From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning (Jonathan Freedland/The Guardian)

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From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning

These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to both, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

^{Jonathan Freedland (The Guardian)}

Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump (Reuters)

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Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump

From Reuters. View the full context on memeorandum.

^memeorandum

In a Phone Interview, Trump Celebrated the Capture of Maduro (Tyler Pager/New York Times)

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In a Phone Interview, Trump Celebrated the Capture of Maduro

By Tyler Pager / New York Times. View the full context on memeorandum.

^memeorandum

Starmer said: "I always say and believe we should uphold international law.
"But I think at this stage [in a] fast moving situation, let's establish the facts and take it from there.
"I want to establish the facts first. I want to speak to President Trump."

Weasel words from the arch-weasel himself, the fence-sitter supreme, #Starmer
If he'd been in charge of this country during WWII Hitler would've walked through the fucking front door.

#Trump #uspol #ukpol #Appeaser

#Wordweavers Day 3 'What does the way your MC talks reveal about them?'

Tink wants people to believe she's a lot more sophisticated than she really is, especially since she works with technology. There's still a social stigma in her world with "backwater accents".

#writing #writingcommunity

Lack of transportation options hindering Salmon Arm, B.C., tech sector
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-arm-tech-sector-transportation-9.7011273?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into British Columbia @british-columbia-cbcnews

I just put a call to eval in my code and I feel dirty now.

The context went something like this:

(eval (cons 'concat (my-function arg1 arg2)))

(concat . (my-function arg1 arg2))

(concat my-function arg1 arg2)

Is there a better way I could've written this?
#emacs #lisp #elisp

Edit: Got my answer. I wanted:

(apply 'concat (my-func arg1 arg2))

Edit 2:
It turns out the code I really wanted was:

(string-join arg2 arg1)

Edit 3:
Here's the actual code:

(defun lambdamoo-run-text-replacements (str)
  "Perform text replacements on the string"
  (dolist (vals lambdamoo-text-replacements)
    (let* ((from (car vals))
           (to (cdr vals))
           (split (split-string str from)))
      (setq str (string-join split to))))
  str)

Good Morning #Canada

Overnight news of Trump attacking another country in a blatant attempt to seize their resources should be a wakeup call for Canada. Does anyone here think a strike on Ottawa to remove the current government couldn't happen? Could the U.S. find a stooge willing to become the interim leader? How much oil, aluminum, uranium, hydropower or other resources would be looted before Trump strokes out from too many big macs. Yesterday I would have laughed at this scenario but today it starts to be less of a fantasy.

I glossed over this article when it was first published back in November but now I'm leaning towards support of developing a volunteer force in Canada. Perhaps a 2-year voluntary military service for our youth to provide employment and training. I don't want a volunteer military force to ever be used and hopefully it becomes a deterrent. But unfortunately a serious discussion is needed.

#CanadaIsAwesome #ElbowsUp
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The military plans for a volunteer force to defend Canada

Faced with rising threats from competing states and climate change, the top military minds in the Canadian Armed Forces are drafting a plan to bolster the nation’s defences by creating a civil force made up of 300,000 volunteers.

^{Judy Trinh (CTVNews)}

"As Gaza enters the bleakest period of winter, children are dying of hypothermia, drowning in flooded camps and burning to death as their families try to cook in flimsy tents. Israel destroyed nine out of 10 homes over more than two years of war. Camped amid the ruins, Palestinians struggle against strong winds, heavy rain and freezing temperatures."

~ The Guardian

#Gaza #Palestinians #Israel #Netanyahu #cruelty #winter #WarCrimes
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The Guardian view on Gaza’s winter: the world must take heed as Palestinian suffering deepens again

Editorial: Families are struggling to survive amid the devastation. Israel’s ban on international NGOs will worsen this disaster

^{Editorial (The Guardian)}

Auf di.day/category/rezepte/ gibt es die Rezepte für digitale Unabhängigkeit. Persönlich habe ich mit Erleichterung festgestellt, dass die ersten sechs Rezepte schon zu meiner Standard-IT-Küche gehören

Wer macht mit beim #digitalindepenceday ?

#savesocial

So how many of those celebrating Venezuelans are on ICE deportation lists?

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