WaPo: "Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday for suggesting that the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine likely “is still very, very far away.” The comments come as prominent Trump allies escalate pressure on Zelensky to dramatically change his approach to the US president, who has made quickly ending the war a top priority, or step aside"
Great.. I hope he picks fights with the Woke group inside the Democratic party on the issue. F-ing retards.
Politico: "Newsom, a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights...suggested Democrats were in the wrong in allowing transgender athletes to participate in female college and youth sports"
Paradise, another post-apocalypse underground living show. How many are there so far? Silo, Fallout... They are multiplying. US imagination, artistic works is preparing itself for apocalypse?
I use a DIY recommender. Music streaming is through simple PLS urls,
either via mpv on the command line or couple lines of DIY
Javascript. My blog posts are markdown text files that are local,
edited, version controlled locally only uploaded as simple files for
publishing.
Westenberg: "My current project: I've been dusting off the old hard drives with my ripped CD collection and loading them into an iPod. A 20-year-old piece of tech with its click wheel intact, no WiFi, and no algorithm feeding me recommendations I didn't ask for. The result: I've started listening to music - actually listening to it - in a way I haven't in years. Giving it my attention. Not taking it for granted, not treating it like day old shrimp at a discount buffet...
You hit a certain point, and you stop playing along. You start to see through the 'creator economy' that turns creative people into gig workers, underpaid and overexposed. You see through the 'community' pitches that are just data-harvesting schemes. You see through the hype cycles of unbundling and rebundling, decentralizing and centralizing that - somehow - always end with a handful of dudes in Silicon Valley holding all the keys."
Firstpost: "SpaceX's Starship blows up in space near Bahamas, debris disrupts Florida airport"
"SpaceX Starship explodes mid-air again"
Yahoo News: "A new $175,000 caravan has been completely destroyed in a devastating blaze in the country's south after lithium-ion batteries inside caught fire, rapidly engulfing the motorhome in flames... Lithium-ion batteries have been linked to over 10,000 fires per year across Australia"
Electrive: "Ballard announces major fuel cell module order from Egypt"
Firstpost: "US proposes 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, Israel PM Netanyahu not happy with Washington-Hamas talks"
Firstpost: "After pausing aid and intel, Trump plans to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russian war.. The unprecedented move will put Ukrainians at risk of fast-track deportation
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