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Congress didn’t just lose its power it gave it away. On war, trade, and policy, lawmakers have willingly let the executive branch rule unchecked.
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in reply to Laura Manach

After War 8, in which the two machine races battle for supremacy with the dregs of humankind trapped in the middle, we have a period of unparalleled peace and civilisations, until Global Fisticuffs 9 kicks off when Darjeeling is served instead of the World President's favoured Rooibos.



Wise words from Timothy Snyder: "Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics."

Madman #politics: "He’d already been having a rough few weeks: adverse reactions to his mass deportations & step-by-step imposition of martial law, the slow crumbling of his foolhardy tariff regime, growing opposition to his "big beautiful bill." & now this. Anyone could see it was more than a man, esp. a narcissist, could take."

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#USPol






Sticker of the Day!

This is my sticker based on my painting, "Black Cat in a Pumpkin"!

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#art #sticker #blackcat #cat #pumpkin #october #halloween #jackolantern




#canton : a song or canto

- French: côté

- German: der Kanton

- Italian: lato

- Portuguese: Cantão

- Spanish: lado

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Klimaschädlicher #Freihandel
Eine neue Studie untersucht die Klimaauswirkungen des #EU -Handelsabkommens mit#Kolumbien, #Peru und #Ecuador und kommt zum Schluss: Das Abkommen leistet keinen relevanten Beitrag zur Erreichung des Ziels der nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Seit seinem Inkrafttreten hat der Handel mit sozial und ökologisch schädlichen Gütern zugenommen, die fatale Abhängigkeit der Andenländer vom Export unverarbeiteter Rohstoffe hat dagegen zugenommen.#Klimaschutz
infostelle-peru.de/klimawandel…



There are two ways to refresh a webpage in Firefox.

The first method uses Ctrl+R or F5 to reload the current page in Firefox using the browser's cache.

The other method uses Ctrl+Shift+R to force a hard refresh. It bypasses the cache and ensures that you get the latest version of the page from the server. Holding the Shift key while clicking the Reload button is another way to force a hard refresh, equivalent to Ctrl+Shift+R.

#Firefox #refresh




Whooop attention #FediWave! We got a legend Irish electronic musician here: @of_one

Check out this brilliance: frontendsynthetics.bandcamp.co…

Always loved your stuff Alan, so nice to see ya dip back on Masto!

#music #techno #electro




The economic consequences of Trump’s war taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/0… Trump has tipped the world into a war situation, and the economic consequences could be very severe indeed. Expect inflation, recession and a stock market crash.


@bsots was thinking maybe you (and others) could use this thread to drop #netlabelweek2025 #machinelearning questions...alternatively, we could collect them on an Etherpad or something.

If a lot of the questions are legal, then I will probably need to make sure it is at a time Jessica can make it.

For anyone wondering about the backstory, there is dalek.zone/w/tDiWUZLigo8xdDZxB… and dalek.zone/w/5Fg48pH3ta4mJhp55…

As always, boosts very welcome!


Jibber Jabber Jambalaya - Study Abroad in Mathland with Evan Whitfield and Friends of CC Music


Evan and I talk about AI, Machine Learning, and our upcoming Statistics for Musicians course, which I decided at the end of the show will be called "Study Abroad in Mathland"...at least until someone comes up with something better


in reply to Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

btw, I wonder if just watching youtu.be/m8M_BjRErmM would fill in all the gaps. I would quibble with some of what is said about safety and fine-tuning, but I don't know how much we need to get into application building
in reply to Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

I'm splitting this video into two halves because that's the only way I'll actually get through it. First 30 mins were a bit of a struggle for me, but it's breakdown of the overall concept into laypeople terms could serve as a good resource. Hearing someone that's super amped about all of this but still able to explain things in such a way that it's tangible to the uninitiated is an impressive skill.
in reply to Jason (alias Macedonia)

speaking of AI, there was an interesting announcement today and I'm wondering how much attention needs to be paid to the discussion that will build around this in the oncoming weeks and months....

creativecommons.org/2025/06/25…

in reply to Jason (alias Macedonia)

looks like we have a new #netlabelweek event:

Tuesday, July 15
6–7 PM UTC
Register here.

Tuesday, July 29
1–2 PM UTC
Register here.

Friday, Aug 15
3–4 PM UTC
Register here.

in reply to Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

the first one on 7/15 is during my in-office work day, but I ought to register anyway in case there's a replay. besides, there may be some indie artists who are far more clued in that show up and interact. if that happens, then that's something else to learn from.
in reply to Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

I figured it out. Put simply, I should never attempt to watch an AI breakdown video during the work week. My brain post-work day wants nothing to do with anything that I don't have immediate interest in. Watched the second half of the video a few hours ago and got so much more out of it.

I just downloaded the Practical AI episode, which I will likely pay more attention to from the start because of my audio bias.




Over 200 Westmount residents voice concerns to City Hall over high density development plan near Alexis Nihon Plaza #Montreal

« 80 per cent of Westmount buildings were developed between 1890 and 1930, and the final 20 per cent were developed over the last hundred years. »

Read more at: montrealgazette.com/news/artic…

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