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French MEP says US should give back Statue of Liberty It’s generally considered poor form to ask for a gift back, but that hasn’t stopped French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, who believes the Statue of Liberty should head back to France. Here’s why.

Well... That would be interesting

www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

I like the idea, really

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. Here are the numbers...

Reminder
To those in power, it's a feature, not a bug.

www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-v...

Thanks for the tip!

Does this count as levity?

Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture | Quanta Magazine A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

Some fun news. A reminder to read the classic foundational work.
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...

Have you tried mixing up your soap? I switched to a castille-glycerin mix and my skin is much less dry in winter (but I also am generally really sensitive to soap).

This is a comprehensive (and very bleak) summary of the current state of US science

At the same time as the Texas measles outbreak

ok, now i’m happy about computers again

Trump favors huge new tariffs. How do they work? Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports. This week, he raised the ante still higher.

Tariffs are taxes.

"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."

My larger goal is to try to get them to move into the tree behind my apartment and chase off the occasional pigeons

Mixed. They are quick to be excited and very quick to fight over them. Then they follow me for a bit as I walk, which is the bit-scary part. A youngster bravely hopped next to me and I quickly threw him one last peanut. They don't rush at me, and they give up after following tree 2 tree ~10min

Yeah, I've got a "news" feed, as well as others that tell me how I know someone, but I generally restrict to "mutuals" (followed and following back). I agree a filter would be best

I've been building up lists on bluesky to filter. Kind of awkward though

And the CDU in Germany has been adding to the mix

For @echoweaver.klatch.club.ap.brid.gy @echoweavertoo.bsky.social : some of my mundane life. I've been making a go at teaching the local crows that peanuts are food (pigeons can't open them). 2/3 times, what started as two crows immediately became thirty, like something Hitchcock. I persevere.

Dark commentary, but I guess it's good that my father's already dead.

Missouri Senate hears bill on life imprisonment for people in U.S. without legal status The legislation would also allow Missourians to collect a $1,000 bounty for reporting on people who are found to be in the United States without legal status to the Department of Public Safety.

Given for-profit prisons and prison labor, this has been compared to gulag treatment.

www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Struggling with an ARC translated to German. Some of it's the word choice and some the excessive repetition in the character monologues. Not sure if I'll manage to finish. It definitely shows me that translations are tough.

Turning up the academic suffering dial to 11. :/

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

Some rough news, while the CDC isn't allowed to communicate

www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

Part of a deeper concern about the fragility of our digital knowledge base.

mandarine maniac?

Math humor. I'm fighting a head cold, so this is the depth I have today :)

Who knows? I feel a bit exposed. Also limited I guess. Twitter isn't really a FB replacement. Too bad no one ever made a good live journal replacement.

I just realized how tense I have felt since I woke up.

So this is your reminder to relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and take some deep breaths.

Take care of yourself. Put your own mask on before assisting another passenger.

That sounds unappetizing:(