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Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments

"Mr. Summers added that he would continue teaching as an economics professor at Harvard" Wow really okay

Persoonsgegevens DigiD staan straks mogelijk op servers van Amerikaans bedrijf: wat dat betekent voor onze veiligheid Het Nederlandse cloudbedrijf Solvinity is verkocht aan de tech-gigant Kyndryl uit de Verenigde Staten. Hiermee vallen hun servers, die onder andere DigiD en ...

Geeft echt een geruststellend gevoel dat 'ze' zo alles van ons weten 😡 ...NOT

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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

“Which products in Germany 🇩🇪 get 19% tax:

- oat milk
- baby diapers
- soy schnitzel

Which get 7%:

- cow milk
- meat
- frogs legs

Which get no taxes at all:

- Jet fuel
- shipping diesel
- international flight tickets

[Germany’s] tax system is totally absurd and should be reformed!”

They're just destroying the country, piece by piece, with shitposters and meme-lords.

Not ignorant. Stubborn

An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19 | PNAS The science around the use of masks by the public to impede COVID-19 transmission is advancing rapidly. In this narrative review, we develop an ana...

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Hard to believe that at my GP today, there was zero mask wearing in staff or punters, except me.
The appointment had been rescheduled due to....
staff sickness last week.
Saw 5 staff around & about, probably 20 punters.
It's so easy, why are people so ignorant?
#N95

'Als iemands aard niet meewerkt leidt de inspanning tot niets.'
Seneca

Not paying high tuition costs at any university that is ruining learning by offloading it onto a slop machine.

Wageningen, Arnhem en Nijmegen vingen de afgelopen jaren veel meer vluchtelingen op dan andere gemeenten en daar worden ze niet op afgerekend. Sterker nog: de kiezers zijn niet zo bezig met migratie. Wonen en klimaat zijn voor hen een stuk belangrijker.

One of my concerns with AI is that tech companies will so thoroughly integrate it with their apps that we will not be able to use the apps without using AI. So, everything will be generated, at least partially, with AI.

Again, there is a market for non-AI tech. Who will meet it?

A uniformed police officer stands beside a silver car. A person in a brown hat, black coat and vest stands with an umbrella.

After the Louvre jewelry heist on Sunday, a photo distributed by The Associated Press showing three policemen outside the museum — and a sharply-dressed man — confused many people on social media. Who is the dapper man? Is he even real? nyti.ms/42TI9RE

That wasn’t a political opponent. At least not yet at that time🤓. And it wasn’t Trump personally calling for the assault.

There's obviously a billion different examples to negate the idea that only people over 50 need ongoing health insurance and I also think it's really important to note that healthcare at every age is not just for catastrophic issues. He is saying here that we shouldn't be doing preventative care.

great moments in US politics

Incredible vision on Alfred Nobel’s part to use the money he earned inventing dynamite to create the world’s greatest trolling opportunity

Myanmar Military Paraglider Bombs Buddhist Festival, Killing Dozens The junta targeted a festival in the Sagaing region where people were also protesting army rule, according to witnesses and the civilian government in exile.

Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile. A manned paraglider with a motor dropped a bomb on the festival, they said.

Trump's farmer bailout raises fears about trade war winners and losers Plans to spend billions of dollars supporting farmers have frustrated many other kinds of businesses that have also been hurt by tariffs.

Trump's farmer bailout raises fears about trade war winners and losers

There have been a lot of posts about how the Bluesky team has no comms discipline, but I’ve seen multiple high level team members say something inflammatory recently and when they get deserved pushback on it, they reply with a musing that the fundamental nature of online communication is flawed

Populistische oppositieleider Babis wint Tsjechische parlementsverkiezingen De winst van Babis' ANO-partij zal leiden tot een koerswijziging. Babis wil onder meer belastingen verlagen, klimaatplannen van tafel vegen en minder militaire steun voor Oekraïne.

De champagne zal opengaan in Moskou. Na Orbán en Fico, volgt nu miljardair Babis. Allen vrienden van Wilders.

Tijd dat een nieuwe generatie opstaat voor een progressieve en Europese toekomst. Volt blijft voor die toekomst knokken—ook in Tsjechië.

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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

#TrumpTrainWreck
A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection. But the scientist who unlocked its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for 2 months.
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@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social traveled to Portland and spent time at the demonstration that Donald Trump wants to crush. What he found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat. https://theatln.tc/mNL5JGAe

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Elektrische kilometers rijden veel goedkoper dan benzinekilometers. Maar hoeveel dan, in jouw situatie? Deze LaadTankVergelijker geeft inzicht, topinitiatief @evrijders.nl

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Belastingdienst verplaatst mail naar Microsoft, ondanks zorgen over meekijken VS Volgens de fiscus is er geen andere optie, ondanks de mogelijkheid dat de VS meekijkt of zelfs manipuleert.

Lijkt me super om momenteel al onze gevoelige informatie te laten scannen door de extremistische Trump laven van Microsoft.
😢

Laat me raden, die slappe zak hooi Heinen.
#Microsoft #Belasting

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Capitalism needs honor and ethics Don’t dedicate your life to scams, slop, and the exploitation of compulsion.

Don’t dedicate your life to frying people’s brains with hacking human weakness for compulsive behaviors.

www.slowboring.com/p/capitalism...

Ryanair boss says drones disrupting EU airports should be shot down The outspoken Ryanair boss has no faith in EU leaders to manage the threat, says Ursula von der Leyen should quit.

Toch opmerkelijk dat deze vraag vanuit het bedrijfsleven moet komen. www.politico.eu/article/ryai...

I once followed this @catsofyore.bsky.social's starter pack.
Best decision I've ever made.
Because since then, I sometimes get awesome cat content between all that doom'n'gloom.
I encourage you all to do the same.

Dépends. If you want to export goods it’s a good thing ostensibly . But for everything else it’s bad news. The more interest rates get lowered the weaker will be the dollar. The less attractive the US will be for foreign investors