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DMA: Google droht hohe EU-Geldstrafe wegen Play Store
Google könnte Anfang nächsten Jahres mit einer möglicherweise hohen Geldstrafe der EU rechnen, wenn es keine weiteren Anpassungen am Play Store vornimmt.
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Ghost in the friendly and interactive shell (fish):
I removed a `set -x VARNAME ...` line from my fish config.
Spawning a new shell still had that variable.
I ran `set -e VARNAME`. For the current shell, it's gone.
Spawning a new shell again, I got it back. What..?
Okay, so I closed _all the fish instances_.
And the damn env var came back *again*!?!
Looks like that's because it's my login shell.
A fresh login session no longer had it.

Last July, Wilmer Chavarria, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Vermont,
was returning from Nicaragua, where he had visited his mother and other relatives,
when he was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston
for no apparent reason.
👉Chavarria was held for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer.
T…

CBP agents held a U.S. citizen for hours until he let them search his devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.

VVD sluit FVD niet uit 😆
"D66, GroenLinks-PvdA, CDA, PvdD, CU, DENK, SP en Volt sluiten de partijen PVV en FVD van samenwerking uit vanwege voornemens en uitingen die zij in strijd achten met de uitgangspunten van de democratische rechtsstaat."
https://www.kabinetsfo…

Eindverslag verkenner Koolmees | Kabinetsformatie
Verkenner Koolmees heeft zijn werkzaamheden afgerond en het eindverslag aangeboden aan de voorzitter van de Tweede Kamer.

Gjorde jobbets interaktiva AI utbildning. OM AI vore så smart som de säger har de antagligen inte använt AI för att ta fram underlaget. Först kommer användningsområden som att ex 'analysera saker en inte förstår' senare kommer varningen att AI inte kan värdera svar, att den har bias den inte är medveten om, att den kan hallucinera och att den bara jobbar med sannolikhet - inte förståelse. SEN kommer områden för användning som i anställningsintervjuer, lönesamtal och i framtaganden av…

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Marie Vermont:
🎵 Belege
#MarieVermont
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Die Mitglieder der SPD begründen ihre Mitgliedschaft aus einer Wertehaltung heraus.
Sie stehen nicht nur für eine bestimmte Zielgruppe, sondern für eine Haltung. Diese Haltung ist geprägt von Vernunft, von unseren Grundwerten, von Empathie und von Respekt in der Debatte voreinander und untereinander.
So ähnlich kommentierte der Generalsekretär der SPD, Tim Klüssendorf, den Zwischenstand des digitalen Mitgliederforums.

SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/12/government-shutdown-deal-snap-medicaid/
The Intercept infuriatingly put this article behind an email wall so I'm copying it …

Vermonters (and others in northern New England, US) - Did you have your snow shovels out and ready to go for this big dump of snow?

Progressive candidate Nida Allam has launched a primary challenge to a House Democrat from North Carolina,
seeking a redo of the 2022 contest that saw significant interference by the pro-Israel lobby and corporate interests.
Nida Allam announced her campaignon Thursday,
with backing from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and a slate of progressive groups on launch.
She’s running on a platform supporting issues like Medicare for All and affordable housing,
and has …