@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-04 02:37:03
Mexico is “a country that has done nothing but cooperate with US interests on all levels”, Thomas Payan said.
“And here he is rubbing Mexico’s nose in what is essentially a very deep wound in Mexico’s history … it’s seared in Mexico’s memory.”
According to Payan, the statement also speaks volumes as to how Trump would like his presidency to be remembered.
“He wants to go down as a great president who expanded the American Empire,” he said.
“It’s just sheer 19th-centu…
@aardrian@toot.cafe2025-11-04 03:37:44
alt:
A white man with dark floppy hair and mustache stands in a room wearing a black floor-length robe with a red deep v-neck; his arms are spread wide showing a silhouette of a giant red hand on each half of the robe.
https://bsky.app/profile/frankconniff.bsky.soci…
@davej@dice.camp2025-12-31 15:08:07
In the last, guttering hours of the year, it’s tradition to look back on the last 12 months’ #TTRPG activity and reflect. You can read last year’s summary at https://dice.camp/@davej/113747664699824381…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2025-12-02 14:45:13
How soon before LLMs replace the laborers?
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/sc…
@paulwermer@sfba.social2025-12-02 14:45:13
How soon before LLMs replace the laborers?
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/sc…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-03 05:00:21
Donald Trump has been accused of “corruption, plain and simple”
after it was revealed that a member of the Emirati royal family was behind a $500m investment into the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company.
Ethics experts say the deal
– struck just days before the US president’s inauguration last January
– amounts to a deep conflict of interest for the White House,
amid calls for a congressional investigation into the transaction.
Months after the deal, the…
@davej@dice.camp2026-01-29 13:10:06
Thank you to @…, who bade us party whilst it all burns down. #VivaLaDecadence!
1. System of a Down, “Shimmy”—https://youtu.…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-01-30 15:35:58
What appears to be a very successful example of district thermal. I wish more states understood the importance of energy efficiency as we transition off fossil fuels.
‘The LED of heating’: cheap geothermal energy system makes US comeback
https://www.…
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-01-30 15:35:58
What appears to be a very successful example of district thermal. I wish more states understood the importance of energy efficiency as we transition off fossil fuels.
‘The LED of heating’: cheap geothermal energy system makes US comeback
https://www.…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-24 14:54:19
British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department
– Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford are among five Europeans hit with visa bans
over claims they wish to
‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose'
http…