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From 'Kyiv in 3 days' to 'We don't need no Internet'!

"We're not sitting, we're not sitting on your internet, we don't need phones”.

Songs like “It's so great to live without the internet” have started playing on Russian federal TV channels.

Sometimes, Russian propaganda hits below the belt!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Propaganda

Another day in Trumpworld where he’s considering winding down the war againsgt Iran while simultaneously sending troops for a possible ground force invasion. No word on whether he’s asked Israel’s permission to end the war.
And he says his doctor told him he’s by far the healthiest of the past 3 Presidents and could live to200 if he gave up junk food. Aye, right.

Pete Hegseth is criticizing a rich oil nation for investing all its money in weapons instead of investing in its people.

This is the Pete Hegseth who right now is asking Congress for $200,000,000,000 for buying weapons, while Americans are losing their healthcare.

Yesterday I put koto music on Spotify and transported myself to 1937 Japan while reading The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo. Really enjoyed it; a good bit of escapism.

#koto #thehonjinmurders #YokomizoSeishi #Japan #escapism

The inside story of how social media algorithms have been helping to tear people apart. Insider testimony and documents expose a machine thriving on outrage and division.

Inside the Rage Machine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002sw4z/inside-the-rage-machine
via @bbciplayer

#Facebook #meta #twitter #x #TikTok #bbc

Inside the Rage Machine

The inside story of how social media algorithms have been helping to tear people apart. Insider testimony and documents expose a machine thriving on outrage and division.

BBC iPlayer

Well, I have now been quoted calling SpaceX "fuckweasels" in a real publication by real journalists: https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116598/spacex-to-start-small-with-1-million-satellite-plan-pushes-back-on-critics

I guess I am proud of myself? (They are, indeed, fuckweasels, for their complete lack of care for the atmosphere that we all depend on, as well as not caring about Kessler Syndrome, or light pollution, or smashing people on the ground...)

SpaceX To Start Small With 1 Million Satellite Plan, Pushes Back On Critics

The company's rebuttal to the FCC mentions launching orbital data center constellation in phases, and studying potential atmospheric impacts. SpaceX also threw plenty of shade at Amazon.

PCMag Australia

🚨 BREAKING!

🟢 Yes: 70
🔴 No: 27

It's official! Scotland has voted for our bill to ban greyhound racing!

The art of Pysanky: traditional egg decorating from Europe

[📹vilsonpessanka] #globalmuseum #craft #Pysanky

Greyhound racing tp be banned in Scotland. Good!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8757y5yj7zo

#scotland #dogs

Greyhound racing to be outlawed in Scotland

The sport, which already faced extinction after the country's last track closed, is to be banned permanently.

BBC News
For this year’s International Women’s Day, let me put it as simply as possible: Men should be glad we want equality — not revenge.