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"[X] urges social media companies to do more after [Y] ordeal" empty words that make X feel they have done something for [Y]. what a heap of crock. The unaccountability of companies for the use of their product is inexcusable. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

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🗳️ Morgen ist Bundestagswahl. Zeigt klare Kante und geht wählen - für Demokratie, für eine vielfältige, bunte und tolerante Gesellschaft! #demokrateam #bremenwähltdemokratie #lautgegenrechts #werder #bremen #svw #wahl #bundestagswahl

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Watching people who used to bleat about accusations of racism choose between being blatantly racist or clutching their pearls at all the blatant racism they enabled is not as much fun as you might think. (See also Donald Trump & fascism.)

submitted 12 hours ago • 29 comments

Christofascists. That's who they are. And they are coming for all of us.

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Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

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Morgen haben wir die Chance, unser Land besser aufzustellen. Jetzt braucht es den Willen dafür, für diese Verbesserungen auch Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Ich verspreche: Dafür will und werde ich mit aller Kraft arbeiten. Dafür bitte ich Euch um Eure Stimme für die Grünen. youtu.be/8Ih9G26tQqs

submitted 14 hours ago • 137 comments

„Herr H., welches ist denn Ihre liebste Hunderasse?“

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This is one of those things I each over and over again m.youtube.com/watch?v=B0g6...

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Three years of war in Ukraine - © Chappatte in Le Temps, Geneva 👉 www.chappatte.com/en/images/th...

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters

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¡El Telescopio de Gran Apertura (en inglés Large Aperture Telescope, LAT) del Observatorio Simons está en su fase final de construcción! Este telescopio está compuesto de dos espejos de 6 metros de lado (M1 y M2), que llevan la luz de microondas hasta los detectores (LATR). ¿Para qué? 🧵

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When a "far-right leader cancels a speech" should mean something. Watch the video yourself. It's a nazi salute. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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The commons part of social media at work 👏

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#JWST Pipeline Build 11.2 provides improvements for multiple observing modes and fixes a number of outstanding known issues. Get the details: ow.ly/oUsu50V4gfp

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Movies you have watched more than six times. GIFs only

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There… fixed it.

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Lots of people: institutions will not save us. Trump’s people have learned from his previous term and will undermine usual checks and power centers from day 1 The substack class: the institutions will save us Of course one doesn’t abandon politics, but every aspect of the system is under attack.

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Die nächsten vier Jahre werden die entscheidenden sein. Wir können nicht stehen bleiben, wo wir sind. Deshalb sage ich es mit aller Dringlichkeit: Veränderung braucht den Willen zur Verantwortung. Und genau dafür bitte ich am Sonntag um Eure und Ihre Stimme. youtu.be/UE0_-84oqwo

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‘Free Luigi’ billboard has gone up in lower Manhattan the evening before his next court appearance. Sent in anon.

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Saw this in the office break room of NOAA NCEI today. I’m going to take this “feel good” energy from an anonymous person and forward it to all of you, especially those that work for or alongside NOAA. I’m proud of the work we do, and I’m grateful for all NOAA does. Thank you.

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I sit on a committee for the Excellence in ScComm awards. This afternoon, I wrote to my fellow members that unless & until @nationalacademies.org “actively combat political censorship instead of capitulating to illegal, racist demands, I will not participate in any further service on their behalf.“

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Appeasement never works. Study history.

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Ireland Joining CERN The big news in Irish physics this week was the announcement that Ireland's application to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has been accepted in principle, and the country is expected to become an associate member in 2026. The formal process to join…

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VP Vance continues to show his patriarchal hubris at CPAC, talking about women only in the role of baby-makers and bemoaning that men aren't allowed to have a beer and tell jokes. (cartoon from the archives)

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Number crunching: Fine handed to Barclays by FCA over ‘reckless’ fundraising in the 2008 financial crisis v bonus pool shared by Barclays’ bankers in 2024.

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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🌍🛰️ Almost 40% of glaciers in Central Europe were lost between 2000 and 2023. A new study, using data from various satellite observations -including our CryoSat mission- reveals alarming insights about the declining rate of glaciers. Read the full study🔗 esa.int/Applications...

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I was reminded of @galaxyzoo.org website for writing with galaxies shaped like letters of the alphabet today, and the first word that popped into my head was "resist". 🔭👩‍🔬🧪 (mygalaxies.co.uk)

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The EU stands with Moldova. We welcome the political agreement between @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu on the €1.9 billion Reform and Growth Facility for Moldova. This is the largest EU support package since its independence, a boost to its path to our Union ↓ europa.eu/!nxCVfx

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