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Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a plan B https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/australias-key-ally-has-gone-rogue-and-trump-has-us-expertly-wedged-we-need-a-plan-b Zoe Daniel is a "Teal Independent" who made history by beating […]

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"Are we going to let the USSR win the cold war in the end? Trump, who was recruited by the USSR in the 1980s, is now setting US policy based on the directions from EX-KGB Agent Vladimir Putin. Foreign policy, domestic policy, intelligence agencies, security […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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New #openAccess special collection from the Open Library of Humanities, 'Cultural Heritage Data for Research: Opening Museum Collections, Project Data and Digital Images for Research, Query and Discovery' : https://olh.openlibhums.org/collections/905/ #GLAM #museums #collectionsAsData

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Singapore's Changi prison has around 50 people on death row, mostly on drug charges "The Singaporean government will just keep repeating that it is a deterrence, even though there's never any conclusive evidence that it is. The death penalty is murder dressed as administration," said Kirsten […]

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"Democracy, what Democracy; welcome to West Russia!" - Aure Top FBI official forced out after criticizing Trump pursuit of agents who investigated Jan. 6 James Dennehy, the head of the FBI's New York office, is out one month after he urged colleagues to “dig […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Hey folks, it's Mutual Aid Monday on the Fediverse, go out there and find some mutual aid posts to contribute to if you are able! FYI, there is also a group (@mutualaid) that you can follow to find mutual aid requests. #MutualAid #MutualAidMonday

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Yes, Nature is completely right that #Trump is assaulting science and that he is swinging a wrecking ball at all publicly funded science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00562-w After all, this is what he and his ilk have been pushing for all along, since 2016: to abolish publicly […]

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I found out that Townsville had an earthquake from reading #Mastadon My dad lives there and I called him to check he was ok. He said he thought a car crashed into the house and he went around looking for it! #Townsville #Australia #Queensland

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Talking of putting two and two together, yet no mention of trying to prevent the next infection... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/02/were-losing-decades-of-our-life-to-this-illness-long-covid-patients-on-the-fear-of-being-forgotten #longcovid #CovidIsNotOver

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Everybody is talking about #AI – but the focus is usually on the western world and China. Here's a video report on how the technology is changing societies and economies in #Africa: https://www.dw.com/en/ai-in-africa-how-is-the-continent-tapping-into-new-tech/video-71594268

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Re conferences people should probably just do virtual ones if possible. If it’s not safe for others to enter the U.S. it’s also not safe for many people to leave it.

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It is really very simple. Putin does not fear NATO (he has lived with it in Turkey for decades and knows that it is a purely defensive alliance), he hates the EU for spreading the idea of democracy and the rule of law (even if imperfectly) Silicon valley hates the EU for attempting to regulate […]

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This is from the executive director of the !8F, the digital services agency within the General Services Administration (GSA) that develops open-source tools to improve digital services across the federal government. "I am the Executive Director of 18F and 18F’s longest running employee- I have […]

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Librarians, oh please convince your boards to use the Palace Project instead of #Libby / #OverDrive! It is a far better experience and just all the chef's kisses, and it appears to treat libraries better too! I'm subscribed to 9 non-resident libraries and none of them use this! Here's a sample […]

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"My average patient is previously very fit, very successful, and desperate to get back to normal life" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/02/were-losing-decades-of-our-life-to-this-illness-long-covid-patients-on-the-fear-of-being-forgotten #LongCovid #Covid

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I find Trump as repulsive as most people here, but as a German, one thing I want to push back on is focusing on one man. Hitler's rise was possible because he was able to exploit the racial hatred and conspiratorial thinking that already existed. It's MAGA acolytes that see Trump as an […]

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"If you're inconvenienced by a strike, blame the boss, not the workers." ✊ #workers #labor #WorkersRights #solidarity

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Dropped by Xitter so you don’t have to. Zelensky got messages of support from the leaders of: Belgium, Ireland, Slovenia, Austria, Canada, Romania, Denmark, Croatia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, the EU, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Czechia, Lithuania, Moldova […]

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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI. FLOOD THE PORTAL Spam the hell out of it. Pass it on! It works! enddei.ed.gov

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This was the day the clown bus finally drove into the roadside tree. Kaja Kallas is the EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy.

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Solidarity with @w7voa who's "being placed on an extended “excused absence” pending a human resources investigation" ✊ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/voice-of-america-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k4.pgMI.aLQTNHwXQHYL&smid=url-share #USNews #USPol #news #VOA […]

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Turns out Zelenskyy is good at standing up against dictators.

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NGL I knew in September that this was going to be fly or fight serious situation terrifying, but not physically kick out Zelenskyy, demolish Medicaid, fire the JAG, lay off half of CISA, and stop tracking Russian cybercriminals by month 2 bad.

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What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a […]

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A very lovely #AmateurAstronomy night even with city lights. The sky was unusually steady for an hour or so and the views of Jupiter and Mars were among the best I’ve ever seen with this scope (a 12.5”(32 cm) Dobsonian reflector). I also said a likely goodbye for the […] [Original post on c.im]

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February news! 📨 #RStats 📜 Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility 🎉 New rOpenSci Champion(a|e)s Program cohort 🤝 @mpadge is now Software Review Lead (Former lead @noamross became director last year) 🎙️ “This is Tech Talks” episode with […]

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"If possible, I despise Trump even more today" - Aure Trump to Zelensky in the Oval Office: You're risking World War III, you should be grateful. You don't have enough troops, you can't tell us you don't want a ceasefire. Either you make a deal - or we're out […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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German CDU Deputy Johann David Wadephul: "The scenes from the White House are shocking. How can one betray the president of an invaded country like this? Free Europe will not abandon Ukraine!" #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

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"Trump destroys the reputation of the United States....Unbelievable! Trump's shakedown on camera doesn't go as planned. Trump and Vance are an embarrassment to the world" - Aure #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

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@lgbtqia We are struggling to meet the needs of our non-us passengers. Once we start moving someone, we have to keep going until they are safe, and we have had several unexpected large expenses. So we are approaching a situation where we won't have funds to support those on the road and in […]

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So I've had a meeting with the NLA and I'm still in shock. Apparently under the current interpretation of the #Trove API terms of use, you cannot access 'content', only 'metadata'. This means, for example, it is a breach of the terms of use to download the text of a newspaper article using the […]

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Is there something that someone out here needs help judging or reviewing? Specifically I have expertise in building software and software teams that have a public interest angle. I also do research on AI ethics and bias in the non-Western context (how LLMs work in Asian and global south […]

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On encryption backdoors: Emergent Harms in the Security Group at the University of Cambridge have put out of a researcher paper around how over half of all cybercrime court cases in the UK are prosecuting UK police officers for abusing systems access […] [Original post on cyberplace.social]

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One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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@wragge was just talking about your trove issues at the Research Software Asia Australia 2025 conference organising committee meeting yesterday. You deserve to be better supported, and not just with an API key!

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"I would estimate that writing the initial code for a feature is about 25% of the total work involved for that feature. The rest is maintenance..." "... some developers seem perfectly capable of writing a large amount of complex code, but appear to have little appreciation for maintenance […]

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"“In the next five years, we could have 6.3 million AIDS-related deaths" due to US cuts to supply medications to manage HIV. https://www.africanews.com/2025/02/13/this-is-what-happens-to-the-body-when-hiv-drugs-are-stopped-for-millions-of-people/ #hiv #africa #death #aids #murder

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Does anyone know how to turn off edit notifications in the official #Mastodon Android client?

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Finally. A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States. I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it. It is NOT just for athletes. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Complex problems require hybrid solutions.

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The people throwing the Nazi salutes and the systemic targeting of vulnerable communities aren't what bother me the most. They're awful, don't get me wrong. But what truly bothers me is the people who downplay these things, who tell us it's not so bad, that see fear of all of this as unjustified.

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CNN: ‘A spiritual act of resistance’: Black consumers are boycotting corporations retreating from DEI "...He is urging Black Americans to stop shopping at Target and to sell their stock in the retailer for Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting that this year lasts from March 5 to April […]

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BRAVO! "Mr. President, guess what? Russia invaded Ukraine. Can we at least agree on that one? Facts MATTER. Is there anybody in here that has enough courage to say RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE?" - Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO

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