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new_guinea_tribes: New Guinea Highlands tribes (1954)
A network of friendships among tribes of Gahuku-Gama alliance structure of the Eastern Central Highlands region in New Guinea. Edge sign indicates either friendship ("rova") or enmity ("hint”).
This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed
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Ukrainian military: Russian troops in Pokrovsk lie low as they await reinforcements: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukrainian-military-russian-troops-in.html

Former president of Honduras, convicted of trafficking, freed after Trump pardon

Juan Orlando Hernšndez was serving a 45-year sentence over drug trafficking.
Following a pardon from President Donald Trump, he has been released
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

Former president of Honduras, convicted of trafficking, freed after Trump pardon
Juan Orlando Hernández was serving a 45-year sentence over drug trafficking. Following a pardon from President Donald Trump, he has been released.

»Immer weniger echte Nutzer — Studie zeigt massiven Anstieg von Bot-Traffic im Web:
Menschliche Website-Besucher:innen werden zur Mangelware: Eine neue Analyse zeigt, wie Google, ChatGPT und Co. mit ihren Bots die Spielregeln im Netz verändern - und warum Publisher Alarm schlagen.«
Bots gibt es schon seit den Internet-Anfängen und auch die missachten bewusst die robots.txt Anweisungen.
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Immer weniger echte Nutzer: Studie zeigt massiven Anstieg von Bot-Traffic im Web | t3n
Menschliche Website-Besucher:innen werden zur Mangelware: Eine neue Analyse zeigt, wie Google, ChatGPT und Co. mit ihren Bots die Spielregeln im Netz verändern – und warum Publisher Alarm schlagen. Im zweiten Quartal 2025 ist die Zahl echter Besucher:innen auf Websites um rund zehn Prozent gesunken. Gleichzeitig hat sich der Anteil automatisierter Aufrufe sogar vervierfacht. Während Anfang […]

Dänisch-ukrainische Treibstoff-Kooperation
Wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters unter Bezug auf dänische Regierungsangaben meldet, soll eine ukrainische Rüstungsfirma künftig Raketentreibstoff in Dänemark produzieren. Es handele sich um Treibstoff für Langstreckenraketen.
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Liveblog: ++ Ukraine lehnt Treffen mit Putin in Moskau ab ++
Die Ukraine hat kein Interesse an einem Treffen mit Kremlchef Putin in Moskau. Das teilte Außenminister Sybiha mit. Zuvor hatte Putin gesagt, Selenskyj könne nach Moskau kommen. Für die Ukraine kommen nur andere Orte infrage.

IDC: in Q1 2025, the world's top four robot vacuum makers, all from China, together accounted for 54.1% of shipments, as iRobot fell from first to fifth place (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/compa…

China's Roomba killers sweep up in vacuum market despite US tariffs
US robot pioneer on brink of default as Chinese brands expand rapidly

Two things are worth noticing right now:
1. The military brass *did not* respond well to Trump and Hegseth.
2. The deployment to #Portland keeps getting delayed.
The military will never say "no" to the president (unless he's literally ordering them to open fire on unarmed civilians or something equally obviously illegal). But there are ways to not comply that don't necessarily involve refusal. Brass showing that they aren't aligned with Trump may weaken his billionaire backers, who might be realizing now that weak dictators who can't lead their militaries tend to get toppled... and their oligarch-backers tend to end up against walls.
If folks being ordered to send troops to #PDX don't want to comply, delaying until the there's an initial response from the lawsuit would be basically impossible to detect. The deployment to LA went far too fast, running into logistical challenges like troops sleeping on the floor. The delays we've already seen could indicate either a more careful approach or quiet resistance.
Trump will continue to escalate at every chance he gets. I would be surprised if PDX didn't give him a fight. I doubt the troops will become more interested in serving a guy who's stabbed them in the back and wasted their time at every opportunity.
It is still possible troops just won't deploy. Trump will make something up about how just the threat of an intervention was enough to make things safe or something like that. If we see that, it's 100% the military telling him to kick rocks because he's not competent enough to know when to back down.
Honestly, I think Trump wants revenge for the resistance PDX put up at the end of his last term. Any backing down from that is absolutely a big loss for him.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk bats for H-1B visas, says tariffs distort markets
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-bats-for-h-1b-visa-says-tariffs-distort-markets-.html

Wednesday the Supreme Court hears arguments on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs
— the first case to reach the justices in a series of high-stakes tests of Trump’s sweeping claims of authority.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/20

Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go?
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first in a series of tests of sweeping claims of authority.

Trump tariffs add $40 billion to holiday costs, Lending Tree says
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/02/trump-trade-holiday-shopping-lending-tree-tariffs.html