@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-08-02 15:27:00
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-08-02 15:27:00
@macandi@social.heise.de2025-09-03 09:39:00
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-09-03 18:34:59
Trump sichert Polen weitere US-Truppenpräsenz zu
US-Soldaten sollen nach Aussage von US-Präsident Donald Trump weiterhin in Polen stationiert werden - ihre Zahl könnte sogar steigen. "Wir haben nie daran gedacht, Soldaten aus Polen abzuziehen", sagte Trump beim Antrittsbesuch von Polens neuem Präsidenten Karol Nawrocki im Weißen Haus. Die Militärpräsenz könne sogar erhöht werden, wenn sich Polen das…
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@cdarwin@c.im2025-09-03 01:34:22
The US is set to raise the number of military vessels deployed near Venezuela to eight this week,
which Maduro described as
“the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years.”
Following an authorization by Trump to use military force against Latin American drug cartels,
the Associated Press and CBS News report that “the US Navy now has two Aegis guided-missile destroyers — the USS Gravelyand the USS Jason Dunham — in the Caribbean,
a…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-02 15:48:02
US envoy Kellogg denies agreeing to help halt Ukraine's drone strikes on Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/us-envoy-kellogg-denies-agreeing.html
@kctipton@mas.to2025-06-04 04:03:07
Anthem for our times from the Dropkick Murphys. "Who'll Stand With Us"
https://music.apple.com/us/album/wholl-stand-with-us/1811590609?i=1811591203
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2025-08-03 16:15:07
Uh oh, Scotty could be in trouble for repairing the di-lithium crystal converter...
"Why the US military wants troops to be able to fix their own stuff"
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-us-military-wants-troops-to-fix-t…
@wvmierlo@zirk.us2025-08-03 15:42:15
Side alter in south transept, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, April 2025
#photography #heritagephotography #documentingbritain
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-09-03 00:29:58
So the US hit a Venezuelan drugs vessel and killed 11 people aboard. This way of operating against a ship is so illegal it hurts. No judge, no procedure, just killing...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/us-military-strike-caribbean
@malik@Mastodon.Social2025-09-04 06:12:34
Good News 📰
Trotz der zahlreichen Fehler und der tendenziösen sowie einseitigen Quellenauswahl in diesem Bericht erklärte die US-Regierung die Klimakrise damit offiziell und gegen alle Widerstände für beendet.
https://www.golem.de/news/umweltschutz-…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-09-02 12:10:39
Microsoft says it agreed to give the US GSA $6B in potential savings on Office, Azure, 365, and other tools over three years, including $3.1B in the first year (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/microsoft-offers-us-…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-07-04 04:00:13
us_roads: United States roads (2000)
The road networks of the 50 US States and the District of Columbia based on UA Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files. Edges are stretches of road and vertices are intersections of roads. The data sets were assembled by Dominik Schultes. The 'merged' network contains all the states merged together.
This network has 467967 nodes and 525995 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted
@scott@carfree.city2025-07-03 00:57:48
"tough on crime" ruins lives and doesn't make us safe.
https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/sf-teen-defendant-substance-treatment-alternative-prison-sentence/
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-09-03 10:19:00
Urteil: EuG stärkt US-Datentransfer-Abkommen
Aufatmen in der Wirtschaft: Das Europäische Gericht hat heute eine Nichtigkeitsklage gegen den EU-Angemessenheitsbeschluss zum EU-US-Datentransfer abgewiesen.
https://www.
@wyri@toot-toot.wyrihaxim.us2025-08-02 20:47:16
Phew, managed to get rid of most of the #Kubernetes metrics I don't use in #Grafana. (And stay within the free tier.) Can strip off even more, but either need to do this on #Prometheus
@servelan@newsie.social2025-09-02 15:11:08
Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/fbi-arrest-us-army-veteran-ice-protest
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2025-08-02 14:08:35
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut
Closure of public broadcasting group follows House Republicans’ decision to strip $1.1bn in funding over two years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/corporation-for…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-09-02 12:20:38
Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for 'conspiracy' over protest against Ice (Aaron Glantz/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/fbi-arrest-us-army-veteran-ice-protest
http://www.memeorandum.com/250902/p13#a250902p13
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2025-07-03 05:35:33
»Waze für Einwanderungsbehörde – ICEBlock-App geht nach Regierungskritik viral:
Eine Crowdsourcing-App gegen Abschiebeeinsätze in den USA wird von der US-Regierung massiv kritisiert. Doch das hat der App erst richtig zum Erfolg verholfen.«
Das die Bevölkerung in der USA auf Trump's Rassismus reagiert war ja klar und nun gibt es sogar ein App dafür – leider nur für auf dem iPhone.
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@trochee@dair-community.social2025-07-02 13:54:14
Y'all, fedimeteo is pretty neat! A federated weather service.
Check if your city is there! #seattle
https://us.fedimeteo.com/seattle__washington
Thank…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2025-08-03 05:35:09
Scientists slam Trump regime climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-epa-climate-change-report
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2025-07-04 06:29:55
#UsPol #SaveThePlanet
"US Environmental Protection Agency suspends 139 staffers over letter criticizing Trump policies"
@FandaSin@social.linux.pizza2025-07-02 11:17:02
They are SO stupid, they think someone will believe them... Sadly other similary stupid beings will.🤦🤦🤦
"Kristi Noem Claims Cannibal 'Started to Eat Himself' on ICE Deportation Flight"🤦
I am laughing, but I am not sure if it's because of absurdity of that claim, or absurdity, that someone will believe, that it's true.
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social2025-07-03 18:35:04
📢 Trumps Steuer- und Ausgabengesetz nimmt letzte Hürde im US-Kongress
Das Repräsentantenhaus in Washington hat mit einer knappen Mehrheit für das umstrittene Steuer- und Ausgabenpaket von US-Präsident Trump gestimmt. Davor hatte bereits der Senat grünes Licht gegeben. Trump kann das Gesetz jetzt wie geplant zum Nationalfeiertag morgen in Kraft setzen.
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@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-07-01 10:43:43
US government takes down major North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ operation
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/us-government-takes-down-major-north-korean-remote-it-workers-operation/
@only_ohm@mas.to2025-08-02 09:30:53
Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation
<https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-is-letting-china-win-on-energy-innovation-261109?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbut…
@mho@social.heise.de2025-09-01 19:40:24
Here's another idea: After reading:
https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/ by @… I had the idea of creating something simila…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-03 08:22:54
US halts Ukraine-bound weapons already staged in Poland, WSJ reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/03/us-halts-ukrainebound-weapons-already.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-06-04 08:14:00
@paulwermer@sfba.social2025-09-02 14:01:08
It's fascinating to see the difference between how those who actually honor their oath to defend the #constitution are treated compared to the way the #fascists in Federal office are. Yet the #GOPCongress
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2025-09-02 14:01:08
It's fascinating to see the difference between how those who actually honor their oath to defend the #constitution are treated compared to the way the #fascists in Federal office are. Yet the #GOPCongress
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.us2025-08-01 12:54:02
9th BiT – 101
#electronic #experimental
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-08-03 15:45:32
The Senate confirms former Fox News host and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as US attorney for DC; she had been serving in the role on an interim basis since May (Nnamdi Egwuonwu/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2025-06-04 08:17:01
Google debuts AI-powered Android XR smart glasses at Google I/O https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-debuts-ai-powered-android-xr-smart-glasses-at-google-io/ar-AA1F9BiU What can Google Gemini AI …
@macandi@social.heise.de2025-07-02 13:56:00
@christydena@zirk.us2025-08-04 04:08:37
❓ A question: do you know about any writing/screenwriting/playwriting books 📚 released in the last five 5️⃣ years about climate change 🌡️ and/or social change ✊ in general?
There are tons of reports, some self-published books, and more that were published previously. But I'm keen to hear of any you know about or I've forgotten lol!
Thank you! 😊
@salrandolph@zirk.us2025-07-03 13:40:08
Whenever I find myself falling out of love with New York, or with life (virtually the same thing), I slip a copy of Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems into my back pocket.
Today, I invite you see the world through Frank O’Hara’s New York eyes.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/way
@Xavier@infosec.exchange2025-07-04 01:11:22
Content warning: Uspol No kings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me!
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/8039
@wvmierlo@zirk.us2025-08-02 16:46:14
Baptismal front and scissor arches, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, April 2025
#photography #heritagephotography #documentingplaces
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-04 05:27:20
“This is another snake-oil salesman’s pitch to make him look good and reward the billionaires and millionaire executives and stakeholders for US Steel,”
said Doug May, who worked for 43 years as a steel worker at a mill in Granite City, Illinois, from the age of 19.
“He’s a proven flip-flopper.
Just look at his trade cases:
on again, off again.”
Trump ditched his opposition to the deal
– which Joe Biden blocked in January, citing national security concerns …
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-09-03 06:15:52
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…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-02 15:17:49
Failed US peace effort left Ukraine worse off, expert argues: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/failed-us-peace-effort-left.html
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-07-03 13:39:26
Von der Leyen: US-Lieferstopp "Signal" für Europa
Der von der US-Regierung angekündigte Stopp bei der Lieferung einiger wichtiger Waffen für die Ukraine ist nach Worten von EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula eine Aufforderung an Europa. "Das ist eine klare Botschaft, unsere eigene Unterstützung zu verstärken, unsere europäischen Verteidigungskapazitäten auszubauen", sagte die Kommissionschefin vor Jou…
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@scott@carfree.city2025-07-04 02:01:45
reading this anthology about #StopCopCity and one of the most interesting chapters talks about how the movement handled having a diversity of tactics. some people were writing op-eds, filing lawsuits, and pursuing a ballot measure. others were occupying the forest, burning bulldozers, and setting traps for the cops raiding them. the aboveground parts of the movement refused to condemn the under…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-08-04 03:00:08
us_air_traffic: U.S. air traffic
Yearly snapshots of flights among all commercial airports in the United States from 1990 to today. Metadata include passengers, distance, carrier, airport located city, state, and month of the flight.
This network has 2278 nodes and 6390340 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted, Metadata, Temporal
@servelan@newsie.social2025-07-03 00:13:15
Pentagon Again Shifts Assessment of Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/iran-nuclear-us-strike-trump.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025-09-02 14:27:22
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around Los Angeles this summer.
US District Judge Charles Breyer concluded that Trump’s use of thousands of federalized California National Guard members and US Marines to provide protection to federal agents during an aggressive immigration crackdown in the Los Angeles area ran afoul of the Posse Comi…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-08-01 11:43:29
China Says US Exploited Old Microsoft Flaw for Cyberattacks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/china-says-us-exploited-old-microsoft-flaw-to-wage-cyberattacks
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2025-09-04 06:46:57
»US-Gericht – Google muss Webbrowser Chrome nicht verkaufen:
Wegen eines illegalen Monopols bei der Websuche drohte Google die Zerschlagung. Doch nun entschied ein US-Gericht: Der Konzern muss künftig Daten mit Konkurrenten teilen - aber weder den Browser Chrome noch das Betriebssystem Android verkaufen.«
Viele sind von Google abhängig auch wenn oder weil es Open-Source Projekte sind. Deswegen sind nun sehr viele erleichtert.
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@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-08-03 12:56:00
Die Switch 2 befeuert Nintendos Umsatz, US-Preis der Switch 1 steigt
Die Switch 2 beschert Nintendo ein Umsatzplus von 132 Prozent. Käufer der Vorgängerkonsole müssen in den USA allerdings künftig tiefer in die Tasche greifen.
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@karlauerbach@sfba.social2025-07-01 17:28:07
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2025-07-03 09:54:57
Digital sovereignty can’t be bargained away. The European Commission has tools, public support and a mandate to act on Big Tech. Trading that away for short-term calm would be a costly mistake.
https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-br…
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.us2025-08-01 12:57:50
PIRATE Tapes – POP Of The POT
#ambient
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-03 16:05:39
Ukraine, US company to co-produce hundreds of thousands of drones in 2025, Zelensky announces: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/03/ukraine-us-company-to-coproduce.html
@christydena@zirk.us2025-08-02 09:57:05
@… Hello! 👋 I saw this game and thought of you! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977610/Long_Gone/ :)
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-09-02 13:04:31
TSMC says the US revoked its authorization to ship gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base in Nanjing, after the US revoked Samsung's and SK Hynix's waivers (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-09-03 19:54:00
@scott@carfree.city2025-07-03 23:42:19
oh no I bought books from her at Adobe. such a kind person and a sad loss
https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/eyevee-woods-dies-24/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-07-02 15:00:08
us_air_traffic: U.S. air traffic
Yearly snapshots of flights among all commercial airports in the United States from 1990 to today. Metadata include passengers, distance, carrier, airport located city, state, and month of the flight.
This network has 2278 nodes and 6390340 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted, Metadata, Temporal
@cdarwin@c.im2025-09-03 22:06:44
The White House’s former top Latin America official has said
he fears the US could stumble into a protracted guerrilla war in Venezuela
after Donald Trump ordered a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea,
killing 11 alleged drug traffickers.
Tuesday’s controversial strike off the Venezuelan coast – which was reportedly carried out by an attack helicopter or Reaper drone – came after Trump ordered a major naval deployment to the region,
ostensibly to comb…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-02 20:03:45
Taurus missiles and US support: what should Ukraine expect in the near future? | News Pulse: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/taurus-missiles-and-us-support.html
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-09-03 20:37:25
Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/politics/federal-courts-computer-hacks.html?mid=1#cid=3061919
@wvmierlo@zirk.us2025-07-03 16:49:34
Union Street (formerly Grope Lane, before being changed to Grove Lane in 1821), Wells (Somerset), April 2025
#photography
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-08-03 16:15:11
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Die Switch 2 befeuert Nintendos Umsatz, US-Preis der Switch 1 steigt
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.us2025-09-01 12:55:24
Stefania Ladisa – sull’alienazione
#byncnd
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-04 02:18:14
'We haven't' — Trump denies US pausing weapons to Ukraine, despite Pentagon decision to halt shipments: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/04/we-havent-trump-denies-us.html
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-07-03 14:43:13
Dänemark: Europa muss US-Lücken bei Ukraine-Hilfen füllen
Ein möglicher US-Waffenlieferstopp an die von Russland angegriffene Ukraine muss aus Sicht des neuen EU-Ratsvorsitzenden Dänemark von den europäischen Staaten aufgefangen werden. Natürlich wäre es ein großer Rückschlag für die Ukraine, Europa und die NATO, wenn die USA sich dazu entschieden, der Ukraine nicht das zu liefern, was sie brauche, sagte die dänische Minister…
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-09-03 08:11:58
The EU's General Court backs the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, approved in 2023, rejecting a legal challenge that US surveillance laws fall short of EU laws (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/eu-court…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-07-03 00:02:42
AP: US Contractors Are Firing On Gaza Food Sites - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/07/ap-us-contractors-are-firing-on-gaza-food-sites/
@scott@carfree.city2025-07-03 00:14:28
this *sounds* like SFMTA agreed to painting full 20-foot red curbs at every intersection, rather than the mere 10 feet at stop-controlled intersections that has been traffic engineer Ricardo Olea's policy. if so, good! parent organizing worked!
https://www.k…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-04 02:55:42
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-02 16:44:27
NATO chief urges continued US support for Ukraine as Pentagon halts arms shipments: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/nato-chief-urges-continued-us.html
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-07-02 18:12:59
Egads.
US Probes Whether Negotiator Took Slice of Hacker Payments
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/us-probes-ex-ransom-negotiator-accused-of-scheming-with-hackers?srnd=undefined
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.us2025-07-02 07:59:00
Mlem – Juiced Out Trakz
#breakbeats
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-07-04 01:30:45
Sources: Samsung is delaying completion of its Texas fab due to a lack of customers; the plant was meant to come online in 2024 before being pushed to 2026 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/S…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-08-03 17:56:47
The US Senate left Washington DC on Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of Donald Trump’s nominees
-- calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations
Trump took to social media to tell Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to “GO TO HELL!”
Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the pace of confirmations.
Trump has been pressur…
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.social2025-07-03 12:29:06
Selenskyj: Ukraine vereinbart Drohnen-Produktion mit US-Firma
Die Ukraine will nach den Worten von Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj in diesem Jahr gemeinsam mit dem US-Unternehmen Swift Beat Hunderttausende Drohnen produzieren. "Abfangdrohnen zur Zerstörung feindlicher Drohnen und Raketen, Quadrocopter zur Aufklärung und Feuerleitung, Langstrecken-Kampfdrohnen - von all dem wird es viel mehr geben", kündigt Selenskyj während ein…
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-08-01 16:06:26
Sources: thousands of US export license applications, including for Nvidia chip shipments to China, are stalled due to turmoil at the US Commerce Department (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-government-turmoil-stall…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-08-01 17:51:08
@cdarwin@c.im2025-08-01 16:59:03
Trump is ‘killing jobs and jacking up prices’, Democrats say,
as global markets fall over tariff turmoil – US politics live
Senate minority leader Jeffreys says
‘chickens are coming home to roost for Trump’
amid markets slump and meagre job growth figures
🔸Trump signs order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods
🔸Full list of new tariff rates
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-06-30 18:51:52
The US takes down a North Korean operation that, from 2021 to 2024, impersonated 80 people to get remote jobs at 100 US firms, using "laptop farms" in the US (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/us-g…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-08-01 06:30:00
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-02 18:28:11
Powell confirmed Fed would have cut interest rates by now were it not for Trump's tariffs
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said earlier this morning that the central bank would likely have already cut interest rates this year had it not been for the economic shock caused by Donald Trump’s tariff policies.
When asked if Trump’s tariffs on imported goods held up the Fed’s plan to cut interest rates, Powell replied:
"I think that’s right."
Speaking at a c…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-02 20:03:42
Ukraine war latest: As Russia ramps up missile attacks, US halts promised air defense shipments to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/ukraine-war-latest-as-russia.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2025-07-02 05:17:00
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-02 18:25:04
House GOP fiscal hawks demand big changes to megabill
Members of the House Freedom Caucus were expected to meet with the president this morning.
Earlier, caucus chairman Andy Harris earlier told CNN:
"I’m still voting no on the rule. We have to get this thing right."
And Texas representative Chip Roy, among the most vocal critics of the Senate’s version of the bill,
said that he and many other conservatives remain opposed to the bill and still want maj…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-07-02 04:55:52
TikTok launches its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop, in Japan, marking its 17th market, following launches in the US, the UK, Malaysia, Thailand, and others (Danielle Popov/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-01 17:32:23
US sanctions Russian IT company Aeza Group over ransomware operations: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/us-sanctions-russian-it-company.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-03 18:59:05
In a vote of 218-214, Republicans passed Trump’s megabill,
sending it to the president’s desk by his self-imposed Independence Day deadline
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/03/trump-big-bill-…
@benb@osintua.eu2025-07-01 12:14:30
After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/after-trump-cut-support-us.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-04 00:21:52
Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill
a ‘disgusting abomination’
The former head of Doge said the ‘outrageous’ tax bill will cause the deficit to grow to $2.5tn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-02 02:51:12
Almost 200 countries guarantee children’s rights.
Why doesn’t the US?
The US never signed on to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which experts say paves the way for cuts to federal funding for children’s health coverage
https://www.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-03 22:45:42
The US is preparing to authorize giving Israel B-2 stealth bombers
and 30,000-pound, 20-foot-long “bunker buster” bombs
if Iran resumes its nuclear weapons program,
under a new bill proposed by a bipartisan pair of lawmakers.
The Bunker Buster Act would allow Trump to “take actions to ensure Israel is prepared for all contingencies if Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon,”
according to Reps. Josh Gottheimer, (D-NJ), and Mike Lawler, (R-NY), who proposed the le…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-03 06:13:16
US won't send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following a Pentagon review of military aid
A Pentagon review determined that stocks were too low on some weapons previously pledged to Ukraine,
so pending shipments of some items won’t be sent,
according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide information that has not yet been made public.
The Defense Department did not provide details on what specific weapons were being held back.
The…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-08-03 17:15:09
Trump began paving over the White House Rose Garden in June
Now he wants a rushed job to add a Ballrroom to the White House
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/trump-…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-08-04 00:13:31
Leavenworth, Kan., was forged by the corrections industry,
but residents are divided over plans for a privately operated immigration detention site in town.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/leav
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-04 03:00:43
Trump said on Thursday that a phone call earlier in the day with Vladimir Putin
resulted in "no progress at all"
on efforts to end the war in Ukraine,
while a Kremlin aide said the Russian president reiterated that Moscow would keep pushing to solve the conflict’s “root causes.”
– Russian shorthand for the issue of Nato enlargement and western support for Ukraine.
The two leaders did not discuss a recent pause in some US weapons shipments to K…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-07-02 02:46:57
US halts weapons shipments to Ukraine over fears stockpiles are too low
Some shipments have been stopped ‘to put America’s interests first’, White House says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/02/us-halts-ukraine…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-04 00:46:22
'Elon Musk is right'
to criticize spending bill
says House Republican
who voted for spending bill
Representative Scott Perry,
a Pennsylvania Republican and member of the far-right House Freedom caucus,
just seconded Elon Musk’s criticism of the massive spending bill
that passed the House by a single vote
as “a disgusting abomination”
and added that the billionaire Republican donor
“is right to call out House Leadership”.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-04 00:41:20
White House boasts family of suspect in Boulder attack 'could be deported as early as tonight'
The White House is boasting on its official social media accounts about the arrests of
the wife and five children of
Mohamed Sabry Soliman,
the suspected Boulder attacker, who were taken into custody on Tuesday.
Soliman’s six family members,
“have been captured and are now in ICE custody for expedited removal”,
a White House post says.
It adds…