Trump Tax Cuts Fail in House Panel as GOP Divided on Bill Cost
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/trump-tax-cuts-fails-in-house-panel-as-gop-divided-on-bill-cost?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple blocks Fortnite’s App Store return as downloads fail in Europe
Epic says that Fortnite is ‘offline’ on iPhones everywhere, including the Epic Games Store in the EU, after Apple rejected its App Store resubmission.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
Amazon's behavior makes Walmart's earnings call look like a profile in courage.
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Amazon’s Behavior Makes Walmart’s Earnings Call Look Like a Profile in Courage
It’s been illuminating to see which U.S. institutions have stood up for themselves.Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
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1st this: re @ zer0unplanned @friendica.rogueproject.org
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Now this, via: @woeps @Mastodon. social
@GottaLaff @zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org @Wileymiller
Yes but you block me and I get notifications or someone here blocked me for some Martian reason however had to swap profile to tell you to get me oof that conversation please as those notifications are annoying. Read my last post. On Plan-A
#Toodles time
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@zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org Yes, I addressed that. He's my dog. I understood that. I did not understand anything else you were getting at. This is sounding increasingly trollish to me. See ya. #Toodles @Wileymiller@mastodon.socialMastodon 🐘
This is such bullshit. There wasn't a single Dem who made bathrooms and sports significant parts of their campaigns. I'm really getting sick of guys like Cuomo and Rahm Emanuel retconning the 2024 election.
"A hub for medical tourism," is it
Imagine a Montana town with ten thousand no-hopers all trying unproven drugs all at once
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Montana Becomes the Right to Try Anything State, Expanding Access to Experimental Drugs
SB 535 formally paves the way for health care clinics to become 'experimental treatment centers' that can provide drugs still in development to willing patients.Ed Cara (Gizmodo)
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Compendium of extremism: A look inside the report documenting the AfD's right-wing radicalism.
The AfD has issued threats of a "war against the government," complains of a "knife jihad" on German streets and demands that millions be "remigrated."
DER SPIEGEL has looked inside the 1,108-page report compiled by domestic intelligence officials.
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Any reccomendations for a #FOSS alternative to cycle/activity trackers like Strava? Want to be able to compare my efforts and pace for specific stretches of road etc.
Meta pushes back hard against FTC's antitrust claims! 🚫📉 They argue no proof of social media monopoly, highlighting improved apps like Instagram & WhatsApp since acquisition 📱✨ FTC’s evidence called speculative, with Meta urging judge to dismiss the case. ⚖️ #Meta #Antitrust #SocialMedia #TechLaw #FTC #Instagram #WhatsApp #DigitalInnovation
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Ah yes let the monopoly state it is no monopoly 😁 – Ah… how about no!
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Will the AI boom fuel a global energy crisis?
AI's thirst for energy is ballooning into a monster of a challenge. And it’s not just about the electricity bills.Ryan Daws (AI News)
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DeepCool Assassin IV VC Vision: il rivale del Noctua NH-D15 G2? | Test & Recensione
Il dissipatore ad aria di DeepCool integra una camera di vapore per massimizzare il raffreddamento: riuscirà a superare il top di gamma Noctua?Tom's Hardware
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Raccolta fondi per Vag61: la campagna in città
Le iniziative (in aggiornamento) organizzate a sostegno della raccolta fondi aperta per affrontare le spese provocate dall'incendio che ha interessato Vag61:
Presentazione del libro "Non mi sono fatto niente. Guerriglie, esodi, droghe, carceri" + Aperitivo benefit per Vag61Domenica 18 maggio'025 alle 17,30 @ Archivio storico dei movimenti (
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⚡️🇬🇧Why Trump's 'amateur team' failed to secure Putin talks in 'chaotic' Turkey meeting (Times Radio VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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Who Is Nikola Tesla?
“… The Whole Earth will be Converted into a Huge Brain.” (N. Tesla, 99 Years Ago in January 1926)Michel Chossudovsky
HoRNet Plugins updates TotalEQ visual equalizer plugin to MK2 rekkerd.org/hornet-plugins-upd…
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HoRNet Plugins updates TotalEQ visual equalizer plugin to MK2
TotalEQ now supports up to 36 EQ bands, each with a selectable filter type, dynamic behavior, stereo mode (Stereo/Mid/Side/External), and analog-style saturation with adjustable intensity.Ronnie (Rekkerd.org)
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Interesting map showing local price differences for ad hoc payment at public EV charging stations in Germany. Some charge 89 or even 94!! cents/kWh (note prices in the article are without 19% VAT)
However, as the creators point out, not all the data is available.
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Bis zu 42 Cent Unterschied an der Ladesäule – ländlicher Raum deutlich benachteiligt
Ad-hoc-Laden nicht flächendeckend verfügbar Örtlich gravierende Preisunterschiede möglich Punktuelles Laden teils günstiger als Roaming-Tarife Unversorgte Regionen bieten Vertriebspotenzial Preise im ländlichen Gebiet deutlich höher als im urbanen Ma…ene't GmbH
The 8 best running shoes for men, tested by experts
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/gear/shoes/a64779699/running-shoes-for-men/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The 8 best running shoes for men, tested by experts
From freaky fast racers to rock-solid stability shoes, these are the most-loved and highest-rated options for male runners in 2025.Michael Charboneau (Runner's World)
Und #Bayern ist das flächenmäßig größte Bundesland Deutschlands mit einer Fläche von etwa 70.542 Quadratkilometern
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Good morning/afternoon/evening/night to you, depending on where you are, and when you see this #NewstodonFriday thread! Here’s our weekly selection of stories from indie media outlets on everything from a holier-than-thou Texas legislator to an incredible scientific treatment that may have cured a little boy of a genetic illness. Plus, housing scams, Grok’s obsession with South Africa, and a word from The Boss. We love independent media, and we hope you’ll share these stories far and wide, comment (we’d love to see your recommendations for the best things you’ve read/watched/heard this week). And if you can afford to, please donate your money to these brilliant sites.⤵️
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It must be exhausting, being Brian Harrison. The Republican representative for Ellis County in the Texas legislature is constantly outraged. ”About what, exactly, depends on the day,” says @TexasObserver’s Joelle DiPaolo. Here’s her story about how Harrison is just one in a long line of loud, dissenting hard-right legislators that aim to disrupt and change things — and that are turning off even the staunchest Republicans. “Harrison’s insatiable scorched-earth tactics and his holier-than-thou rhetoric have alienated his fellow House members to the point where valid criticisms remain unheard, or more often, ridiculed,” writes DiPaolo.
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Harrison the Huckster
The right-wing state rep has led an army of one on a self-righteous crusade in the Texas House.Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
Has any country changed in the past quarter-century as much as China? While it’s still a deeply unequal society, living standards across the board have improved dramatically. Filmmaker Jia Zhangke documents this transformation in his latest movie, “Caught by the Tides,” a blend of fiction and non-fiction shot over the past 20 years and starring his wife, Zhao Tao, as Qiaoqiao. “Qiaoqiao is not so much a character as an avatar for a searching generation, her presence both affecting and affected by her surroundings, a constant reminder that the things we lose define us as much as the things we gain,” writes Dennis Zhou for @nybooks.
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The Quantum Generation | Dennis Zhou | The New York Review of Books
The filmmaker Jia Zhangke has spent a career trying to capture how China’s ordinary citizens experience the twenty-first century.Dennis Zhou (The New York Review of Books)
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, public editor of PBS, joined @SFPublicPress executive director Lila LaHood at a recent fireside chat to discuss the future of media. The conversation took place before President Trump had announced an executive order attempting to defund public media, but Sandoval-Palos was anticipating the move. “The threat is at the local station level. The bulk of rural stations around the country, and even some urban stations probably cannot stay open if they don’t have the support from the [Corporation for Public Broadcasting] CPB. Some stations, up to 60% of their budgets are made up by funds from CPB,” he said.
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Responding to Attacks on Public Media, DEI and Democracy
Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, the public editor at PBS, identifies threats to democracy, independent journalism and public media.Public Press staff (San Francisco Public Press)
“Am I the last fat person in America?” asks @damemagazine’s Kate Bernyk. She writes about the rise of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, the message that delivers to fat people — ”Your body is a mistake, and now there’s finally a way to fix it,” — and why she doesn’t want to take medication to change her size. “The idea of eliminating any kind of body should terrify us — not just because it’s wrong, but because it’s unimaginative,” she writes.
damemagazine.com/2025/05/15/am…
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Am I the Last Fat Person in America? | Dame Magazine
What if I were the last fat person, walking through a world where my body is an anomaly, a relic of an era long past? Billboards and magazine covers show only one kind of figure—streamlined, uniform, medically perfected.Kate Bernyk (Dame Magazine)
@bolts is the best magazine for keeping your eye on America’s local politics, and possibly detecting if a shift is happening (were we the only ones glued to the Omaha, NE mayoral elections earlier this week)? Alex Burness writes about judge elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where a “slate of eight” progressive-endorsed candidates are running. Their supporters hope that the prospective judges, who come from public defender, social work and civil rights backgrounds, will have more understanding of the issues faced by criminal defendants. Check out the second list for @taniel’s list of elections to watch in May.
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Why Pittsburgh Progressives Are Targeting Judge Elections This Year - Bolts
Reform groups in Allegheny County endorsed candidates with experience in public defense, social work, or civil rights in the May 20 primaries—part of a long game to shift local power.Daniel Nichanian (Bolts)
Good news from @npr, as shared by our @ScienceDesk. A baby born in Philadelphia last August with a life-threatening genetic disorder was successfully treated with a gene-editing infusion developed using CRISPR technology. His genetic defect appears to have been fixed, at least partially reversing his condition.
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Add another item to the long, long list of things that scare us about climate change. @KnowableMag’s Sanket Jain writes about how conditions like cataracts, pink eye and keratitis are linked to heat, pollution and UV exposure.
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HomeVestors of America is a real-estate flipper known for its “We Buy Ugly Houses” advertisements. The business model: Independent franchisees buy up homes in need of a fast sale, renovate them, and sell them on at vast profit. It’s a win-win scenario — except when it isn’t. @ProPublica has run a series of stories on how home sellers are exploited by franchisees, which has led to the company making changes in its business practices. The latest article explores how one Texas franchisee exploited people who wanted to invest with him, in a Ponzi scheme that netted him millions and left them broke.
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"We Buy Ugly Houses" Franchise’s Loan Scheme Left “Incalculable” Damage
Charles Carrier is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes. Despite signs of trouble, HomeVestors didn’t intervene.ProPublica
We all have subjects we know we talk about too much (sorry in advance for boring your ears off about politics/our new dog). In the case of X’s Grok AI, it’s white genocide. @404mediaco’s Matthew Gault writes about how, on the afternoon of May 14, Grok answered virtually every question it was asked, whether it was about baseball, video games or HBO, with a reference to South African politics and the widely debunked claims that Afrikaners there are victims of racism. “I think they're literally just taking whatever prompt people are sending to Grok and adding a bunch of text about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in front of it,” said Matthew Guzdial, an AI researcher at the University of Alberta.
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Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
Large language models are reflections of the people who program them.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
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Speaking of South Africa… Here’s a slightly older story from @thecontinent about the United States’ reframing of the country as a pariah state, what President Cyril Ramaphosa can do about that, and why it’s important that he take action. “There is one concession, arguably the most important of them all, that South Africa simply cannot make: It cannot halt the ‘white genocide’ because no such thing exists, except in the imaginations of the white supremacists in Trump’s inner circle. And the racists really need to keep the ‘white genocide’ story alive in order for their ideology to make any sense at all,” writes Simon Allison.
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Navigating the new world order
The United States is reframing South Africa as a pariah state. Pretoria has other ideas.The Continent
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During Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Congress has not asserted itself as an equal branch of the U.S. government. @TheConversationUS explores how this erosion of power happened long before Trump took office, as a result of the nationalization of politics and polarization along party lines. “A weak Congress paired with what historian Arthur Schlesinger called the ‘Imperial Presidency’ is a recipe for an unaccountable president, running wild without the constitutionally provided oversight and checks on power that the founders provided to the people through their representation by the first branch of government,” writes political scientist Charlie Hunt.
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Congress began losing power decades ago − and now it’s giving away what remains to Trump
Congress − the first branch of government listed in the Constitution − has been relegated to second-class status.The Conversation
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On that note, some words from Bruce Springsteen, as shared by our @CultureDesk. "The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed, are the people, you and me," said the Boss at a show in Manchester, U.K. Here’s the video of his many anti-Trump remarks at the show.
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It is still a dictatorship that extinguished the Ughyur peoples and it disappears and imprisons dissidents.
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