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The two greatest challenges facing humanity right now are reversing climate change & halting the spread of fascism. Wgb-er
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"Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz compared Russian Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, warning that the Kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with #Ukraine. Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop":
https://www.politico.eu/article/merz-compares-putin-to-hitler/
#AbsolutelyTrue #defense #NationalSecurity #politics
Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’

“Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop,” Merz told a party conference in Germany.

POLITICO
Merriam-Webster names 'slop' the word of the year | TechCrunch

AI-generated content has dominated the internet over the past year, and America's dictionary took note.

TechCrunch

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker/115723546205237269

I would have ordered one today, if it only had been smaller. I have already started to transition my computers at home from macOS to Linux. It’s easier than expected.

"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries - some as many as three or four times.
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
- Kaja Kallas, Fmr. PM of Estonia
The “California Billionaire Tax” is still facing opposition.
I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.
A bit frustrated to order something from Denmark to have it shipped to the US first (instead of direct to Canada) and then demand I pay the duties. #FedEx