Unthinkable until 12 months ago. How the US have changed...
Gli Usa negano il visto all'ex commissario Ue Breton e ad altre quattro dirigenti
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December 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Unthinkable until 12 months ago. How the US have changed...
Capisco che la schermata imposta da Apple sia un duplicato visto che l'Italia ha leggi specifiche sulla privacy; ma è utile per evitare che sviluppatori disonesti raccolgano dati senza consenso. Meglio un accordo con Apple per la modifica della schermata che una multa. www.agcm.it/media/comuni...
AGCM - Sanzione di oltre 98 milioni di euro ad Apple per abuso di posizione dominante
L’Autorità ha accertato una condotta restrittiva della concorrenza per quanto riguarda l’App Tracking Transparency (“ATT”) policy, ossia le regole sulla privacy imposte ...
www.agcm.it
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Capisco che la schermata imposta da Apple sia un duplicato visto che l'Italia ha leggi specifiche sulla privacy; ma è utile per evitare che sviluppatori disonesti raccolgano dati senza consenso. Meglio un accordo con Apple per la modifica della schermata che una multa. www.agcm.it/media/comuni...
Increasingly, the MAGA agenda seems to mean withdrawing from the rest of the world and ceding control to other countries. Undermining the future.
The Trump administration abruptly recalled nearly 30 career ambassadors at U.S. embassies around the world, in a move that senior officials said is aimed at better aligning the State Department with the president’s foreign-policy agenda.
Mass Recall of U.S. Ambassadors Leaves Unprecedented Global Vacancies
Almost 30 envoys are being recalled, some from countries where President Trump has lauded U.S. efforts to end armed conflicts.
on.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Increasingly, the MAGA agenda seems to mean withdrawing from the rest of the world and ceding control to other countries. Undermining the future.
Make no mistakes: the massive increase in #healthcare costs for millions of low-income Americans is squarely on the #GOP.
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Moderate Republicans stage Obamacare rebellion as health cost frustrations erupt in House
Moderate Republicans filed a discharge petition to force a vote on a Obamacare subsidy extension, defying House GOP leadership in a dramatic floor action.
www.foxnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Make no mistakes: the massive increase in #healthcare costs for millions of low-income Americans is squarely on the #GOP.
www.foxnews.com/politics/mod...
www.foxnews.com/politics/mod...
Can you be more overtly narcissistic and racist? www.ajc.com/news/2025/12...
MLK Day, Juneteenth cut from national parks’ free days; Trump’s birthday added
The Trump administration has altered which days national parks will allow free entry for residents and citizens next year.
www.ajc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Can you be more overtly narcissistic and racist? www.ajc.com/news/2025/12...
The case was built poorly from the start, and Willis did not help with her behavior. Not surprising it didn't go anywhere.
But to say that it is “not illegal to question or challenge election results” is BS. Questioning the results is one thing; attempting a coup another.
But to say that it is “not illegal to question or challenge election results” is BS. Questioning the results is one thing; attempting a coup another.
The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more. n.pr/4ol3cED
The Georgia election interference case against Trump and others has been dropped
The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
n.pr
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The case was built poorly from the start, and Willis did not help with her behavior. Not surprising it didn't go anywhere.
But to say that it is “not illegal to question or challenge election results” is BS. Questioning the results is one thing; attempting a coup another.
But to say that it is “not illegal to question or challenge election results” is BS. Questioning the results is one thing; attempting a coup another.
This, too, is tragic and sad, in a different way.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump has been briefed and actively monitoring the situation. n.pr/4ood40q
Two National Guard members shot in D.C., suspect is in custody, authorities say
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump has been briefed and actively monitoring the situation.
n.pr
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This, too, is tragic and sad, in a different way.
Tragic. So sad.
Hong Kong police say death toll rises to 40 in residential blaze reut.rs/4oXHpE0
Hong Kong police say death toll rises to 40 in residential blaze
Hong Kong police said on Thursday the death toll in a fire that ripped through residential blocks in the city had risen to 40, with 45 people still in a critical condition.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Tragic. So sad.
Last year I stopped posting on X because I didn't like the tone of the discussion anymore. I created accounts on Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky, thinking at least one of them would become my new habitual way to post. What happened instead is that I pretty much stopped posting anywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Last year I stopped posting on X because I didn't like the tone of the discussion anymore. I created accounts on Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky, thinking at least one of them would become my new habitual way to post. What happened instead is that I pretty much stopped posting anywhere.
I was very skeptical when Trump announced his proposal for Israel and Palestine. I said I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
Well, looks Iike I was wrong, and I am happy about it.
Well, looks Iike I was wrong, and I am happy about it.
October 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I was very skeptical when Trump announced his proposal for Israel and Palestine. I said I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
Well, looks Iike I was wrong, and I am happy about it.
Well, looks Iike I was wrong, and I am happy about it.
Apps in a chat window? Turns out it's not a bad idea. Watch this short clip.
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK
A new generation of apps you can chat with and the tools for developers to build them.
openai.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Apps in a chat window? Turns out it's not a bad idea. Watch this short clip.
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
A sad day when the POTUS enlists the Military to fight ‘the enemy from within’, aka the part of the population that doesn’t agree with his policies.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’
Cuts to military leaders and a shift in strategy to the Western Hemisphere form the backdrop of the short-notice meeting.
www.wsj.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A sad day when the POTUS enlists the Military to fight ‘the enemy from within’, aka the part of the population that doesn’t agree with his policies.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Chissà perché oggi mi è venuta in mente questa fiaba
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Ammazzasette, etimologia e significato
Ammazzasette - Persona che vanta abilità e qualità che non possiede, spaccone, gradasso, sbruffone. Etimo: parola composta dal tema verbale di…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Chissà perché oggi mi è venuta in mente questa fiaba
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It says something about the state of our political discourse that the 9/11 anniversary is not the top trending topic.
We should never forget, and we should strive to build a better world, more united, with no room for tragedies like that.
We should never forget, and we should strive to build a better world, more united, with no room for tragedies like that.
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It says something about the state of our political discourse that the 9/11 anniversary is not the top trending topic.
We should never forget, and we should strive to build a better world, more united, with no room for tragedies like that.
We should never forget, and we should strive to build a better world, more united, with no room for tragedies like that.
Fantastic! Bravissimi! I don’t care for the format, but I am VERY happy for Sara & Andrea. Plus, there’s poetic justice to the fact that double specialists won the title when single champions were the media darlings.
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www.usopen.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Fantastic! Bravissimi! I don’t care for the format, but I am VERY happy for Sara & Andrea. Plus, there’s poetic justice to the fact that double specialists won the title when single champions were the media darlings.
www.usopen.org/en_US/news/a...
www.usopen.org/en_US/news/a...
Beautiful and moving. Reminded me of my experience (via @daringfireball)
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kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
American
In 1995, at the beginning of the last week of August, on the afternoon of an inhumanly hot and intolerably humid day, I arrived at Newark Airport to live in the United States. I was twenty two years o...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Beautiful and moving. Reminded me of my experience (via @daringfireball)
kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
Quite a legacy.
In Trump’s America, vaccination rates are declining and measles is spreading | Katrina vanden Heuvel
In Trump’s America, vaccination rates are declining and measles is spreading | Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump and RFK Jr have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century – our public health infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Quite a legacy.
Brave of her to talk about it publicly. It can help others dealing with it. I wish her the best.
Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is discussing for the first time her diagnosis of myasthenia gravis — a neurological autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with in 2022.
Tennis great Monica Seles says she has myasthenia gravis. It is a chronic neuromuscular disease
Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is discussing for the first time her diagnosis of myasthenia gravis — a neurological autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with in 2022.
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brave of her to talk about it publicly. It can help others dealing with it. I wish her the best.
In LA, at least, he waited for an excuse. No such thing in DC. When will the GOP base wake up to reality? When will they realize that they are being constantly lied to?
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www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move, deploys National Guard in capital
President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital.
www.reuters.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In LA, at least, he waited for an excuse. No such thing in DC. When will the GOP base wake up to reality? When will they realize that they are being constantly lied to?
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Nothing subtle about it
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meidasnews.com/news/section...
Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website
Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.
meidasnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Nothing subtle about it
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meidasnews.com/news/section...
One of the greatest successes of modern science (backed by the first Trump government, no less) and RFK Jr backs out of it. Sad, if unsurprising.
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/m...
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/m...
Trump admin pulls funding for new mRNA vaccines
The Trump administration is pulling $500 million in funding for 22 mRNA development projects.
www.axios.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
One of the greatest successes of modern science (backed by the first Trump government, no less) and RFK Jr backs out of it. Sad, if unsurprising.
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/m...
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/m...
Read the article linked in this #KDO post, especially if you are a Republican - resist the urge to dismiss it quickly, read it, and think about what it says. I dare you to find a flaw.
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kottke.org/25/08/004726...
“If the behavior that this administration has exhibited in j...
“If the behavior that this administration has exhibited in just its first six months continues and is amplified for its full
kottke.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Read the article linked in this #KDO post, especially if you are a Republican - resist the urge to dismiss it quickly, read it, and think about what it says. I dare you to find a flaw.
kottke.org/25/08/004726...
kottke.org/25/08/004726...
How is this making our country safer?
www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...
www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...
Henry County day care drop-off turns into deportation case for father of 3
Eduardo Guzman Garcia started the immigration process six years ago. A traffic stop while driving his daughter to day care led him to ICE custody.
www.ajc.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
How is this making our country safer?
www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...
www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...
Extremely interesting post about #OpenAI culture and technology. Must read (via Benedict Evans)
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Reflections on OpenAI
calv.info
August 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Extremely interesting post about #OpenAI culture and technology. Must read (via Benedict Evans)
calv.info/openai-refle...
calv.info/openai-refle...
One of the things that I find infuriating: using public schools funding for private schools.
It’s bad enough that public education gets cuts. Directing public money to a for-profit private organization is just crazy.
thecurrentga.org/2025/07/25/p...
It’s bad enough that public education gets cuts. Directing public money to a for-profit private organization is just crazy.
thecurrentga.org/2025/07/25/p...
Thousands to start private school year with Georgia public money under voucher system - The Current
Georgia's new private and home school voucher fund has more money than applicants. Learn about the eligibility criteria and program challenges.
thecurrentga.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
One of the things that I find infuriating: using public schools funding for private schools.
It’s bad enough that public education gets cuts. Directing public money to a for-profit private organization is just crazy.
thecurrentga.org/2025/07/25/p...
It’s bad enough that public education gets cuts. Directing public money to a for-profit private organization is just crazy.
thecurrentga.org/2025/07/25/p...