Supreme Court case could bring 'dramatic change' in how the government works: analysis
During Donald Trump's second presidency, many of his critics, both left and right, are warning that he is failing to respect Congress as a "coequal branch of government.Alex Henderson (Alternet.org)
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TIL Mormons believe in a “Heavenly Mother”, a goddess married to God who births human souls
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Mormonism)
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Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein Relies on Open Source and Saves Millions
Link: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Goodbye-Microsoft-Schleswig-Holstein-relies-on-Open-Source-and-saves-millions-11105459.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181491
Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions
Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating from Microsoft to free software. The conversion is significantly cheaper.Stefan Krempl (heise online)
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public ...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalatesGil Duran (The Nerd Reich)
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Anatomy Of A Minimalist Home Computer
#retrocomputing #vtech #vz200 #z80 #hackaday
posted by pod_feeder_v2Anatomy Of A Minimalist Home Computer
There are plenty of well-known models among the 8-bit machines of the 1980s, and most readers could rattle them off without a thought. They were merely the stars among a plethora of others, and eve…Hackaday
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I recently started dual-booting Linux as part of my slow migration away from Windows 11. The transition has been pretty smooth—except for one thing: audio players. I’m picky, and nothing I have tried really felt right. The closest was Strawberry, but even that was off.
So… motivation unlocked.
I’ve started building my own cross-platform audio player that works the same on both Windows and Linux. Why? Honestly, why not? It’s been fun, and I finally get something that behaves the way I want.
Here’s an early Light-mode look. Still tons to do, but not bad for something I started just a few days ago. Avalonia + SoundFlow are awesome!
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"Europe finds itself in an extraordinary perilous position right now. Its main protector has suddenly withdrawn. It has a ravenous, brutal empire attacking its borders, supported by the world’s most powerful nation. Its main export markets are shriveling, and its manufacturing industries are under dire threat from waves of subsidized foreign competition."
Noah Smith offers the best global analysis of the political situation that I've read:
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TIL in Namibia, there is a politician named Adolf Hitler, who’s decided to change his name after been re-elected for the fifth time in a row.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/politician-named-adolf-hitler-triumphs-in-namibia-local-elections-5th-time-in-a-row/3756251
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Politician named Adolf Hitler triumphs in Namibia local elections 5th time in a row
59-year-old says he's complete opposite of infamous German Fuhrer, opts to be addressed by indigenous name - Anadolu Ajansıwww.aa.com.tr
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To have a child now sentences them to a declining standard of living amid a declining biosphere and likely suffering in resource/climate-driven wars.
#poll #question #future #optimism #pessimism
- Yes. (50%, 14 votes)
- Yes, but so what? Life must go on. (25%, 7 votes)
- No, this is the greatest time to be alive. (3%, 1 vote)
- No, things are bad but will be good again. (21%, 6 votes)
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The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10K in 1971 to $106k today, an increase of 10x.
However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25K to $445k, an increase of 17x.
And the median cost of a car has gone from $3.6K to $50k, an increase of 14x.
The median cost of college has gone from $2.9k a year to $45k, an increase of 16x.
And the average cost of healthcare per person has gone from $350 to $14.6k, an increase of 42x.
The average person is worse off today than in 1971.
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Future Anthropologists:
The mating rituals of the 2000s were complicated and superstitious. For example, burning CDs.
People would take their favorite music and burn it as a sacrifice to the music gods, hoping they’d bring good fortune in dating.
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European Twitter exploded following yesterday’s rants by US and Russian hardliners calling to “abolish EU”.
Lots of voices like “we need European social media!!”
And I said, “actually, you know what, we kind of have one for years…” 😆
Some people started complaining “but nobody uses Mastodon” and I once again had no choice but to explain that if “nobody uses” then how come I’ve got 3k+ followers here and engaging in truly interesting discussions not less often than there😁
There’s two data points where Fediverse can be indeed seen as less attractive than US cortisol aggregators:
• number of engagements, but granted that up to 60-70% of these on Twitter are generated by bots who cares? Maybe media advertising agencies do, but I don’t.
• presence of public persons - this is where Fediverse actually loses, because it’s a network that grows between them and can’t be “invited”
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Trump’s tariffs ONLY make sense if you see them as a means for Trump to manipulate the markets to enrich himself and his rich “friends.”
That’s how a racist turnip like MTG has grown a $20M fortune over just FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE.
#TrumpDidThis #RepublicanThieves #NoRepublicansEverAgain #MTG #Tariffs #USPol
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https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/12/07/zarah-sultana-calls-for-a-referendum/
Zarah Sultana calls for a referendum on the monarchy - Canary
Zarah Sultana wants to know why we're still paying for these layabouts when one of them was caught running around with Jeffrey EpsteinWillem Moore (The Canary)
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Tad Stoermer
https://youtu.be/hVLfRGa5s4o
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Introducing #Jolla a real linux phone running #SailfishOS - Europe's independent smartphone!
SailfishOS provides with - no tracking, no calling home, no hidden analytics. Supports android apps and can be fully degoogled.
Specs: MediaTek SoC | 12GB RAM | 256GB ROM
Read more: https://www.gsmarena.com/new_jolla_phone_features_price_sale_date-news-70598.php
Jolla announces the new Jolla Phone with Sailfish OS 5 and a physical privacy switch
It's up for pre-orders. Finnish company Jolla has announced a new smartphone after a long hiatus from launching new models. It is called the Jolla Phone...Sagar (GSMArena)
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stop crying and give us your money you fat ass amerimutt cockroach - EUROPE SAYS
by Known-Professor-9017EUROPE SAYS
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TIL the planetesimal Arrokoth is the first object to be discovered after the space probe sent to examine it was already launched. After New Horizons launched in 2006, new targets were searched on its path for it to examine after passing by Pluto, leading to Arrokoth’s discovery in 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth?wprov=sfti1#Exploration
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Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record
The federal deployments that have swept through major cities as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown have led to thousands of arrests. But they have been less effective at apprehending immigrants with a criminal record than more routine operations elsewhere, new data shows.
In high-profile Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Los Angeles; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and across Massachusetts, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, compared with a third of immigrants arrested nationwide.
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ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.Albert Sun (The New York Times)
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 Europe is persuading Zelensky not to agree to withdraw troops from Donbas, — Bloomberg
"Europe's main goal is to avoid a situation in which an exhausted Zelensky would be forced to withdraw troops from the Ukrainian Donbas and agree to a deal without serious American security guarantees."
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the best persuasion will be lots and lots of weapons
volume matters
i have a deepening suspicion that this is less deliberate and more about the west being incapable of manufacturing on that scale anymore. the skilled labor and machinery isn't there even if we wanted to.
all the fancy designs are reliant on supply chains and materials we don't, and aren't realistically llikely to, control.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/nyc-firefighters-pfas-forever-chemicals-bill
*New York City bill aims to ban toxic "forever chemicals" in firefighting gear.* The states of Massachusetts and Connecticut did this last year, but New York City is a bigger market than either of them.
New York City bill aims to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting gear
Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across USTom Perkins (The Guardian)
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Hallelujah, they’re actually going to re-release the original 1977 version of Star Wars theatrically in February 2027. Hopefully, they release it for the home market too so I never have to watch the special versions ever again.
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Hopefully we get a 4K UHD DVD release of the original version, so I too can ignore the reworked silliness.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cdc-acip-hepatitis-b-birth-dose-reversal-recommendation-rfk/
In RFK Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth - KFF Health News
A session of a vaccine panel dominated by skeptics was chaotically at odds with past practices of the CDC, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described as a “cesspool of corruption.KFF Health News
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We're proud to be one of the few brands offering the necessary resources for users to develop and run their own software. We publish kernel sources, device trees, and work hard to maintain buildable code for our devices. We also published this week our detox feature Moments of our Gen 6.
https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/12/04/were-big-fans-of-open-source-buildable-code-at-fairphone-heres-why/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
We're big fans of open-source buildable code at Fairphone. Here's why. - Fairphone
If you can't open it, you don't own it. At Fairphone, that includes the source code as well. Learn more about our approach to open-source.Agnes Crepet (Fairphone)
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#Fifa
A Fifa peace prize?
A peace prize by fifa.
Ohhhh now i get it
Its a fifa appease price...
Come on...
Thats all it is...
I mean fifa...the "non profit" that had south africa...change the law for them, so a sponsor of the world cup could sell white ass water..(thats what budweiser means, right?) And prevented small businesses from selling wares. Same as street vendors being banned near the stadium (street vendors areb part of south African football culture)
And just like with the
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TIL about a Hunger Games that took place on a ship in 2011. Over the course of a month, 33 people attacked each other on the ship. In the end, 22 died and 11 survived.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_Lurongyu_2682
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in reply to Daniel Detlaf, fugitivus • • •Daniel Detlaf, fugitivus
in reply to Cassandrich • • •OK, I guess "standard of living" has a more technical and specific meaning than I intended. I'm not referring to extravagances or power differentials.
"Will a child born today have less access to health care, emotional and physical security, food, etc"
Yes, that is what I mean by standard of living.
(although I guess, luxuries maybe fall under emotional security? perceived happiness, at any rate).
Cassandrich
in reply to Daniel Detlaf, fugitivus • • •"Luxuries" fall under "emotional security" insomuch as they're vectors for "other people have this and I don't and I'm made to feel inferior and pressured to do things otherwise against my self-interest and in their interest in the hopes of geting the same things".
The way you sentence a child to this is by believing it yourself and setting an example for them to believe it. Not by having a child.
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in reply to Cassandrich • • •Daniel Detlaf, fugitivus
in reply to Cassandrich • • •@dalias
I get your point but I think it's overstated. People can enjoy unnecessary things for more than their social dimensions. And can enjoy things that no one else values, but are nonetheless scarce without competition with others.
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