.

Third: In light of these ongoing chapters of crime, the top priority today is to stop the genocide war against our people in the Gaza Strip, end their suffering, break the siege, begin reconstruction, and embark on a political path based on the inalienable national rights of our people.

Fourth: We warn against attempts to impose renewed “Nakba” under the guise of expansionist colonialist liquidation projects such as the “Abraham Accords,” a “New Middle East,” and other dubious schemes aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.

Fifth: Confronting attempts to liquidate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is of paramount importance in light of zionist-American plans aimed at erasing the refugee issue and the right of return.Targeting UNRWA in Gaza—through the destruction of its facilities and staff, the closure of its institutions in Al-Quds, and the prevention of its operations in the West Bank is part of a systematic plan to liquidate the refugee issue.

Sixth: We renew our call for complete liberation from the Oslo Accords and its consequences, ending the PA’s obligations resulting from them, halting security coordination and all forms of persecution of the resistance, reversing all dangerous and arbitrary decisions regarding allocations for the families of martyrs, prisoners, the wounded, and the freed, severing all forms of dependence on American-zionist projects, and moving towards building a unified arena of struggle that expresses the free will of the Palestinian people.

Seventh: The masses of our nation, its intellectuals, and its vital forces must rise up to support our struggle and confront the genocide war against our people. They must reject all forms of normalization with the zionist enemy, and confront the project of neo-colonial hegemony and plans to fragment the region.

Eighth: We salute with reverence the steadfastness of the brotherly Yemeni people, who have faced aggression and blockade for years. Today, they continue—through their courageous positions and popular and official initiatives—to provide support for our cause and affirm our unity of destiny and struggle by imposing new deterrent equations that extend deep into the zionist entity in support of Gaza. We also salute the valiant Lebanese resistance, which has been and continues to be a solid supporter of our people and resistance, a partner in the battle to defend Palestine, and a confirmation of the cohesion of the resistance fronts in the face of the zionist project.

Ninth: We highly appreciate the cries of solidarity that have risen from the streets and universities of Washington, London, Madrid, Brussels, Johannesburg, and all the capitals and cities of the world in support of Gaza, in rejection of the aggression, and in support of our people’s just rights. The rise of international solidarity constitutes an advanced front in the battle to stop the war, break the siege, expose the crimes of the occupation, and hold it accountable at the international level.

🔻The masses of our people… O sons of our Arab nation… O free people of the world…

On the anniversary of the Nakba, we renew our pledge to our people, to the souls of our martyrs, to our prisoners, and to our wounded, that the Popular Front will remain a voice of truth, a shield of resistance, a guardian of national principles, and a staunch defender of the right of return, which is neither forfeited nor negotiable. As the wise George Habash said: “We cannot guarantee the future of our generations while the zionist disease remains on Arab land.”

Greetings to our resistant people in all arenas.
Greetings to our male and female prisoners in the occupation’s prisons.

Glory and immortality to the martyrs… and we will inevitably be victorious.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Central Media Department
May 14, 2025

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#gaza #nakba #palestine #pflp #resistance #westAsia

E-Autos nur eine Option für Dienstwagen-Privilegierte?

Die überwältigende Mehrheit der privaten Autobesitzer in Deutschland scheut vor dem Kauf eines E-Autos zurück. Sind Elektroautos nur eine Option für Besserverdienende mit Dienstwagen-Privileg? Von Angela Göpfert.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbr…

#EAuto #Dienstwagen #Privileg #Elektroauto #Autokauf #Steuer #Benziner #Diesel #Verbrenner #Analyse

E-Autos nur eine Option für Dienstwagen-Privilegierte?

^{Angela Göpfert (tagesschau.de)}

Malaysia Central Bank Says It’s Ready to Act as Growth View Dims
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/malaysia-central-bank-says-it-s-ready-to-act-as-growth-view-dims?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Bloomberg @bloomberg-bloomberg

Europe’s Big Defense Deals Will Find a Way, Leonardo CEO Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/europe-defense-giants-will-take-on-us-china-rivals-says-leonardo-ceo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Deals @deals-bloomberg

Flock of Gulls

Lens: Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD on a Fujifilm X-T30

#landscape #coast #waterways #shoreline #cumbria #LakeDistrict #sea #harbour #sunshine #seagull #photography #photographer #fujifilm #landscapephotography #birdphotography #birds #birdsonearth #birdsofinstagram

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Ah, I see the White Supremacists are starting with the book burnings. Unfortunately, library books. Also, HOW CAN YOU CHECK OUT THAT MANY BOOKS AT ONCE?!?!?!

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

Faith leaders denounce US book burning as hate-fuelled intimidation

Interfaith group responds after books on Black, Jewish and LGBTQ+ history were burned and shared in racist video

^{José Olivares (The Guardian)}

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Look, I get there are lots of things to celebrate and a finite number of days. But today is already apparently chocolate chip day why do we need to celebrate straw hats aswell? Who is celebrating straw hats? They are fine I suppose. But l I'm not going to dedicate a whole day to it. I have too much to do already.

Happy National Straw Hat Day!
daysoftheyear.com/days/straw-h…

National Straw Hat Day | Days Of The Year

Straw Hat Day is dedicated to celebrating straw hats' versatility and timeless appeal. It's a fun way to welcome warmer weather while acknowledging the

^{Days Of The Year}

“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.”

reasonstobecheerful.world/neth…

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)}

My homepage is now also on Gemini. shinmera.com

#gemini

Nasal tanning sprays linked to skin cancer, trading standards officers warn | Consumer affairs | The Guardian
theguardian.com/money/2025/may…

#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 says

^{Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (The Guardian)}

Watch: Wildlife dyed blue in São Paulo chemical spill
bbc.com/news/videos/c8re5134k0…

#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

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.

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

kyivindependent.com/russia-tar…

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)}

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.

youtube.com/watch?v=UpriDS5U5s…

#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...

'They deserve to live:' An exh...

Tim Wilson "Shitting Bricks" About Goldstein Election Result
(Headline has been updated to reflect reality)
theguardian.com/australia-news…

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

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...

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