World Bank Forecast Underscores Cost of U.S. Trade War
Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help preserve living standards.Alan Rappeport (The New York Times)
Majority of Alberta teachers vote to strike
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teachers-strike-1.7557407?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump administration's whole-government AI plans leaked on GitHub
: The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don't worry - we captured backupsBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
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TikTok superstar Khaby Lame was detained by ICE before being allowed to leave the U.S.
Lame, 25, produces nearly silent videos that have made him the most-followed personality on TikTok. But U.S. officials say Lame, an Italian citizen, overstayed his visa earlier this month.
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Oilers defenceman Jake Walman fined for roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct in Game 3
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From Project Gutenberg:
Laubstreu
by Irene Flemming Forbes-Mosse
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Laubstreu by Irene Flemming Forbes-Mosse
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
F-35 program facing skyrocketing costs, pilot shortage and infrastructure deficit: AG report
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f-35-fighter0-jets-arrive-can-contractor-1.7556943?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Nicolien van Vroonhoven twijfelt of ze nog wel lijsttrekker wil worden van NSC. Tegen Nieuwsuur zei ze vanmiddag dat ze daar op dit moment "een ei over aan het leggen is". Ze wil op korte termijn de knoop doorhakken." 🥚 🪢 🪓
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Van Vroonhoven niet zeker of ze nog wel lijsttrekker wil worden van NSC
Eerder zei ze nog dat ze graag de partij wilde leiden bij de eerstvolgende verkiezingen, maar daar is ze nu veel minder stellig over.NOS Nieuws
I stand corrected. Split screen and slide over controls are gone in "Full Screen Apps" mode! 😳
(At least in Beta 1. This seems like the kind of thing that could come back with feedback. Especially a lot of "my iPad doesn't work like it used to! Change it back!" kind of feedback.)
What Silencing Does to the Brain
“The freeing of an individual, as he grows up, from the authority of his parents is one of the most necessary though one of the most painful results broughtBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Prachtig nieuws: meer treinen zijn minder reden om te vliegen.
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Eurostar wil na 2030 een trein rijden tussen Amsterdam en Genève
Spoorbedrijf Eurostar wil na 2030 dagelijks een trein rijden tussen Amsterdam en het Zwitserse Genève. Het gaat vooralsnog om een streefdatum: het materieel moet nog worden besteld.Ashwant Nandram (DPG Media)
Austria’s deadliest mass shooting: Who are the Graz victims, shooter? | Crime News
A shooter opened fire at a high school in Austria’s second most populous city, Graz, on Tuesday. At least 11 people have died, including the suspect,BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
– Rouleur byteseu.com/1092895/ #France
who will win the yellow jersey? – Rouleur
The Tour de France build-up is in full swing with riders taking to their final warm-up races ahead of the year’s biggest race. The 2025 edition looks set toBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Crypto-Related Suspicious Activity Reports Jump 8% in Germany
A German financial watchdog has reportedly recorded a record number of crypto-related suspicious activity reports.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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I remember a while back reading that MacKenzie Scott kept trying to get rid of the money she got (from the settlement of her divorcing from Jeff Bezos) and she just kept getting more money instead, and seems like betting in increasingly expensive losing race horses has the same effect.