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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-02-26 06:20:26

The idea for the program started back in 2021,
as severe drought conditions enveloped agricultural powerhouse states across the country.
The $400 million, according to Montaño Greene, was set to be distributed through the Commodity Credit Corporation,
a financial institution used to implement specific agricultural programs established by the federal government.
By the close of 2024,
she said the Biden administration had entered final agreements with selected r…

Did the USDA just forget about $400M in drought aid for farmers?
More than a year later, not a dollar has been spent — and no one knows what happened to the money.

@seav@en.osm.town
2025-11-26 06:55:27

One of the biggest political scandals in the #Philippines 🇵🇭 in 2024 was the accusation that Alice Guo, the elected town mayor of Bamban was not actually a Filipino citizen and instead was a Chinese spy that engaged in trafficking of Chinese nationals for illegal online gambling operations.
Following her recent conviction of human trafficking last November 20,

@newstik@social.heise.de
2026-02-25 13:04:06

Österreichische Netzbetreiber sperren bei ihren #DNS bestimmte Domains auf Begehren behaupteter Rechteinhaber. Die Regulierunsbehörde hat überprüft, ob das rechtens ist, und ist Ende 2024 zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass die
"vorgenommenen DNS-Zugangssperren zu den Domains
„megakino.rip“, „megakino.biz“, „megakino.ink“, „megakino.men“, „megakino.me“ und
„megakino.ws“ keinen Verstoß…

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2026-02-14 14:16:06

Liveübertragung: Donnerstag, 26. Februar, 15.05 Uhr
Der #Bundestag berät ein Gesetz zum Schutz von #Journalisten und anderen öffentlich tätigen Personen vor missbräuchlichen #SLAPP Klagen. …

Deutscher Bundestag - Schutz von Journalisten vor einschüchternden Klagen
Die erste Beratung des Gesetzentwurfs der Bundesregierung -„zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie (EU) 2024/1069 über den Schutz von Personen, die sich öffentlich beteiligen, vor offensichtlich...

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-07 07:06:26

PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50% ; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/pitch…

PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record - SiliconANGLE
PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record - SiliconANGLE

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-02-10 19:09:26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/115882407207303960
Good reads:
― the 2024 blog post
― the 2026 discussion in Lobsters.
Incidentally, I did stop using Discord. No regrets.

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-12-26 17:06:40

"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…

Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage

@krispijn@social.sargasso.nl
2026-01-22 08:26:03

China produced almost 1,000 terrawatthour #windenergy in 2024 with an installed base of almost 522 gigawatt #windturbines and growing. Making it the 3th source of electricity after coal and hydro.
In the EU windenergy produced 473 terrawatthour in 2025. Making it the 2nd source of electricity after nuclear.
So much for #Trump's lies about windenergy.
PS any news about his #Epstein files?

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-12-26 17:06:40

"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…

Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage