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A unifying toolbox for handling persistence data - by Aymeric Stamm, Jason Cory Brunson
Topological data analysis (TDA) is a rapidly growing field that uses techniques from algebraic topology to analyze the shape and structure of data.
The {phutil} package provides a unified toolbox for handling persistence data. It offers consistent data structures and methods that work seamlessly with outputs from various TDA packages.
Find out more! r-consortium.org/posts/unifyin…
In this week's privacy wins, one user shares how they *almost de-Googled using various services to get them away from big tech! Don't miss an opportunity to see everyone's progress today at 5PM Eastern Time:
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An American-Israeli national named Osei Morrell has been arrested in Israel for his alleged involvement in exploiting the Nomad bridge smart-contract in August 2022 that allowed hackers to siphon $190 million.
⚡️🇬🇧Trump gets played by the Middle East | Scott Lucas (Times Radio VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #Turkey #UnitedKingdom
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Trump's threats to defund PBS are "an all-out effort to take us out," said Paula Kerger, the broadcaster's chief executive.
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It's time to fund a European freedom movement against Russia.
Again.
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Remember that the fossil fuel industry funds Putin's wars.
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Accelerating the transition away from oil will provide that freedom from fascism
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Preparing for drone & cyber warfare from the fossil fuel industry is prudent, since Trump is helping Putin via proxies.
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EU unveils Russia sanctions targeting 'shadow' oil fleet and cyberattackers
The EU agreed a new package of sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, including blacklisting some 200 oil tankers used to circumvent curbs on Russian oil exports and targeting individuals over cyberattacks, human rights abuses and sabotage in Europe.FRANCE 24
The FCC Must Reject Efforts to Lock Up Public Airwaves
President Trump’s attack on public broadcasting has attracted plenty of deserved attention, but there’s a far more technical, far more insidious policy change in the offing—one that will take away Americans’ right to unencumbered access to our public…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Füchse überall.an der Ruta. Niedlich die Kleinen. 😃
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A Course in Miracles
Lesson 219
I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.
1. (199) I am not a body. ²I am free.
³I am God’s Son. ⁴Be still, my mind, and think a moment upon this. ⁵And then return to earth, without confusion as to what my Father loves forever as His Son.
⁶I am not a body. ⁷I am free.
⁸For I am still as God created me. (acim.org/acim/en/s/628#1:1-8 | W-219.1:1-8)
Lesson 219: Review (199) | ACIM
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I'm thinking of buying a Nokia 105 as my next phone. It has a headphone jack, a microSD slot, a replacable battery, a screen with rectangular corners, and physical buttons, features most phones are sorely lacking nowadays. Is there anything I should know before I commit to buying it?
Non à la présence d’Israël au Salon du Bourget 2025 - LDH
Communiqué commun dont la LDH est signatairecommunication (LDH)
Missouri governor says he'll bring lawmakers back to get a plan for keeping the Chiefs and Royals
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Slovenia Calls on NATO to Expand Its Defense Spending Definition
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Microsoft demorou 9 meses para corrigir bug em dual boot com Linux
https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/microsoft-demorou-9-meses-para-corrigir-bug-em-dual-boot-com-linux/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Microsoft demorou 9 meses para corrigir bug em dual boot com Linux • Tecnoblog
Falha em atualização do Windows descoberta em agosto de 2024 impedia Linux de ser inicializado via dual boot. Problema foi corrigido somente em maio de 2025.Emerson Alecrim (Mobilon Mídia LTDA)
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Salman Rushdie’s attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison
Rushdie’s attacker was attempting to carry out a decades-old religious edict calling for the death of the novelist.Mathias Hammer (www.semafor.com)
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📝 Ending this Saturday 17th at 23h59, keep sharing !
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Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast
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Spotify is sorry that it revealed how many people listen to your podcast
Spotify announced earlier this month that it would publicly display how many plays podcasts had. Podcasters were not happy — now Spotify is reversing course.Mia Sato (The Verge)
O vídeo mostra uma cena vibrante de um show ao vivo, com um músico tocando um baixo elétrico amarelo em um palco iluminado com luzes coloridas, incluindo tons de roxo e azul. Um cachorro preto está presente, caminhando ao redor do músico e interagindo com o ambiente. À medida que o show avança, o músico é substituído por outro que toca um conjunto de bateria eletrônica. O cachorro, curioso, se aproxima da bateria e, em um momento divertido, o músico oferece um palito de bateria ao cachorro, que o segura na boca. O cachorro então caminha pelo palco, carregando o palito, enquanto o público, incluindo pessoas em trajes formais, assiste e reage com entusiasmo. O ambiente é animado, com luzes e som contribuindo para a atmosfera festiva. O cachorro, com o palito na boca, caminha em direção ao público, que parece estar encantado com a interação.
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Today's real champion is this one. One of my PC Engines APU devices - I don’t remember the exact year I bought it, probably 2017.
It worked at my home as a router/firewall with OPNsense for several months, then in 2018 I installed it at a client’s site, "as a temporary emergency solution". Still running OPNsense, always kept updated, and it hasn’t missed a bit since then.
During a severe thunderstorm, the access point and switch connected to it were fried, but it kept going - silently and reliably. Zerotier, Wireguard, port forwarding, bandwidth graphs - all handled in a hot office, often with the air conditioning turned off during holidays.
It did everything, and it still works.
The client moved to a new location this morning, and the APU was replaced with a more powerful device (in anticipation of a future Internet upgrade). I decided to take it back with me (technically, it’s still mine) - they couldn’t find the power adapter, probably still packed in boxes, but up until 07:30 this morning (the last time I connected to the server behind it via VPN), it was perfectly reliable.
I’ll probably keep using it - I have others - maybe in the office as a file server with two attached drives.
Honor to the device, honor to OPNsense, honor to FreeBSD.
#OPNSense #FreeBSD #RunBSD #APU #APU2 #PCEngines
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That's awesome ! Did you update it regularly ? What did you replace it with ? I use Protectli and I heard good things about other boards too.
BTW how can your posts be so long 💪 😎 Increased Mastodon limits on nsd.cafe ?
8-bit chiptune song called "Festival Day."
Another entry for this 4-Bar Friday thing I'm doing. I can't help myself wanting to keep extending these song ideas lol
#4BarFriday #Chiptune #NES #FamiStudio #Music #MastoArt
Gardener shares 'game changer' plant-growing method that helps harvests flourish: 'Learn from
TikTok user Perky Plant Parent (@perkyplantparent) shared a video helping fellow gardeners grow better produce with some easy tips that start during theGardening (All For Gardening)
Suomalaiset ja ruotsalaiset ovat poikkeuksellisia viisufaneja – asia selviää katsomalla medioiden etusivuja
Alun perin viisujen oli tarkoitus yhdistää sodan repimä Eurooppa. Viime vuosina laulukilpailua on kritisoitu politisoitumisesta.
#Media #Laulukilpailut #Mielenosoitukset #Musiikki #Euroviisut #Musiikkikilpailut #Kulttuuri #Yleisradioyhtiöt #Viihde #Laulaminen #Ulkomaat
https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2025/05/ios-19-iphone-pode-ganhar-recurso-de-ia-para-economizar-bateria-conheca-edapps.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
iOS 19: iPhone pode ganhar recurso de IA para economizar bateria; conheça
Bateria do iPhone pode ser otimizada com recursos de inteligência artificial, que devem chegar ao iOS 19. Novo sistema da Apple deve ser detalhado na WWDC 2025; confiraTechtudo
Fascist regimes are inherently sadistic. They dehumanise their opponents and scapegoats to convince publics that they deserve deliberate acts of state retribution. It’s no surprise that the Trump admin would want a public spectacle of cruelty & humiliation. www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-...
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Kristi Noem Wants Migrants to Compete for Citizenship on New Reality Show
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.Julia Ornedo (The Daily Beast)
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@scienza
Ispirandosi alla stella marina rossa, un team internazionale ha sviluppato un poliuretano capace di autoripararsi rapidamente sott’acqua. La ricerca è stata pubblicata su Macromolecules[1]. Un ostacolo per i materiali autoriparanti [leggi tutto]
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The average workday increased during the pandemic’s early weeks (2020)
Link: library.hbs.edu/working-knowle…
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Apple blocks Fortnite’s App Store return as downloads fail in Europe
Epic says that Fortnite is ‘offline’ on iPhones everywhere, including the Epic Games Store in the EU, after Apple rejected its App Store resubmission.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
Amazon's behavior makes Walmart's earnings call look like a profile in courage.
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Amazon’s Behavior Makes Walmart’s Earnings Call Look Like a Profile in Courage
It’s been illuminating to see which U.S. institutions have stood up for themselves.Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷
30 St Mary Axe (originally the Swiss Re Building by Foster + Partners, 2004) and St. Helen's (originally the Commercial Union Building by Gollins Melvin Ward Partnership, 1969), London, England.
#London #England #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Detail #Window #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
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Based in Fort Worth, TX, FOR[A] Photography showcases the work of architectural photographer Jeff Stvan.www.foraphotography.com
1st this: re @ zer0unplanned @friendica.rogueproject.org
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Now this, via: @woeps @Mastodon. social
@GottaLaff @zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org @Wileymiller
Yes but you block me and I get notifications or someone here blocked me for some Martian reason however had to swap profile to tell you to get me oof that conversation please as those notifications are annoying. Read my last post. On Plan-A
#Toodles time
Laffy (@GottaLaff@mstdn.social)
@zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org Yes, I addressed that. He's my dog. I understood that. I did not understand anything else you were getting at. This is sounding increasingly trollish to me. See ya. #Toodles @Wileymiller@mastodon.socialMastodon 🐘
This is such bullshit. There wasn't a single Dem who made bathrooms and sports significant parts of their campaigns. I'm really getting sick of guys like Cuomo and Rahm Emanuel retconning the 2024 election.
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Compendium of extremism: A look inside the report documenting the AfD's right-wing radicalism.
The AfD has issued threats of a "war against the government," complains of a "knife jihad" on German streets and demands that millions be "remigrated."
DER SPIEGEL has looked inside the 1,108-page report compiled by domestic intelligence officials.
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#AfD #Germany #FarRight #Politics #Extremism #AntiSemitism #Terrorism #Reichsburger #Nazis
Any reccomendations for a #FOSS alternative to cycle/activity trackers like Strava? Want to be able to compare my efforts and pace for specific stretches of road etc.
Meta pushes back hard against FTC's antitrust claims! 🚫📉 They argue no proof of social media monopoly, highlighting improved apps like Instagram & WhatsApp since acquisition 📱✨ FTC’s evidence called speculative, with Meta urging judge to dismiss the case. ⚖️ #Meta #Antitrust #SocialMedia #TechLaw #FTC #Instagram #WhatsApp #DigitalInnovation
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Ah yes let the monopoly state it is no monopoly 😁 – Ah… how about no!
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"Communiqué Anafé dont la LDH est membre"
Will the AI boom fuel a global energy crisis?
AI's thirst for energy is ballooning into a monster of a challenge. And it’s not just about the electricity bills.Ryan Daws (AI News)
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Raccolta fondi per Vag61: la campagna in città
Le iniziative (in aggiornamento) organizzate a sostegno della raccolta fondi aperta per affrontare le spese provocate dall'incendio che ha interessato Vag61:
Presentazione del libro "Non mi sono fatto niente. Guerriglie, esodi, droghe, carceri" + Aperitivo benefit per Vag61Domenica 18 maggio'025 alle 17,30 @ Archivio storico dei movimenti (
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⚡️🇬🇧Why Trump's 'amateur team' failed to secure Putin talks in 'chaotic' Turkey meeting (Times Radio VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Who Is Nikola Tesla?
“… The Whole Earth will be Converted into a Huge Brain.” (N. Tesla, 99 Years Ago in January 1926)Michel Chossudovsky
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Und #Bayern ist das flächenmäßig größte Bundesland Deutschlands mit einer Fläche von etwa 70.542 Quadratkilometern
#Energiewende
#niemehrcducsu
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Good morning/afternoon/evening/night to you, depending on where you are, and when you see this #NewstodonFriday thread! Here’s our weekly selection of stories from indie media outlets on everything from a holier-than-thou Texas legislator to an incredible scientific treatment that may have cured a little boy of a genetic illness. Plus, housing scams, Grok’s obsession with South Africa, and a word from The Boss. We love independent media, and we hope you’ll share these stories far and wide, comment (we’d love to see your recommendations for the best things you’ve read/watched/heard this week). And if you can afford to, please donate your money to these brilliant sites.⤵️
#Media #Journalism #News #Newstodon #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday
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It must be exhausting, being Brian Harrison. The Republican representative for Ellis County in the Texas legislature is constantly outraged. ”About what, exactly, depends on the day,” says @TexasObserver’s Joelle DiPaolo. Here’s her story about how Harrison is just one in a long line of loud, dissenting hard-right legislators that aim to disrupt and change things — and that are turning off even the staunchest Republicans. “Harrison’s insatiable scorched-earth tactics and his holier-than-thou rhetoric have alienated his fellow House members to the point where valid criticisms remain unheard, or more often, ridiculed,” writes DiPaolo.
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#Texas #TexasLegislature #Politics #TexasPolitics #BrianHarrison #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Harrison the Huckster
The right-wing state rep has led an army of one on a self-righteous crusade in the Texas House.Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
Has any country changed in the past quarter-century as much as China? While it’s still a deeply unequal society, living standards across the board have improved dramatically. Filmmaker Jia Zhangke documents this transformation in his latest movie, “Caught by the Tides,” a blend of fiction and non-fiction shot over the past 20 years and starring his wife, Zhao Tao, as Qiaoqiao. “Qiaoqiao is not so much a character as an avatar for a searching generation, her presence both affecting and affected by her surroundings, a constant reminder that the things we lose define us as much as the things we gain,” writes Dennis Zhou for @nybooks.
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#China #ChineseCulture #Cinema #Film #Movies #JiaZhangke #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
The Quantum Generation | Dennis Zhou | The New York Review of Books
The filmmaker Jia Zhangke has spent a career trying to capture how China’s ordinary citizens experience the twenty-first century.Dennis Zhou (The New York Review of Books)
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, public editor of PBS, joined @SFPublicPress executive director Lila LaHood at a recent fireside chat to discuss the future of media. The conversation took place before President Trump had announced an executive order attempting to defund public media, but Sandoval-Palos was anticipating the move. “The threat is at the local station level. The bulk of rural stations around the country, and even some urban stations probably cannot stay open if they don’t have the support from the [Corporation for Public Broadcasting] CPB. Some stations, up to 60% of their budgets are made up by funds from CPB,” he said.
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#Media #PublicMedia #PBS #NPR #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #NewsIndustry #MediaIndustry #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Responding to Attacks on Public Media, DEI and Democracy
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, the public editor at PBS, identifies threats to democracy, independent journalism and public media.Public Press staff (San Francisco Public Press)
“Am I the last fat person in America?” asks @damemagazine’s Kate Bernyk. She writes about the rise of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, the message that delivers to fat people — ”Your body is a mistake, and now there’s finally a way to fix it,” — and why she doesn’t want to take medication to change her size. “The idea of eliminating any kind of body should terrify us — not just because it’s wrong, but because it’s unimaginative,” she writes.
damemagazine.com/2025/05/15/am…
#BodyImage #Weigh #WeightLoss #Medicine #Health #Ozempic #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Am I the Last Fat Person in America? | Dame Magazine
What if I were the last fat person, walking through a world where my body is an anomaly, a relic of an era long past? Billboards and magazine covers show only one kind of figure—streamlined, uniform, medically perfected.Kate Bernyk (Dame Magazine)
@bolts is the best magazine for keeping your eye on America’s local politics, and possibly detecting if a shift is happening (were we the only ones glued to the Omaha, NE mayoral elections earlier this week)? Alex Burness writes about judge elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where a “slate of eight” progressive-endorsed candidates are running. Their supporters hope that the prospective judges, who come from public defender, social work and civil rights backgrounds, will have more understanding of the issues faced by criminal defendants. Check out the second list for @taniel’s list of elections to watch in May.
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#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #PrisonReform #Law #Elections #LocalElections #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Why Pittsburgh Progressives Are Targeting Judge Elections This Year - Bolts
Reform groups in Allegheny County endorsed candidates with experience in public defense, social work, or civil rights in the May 20 primaries—part of a long game to shift local power.Daniel Nichanian (Bolts)
Good news from @npr, as shared by our @ScienceDesk. A baby born in Philadelphia last August with a life-threatening genetic disorder was successfully treated with a gene-editing infusion developed using CRISPR technology. His genetic defect appears to have been fixed, at least partially reversing his condition.
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#Science #Medicine #GeneTherapy #CRISPR #GeneEditing #Genetics #Children #GoodNews #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Add another item to the long, long list of things that scare us about climate change. @KnowableMag’s Sanket Jain writes about how conditions like cataracts, pink eye and keratitis are linked to heat, pollution and UV exposure.
knowablemagazine.org/content/a…
#Health #Medicine #EyeHealth #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
HomeVestors of America is a real-estate flipper known for its “We Buy Ugly Houses” advertisements. The business model: Independent franchisees buy up homes in need of a fast sale, renovate them, and sell them on at vast profit. It’s a win-win scenario — except when it isn’t. @ProPublica has run a series of stories on how home sellers are exploited by franchisees, which has led to the company making changes in its business practices. The latest article explores how one Texas franchisee exploited people who wanted to invest with him, in a Ponzi scheme that netted him millions and left them broke.
propublica.org/article/homeves…
#Money #Finance #HomeBuying #HomeInvestors #Texas #Dallas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
"We Buy Ugly Houses" Franchise’s Loan Scheme Left “Incalculable” Damage
Charles Carrier is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes. Despite signs of trouble, HomeVestors didn’t intervene.ProPublica
We all have subjects we know we talk about too much (sorry in advance for boring your ears off about politics/our new dog). In the case of X’s Grok AI, it’s white genocide. @404mediaco’s Matthew Gault writes about how, on the afternoon of May 14, Grok answered virtually every question it was asked, whether it was about baseball, video games or HBO, with a reference to South African politics and the widely debunked claims that Afrikaners there are victims of racism. “I think they're literally just taking whatever prompt people are sending to Grok and adding a bunch of text about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in front of it,” said Matthew Guzdial, an AI researcher at the University of Alberta.
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#Tech #Technology #AI #ElonMusk #SouthAfrica #Africa #WhiteGenocide #Grok #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
Large language models are reflections of the people who program them.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
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Speaking of South Africa… Here’s a slightly older story from @thecontinent about the United States’ reframing of the country as a pariah state, what President Cyril Ramaphosa can do about that, and why it’s important that he take action. “There is one concession, arguably the most important of them all, that South Africa simply cannot make: It cannot halt the ‘white genocide’ because no such thing exists, except in the imaginations of the white supremacists in Trump’s inner circle. And the racists really need to keep the ‘white genocide’ story alive in order for their ideology to make any sense at all,” writes Simon Allison.
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#ElonMusk #SouthAfrica #WhiteGenocide #Africa #CyrilRamaphosa #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Navigating the new world order
The United States is reframing South Africa as a pariah state. Pretoria has other ideas.The Continent
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During Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Congress has not asserted itself as an equal branch of the U.S. government. @TheConversationUS explores how this erosion of power happened long before Trump took office, as a result of the nationalization of politics and polarization along party lines. “A weak Congress paired with what historian Arthur Schlesinger called the ‘Imperial Presidency’ is a recipe for an unaccountable president, running wild without the constitutionally provided oversight and checks on power that the founders provided to the people through their representation by the first branch of government,” writes political scientist Charlie Hunt.
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Congress began losing power decades ago − and now it’s giving away what remains to Trump
Congress − the first branch of government listed in the Constitution − has been relegated to second-class status.The Conversation
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On that note, some words from Bruce Springsteen, as shared by our @CultureDesk. "The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed, are the people, you and me," said the Boss at a show in Manchester, U.K. Here’s the video of his many anti-Trump remarks at the show.
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It is still a dictatorship that extinguished the Ughyur peoples and it disappears and imprisons dissidents.
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