https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopias-ruling-party-wins-overwhelming-majority-in-parliament/a-77647557. Whenever a #political Party secures 90% of the seats in a country's #Parliament, you just know - for a #fact - that there was something very wrong with that country's #electoral #process. #Ethiopia is quite clearly anything BUT #democratic!
Ruling party in Ethiopia secures 90% of seats in parliament

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party comfortably secured another parliamentary majority, defeating a fragmented opposition.

Deutsche Welle
@cstross I stupidly looked at another #astronomy #fact from this book.
The diagram clearly shows that it is always summer in the northern hemisphere and always summer in the southern hemisphere. Also that sunlight does not arrive at the Earth in a straight line from the Sun.
(I assume angular momentum is preserved by something doing something to the moon. Or perhaps that's explained in the chapter about Venus.)
The economics are truly intriguing:
1. Violate copyrights to build a #slop_machine.
2. Pour everything possible into the blender.
3. Produce incorrect diagrams.
3a. You could literally steal a correct diagram!
3b. Or you could literally use a correct non-copyrighted diagram! NASA have a bunch.
Fire TV Sticks: 200.000 Pfund mit IPTV verdient – Postbote muss ins Gefängnis

Mit Fire TV Sticks und IPTV verdiente ein britischer Postbote über 200.000 Pfund. Trotz Warnungen machte er weiter, nun folgt die Haftstrafe

TARNKAPPE.INFO

#fact

: You wouldn't need to take cholesterol medication for the rest of your life if you won't eat meat!

#johnmastodon

Fact check: Is the EU fining member states that don't accept migrants? #Fact Check/Debunk ✅ #EUNews

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/16/fact-check-is-the-eu-fining-member-states-that-dont-accept-migrants

Fact check: Is the EU fining member states that don't accept migrants?

A major reform of the EU’s migration and asylum system has recently entered into force, prompting political figures in France to criticise one of its key provisions. However, their claims are misleading. #TheCube

euronews