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Japan reacts to Trump's remarks about Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic bombings | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News Japanese officials and atomic bomb survivors have reacted to US President Donald Trump's remarks comparing the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites to the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

- John Steinbeck

Putin meets widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe in Moscow | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Abe Akie, the widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in Moscow.

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As Trump family's Gulf empire grows, rulers seek influence, arms and tech Ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gulf visit next week, his son Eric was promoting his crypto firm in Dubai, while Don Jr prepared to talk about 'Monetizing MAGA' in Doha.

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05...

I’ve spent the last few weeks watching the starling murmurations in #York. Watching them dance across the sky is so calming and truly mesmerising. Enjoy!

#Murmuration #Starlings #BritishBirds #BirdingUK
​​#yorkshire @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

We need to trust our eyes.

Nazi salutes, racist purges, an ambush on the Ukrainian president by a far-right regime. If what we see aligns with what we know and is also in line with an established track record, our default assumption should be that what is happening is actually what it looks like.

Heute. #München Großmarkthalle.
Übrigens ist nicht Trump schuld am Niedergang der Demokratie in den USA. Sondern die Wähler, die sich ihrer Verantwortung nicht bewusst waren.

YouTube video by Letters Live Benedict Cumberbatch reads Kurt Vonnegut's letter to the future

"Ladies & gentlemen of 2088" m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhT...

When the TLL’s Latin word of the year makes front page news… (full text here: www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/glos... )

Via BR24 "die Grünen werden mit uns nicht am Kabinettstisch sitzen", sagte er. Lieber vorsichtig sein mit dem Orakeln, Herr Dobrindt!🫣

Chinese, Russian military aircraft conduct joint flight near Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News Japan's Defense Ministry says it detected a total of 10 aircraft of the Chinese and Russian militaries flying near the country on Friday, with some conducting a joint flight.

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Can quake-prone Japan ever embrace nuclear energy again? The government, its makeup in flux after the LDP lost seats this week, will soon need to make decisions that will shape Japan's future nuclear policy.

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BRICS once again meet to complain and vent frustrations While the summit gave the appearance of unity, there are significant differences in how member states perceive issues.

What are Xi and Putin doing?

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Harald Lesch: Wir haben es beim Klimawandel verkackt Der Wissenschaftsjournalist und die Wirtschaftswissenschaftlerin Claudia Kemfert reden in Unterhaching Klartext.

"Gegen fossiles Imperium" Gute Diskussion mit Harald Lesch. Erkenntnisse über #Klimawandel zu lange ignoriert. Nicht-Energiewende führt zu De-Industrialisierung, #Energiewende zur Re-Industrialisierung, schafft Wohlstand, Arbeitsplätze und zukunftsweisende Jobs 👇

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Chinese naval ships enter Sea of Japan, possibly for military drills | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News Japan's defense ministry announced on Monday that five Chinese naval vessels had entered the Sea of Japan. The announcement came as China revealed plans to soon hold military drills in the area with t...

Chinese naval vessels on the way to military drills with the participation of Russia?
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Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trends CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends

Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Yes, Everyone Really Is Sick a Lot More Often After Covid - BNN Bloomberg It's not your imagination: Around the world, people really are getting sick more often than before the pandemic

Aus Kanada 🇨🇦

"Ja, nach Covid sind tatsächlich alle viel häufiger krank."

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp
#TeamVorsicht #LongCovid

I've been listening to a new crash course pod called The Universe, with John Green and @astrokatie.com. Only a couple episodes out so far but it's really good. John Green has a way of asking good questions for the layperson and Dr. Mack gives very clear, interesting answers. Worth a listen!

In Our Time - Lysistrata - Lysistrata - BBC Sounds Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes' comedy in which a sex strike brings peace.

"Aristophanes' comedy in which the women of Athens and Sparta, led by Lysistrata, secure peace in the long-running war between them by staging a sex strike ... [and by] seizing the treasure in the Acropolis that was meant to fund more fighting in an emergency"
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Why AI is humanity's mirror — and what we can learn from it Researcher-turned-entrepreneur Richard Socher dives deep into different kinds of existing AI systems and what they can teach us about ourselves — pointing out how, as AI advances, it mirrors both hu...

TedTalk: Warum KI der Spiegel der Menschheit ist - und was wir von ihr lernen können.

Richard Socher geht der Frage nach, was wir von KI-Systemen lernen können, und zeigt auf, wie sie sowohl die Genialität als auch die Schwächen der Menschheit widerspiegeln.

#AI #Menschlichkeit #KI

Podcast: Wie der Dresdner KI-Experte Richard Socher an Google vorbeiziehen will Im Podcast "Thema in Sachsen" erklärt Richard Socher, was seine Suchmaschine You.com kann, wieso Künstliche Intelligenz nicht mehr aufzuhalten ist und warum Angst bei Innovationen kein guter Ratgebe...

Der Dresdner Richard Socher gilt im Silicon Valley als ein führender Kopf bei der Entwicklung von Anwendungen mit Künstlicher Intelligenz. Im Podcast "Thema in Sachsen" spricht er übers Überwinden von Ängsten gegenüber Innovationen und wie er mit dem Projekt You.com Google angreift. Jetzt hören! 🎧

Climate change: Satellites map huge methane plumes from oil and gas Plugging methane leaks from oil and gas fields could be an easy win in curbing climate change.

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Kazakhstan: Methane mega-leak went on for months Extremely potent greenhouse gas leaked from a Kazakh well for over six months.

www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

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München 21.1.2024

Schon schade, wieviel subventionierter Diesel heute in Deutschland für nicht-landwirtschaftliche Zwecke verbraucht wird.
#Bauernproteste

Japan FM Kamikawa vows to promote women's participation in peacebuilding in Asia | NHK WORLD-JAPAN N... Japan's Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko has unveiled a plan to promote women's participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific region.

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