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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

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Inside a US guitar string maker's strategy to navigate the trade war As companies all over the U.S. seek ways to cope with Trump's trade war, D'Addario & Co. executives are setting up a free trade zone and rerouting shipments to avoid tariffs.

On the trade war frontlines, a US guitar string maker refines its strategy - www.reuters.com/business/ins...

Exclusive: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people they were designed to benefit, Reuters has found.

Exclusive: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting white woman, upper half facing forwards, with chest and shoulders partly bare to reveal many tattoos, her arms are slightly folded, she wears a pearl necklace and has a flower in her dark hair

Maud Wagner in 1907, first known professional female tattoo artist in the United States #womensart

Solar tops EU power mix for first time in June, Ember says Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.

Mark the date: an incredible landmark as #solar power becomes EU's number one source of electricity in June 2025. Everything is impossible – until it's done.

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The people running our music industry are the same people “doubling down” on AI military technology. To build a fair and just music industry, we also must dismantle imperialism in all its forms. Daniel Ek is a warmonger who pays artists poverty wages 🤮

The Form of DEI That’s Alive and Well on Campus — The Atlantic In an effort to attract more conservative faculty, some elite universities are borrowing tactics long used to promote racial diversity.

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Poochie saying “I have to go now. Tesla needs me.”

to be fair, more than 75% of the NSF’s academic output would be considered junk / useless to a layperson.

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