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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@touaregtweet/115858161970365874 'The distance between New Year’s Eve and now can’t be measured in days; it feels more like years of attrition. The onslaught has been unrelenting, a gauntlet of images and violations that refuse to stop. And still—astonishingly —many of us continue to wake, to pour coffee, to pack lunches, to answer emails, to move through the rote choreography of daily life. Each step taken with unconscious calculation. You sense the danger eve...

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  Trump keeps on winning: Countries take their gold out of the US. The Dutch Central Bank said Wednesday it has transferred 86 metric tons (94.8 U.S. tons) of gold out of its reserves in the U.S. and Canada, due to “increasing geopolitical unrest.” The move was completed between March and August 2026. “With this relocation, we have improved the tradability of our gold reserves,” DNB Governor Olaf Sleijpen said in a statement. #Netherlands #Gold #USA #Winning

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  Summarising the big picture. #AI #LLM #Scraping

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  Just an observation: Most toots by people whom I follow, I do not see from their posts, but due to BOOSTS or QUOTES by other people I follow. Remember: On Mastodon, WE are the algorithm. You like it? Then Boost it! #Mastodon #Boost #Quotes #Algorithms

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  Calling works. Most people believe politicians do not listen. BUT 'The thresholds that move these offices are correspondingly small: - 10 calls in an hour catches attention - 50 calls in a day pulls the senior team - 100 calls in a day clears every other item off the docket - 1,000 calls creates a record the office cannot ignore, and will surface in the next election cycle. One real phone call outweighs hundreds of templated messages.' #Politics #Influence #Impact https://cmarmita...

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  RE: https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/117003829554514911 An example of how Europe's regulations provide a safer environment worldwide. 'The new Chinese enforcement follows in the footsteps of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), where the vehicle safety industry body mandated the inclusion of physical controls in cars from January 2026 onwards to obtain a full five-star safety rating.' Europe is a powerhouse that places consumers first. #Europe #EU

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  This is interesting news. Swedish education officials are investing heavily again in traditional printed textbooks. The national strategy aims to phase out digital devices for children under the age of six entirely, following a drop in international reading assessment scores. Research indicates that the physical act of handwriting activates complex neural networks governing motor skills, vision, memory, and language-cognitive benefits that are largely lost on a keyboard. #Education #Reading

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/116984957876033412 The most immoral army in the world. #Israel #IDF #Inhumane #Palestine

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  Sanctioned ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou of the International Court (ICC) speaks about the problems the sanctions give him and his fellow judges and how his age helps him to remain defiant. #ICC #Judge #Guillou #Sanctions #Israel #WarCrimes https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6ovhCogzVy4

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  RE: https://mas.to/@aiquiral/116965219139878863 Have a laugh.

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  An in-depth and devastating story/research about how AI fails companies. An experience of the author who was helped by an LLM with a car problem: 'All we know is that it didn’t show up as an error, or I’d have received a call. That looks great in all sorts of metrics except the one that matters: I decided not to buy another car of theirs.' 'Any question about how it’s going, constitutes an attack on the chain of command because there are no good answers.' #AI #LLM https://lud...

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  It is all about November. A convincing argument for why Trump will resign in 2027. No impeachment needed. #Trump #Vote #Register https://mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/the-verdict-is-in-he-wont-survive

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  RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@rogerc2738/116905478866363359 The Human Rights Office of the United Nations speaks out about the Epstein Files. '“The ‘Epstein Files’, which are suggestive of the existence of a global criminal enterprise have shocked the conscience of humanity and raised terrifying implications of the level of impunity for such crimes” -- When will the majority of Americans demand accountability? More and more, we are considering the USA the most corrupt country in the wor...

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  RE: https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg/116858553144897511 When you don't care about the people and the environment, but only about politics and revenge. #USA #Trump #Ridiculous #Dangerous

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  De consumptie van Nederlanders is in vijftig jaar verdubbeld, gecorrigeerd voor prijsontwikkelingen. "Wat we nu normaal vinden aan bijvoorbeeld vliegvakanties was in de jaren zeventig alleen voor de rijkere inwoners. Wie het zich toen kon veroorloven, werd door de hele familie uitgezwaaid op Schiphol." https://www.nu.nl/economie/6395591/nederlanders-geven-twee-keer-zoveel-geld-uit-als-in-de-jaren-zeventig.html #Nederland #Rijkdom

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@freakonometrics/116563668741600824 The experience of a Westerner in a Japanese prison and whose charges were eventually dropped. (with useful dictionary) #Japan #Prison

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  RE: https://social.mitexleo.one/@ml/116562990663465737 We are so accustomed to having reduced the number of child deaths that some (thousands) now want to stop vaccinations that are in desperate demand in unvaccinated countries. Weird that a US minister of health wants to bring the pre-vaccine world back to the USA. Don't let ignorance kill your children.Follow your doctor's advice. They know the dangers. #Vaccination #Health #USA #Kennedy

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@ThomHartmann/116561882213064261 'In my Dad’s generation, conservatism claimed to value humility, restraint, civic virtue, and suspicion of concentrated power. Now self-described conservatives cheer for billionaire spectacle like courtiers applauding the king’s newest palace wing… or his invisible clothes.' 'The White House was never supposed to be Versailles. The presidency was never supposed to be a throne wrapped in gold leaf and ego. A repub...

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  RE: https://social.groene.nl/@DeGroene/116572371088769419 Een mooi en gedetailleerd artikel in De Groene over een Japan dat al decennia veroudert en economisch zwaar worstelt maar - de levensverwachting steeg tot plek vier in de wereld - De werkloosheid is laag, - scholing en medische zorg zijn goed en toegankelijk, - huisvesting is betaalbaar, - openbaar vervoer en gemeentezwembaden zijn geweldig - steden zijn zowel schoon als veilig en - het land is culinair en cultureel rijk #DeGroene #...

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  From the article: "I have learned that anything I do now can be taken out of context and made into evidence. Of what exactly, I do not know. That is part of the punishment. The charge is never specified, so the vigilance must be total."

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  RE: https://mastodon.world/@MJmusicinears/116395979427767121 A marvelous speech by French senator Claude Malhuret. Subtitled in English and worth your time. One quote: 'We are in MAGA America, conducting public affairs for the benefit of private interests." There are still sane people in the world. #Trump #Malhuret

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  @hansakwast Impressive catalogue of #GIS courses. Nice that they are now on #PeerTube

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  Charlie Chaplin on becoming an emperor. #CharlieChaplin #Emperor #Dictator #King #NoKing #Democracy

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  @NatureMC Not expected that reaction from Ben Royce. Usually, his posts are very worthwhile, so to get into a word exchange worthy of a pub fight among drunks is surprising. I keep following him (and you 😉 ). All the best, and let's keep standards high.

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  For who don't have access to the Washington Post: https://archive.ph/jEd1i#selection-481.8-481.121 From the article: - one commenter called it “one of the most creative, nonviolent and effective acts of resistance” they’d ever seen. - the teacher video showed the “banality of evil personified.” - “You can kind of sense that they think they’re doing the right thing, and then he just repeats what they said, and they kind of realize they’re doing something terrible.” #WP #ICE @jeffjarvis@m...

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  @Madame@mastodon.nl Laat ik het als levenslang D66-stemmer zo zeggen: de euforie van de verkiezingen is wel verdwenen. #D66

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  The Epstein Files Dump: A Masterclass in Distraction. 'Let’s be clear about what’s happening in Minnesota: federal agents are deploying military tactics against American citizens, killing protesters, and the administration is celebrating the arrest of a journalist who covered those protests. That’s not law enforcement. That’s authoritarian suppression of dissent and press freedom.' #Trump #Distraction #Dictator #Press https://www.rawamerica.com/p/the-epstein-files-dump-a-masterclass?...

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  @Gina@fosstodon.org I agree with the sentiment but disagree with the statement. When people lose democracy, Open Source solutions become more important. They are alternatives to the limited options then being offered. For example, solutions such as Meshtastic for mesh-driven communication. https://meshtastic.org/ #OpenSource #Democacy

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  @randahl@mastodon.social @Diana_european@mastodon.social @bitchboss@marcella.masto.host For me, the question is not whether there will be elections in the USA in November. Most likely there will be. For me, the question will be whether there will be accessible elections: 1) Will people be disenfranchised? (not be able to vote while they are entitled to). 2) Will there be enough voting stations and capacity? (during the last elections, some lines were three hours long. Unheard of in the West...