Elon Musk's enemy, USAID, was investigating Starlink over its contracts in Ukraine
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USAID was investigating Elon Musk’s Starlink over its contracts with Ukraine when Musk moved to dismantle the agency.
The probe aimed to assess Ukraine’s use of Starlink terminals and USAID’s oversight. Musk, who has called USAID “evil,” faces scrutiny as multiple federal agencies question the legality of DOGE’s actions.
Additionally, DOGE is being sued for alleged violations of federal privacy laws.
Musk’s campaign against USAID aligns with anti-“deep state” rhetoric, despite his own extensive government ties.
Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's company at the time of Musk's assault.Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)
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“China and Russia are literally trying to hack us every day, and we just gave all this data over to somebody that’s not been properly vetted,” one of the OPM staffers said. “So it’s multiple vulnerability points.”
Elon Musk Installs Illegal Server to Seize All Federal Workers’ Data
Elon Musk’s DOGE henchmen are helping him make his most terrifying power grab yet.The New Republic
Jurassic World Rebirth’s new trailer makes it sound like a video game
The Jurassic Park franchise’s latest film hits theaters on July 2nd.
Jurassic World Rebirth’s new trailer makes it sound like a video game
Jurassic World Rebirth — in theaters July 2nd — sends a new group of humans to the island in new trailer.Charles Pulliam-Moore (The Verge)
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Ukraine civilian war casualties 2024
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Today in Labor History February 5, 1985: The Third Punic War, officially ended, only 2,131 years after it started in 149 BCE. Ugo Vetere, mayor of Rome, met with Chedli Klibi, mayor of Carthage, to sign the treaty. Fighting only lasted 3 years, but no treaty was signed ending the war until 1985. No one knows how many Romans died in the war, but an estimated 450,000 Carthaginians died.
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10 New Nonfiction Book Releases of February 2025
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10 New Nonfiction Book Releases of February 2025
February is full of incredible books that will challenge you, educate you, and comfort you through difficult times.Kendra Winchester (BOOK RIOT)
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Django bugfix releases issued: 5.1.6, 5.0.12, and 4.2.19
Today we've issued
5.1.6,
5.0.12, and
4.2.19 bugfix releases.The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E.
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Multi processing in Perl and Python.
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📖Fresh off the press! OpenEuroLLM project is live - with Europe's leading #AIcompanies and #research institutions working together on establishing the next #generation of #opensource language models!
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Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei names Hezbollah leader as his Lebanon ‘representative’ | World News
Feb 05, 2025 03:06 PM IST Hezbollah is part of the 'axis of resistance', an alliance of Iran-backed armed groups opposed to Israel and its US ally.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
EA CEO Andrew Wilson reflected on the future of Apex Legends during the earnings call Q&A, where he laid out the firm's plan to implement changes to improve the franchise – including the idea of 'Apex 2.0'
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EA CEO says a "more meaningful update" of Apex Legends is in development
Despite "performing in line with expectations," net bookings for Apex Legends were down year-over-year during Electroni…Sophie McEvoy (GamesIndustry.biz)
Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during the chaos after a Rwandan-backed rebel group entered the Congolese city of Goma last week.
The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, according to a senior UN official.
The deputy head of the UN peacekeeping force based in Goma, Vivian van de Perre, said that while several thousand men managed to escape from the prison, the area reserved for women was set on fire.
Images taken shortly after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels reached the centre of Goma reveal vast plumes of black smoke rising from the prison on the morning of 27 January.
Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC cityJoost Bastmeijer (The Guardian)
Scoop: Senate Dems plot to delay all Trump nominees in retaliation for USAID restructuring
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> Senate Democrats are privately discussing an escalation beyond "blanket hold."
Bashar al-Assad is gone, but is the Syrian civil war over?
For the first time in 50 years, Syrians are free of the rule of the Assad family. After a string of stunning advances, opposition forces took control of Damascus on Sunday, as Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane for Russia and sought asylum from Moscow.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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in reply to TheObviousSolution • • •He is also currently in the White House, surrounded by beefed up security, and they expanded the security parameter by 2 city blocks.
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Billiam
in reply to ThePowerOfGeek • • •USAID also helped end apartheid in South Africa.
Now why would the thin-skinned son of a slave-owning white South African emerald mine owner have a problem with that?
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I thought we were deporting criminals.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •In the case that the world goes back to "normal" in four years, what would even be the path forward for prosecution against this?
I mean, I won't hold my breath, but am just curious.
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in reply to PyroNeurosis • • •Even if the US presidency goes to a progressive Democrat in 4 years, it will take decades of concerted effort to undo the damage that Trump and his merry band of assholes has done to the US and the world.
The normal that we all knew has been stomped into dust, and won't be back in most of our lifetimes.
The longer the Trump/MAGA shitshow goes on unchecked, the more time and effort it will take to repair the damage.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •There it is.
Nothing these people say means anything until you follow the money.