Railroad Tycoon's Western US map, at full zoom.
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I'm finding some the the responses to my earlier puzzlement today incredibly interesting. All coming from people on the left:
* Finding parking to attend a protest is hard.
* I live in a Blue state - who am I protesting?
* These protests aren't properly organized. They'll be chaotic.
Add: Outside agitators will come in and cause trouble.
I keep getting the eerie feeling that a lot of very well-meaning Americans have no idea what they're facing.
Lady Gaga at Grammys: “Trans people deserve love.”
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Lady Gaga: “Trans people deserve love.”
Lady Gaga gave strong support to transgender people during the Grammy Awards. She said: "Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music...crossdreamers (Tumblr)
Starbucks-Praktikantin beklagt sich: "Ich musste die ganze Zeit Kaffee kochen"
Berlin (dpo) - Sie wollte ein Praktikum als Barista machen – und wurde schamlos ausgenutzt: "Ich musste fast die ganze Zeit Kaffee ma...Der Postillon (Blogger)
This morning, our Mitsubishi thermostat forgot to turn the temperature up. That's a new one. Usually it forgets to turn it down.
How can you fuck up such a basic piece of functionality?
There is an adapter out there that should make it work with third-party thermostats. This is the final straw, we're gonna have to make that happen. This is completely insane.
"A.I. is going to transform the way we develop software"
In what ways?
"Well, you need to be precise about your requirements, work in short feedback loops, be always cleaning up the mess it makes, and continuously test everything"
I see. Radical changes.
Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum Prado announced her country's reaction to Trumps tariffs would come Monday. Well. Here it is.
"In a dramatic, last-minute move, the Trump administration agreed Monday to pause sweeping tariffs on Mexico for a month. [...]"
The spin in the article is ignorable. She made a vague promise, Trump immediately rescinded. Leave it to a strong woman to deal with a bully ;)
Possibly paywalled washingtonpost.com/world/2025/…
Today, Musk’s X social media company became a form of state media when the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it would no longer email updates about this week’s two plane crashes—one in Washington, D.C., and one in Philadelphia—and that reporters would have to get their information through X.
From heathercoxrichardson.substack.…
February 1, 2025
Throughout now-president Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming from three very different factions whose only shared ideology was a determination to destroy the federal government.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bombs During Senate Confirmation Hearings
After two devastating confirmation hearings, can Democrats swing enough Republicans to scuttle Kennedy's nomination?The Big Picture
Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space - phiresky's blog
Libraries have been trying to collect humanity’s knowledge almost since the invention of writing. In the digital age, it might actually be possible to create a comprehensive collection of all human writing that meets certain criteria.phiresky.github.io
Merz zur AfD: "Keine Zusammenarbeit, keine Duldung, gar nichts"
Die CDU musste sich nach den jüngsten Abstimmungen mit der AfD viel Kritik anhören. Auf ihrem Parteitag versicherte Merz nun erneut, dass es keine Zusammenarbeit mit der Partei gebe - und bekam dabei auch Unterstützung von CSU-Chef Söder.
Ich würde nie im Leben die #cdsu wählen, aber aktuell hat er die Nase weit vorn.
Petition: Fordern Sie den bindenden Ausschluss der AfD von der Didacta Messe Stuttgart
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Wer glaubt, dass Russland es bei Wahlbeeinflussung und Finanzierung von AfD und BSW belassen wird, für den habe ich eine geile Brücke in Amerika günstig abzugeben.
Absolut gut gemachte Simplicissimus Episode.
padeluun ⁂ hat dies geteilt.
Sorry, aber wie schlecht ist das denn?
Klar ist Russland uns derzeit nicht wohlgesonnen. Aber was ihr hier bringt, ist eine unverschämte Generalisierung, die mehr Propaganda ist, als Info!
Und solange wir Fälle wie Assange oder Israels faschistischen Umgang im Gaza zulassen, sollten wir besser nicht auf den Splitter im Auge der Anderen verweisen.
🧐😒
Derzeit gibt es einen globalen (Wirtschafts-)Krieg, und Dtld. ist leider nicht neutral!
DOT Memo Directs Funding To Places With High Birth Rate
Well, that is incredibly disturbing.Alan Herrera (Comic Sands)
The ONLY actual reasonable interpretation of this is that they're somehow trying to get ahead of future population increases by increasing construction of transportation before those babies get into the workforce.
Except that it doesn't consider what areas have underdeveloped transportation networks NOW, nor can we count on that population increase STAYING in the community where it was "birthed".
Anthropic, the company that made one of the most popular AI writing assistants in the world, requires job applicants to agree that they won’t use an AI assistant to help write their application.“We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills. Please indicate 'Yes' if you have read and agree.”
From 404media.co/anthropic-claude-j…
Mediating everything else in the world through an AI system is just fine, though, and non-AI-assisted communication skills are otherwise unimportant to them.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #Anthropic
AI Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use AI in Job Applications
Anthropic, the developer of the conversational AI assistant Claude, doesn’t want prospective new hires using AI assistants in their applications, regardless of whether they’re in marketing or engineering.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
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I look forward to seeing the new feature video on Peertube! What's the official Nextcloud Peertube channel?
European leaders are feeling the strife,
Tariffs have caused them much daily life.
They call it "unnecessary and stupid",
Their sentiment, they've looped and looped it,
In response to the tariffs, they're full of strife.
#GuardianLimerick #Europe #Economics
theguardian.com/world/video/20…
'Unnecessary and stupid': European leaders react to tariffs – video
European leaders call for cooperation with Washington but vow a robust response if needed.Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
A French director in the spotlight,
Was found guilty, it caused a big fright.
For his acts of assault,
But he won't face a vault,
In the #MeToo trial, justice seemed slight.
#GuardianLimerick #France #Film #Culture #Europe #Gender
theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…
French film director found guilty of sexual assault but spared jail in landmark #MeToo trial
Christophe Ruggia given two years’ house arrest over incidents involving actor Adele Haenel in early 2000s when she was 12 to 15 years oldGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
There once was a leader named Merz
Who took a risk that caused some stirz
With the far right he played
In a speech where he laid
Out a strategy that might cause some blurs
#GuardianLimerick #Germany #Europe
theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…
Merz doubles down on gambit with German far right in combative speech
Prospective chancellor takes startlingly aggressive line against those protesting against gamble with AfDDeborah Cole (The Guardian)
Anthropic Makes 'Jailbreak' Advance To Stop AI Models Producing Harmful Results - Slashdot
AI startup Anthropic has demonstrated a new technique to prevent users from eliciting harmful content from its models, as leading tech groups including Microsoft and Meta race to find ways that protect against dangers posed by the cutting-edge techno…slashdot.org
So let me get this straight - Chump thinks ALL OF #CANADA should become ONE STATE? The fifty-first state?? Do I have that right?
Wow, Canadians - you could give up your ENTIRE GOVERNMENT, your sovereignty, every shred of your dignity, and trade it all for TWO SENATORS and what would surely be 60 ultra-gerrymandered house seats. What a deal! Who wouldn’t want that?
Hit us as hard as you can with boycotts and trade embargos. Lock the fucking gates to this stupid ass country. #TheDumbestTimeline
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Thomas Rabenstein verstorben - Warp-Core.de
Self-Made-Autor Thomas Rabenstein hat den Kampf gegen den Krebs verloren. Ruhe in Frieden.Marco Golüke (Warp-Core.de)
Kolmen päivän meemin jälkeen @miicat_47 johtaa ihan selkeästi. Petyin oman kuha meemin suoritukseen...
Sinne vaan @meemibotti kotisivuille mukaan kisaamaan meemibotti.kalakukko.social/
9 päivän verran on arvottavana meemejä tällä hetkellä.
teilten dies erneut
Grönland hat es uns vorgemacht und beschloss am 4. Februar 2025, dass Parteien in Zukunft keine Parteispenden aus dem Ausland (wohl aber aus Dänemark) und keine anonymen Parteispenden mehr annehmen dürfen.
Aber dazu bräuchte es in D einen Kanzler, der KEIN Kapitalist ist.
Das traue ich eigentlich nur einer Partei zu - den Linken! Und die krepeln leider immer noch bei der 5% Hürde rum.
Bundespolizei weist bei Grenzkontrollen mehr als 13.000 Menschen zurück
Seit September vergangenen Jahres wird an allen deutschen Landesgrenzen systematisch kontrolliert. Zahlreiche Menschen ohne Papiere konnten zurückgewiesen werden. Zudem wurden mehr als 500 Schleuser festgenommen.
Wenn schon so schön viele Zahlen im Artikel vorkommen, dann wäre doch auch die Ergänzung sinnvoll, dass überhaupt nicht belegt ist, dass die Grenzkontrollen die Ursache für den Rückgang sind.
Und auch nett wäre, die Frage zu stellen, was mit den Zurückgewiesenen passiert? Denn ich denke, die drehen einfach um und versuchen es noch mal bis es klappt.
Österreich: Die Banalität des letzten Tabubruchs
Er habe ein „ganz einfaches Ziel“, sagt Herbert Kickl: „Österreich ehrlich regieren.“ Wer dazu nicht bereit sei, könne für die FPÖ kein Verhandlungspartner sein: „Wir brauchen einen, dem man glauben und vertrauen kann“, so Kickl auf einer Pressekonfe…www.blaetter.de
Copyright Week 2025
Day 1: Copyright Policy Should Be Made in the Open With Input From EveryoneCopyright is not a niche concern.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Charlie Stross
Als Antwort auf Madeleine Morris • • •Lundemo
Als Antwort auf Madeleine Morris • • •Madeleine Morris
Als Antwort auf Lundemo • • •@Lundemo As I said in my earlier post - I'm not American. And all I'm expressing is my puzzlement.
So... protests I've been on recently in Malaga.
1. March in support of violence against women.
2. Rally In support of the health workers' unions.
3. In support of Gaza.
Lundemo
Als Antwort auf Madeleine Morris • • •Madeleine Morris
Als Antwort auf Lundemo • • •@Lundemo So... just... keep your head down, I guess. Right? Keep calm and carry on?
I guess this definitely answers the perennial question "Where were all the good Germans"?
Lundemo
Als Antwort auf Madeleine Morris • • •Madeleine Morris
Als Antwort auf Lundemo • • •Lundemo
Als Antwort auf Madeleine Morris • • •Madeleine Morris
Als Antwort auf Lundemo • • •@Lundemo Go on... be really angry at me.
You're angry because I hit a nerve.
We in the rest of the world will suffer the insanity of your lately elected lunatic with no recourse, no vote, no representatives, no power to effect any change at all.
America catches a cold and the rest of us get the flu, as the old saying goes. So please, be super mad at me!
David Mitchell
Als Antwort auf Madeleine Morris • • •@Lundemo
“give us more than two weeks to process and organize”
I’m sorry, but did you not see this coming more recently than Jan 20? How about Nov? How about last summer? How about 2016? How many weeks do you need?
#RhetoricalQuestions
@Remittancegirl
Lundemo
Als Antwort auf David Mitchell • • •Charlie Stross
Als Antwort auf Lundemo • • •Lundemo
Als Antwort auf Charlie Stross • • •