François @Jura

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10 years ago:

A McChicken was $1
A dozen eggs were $1.50
A Chipotle burrito was $6.50
Netflix was $9
A full tank of gas was $35
Rent was $1,400
A used Honda was $10,000

Dear Donna Rachel,

I have read the report.

As someone who came to the West from Syria and as someone who has survived systemic sexual abuse, I found this video repulsive.

The victims discussed in this report deserve truth, accountability, and compassion. They do not deserve laughter and mockery, especially from someone who admits she has not yet read the full report.

I’ll be sharing a thread shortly on the report itself, as well as some of the reactions to it.

You have to wonder if these are the kinds of communities that will survive and even prosper if the very worst economic collapse is realized because of this stupid war

7 min

https://youtu.be/SbSN4XZVFWM

Inside a self-sustaining Earthship community in the Netherlands

YouTube

🇫🇷🇺🇦 The French company Renault Trucks has supplied the Ukrainian Defense Forces with more than 1,400 trucks for various purposes, - Militarnyi

These are fuel tankers and trucks for transporting personnel.

‘He wanted to burn me alive’: 92-year-old recounts West Bank settler attack

Settlers target mosques and homes amid escalating attacks in the occupied West Bank, increasing fear among Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!

This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected!

My full article - with a great analysis by @aral:

🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/

#FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty

European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swedish entrepreneurs that has quietly gone closed-source.

Elena Rossini
With the reflecting pool now looking like this, I recommend Democratic midterm candidates run on the slogan, "Drain the swamp!"
“Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn” 6/2/26 www.wired.com/story/uk-gov...

Palantir Contracts Have Become...
Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn

A government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability.

WIRED

In Kramatorsk, a russian drone struck a residential apartment building, injuring four people.

The attack caused a large-scale fire.

Emergency responders rescued six people, including a child and a person with limited mobility. They were safely evacuated from the burning building and brought to fresh air.

Sheryl Crow calls out Trump's White House UFC event as 'disgraceful and void of decency' after a racist slur against Michelle Obama. Trump's corrupt regime only cares about power and profit—not us. Let's be better and reject this.
https://urlr.me/xurWH4
Sheryl Crow slams Donald Trump's Freedom 250 as 'void of decency' after 'vile and racist' UFC fighter comment

Crow joined a bipartisan chorus in condemning fighter Josh Hokit's disparaging post-win comment about Michelle Obama, made on the White House front lawn.

Yahoo