On Wed Trump held a White House meeting with Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to discuss ideas for how to relocate two million citizens and profit off the ruins of Gaza
Trump’s vow to own and redevelop Gaza into a new 'Riviera' provided a road map for a group of Israeli businessman.
Michael Eisenberg and Liran Tancman who helped launch the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) are now consulting on the 'postwar problem'.
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Aber ist dieses Bild in der zentralen Nachrichtensendung des ÖRR würdig? Der arme Professor ist rot wie ein Krebs, weil er sich vermutlich selbst filmt, aber keinen Weißabgleich macht.
Früher hätte man ein Team dorthin geschickt, was natürlich deutlich Kosten verursacht. Mich gruseln solche Bilder, weil ich andere Qualitätsstandards kannte.
Das Bild zeigt zwei Männer in einem Zoom-Video-Call. Der Mann auf der linken Seite trägt einen dunkelblauen Anzug mit einem hellblauen Hemd und hat kurzes, braunes Haar. Er sitzt in einem Raum mit einem hellen Hintergrund und einem Teil eines Regals im Hintergrund. Der Mann auf der rechten Seite trägt einen dunkelblauen Anzug mit einem weißen Hemd und einem dunkelblauen Krawatten mit Punkten. Er steht vor einem blauen Hintergrund mit einem abstrakten, kreisförmigen Muster, das an eine Weltkarte erinnert. Beide Männer scheinen in einer professionellen Umgebung zu sein, möglicherweise für eine Fernsehübertragung oder eine Online-Veranstaltung.
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"Educazione affettiva"?
Di tutte le parole magiche che circolano nel dibattito pubblico, una delle più abusate e al tempo stesso più vaghe è “educazione affettiva”.Uriel Fanelli (Das Böse Büro)
Un campo di rieducazione per me è ciò che fanno (stando alle informazioni che arrivano qui...) i cinesi. Io alludevo vagamente a qualcosa che non si è mai visto qui (forse?), una specie di "sabato fascista" per adulti, ovviamente ben conscio che non sia una gran bella proposta e ovviamente come tutti gli altri non sarebbe risolutiva.
Die Hard Trilogy (1997) for the SEGA Saturn.
Not to be confused with Die Hard Arcade—that one’s a beat-‘em-up. Trilogy is something else entirely: three completely different games on one disc, all playable with a light gun, and all wildly ambitious for the time.
You get a third-person shooter set inside Nakatomi Plaza. Then a chaotic driving game through the streets of New York. And finally, a first-person shooter that throws wave after wave of enemies at you until your trigger finger begs for mercy.
Also: yes, these Sega Saturn long boxes are fragile and oversized. But when they’re lined up on a shelf? Nothing looks better.
On the news page there is connect.iftas.org/feed/ and connect.iftas.org/comments/fee…
I was just trying to use the first feed with Calibre to generate an ePub that I can read on my eReader... It's a lot more convenient than trying to read it on my phone/laptop/desktop. But, IMO, anyone that wants to use those feed with an aggregator would probably find it annoying, IMO.
Demand Congress investigate Palantir's no bid contract with the Pentagon now
Billionaire Peter Thiel has spent millions to buy political favors in Washington D.C. and it’s paying off.act.perfectunion.us
The best of days, and one old guy learning to 🏄♂️
#Fujifilm #photography #novascotia #canada #beach #ocean #surfing
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Transcript: Trump’s Angry “Dictator” Rant Unnerves Experts: “Wake Up!”
As Trump’s ugly ramblings about his militarization of cities get worse, prominent legal observer Joyce Vance explains how and why this is all heading to a very dark place—and what we must do to stop it.The New Republic
Israeli Forces Arrest Workers in Kobar, Northwest of Ramallah, Seize Equipment
Ramallah / PNN /Israeli forces arrested two workers in the town of Kobar, northwest of Ramallah, on Sunday.Local sourcesenglish.pnn.ps
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333 🐘 on Instagram: "Excuse My Mouth, They Really Got Me Out My Character"
512 likes, 112 comments - badassxdiamondd on August 21, 2025: "Excuse My Mouth, They Really Got Me Out My Character".Instagram
Das Bild zeigt eine öffentliche Veranstaltung in einer städtischen Umgebung. Im Vordergrund liegt ein großes Stadtplan mit verschiedenen Markierungen und Texten, die wahrscheinlich Informationen oder Anweisungen enthalten. Eine Frau in einem rosa T-Shirt und Jeans steht auf einem Gehweg und liest ein Blatt Papier. Hinter ihr befindet sich ein Tisch mit einem pinken Tuch, auf dem mehrere pinkfarbene Banner mit Texten angeordnet sind. Im Hintergrund sind Bäume, ein Gebäude und ein Fahrrad mit einem Kinderwagen zu sehen. Ein Schild mit Richtungen zeigt verschiedene Orte an. Die Szene wirkt informell und offiziell zugleich, möglicherweise Teil einer lokalen Initiative oder Veranstaltung.
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Lightning Talks On Time, With This Device
Ask a Hackaday scribe who’s helped run the lightning talks at one of our events, and they’ll tell you that keeping the speakers on time is a challenge. Conversely if the staffer is trying to indicate to the speaker how much time they have left, it must be difficult from the podium to keep track while delivering your talk. Fortunately there’s [makeTVee] waiting in the wings with a solution, a cube whose faces each have a custom 5×7 LED matrix on them. The countdown is clear and unambiguous, and should provide no distractions.
The brains behind it all is a XIAO nRF52840 Sense board using the Zephyr RTOS, the LEDs are WS2812s on their own PCBs, and the party piece is only revealed at the end of the countdown. A tilt mechanism triggered by a servo releases a ball bearing down a track, where it hits a telephone bell and provides a very audible reminder to the speaker. The result saw action during the lightning talks at the Hackaday Europe event earlier in the year, but it’s taken a while for the write-up to make it online.
youtube.com/embed/QMcRhnvGo9U?…
'I don't remember': MN Republican suddenly forgets voting against school safety bill
Following a mass shooting in Minnesota, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) insisted he couldn't remember why he opposed a bill to increase school safety.
In a Sunday interview on ABC, Emmer attacked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for not giving schools enough resources to prevent a shooting that killed two children in Minneapolis last week.
"It's going to be very important that the schools have the resources," he said.
"You talk about what can be done," host Martha Raddatz noted. "After mass shootings in Buffalo and in Uvalde, Texas, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions of dollars for schools to expand mental health services, enhance safety measures. You did not vote for that bill. Why?"
"I don't remember the reasons that I didn't vote for that bill," Emmer replied. "I got to tell you, we did a lot for Uvalde, but you can't replace those children, Martha, you can't. And you can't help that community. We're talking about getting on the front end, Martha. We're talking about we need to have the resources."
"This bill sounds like it might have done that," Raddatz pointed out.
Watch the video below from ABC or click the link.
'I don't remember': MN Republican suddenly forgets voting against school safety bill
Following a mass shooting in Minnesota, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) insisted he couldn't remember why he opposed a bill to increase school safety.In a Sunday interview on ABC, Emmer attacked Minnesota Gov.David Edwards (Raw Story)
China’s Home Sales Slump Extends as Prices Continue to Decline
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-31/china-s-home-sales-slump-extends-as-prices-continue-to-decline?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Australian Home Prices Climb for Seventh Month After Rate Cuts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-31/australian-home-prices-climb-for-seventh-month-after-rate-cuts?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Delivery Driver’s Death Unleashes Fury Against Indonesia Elites
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-31/delivery-driver-s-death-unleashes-fury-against-indonesia-elites?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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An interview with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on the company's M&A strategy as it acquires Madrid-based data observability startup Onum for about $290M (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
fortune.com/2025/08/27/crowdst…
techmeme.com/250831/p11#a25083…
Exclusive: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on $290 million acquisition of startup Onum and security in the AI age
The cybersecurity company, which went public in 2019, is a longtime acquirer, and has acquired data observability startup Onum for about $290 million.Allie Garfinkle (Fortune)
August Resümee.
This month was kinda intense but heartwarming, hosting and reading the German Phantastik Prompts and putting out their Fantastic Prompts English counterpart made it clear to me why I stick to three dailies and don't do a fourth.
I loved seeing all the different answers and loved interacting as much as I did even if I wish I would have answered more of them.
Hind sight I would say I would do it again on a maybe smaller scale.
I love that the German writing community picks it up on a voluntary basis and we managed so many different hosts so far.
I now have a way deeper understanding and respect for all the wonderful people who put out their prompts daily, weekly or so regularly.
This month also had me struggling emotionally private but also absolute highlights like the cross over Art work @art_of_goulwenr did.
Simply: I love Mastodon more than I ever did with other social media and it really feels social.
Thanks again everyone.🙏🏿💚
#writing #Mastodon
Wendy Siegelman
in reply to Wendy Siegelman • • •WaPo references last month's Financial Times story on Tony Blair's staff project and a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) proposal for GREAT Trust (Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation)
ft.com/content/0b1bc761-c572-4…
WaPo link to 38 pg pdf
The GREAT Trust - From a Demolished Iranian Proxy to a Prosperous Abrahamic Ally
Proposed projects include:
- The MBS Ring and MBZ Central Highway
- The Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone
- Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands
washingtonpost.com/documents/f…
Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
Stephen Foley (Financial Times)