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Donald Trump named in Jeffrey Epstein flight logs released by his own attorney general
Let's be honest: If Epstein was still alive and in prison, he would get a pardon from Trump
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Donald Trump named in Jeffrey Epstein flight logs released by his own attorney general
Let's be honest: If Epstein was still alive and in prison, he would get a pardon from Trump
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nets
Just FYI:
Single-use plastic products are used once, or for a short period of time, before being thrown away. Under the EU’s rules on single-use plastics, the EU is tackling the 10 single-use plastic items most commonly found on Europe’s beaches and is promoting sustainable alternatives. The 10 items are
Cotton bud sticks
Cutlery, plates, straws and stirrers
Balloons and sticks for balloons
Food containers
Cups for beverages
Beverage containers
Cigarette butts
Plastic bags
Packets and wrappers
Wet wipes and sanitary items
https://commission.europa.eu/news/less-plastic-waste-means-cleaner-beaches-2024-08-14_en
So yeah, nets are bad, but straws, plastic bags, cigarettes and packages are also a problem.
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Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth.
If you think about it:
In the meantime, spez totally trashed his site, destroyed valuable communities and pushed away the mods that keep the place clean. Really, really great business strategy there.
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Finanzierung umstritten: Auslaufmodell Deutschlandticket?
Es ist häßlich, wie bestimmte Parteien immer wieder das total sinnvolle Deutschlandticket versuchen zu sabotieren. Wenn ich als Pendler mein Auto abschaffen möchte, dann brauche ich Planungssicherheit auf Jahre. Ich will nicht alle 3 Monate wieder Sorge haben, dass mein Ticket abgeschafft wird.
Vielleicht sollten wir auch regelmäßig Diskussionen über die Finanzierung von Straßen anzetteln. So im Stile von "Finanzierung umstritten: Auslaufmodell A2?"
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Trump floats giving 20% of DOGE savings to American citizens
Which is kind of crazy, if you think about it: The federal budget is coming from taxes. So the deal is that Trump is destroying valuable services of federal institutions and only 20% of the "savings" are getting passed on? While normal people will have to pay for stuff like the weather forecast?
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UK Poll:Belief that Britain was right to vote to leave The EU falls to new low.
A modest proposal: If a majority of 51,89% for and 48,11% against was enough to push through with Brexit, maybe 55% vs. 30% should also be a clear votum to start talking about a new EU membership.
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Meta Says it Made Sure Not to Seed Any Pirated Books
Seeding is something to help your fellow pirates. You donate your bandwidth to help them get their files. It's totally in character for meta to just leech everything, take stuff, not give back anything and then to run to the bank laughing
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Bundestag stimmt für Fünf-Punkte-Plan der Union zu Migration
Vormittags dem Holocaust gedenken, Nachmittags die Brandmauer zur AfD niederreißen. Wirklich ein großer Tag für die CDU und Friedrich Merz.
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They're clogging exhaust pipes with foam: Russian sabotage in Germany to discredit the Greens?
That's actually quite good promotion for me: If russia goes to this lenghts to depress support for the greens, they are doing something right. If Putin doesn't want them to be in power, I very well would like to have them there
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Zelensky says he doesn't think he did anything wrong after public spat with Trump
Yeah - Trump, Vance & their ghouls planned this and there is nothing Zelensky could have done except maybe selling off his country to the russians
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AfD unter Druck: Mehrheit der Deutschen für Verbotsverfahren
Ein Verbotsverfahren ist halt erstmal ein Verfahren. Ein festgelegter Prozess auf rechtsstaatlicher Basis. Es bestehen gewaltige Zweifel an der Verfassungstreue der AfD und daher macht es aus meiner Sicht auch Sinn, dass die zuständige Stelle diese auf die im Grundgesetz dafür vorgesehene Weise prüft und dann entscheidet. Alle Debatten über "Risiko" oder "Das nützt der AfD" sind da völlig egal.
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Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks
Just for information: We know, from multiple studies, that working more than 40 hours a week for longer periods of time is extremly unhealthy for you. A week has 24*7 = 168 hours and you should sleep 8 hours. That are 56 hours and if you're working 60 hours, that leaves you with 52 hours or 7,5 hours per day for stuff like "commuting to work", "buying groceries", "brushing your teeth" , "family", "friends", "sport" or "this important appointment at the dentist".
And that 7,5 hours are without a weekend. This will kill you. You might be younger and feel strong, but this will kill you.
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TIL that not only is Measles very dangerous in itself but it also strips away and resets much/most of your immune system.
It's insane that people are not vaccinating their children against a threat like this.
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Festgeklammert bei 282 km/h und Winterkälte: Mann springt in Ingolstadt auf losfahrenden ICE
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Erschleichens von Leistungen
Das ist doch so ein Ding für Jura-Prüfungen: Kann man sich eine Leistung erschleichen, welche die Deutsche Bahn nicht anbietet? Wir wissen ja, dass Fahrkarten "Klassengebunden" sind und dass es als Schwarzfahren zählt, wenn ich mit meiner 2. Klasse-Karte in der 1. Klasse hocke. Aber für "Draußen am ICE hängen" gibt es ja überhaupt keinen Tarif bei der Bahn und daher kann ich mir da auch nichts erschleichen.
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At this rate, why not.
Paper is here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06623
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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
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Saudi Arabia isn’t a person.
Yes, it is. In an autocratic monarchy, in a dictatorship, everything belongs to the king. The house of Saud is treating the country as their personal property and let's not pretend that anything would prevent the guy who killed a journalist in his embassy from accessing that data.
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Wer hat das denn bloß zu verschulden?
Diese bräsige Selbstgerechtigkeit ist wirklich kaum zu ertragen. Es war von Anfang an klar, dass das passieren wird. Es wurde ausführlich gewarnt. Die AfD hat das angekündigt. Alle haben Merz gewarnt. Jetzt ist es passiert und Merz... bedauert?
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Demozug zum Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in Berlin: Polizei beschlagnahmt Protestbus des „Zentrum für politische Schönheit“
Man muss es leider so sagen: Das ist bewusste politische Schikane gegen unliebsame Protestierende.
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Why is far-right AfD dominating in northeast Germany?
Just a warning: Euronews was taken over by Victor Orban, so you might want to skip what Victor Orban has to say about the AfD and german right-wing idiots in eastern germany.
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Finanzierung umstritten: Auslaufmodell Deutschlandticket?
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Naja, für das Geld kannst du schlicht und einfach kein Auto unterhalten. Das sind ja gerade mal so 8 Tankfüllungen.