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Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz
A surge of additional U.S. forces to the Middle East and Donald Trump’s threat to “obliterate” Iran’s energy infrastructure
have set the stage for what U.S. and Israeli security officials increasingly see as the war’s dramatic escalation:
a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz and key energy installations.
A contingent of 4,500 U.S. sailors and Marines is heading to the Middle East,
inc…

Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz
Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.

EU-Kommission: RTL darf Sky übernehmen
Mit der Übernahme von Sky will RTL sein digitales Abo-Geschäft stärken und unabhängiger vom klassischen Werbemarkt werden. Die EU hat keine Einwände.
https://www.h…

I've seen a bunch of "the CA age verification law is the best way to do a bad thing and so we shouldn't oppose compliance" takes, which others are rightly pointing out is a bad stance because it's blindingly obvious that compliance now sets the stage for compliance later and the clearly set up later is mandatory verification of age data. Even if you think that, for example, California's current "progressive" government won't go there, we're all currently seeing just how easy it is for a new government to pick up the oppressive tools the "good" government was using "restraint" with and put them to worse ends.
On the other hand, I'll freely admit that distros *do* need a way to shield themselves from liability right now. The clear (to me; IANAL) correct solution is to say on your website "don't download this OS if you're in a jurisdiction where it's not legal for us to provide it."). Assuming this does put you in the clear liability-wise, it has several positive effects:
- Stops zero people from downloading it.
- Makes it clear that your project will not collaborate with fascists/oppressive regime enjoyers.
- Means that when the next law makes verifying user ages mandatory (and/or explicitly requires using Palantir-adjacent services to do so) you've already got a strategy in place and there's no need for a "debate" in your "community" about compliance.
- Gets users more practice with "the law is malicious/needlessly bureaucratic/oppressive; let's ignore it" which to be honest people in general clearly desperately need at this point.
- Is the most effective political move if you want to resist the way things are going. Forcing the other side to explain why "California bans Linux" is good rhetorical strategy. Make *them* try to explain "well it's actually not so harmful since we let users set it themselves" and answer your follow-up "but what if next year the requirements change; I just refuse to go along with this slippery slope stuff and I'm not bothered if that means you want to *ban* me."
#AgeVerification

This Earth Day, I'm grateful for the many different ways I get to encounter the living world, from wild landscapes to manicured gardens, from trees by the sidewalk to protected green spaces
Mt Roosevelt over Snow Lake; the Japanese Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum; a robin in New Haven; a lupine at Sepulveda Basin
#naturalist

Die Merzregierung spielt gerade Vereinen gegeneinander aus. Sie fördert nicht Demokratieprojekte, in dem sie von einem Demokratieprojekt zum anderen umverteilt. Sie zerstört damit demokratische Vielfalt im Vereinswesen.
Wenn sie Demokratie fördern wollen würde, würde sie gegen Rechtsextremismus vorgehen, sie würde antidemokratische Netzwerke bekämpfen und sie würde sinnlose Ausgaben für Gaskathis Lobbymilliarden abstellen und dieses Geld in Demokratieprojekte stecken.

'Broadview Six' case will be dropped after closed-door hearing about grand jury transcripts
The case is one of the most highly publicized prosecutions to result from last fall’s Operation Midway Blitz deportation campaign.
That’s because it began as a conspiracy case against six people who protested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago's Broadview suburb
The remaining four members of the so-called “Broadview Six" are Br…

'Broadview Six' trial called off for now, following closed-door hearing about grand jury transcripts
The case is one of the most highly publicized prosecutions to result from last fall’s Operation Midway Blitz deportation campaign. That’s because it began as a conspiracy case against six people who protested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Broadview.

The Trump business behind
"Truth Social" is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.
Devin Nunes,
a former California congressmen in Donald Trump’s first term,
is being replaced "temporarily" by digital media executive
Kevin McGurn as chief executive officer.
The company, Trump Media & Technology…

Trump Media replaces former congressman Nunes as CEO after billions vaporize in stock plunge
The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year. Devin Nunes, a former California congressmen in Donald Trump’s first term, is being replaced temporarily by digital media executive Kevin McGurn as chief executive officer. The company, Trump Media & Technology, didn’t give a reason for Nunes leaving. After soaring following Trump’s re-election in N…

The devastating toll of Iran’s counterattack on U.S. service members after Donald Trump’s surprise strikes on Iran is even more severe than previously known.
A deadly attack that killed six U.S. service members has also left dozens of others suffering from traumatic brain injuries,
memory loss,
and other “urgent” health issues
at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany,
the largest U.S. military hospital abroad,
CBS News reported Wednesday.
As o…

Jaw-Dropping Scale of Troops Wounded by Trump’s War Is Leaked
Scores of U.S. soldiers were gravely injured—but the Pentagon has not been upfront about it.

A ground invasion would be disastrous for the U.S., the Iranian people, and global markets, analysts say.
“I think any attempt to seize [Kharg] island would be close to a suicide mission,”
said former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Harrison Mann in an interview with Democracy Now!.
“If you drop troops on that island,
they could really end up being trapped there,
which would really play into the hands of the Iranian government.
And I think a U.S. mass ca…

US Is Sending Thousands More Troops to Middle East, Reports Say, in Escalation
New polling this week found the majority of Americans say the war benefits Israel more than it does the US.

Survey after survey has shown that the United States’ international popularity has steadily declined in recent years.
That trend now appears appears to be accelerating during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term.
The American chattering classes tend to discuss the dangers of the country’s worsening image in terms of geopolitics and waning “soft power”
—and they’re not wrong.
Washington’s globe-spanning alliances have long been one of its major strengths.
If …

Donald Trump’s War on Tourism
Turned off by U.S. policies and border practices, foreign visitors are going elsewhere.