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Journalist/Editor and chronicler of the (american) descent, INTP, humanist mostly, atheist definitely, often rational, born in a nation that doesn't exist anymore

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Schattendiplomatie in Abu Dhabi: Die geheimen Treffen der deutsch-russischen Freunde Frühere deutsche Spitzenpolitiker und Lobbyisten knüpfen in Abu Dhabi enge Kontakte mit Kreml-Vertrauten. Sogar ein Besuch in Deutschland ist nun wohl geplant.

Unglaublich, was die Zeit aufgedeckt hat: Währen die Ukraine ums Überleben kämpft, knüpfen deutsche Politiker und Lobbyisten bei Geheimtreffen Kontakte mit Kreml-Vertrauten. Nun sollen sogar gegenseitige Besuche folgen. Im Zentrum steht: ein Netzwerk rund um CDU-Politiker Ronald Pofalla.

05.12.2025 09:46 — 👍 57    🔁 26    💬 4    📌 1
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Umweltschutz - EU einigt sich auf abgeschwächtes Waldschutzgesetz Die EU wird ein zentrales Waldschutzgesetz erneut verschieben und abschwächen.

Klimakram 5/12/25

1. "Umweltschutz: EU einigt sich auf abgeschwächtes Waldschutzgesetz"

Nicht nur Klimaschutz isch over - Umweltschutz, Waldschutz, Tierschutz, etc: liegt alles auf dem Hackbrett, und wird schrittweise abgeschafft...

05.12.2025 06:06 — 👍 37    🔁 20    💬 4    📌 2
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60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found. More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the climate crisis and overfishing were driving declines. Continue reading...

60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study

05.12.2025 06:10 — 👍 180    🔁 147    💬 16    📌 30
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Kurz vor Abstimmung im Bundestag: Studie zum Rentenpaket sorgt für Aufsehen Die Regierung will das Rentenpaket durch den Bundestag bringen. Eine neue Studie dürfte allerdings den Kritikern Rückenwind verschaffen.

"Der weit überwiegende Teil der zusätzlichen Ausgaben der Rentenversicherung käme Bezieherinnen und Beziehern überdurchschnittlich hoher Renten zugute."

Umverteilung. Von unten nach oben.

04.12.2025 18:00 — 👍 447    🔁 157    💬 20    📌 11
Zwei Bilder Paris 2007 und Paris 2024, Unterschied und Entwicklung der Luftverschmutzung

Zwei Bilder Paris 2007 und Paris 2024, Unterschied und Entwicklung der Luftverschmutzung

Rückgang der Luftverschmutzung in Paris !
Umweltzonen, Reduzierung von Parkplätzen, Ausbau der Rad-Infrastruktur, Transit- und Luftreinhalteregeln, Verdreifachung der SUV-Parkgebühren,
➡️ #Verkehrswende #Mobilitätswende zum Wohl der Bürger in der Stadt

#Berlin

05.12.2025 02:38 — 👍 366    🔁 127    💬 16    📌 6
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Illegale Aufnahmen sollen im Netz bleiben Betroffene von sexualisierter Gewalt gegen Kinder wollen, dass die Polizei illegale Aufnahmen löschen lässt.

Illegale Aufnahmen sollen im Netz bleiben #SexualisierteGewalt #Innenministerkonferenz

05.12.2025 05:03 — 👍 21    🔁 15    💬 7    📌 14
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National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.

"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."

05.12.2025 04:10 — 👍 770    🔁 427    💬 68    📌 120

and then just dance steps in..? after his reaction to chumps somali rant i fear that would be even worse.

04.12.2025 23:39 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

soo.. just a question of time now untill chumps regime does away with grand jurys i presume

04.12.2025 23:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."

Everything this administration tells us is a lie.

04.12.2025 22:41 — 👍 4443    🔁 2014    💬 207    📌 89
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Dobrindts Afghanistan-Abschiebeoffensive: Taliban? Normal Der Innenminister will künftig Frauen nach Afghanistan abschieben und Personendaten mit den Taliban teilen. Damit sprengt er alle moralischen Grenzen.

Der Innenminister will künftig Frauen nach Afghanistan abschieben und Personendaten mit den Taliban teilen. Damit sprengt er alle moralischen Grenzen.

04.12.2025 21:50 — 👍 1058    🔁 440    💬 98    📌 140

that was the line where i stopped reading -.-

04.12.2025 23:22 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Trump administration keeps restricting free speech, and its ally Russia restricted WhatsApp today, but JD Vance chose to attack the EU over rumors about a potential future fine on Elon Musk’s X

04.12.2025 22:57 — 👍 107    🔁 25    💬 6    📌 1
Futurism

Groxxing

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
Grok is a stalker's best friend.

Image: Elon Musk doing a gesture that looks a whole lot like a Nazi salute over a bunch of censored information about private citizens, generated by his chatbot, Grok.
By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Joe Wilkins

Published Dec 4, 2025 9:05 AM EST

Futurism Groxxing Elon Musk’s Grok Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People Grok is a stalker's best friend. Image: Elon Musk doing a gesture that looks a whole lot like a Nazi salute over a bunch of censored information about private citizens, generated by his chatbot, Grok. By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Joe Wilkins Published Dec 4, 2025 9:05 AM EST

NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.

Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.

futurism.com/future-socie...

04.12.2025 14:31 — 👍 1821    🔁 1054    💬 71    📌 248

Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.

04.12.2025 19:20 — 👍 557    🔁 244    💬 12    📌 4
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Dutzende FPÖ-Politiker mit Verbindungen zur neonazistischen "Aula" SOS Mitmensch veröffentlicht eine Analyse und spricht von "einem rechtsextremen System, das von nahezu der gesamten FPÖ-Parteiführung aktiv unterstützt wurde"

In Österreich ging gestern einer der wichtigsten Prozesse der letzten Jahre zu Ende.
Der Chefredakteur der Aula wurde zu vier Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Wiederbetätigung.
Das ist erfreulich scharf und eindeutig. Und unendlich wichtig.
Um was geht es hier?

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

04.12.2025 10:44 — 👍 668    🔁 196    💬 10    📌 8
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Bellingcat has pieced together a detailed view of a crisis that has left much of Mali in the dark. Learn how the attacks behind the fuel shortages brought daily life to a halt here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...

04.12.2025 11:09 — 👍 191    🔁 80    💬 5    📌 4

2/2

..Statue von Hr. #Lübcke vor der #CDU Zentrale platziert, um #Merz daran zu erinnern was passiert, wenn man mit Nazis paktiert.

Dieser wiederum nannte diese Statue heute "geschmacklos".

Um einen Faschisten wie #CharlieKirk wurde getrauert, ein ermordeter Antifaschist der #CDU wurde vergessen.

03.12.2025 19:14 — 👍 156    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 1
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BREAKING: Der Kanzler attackiert live das Lübcke-Memorial – Merz nennt ein Denkmal für Walter Lübcke „vollkommen geschmacklos“. Klar: unangenehm, wenn der eigene Parteifreund von einem AfD-Anhänger erschossen wird und man selbst schon mit der Partei im Bundestag abstimmt.
Aber der eigentl. SKANDAL:

04.12.2025 07:46 — 👍 1242    🔁 391    💬 122    📌 69
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Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy

Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...

04.12.2025 10:05 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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ICE detain active duty U.S. Navy Sailor in full uniform—refuse to accept military ID.

"Agent said he had 'reasonable suspicion' to suspect he was in U.S. illegally," said Navy Chief Marquise.

"He needs to provide other ID to prove citizenship... military ID is not sufficient."

Norfolk, Virginia

03.12.2025 18:19 — 👍 277    🔁 142    💬 26    📌 19
Heat map-style graphic showing monthly air temperature rankings in the Arctic at the 925 hPa level for each month from January 1979 to November 2025. There is a long-term warming trend evident in each month. Blue shading is shown for colder months, and red shading is shown for warmer months. A yellow number is shown for each grid box to display the actual temperature ranking. November 2025 was the 6th warmest November on record.

Heat map-style graphic showing monthly air temperature rankings in the Arctic at the 925 hPa level for each month from January 1979 to November 2025. There is a long-term warming trend evident in each month. Blue shading is shown for colder months, and red shading is shown for warmer months. A yellow number is shown for each grid box to display the actual temperature ranking. November 2025 was the 6th warmest November on record.

#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through November 2025...

+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

04.12.2025 01:38 — 👍 85    🔁 42    💬 2    📌 2

Or put different, he’s pardoning people at SEVENTY FIVE TIMES the annual rate of the Biden presidency

04.12.2025 00:54 — 👍 718    🔁 209    💬 41    📌 5
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The Virginia Bar failing to deal seriously with gross misconduct by a prosecutor (Lindsey Halligan), saying that a court must find misconduct _before_ they take any action. This is in fact _not_ what the disciplinary rules provide.

04.12.2025 02:29 — 👍 38    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0



Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications
(Al & Digital Intelligence Unit)
Cabin No.4, 12t floor, Sanchar Bhawan
Dated Nov , 2025 at New Delhi

Subject: Direction under Telecom Cyber Security Rules, 2024 (as amended)
DIRECTION
regarding pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi App in the mobile handsets to check
the genuineness of mobile handsets.
WHEREAS, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has, vide
Notification No. CG-DL-E-21112024-258808 dated 21st November, 2024,
notified the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024, and has
subsequently amended the same vide Notification No. CG-DL-E-22102025-
267074 dated 22nd October, 2025 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Rules").
2. AND WHEREAS, Rule 8 (3) of the Rules mandates that no person shall:
a) intentionally remove, obliterate, change, or alter the unique
telecommunication equipment identification number; or
b) intentionally use, produce, traffic in, have control or custody of, or possess
hardware or software related to the telecommunication identifier or
telecommunication equipment, knowing it has been configured as
specified above.
3. AND WHEREAS, Rule 8 (4) of the Rules empowers the Central Government to
issue directions to manufacturers of telecommunication equipment bearing
International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number to provide assistance as
required in relation to tampered telecommunication equipment or IMEI number.
4. AND WHEREAS, Rule 8 (8) of the Rules mandates that every manufacturer or
importer of any telecommunication equipment that bears an International Mobile
Equipment Identity (IMEI) number shall ensure compliance with the directions as
may be issued by the Central Government for the purpose of giving effect to the
rules.
5. AND WHEREAS, Rule 5 of the Rules empowers the Central Government to
establish digital or other mechanisms necessary to identify and report acts that
may endanger telecom cyber security, and accordingly…

Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Telecommunications (Al & Digital Intelligence Unit) Cabin No.4, 12t floor, Sanchar Bhawan Dated Nov , 2025 at New Delhi Subject: Direction under Telecom Cyber Security Rules, 2024 (as amended) DIRECTION regarding pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi App in the mobile handsets to check the genuineness of mobile handsets. WHEREAS, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has, vide Notification No. CG-DL-E-21112024-258808 dated 21st November, 2024, notified the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024, and has subsequently amended the same vide Notification No. CG-DL-E-22102025- 267074 dated 22nd October, 2025 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Rules"). 2. AND WHEREAS, Rule 8 (3) of the Rules mandates that no person shall: a) intentionally remove, obliterate, change, or alter the unique telecommunication equipment identification number; or b) intentionally use, produce, traffic in, have control or custody of, or possess hardware or software related to the telecommunication identifier or telecommunication equipment, knowing it has been configured as specified above. 3. AND WHEREAS, Rule 8 (4) of the Rules empowers the Central Government to issue directions to manufacturers of telecommunication equipment bearing International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number to provide assistance as required in relation to tampered telecommunication equipment or IMEI number. 4. AND WHEREAS, Rule 8 (8) of the Rules mandates that every manufacturer or importer of any telecommunication equipment that bears an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number shall ensure compliance with the directions as may be issued by the Central Government for the purpose of giving effect to the rules. 5. AND WHEREAS, Rule 5 of the Rules empowers the Central Government to establish digital or other mechanisms necessary to identify and report acts that may endanger telecom cyber security, and accordingly…

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Rules, the Central
Government hereby directs every manufacturer and importers of mobile
handsets that are intended for use in India, to:
a) From 90 days of issue of these instructions, ensure that the Sanchar
Saathi mobile application, as specified by DoT, is pre-installed on all mobile
handsets manufactured or imported for use in India.
b) Ensure that the pre-installed Sanchar Saathi application is readily visible
and accessible to the end users at the time of first use or device setup and
that its functionalities are not disabled or restricted.
c) For all such devices that have been already been manufactured and are in
sales channels in India, the manufacturer and importers of mobile handsets
shall make an endeavour to push the App through software updates.

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Rules, the Central Government hereby directs every manufacturer and importers of mobile handsets that are intended for use in India, to: a) From 90 days of issue of these instructions, ensure that the Sanchar Saathi mobile application, as specified by DoT, is pre-installed on all mobile handsets manufactured or imported for use in India. b) Ensure that the pre-installed Sanchar Saathi application is readily visible and accessible to the end users at the time of first use or device setup and that its functionalities are not disabled or restricted. c) For all such devices that have been already been manufactured and are in sales channels in India, the manufacturer and importers of mobile handsets shall make an endeavour to push the App through software updates.

Indian government orders that all cell phones made in or imported into India must have a government tracking app installed. It will be an offense to delete it. #surveillance #control

01.12.2025 22:48 — 👍 16    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 8
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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 The EU is officially blacklisting Russia as a high-risk country for money laundering and terrorism financing, breaking with the FATF’s hesitation. This move will force all financial institutions acros...

Dieser Schritt wird alle Finanzinstitute in der EU dazu zwingen, jede Transaktion mit Russland genauer zu prüfen und Moskau finanziell weiter zu isolieren.

t.me/noel_reports...

03.12.2025 20:14 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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Die EU setzt Russland offiziell auf die schwarze Liste als Hochrisikoland für Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung und bricht damit mit der Zurückhaltung der FATF.
👇🏽

03.12.2025 20:14 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

tax payer funded? confiscate all the ill gotten gains from the trump family inc and put them towards restoring the east wing etc.

03.12.2025 20:23 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

03.12.2025 17:20 — 👍 14466    🔁 7915    💬 1681    📌 1284

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