Trash Piles Up in Philadelphia as Workers Strike Drags On
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-08/philadelphia-trash-strike-drags-on-as-negotiation-resume-citylab-daily?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What Trump officials said about releasing the Epstein files
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-bondi-patel-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Republicans Just Sold Out Their Own Supporters. One Senator’s Vote Shocks Me More Than Most.
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Republicans Just Sold Out Their Own Supporters. One Senator’s Vote Shocks Me More Than Most.
It’s a striking example of just how monolithic the once ideologically heterogenous Republican Party has become.Jill Filipovic (Slate)
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France, Italy and Greece allowed the plane of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly over their airspace en route to the United States on 7 July, raising questions about their obligations under international law.
Netayahu was issued an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in November, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Gaza since October 2023.
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#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News
Was it legal for France, Italy and Greece to let Netanyahu fly over their airspace?
France, Italy and Greece allowed the plane of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly over their airspace en route to the United States on 7 July, raising questions about their obligations under international law.Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)
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As Stewart Lansley argues:
'It is Britain’s yawning income and wealth gap – driven by the way the gains from economic activity have been captured by an over-powerful financial & corporate elite – that explains the rise of impoverishment. The achievements of the 1970s have been overturned by an end to the pro-equality philosophy of postwar governments, with the state being turned into an agent of inequality'.
(Again): Thatcher's triumph over political ideals.
#politics
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Labour, inequality and the poverty crisis: Can Starmer deliver real change? - Transforming Society
Stewart Lansley, author of 'The Richer, The Poorer', argues that Labour has abandoned its core mission, taking minimal action on poverty while upholding a system that deepens inequality.bluinc (Transforming Society)
Meloni, Dimon Discuss Possible JP Morgan Investments in Italy
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Italy outraged at killing of heroic police bloodhound, found dead after eating food laced with nails
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Whether on approves or disapproves of swearing, curse words are everywhere, and now more than ever. New research reveals the most common vulgarity, and which countries curse the most. And I ask a linguist: Why are we hearing and seeing more swearing now, online and even among politicians on camera, as happened recently when the US president dropped an F-bomb on TV?
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The Art and Science of Swearing - Wise & Well - Medium
New research reveals the most popular curse word and which countries swear the most. Plus: Linguists explain why people are swearing more than ever.Robert Roy Britt (Wise & Well)
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Webb scruta le polveri delle stelle di Wolf-Rayet l MEDIA INAF
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Webb scruta le polveri delle stelle di Wolf-Rayet
Utilizzando lo strumento Miri di Jwst, un gruppo internazionale di ricercatori ha rivelato l’esistenza di gusci concentrici di polvere attorno a quattro stelle di Wolf-Rayet in sistemi binari.Federica Loiacono (MEDIA INAF)
EFF at Open Sauce
EFF is excited to be at Open Sauce for the first time in San Mateo, CA! If you're attending the event, be sure to stop by EFF's table where we'll be spreading the word about our efforts to protect digital privacy and free expression online.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Le temperature dell’Aare – alla base dello spegnimento – sono tornate sotto la soglia critica di 25 gradi, dannosa per fauna e flora fluviali
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Analysis | Is ChatGPT really the new Google? We dug into the numbers.
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Several definitions make measuring "human-level" AI an exercise in moving goalposts.
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AGI may be impossible to define, and that’s a multibillion-dollar problem
Several definitions make measuring “human-level” AI an exercise in moving goalposts.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
Provincie legt #qbuzz 1 miljoen euro boete op over het eerste kwartaal.
Die kosten zijn allang ingecalculeerd, en het is het tweede kwartaal minstens net zo onbetrouwbaar. Rammelende bussen, ontbrekende chauffeurs.
#arriva terug en snel een beetje 👿
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Provincie legt Qbuzz boete van één miljoen euro op: afspraken niet nagekomen
Qbuzz nam in december vorig jaar de Friese busconcessie over van Arriva. De concessie geldt voor de komende teien jaar.Omrop Fryslân
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@gvs Ja, dat valt mij ook steeds meer op . Ik vraag me wel af, wat de regels zijn voor censuur. @martijn @staff
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'Paint by Numbers: The Bold Art of Robert Indiana'
Rodrigo Sarrat-Cave helps us appreciate big LOVE, Hard-Edges & vibrating colours...
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Paint by Numbers: The Bold Art of Robert Indiana - Signifier - Medium
The now instantly recognisable LOVE artwork, created in 1964 by American artist Robert Indiana was initially produced as a screen-printed, limited-edition card intended for mailing to friends. A year…Rodrigo S-C (Signifier)
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A look at the state of #WebAssembly, as it turns 10. It’s getting traction in some areas (though notably game engines aren’t one of them), though a pain point is its low-level model and lack of any standard implementation of structured types or garbage collection making interfacing with dynamic languages, or indeed the web DOM, a pain. As with Java, though, the web may not be where it ends up.
I think the name has caused confusion and held it back.
I know I reflexively ignored and skipped over any mention of #WebAssembly until I realized very recently that it:
1) Is general purpose and not actually a "web" thing.
&
2) Isn't yet another name for #JavaScript.
Today in Labor History July 8, 1972: Israeli Mossad assassinated Palestinian writer and PFLP leader Ghassan Kanafani.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #PFLP #palestine #israel #mossad #assassination #zionism #GhassanKanafani #FreePalestine #occupation
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While chairman Jeff Bezos enjoys his honeymoon, Amazon workers are in line for record injuries and hospitalizations over the four-day summer sale.
Amazon’s Prime Sweatshop Is Nothing to Celebrate
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#11yrInvasionofUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
SUSE Launching Region-Locked Support For the Sovereignty-Conscious - Slashdot
SUSE has unveiled a new support package aimed at customers concerned about data sovereignty. From a report: Called "SUSE Sovereign Premium Support," the service geo-pins support to a given region rather than adopting the traditional follow-the-sun mo…linux.slashdot.org
Tschernobyl: Beschädigte AKW-Schutzhülle - was ist zu retten?
Im Winter beschädigte eine russische Drohne die Schutzhülle am stillgelegten AKW Tschernobyl. Experten haben nun ein Konzept erarbeitet, wie das hochkomplexe System zumindest teilweise wiederhergestellt werden kann. Von Florian Kellermann.
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Diese Doku müßte Ihnen doch auch zugänglich sein, selbst wenn sie von der Konkurrenz (vom ZDF) ist.
... bei anderen Verbrechen ist das nicht möglich.
Schild van een koormantel met het dispuut van de heilige Catharina van Alexandrië, anonymous, c. 1525
embroidering, h 53cm × w 49cm
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Patriarch Bartholomew meets families of Ukrainian POWs, missing soldiers
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew held a meeting in Istanbul with the families of Ukrainian prisoners of war and those missing in action, greeting them with the words "Glory to Ukraine." — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
INGV assume un Funzionaro/a d’Amministrazione: bando aperto con scadenza a luglio
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L’INGV (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) ha aperto un bando con scadenza a luglio 2025. L’ offerte riguarda il profilo professionale di 1 Funzionario/a di Amministrazione a tempo determinato (V livello retributivo) da destinare all’Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti. Ecco
INGV assume un Funzionaro/a d’Amministrazione: bando aperto con scadenza a luglio
L’INGV seleziona 1 Funzionario Amministrativo per l’Osservatorio Terremoti. Scadenza 14/07/2025. Requisiti, prove e candidatura online.Redazione Roma (CorriereUniv)
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Il nuovo post di universita-it: All’Università di Ferrara il corso di laurea in scienze e politiche per l’ambiente
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All'Università di Ferrara il corso di laurea in scienze e politiche per l’ambiente - Universita.it
All'Università di Ferrara nasce il corso di laurea in Scienze e politiche per l’ambiente. Questo nuovo percorso triennale è pensato per affrontare le sfide ambientali e costruire un futuro sostenibile.Monica (Universita.it)
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I’m lazy, but I like hard work, shoulder to the plough
A heavy head feels good in bed, but I don’t sleep nohow
And minutes into hours into staring at the wall
My mind will not surrender into darkness into deeply dream at all
(Marian Call, Flying Feels Like ; try not to get traumatized by the 4,200 mile nightmare at the opening)
Funny to me still, how factually the seasons change
No pain when that ice cracks--I'm gainin' minutes back
(Marian Call, Equinox)
We scored the limestone just like so
To map the stars' ascent
To prove we understood the Moon,
We left circles where she went(...)
But we were here, yes, we were here
And this is how it went
We made beauty, it made sense
And we destroy and we repent because
We were wild and we were wrong
And this is how our judgment's drawn
So sculpt and sketch and sign your own
All we leave are standing stones
(Marian Call, Standing Stones)
⛔️🇺🇸How responsible is Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, in the deaths of 100’s of Americans with his short-sighted DOGE cuts of federal employees (Times Radio VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk #ElonMusk #Musk #Tesla #SpaceX #Texas #DOGE #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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#11yrInvasionofUkraine
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Republicans suck ass.
'Nowhere to be found': Disaster workers slam Trump's 'slow-walking' after flood
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'Nowhere to be found': Disaster workers slam Trump's 'slow-walking' after flood
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that President Donald Trump had made disaster assistance available to Texas to assist recovery efforts from last week's deadly flooding — but sources say not much has been done to help.Travis Gettys (Raw Story)
It wouldn't be the first time that Cruz put his vacation plans ahead of his official duties as a U.S. Senator, right? @MrScarce
crooksandliars.com/2025/07/ted…
Ted Cruz Tours The Parthenon As Floods Ravage Texas
Despite claiming to have returned to Texas "as fast as humanely possible", the Daily Beast found that Cruz continued on with his vacation as normal.Ed Scarce (Crooks and Liars)
Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups – July 8, 2025
This is the newest update of the ‘U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map’ exclusive series showing the approximate locations of...Anonymous765 (South Front)
Russlands Ex-Verkehrsminister tot aufgefunden – Ermittler vermuten Suizid
Nur wenige Stunden nach seiner Entlassung wurde Russlands Ex-Verkehrsminister Roman Starowoit tot an seinem Auto aufgefunden. Neben ihm: eine Makarow-Dienstpistole. Die Ermittler gehen von Selbstmord aus.RT DE (RT)
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Add to this Trump/Musk/DOGE cut over 600 staff from NWS alone
"The reason people hate Ted Cruz the moment they meet him is because it saves time" - Matthew Dowd
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Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy?
Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.Ben Chu, Jake Horton, Kayla Epstein & Marco Silva (BBC News)
Why I 🧡 the web.
Turn your phone into a jukebox, and #opensource alt to #Spotify Collaborative Playlists.
- Anonymous accounts: no sign up or email needed
- Share a link, add songs together
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"Perfectly timed for morning sunbeam, how do they do it. Would recommend."
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"Un modello di violenza.
Le prove dell'uso brutale della forza da parte degli agenti dell'#ICE nei raid anti-immigrazione a #LosAngeles."
#Trump #USA #razzismo #PoliceBrutality #8luglio
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Documenting ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids
Video analysis of reveals how federal agents in Southern California regularly use force against unarmed individuals, many of them U.S. citizens.Jonah Valdez (The Intercept)
Texas flood death toll continues to rise, with at least 107 killed.
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It’s been a few days now, and this story keeps getting worse.
Take note: this is what happens when emergency services are underfunded.
To the MAGA crowd: Are we “great” yet?
Texas floods: Death toll reaches at least 107
Search efforts continue for a fourth day as a girls' summer camp confirms 27 children and staff are dead, with five campers and one counsellor unaccounted for.BBC News
Parental controls on children’s devices make more harm than what they are trying to prevent.
They are usually a red flag for parents who don’t spend enough time engaging with their kids while they consume digital content, and instead just want to make sure that their kids won’t be exposed to crap while left unattended with a tablet for 2-3 hours.
They remove the need for a bidirectional discussion between parents and kids about what content is appropriate and what not, thus impairing their children’s critical abilities to do the right thing when they are on a non-restricted device.
They put the children out of the loop in parenting decisions and delegate parenting decisions to an algorithm instead, fostering a sense of grudge and perceived injustice.
And they come with the risks that you have every time you forbid something without the person on the other side understanding why - your children will feel even more thrilled when they break the rules.
Digital devices aren’t necessarily bad for kids. They can indeed be very valuable instruments for learning about the world. Every kid in the world should have an ebook reader. Just make sure that you sit next to them and you guide them when they use them.
And gradually give them more trust as they grow up. A kid who has the trust of their parents is much more likely to do the right thing than one who is given arbitrarily rules enforced by an algorithm by an absent parent.
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Parental controls on children's tech devices are out of touch with child's play
Parenting in the digital age can be stressful and demands a lot from parents.Sara M. Grimes (Tech Xplore)
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Watch Animated Sheet Music for Miles Davis’ “So What,” Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” and Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation”
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Watch Animated Sheet Music for Miles Davis’ “So What,” Coltrane’s "Giant Steps," and Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation”
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue changed jazz. It changed music, period. So I take it very seriously. But when I see the animated sheet music of the first cut, “So What,” I can’t help but think of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts cartoons, and their Vince Guaraldi …OC (Openculture.com)
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