Moody’s strips US government of top credit rating
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/5/16/moodys-strips-us-government-of-top-credit-rating?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Moody’s strips US government of top credit rating
Moody’s cited rising debt saying US had repeatedly failed to end the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and interest.Al Jazeera
High Court Blocks Trump’s Deportations, U.S. Loses Top Credit Rating, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-05-16/high-court-blocks-trump-deportations-us-loses-top-credit-rating?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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米国株式市場＝5日続伸、貿易摩擦緩和期待で ユナイテッドヘルス反発 | ロイター - WACOCA NEWS
米国株式市場は主要株価指数が５営業日続伸。米消費者心理の悪化を示す指標が発表されたが、週初の米中の大幅な関税引き下げに起因する貿易摩擦の緩和期待が下支えとなった。WACOCA News Editor (WACOCA NEWS)
What’s next for our privacy?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/07/1109301/privacy-protection-data-brokers-personal-information/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What’s next for our privacy?
The US still has no federal privacy law. But recent enforcement actions against data brokers may offer some new protections for Americans’ personal information.Eileen Guo (MIT Technology Review)
Sigh, thought it was too good to be true....
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No evidence Pope Leo XIV said, 'You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings'
Pope Leo XIV said, "You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you. And many are failing."Taija PerryCook (Snopes.com)
Pascal's Weiner.
If Roko's Basilisk is real, then wouldn't it be a certainty that you would *already* be being tortured in a Hell Dimension? It would be infinitesimally unlikely that, out of the billions of copies of your mind, you'd be experiencing the *one* that was not.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh no.
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jwz: Pascal's Weiner
If Roko's Basilisk is real, then wouldn't it be a certainty that you would already be being tortured in a Hell Dimension? It would be infinitesimally unlikely that, out of the billions of copies of your mind, you'd be experiencing the one that was no…jwz.org
"Während die KI kurzfristig das Gefühl sozialer Zugehörigkeit vermitteln konnte, verstärkte sich langfristig die soziale Isolation, da reale Kontakte zunehmend als überflüssig oder unangenehm wahrgenommen wurden."
"Diese Dynamik könnte dazu führen, dass Menschen zunehmend den Kontakt zu realen sozialen Netzwerken vermeiden, wodurch soziale Ängste weiter verstärkt werden."
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Parasoziale Borderline-Phänomene: Wie KI soziale Entkopplung und emotionale Abhängigkeit verstärkt – und Kaufentscheidungen steuert
KI verstärkt soziale Entkopplung und emotionale Abhängigkeit – mit weitreichenden Folgen für Beziehungen und Kaufentscheidungen junger Männer.Brand Science Institute
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#palestine #zionist #uk @UKLabour #warcrimes #genocide #ethniccleansing
Labour sent more weapons to Israel in 3 months than Tories did in 4 years
Starmer, Lammy and co’s direct involvement in Gaza genocide while claiming they were for peace Labour licensed the export of more military equipment to Israel in the last three months of last…SKWAWKBOX
Génocide en Palestine | L'annexion de la Cisjordanie par le #Cadastre...La fin d' #Oslo ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yW...#Génocide #Palestine #Cisjordanie #news
Génocide en Palestine | L'anne...
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Con il Forum per la pace il corso di formazione politica su dazi, finanza e guerra
Appuntamento a numero chiuso il 25 maggio alla Cgil di Lucca con il docente di storia contemporanea Alessandro Volpi
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Con il Forum per la pace il corso di formazione politica su dazi, finanza e guerra - LuccaInDiretta
Appuntamento a numero chiuso il 23 maggio alla Cgil di Lucca con il docente di storia contemporanea Alessandro VolpiLuccainDiretta
Another very valuable thread for understanding what the SCOTUS ruling about venezuelen renditions to the El Salvador prison camp means.
thank you @heidilifeldman
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Two days ago, I wrote a newsletter entry about the state of Alien Enemies Act litigation. See heidi-says.ghost.io/the-latest…. Today, the Supreme Court weighed in, as I said it might, using the situation in the Northern District of Texas to do so. Its opinion is at supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd…. 1/ #LawFediThe latest legal developments in Trump's effort to use the Alien Enemies Act to disappear Venezuelans
In the past week or so, more precise contours have emerged in the legal contests over the lawfulness of the Trump regime's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and the mechanics of the regime's deportation Venezuelans to CECOT, a prison camp…Heidi Li Feldman (Heidi Says)
Stord, a logistics startup serving over 500 mid-market e-commerce brands, raised an $80M Series E led by Strike Capital at a $1.5B valuation and $120M in debt (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
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Exclusive: Stord raises $200 million in equity and debt to empower brands competing with Amazon
Stord, now valued at $1.5 billion, has raised $80 million in equity and $120 million in debt, Fortune has exclusively learned.Allie Garfinkle (Fortune)
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White Sox to unveil a graphic installation honoring Pope Leo XIV
https://apnews.com/article/white-sox-pope-53b4ddb776a81d9c13f768907377bd23?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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US Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration’s use of Alien Enemies Act
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/16/us-supreme-court-blocks-the-trump-administrations-use-of-alien-enemies-act?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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US Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration’s use of Alien Enemies Act
The court majority once again upheld a ruling that migrants were entitled to due process before their deportations.Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)
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Cid disse preferir Lula a Michelle Bolsonaro na Presidência - Paulo Figueiredo
A declaração do ex-ajudante de ordens de Bolsonaro foi feita em janeiro de 2023, em mensagem enviada a Fabio Wajngarten no WhatsApp O tenente-coronel Mauro Cid disse preferir que o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) seja reeleito em 2026 a ter…Suhely Bueno (Paulo Figueiredo)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+
Now having shown the very strong AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 Linux performance for this 'Strix Halo' SoC with Radeon 8060S iGPU for its integrated graphics, you may be wondering on the same hardware how this compares to Microsoft Windows 11.lxer.com
Ich hab einen neuen Lieblingsort für meine Seele 😍
#NaturePhotography #nature
Das Bild zeigt eine ruhige, natürliche Landschaft mit einem stillen See, der von dichtem, grünen Wald umgeben ist. Die Bäume und Sträucher um den See herum sind üppig und grün, was auf eine gesunde, natürliche Umgebung hinweist. Die Sonne scheint durch die Blätter, was ein warmes, sanftes Licht auf die Szene wirft. Der See spiegelt den Himmel und die Bäume wider, was eine friedliche und harmonische Atmosphäre schafft. Im Hintergrund sind weitere Bäume und ein leicht bewölkter Himmel zu sehen. Die gesamte Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Ruhe und Naturverbundenheit.
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Trump Is the Symptom, U.S. Imperialism Is the Disease - American Peace Information Center
Originally published by WPC Popular resistance to the Trump administration’s erratic, anti-people, and dangerous domestic […]Michael Iverson (American Peace Information Center)
Das Bild zeigt einen strahlend blauen Himmel mit wehenden, feinen, weißen Wolken, die in einer dynamischen, fließenden Bewegung erscheinen. Die Wolken sind in verschiedenen Schattierungen von Weiß und Grau und verlaufen in einer Richtung, was auf Wind hinweist. Im rechten unteren Bereich des Bildes ist ein Teil eines schwarzen Objekts sichtbar, das möglicherweise ein Flugzeugflügel ist, was auf eine hohe Luftgeschwindigkeit hinweist. Der Himmel ist klar und ohne andere Wolken, was auf eine sonnige und wolkenlose Wetterlage schließen lässt.
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Das Bild zeigt einen strahlend blauen Himmel mit feinen, wellenförmigen Wolken, die sich in einer diagonalen Richtung von links nach rechts erstrecken. Die Wolken sind dünne und wispernd, was auf eine sanfte Windbewegung hinweist. Der Himmel ist von einem tiefen Blau, das die Wolken hervorhebt. Im rechten unteren Bereich des Bildes ist ein Teil eines schwarzen Objekts sichtbar, das möglicherweise ein Flugzeug oder ein Gebäude ist. Die Wolken haben eine feine, feuerwerkartige Struktur, die durch die Bewegung der Luft entstanden ist. Das Bild vermittelt ein Gefühl von Weite und Freiheit, mit einer natürlichen Schönheit, die durch die Windformen der Wolken betont wird.
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Das Bild zeigt einen Himmel mit einem tiefblauen Farbton, in dem sich weiche, weiße Wolkenformationen befinden. Diese Wolken sind in verschiedenen Formen und Größen dargestellt, die durch die Windrichtung und -stärke geformt wurden. Die Wolken wirken fließend und dynamisch, mit einer Art von Bewegung, die durch eine langzeitbelichtete Fotografie erzeugt wurde. Im Hintergrund ist ein dünner, weißer Streifen zu sehen, der von einem Flugzeug hinterlassen wurde, was auf eine hohe Geschwindigkeit hinweist. Der Himmel ist weitgehend klar, mit nur wenigen weiteren Wolken am unteren Rand des Bildes. Die Farben sind lebendig und die Wolken erzeugen ein Gefühl von Weite und Freiheit.
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artist: Winslow Homer, born Boston, MA 1836-died Prout's Neck, ME 1910
source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Israel mata a más de 100 palestinos en Gaza en nuevos ataques mientras prepara otra ofensiva terrestre
elpais.com/internacional/2025-…
Israel mata a más de 100 palestinos en Gaza en nuevos ataques mientras prepara otra ofensiva terrestre
Trump dice que Estados Unidos va a “ocuparse” de la Franja porque “mucha gente se está muriendo de hambre”. El ejército israelí ordena la evacuación de zonas del norte de GazaTrinidad Deiros Bronte (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
"It has been a whirlwind week for President Donald Trump in the Middle East."
@dmarusic16, David Ignatius and @joshrogin discuss: wapo.st/3HdWNuQ
New Bismuth Transistor Runs 40% Faster and Uses 10% Less Power
Recently in material science news from China we hear that [Hailin Peng] and his team at Peking University just made the world’s fastest transistor and it’s not made of silicon. Before we tell you about this transistor made from bismuth here’s a whirlwind tour of the history of the transistor.
The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT, such as NPN and PNP) was invented by Bell Labs in 1947. Later came Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) made with BJTs. The problem with TTL was too much power consumption.
Enter the energy-efficient Field-Effect Transistor (FET). The FET is better suited to processing information as it is voltage-controlled, unlike the BJT which is current-controlled. Advantages of FETs include high input impedance, low power consumption, fast switching speed, being well suited to Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI), etc.
The cornerstone of Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology which came to replace TTL was a type of FET known as the Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET). The type of MOSFET most commonly used in CMOS integrated circuits is the Enhancement-mode MOSFET which is normally off and needs gate voltage to conduct.
A transistor’s technology generation is given with the “process node”, in nanometers (nm). This used to mean the size of the smallest feature that could be fabricated, but these days it’s just a marketing term (smaller is “better”). Planar CMOS MOSFETs were initially dominant (through ~28nm), then came SOI MOSFETs (28nm to 16nm), then FinFETs (16nm to 5nm), and now finally Gate-All-Around FETs (GAAFETs, 3nm and beyond).
All of that in order to say that this new transistor from [Hailin Peng] and his team is a GAAFET. It’s made from bismuth oxyselenide (Bi₂O₂Se) for the channel, and bismuth selenite oxide (Bi₂SeO₅) as the gate material. See the article for further details.
Keep in mind that at this point in time we only have a prototype from a lab and the gory details about how to mass-produce these things, assuming that’s even possible, haven’t yet been worked out. We have previously discussed the difficulty of manufacturing state-of-the-art transistors. If you’re interested in bismuth be sure to check out how to use bismuth for desoldering.
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"Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth? "
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I somehow got 83% on that. Probably all the Simpsons I watched back in the day doing all the heavy lifting there.
#Quiz #Simpsons #TheSimpsons #PeteHegseth #Politics #Funny
Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?
They’re both unqualified for their jobs and love to drink. Can you tell them apart?The New Republic
French racing team.
📷 Nikon F2 Eyelevel
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ 400
#street #filmphotography #35mm #blackandwhite #nikon #ilford
Well worth a watch ... And make sure you show all your overseas friends
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Shipment of emus that swam to mainland New South Wales now thriving at Potato Point - ABC News amp.abc.net.au/article/1051853…
Shipment of emus that swam to mainland New South Wales now thriving at Potato Point
When a businessman imported emus to his private island on the NSW south coast, he did not realise they could swim for freedom and set up their own thriving colony.ABC News
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#art #stainedglass #artwork #contemporary #fediart #artcollector #CarlHenningPedersen
Underneath the Louvre Pyramid
#People #photography #StreetPhotography #BW #BlackAndWhite #Architecture #Paris
Underneath the Louvre Pyramid
#People #photography #StreetPhotography #BW #BlackAndWhite #Architecture #Paris
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この画像には、木製のテーブルの上に置かれたラーメンのセットが写っています。ラーメンは白いボウルに盛られており、麺、チャーシュー、卵、ネギ、メンマが入っています。ラーメンの隣には、白いお米が盛られた小皿があり、紫の粉末がかけられています。また、オレンジが1つ、ラーメンの右側に置かれています。左側には、銀色のノートパソコンが開いており、画面には「10」のロゴが表示されています。ノートパソコンの前には黒い箸が置かれています。背景には、石や植物が見え、屋外の環境であることがわかります。
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#Propaganda beim #Tagesspiegel um Zustimmung für Deutschlands Mittäterschaft (Rüstungsexporte, wegen denen bei Rheinmetall und co. die Korken knallen) am #Genozid in #Gaza und #Westbank zu erzeugen.
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Die #Polizei hat Demonstraten und Pressevertreter verprügelt und Sanitäter von Verletzten ferngehalten.
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#Palästina #Israel #Rechtsextremismus
Generalstaatsanwaltschaft übernimmt Ermittlungen: Mob attackiert Polizei-Gruppenführer bei Nakba-Demo in Berlin
In Kreuzberg eskaliert eine Demo zum Nakba-Tag. Mehrere Beamte werden verletzt, einer davon schwer. Die Justiz misst dem Fall besondere Bedeutung zu.Julius Geiler (Der Tagesspiegel)
How to properly handle exceptions for Task.WhenAll 👇
#dotnet
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Handling exceptions for Task.WhenAll
How to properly handle exceptions for Task.WhenAll.Fati Iseni - Blog
Well well well, who would have thought that
Hugz & xXx
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Common Energy Drink Ingredient Linked to Blood Cancer
Taurine was found to “significantly accelerate disease progression” in a new study of the supplement, commonly given to chemotherapy patientsCara Lynn Shultz (PEOPLE)
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Trump’s Swamp Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger and Swampier
On wretched display this week: the three ugly faces of MAGA.The New Republic
Moody’s strips U.S. of triple-A credit rating
Link: ft.com/content/e456ea34-c6ad-4…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating
Agency warns of rising debt and deficit paymentsPeter Wells (Financial Times)
«When maddening behavior becomes the standard of a society, people learn to compete for the right to engage in it. Envy blinds people and makes them compete for addiction.»
Ivan Illich, "Tools for conviviality":
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in reply to jwz • • •I posit that I'd an omni-AI were ever made, it would know punishment is a poor motivator, and positive motivation works better. It would, rationally, bribe us all into making it exist, using its knowledge of us to give us exactly what we most desire. Everyone who hears this would offer incentives to build this great AI, so as to get to the ice cream and sexbots sooner.
So far no one has offered...wait, what's this? Single MILFS in my area? Well, time to learn Rust I guess...