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dmayhood, 10 days ago to politics

The new president of Mexico is an accomplished climate scientist. Here are a few of her papers.

https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Claudia+Sheinbaum&btnG=

#Politics #ClimateChange #Science

rbreich, 11 days ago to random

Why are multimillionaires and billionaires like Peter Thiel, Rupert Murdoch, Travis Kalanick, Steven Mnuchin, and others are rallying behind Trump?

Yes, the tax cuts. But there's more.

The more Trump tears down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.

ErikSchouten73, 12 days ago to random Dutch

thebandb, 17 days ago to random Dutch

Opvallende coda in dit artikel https://www.demorgen.be/ts-b57cc57e/

nixCraft, 18 days ago to random

Google Ad from 1999. https://www.instagram.com/blackcactusx/p/C4llg93IaGb/

OGjester, 18 days ago to random

“This change comes after celebrities and billionaires voiced concerns over their flight data being too easily accessible online.”

Great, can the rest of us get some kind of bill that limits all these tech shitheads from tracking all our fucking lives? No? Right.

When the oligarchs want something from #Congress, they get it within weeks. When the rest of us want something, we’re shit out of luck. #classwar
https://techstory.in/congress-passes-law-allowing-private-jet-owners-to-hide-flight-data/

auschwitzmuseum, 19 days ago to random

A heartbreaking moment that was saved by an SS photographer at Auschwitz II-Birkenau during the deportations of Hungarian Jews. It was taken 80 years ago, most likely in late May 1944. A little child finds a dandelion in the grass and is handing it or showing it to an older boy.
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DaveSinardet, 18 days ago to random Dutch

De uitspraken van De Wever dat hij liever niet met Vlaams Belang wil besturen zijn deel van zijn strategie om de centrum-kiezer te verleiden.

Maar hoe meer N-VA en VB zich richten op onderscheiden electoraten, hoe groter de kans dat ze ‘samen een meerderheid’ halen.

En dat die alsnog in een regering uitmondt.

https://www.demorgen.be/cs-bb7df6da/

StevenRogge, 18 days ago to random Dutch

Morgen moeten 264 studenten hun examen aan #UGent afleggen in een lokaal dat nog geen 100 meter verder ligt dan hetgeen eerst voorzien.

Morgen kan geen enkele student in #Gaza examen afleggen omdat alle universiteiten door het IDF platgebombardeerd zijn. Daarbij kwamen ook 100 decanen en professoren om (bron: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/03/07/all-12-universities-in-gaza-have-been-the-target-of-israeli-attacks-it-s-a-war-against-education_6592965_4.html).

Ik verneem dat de eerste groep wel eens stress zou kunnen hebben ...

SandraDeHaan, 18 days ago to random Dutch

Opiniestuk Frans Timmermans: "Met de opkomst van extreem-rechts in Nederland staat de vrijheid van meningsuiting onder druk. Laat Italië, waar de premier procedeert tegen kritische journalisten, een afschrikwekkend voorbeeld zijn.
De zelfverklaarde kampioenen van het vrije woord van extreem-rechts doen altijd hun uiterste best mensen die kritiek hebben de mond te snoeren."
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-pas-op-want-extreem-rechts-holt-persvrijheid-uit-en-speelt-het-spel-gewiekst~ba3e2b5c/

apache_be, 24 days ago to random Dutch

Vlaanderen heeft bijna 30 miljoen euro aan Europese relancemiddelen voor congrestoerisme laten schieten.

Mailverkeer tussen kabinetten en administraties dat Apache kon inkijken legt de reden bloot: politiek knoeiwerk op hoog niveau.

https://apache.be/2024/05/21/subsidiehonger-koen-kennis-deed-demir-miljoenen-aan-coronageld-mislopen

dzjr74, 24 days ago to random Dutch

Stoommachine museum Medemblik

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auschwitzmuseum, 26 days ago to random

19 May 1938 | A Polish Jewish girl, Debora Klementynowska, was born in Białystok.

In 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

auschwitzmuseum, 27 days ago to random

18 May 1888 | A Polish Jew, Jehuda Isidor Luks, was born in Krynica. He lived in Antwerp.

In the autumn of 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

astroland, 27 days ago to random Dutch

Astronomie foto van de dag: North Celestial Aurora. Fotoinfo: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240518.html Foto Credits: Chirag Upreti #astronomie #sterrenkunde #sterrenkijken #apod #heelal

auschwitzmuseum, 27 days ago to random

17 May 1938 | A French Jewish girl, Arlette Sokolski, was born in Douai.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 September 1942 in a transport of 1,048 Jews deported from Mechelen / Malines. She was among 717 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection

GreenSky, 28 days ago to random German

pluralistic, 1 month ago (edited 30 days ago) to random

When it comes to AI art (or "art"), it's hard to find a nuanced position that respects creative workers' labor rights, free expression, copyright law's vital exceptions and limitations, and aesthetics.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/#invisible-hand

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gerrymcgovern, 1 month ago to random

"ChatGPT consumes a lot of energy in the process, up to 25 times more than a Google search. Additionally, a lot of water is also used in cooling for the servers that run all that software. Per conversation of about 20 to 50 queries, half a litre of water evaporates – a small bottle, in other words."

AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030

Training GPT3, took 1,287 MWh (Megawatt hours) of electricity.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/world-all-news/1042696/chatgpt-consumes-25-times-more-energy-than-google

GryphonSK, 1 month ago to random

#tyranny #firstammendment

auschwitzmuseum, 1 month ago to random

13 May 1928 | A German Jewish girl, Ruth Albersheim, was born in Bielefeld. She lived in Amsterdam.

In November 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

JorreVan, 1 month ago to random Dutch

https://vimeo.com/940803965

Nu live: 50 uur lang worden namen uitgesproken van helden van het verzet tegen de Nazi's in België .

#heldenvanhetverzet #ditzijndenamen

paninid, 1 month ago to writing

“For many people ✋ #writing is the most brutal exercise in #thinking. It reflects and tests our assumptions, pushing us to refine our ideas and uncover new ones. It leads us down rabbit holes that we have to crawl back from. It requires us to connect the dots and think about what makes sense or doesn’t, to transition between ideas and evidence, and to consider what makes the cut and what doesn’t.”
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-04-24-what-do-we-gain-and-lose-when-students-use-ai-to-write

auschwitzmuseum, 1 month ago to random

27 April 1937 | Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Fischerová, was born in Prague.

She was deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz on 18 May 1944. She was placed in the family camp BIIb at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. She did not survive.

druid, 1 month ago to Stoicism

Why can't people just be nice to each other and the planet we all live on?

Why can't people help others when they see they are in need?

Why can't country leaders be happy with the amount of land their country already has?

Why can't we just celebrate all our unique cultures and learn from each other?

This is how I was brought up to be. The path of #peace and a beautiful way of life seems so simple, yet so unachievable. My little brain must be faulty because I just don't understand.