Georgetown Academic Freed from Immigration Detention Following Judge’s Ruling
Washington (Quds News Network)- Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been released from a Texas detention centre after he was arrested as part of the Trump administration's crackdown oEditing Team (Quds News Network)
Starbucks Is Said to Start Process to Revamp Vast China Business
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/starbucks-is-said-to-kick-off-process-to-sell-stake-in-sprawling-china-business?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business @business-bloomberg
The Land Beneath the Biggest U.S. Cities Is Sinking, Finds New Analysis of Satellite Data
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-land-beneath-the-biggest-us-cities-is-sinking-finds-new-analysis-of-satellite-data-180986609/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Smartnews @smartnews-Smithsonianmag
The Land Beneath the Biggest U.S. Cities Is Sinking, Finds New Analysis of Satellite Data
Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could destabilize buildings or worsen floodingSara Hashemi (Smithsonian Magazine)
We’re excited to announce the first Bookshelfie Awards — a new book award celebrating the best in independent publishing! We’re looking for books that take risks, break moulds, or explore topics traditional publishing might not support.
Submissions open now! Winners to be announced in December!
Poor Landscape
21mm
May 2025
Many landscapes are becoming poorer and poorer, more and more shelterbelts of trees and shrubs as well as more small groves and small forests are disappearing!
#photography #landscape #landscapes #landscapephotography #landscapephotographer #blackwhite #blackandwhite #bw #bnw #bnwphotography #blackwhitephotos #monochrome #monochromatic
British ICC chief prosecutor lost access to email and has bank accounts frozen after Trump sanctions on top court
Trump imposed strict sanctions on the ICC, the highest criminal court in the world, after a panel of judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant in November. Judges found there was reason to believe that the pair may have committed war crimes by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeting civilians in Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza - charges Israeli officials deny.
One reason the the court has been hamstrung is that it relies heavily on contractors and non-governmental organisations. These businesses and groups have curtailed work on behalf of the court because they are concerned about being targeted by US authorities, according to current and former ICC staffers.
Microsoft, for example, cancelled Mr Khan's email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in the UK have been blocked.
British ICC chief prosecutor lost access to email and has bank accounts frozen after Trump sanctions on top...
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, British barrister Karim Khan, has lost access to his email and his bank accounts have been frozen since Donald Trump slapped sanctions on him in February.Josef Al Shemary (LBC)
"Whether it's a house or the stars or the desert, what makes them beautiful is invisible." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
#desertlife #turpan #china #silkroad #travel #photography #travelphotography #overland #desert #solotravel #solofemaletravel
Oh, good news, kids: I thought there couldn't be a worse nugget of revelatory information in Careless People than the Jackson thing, but apparently another of Zuckerberg's heroes is Augustus Caesar, the guy who made the destruction of the Roman Republic permanent. #tech #bookstodon #amreading
[To be scrupulously fair, Augustus was a brilliant leader; he just used that brilliance in the service of consolidating his personal power on an unprecedented scale].
Caution Mastodon / Fediverse. KOSA would probably impact you as well.
Once it becomes law, any post that could be considered "harm" to minors would be in play. This could be used by both political parties to go after content they do not like. Remember the hacking == harm arguments of the 1990s?
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids…
#kosa #mastodon #fediverse #eff @eff
The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back in the Senate. Sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Archway (sort of a door...) for #doorsday
Scan of an analogue photo taken about 20 years ago!
#photography #amateurphotography #analogphotography #door #doorsday #urban #city #doorphotography #bologna #porta #italia #citta #europe #garden #courtyard #shadows #cortile
Уряд США звинувачує Meta в монополії через поглинання Instagram і WhatsApp. ФТК виклала ключові аргументи в суді. Які наслідки для техгігантів? #Meta #АнтимонопольнеПраво #США #Технології #Instagram #WhatsApp
Детальніше: newsua.us/node/6839
Суд проти Meta: Аргументи США у справі про монополію на ринку соцмереж
У США триває судовий процес проти технологічного гіганта Meta Platforms (колишній Facebook), де уряд висуває серйозні антимонопольні звинувачення.NewsUA US
Steuerschätzung verschärft Haushaltssorgen
In diesem Jahr sind es 600 Millionen und bis 2029 mehr als 30 Milliarden Euro weniger Steuerreinnahmen für den Bund. Finanzminister Klingbeil hat jetzt eine Grundlage für seine Haushaltsplanung, die schwierig werden dürfte. Von A.-K. Mellmann.
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Steuerschätzung verschärft Haushaltssorgen
In diesem Jahr sind es 600 Millionen Euro und bis 2029 mehr als 30 Milliarden Euro weniger Steuerreinnahmen für den Bund. Finanzminister Klingbeil hat jetzt eine Grundlage für seine Haushaltsplanung, die schwierig werden dürfte.Anne-Katrin Mellmann (tagesschau.de)
Dieses "Defizit" kann man doch locker ausgleichen:
1. Bürgergeld kürzen
2. Einzelhandelspreise hochtreiben (siehe Kaffee etc)
3. Co² Steuer erhöhen (nicht für die Industrie !)
Was ist eigentlich mit der Weinsteuer ? Ich schätze mal, dass trifft dann die Falschen (die Oben), also geht das nicht.
Wie wäre es, die Verteidigungsausgaben nur um 4 % zu erhöhen, ganz egal was dieses #TRUMPeltier fordert.
Ist schon traurig genug, dass wir viertgrößter Waffenexporteur der Welt sind !!!
14,000 years, 12,000 miles: Ancient Asians made longest human journey in prehistory
A pioneering international genomics study has revealed that ancient Asians were responsible for the longest...
#engineering #technology
interestingengineering.com/sci…
Ancient Asians trekked 12,000 miles in epic prehistoric migration
The study estimates that early migrants arrived at the northern edge of South America about 14,000 years ago.Srishti Gupta (Interesting Engineering)
Claudia Sheinbaum denounces proposed US remittance tax as ‘unacceptable’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/15/claudia-sheinbaum-denounces-proposed-us-remittance-tax-as-unacceptable?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Latin America News @latin-america-news-AlJazeera
Claudia Sheinbaum denounces proposed US remittance tax as ‘unacceptable’
Republicans have proposed the remittance tax as part of a broader push to crack down on undocumented immigration.Al Jazeera
Nuages sur les infrastructures publiques : repenser la gouvernance d’internet à l’ère des hyperscalers
Dans une tribune pour Tech Policy Press, lanthropologue Corinne Cath revient sur la montée de la prise de conscience de la dépendance ...danslesalgorithmes.net
#Politik #politics
n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Experten-Tr…
Forderung nach Freihandelsdeals: Experten: Trumps Zölle schaden den USA mehr als der EU
Im Handelskonflikt mit den USA dringen Wirtschaftsexperten auf ein entschlossenes Vorgehen der EU. Der Staatenverbund soll zügig neue Handelsabkommen mit anderen Staaten vorantreiben.n-tv NACHRICHTEN
«📣 «Ce n’est pas au Président de la République de dire s’il y a un génocide, c’est aux historiens», a déclaré hier le Président 🇫🇷Emmanuel #Macron.
🧵Voici brièvement pourquoi cette affirmation est juridiquement - et moralement - erronée. »
#JohannSoufi, juriste
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#polFr #génocideÀGaza #Gaza #Palestine @palestine @israel
A BlueSky thread by Johann Soufi on Skyview
📣 « Ce n’est pas au Président de la République de dire s’il y a un génocide, c’est aux historiens », a déclaré hier le Président 🇫🇷Emmanuel Macron. 🧵Voici brièvement pourquoi cette affirmation est juridiquement - et moralement - erronée. 1/6 👇skyview.social
When they close a door on you, remember that a thousand opportunities open up. 🍎👩🏾🏫
Trump Will Seek 180-Day Waiver to Congress Sanctions on Syria
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/trump-will-seek-180-day-waiver-to-congress-sanctions-on-syria?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The FBI warned that cybercriminals using AI-generated audio deepfakes to target U.S. officials in voice phishing attacks that started in April.
EU Digital Chief Defends Bloc’s Tech Regulation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-15/eu-digital-chief-defends-bloc-s-tech-regulation-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Bloomberg Television @bloomberg-television-bloomberg
globalist.it/senza-categoria/2…
Bello!
Il libro perduto di Profondo Rosso: un omaggio ai 50 anni del capolavoro di Dario Argento
Il misterioso libro fittizio del film diventa realtà in un’edizione curata da Mario Gazzola e Andrea Carlo Cappi, con racconti horror ispirati ai capitoli mostrati nel celebre fotogramma.redazione (Globalist.it)
Ya están los primeros rumores de la Switch 2 Pro Oled elchapuzasinformatico.com/2025…
La maquinaria de soñar nunca para.
Switch 2 "Pro" con SoC a 5 nm y panel OLED estaría en camino
Salen rumores de una posible Nintendo Switch 2 Pro con un SoC Tegra T239 a 5 nm junto a la esperada adición de una pantalla oled.Borja Rodríguez (El Chapuzas Informático)
Today, I’m sharing a new card on my shop: a Bluethroat. These birds are found in Europe all the way across the Palearctic to Alaska.
I had an older version included in literally *the* first pack of bird greeting cards I’d ever made, but this new update is now available as an individual card.
goimagine.com/bluethroat-singl…
BUT—here’s a new feature—I finally set up my art shop to enable folks to select six cards and get one of those cards free. So essentially, you can design your own packs of single cards (from the 130 in my shop) and pay less.
Now I know—“Six greeting cards for $30?! That’s cray cray! I can get them so much cheaper somewhere else!” Yep. You can.
But these are painted, printed, packed, and posted by me (the artist) personally. These are Human-Made cards with Human-Made art, done by an independent artist keenly interested in helping people make connections with each other.
For me, this is more than sales or profit margins or giant corporations riding trends and hokey celebrity meme cards. I could do the lowest common denominator and make more money with stolen generated image schlock.
This is not that.
And these cards are not for folks who can’t tell or don’t care about the difference.
Where the art comes from that you share with others matters.
#greetingcards #birds #birdart #IndieArtist #Goimagine #Handmade #ShopSmall #FediGiftShop #FediArt
Announcing the launch of Digital Preservation Terminology: an Irish Language Glossary for Repositories and Archivists.
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for #DigitalPreservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
Read more: dri.ie/news/dri-launches-digit…
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DRI launches Digital Preservation Terminology: An Irish language glossary for Repositories and Archivists - Digital Repository of Ireland
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to share that along with Gaois, part of Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge at Dublin City University, we have created a standardised set of Irish language terms relating to digital preservation – producing…Digital Repository of Ireland
Human Rights Watch denuncia: il blocco israeliano di Gaza è uno strumento di sterminio
Il blocco totale imposto da Israele dal 2 marzo trasforma la Striscia di Gaza in una “zona di sterminio”, denuncia HRW. Critiche anche per i piani di compressione della popolazione Human Rights Wat…LiberoReporter
One market's shutdown comes after the Treasury Department sought a related ban.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Telegram bans $35B black markets used to sell stolen data, launder crypto
One market’s shutdown comes after the Treasury Department sought a related ban.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Springtime Field and Tree
110mm
May 2025
#photography #photographer #photo #photos #photograph #photoimage #landscape #landscapes #landscapephotography #landscapephotographer
Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android
“Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”
Without full file access, it’s kind of hard to use your own cloud.Kevin Purdy (Ars Technica)
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Putin dodges peace talks in Istanbul as Russia pushes for territorial concessions from Ukraine
https://theconversation.com/putin-dodges-peace-talks-in-istanbul-as-russia-pushes-for-territorial-concessions-from-ukraine-256504?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Russia invades Ukraine @russia-invades-ukraine-ConversationCA
Putin dodges peace talks in Istanbul as Russia pushes for territorial concessions from Ukraine
Putin sent a junior delegation to Turkey, prompting Ukraine to say Russia is not taking peace talks seriously.The Conversation
Floral quilted portraits by Maria A. Guzmán Capron cultivate care and love.
thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/mar…
#flowers #portraits #sculpture #textiles #art
Floral Quilted Portraits by Maria A. Guzmán Capron Cultivate Care and Love — Colossal
In 'Solo Pienso en Volver a Verte,' Maria A. Guzmán Capron welcomes viewers into a lush garden of care and compassion.Grace Ebert (Colossal)
While some firms appear to have held off on passing the cost of tariffs onto consumers, experts believe prices are set to rise in the coming months.
#photography #japan #hakone #mountfuji
Our May newsletter is out! 💌
Learn more about this year's incredible Champions cohort, hear about how we'd love for you to help translate PREreview, and check out our amazing community collaborations: content.prereview.org/prerevie…
#newsletter #prereviewupdates #prereviewChampions #openscience
🌼 PREreview May 2025 Newsletter 🌼
Welcome to our May PREreview newsletter! Inside, we have some exciting announcements regarding our 2025 Champions and some opportunities for community collaboration.Grace Park (PREreview Blog)
Another Republican member of the FTC — Chairman Andrew Ferguson — says the agency should avoid stifling artificial intelligence innovation and not regulate the field ahead of abuses.
therecord.media/ftc-ferguson-w…
FTC’s Ferguson tells lawmakers agency won’t regulate AI until after problems occur
His remarks echo recent comments Commissioner Melissa Holyoak made in her personal capacity during a speech at a privacy conference, but are a more significant indicator of the agency’s new position on the issue given that he was speaking to lawmaker…Suzanne Smalley (The Record)
newrepublic.com/article/195029…
In cahoots with Big Oil (Saudis, Qataris, Emirates), these Big Tech bros are hell-bent on destroying the planet. And the Dems are joining the GOP in supporting it.
#climate #corruption #ai #justice #equality #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #oil
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other artificial-intelligence executives are vague about what AI can do for the government. They’re very specific about what the government can do for them.The New Republic
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