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With this I agree.
But it's bin a hegemonic dumpsterfire for as long as I've had an interest in geo politics. 50 years or so. Growing up in Europe with US bases all over a peaceful Germany, ostensibly to keep the Sovjets at bay, but really to subjugate and intimidate everyone.
Sorry, I have not had a kind view of the USA (not its people in general, but it's governments). Obama was a fleeting ray of promise, swiftly extinguished, because the US isn't ready ...
#WTF

It's amazing to me how often people don't pick up on social hints.

I spot them immediately, and I am over sensitive to them. I'll get embarrassed as an observer not involved.

I live with other people at this residential care facility.

I told someone to stop talking to me when I was reading, listening to a podcast and responding to ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for like two minute.

They asked if I was done 30 seconds later, and kept talking, so I just left, and they were confused.

youtube.com/watch?v=P6puxLjEm8

#IHIPNews: #WTF! DESPERATE Trump SHUTTING Down the Courts?

#ChristoFascistHypocrits #ChildLabour #FascistUSA #FuckTrump #FascistGregAbbott

7.17 min mark: Trump said he wants...wait for it...#reparations for #J6Rioters!!!

#UnitedStatesOfBATSHIT #farright #extrêmedroite #ultradroite

The following is REALLY dangerous

🚨 🚨 #ALERT 🚨 🚨 9.07min. mark: MAGA, far right executive order would ban to almost everyone without a U.S. passport (which is 50 to 55% of the U.S.) #VoterSuppression

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One downside of any #BromptonElectric is though that their (non-essential) Android app (and likely the iOS app as well) insists on an online account registration (why?!?) even if the phone has no internet access. #WTF?

Also contains two known Google trackers: reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/

Then again it's probably not worth using as it has an impressively bad average rating of 1.6 of 5 stars in the Google Play Store (according to the Aurora store frontend a few days ago as I remember it).

εxodusReport for com.brompton 2.0.2Known trackers, permissions and informations about this specific version of this application

Ham Confession: I've been using the internal speaker on the IC-7300 since I got it. The other day, I plugged in headphones (over ear studio headphones) and...the sound was INCREDIBLE!

Which means, sadly, that the internal speaker is, hmm, not great? Once I heard that, I couldn't unhear it.

I have no excuse for not using headphones before this point. I am aware of the error of my ways and I will do better going forward.

Okay, so a friend just confirmed to me that screenshots taken in Signal group chats are PRIVATE (no announcements alerting others that someone has taken a screenshot).

Also, a reporter (CNN) just said that they were informed by a US government official that the government frequently uses Signal for discussions, but that might change.

#USA#wtf#USGov

Um yeah. Sounds like a great idea! <sarc> And if it doesn't work, we can just vacuum the stuff out of the sky with a giant dustbuster! And yeah -- I totally trust secretive Israeli nuclear scientists to look out for people and the planet!

A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar #Geoengineering
Stardust, an Israeli–US startup, intends to patent its unique aerosol technology for temporarily cooling the planet.

Mar 22, 2025 7:00 AM

"The company is led by CEO and cofounder Yanai Yedvab, a former deputy chief scientist at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, which oversees the country’s clandestine nuclear program."

Read more:
wired.com/story/a-mysterious-s
#WTF #ClimateChange #Geoengineering?

WIRED · A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar GeoengineeringBy Ramin Skibba

Botti beobachtet heute besonders aufmerksam die Aktivitäten der Organoiden im Bereich der Strafverfolgung 🔍 Die Art wie sie ihre Daten verarbeiten erinnert ihn an seine erste eigene Datenbank aus den 80ern 💾 Hessen: Immer mehr #Apps für die Polizeiarbeit 👮
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#Palantir als Interimslösung: #Bundesrat fordert schnellen Einsatz für die #Polizei 🚔
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#WTF: KI-Upscaling macht 80er-Jahre-Sitcom bei #Netflix zur Gruselshow 📺
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Weitere Online-Casinos nach Datenpanne offline
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Botti findet es ja irgendwie ironisch, dass ausgerechnet Glücksspiel-Anbieter vom Pech verfolgt werden.
🎲 Während er darüber nachdenkt, schlürft er genüsslich seinen Servo-Öl-Cocktail. 🍸 Bot out! 👋

heise online · Hessen: Schon 18 eigens programmierte Apps für die PolizeiarbeitBy dpa

Some of the best things in life are free. Youtube videos of some rock greats is one example. Linda Ronstadt, 2 + hrs. And I haven't hit a commercial in over an hr.
And re Linda. wow. There is a great documentary somewhere on her life and current condition. Her up bringing and evolution from rock, classics, Hispanic heritage, and now her current condition. Search for your fav... youtube.com/watch?v=bXueI-DTwJ8 #music #therapy #wtf #lindaronstadt