Taylor Swift ‘tax’ goes mainstream: US states target luxury second homes
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/09/01/taylor-swift-tax-goes-mainstream-us-states-target-luxury-second-homes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Taylor Swift ‘tax’ goes mainstream: US states target luxury second homes
Rhode Island’s new levy on €1 million-plus holiday homes—dubbed the "Taylor Swift tax”—is inspiring copycats, as policymakers hunt for cash for housing and try to curb "lights-out" neighbourhoods.Una Hajdari (Euronews.com)
ScotRail abolishes peak rail fares in attempt to encourage more people to use trains
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2025/09/01/scotrail-abolishes-peak-rail-fares-in-attempt-to-encourage-more-people-to-use-trains?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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ScotRail abolishes peak rail fares in attempt to encourage more people to use trains
The removal of peak rail fares is expected to significantly help passengers with savings and deal with the current cost of living crisis.Indrabati Lahiri (Euronews.com)
#BirdsOfMastodon #birb #nature
Australian fugitive being helped by others as manhunt nears second week, say police
https://www.euronews.com/2025/09/01/australian-fugitive-being-helped-by-others-as-manhunt-nears-second-week-say-police?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Australian fugitive being helped by others as manhunt nears second week, say police
Dezi Freeman, 56, allegedly killed two police officers at his rural property in Porepunkah last Tuesday, before escaping into the bush.Rory Sullivan (Euronews.com)
The US #media is covering up the growing number of CEO assassinations (which are acts of self defense).
19-minute video
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Migrant community marches in favour of making themselves leave Australia – The Chaser chaser.com.au/general-news/mig… once again #TheChaser nails it.
“A group of white people from immigrant backgrounds have held a series of marches across Australia pleading for their own community to leave Australia at once.
The idea that the protesters should “go back to where they came from” has been met with agreement across vast swathes of the Australian public.”
Migrant community marches in favour of making themselves leave Australia – The Chaser
A group of white people from immigrant backgrounds have demanded that people like them should "go back to where they came from"The Chaser
And #TheShovel is not far behind!!!
theshovel.com.au/2023/01/26/mi…
“Boat people from as far back as 1788 didn’t bother applying for passports or visas, were set on introducing their own laws, and, in many cases concealed criminal records, according to the damning report.
Chief researcher Marianne Williams said migrants have stubbornly refused to adapt to the local culture. “They haven’t made an effort to fit in, and in a lot of cases they’ve tried to impose their own laws onto those already here”.
Migrants Failing to Assimilate, 200-Year Study Finds — The Shovel
"They refuse to fit in or speak anything but their native tongue"The Shovel
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> The beauty of the evening sky. A look through the houses.
#sky #nature #sunset #dawn #photo #photography #house
Markus Kniebes: The Gorge kniebes.com/2025/09/01/the-gor…
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The Gorge
Da ich zurzeit noch ein AppleTV+ Abo, schaue ich ab und an mal, was es dort an Filmen gibt. Gestern bin ich über The Gorge gestolpert. Die ersten Minuten haben zwei entspannte Stunden versprochen, in denen ich etwas lesen oder mich um ...Markus Kniebes (kniebes.com)
Zimbabwe Publishes Draft Regulations to Establish Climate Fund
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/zimbabwe-publishes-draft-regulations-to-establish-climate-fund?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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https://www.techtudo.com.br/comparativo/2025/09/xiaomi-14t-vs-poco-x7-pro-saiba-o-que-muda-entre-os-celulares-xiaomi-edmobile.ghtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Xiaomi 14T vs POCO X7 Pro: saiba o que muda entre os celulares Xiaomi
Smartphones da Xiaomi oferecem recursos de ponta, como câmera de até 50 MP, bateria de 6.000 mAh e tela com resolução 1,5K. Descontos podem superar os R$ 2.700; compareTechtudo
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – but exactly how much, no-one knows
architectureanddesign.com.au/e…
Big Tech does everything in its power to hide and deceive when it comes to its true environmental impact. It's been aggressively greenwashing since the 1950s when in Silicon Valley it hid the chemical tanks underground that were needed to make its chips. From there we got to the Cloud and an industry of lies and deceit.
The Cloud is on the ground.
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – but exactly how much, no-one knows | Architecture & Design
As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a significant amount of water.www.architectureanddesign.com.au
Jumped into cleaning up a rusty, paint-spattered herd of chisels acquired in winter. One needs a new handle for sure. 5€ for the lot, thereabouts. A worthy exploration in any case.
Scraped and bathed. Now working on the refinishing. Sharpening will be later in year.
LtR: two unmarked and a Muller, two Alchrom and a J-C Brune, a ¾” (Chinese), two Stanley (black handles), and a Peugeot. All mid-20th +/-, I’d guess.
TBC
@libri
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Ancora una volta, si discure di "caro-scuola". Nel 2025 la spesa media per i libri è di 190 euro l’anno nelle scuole secondarie di primo grado, 279 euro l’anno nei licei, 241 negli istituti tecnici, 167 negli istituti professionali. Per Giorgio Riva, presidente del gruppo Educativo dell'Associazione Italiana
🎮 Grande notizia per i gamer: Hollow Knight Silksong sarà più accessibile di quanto pensiate! #Gaming #HollowKnightSilksong 🛡️💰
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Hollow Knight Silksong costerà meno di quanto pensate
Team Cherry ha fissato il prezzo europeo a 19,99€, mantenendo l’approccio accessibile che aveva reso celebre il primo capitolo.Patrizio Coccia (Tom's Hardware)
#GazaProtests #Chile #SolidarityWithinRivals
Supporters of rival teams agree on one thing: ITS A GENOCIDE, ITS NOT [JUST] A WAR !
"Chilean fans for rival teams enter the stadium standing for Palestine together #gaza #shorts" [ ± 1-3 min]
by WearThePeace [Aug 31, 2025]
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#NeverAgain #STOPtheGenocide
#JUSTICEforHindRajab #JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan
#LIFEfor#Netanyahu#Gallant#Gvir#Smotrich
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
KEEΡΦΑ: Ρατσιστική επίθεση σε βάρος μετανάστη εργάτη που ζητούσε τα δεδουλευμένα του στον Ασπρόπυργο - The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση
Η ΚΕΕΡΦΑ (Κίνηση Ενωμένοι Ενάντια στον Ρατσισμό και τη Φασιστική Απειλή) καταγγέλλει ρατσιστική εργοδοτική βία σε βάρος μετανάστη εργάτη. Ο μετανάστης Ραφίκ Μοχάμεντ δέχτηκε επίθεση με σιδηρολοστό από άτομο που…Νεκταρία Ψαράκη (ThePressProject.gr)
AerynOS 2025.08 Released with GNOME 48.4 and Mesa 25.2, KDE Plasma Support - 9to5Linux
AerynOS 2025.08 Linux distribution is now available for download with the latest GNOME 48 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.15, and more.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
La UE dovrebbe promuovere questo, non le armi.
"[...] esistesse una rete organizzazioni contro i diritti, finanziata da ingenti somme di denaro provenienti da Russia e USA e pronta a collaborare con partiti di destra ed estrema destra in ascesa a livello globale".
valigiablu.it/finanziamenti-re…
Chi finanzia i movimenti contro l'aborto e i diritti LGBTQ+ in Europa - Valigia Blu
Nel 2017 Wikileaks rivelò “Agenda Europe”, un manifesto che delineava la strategia di una rete transatlantica ultra cattolica per erodere diritti come aborto, divorzio e libertà LGBTQ+.Claudia Torrisi (Valigia Blu)
:: Spagna, migrante trovato nel vano motore.
- La stessa idea di ibrido che Marchionne voleva realizzare con gli operai di Melfi.
Galaxy A17: Samsungs neues Budget-Smartphone kostet ab 230 Euro
Kurz vor Beginn der IFA hat Samsung sein günstigstes Modell der A-Smartphone-serie neu aufgelegt. Das Galaxy A17 kostet ab knapp 230 Euro.
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The image shows a street scene with two tractors parked in front of a building. The building has a white facade with black roofing and multiple windows, some with flower boxes. The tractors are positioned near a stop sign, with one red and the other cream-colored. The red tractor is on the left, and the cream-colored one is on the right. A gray pickup truck is parked behind the cream-colored tractor. The street is paved, and there is a landscaped area with green grass in front of the tractors. The sky is overcast, suggesting a cloudy day. The storefronts on the ground floor include "Metlys" and "entia."
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l’incontro di esiste la ricerca anche su mobilizon (e fb)
Link degli eventi Mobilizon e FB
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l’incontro di esiste la ricerca anche su mobilizon (e fb)
ESISTE LA RICERCA
5-6-7 settembre, Studio Campo Boario,
viale del Campo Boario 4/a, RomaEvento su Mobilizon:
mobilizon.it/events/cd4c6dab-6…
Evento fb:
facebook.com/events/1527943968…#ELR #ELREsisteLaRicerca #EsisteLaRicerca #eventi #evento #FB #incontro #Mobilizon #reading #StudioCampoBoario
5-6-7 settembre, Roma: ESISTE LA RICERCA, quinta edizione_ Allo Studio Campo Boario
Venerdì 5 e sabato 6 settembre 2005, dalle 10 alle 18 – e domenica 7, dalle 10 alle 14 a Roma, presso lo Studio Campo Boario Viale del Campo Boario 4/a _ (Metro B – fermata Piramide) ESISTE LA RICERCA quinto incontro (2025): IL GIOCO DELLE COMU…mobilizon.it
l’incontro di esiste la ricerca anche su mobilizon (e fb)
ESISTE LA RICERCA
5-6-7 settembre, Studio Campo Boario,
viale del Campo Boario 4/a, Roma
Evento su Mobilizon:
mobilizon.it/events/cd4c6dab-6…
Evento fb:
facebook.com/events/1527943968…
#ELR #ELREsisteLaRicerca #EsisteLaRicerca #eventi #evento #FB #incontro #Mobilizon #reading #StudioCampoBoario
5-6-7 settembre, Roma: ESISTE LA RICERCA, quinta edizione_ Allo Studio Campo Boario
Venerdì 5 e sabato 6 settembre 2005, dalle 10 alle 18 – e domenica 7, dalle 10 alle 14 a Roma, presso lo Studio Campo Boario Viale del Campo Boario 4/a _ (Metro B – fermata Piramide) ESISTE LA RICERCA quinto incontro (2025): IL GIOCO DELLE COMU…mobilizon.it
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"India’s digital ambitions and climate commitments need not be at odds ... The development of Green Energy Corridors have already begun to reshape India’s power landscape. These policies are gradually enabling digital infrastructure, particularly data centers, to transition toward solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources"
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Here lies the insidious allure of renewables. Consume what you want, once you're using renewables. There's no environmental cost to green energy
I have just finished preparing for the arrow-building process, i.e. deciding which tools are necessary for making wooden and carbon arrows, and which steps are involved. This is only the first step: preparation. I will start building once I have received all the materials.
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#archery #fletching #Bogenschießen #Pfeilbau
Preparations: Building my own wood and carbon arrows
I've taken up archery again, so in this post I'll share my preparations for making new wooden and carbon arrows.Lukas Rotermund
das habe ich schon zwei mal gemacht, einmal für Cqarbonpfeile und einmal für Holzpfeile
2025.2.uhc-elster.de/?p=5886
#Archery#Fletcher#Bogensport#Bogenschießen#longbow#Langbogen#TraditionalArchery
Se 150 anni fa non fosse nato #EdgarRiceBurroughs non ci sarebbe stato #Tarzan. E senza il nostro eroe (Dio mio, non ci sarà qualcuno che..), niente sigla di questo varietà #TV del 77-78. P.S. ci si creda o meno, l'altro lato di questo 45 giri è uno dei brani dell'estate 2025: è stato 1) remixato e vabbè.. 2) ricantato da Ditonellapiaga. Chi l'avrebbe mai detto. #SandraMondaini - Ma Quant'è Forte Tarzan! (1977) - Invidious iv.duti.dev/watch?v=R2PjxTa_Ss…
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I agree on most of the points in this article, except for one:
Rust’s goal of providing zero-cost abstractions often comes up in discussions around async Rust and is sometimes misunderstood. For example, the idea that async Rust is a big ecosystem with many crates and building all of those crates as part of your application is a violation of the zero-cost abstractions principle. It isn’t, zero-cost is about runtime performance.
A good zero-cost abstraction should be both about performance AND developer experience.
If handling something as fundamental in modern programming languages like async coroutines ends up with subjecting developers to the whims of opinionated external frameworks like Tokio (which btw competes with Rust’s own async-async-std implementation), building a few MBs of crates every time just to handle this paradigm and understanding how concurrent ownership models are implemented in different frameworks (and even routinely exposing yourself to manual synchronization mechanisms like mutexes, which the whole async paradigm was supposed to hide away as much as possible), then one has to question the whole implementation of the abstraction.
It doesn’t matter if the new abstraction doesn’t impact the performance of the program at runtime, if it doesn’t actually do any good job in reducing the cognitive burden of the developer that uses it and reduce the number of knobs that they have to control.
Leaky abstractions can’t be zero-cost abstractions.
Which btw it doesn’t mean that I have a silver bullet to solve Rust’s async abstraction problem. If you build a language around certain constraints (like mathematically proven memory safety) then you should just acknowledge that some problems that require more flexibility (like shared memory ownership across async components) will be harder to model.
But then let’s just acknowledge that this is a design issue that will always require some level of trade-offs, rather than hiding ourselves behind a “as long as the abstraction doesn’t impact runtime performance then it’s zero-cost”.
hugotunius.se/2024/03/08/on-as…
On Async Rust
Reflections on my experience with async rust and the recent slew of criticism of it.hugotunius.se
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Newly-inaugurated Combined Missile Production Line of Major Munitions Enterprise - KFAUK.com
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, went round the newly-inaugurated combined missile production line of a ma…Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
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La nuova GAC Hyptec A800, berlina EREV sviluppata con Huawei, debutta a Chengdu: design innovativo, tecnologia Qiankun ADS 4.0 e prezzo competitivo.
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#motori #auto
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In un mondo che va a 200 all'ora, ho deciso di rallentare e aprire un blog. So che è un po' in controtendenza, ma d'altronde, il metal non è mai stato una moda. Qui parlo di musica: dal passato al presente, con un'unica missione, farvi ascoltare del buon heavy metal 🤘
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The Netherlands is working on a nationwide infrastructure for open science, to make it easier and more attractive for researchers and institutions to share their knowledge.
The strategic plan outlines a vision to prevent fragmentation and reduce costs. We invite you to share your feedback on the vision and priorities!
Read more: surf.nl/en/news/contribute-you…
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Der FichtelDom im Internet: Ich habe gerade jottacloud.com/de/ gefunden und werde das als Google… fichteldom.de/2025/09/01/ich-h…
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Der FichtelDom im Internet
Ich habe gerade jottacloud.com/de/ gefunden und werde das als Google Photos Alternative mal testen. Das Angebot liest sich zumindest schon mal gut und der Preis ist attraktiv.fichteldom.de
The People's movement against the EU (in Denmark) are closing down due to lack of funds...
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Arbejderen (@Arbejderen@radikal.social)
Det er ikke lykkedes for Folkebevægelsen mod EU at komme økonomisk på højkant igen, efter at bevægelsen i 2019 mistede sit mandat i EU-parlamentet. I søndags besluttede Folkebevægelsens landsledelse at erklære bevægelsen konkurs. https://arbejderen.radikal.social
Ich frage mich langsam wirklich, für die #EU und #NATO eigentlich die rote Linie ist. So langsam ist doch sonnenklar, dass wir für #Russland bereits Teil des Kriegs sind, vor allem nach so einer Aktion. Man stelle sich vor, das Flugzeug wäre deswegen abgestürzt, will man das immer noch aussitzen?
kyivindependent.com/suspected-…
Suspected Russian jamming hits von der Leyen's plane over Bulgaria
Suspected Russian interference forced European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's plane to land in Bulgaria using paper maps, the Financial Times reported on Sept. 1, citing three undisclosed officials.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M | TechCrunch
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.Tim De Chant (TechCrunch)
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"TGONet's DEN" Update:
Electronics posts moved to ToGo-Lab
From now on, all electronics and IT projects live at togo-lab.io.
My private blog (tgonet.de/blog) will from now one will strict focus to private notes and travel only.
The archives about #electronics #DIY and other projects stay as they are. For a quick intro to the new site, see togo-lab.io/?p=72 (please use a VPN if you encounter a 403).
everything wrapped together you will find at the landing page: tgonet.de
"AI is being trained to please users and, in doing so, is becoming indifferent to the truth."
cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof…
AI designers will not let the truth get in the way of creating dependency and addiction among their user base. The core idea is to give this stuff away for free until addiction occurs. Then, you can bleed the user forever, or at least until they commit suicide or go bankrupt. Yes, the AI tech bros are as evil, cruel, mean and greedy as that. AI is gangsterland, grifter paradise
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Das Bild zeigt eine Person, die auf einem Holzbank in einem Gebäude sitzt. Sie trägt eine große, schwarze Sonnenbrille und einen breitkrempigen Hut, sowie ein auffälliges Leopardmuster-T-Shirt und schwarze Hosen. Neben ihr auf dem Bankrand steht eine schwarze Handtasche mit einem goldenen "N" auf der Vorderseite. Die Person hat einen Stock in der Hand und lehnt sich entspannt an die Armlehne der Bank. Im Hintergrund ist ein Teil einer Tür und ein Aufzugsschacht zu sehen. Der Text unter dem Bild lautet: „Operative Maßnahmen eingeleitet“ Staatsanwaltschaft rechnete nicht mit Haftantritt von flüchtiger Rechtsextremistin Liebich. Eigentlich sollte die Rechtsextremistin Marla Svenja Liebich seit Freitag im Gefängnis sein. Sie trat die Haft jedoch nicht an. Nicht alle hat das überrascht.
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:: Mi piace l'arte, e come arte intendo la musica, la poesia, il sesso, i dipinti, il corpo umano, la letteratura... Tutto questo è arte per me.
_Hunter Reveur_
L’escroquerie de la dette résumée en deux chiffres
L'escroquerie du chantage à la dette peut être démontée simplement en deux chiffres
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Retrouvez les actualités par Contre Attaque. Des articles tous les jours pour organiser la contre-attaque médiatique, culturelle et politiqueC (Contre Attaque)
Stop subsidising short-stay investors with dodgy tax perks! A new report from Everybody's Home warns that negative gearing and CGT discounts on short-stay rentals are costing taxpayers $111 million to $556 million annually—while Aussies scramble for long-term housing. These loopholes aren’t just unfair—they’re fueling the housing crisis. Time for reform.
#housingcrisis #negativegearing #auspol #rentalcrisis #taxreform #airbnb
9news.com.au/finance/negative-…
Taxpayers losing up to $550 million every year in tax breaks for short-term property owners: report
Campaigners say negative gearing is bleeding the national purse while stoking house prices.Richard Wood (9News)
Me: yeah ...
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"Rincewind wasn’t certain how to deal with this. ‘No worries,’ he said. This covered most things."
–Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent"
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