Sanaa warns "Israel" over Gaza ceasefire violations
SANAA, Dec. 15 (YPA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Sanaa government has warned against the continuation of the Israeli entity's violation of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the latest of which was the assassination of senior commander Raeعماد (Yemen Press Agency)
'Grateful for My Trauma': Chris Chalk on 'It: Welcome to Derry' and Overcoming His Past
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/it-welcome-to-derry-chris-chalk-dick-hallorann-1235482881/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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'It: Welcome to Derry': Chris Chalk on Playing Dick Hallorann
Breakout performer Chirs Chalk talks Stephen King, playing 'The Shining's Dick Hallorrann, and not wanting to be a 'magical negro.'Yohana Desta (Rolling Stone)
2 people found dead in home owned by Rob Reiner, AP source says
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EU weighs ban on veggie 'burger' and 'sausage' labels
EU delays decision over ban on veggie labels
European lawmakers failed to reach a deal on whether ordinary consumers would be confused by the idea of vegetarian sausages or vegan burgers. Meat producers say it's not that simple.Richard Connor (Deutsche Welle)
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They are all very prominently labeled as vegan on the front and are located in an entirely different section of the supermarket.
If those hints couldn't save you, maybe it's okay that you tried to try a vegan alternative for once before reigniting this culture war issue over other people having options and sometimes being catered to as well.
Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai colpevole di collusione e sedizione - Asia - Ansa.it
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Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai colpevole di collusione e sedizione - Asia - Ansa.it
Jimmy Lai, il magnate dei media di Hong Kong pro-democrazia, è stato dichiarato colpevole di collusione e sedizione nel processo a suo carico sulla violazione della sicurezza nazionale, nella sentenza firmata dai giudici Alex Lee, Esther Toh e Susana…Agenzia ANSA
Sophie Kinsella: Author of Shopaholic series of novels dies aged 55
Sophie Kinsella: Author of Shopaholic series of novels dies aged 55
The author of the Shopaholic series of novels had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.Steven McIntosh (BBC News)
There’s this stereotype that only the US, UK, and Japan were making good video games during the 80s and 90s.
Truth is, a whole lot of countries had killer titles that are obscure to this day. Partially, this is due to platforms that were popular elsewhere. But mostly, this was due to language.
France had its own micro-computer platforms like the Oric. L’Aigle d’Or (1984) is a good example of this.
Atari 8-bit was popular in Poland. This is because Jack Tramiel was Polish Jew (survived the Holocaust) who was able to sell a good many Atari hardware while Poland was still Communist. Robbo (1989) is a good example.
South Korea is interesting because they rejected Japanese consoles entirely. As a result, the game development scene privileged DOS over Nintendo. Games like Astonishia Story (1994) look like JRPGs for the SNES. But be rest assured, they’re actually KRPGs for DOS.
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And all of the interesting games for the PC-98. I get the impression that most of them still haven't been translated.
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For most of the world, the U.S. is now a malign actor
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For most of the world, the U.S. is now a malign actor
While many may be tempted to cut the U.S. off as an ally and partner, I hope our friends don’t give up on us so easily.Laura Thornton (POLITICO)
Police spot toddler steering car on German autobahn
Police officers in western Germany made a shock discovery after they noticed a woman using her phone in the driver's seat. It turned out that someone else was behind the wheel.
A police patrol in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate made a shocking discovery after they came across a driver who appeared to be typing on her mobile phone.
While such behaviour would already be hazardous, what they saw on closer inspection stunned officers. A toddler, less than two years old, was sitting on her lap with both hands on the steering wheel.
According to police, the woman showed no understanding of the risk. She insisted that the child had not been feeling well and that she was simply driving to a fast-food restaurant.
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Excuse me? They were driving on the Autobahn, this type of street with speed limits between 60 (when there's building taking place) and unlimited. Also no article states that she was still steering the vehicle or even still had one hand on the wheel.
This could have ended in a horrific accident, no sensationalism about it.
How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. (big article)
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#smarttv #dumbtv #tutorial #tvtutorial #tech #tvguide #guide #tvset #technology #bestoptions #techtutorial #noads #notracking
Sperm bank sold man's cancer-linked genes across Europe
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The business is a lucrative and rapidly growing one as more medical procedures become available and women opt to have children later in life, sometimes on their own or with same-sex partners."Kjeld," a tall white man with light brown hair and brown eyes who was listed as an "M.S. Economy Student."
So a lot of people want sperm for tall, white, well educated men and I guess not that many white, tall, well educated men are interested in donating. Limits are difficult to enforce because different countries have different laws. I don't think there's an easy solution. IVF and sperm banks will always be riskier than direct impregnation by well known, long term partner. You either have to make access to it more difficult and expensive or accept that there will be some risk involved.
Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into ...
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Why have so many people stopped posting on social media?
Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline, especially among teens and twentysomethingsAoife Ryan-Christensen (RTÉ)
The line ahead: where the past of the rail meets the modern bridge.
Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
Photo and edit by Kev.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.
(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)
#photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #victoria #RailwayTracks #Mildura #Railroad #TrainTracks
Jimmy Lai’s Life, in Photos and Video
When Village Media CEO Jeff Elgie watched social media algorithms amplify racism
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News publishers who are beating social media networks at their own game - Press Gazette
How Canada's Village Media and South Africa's Daily Maverick have built their own type of social media platforms for their audiences.Jessica Patterson (Press Gazette)
I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance
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in broadcast mode, that is really hard to do. However, there is work right now for implementing end to end encrypted messaging over ActivityPub using MLS.
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New York just took a shot at personalized pricing.
Under a new state budget law, businesses that use personal data to set different prices must disclose it to customers with a notice.
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New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing | TechCrunch
Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data."Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
Like #Australia , #Denmark Plans to Severely Restrict #SocialMedia Use for #Teenagers - Slashdot
#privacy #security #ageverification
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Like Australia, Denmark Plans to Severely Restrict Social Media Use for Teenagers - Slashdot
"As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead," reports the Associated Press, "and severely restrict social media access for young people.tech.slashdot.org
Kenny plays and conducts Mustonen, Strozzi, Bach and Vivaldi in San Francisco - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Alexi Kenny, violin and conductor, and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony play: Olli MUSTONEN: Nonet No. 2 for Strings. STROZZI arr Kenney Che si può fare. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050,. VIVALDI: The Four Seas...www.worldconcerthall.com
15 December 1924 | German Jewish woman, Esther Bejarano (nee Löwy), was born in Saarlouis.
In #Auschwitz from April 1943. She played accordion in the women’s orchestra.
She was transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. She escaped from an evacuation march.
After the war, she lived in Israel and became a singer before returning to Germany in 1960.
She dedicated the rest of her life to educating people about the Holocaust and fighting xenophobia. She passed away in 2021.
#neverforget #neveragain #fcknzs
Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.Andrew Ancheta (Mondoweiss)
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.
The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings.
Wealth – the value of people’s assets – was even more concentrated than income, or earnings from work and investments, the report found, with the richest 10% of the world’s population owning 75% of wealth and the bottom half just 2%.
In almost every region, the top 1% was wealthier than the bottom 90% combined, the report found, with wealth inequality increasing rapidly around the world.
“The result is a world in which a tiny minority commands unprecedented financial power, while billions remain excluded from even basic economic stability,” the authors, led by Ricardo Gómez-Carrera of the Paris School of Economics, wrote.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%Jon Henley (The Guardian)
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New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
During Donald Trump’s first administration, commentators sagely advised that his words, were to be “taken seriously, not literally”. Experience suggests that formula puts the cart before the horse.
A new US National Security Strategy and a series of comments from US officials, presidential proxies and Trump himself, have culminated in what could be one of the most profound crises for Atlanticism, the security doctrine that has sustained peace and democracy in Europe since the end of the second world war.
Where Trump’s point of departure was once the failure of Europe to contribute sufficiently to its own security, he has now embraced a more alarming vision.
Coloured both by racism and a staggering contempt for Europe’s political institutions and leaders, he has warned of the risk of civilisational collapse on a continent he barely knows, and that he has viewed more often from the window of an armoured sedan.
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945Peter Beaumont (The Guardian)
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The orange tainted cunt can't die soon or painfully enough. May he suffer long.
Meanwhile I'll be sipping a nice whisky here in "failing" Europe.
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