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Norobiik

@Norobiik@noc.social

#TwitterMigrant stumbling through #cyberspace. 🇵🇭

Loves #cats, #scifi, #fantasy, #tech & my new home #Mastodon.

Enjoys #PokemonGo, #Kdrama, #Chess, #RetroGaming & #Music.

ps. If you want me to follow you then please have a profile picture and something about you in your bio. Or just a bio will do👌(also applies to approval of follow requests)

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Norobiik, to egypt
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— After a long journey from , more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered through the . Jonathan Webster, the in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna123954#rcrd24711

Norobiik, to Philippines
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"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the , part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships."

Wreck, Rats and Roaches : Standoff in the (2014 article)
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/07/world/south-china-sea-dispute/

Norobiik, to Israel
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Fears that or international partners could pressure into accepting millions of settling in the have abounded for decades in : strenuously denied reports in 2017 that he had cut a deal with in 1983 to resettle Palestinians exiled in Lebanon in the peninsula, adding that , had also proposed the idea in 2010.

: could Egypt open it to fleeing Palestinians? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/15/rafah-border-crossing-could-egypt-open-it-to-fleeing-palestinians

Norobiik, to Israel
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has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of prisoners for the return of more .

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/06/fifth-of-remaining-hostages-in-gaza-are-dead-report-says

Norobiik, to Russia
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The blockade by is changing underwriter even for the .

", – Lloyd’s of underwriters are leading insurers in raising rates and cutting the amount of cover they offer for risks involving as concerns grow over possible military action by , industry sources with knowledge of the matter say."

Lloyd's of London leads insurers tightening Taiwan cover as conflict risks rise
https://www.rappler.com/business/lloyds-london-leads-insurers-tightening-taiwan-cover-conflict-risks-rise/

Norobiik, to Israel
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Palestinians in expressed disbelief at the infiltration into . "It is like a dream. I still can't believe it," said one Gaza shopkeeper.

The attack came a day after Israel marked the 50th anniversary of the 1973 war that brought the country to the verge of catastrophic defeat in a surprise attack by and .

launches surprise attack as gunmen enter Israel | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/sirens-warning-incoming-rockets-sound-around-gaza-near-tel-aviv-2023-10-07/

Norobiik, to PokemonGO
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Today, we had a largish raid group of 11+ to take on an in - it turned out to be a good raid.

Just for fun, my strongest ditto was backing up my mega salamence who was in #1 position. Turns out that the ditto's shapeshift did not cancel out my salamance's mega form which was a happy surprise 😁

I won the Raid Buddy award but the ditto doesn't show up alas 😞

Back toot: https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111962933061835960

Norobiik, to FreeSpeech
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TikTok CEO has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the , national security considerations could outweigh protection.

While is a global phenomenon, it represents a small fraction of 's revenue, according to analysts and investors.

ByteDance says 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US ban law
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240426-bytedance-says-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-after-us-ban-law

Norobiik, to Philippines
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Just great, first the super typhoon and now this 😔 And that is NOT a "slight increase".

" also observed a slight increase in emissions in the past two weeks. From an average of less than 3,000 tons per day between April 1 and May 21, the average rose to 5,360 tons per day between May 22 and June 1."

Phivolcs: 'Low-level activity' ongoing at
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/phivolcs-taal-volcano-update-advisory-june-2-2023-7pm/

Norobiik, to delhi
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Schools were shut and non-essential construction was banned around as the index in the city almost hit 500 – the highest the measurement will go and 100 times the limit deemed to be healthy by the .

Delhi spikes to 100 times health limit | | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/03/delhi-india-air-quality-pollution-spike-world-health-organization-limit

Norobiik, to random
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I just knew our kababayan would be there. The only question was how many 😨

The Philippine government is preparing to evacuate from , a country caught in a deadly power struggle between the military and paramilitary groups. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has requested more information to ensure the safety of around 300 Filipinos in the African country.

Gov't working to evacuate Filipinos from conflict-hit |
https://www.rappler.com/nation/overseas-filipinos/marcos-says-government-working-evacuate-filipinos-sudan/

Norobiik, to Russia
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"We are witnessing a historic process -- Russians are leaving for the first time in two centuries," independent Azerbaijani analyst Elhan Shahinoglu told AFP.

Observers of the say is too caught up with its invasion of to retain its sway in the region.

Russia quietly exits , ceding its clout 'for good'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-quietly-exits-karabakh-ceding-its-clout-for-good/ar-AA1nkGtr?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

Norobiik, to ai
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Tech companies currently do their own "red-teaming" of products – subjecting them to tests to find potential problems, like or . But 's executive order will require the government to set new standards, tools and tests for – and will require companies to notify the government and share the red-teaming results for products.

Biden plans to step up government oversight of AI with new 'pressure tests'
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/30/1209343819/ai-biden-oversight-executive-order

Norobiik, to random
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"The attacks signal the approach of a pivotal point in the war. If the Ukrainian counteroffensive liberates a significant swath of territory and sets Russian forces back on their heels, it would offer hope of an early end to the conflict. Failure could doom Ukraine to a protracted gruelling struggle with no end in sight, and international pressure to cede territory."

’s troops attack along front in apparent precursor to counteroffensive |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/05/ukrainian-troops-launch-attacks-along-donetsk-frontline

Norobiik, to Ukraine
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#Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery #Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following weeks of growing speculation over tensions between Volodymyr #Zelensky and his top commander.

A formal announcement has not been made, however, a presidential decree is expected by the end of the week.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/31/europe/zaluzhny-oust-ukraine-army-zelensky-intl/index.html

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Norobiik, to Morocco
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Current reports say that more than 800 people have died & hundreds are injured. The quake struck after 11pm, when most people are at home and in bed.

"’s geophysical centre said the struck in the Ighil area with a magnitude of 7.2. The US Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 6.8 and said it was at a relatively shallow depth of 11.5 miles (18.5km)."

: hundreds dead as buildings fall and people flee homes |
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/09/morocco-earthquake-leaves-panicked-people-sleeping-in-street-reports

Norobiik, to Ukraine
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As news of 's death spread, spontaneous memorials took place in several urban areas, with people taken into custody in 36 cities from the border city of to , an Arctic mining outpost once a centre of the Stalin-era gulag labour camps, to , , and .

More than 400 detained at memorials in : Rights group
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/17/more-than-100-detained-at-navalny-memorials-in-russia-rights-group

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Norobiik, to Women
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, a spokesperson, said the new smaller numbers reflected those bodies which had been fully identified. The bigger figures included corpses for whom identification has so far not been completed.

denies death toll of and has been revised down | - war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed
UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed

Norobiik, to Philippines
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Police say the explosion at gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants

Three people killed in Catholic mass blast in southern Philippines | | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/03/three-people-killed-in-catholic-mass-blast-in-southern-philippines

Norobiik, to Israel
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In a December 2022 video, Hamas fighters can be seen flooding a training area, shooting rockets and capturing pretend prisoners as they surround mock Israeli buildings.

The camp had just been constructed, and was very close to , the passageway between and that was breached last weekend by in a bloody attack.

Hamas militants trained for its deadly attack in plain sight and less than a mile from Israel's heavily fortified border | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/12/middleeast/hamas-training-site-gaza-israel-intl/index.html

Norobiik, to random
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... and I was just thinking this morning that this world needs a hard reset 🙃

"The publication of Grusch and Grey’s claims comes after a panel that the US space agency Nasa charged with investigating unexplained anomalous phenomena said stigma around reporting encounters – and harassment of those who do report encounters – was hindering its work."

urged to reveal evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/whistleblower-ufo-alien-tech-spacecraft

source article : https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/

Norobiik, to climate
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“ is not immune to , but this is also about and incompetence. In perhaps you had seconds or minutes when the tectonic plates moved, but here in there was plenty of warning about this hurricane … yet there was no evacuation of . "

‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after | | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/12/libya-floods-death-toll-dams-burst

Norobiik, to random
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The source said the attack was coordinated and swift, with different groups simultaneously targeting multiple government buildings including the , the , and a for Haiti's western district which includes .

Gangs attack 's Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince: Source
https://abcnews.go.com/International/gangs-attack-haitis-presidential-palace-port-au-prince/story?id=107945093

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Norobiik, to China
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The town (Chinshwehaw) , bordering ’s province, is central to the flow of trade from to China. More than a quarter of Myanmar’s $1.8bn border trade with China passed through Chinshwehaw from April to September, state media reported in September, citing the Ministry of Commerce.

Myanmar rebels seize vital border town as China calls for ceasefire | | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/2/myanmar-rebels-seize-vital-border-town-as-china-calls-for-ceasefire

Norobiik, to climate
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Excellent summary of what's at stake in #COP28

Countries have already suffered deep losses as a result of the #fires, #floods, and other disasters intensifying with #ClimateChange. They want the biggest, heaviest-polluting nations to do something about it. And they’ll be making their case at a conference presided over by an oil baron. #ClimateCrisis

The future of #FossilFuels could be decided in #Dubai
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/30/23980929/dubai-climate-change-united-nations-conference-cop28

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