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„Votum gegen die Menschenwürde“: Auch aus der Union wird Merz für seine Zustimmung zu Brosius-Gersdorf kritisiert - Apollo News
Für seine Zustimmung für die SPD-Kandidatin für das Bundesverfassungsgericht, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf wird Bundeskanzler Merz von vereinzelten Unions-Politikern und aus der AfD kritisiert.Redaktion (Apollo News)
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The UE Boom 4 Prime Day Sale Lets You Bring the Party Anywhere for Less
https://www.wired.com/story/ultimate-ears-boom-4-prime-day-deal/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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When you see something that is not right, get into Good Trouble! Join us on July 17 to stand against injustice, fight for our rights, and create a better future. Together, we can make a difference. #GoodTroubleLivesOn social.demcast.com/s/4FtgmqXJ
Libya interested in cooperation with Bobruiskagromash
A Libyan delegation led by Head of Libya’s National Development Authority Jibril Daoud Khalifa Salim visited Bobruiskagromash to study the company’s product offering, BelTA learned from Bobruiskagromash.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
Barclays Hires Sales Trader in Hong Kong After Pullback
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/barclays-hires-equity-sales-trader-in-hong-kong?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Japanese BDS Activists Are Ramping Up Their Campaign Against a Robotics Company
Japan BDS is claiming a special responsibility to end Japanese robot makers’ complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.Frances Madeson (Truthout)
If you want to get off the ground using up to date #julialang in #guix operating system, see my success at the discourse thread:
discourse.julialang.org/t/juli…
Julia via juliaup in GUIX
Hey all, recently posted about using juliaup in NixOS. Now I’m investigating it in GUIX which is a similar OS but using guile scheme as the configuration language.Julia Programming Language
A imagem mostra um tweet do perfil oficial de Lula ([@]LulaOficial) com um fundo que incorpora as cores da bandeira do Brasil: verde, amarelo, azul e vermelho. O tweet, escrito em português, afirma que qualquer medida de elevação de tarifas de forma unilateral será respondida à luz da Lei brasileira de Reciprocidade Econômica. Ele destaca a soberania, o respeito e a defesa intransigente dos interesses do povo brasileiro como valores que orientam a relação do Brasil com o mundo.
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A imagem mostra um tweet do perfil oficial de Lula ([@]LulaOficial) com um fundo colorido que inclui as cores da bandeira do Brasil: verde, amarelo, azul e vermelho. O tweet afirma que a informação sobre um suposto déficit comercial entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos é falsa. Ele menciona que as estatísticas do próprio governo dos Estados Unidos comprovam um superávit desse país no comércio de bens e serviços com o Brasil, no valor de 410 bilhões de dólares ao longo dos últimos 15 anos.
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A imagem mostra um tweet do usuário [@]LulaOficial, identificado como Lula, com um fundo que incorpora as cores da bandeira do Brasil: verde, amarelo, azul e vermelho. O tweet aborda a rejeição da sociedade brasileira a conteúdos de ódio, racismo, pornografia infantil, golpes, fraudes, discursos contra os direitos humanos e a liberdade democrática nas plataformas digitais. Ele enfatiza que, no Brasil, a liberdade de expressão não se confunde com agressão ou práticas violentas, e que todas as empresas, nacionais e estrangeiras, estão submetidas à legislação brasileira.
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A imagem mostra um tweet do perfil oficial de Lula ([@]LulaOficial) com um fundo dividido em quatro cores: verde, amarelo, azul e vermelho, que representam as cores da bandeira do Brasil. O tweet é uma resposta à manifestação pública do presidente norte-americano Donald Trump, publicada em uma rede social na tarde da quarta-feira (9). O texto destaca que o Brasil é um país soberano com instituições independentes que não aceitarão ser tutelados por ninguém. Além disso, o tweet afirma que o processo judicial contra aqueles que planejaram o golpe de estado é de competência apenas da Justiça Brasileira e, portanto, não está sujeito a qualquer tipo de interferência ou ameaça que fira a independência das instituições nacionais.
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Opinion | Watch Trump make good on his Ukraine promises
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/09/trump-putin-russia-ukraine/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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While looking for something else, I just found a blog post about Diaspora I wrote in 2012;
But what I was really pleased to stumble upon is the post I wrote in 2019 about replacing FarceBook;
This one is definitely going to get an update-and-repost on the new Disintermedia blog.
EDIT: replaced links, hopefully this won't slashdot archive.today sites ...
> Really glad you got it sorted
For those 2. My long term plan is to move the Disintermedia blog to a community-hosted service (Ghost is a favourite but I'm still evaluating options).
When it comes time, I'll try to write a bash script that goes through the most complete archive of the CoActivate version, copies each post into the new one. Bonus extra; change each timestamp so it's correct according to the original publication date. Double bonus: do the same for the SubStack version.
Unhappy with Putin, Trump and Congress move closer to Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/09/trump-ukraine-putin-weapons-sanctions/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'Alligator Alcatraz' Already Ballooning Over $600 Million, Leaked Document Shows
DHS is redirecting FEMA money to create a slush fund for ICE detention centers.Ka (Jessica) Burbank (Drop Site News)
Oil Steady as Traders Weigh Rising US Stockpiles, Trump’s Levies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-july-10?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Tridico (M5S): Sui dazi bisogna rispondere agli Usa in maniera forte - Eunews
"Non è solo una questione commerciale: è una questione di giustizia sociale, di sovranità economica e di dignità"Sebastian Robustelli Balfour (Eunews)
Wie Fediverse-Reactions und Avatare in WordPress zusammenhängen
Einen Punkt habe ich in meinem vorigen Beitrag über Folgefragen nach dem Verbinden eines WordPress-Blogs mit dem Fediverse noch nicht behandelt: Die Abhängigkeit der Anzeige der Fediverse-Reactions von den generellen Avatar-Einstellungen in WordPress. Das ist auch ein bisschen komplexer und damit einen eigenen Beitrag wert:
Gravatar und Datenschutz
WordPress holt sich standardmäßig die Avatare zu normalen Kommentaren von gravatar.com. Hat dort jemand keinen Avatar eingerichtet, erscheint stattdessen in WordPress-Kommentaren der Platzhalter, den man unter Einstellungen > Diskussion definiert hat.
Da das mit gravatar.com nicht datenschutzfreundlich ist, wird dazu geraten, ein Plugin wie Avatar Privacy zu verwenden. Oder Avatare an oben genannter Stelle einfach ganz zu deaktivieren.
Überall zulassen oder gar keine?
Wer Avatare komplett abschaltet, ist dann zwar das Datenschutzproblem in WordPress los, bekommt aber Folgeprobleme:
- Der zum Beitrag gehörige Autorenavatar wird auch nicht mehr angezeigt
- Fediverse-Reactions werden nicht angezeigt
Das Problem mit dem Autorenavatar lässt sich beheben, indem ich ein Plugin wie One User Avatar benutze. Damit kann ich für jedes Benutzerprofil einen lokalen Avatar hochladen.
Das Problem mit den Fediverse-Reactions behebt das aber nicht.
Alles gut, dank Blockthemes
Um die Fediverse-Reactions anzeigen zu können, müssen Avatare also erlaubt sein. Da man mit den o.g. Plugins dafür nicht weiterkommt, bleibt nur eins und das geht dank Blockthemes kinderleicht: den Platzhalter für Avatare aus dem Kommentartemplate komplett entfernen! Hier also nochmal die Konstellation, wie ich sie hier verwende:
- Avatare in WordPress-Einstellungen unter Diskussion zulassen, damit Fediverse-Reaktionen und Autorenavatare dargestellt werden können
- One User Avatar installieren, um Autorenavatare darstellen zu können, ohne das zu Gravatar gefunkt wird
- Platzhalter für Kommentar-Avatare löschen (oder Avatar Privacy installieren), um zu verhindern, dass für Kommentar-Avatare zu Gravatar gefunkt wird.
Wie handhabst Du das in Deinem Blog?
Gravatar mit Datenschutz
Das Plugin »Avatar Privacy« ermöglicht es, Gravatare in WordPress einzusetzen, ohne den in der DSGVO geforderten Datenschutz zu verletzen. Perfekt.Peter Müller (Einstieg in WordPress)
Trump begründet Zölle für Brasilien mit "Hexenjagd" gegen Bolsonaro
Auch Brasilien hat nun Post von US-Präsident Trump mit den neuen Zollbestimmungen bekommen. Das Land soll auf die Einfuhr von Produkten in die USA den bislang höchsten Wert von 50 Prozent zahlen - und zwar aus innenpolitischen Gründen.
Trump wird doch nicht seinen Nachahmer in Stich lassen. Erinnert sei an "Sturm auf das Kapitol in Washington 2021 vs. Sturm auf Kongress in Brasilia 2023"
fr.de/politik/brasilien-aussch…
Sturm auf Regierungsgebäude: Die Parallelen zwischen Brasilien und den USA
Die Ausschreitungen in Brasilia erinnern stark an den Sturm auf das Kapitol in den USA. Tatsächlich bestehen Verbindungen zwischen dem Trump- und dem Bolsonaro-Lager.www.fr.de
Von wem? Höchstens anderen Diktatoren, aber sicher von niemandem mit Verstand und Anstand in der Birne!
Gaza’s Largest Hospital Plunges into Darkness
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex warned that the Zionist regime’s deliberate fuel blockade has brought the hospital to the brink of total shutdown.Tasnim News Agency
#StudentLoans interest charges to kick back in for roughly 8 million borrowers
Interest charges will return on Aug. 1 after a yearlong pause on payments.
Roughly 8 million student loan borrowers will see their interest charges restart next month, #Trump Dept of #Education announced Wednesday.
Borrowers on the #Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education Plan — about 7.7 million people — will have interest charges return on Aug. 1 after a yearlong pause on payments.
@CindyWeinstein
It's not about subsidising private jets, they have more money than they need
It's because they really, really hate you and want you to die.
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Yes, I know, but they needn't worry -- I will die and their eugenicist framework may hasten that. And as that existential philosopher Joni Ernst said, "well all die."
An early example of creating vector layers via Python scripting in #GIMP. In addition to giving access to plug-in developers, we'll eventually use this to load SVGs as vectors (and load vector layers from formats that support them like PSD and PSP)!
There's still a lot of work to be done, both in the public API and internally, but progress continues.
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Da non crederci...
Su Gaza l'illuminato Paolo Mieli è 'inKatzato': non riusciamo a crederci
Che Mieli sia da sempre un illuminato filoisraeliano non è un insulto ma una constatazione di fatto. Che non sia un ultrà di Netanyahu, anche. Ma proprio per questo non credevamo alle nostre orecchieUmberto De Giovannangeli (Globalist.it)
Jump Drive on Boardgamearena.com is so addictive! It's a very streamlined version of Race for the Galaxy, one of my all-time favorite #boardgames. The solo mode has you running a "campaign", where you try to beat certain scores in certain ways. You can easily run a campaign in about 30 minutes. I fell 1 point short of winning the easiest campaign. Love it!
The image shows a screenshot from a digital board game interface. The top section displays player information and game progress. The player "jdarnold" has a score of -1, with 5 cubes, 8 points, 7 cards, and +8 dollars. The "Outreach" section lists victory conditions: "Great Victory" (60 VPs), "Military Victory" (50 VPs and +8), "Peaceful Victory" (50 VPs; may not use +? to place worlds), and "Discovery Victory" (45 VPs and must Explore at least once). The game has ended in a defeat, as indicated by the message "End of game: End of game (defeat)".
The middle section shows the player's hand, with cards like "Rosetta Stone World," "Avian Uplift Race," "Rebel Miners," "Adaptable Uplift Race," "Convict Miners," "Investment Credits," and "Space Marines." The bottom section displays "jdarnold's tableau," featuring cards such as "Mining Robots," "Asteroid Belt," "Pirate Fuel Cache," "Reptilian Uplift World," "Alien Robot Sentry," and "Rebel Outpost." The interface includes options like "Return to main site," "Propose a rematch," "Play again," and "Return to table list." The bottom navigation bar offers links to "How to play," "Competition," "Strategy tips," "Options," and "Credits."
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The Cybersecurity Tarot - Goddess Multimedia
#cybersecurity #card #tarot #cyberspace #multimedia #hacker #hack #computer #security #goddess
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I like "Imagen 4 Ultra" for my tarot cards but it depends on your prompt where you get the best result. Under the hashtag #tarot you will find other cards.
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Pour célébrer la naissance de mon enfant, j'ai brodé le panneau de contrôle du premier Macintosh.
À partir d'une capture d'écran, j'ai créé le modèle à broder, en mettant son nom dans la barre de titre, sa date et son poids de naissance. J'ai mis plusieurs mois à le réaliser, et il est né quelques semaines avant que j'arrive à le terminer, ce qui tombe bien parce que je devait de toute façon attendre la naissance pour les informations de dernière minute.
Je suis impatiente de partager un jour avec lui l'origine de cette œuvre de Susan Kare.
Vous pouvez jouer avec l'original (dans une émulation) dans ce très bel article de Marcin Wichary.
About 1,800 Palestinian Detainees Held in Israeli Prisons, Including 450 Palestinian Under 18, Say Advocacy Groups
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- According to prisoner advocacy groups on Tuesday, at least 10,800 Palestinian detainees, including over 450 children, are currently held in Israeli prisons. InEditing Team (Quds News Network)
Smetana, Adamo with Segev and Debussy from Chicago - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Grant Park Music Festival. Inbal Segev, cello, and the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Nicole Paiement play: SMETANA: The Moldau. Mark ADAMO: Last Year, Cello Concerto. DEBUSSY: La Mer. Live....www.worldconcerthall.com
#web
Web...
#http, #corporations, #evilness
Small Web: #smol
#indieweb: indieweb.org
#web0: small-tech.org
Maybe we should go back to using plain text everywhere over http...
The point I'm making is that there's all these "initiatives", like those I've listed above, all trying to compete for tjhe 0.0.1% of people who might think the same, but there's no cohesion to any of it.
Which I think is the thing which is missing...
#Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #SanFrancisco #Chinatown
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personally, I think it is a problem if a Substack eugenicist has access to lists of millions of people by race www.theverge.com/analysis/703...
The Columbia hack is a much bi...
The Columbia hack is a much bigger deal than Mamdani’s college application
Columbia University was in a vulnerable position before it was hit by a massive, politically-motivated hack. Shouldn’t we know more about what’s going on?Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
I just tried this because there were some zip ties on my work bench and I was out of trimmer line.
The zip ties worked for a few minutes and then disintegrated.
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2qgsk…
Oh it’s happening!! And you can preorder it here:
routledge.com/Securing-Sexuali…
Securing Sexuality: Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Intimacy and Technology
Securing Sexuality equips therapists and clinicians with the latest information about tech ethics, privacy, cybersecurity, and cybersexuality, providing practical tools to navigate the myriad ways in which their lives and the lives of their clients a…Routledge & CRC Press
We’ll have a double-signature stamp made, to minimize the length of awkwardness, lol
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IKEA Ditches Zigbee For Thread Going All In On Matter Smart Homes - Slashdot
IKEA is relaunching its smart home line with over 20 new Matter-over-Thread devices that will work across ecosystems such as Apple Home and Amazon Alexa, with or without IKEA's own hub.mobile.slashdot.org
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Red, gold and violet sunset, Lost Ponds, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. June 1, 2021, 8:30 PM.
#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #summer #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #pond #summertime
BRICS portal
BRICS is an informal group of states comprising the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa.BRICS
Sources: Groq has talked with investors about raising $300M to $500M at a $6B post-investment valuation, which would double its $2.8B valuation from August 2024 (The Information)
theinformation.com/articles/nv…
techmeme.com/250709/p49#a25070…
Sources: Groq has talked with investors about raising $300M to $500M at a $6B post-investment valuation, which would double its $2.8B valuation from August 2024
From The Information. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Almost every interview I've given since October 7 has to begin with "do you condemn?" Are you out of your minds? Yeah I condemn. I condemn the aparteid state, that has been engaged in a sadistic type of genocide for almost eight decades, that's what I condemn. You want me to condemn the people that are subjected to these crimes when they stand up?
--- Miko Peled, speaking at the Palestine Museum
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(bong rip) "hear me out - what if we did ethnic cleansing, but this time on the blockchain?"
ft.com/content/0b1bc761-c572-4…
#gaza #palestine #israel #crypto #blockchain #cryptocurrency #iran
My latest project is to check an old cedar fence nearby, which is already decaying, for lichens.
I have found some really beautiful lichens, one of which is this Common Clam lichen (Hypocenomyce scalaris).
This lichen consists mainly of small lobes (squamules) that look like clams, very rarely this lichen produces apothecia.
On the second photo you can even see these apothecia (black round dots with grey rims).
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Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push – Politico
The losses are spread across each of NASA’s 10 regional centers, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and will impact everything from planning astronaut missions to the moon to sending out deep space probes. | Aubrey Gemignani / NASA via Getty Images
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency pushThe losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
A rocket takes off.By Sam Skove, 07/09/2025 01:14 PM EDT
At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave under a push to shed staff, according to documents obtained by POLITICO — potentially spelling trouble for White House space policy and depriving the agency of decades of experience.
The 2,145 employees are those in GS-13 to GS-15 positions — senior-level government ranks that are typically reserved for those with specialized skills or management responsibilities. The losses are particularly concentrated at higher levels, with 875 GS-15 employees set to leave, according to the documents.
Those 2,145 employees, in turn, make up the bulk of the 2,694 civil staff who have agreed to leave NASA under a slate of offers that fall within broader administration efforts to trim the federal workforce, according to the documents. NASA has offered staff early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations.
Many of those leaving also serve in NASA’s core mission sets, according to the documents. Those leaving include 1,818 staff serving in mission areas like science or human space flight, with the rest performing mission support roles like IT, facilities management or finance.
“You’re losing the managerial and core technical expertise of the agency,” said Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at The Planetary Society. “What’s the strategy and what do we hope to achieve here?”
The departures follow a proposed White House budget for 2026 that would slash NASA’s funding by 25 percent and cut over 5,000 staff. The cuts, if enacted by Congress, would force the agency to operate with the smallest budget and staff since the early 1960s.
The losses are spread across each of NASA’s 10 regional centers, where much of the agency’s work is done and which focus on everything from planning astronaut missions to the moon to sending out deep space probes.
The Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is set to lose the most staff at 607; Johnson Space Center in Texas will lose 366 staff; Kennedy Space Center in Florida will lose 311; and NASA headquarters in Washington will lose 307. Langley Research Center in Virginia will lose 281, Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will lose 279, and Cleveland’s Glenn Research Center will lose 191 staff.
Read more: Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push – PoliticoSource Links: Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push – POLITICO
#2025 #America #DonaldTrump #Health #History #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #NASA #NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration #Politico #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Japanese BDS Activists Are Ramping Up Their Campaign Against a Robotics Company
Japan BDS is claiming a special responsibility to end Japanese robot makers’ complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
@palestine
@RealJournalism