Händel's 'Tamerlano' with Zazzo, Kemény, Sancho and Mynenko from Göttingen - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
International Händel Festival. Händel's 'Tamerlano' is an opera seria in three acts to an Italian text by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Agostin Piovene's Tamerlano together with another libretto entitled Bajazet after Nicolas Pradon...www.worldconcerthall.com
Huge Sailboat Carrying Over 270 People Hits Brooklyn Bridge
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-18/huge-sailboat-hits-brooklyn-bridge-new-york-fire-officials-say?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Gaza: Israël intensifie son offensive – Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE (01:31) #palestine #israel
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Gaza : Israël intensifie son offensive - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Israël poursuit son obsession de démanteler le Hamas et a déclaré étendre ses opérations terrestres à Gaza. Entre mercredi et jeudi, près de 300 civils sont morts après des frappes israéliennes.ARTE
NYC-based Optimal Dynamics, a provider of AI-powered fleet management software to trucking companies, raised a $40M Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (Marc Vartabedian/Wall Street Journal)
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NYC-based Optimal Dynamics, a provider of AI-powered fleet management software to trucking companies, raised a $40M Series C led by Koch Disruptive Technologies
By Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
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Polish President Vote Tests Pro-Europe Government: What to Watch
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-18/polish-president-vote-tests-pro-europe-government-what-to-watch?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Canada Says Most Tariffs on US Remain, Pushing Back on Oxford Report
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-18/canada-says-most-tariffs-on-us-remain-pushing-back-on-oxford-report?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Younger me used to dream of being rich, famous, successful etc.
Now, I just hope to remain human.
#gaza
Escaping US Tech Giants Leads European YouTuber to Open Source
The video (embedded below) by [TechAltar] is titled “1 Month without US tech giants“, but it could have been titled “1 Month with Open Source Tools” — because, as it turns out, once you get out of the ecosystem set up by the US tech giants, you’re into the world of open source software (OSS) whether you want to be or not.
From a (German-made) Tuxedo laptop running their own Linux distro to a Fairphone with e/OS (which is French), an open version of Android, [TechAlter] is very keen to point out whenever Europeans are involved, which is how we learned that KDE has a physical headquarters, and that it’s in Berlin. Who knew?
He also gives his experiences with NextCloud (also German), can be used as an OSS alternative Google Workspaces that we’ve written about before, but then admits that he was the sole user on his instance. To which one must question: if you’re the sole user, why do you need a cloud-based collaborative environment? To try it out before getting collaborators involved, presumably.
Regardless what you think of the politics motivating this video, it’s great to see open source getting greater traction. While [TechAltar] was looking for European alternatives, part of the glory of open source is that it doesn’t matter where you’re from, you can still contribute. (Unless you’re Russian.) Have you found yourself using more open source software (or hardware) of late? Do you think the current political climate could lead to a broadening of its reach? Is this the year of the linux desktop? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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So nah sind Freude und Trauer bei mir - Freude für #JJ als Gewinner des #ESC , Trauer, weil es in #Österreich scheinbar keine 13395 Menschen gibt, denen das hier ein Anliegen ist.
Mein Lebensthema wieder mal, Scham/Fremdscham. Warum sollte sich das ändern, nur weil eins schon einige Jahrzehnte auf dem Buckel hat.
(Und danke an all die Länder, die die 100% schafften, Kroatien auch noch in letzter Minute).
Andrea Staid: «Quello che possiamo imparare dalle piante e dagli animali»
https://www.vanityfair.it/article/andrea-staid-libro-design-multinaturalista-festival-dialoghi-pistoia?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Andrea Staid: «Quello che possiamo imparare dalle piante e dagli animali»
Ospite al Festival «Dialoghi di Pistoia», l'antropologo Andrea Staid parla del design multinaturalista, un bene per l'uomo e per tutte le altre specieValeria Vantaggi (Vanity Fair Italia)
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Melhor TV de 43 polegadas 4K: 5 modelos para comprar em 2025
Para ajudar o usuário a decidir qual a melhor TV 4K para adquirir em 2025, o TechTudo preparou uma lista com 5 modelos de 43 polegadas disponíveis no Brasil; confiraTechtudo
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5 celulares com IP69 que encaram mergulhos, poeira pesada e tombos
Modelos se destacam pela resistência avançada mesmo em situações extremas, e especificações de câmera e bateria também chamam atenção; preços vão de R$ 1.285 a R$ 3.699Techtudo
“Along the shore”
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Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large
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artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
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notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
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My mum won’t let me have a smartphone. Is she being unfair?
There are genuine concerns about young people using social media, but compromise and communication are keyAnnalisa Barbieri (The Guardian)
LibGen e la ricerca universitaria piratata sono il nuovo giacimento di dati per allenare l'intelligenza artificiale
https://www.wired.it/article/libgen-meta-ricerca-universita-pirata-training/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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LibGen e la ricerca universitaria piratata sono il nuovo giacimento di dati per allenare l'intelligenza artificiale
Meta ha usato anche LibGen, un database illegale online, per allenare la sua AI, scavalcando così il diritto d'autore e il lavoro di chi fa ricerca, che finisce sfruttato due volte. Ma il copyright non è la soluzionePhilip Di Salvo (Wired Italia)
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sol de primavera, reflexão de maio
hoje é dia de eleições, outra vez. parto para este dia com um acordar de alguma tranquilidade, mas com alguma apreensão para os resultados que teremos hoje. sabemos que será mau, agora o quanto mau? por isso, espero que hoje se vote em consciência e em espírito de coletividade.
As India, Pakistan hail military feats, Kashmiris are left to grieve
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/india-pakistan-conflict-aftermath-kashmir/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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První plnohodnotný volební program pro sněmovní volby je tu .. a je od hnutí STAN
Priority i kompletní program najdete na jejich volebním webu starostove.cz/program, také ve formátu PDF
A také už i na Programech zde:
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Dobrý program Starostů
Dobrá volba - Starostové. V Česku žije spousta dobrých lidí, kteří chtějí zemi posouvat dopředu. Pojďme se spojit a společně posunout naši zemi dál.Starostové - Pro dobrý život v naší zemi
Spazio polivalente. Il ’Don Francesco Santini’ inaugurato a Coreglia
Lo stabile, prima degradato, è stato trasformato in un luogo di aggregrazione grazie alle risorse del Pnrr per un valore superiore a 1 milione di euro.
Tragedy at sea: New Zealand begins turning back luxury yachts full of rich Australians fleeing fair taxes.
Desperate billionaires with nothing but a private chef and a helipad to their name now face the horror of paying their fair share back home. Thoughts and prayers.
#inequality #taxtherich #australia
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New Zealand Begins Yacht Turn-Backs as More ‘Super Tax Refugees’ Arrive From Australia — The Shovel
Desperate millionaires try to flee a brutal Australian regime that has threatened to inflict a slight tweak to their superannuation concessionsThe Shovel
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Republicans are working to repeal part of the Federal Trade Commission Act that makes it illegal for companies to cheat you.
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Portugal holds its 3rd general election in 3 years but the vote might not restore stability
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Kerry Bell e Giorgia Madiai. Barga il paese degli artisti
Un borgo storico sdraiato sui monti lungo la Valle del Serchio, antico avamposto mediceo in terra lucchese, luogo di un...
Questa settimana vi proponiamo solo eventi che ci stanno davvero a cuore! E saranno anche occasioni per incontrarsi.
#eventi #berlino #italianiaberlino
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Una settimana di eventi italiani a Berlino
Questa settimana, non avremo un giorno di riposo! Gli eventi a Berlino sono tanti, come sempre, ma in particolare ve ne segnaliamo quattro ai quali parteciperemo personalmente, perché ci piacciono, peRedazione (il Mitte)
China, Belarus launch regular freight rail service
The new Beijing-Minsk route is expected to boost the global market presence of Chinese-made goods and enhance their international influence.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
albi always there
in reply to Programy do voleb • • •Martin Kostera
in reply to albi always there • • •albi always there
in reply to Martin Kostera • • •hlavne tim, ze ma nemovitosti hodne a nevyuziva je
zpravidla to byva pravnicka osoba, s vyznamnymi prijmy plynoucimi prave z obchodu s nemovitostmi
predpokladam, ze odbornik by to dokazal definovat mnohem lepe
Martin Kostera
in reply to albi always there • • •albi always there
in reply to Martin Kostera • • •kdyby byl problem s bydlenim opravdova priorita, mohl by to mit na starost treba katastralni urad nebo socialka a mohly by tlacit na majitele, aby se nemovitosti pouzivaly (treba zvysujici se dani z nemovitosti o inflacni prirustek ceny nemovitosti)
jenze nase velkomozne pany z Prahy bydleni netlaci, naopak maji vsichni hezky zainvestovano
Petr Skála
in reply to albi always there • • •Obec by tedy platila pronajímateli nájem odpovídjící místně příslušnému průměru, nájemníka by si kontrolovala a majitel by měl jistý příjem a garanci náhrady případných škod.
A pokud to nechceš, navýšit obec daň z nemovitosti.
brabitom
in reply to Petr Skála • • •A proč by vůbec stát (nebo obec) měl strkat nos do toho, co dělám se svým majetkem?
@albi @martin
albi always there
in reply to brabitom • • •protoze bydleni je zakladni lidska potreba, stejne jako voda nebo vzduch
kdyby nekdo omezoval pristup k nim za ucelem zvysovani sveho bohatstvi (uz tak znacneho anyway), tak to stat taky nedovoli
fetisizace osobniho vlastnictvi by nemela mit prioritu pred ZAKLADNIMI potrebami obyvatelstva
koneckoncu kdyz nebude dostupne bydleni, nebudou deti -> nebude ekonomika -> nastane exodus a zeme zustane vykoristena
zname to z historie i soucasnosti
musime si stanovit takova pravidla, ktera budou hraci pole narovnavat a ne nadale zvyhodnovat ty, co se chovaji bezohledne a tahnou celou spolecnost dolu
@Petr90 @martin
brabitom
in reply to albi always there • • •albi always there
in reply to brabitom • • •můžeme stavět dle libosti, ale developeři budou stavět jenom luxusní byty s nadále nedosažitelnou cenou a začne růst cena materiálu a práce, takže budeme pořád ve stejné situaci
navíc nic nebude bránit tomu, aby spekulanti a rentiéři skoupili i zbytek a cenu drželi uměle nahoře, zatímco prvokupec se bude muset tak jako tak do 50 zadlužit
Martin Kostera
in reply to albi always there • • •@albi insincerely yours
To je lež.
To je taková dětinská představa, že někdo kupuje desetitisíce bytů každý rok, aby za ně každý měsíc platil(nejenom daň z nemovitosti) a schválně je držel prázdné. Jen tak. Pro legraci králíkům.
Krom toho je tu lidskoprávní a demokratické pravidlo - nedotknutelnost soukromého vlastnictví. Čekal bych že zasraní komouši tento národ jednou pro vždy vyléčili, ale očividně se pletu.
Čekal jsem podnětnou diskusi. Ale nedozvěděl jsem se, kdo a jak bude kontrolovat obsazenost bytů(abych si mohl rýpnout jedním konkrétním případem sousedního bytu), jen nějaké politické floskule. Škoda.
albi always there
in reply to Martin Kostera • • •jsem obycejny clovek, nevim jaky urad by byl nejvhodnejsi na neco, na co neexistuje zakon
ta statistika byla chybna, ale to uz jsem psal
nikdo netvrdi, ze tu nekdo drzi desetitisice bytu jen tak pro srandu kralikum, sbiraji samozrejme penize za najem, kterym financuji dalsi nakup nemovitosti
co se tyce osobniho vlastnictvi, tak existuje spousta veci, ktere clovek vlastnit ani nesmi (ruzne drogy, zbrane, detske porno, lidi, armadni technika, vzdusny prostor), spousta veci, kde je omezene mnozstvi (zbrane, drogy, strategicke suroviny), dusevni vlastnictvi se sbira AI scrapery hlava nehlava bez jakekoli pravni ochrany, vlastni zarizeni si clovek nesmi legalne hacknout/opravit (Nintendo, Apple, PlayStation), Amazon maze z uctu koupene knihy
pro exekuce osobni vlastnictvi vubec neplati
takze nedotknutelnost vlastnictvi jak pro koho a jak na co, precedentu nepocitane
nevidim jediny duvod neregulovat trh s necim, co je jedna z nejkritictejsich potreb pro preziti cloveka i lidstva
Martin Kostera
in reply to albi always there • • •@albi insincerely yours Tak srovnávat dětské porno s našetřenými penězi a nákupem bytu jako investice(který není prázdný, to jsme si snad už vyjasnili, že to je naprostá ocasovina) je docela silné kafe.
A samozřejmě poskytovat službu, vydělávat na ní a platit daně je naprosto, ale naprosto v pořádku.
Abych se vrátil k meritu věci - neexistuje žádný úřad, který by mohl nějak kontrolovat, zda je byt obsazený nebo prázdný. Vedle byl byt oficiálně prázdný 8 let. Většinu času tam žili nájemníci, dokud si nezařídili vlastní bydlení, nebo se hned nevyplašili, když se dozvěděli, že majitel se schovává před věřiteli někde na Moravě. Celý soudní systém, celý bankovní systém, všechny vymahačské firmy, katastrální úřady, finanční úřady, .... to všechno by bylo nutné propojit, aby šlo zjistit, jestli je byt prázdný.
Takže to nejde, chlapci a děvčata. Zapomeňte konečně na to a řešte příčinu! Vyšší poptávka než je nabídka zvyšuje cenu. Elementární základy ekonomie. Platí to pro rohlíky úplně stejně jako pro byty.
@brabitom @Petr Skála
albi always there
in reply to Martin Kostera • • •monopoly nebo kartely umele zvysujou cenu, nasi operatori taky nedrzi ceny nahore (cirou nahodou na stejnych hladinach) kvuli poptavce
a srovnavani detskeho porna s kupovanim bytu je falesny argument, ja poukazoval na to, ze osobni vlastnictvi neni nedotknutelne ani ted a nikdy nebylo, to jenom establishment si historicky zakony poskladal k obrazu svemu a do dneska na nich lpime ze setrvacnosti
zakony jsou celospolecenske pravidla hry, takze pokud chceme zit v pravnim state, musime zaridit, aby tu hru chteli vsichni hrat
cikani (i ti bili) to vzdali, protoze podle nasich pravidel nemohli nikdy vyhrat
super-bohati se do basy dostanou jenom ve chvili, kdy by bylo spolecensky neunosne je tam neposlat (Rath, Janousek), jinak jsou zakony postavene pro ne tak, aby mohli zit beze strachu (nedotknutelnost nezastropovaneho majetku)
10 % nejbohatsich lidi na svete ma na svedomi 80 % skod zpusobenych ekologickymi katastrofami, ale nikdo z nich za to odpovednost nenese, ani financni ani jinou, ale kdyz "luza" vytvori malou nelegalni skladku u sebe za barakem nebo nestihne schuzku na pracaku, ktera je v jinem meste, tak je ohen na strese a je potreba je potrestat, aby "se pro priste poucili", prestoze zjevne nemaji prostredky na to se kazdy den cely den svobodne rozhodovat "spravne"
nase zakony objektivne nejsou fer ani temi danemi a povinnymi poplatky, na kterych chudy clovek na Sluknovsku zaplati pomerne k platu nasobne vic, nez pan velkopodnikatel z krajskeho mesta, natoz z Prahy
takze ne, platit dane, jak zakon kaze, neni ani nahodou dostacujici a fer
@brabitom