andrethemac

Jack of all trades (in IT) master of none. loves to thinker with python, JavaScript, IOT, Arduino & friends, old enough to remember the ZX81

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Twra SunTwraSun
2025-04-06

🔴 - DE erwägt, etwa 1.200 Tonnen Gold im Wert von rund 124 Milliarden Dollar aus einem Tresor der US-Notenbank in New York abzuheben, da man sich Sorgen über Trumps unberechenbare Politik macht.
➡️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202

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2025-04-06

" Hi all,

As you might have just seen on the livestream or witnessed in person, I disrupted the speech of Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during the highly-anticipated 50th anniversary celebration. Here’s why.

My name is Ibtihal, and for the past 3.5 years, I’ve been a software engineer on Microsoft’s AI Platform org. I spoke up today because after learning that my org was powering the genocide of my people in Palestine, I saw no other moral choice. This is especially true when I’ve witnessed how Microsoft has tried to quell and suppress any dissent from my coworkers who tried to raise this issue. For the past year and a half, our Arab, Palestinian, and Muslim community at Microsoft has been silenced, intimidated, harassed, and doxxed, with impunity from Microsoft. Attempts at speaking up at best fell on deaf ears, and at worst, led to the firing of two employees for simply holding a vigil. There was simply no other way to make our voices heard.

We are witnessing a genocide

For the past 1.5 years, I’ve witnessed the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel. I’ve seen unspeakable suffering amidst Israel’s mass human rights violations - indiscriminate carpet bombings, the targeting of hospitals and schools, and the continuation of an apartheid state - all of which have been condemned globally by the UN, ICC, and ICJ, and numerous human rights organizations. The images of innocent children covered in ash and blood, the wails of mourning parents, and the destruction of entire families and communities have forever fractured me.

At the time of writing, Israel has resumed its full-scale genocide in Gaza, which has so far killed by some estimates over 300,000 Gazans in the past 1.5 year alone. Just days ago, it was revealed that Israel killed fifteen paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza, executing them “one by one,” before burying them in the sand -- yet another horrific war crime. All the while, our “responsible” AI work powers this surveillance and murder. The United Nations and the International Court of Justice have concluded that this is a genocide, with the International Criminal Court issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders."

đź§µ 1/3

Source: theverge.com/news/643670/micro

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2025-04-05

De Palestijnse Rode Halve Maan heeft het filmpje, dat vrijdag gepubliceerd werd door *The New York Times*, aan de VN-Veiligheidsraad gepresenteerd. Volgens experts had IsraĂ«l in geen enkel geval op de reddingswerkers mogen schieten, ook niet als ze onzichtbaar geweest zouden zijn.

Zou er nu dan EINDELIJK eens iets gaan gebeuren om deze horror die in Gaza plaatsvindt te stoppen?
#gaza #IsraelWarCrimes #israel

cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/f6bT

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2025-04-05

Ook onderzoek van Vrtnws bevestigt wat Greenpeace vorige week aankaartte: zolang Europa afhankelijk is van fossiel gas (uit Rusland, de VS, ...), blijft de EU geopolitiek een speelbal en blijven gezinnen kwetsbaar voor hoge energiefacturen.

(incl. actiebeelden & interview)
vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/03/11/20

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Mihai Martoiu Ticumartoiu
2025-04-05

Berlin orders deportation of four pro-Palestinian activists, leaked emails reveal that immigration officials initially objected, deeming the orders "likely unlawful" archive.ph/CGUpW

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Mihai Martoiu Ticumartoiu
2025-04-05

Ondanks brede pogingen om haar te verwijderen, heeft de VN-Mensenrechtenraad het mandaat van Francesca Albanese als speciaal rapporteur voor de bezette Palestijnse gebieden verlengd tot 2028. Weten jullie nog welke leugens en drogredenen de Israël-lobby over haar verspreidde om te voorkomen dat ze herkozen zou worden?
mihai.nl/sofist-factory/de-laa

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Slashdot :verified:slashdot@mastodon.cloud
2025-04-05
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Björn Schießlebjoern
2025-04-05

Wir machen es uns aber auch oft schwerer als es sein müsste wenn wir denken das wir ein europäisches Google, MS oder Amazon bräuchten. Viele der Bausteine sind schon da, nicht selten Freie Software, und 99% der Dienste können problemlos auf den IONOSs, OTCs und OVHs Europas betrieben werden.

Schluss mit Ausreden und einfach mal machen wäre mein Motto.

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2025-04-05

Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!

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2025-04-05

When old Soviet Union jokes are applicable to the US, you know something has gone terribly wrong.

David Woodruff
@dmwoodruff.bsky.social
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they're going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you're foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don't *you* try proving to the NKVD that you're not a camel.

Quoting:
® Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.so....3d
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Konstantin Macherpneutig@eupolicy.social
2025-04-05

The next presidency proposal for the #ChatControl file now has an official document number:
ST 7080 2025 INIT - NOTE

To be discussed in next Law Enforcement Working Party on Tuesday, 8 April 2025.
data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/d

Screenshot:

[EN] 1Ergebnisse
7080/25

ST 7080 2025 INIT - NOTE 04.04.2025

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules
to prevent and combat child sexual abuse Presidency compromise texts

Interinstitutionelles Dossier: 2022/0155(COD)

Sachgebiet: CYBER, DATAPROTECT, CODEC, CRIMORG, COMPET, DIGIT, TELECOM, IXIM, JAI, COPEN, ENFOPOL, FREMP, MI, CONSOM

Datum der Sitzung 08.04.2025
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Extinction Rebellion NLextinctionrebellionnl@mastodon.nl
2025-04-05

Tot wel 46,6 miljard euro per jaar werd in de afgelopen jaren weggegeven aan subsidies. Dat is 127 miljoen euro per dag. Bijna 90.000 euro per minuut. Voor het verzieken van het leven op aarde. #StopFossieleSubsidies #A12Blokkade

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André Vatter | @avatteravatter
2025-04-05

"Nehmt Open Source."
"Aber der nette Mann von Microsoft sagte, MS Office sei besser!"
"Nehmt Open Source."
"Aber die Oberflächen sehen da ja ganz anders aus, da müsste man ja Schulungen machen!"
"Nehmt Open Source."
"Aber wer soll das denn warten?"
"Nehmt Open Source."
"Aber Windows ist schon fest im Budget verplant!"

tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digit

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TheRightsForumTheRightsForum
2025-04-05

Weer is Israël betrapt op een leugen. De door het Israëlische leger vermoorde Palestijnse hulpverleners waren wel degelijk als zodanig herkenbaar. Tot wanneer blijft minister Veldkamp deze leugens en oorlogsmisdaden van zijn vriend en bondgenoot accepteren en verdedigen?

nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/m

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2025-04-05

Straatprotest is van symbolisch en organisatorisch belang maar het is slechts één wapen in de gereedschapskist, benadrukt ngo Indivisible, die vandaag in de VS mee de schouders zet onder de nationale actiedag tegen Trump en Musk. : "Protest is een strategisch middel om je doel te bereiken. Het is geen vorm van zelfexpressie of therapie.”

Indivisible zet ook in op het uitbouwen van alternatieve media, want “je kan niet enkel vertrouwen op mediakanalen die gecontroleerd worden door eigenaars die profiteren van Trumps beleid”

Lees de analyse van Apache-collega @janwlrvn

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2025-04-05

Terug van weggeweest: #ChatControl, nu verpakt als #ProtectEU. Bottom line blijft hetzelfde: meelezen in geencrypteerd verkeer. Zucht, here we go again. Commission unveils ProtectEU – a new European Internal Security Strategy ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission unveils ProtectEU –...

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2025-04-05

Microsoft AI employee has interrupted Microsoft’s big 50th anniversary event to accuse Microsoft of using AI for war crimes by arming Israel. Powerful email included too.

theverge.com/news/643670/micro

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Alec Muffettalecmuffett
2025-04-04

European Commission: to protect Ukraine we must prevent their ability to have end-to-end secure communication
alecmuffett.com/article/113127

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katzenberger 🇺🇦katzenberger@mastodon.de
2025-04-04

@mullvadnet

Not just #ChatControl.

Can't wait for #Orban, and consequently #Putin, to get hold of this:

»This will enable secure #automated exchanges of #fingerprints, #DNA profiles, #vehicle registration data, #facial images, and police #records through EU routers. At national level, Member States need to implement the Information Exchange Directive enhancing information exchange channels for seamless cross-border information flow, while ensuring their integration with Union-level systems, such as SIENA«

eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten

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2025-04-04

Steeds meer landen stellen hun steun aan het verbod op antipersoonsmijnen in vraag, waarschuwt het Rode Kruis op de Internationale Dag tegen Landmijnen. Handicap International start een petitie om de Belgische overheid aan te sporen zich sterker in te zetten voor de bescherming van burgers in conflictgebieden. mo.be/nieuws/ngo-s-bezorgd-ove

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