PATRICK LAWRENCE: Diplomatic Chess, Ukraine the Pawn
In Istanbul, a door was pried open after a soap opera’s worth of chicanery in London, Paris, Berlin and Kiev. Now the question is what Trump can do to address Russia’s concerns.Consortium News
17 May 1935 | A Norwegian Jewish boy, Arvid Claes, was born in Oslo.
He was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942. He arrived at the camp on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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Hassan II Mosque — Casablanca
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is one of the world's largest mosques, and its minaret made this the world's tallest religious structure for 26 years.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
Trans-Tasman Resources' Taranaki seabed mining project clears first phase of Fast-track process
A company's plan to mine 50 million tonnes of South Taranaki seabed every year has cleared the first hurdle in the Fast-track process.Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) executive chair Alan Eggers said he was "delighted" the company's application for its Taranaki VTM project had been accepted as complete and would now move on to the next stage of the Fast-track process.
Opponents, meanwhile, are "livid" and have vowed to continue their fight against the project.
TTR wants to mine 50 million tonnes of seabed a year for 30 years in the South Taranaki Bight.
Eggers said the company had identified a world-class vanadium resource that could contribute $1 billion annually to the economy.
Trans-Tasman Resources' Taranaki seabed mining project clears first phase of Fast-track process
Trans-Tasman Resources wants to mine the South Taranaki Bight seabed every year for three decades.Bill Hickman (RNZ)
Opinion | Now it’s Senate Republicans who want to undermine the filibuster
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U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine resigned because she couldn’t support foreign policy that pressured the victim, Ukraine, instead of the aggressor, Russia. “Peace at any price is not peace at all — it is appeasement… History has taught us that appeasement leads to more war and suffering.”— Bridget Brink
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I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion
I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.Bridget Brink, Detroit Free Press (Detroit Free Press)
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Trump administration strikes deal to allow sales of rapid-fire gun modification
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Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
Der dialogisch-monistische Song #Wepray von #Coldplay für Frieden in Vielfalt berührt mich sehr. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cFI1wZoG…
The most extraordinary episode of Andor’s final season doesn’t even show its main character.
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The Greatest Star Wars Show Was Always Going to End in Tragedy, but I Still Didn’t See This Coming
Andor just made two of its most fascinating characters do the unthinkable.Sam Adams (Slate)
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Pollution of West Highland loch under investigation
An investigation is under way into a serious pollution incident at a West Highland loch which locals have described as an “ecological catastrophe”.Billy Briggs (The Ferret)
IL CASO BRAIBANTI
#mastofilm docufilm
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Il caso Braibanti - Video - RaiPlay
Il caso giudiziario riguardante Aldo Braibanti, ex partigiano, poeta e drammaturgo che verso la fine degli anni '60 fu accusato dalla famiglia del suo compagno, il ventunenne Giovanni Sanfratello, di averlo plagiato non avendo questa mai accettato l'…RaiPlay
Wellicht morgen toch nog naar Den Haag.
#Protest #DeRodeLijn #RodeLijn
#Israel #Gaza #StopIsrael
#genocide #ethniccleansing
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The Capitals wrap up their season with a mix of pain and possibility
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If you are able to donate for Gaza, please do so. Even small amounts help.
No this won't end the Genocide, but it can alleviate suffering a little.
Entities I personally regularly donate to:
Sulala Animal Rescue: linktr.ee/sulalaanimalrescue1
Hands for Charity (Canada-based charity): handsforcharity.org/
Al Jawad Educational Camp: gofundme.com/f/5w5rfk-Help-dis…
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Sulala is the only organization in the Gaza strip that rescues stray animals!Linktree
A farewell to Pepe Mujica, who recently passed away and really led by example ( ESPAÑOL MÁS ABAJO)
ENG: "He established an agenda of rights that marked his administration by fire; he promoted the 8-hour working day for rural workers when he was Minister of Livestock, and during his term of office, the day of the rural worker was declared, which is celebrated every 30 April; The law on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy (with the main rationale of accompanying women in their decision and not as a mere act of ending a life); the regulation of marijuana consumption, which put Uruguay in the international spotlight as a testing ground for the legalisation of all drugs in order to put an end to a war that only leaves deaths along the way."
ESP: "Consagró una agenda de derechos que marcaron a fuego su gestión; promovió las 8 horas para el trabajador rural siendo ministro de Ganadería, y durante su mandato se declaró el día del peón rural que se celebra cada 30 de abril; el matrimonio igualitario, la ley de interrupción voluntaria del embarazo (con la fundamentación principal de acompañar a las mujeres en la decisión y no como un mero acto de poner fin a una vida); la regulación del consumo de marihuana, con la que puso al Uruguay en la mira internacional como un campo de prueba hacia la legalización de todas las drogas para poner fin a una guerra que solo deja muertos por el camino."
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“European Council President Antonio Costa says he is ‘shocked’ at the situation in Gaza, where Israel has launched an expanded offensive.
‘Shocked by the news from Gaza: starving civilians, hospitals hit again by strikes. The violence must stop!’ Costa says in a statement online.”
So how are the costumes this year at Eurovision? Any zany ones? How’s Israel’s?
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#esc2025 #eurovision #eurovision2025 #genocide #israel #Palestine #Gaza #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism
US Says No Decision Yet on Whether to Drop Boeing Criminal Case
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Aerospace Tech Hub’s federal funding is put on hold
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has blocked $48 million in federal funding for an advanced aerospace materials test bed in Spokane, triggering protests from lawmakers.
The decision also affects five other Tech Hub projects around the country that were approved for federal support in the
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#GeekWire #Aerospace #MaterialsScience #Spokane #Technology
Aerospace Tech Hub’s federal funding is put on hold
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has blocked $48 million in federal funding for an advanced aerospace materials test bed in Spokane, triggering protests from lawmakers. The decision also affects f…Cosmic Log
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KPRF’s Message to the Paris Anti-Imperialist Colloquium | 80th Victory Day
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Didn't watch it last year, either.
Or the year before.
I don't agree with normalising genocide.
#BoycottEurovision
#Genocide
#Israel
#Gaza
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Fuck Eurovision, for that very reason.
The world is full of people who value the status quo of convenient business as usual over human life.
There are many reasons human society is characterised by tragedy, but hypocrisy is a vein that runs through all of them.
And that applies to all of us to one degree or another as we are all part of a corrupt society.
But some things we are dependent on for survival though we'd rather not be. Other things are entertainment.
Shame.
Trump Eyes Mass Expulsion of Gazans to Libya, Report
Gaza (Quds News Network)- US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to expel up to one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya, according to an NBC report. The plan, reportedly based only on leaEditing Team (Quds News Network)
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“The UN says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since the Israeli strikes resumed on March 18.
One of them was 4-month-old Youssef who was starved to death. The footage of his tiny, emaciated body, bones poking through a thin layer of skin, terror in his bulging eyes, will haunt me forever. This is what moral collapse looks like
If you’re tuning in to watch Israel dance on the mangled bones (there are no graves) of the butchered at the Eurovision this week, think of the 500 children who will be killed, starved or injured over the course of those five days. What’s another year — of normalising genocide.”
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We are in Israel’s endgame for Gaza — we must stop it now
We are bequeathing our children a world of horror and death, livestreamed, with no consequences for the perpetratorsTess Finch-Lees (IrishExaminer.com)
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ok, apparently my idea of relaxing for a day is giving PCB etching another try and then taking it way too far by also trying to give it a nice solder mask and plotted silk screen.
anyways, here is a USB-C power supply for my old soviet short wave receiver
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turns out, running a radio from a noisy USB switch mode supply is a bad idea, even if followed by linear regulation.
well, at least it's nice to look at I guess…
#KeepEyesOnAgadez
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Still Life with a Silver Jug and a Porcelain Bowl, Willem Kalf, 1655 - 1660
Willem Kalf did not paint the most common type of Asian objects circulating in the Dutch Republic, but generally chose rare examples that were already decades old. Sometimes he combined elements from various objects. For example, the decoration on the inside of this bowl is typical of klapmutsen (bowls with a flat rim) from earlier in the century, while the decoration on the outside is based on a contemporary
piece of porcelain.
oil on canvas, h 73.8cm × w 65.2cm
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Quais bancos já aceitam o Pix por Aproximação? Veja se o seu está na lista
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Si vede anche il magazzino dove li abbiamo presi. è una visione... particolare. Le singole foto non rendono.
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Last September, a new card was issued for Magic: The Gathering -- “Zimone, All-Questioning”
it turns out that it enables a player to deal infinite damage ...
... so long as *the twin primes conjecture is true*
I cannot express how delightful I find this
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Linkfest #34: Neanderthal Sunscreen, Triskaidekaphobia, and a Self-Zippering Zipper
Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next “Linkfest”, in which I sift through the contents of the entire known Internet to extract...The Linkfest
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🎉PyLadiesCon is at #PyConUS! We're thrilled to announce our third edition💜🐍
✨Stop by the PyLadies booth!
🤝Meet & Greet at the PSF booth – 11:30am
⚡Mariatta will give a lightning talk at the Community Organizers Summit!
🗓️Room 317 -10:30am
🚀New #PyLadiesCon open source project reveal!
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