Cornelius (aka Con) Traas

This is actual, literal terrorism perpetrated by Israel against the Lebanese

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

News from everywhere. Airport on Abu Dhabi.

How an underground fungal map of the world's oldest, slowest-growing rainforest trees can boost Earth's resilience The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...

Globally, mycorrhizal fungal communities move roughly a billion tons of carbon per year into Earth's soils, above all in old-growth forests.

Wild, natural ecosystems are the bedrock of a healthy planet. It's time we started recognising and acting on that.
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Tesla UK sales drop 45% in February as BYD gains ground By Investing.com Tesla UK sales drop 45% in February as BYD gains ground

Lookin' good, @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social 🇬🇧 #TeslaTakedown www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

The rate at which Trumps various appendages grow back, given evidence of his remarkable ear regrowth, there's no way to assisinate him.

Big place is Iran.

🇪🇦 Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares immediately denied Leavitt's claims: "The position of the Government of Spain on the war in the Middle East, the bombings in Iran and on the use of our bases has not changed a comma."

I'm sorry but if you can give everyone a $3,000 check by soaking 900 people, then those 900 people have too much fucking money.

IMO, the Western empire builders are way past peak. The US will go the way of the British, Romans & Greeks before them. You need serious resources and population control to run an Empire, and China is the only one with both.

D-Day High Court challenge against Aughinish red mud expansion ENVIRONMENTAL Trust Ireland (ETI) this Wednesday (March 4) will begin its High Court challenge against the Russian-owned...

There's one thing that is 100% sure. That red shite will end up in the Shannon:
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i think enthusiastic LLM use is mostly a stack of cognitive biases, unacknowledged plagiarism, and unmet needs in a trenchcoat

but also my main objections aren't about them being bad at tasks so i don't care if you think they've gotten better at it

Family claims Google's AI tool to blame for son's suicide The family of an American man who died by suicide has filed a legal action against Google, alleging the company's Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot manufactured an elaborate delusional fantasy be...

The family of an American man who died by suicide has filed a legal action against Google, alleging the company's Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before aiding his death

What a dismal tracker to have to publish. And of course, the death rate is directly proportional to poverty rate.

A map showing casualties. Iran – killed: 1,045, injured: hundreds Israel – killed: 11, injured: hundreds US soldiers – killed: 6, injured: 18 Bahrain – killed: 1, injured: 4 Iraq – killed: 2, injured: 5 Jordan – killed: 0, injured: 5 Kuwait – killed: 4, injured: 35 Lebanon – killed: 50 injured: 335 Oman – killed: 1, injured: 5 Qatar – killed: 0, injured: 16 Saudi Arabia – killed: 0, injured: 0 United Arab Emirates – killed: 3, injured: 68

Al Jazeera has a useful tracker of who is getting killed and injured.

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US strike on Iran warship kills 80, Sri Lanka says Developments from the Middle East as the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its fifth day.

At least 80 people have killed in a US submarine strike on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister has said | Follow live updates

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

The data from your Meta Ray Bans is used to train Meta's AI, which most people don't understand means that humans are looking at the most intimate details of their lives. www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

I'm ashamed that she has any association with @unioflimerick.bsky.social

A German court has ruled that it is legal to state that the man who runs the Müller (Rice) empire is a supporter of the far-right AfD. Müller repeatedly denied it, which says everything about how bad he knew that association could be for his business. I hope the boycotts intensify.

UCD Faces Renewed Scrutiny as Dáil Debates Medical Student’s Refused Resits Following Rape by Fellow Student

UCD Faces Renewed Scrutiny as Dáil Debates Medical Student’s Refused Resits Following Rape by Fellow Student – The University Times share.google/OCchfSTaK4NS...

Thanks very much. Treat with caution so.

IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield — Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

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Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another.

A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield — Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

so Iran has apparently knocked out and destroyed / disabled to some extent two U.S. THAAD batteries

This is a massive deal. Aside from the expense, this is not a weapon system we just have a ton of lying around. You don't replace these easily.

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WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?

NOEM: Yes

WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?

NOEM: No.

“Mr. Cummings? This is Frank Dunham in Production. … We’ve got some problems, Mr. Cummings. Machine No. 5 has jammed, several of the larger spools have gone off track, the generator’s blown, and, well, everything seems to be you-know-what.”

“Mr. Cummings? This is Frank Dunham in Production. … We’ve got some problems, Mr. Cummings. Machine No. 5 has jammed, several of the larger spools have gone off track, the generator’s blown, and, well, everything seems to be you-know-what.”

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

Is there any punitive sanction that can be applied?

The @ipso.co.uk ruling of Telegraph’s preposterous “We earn £345k but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays”, reveals the article to have been a fabrication. There is no such family as Al, Alexandra, Ali, Harry and Barry Moy. Glad to have acted as lead complainant on this.

Trite but true: If you ever wondered how German’s reacted to the whittling away of rights for Jews, Roma, gays and lesbians . . . you’re watching it happen in real time.