@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-20 00:47:16
The Iran deal comes with a familiar false promise
Vance’s defense of the Iran deal contradicts itself.
Asked whether Iran would gain access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund, he did not say no.
Instead, he laid out the points about Iran’s cooperation and its integration into the “world economy” and the United States inviting other countries to invest.
But, once the funds were invested, they would not evaporate because Iran violated the agreement.
If a c…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-18 23:51:22
Ad tech company Infillion says it is acquiring Foursquare, which will continue operating as an independent brand (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/18/infillion-acquires-foursquare-location-data
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-09-18 23:46:01
Ad tech company Infillion says it is acquiring Foursquare, which will continue operating as an independent brand (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/18/infillion-acquires-foursquare-location-data
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social2026-08-18 14:51:20
“If all projects that have signed connection agreements were implemented in full over the coming years, they would increase Finland’s electricity consumption by nearly 40 per cent compared with the 2025 level.”
https://www.fingrid.fi/en…
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-07-20 03:58:31
yo #PDX heads: the barry walker unit, heavenly pedal steel inversion of rose city band, is playing next weekend, now with akron/family drummer dana janssen. somebody please tape!
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-08-17 02:34:36
Von Miller is set to join his hometown Dallas Cowboys after agreeing to 1-year deal https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/von-miller-is-set-to-join-his-hometown-dallas-cowboys-after-agreeing-to-1year-deal
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-16 15:11:03
China, Russia, Brazil, and 26 other countries sign an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/twenty-nine-countries-sign-agreement-establis…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-18 23:59:24
How Trump became the accidental green president
Donald Trump
— a man who has spent his career joking about windmills, ripping up climate agreements and waging war on anything containing the word “green”
— is presiding over an accelerating transition to net-zero carbon emissions in the United States.
In May, solar power overtook coal in electricity output for the first time.
Energy storage and solar made up 91 percent of new grid capacity in the first quarter …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-19 16:05:26
One of Donald Trump’s most grandiose vanity projects,
-- a multimillion-dollar makeover of Florida’s Palm Beach international airport
into a self-aggrandizing, gold-plated transportation hub,
-- is running into turbulence, barely a week after the first plane’s wheels touched the runway.
At first glance, the rebranding of the airport less than 5 miles from his opulent Mar-a-Lago resort appears to be complete.
Its website bears the name and oversized logo of the …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-17 18:37:26
Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill to disapprove of a nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia
in a bid to strike down the proposal during a three-month period of congressional review.
Democratic Reps. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
along with Brad Sherman, John Garamendi and Don Beyer
introduced a Joint Resolution of Disapproval on Wednesday,
shortly before lawmakers left Washington to…
