European leaders consult Trump to align response to Russia-Ukraine talks
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/16/europe-and-us-closely-align-in-bid-to-push-russia-towards-ukraine-truce?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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European leaders consult Trump to align response to Russia-Ukraine talks
European leaders speak to US president after Russia-Ukraine talks fail to achieve major breakthrough.Al Jazeera
The U.S. has lost its last triple-A credit rating.
Moody’s Ratings downgraded the U.S. government on Friday, citing large fiscal deficits and rising interest costs. wsj.com/economy/central-bankin…
#uk #inequality #politics
The UK has a ‘left behind’ and they are reshaping politics
Two charts from the FT this morning strongly indicate that the UK has a 'left behind' group in our society, and they are now reshaping UK politics.Funding the Future
I just love all the designs of old Japanese houses like this one
#architecture #japan #lightandshadow #photography
EU 自動車への25％追加関税に対しWTOに紛争解決申し立てへ – nhk.or.jp
EU 自動車への25％追加関税に対しWTOに紛争解決申し立てへnhk.or.jpトランプに怒れる欧州 近づく中国、日本出遅れ禁物日本経済新聞クリングバイル独財務相 ＥＵは結束と決意を持って米国の関税措置に対応すべき(みんかぶ（FX）)Yahoo!ファイナンス米EU関税交渉 手ごわい「異形の交渉相手」｜Newsモーニングサテライト（モーサテ）テレ東BIZあれだけ'自分勝手なルール'を世界中に押し付けたのに…EUに｢トランプ関税｣を批判する資格はあるのかPRESIDENT Online（プレジデント…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
⚡️🇪🇺Kaja Kallas Speaks Out: Russia Is Not Here for Peace! Ukraine Talks First Impressions (EU Debates VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Opinion | What happens when honest intelligence work can get you fired?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/16/ignatius-tulsi-gabbard-dni-venezuela-trump-firing/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Global Opinions @global-opinions-WashPost
Brown mushrooms deserve love, too 🍄🤎
#PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Spring #Nature #Fungi #Mushrooms #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography
Libyan protesters demand prime minister quit as three ministers resign -
Libyan protesters demand prime minister quit as three ministers resign
reuters.com/world/africa/middl…
> Hundreds of Libyan protesters called on Friday for the ouster of the internationally-recognised prime minister and his government said one security force member was killed when some protesters tried to storm his office.
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🇺🇸, WE SUCK 😭
THIS 👇🏼 NEEDS TO BE REVERSED AND FIXED
⚠️Black women lost 38,000 jobs in April, the most of any group. Economists say this sharp rise is tied to the administration's anti-DEI agenda. Black women are sadly paying the price. This is more than just policy — it’s harm.
- Ben Crump
afrotech.com/report-reveals-bl…
Report Reveals Black Women Lost The Most Jobs In April And Changes In DEI Could Partially Be To Blame - AfroTech
Black women workers lost more jobs than other demographics in April, according to a report. While the overall unemployment rate for April 2025 remained unchanged, stats released by the U.S.AfroTech
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Scottish Government officials have ignored public outrage and expert opinion to grant permission for Flamingo Land to build their mega-resort at Loch Lomond.
155,000 of you objected to their plans, making it the most objected to planning application in Scottish history.
But it's not over yet!
Now we need as many people as possible to write to the Scottish Government and tell them to change this decision.
Add your voice 👇
greens.scot/LochLomond
When stupid people come together to elect "leaders" ...
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Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating
Agency warns of rising debt and deficit paymentsPeter Wells (Financial Times)
Militärangaben: Israel startet neue Militäroffensive im Gazastreifen
Die israelische Armee hat die erwartete neue Großoffensive im Gazastreifen begonnen. Das teilte das Militär in der Nacht mit. Mit den ersten Aktionen solle zunächst die Kontrolle über strategisch wichtige Punkte erlangt werden.
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Galaxy Digital, which has traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since 2020, started trading on the Nasdaq on Friday under the ticker GLXY; the stock closed up 4% (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2025/05/16/novogratz-…
techmeme.com/250516/p28#a25051…
Novogratz's Galaxy Digital opens trading on the Nasdaq at $23.50 per share
Mike Novogratz’s crypto firm Galaxy Digital began trading on the Nasdaq, completing a four-year effort to secure a U.S. listing despite regulatory hurdles.MacKenzie Sigalos (CNBC)
Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/thousands-of-people-have-embarked-on-a-virtual-road-trip-via-google-street-view/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Thousands of people have embarked on a virtual road trip via Google Street View | TechCrunch
It's Friday afternoon and I'm listening to Bowdoin College's radio station, interspersed with ambient car honking noises. I am not in Maine. I am not in aAmanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
Featured Krita Artist: SebSepia - "Splattery Trees"
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#krita #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting
Mehvish Ayub on Trade War, Trump Administration, China Stocks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-16/ayub-on-trade-war-trump-administration-china-stocks-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Monica Defend on US Dollar, Fed Cuts, Gold
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-16/monica-defend-on-us-dollar-fed-cuts-gold-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Peace Activists Continue to Try to Block Arms Shipments to Israel from Travis Air Force Base - CovertAction Magazine
On April 9, a collection of peace activists affiliated with the People’s Arms Embargo returned to Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, one hour north of San Francisco to stage a protest to try to block entry into the base.Jeremy Kuzmarov (CovertAction Magazine)
Il giudice e il suo boia non sono né un giudice né un boia
di Luca Baiada Ma somigliano tanto a quelli. Un romanzo breve di Friedrich Dürrenmatt del [...]Carmilla on line
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Evan lookin’ slick as fark rippin’ that backside crook across the granite.
#skateboard #skateboarding #skatephotoaday #skatephotography #skateboardphotography #photography #grind #style #sonyalpha #sigmaart
Russia preparing orphaned children from occupied Donetsk region for war against Ukraine #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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Russia preparing orphaned children from occupied Donetsk region for war against Ukraine – CCD
In the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and Amvrosiivka, Russian forces are training orphaned children in military skills — effectively preparing them to take part in the war against Ukraine. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
ＮＡＴＯ、国防費目標5％案を協議 ドイツが支持表明 | ロイター
５月１５日、北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）はトルコのアンタルヤで外相会合を開いた。写真左は同日、同会合に出席したワーデフール独外相（２０２５年 ロイター/Umit Bektas） - 北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）は１５日、トルコのアンタルヤで外相会合を開いた。トランプ米大統領が求める国防費目標の対国内総生産（ＧＤＰ）比５％への引き上げについて、ドイツが支持する立場を示した。ワーデフール独外相は「われわれは（トランプ氏）に倣う。（集団安全保障を定める）ＮＡＴＯ第５条に対する米国の明確なコミットと受…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
Am 16. Mai 1944 erhoben sich sich die Häftlinge des Z…lagers in Auschwitz. Sie bewaffneten sich mit Steinen und verbarrikadierten sich in den Baracken. Die SS sah sich gezwungen, wieder abzuziehen. Der Aufstand der Sinti* und Roma* verzögerte die Liquidation des Lagers für mehrere Wochen.
This Supreme Court has already shown extraordinary deference to Trump over the last few years—but there doesn't seem to be much appetite for his latest scheme.
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case Has the Supreme Court Baffled
The Trump administration’s brief against the Fourteenth Amendment is a bad one, and it naturally led to some tortured legal reasoning from his solicitor general.The New Republic
The only antebellum plantations I want are those run primarily by Black people as museums of how awful slavery was. And people who try to book weddings there get told to leave.
Domattina alle 9,30 però devo essere operativo in zai a Verona allo studio per i due giorni di porte aperte.
Porte aperte, ma visitatori ignoti.
Vediamo chi arriva.
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#AfD-#Verbotsverfahren würde Stand heute im Verbot enden.
Eine Pflicht zur Antragsstellung ist denkbar.
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Watching my daughter with her grandfather brings age into sharp focus.
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Stop PIP and Benefits Cuts
March and Rally
Saturday 17th March 2025
Assemble at City Hall, #Norwich - 12 noon
Just found out my disabled friend on PIP is too ill to attend…but I’ll be marching with his spirit beside me.
#PIP
#DisabilityBenefitsCuts
#Disability
#Starmer
#Labour
My placard hastily painted this morning for the Stop PIP and Benefits Cuts Rally in #Norwich.
Turnout was good. The most I’ve seen at a #protest in the city since the #Tory crime and punishment legislation kicked in.
Hearing #disabled testimonies about the pain this is causing every day was just as important as the political speeches.
We also gave the Saturday shoppers something to gawp and think about…there was resistance to our message:
“no ifs, no buts, no to disability benefit cuts”
We assembled on #Norwich City Hall steps in time honoured tradition.
Good to hear Clive Lewis #Labour MP for Norwich South say he won’t support his party on these #Disability cuts. He promised not to vote for them…we must hold him to this and encourage other Labour MPs to take his principled stance.
Mit Verlaub, die Dame hat nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank
#Klimakatastrophe
Regenbogenflagge am Bundestag: Klöckner schränkt Nutzung ein
Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner hat entschieden: Am 17. Mai wird die Regenbogenflagge wieder auf dem Reichstagsgebäude gehisst, zum CSD aber nicht mehr. (Politik - Deutschland)queer.de
Trying to live my #blogosphere ideals and reach out to folks via their contact page over comments (esp if they don't have comments enabled but that contact page).
words.presgas.name/blogosphere…
It definitely encourages thought and pause. I like this slow internet.
Blogosphere Reaching Out
I finally started practicing what my ideals are and reaching out to another blog after reading it. They don’t have comments enabled either and had…Robert Freeman-Day (PresGas)
I had never seen your blog before, but I just wrote something very similar and just as short haha
joelchrono.xyz/blog/reaching-o…
Reaching out
I've spent my free time sending emails today, after receiving quite a few these past few days!joelchrono.xyz
@joel woo hooo! Reaching out solidarity!!
I am enjoying this aspect quite a lot more than standard comments and whatnot. So happy to see folks discovering the blog! This means so much more than looking at your hit count or anything like that.
I will definitely be adding your blog to my RSS reader!! 🤓
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Russia preparing orphaned children from occupied Donetsk region for war against Ukraine – CCD
In the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and Amvrosiivka, Russian forces are training orphaned children in military skills — effectively preparing them to take part in the war against Ukraine. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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I read a blogpost, I wrote a blogpost about it, and now there's a blogpost inspired by my blogpost!
Long live the #blogosphere
What if we let ourselves be bored again by @noisydeadlines
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What If We Let Ourselves Get Bored Again?
I am still thinking about focus and attention spans and boredom. I read Joel’s post: The constant need for a source of entertainment and that got me thinking even more. I loved that he starts talking about this time in his childhood with no technology around, and he wandered around the fields, playing with bottle caps and imagining they were spaceships (I also loved The Jetsons! 🙌).He asks himself these questions:
Why would I wash the dishes without watching a video at the same time? Why would I fold my clothes without listening to a podcast too? Why would I have lunch without scrolling away on social media? Why would I go outside without carrying my phone at all times?
And then he asks:Why would I not try, though?
To me, there are different layers to these questions:
- True multitasking (doing two cognitively demanding tasks at once) isn’t something we can actually do. We can’t read a text and listen to a podcast at the same time, these are conflicting cognitive efforts. Even when we think we are multitasking, we are not effectively processing information.
- Multitasking without cognitive conflicts: we can, however, combine two tasks that use different cognitive resources and don’t compete for the same type of attention. For example: listening to a podcast (passive audio input) while folding laundry or doing dishes.
This reminds me of the book “Deep Work” by Cal Newport, where he argues that the ability to focus intensely is a skill that must be trained. His advocates on training ourselves to be able to focus so we can better perform cognitively demanding tasks. But even if we start having distraction-free “focus” sessions every day to train ourselves, we will struggle if we can’t free our minds from a dependence on distractions.
Cal recommends training our brains to tolerate boredom. Habits like constantly checking our phones or jumping between tabs, condition us to avoid boredom and seek novelty. This damages our capacity for deep, focused work.
My concern when I see younger people constantly seeking distractions is that they completely lost their ability to have one moment, any moment in a quiet state without looking at a screen or having something in their ears. And I guess I wouldn’t be too surprised if all this multitasking were done exclusively in their leisure times. But seeing them doing that while they work, for 8 hours a day, that’s concerning.
I listen to podcasts while doing the dishes and cleaning the house. I listen to podcasts when I go to the gym (I actually use it as my incentive to go to the gym. I leave some of favorite episodes to listen while I work out). But I don’t listen to 8 hours of podcasts or watching videos on the background while I’m at work, doing cognitive efforts.
So, it’s NOT about ALWAYS doing ONE thing at a time. If we avoid pairing tasks that interfere with each other, like reading emails (language processing) with listening to a podcast (also language-heavy), we should be okay.
But also, I think Cal Newport has a point: if we are constantly in this distracted fully excited state all the time, we can’t slow down anymore, even if we want to.
I think that with the amount of instant stimulation we carry in our pockets today, it’s way harder to even realize that we are in that state. And maybe some people don’t even know how it feels like to be calm and quiet, just observing the world around them and listening to their thoughts.
And it’s a challenge for all of us; we are all being bombarded with an excess of information and entertainment. I noticed a shift in my ability to sit down and focus on reading a book a couple of years ago when I was still using the main social media apps (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). I believe that **deleting all those accounts **four years ago helped me get back to enjoy reading again and embracing boredom sometimes.
I have been curating my online consumption patterns for quite a while now, and this post summarizes a bit my feelings about feeling hacked by the online world.
Anyway, thanks Joel for sharing your thoughts!
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Post 86/100 of 100DaysToOffload challenge (Round 2)!
#100DaysToOffload #100Days #NoisyMusings #internet #attentionresistance
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By Noisy DeadlinesMinimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.
The constant need for a source of entertainment
Some thoughts about how I always want to keep my mind engaged and curious—or to keep it distracted from the real world?joelchrono.xyz
On the latest What Next TBD: American air traffic control badly needs an overhaul. Will Newark be the reason we finally get it?
slate.com/podcasts/what-next-t…
The Newarkification of Flying
Can Sean Duffy get an air traffic control overhaul off the ground?Slate
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
War update: 115 clashes on frontline, fiercest fighting in Pokrovsk sector
On May 16, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 115 combat clashes with Russian forces, with 49 of them taking place in the Pokrovsk sector alone. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Presidents of Ukraine, Montenegro discuss bilateral cooperation, European integration
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović met to discuss prospects for cooperation between their countries across various sectors and agreed to continue exchanging experience in the European integration proce…Ukrinform
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Civilians injured as Russians shell Kharkiv region
Throughout the day, Russian forces shelled the town of Kupiansk and surrounding areas in Kharkiv region, injuring four civilians and damaging residential buildings. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
What If We Let Ourselves Get Bored Again?
I am still thinking about focus and attention spans and boredom. I read Joel’s post: The constant need for a source of entertainment and that got me thinking even more. I loved that he starts talking about this time in his childhood with no technology around, and he wandered around the fields, playing with bottle caps and imagining they were spaceships (I also loved The Jetsons! 🙌).
He asks himself these questions:
Why would I wash the dishes without watching a video at the same time? Why would I fold my clothes without listening to a podcast too? Why would I have lunch without scrolling away on social media? Why would I go outside without carrying my phone at all times?
And then he asks:
Why would I not try, though?
To me, there are different layers to these questions:
- True multitasking (doing two cognitively demanding tasks at once) isn’t something we can actually do. We can’t read a text and listen to a podcast at the same time, these are conflicting cognitive efforts. Even when we think we are multitasking, we are not effectively processing information.
- Multitasking without cognitive conflicts: we can, however, combine two tasks that use different cognitive resources and don’t compete for the same type of attention. For example: listening to a podcast (passive audio input) while folding laundry or doing dishes.
This reminds me of the book “Deep Work” by Cal Newport, where he argues that the ability to focus intensely is a skill that must be trained. His advocates on training ourselves to be able to focus so we can better perform cognitively demanding tasks. But even if we start having distraction-free “focus” sessions every day to train ourselves, we will struggle if we can’t free our minds from a dependence on distractions.
Cal recommends training our brains to tolerate boredom. Habits like constantly checking our phones or jumping between tabs, condition us to avoid boredom and seek novelty. This damages our capacity for deep, focused work.
My concern when I see younger people constantly seeking distractions is that they completely lost their ability to have one moment, any moment in a quiet state without looking at a screen or having something in their ears. And I guess I wouldn’t be too surprised if all this multitasking were done exclusively in their leisure times. But seeing them doing that while they work, for 8 hours a day, that’s concerning.
I listen to podcasts while doing the dishes and cleaning the house. I listen to podcasts when I go to the gym (I actually use it as my incentive to go to the gym. I leave some of favorite episodes to listen while I work out). But I don’t listen to 8 hours of podcasts or watching videos on the background while I’m at work, doing cognitive efforts.
So, it’s NOT about ALWAYS doing ONE thing at a time. If we avoid pairing tasks that interfere with each other, like reading emails (language processing) with listening to a podcast (also language-heavy), we should be okay.
But also, I think Cal Newport has a point: if we are constantly in this distracted fully excited state all the time, we can’t slow down anymore, even if we want to.
I think that with the amount of instant stimulation we carry in our pockets today, it’s way harder to even realize that we are in that state. And maybe some people don’t even know how it feels like to be calm and quiet, just observing the world around them and listening to their thoughts.
And it’s a challenge for all of us; we are all being bombarded with an excess of information and entertainment. I noticed a shift in my ability to sit down and focus on reading a book a couple of years ago when I was still using the main social media apps (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). I believe that **deleting all those accounts **four years ago helped me get back to enjoy reading again and embracing boredom sometimes.
I have been curating my online consumption patterns for quite a while now, and this post summarizes a bit my feelings about feeling hacked by the online world.
Anyway, thanks Joel for sharing your thoughts!
—-
Post 86/100 of 100DaysToOffload challenge (Round 2)!
#100DaysToOffload #100Days #NoisyMusings #internet #attentionresistance
Thoughts? Discuss... if you have a Write.as account or Reply by email
By Noisy DeadlinesMinimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.
The constant need for a source of entertainment
Some thoughts about how I always want to keep my mind engaged and curious—or to keep it distracted from the real world?joelchrono.xyz
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