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Okie living in Amsterdam the Netherlands.

…“The sad and cold reality is that neither private insurers nor governments are prepared for the exponential increase in losses related to climate risk”

Arthur Charpentier (July 2023):

“Our house is burning, we hope our insurer doesn’t look elsewhere”

https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/67288

“Notre maison brûle et”… nous espérons que notre assureur ne regarde pas ailleurs

Cet article est la version initiale, sourcée, et un peu plus longue, d’une tribune publiée dans Le Monde, ce dimanche 9 juillet 2023. En 2015, à la veille de l’ouverture de la COP21, Henri de Castries, PDG d’AXA affirmait qu’“une augmentation de deux degrés de la température moyenne dans le monde peut encore être assurable, … Continue reading “Notre maison brûle et”… nous espérons que notre assureur ne regarde pas ailleurs →

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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months https://twp.ai/E6FQ2A
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation

The Guardian

Trump appointed Kari Lake to shut down American run news channels Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia.

A judge now says her mass layoffs were illegal, as she was not appointed by Congress to this job.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/07/media/kari-lake-voice-america-usagm-judge-trump?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=youtube

Judge says Kari Lake unlawfully ran USAGM, voids Voice of America layoffs

In a victory for Voice of America staffers, a federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully ran the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year.

CNN

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116178635828161083

This is why blocking ads and trackers is not just a suggestion. It should be a baseline of your online existence.

@paul I'm with Afroman on this. It's free speech. We'll see how corrupt the courts are by how it's handled.

#USPol

@JosjeT @lawyersgunsnmoney @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek I have no doubt that it has been said. It is how often it is being said and by who that I would like to have a better grip on.
@SearingTruth @samiamsam @BrianJopek He would at the very least be very disappointed.
@lawyersgunsnmoney @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek Have you seen a second source on this? How reliable is the MRFF?

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