(Riffing on @hazelweakly 's post)

The two hardest problems in Computer Science are

1. Ethics
2. Getting people in tech to believe that ethics are important

See also folks reading sci-fi for inspirations for cool tech without learning any lessons from the stories behind them.

The Trump administration's efforts to criminalize opposition to fascism are taking effect overseas. Two banks are shutting down the accounts belonging to Rote Hilfe—a German legal aid organization over a century old—because of Trump designating so-called "Antifa Ost" as a "foreign terrorist organization."

The designation has no equivalent in German law. It's based on a single case with extremely questionable evidence. The German government has not adopted the designation, repeatedly emphasizing that the purely legal construct "Antifa East" poses no significant threat.

Nonetheless, these cowardly German banks are permitting Donald Trump to determine who they work with—despite the fact that the Trump administration has made it clear that not only do they oppose anti-fascism in general, they explicitly consider those who resisted the rise of Hitler to be "terrorists."

https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/kontokuendigung-wegen-antifa-banken-vollstrecken-us-politik-deutschland

RE: https://famichiki.jp/@mainichi/115778322594254604

Xenophobic rhetoric is continue to spread in Japan thanks to our new PM.

Note how the article ends with: "there is one foreign national currently working at the prefecture and they will remain on the payroll no matter what." It's all about spreading xenophobia and nothing else.

#Japan

Ancient Celtic Gold Coins Found in a Swiss Marshland.

Celtic gold coins dating to around 2,300 years ago have been discovered in a marshland in Switzerland, and were likely deposited as ritual offerings during the Iron Age.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/ancient-celtic-gold-coins-found-in-a-swiss-marshland/

#archaeology #europe #Swiss #Switzerland

Mehrere Polizeien in der Schweiz stellen auf eine neue Art Gummischrot um. Wie gefährlich diese ist, liessen sie jedoch nie wissenschaftlich untersuchen, wie unser Reporter @bks heraus­gefunden hat. Das hat womöglich verheerende Folgen.

https://www.republik.ch/2025/12/22/fuer-immer-sehbehindert-wenn-der-schuss-der-polizei-ins-auge-geht?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=cm&utm_content=gummischrot