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Schweizer Bundespräsidentin sieht Friedenskonferenz nur als Auftakt
Die Schweizer Bundespräsidentin Viola Amherd geht davon aus, dass die von ihrem Land organisierte Ukraine-Friedenskonferenz Mitte Juni nur der Auftakt für weitere Verhandlungen ist. "Für uns ist klar, dass wir am Ende der Konferenz keine Friedensvereinbarung unterschreiben werden", sagte Amherd der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. Für einen Frieden brauche es…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Neue Stromabschaltungen angekündigt ++
Wegen Angriffen auf die Energieversorgung sind neue Stromabschaltungen in der Ukraine angekündigt. Die USA wollen offenbar neue Munition liefern. Präsident Selenskyj soll erneut nach Deutschland kommen. Die Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

The Military’s Myth of Black Freedom | Portside
https://portside.org/2024-06-01/militarys-myth-black-freedom

The Military’s Myth of Black Freedom
Black people, we were never patriots; we were pragmatists,” a friend said to me recently when we talked about both of our grandfathers’ years of military service and their reverberating effects in our lives. In a lot of ways I agree with her. While class mobility certainly drives many Black people into the military, it would be disingenuous to claim our participation is purely mercenary. The United States military promises Black people stability via economic security.

Marodes Schienennetz: Tausende zusätzliche Lkw auf Thüringer Straßen befürchtet
Thüringer Verkehrsunternehmen dürfen ihre Güter nicht mehr auf der Schiene transportieren. Das hat große Auswirkungen auf viele Orte in Thüringen.
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Marodes Schienennetz: Tausende zusätzliche Lkw auf Thüringer Straßen befürchtet
Schwere Güterzüge dürfen fortan nicht mehr auf bestimmten Bahnstrecken in Thüringen verkehren.

GOP Judges Strike Down Far-Right Religious Liberty Training Punishment
Even the Fifth Circuit said punishing Southwest Airlines with an Alliance Defending Freedom training was too much.
Last year, a federal judge in Texas appointed by Trump ordered three senior lawyers for the airline to take eight hours of training from the #ADF ("Alliance Defending Freedom")
as part of sanctions re…

GOP Judges Strike Down Far-Right Religious Liberty Training Punishment
Even the Fifth Circuit said punishing Southwest Airlines with an Alliance Defending Freedom training was too much.

Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast failings: As the Bureau of Meteorology pulls back on its international obligations, increasing automation and a lack of experienced staff has made forecasts less reliable. By Rick Morton.
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Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast failings
Bureau of Meteorology chief executive Dr Andrew Johnson turned up to Senate estimates last month without his right-hand man, Peter Stone, many of the bureau’s other executives and, apparently, his briefing notes. Johnson, who is also the director of meteorology, appointed to the now $533,000 a year job in 2016 by former environment minister Josh Frydenberg, claimed not to be able to answer basic questions about BoM processes. At one stage, he even attempted to prevent his chief operating offi…

:kitten: Say hello to the new Kitten web site! 🎉
https://kitten.small-web.org
Like Kitten itself, it’s a baby but will be evolving quickly as they approach API version 1 together.
Enjoy!
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PS. Of course it’s written in Kitten itself. It doesn’t do anything fancy but here…

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Freedom Fry:
🎵 Corde Sensible
#NowPlaying #FreedomFry
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https://freedomfry.bandcamp.com/track/corde-sensible

As a #journalist, one needs to be very careful in certain countries. Which happens to correlate heavily with countries which would require more careful journalism.
Our #freedom depends on #FreedomOfPress

Sen. Rick Scott Leads Colleagues in Slamming Democrats' Attacks on Religious Freedoms & Parental Rights, Political Games on Contraception (U.S. Senator Rick Scott)
https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2024/6/sen-rick-scott-leads-colleagues-in-slamming-democrats-attacks-on-religious-freedoms-parental-rights-political-games-on-contraception
http://www.memeorandum.com/240605/p65#a240605p65

Voted.
We are fortunate in the very low quality of the head-the-ball candidate swathe.
We are unfortunate at it taking root like a weed at all.