#US
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All understandable.
Not so/rather incompetent:
Due to intelligence failure (or ignoring it?) massive amounts of advanced military gear was left for the #Taliban. Among them, devices that can issue real id's and unprotected databases containing personal data of thousands of #US military personnel.
Other allied forces had to flee in the end due to lack of #US protection/assistance.
Long-time local allied troops were left behind, being persecuted..
#US President #JoeBiden said on that he has had no contact with Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the indictment of #DonaldTrump over the handling of classified documents
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/trump-indictment-joe-biden-trump-documents-case-no-contact-with-justice-department-over-trump-case-joe-biden-101686335252307.html #press
Very pleased to welcome @AmbassadorTai to Riga and to meet with Latvian companies representing tech excellence. There is a huge scope for cooperation with the US in this area!
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VDombrovskis/status/1667237761508581395
@pairko
Sorry, too brief.
#DarkBrandon has made many succesful policy decisions, but also few disastrous ones.
I assume that one of the ones you would disagree with is the bungled withdrawal from #Afghanistan which cost the #US a lot of credibility among its #NATO partners and other allied countries?
A good piece from The Hill on the UAP / UFO whistleblower situation claiming a dozen recovered craft of non-human origin. The whole thing seems uniquely credible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJKwglRgwDM
#UAP #UFO #aliens #US #defense #military #space #whistleblower #DavidGrusch
Other U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges are likely to be in the firing line after the country's Securities and Exchange Commission sued Coinbase and Binance this week for allegedly breaching its rules. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/09/business/tech/us-sec-crypto-crackdown-analysis/?utm_content=buffer17e91&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #tech #us #cryptocurrencies #binance #coinbase
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 8, 2023
"Ukraine has conducted counteroffensive operations with differential outcomes in at least three sectors...
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to the Ukrainian attack with an uncharacteristic degree of coherency..."
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-8-2023
#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #CounterOffensive #ISW
If there's a way to step on it, Russia likes to go there...
"Ukraine receives more support after dam destruction.
After the destruction of a dam in Ukraine, and while the country approaches its long-awaited counter-offensive, Nato members rally for continued support."
https://www.army-technology.com/news/ukraine-receives-more-support-after-dam-destruction/
#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #CounterOffensive #Dnipro
Just back from the gym. Did I miss anything? 😆 #Trump #BorisJohnson #news #UK #US
RT @VDombrovskis: Very pleased to welcome @AmbassadorTai to Riga and to meet with Latvian companies representing tech excellence. There is a huge scope for cooperation with the US in this area!
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#Latvia #EU #US https://t.co/gznRUJ4h9J
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUintheUS/status/1667239292463206400
#US. activists are campaigning to remove #Cuba from the State Sponsors of #Terrorism list
https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2023/06/09/u-s-activists-are-campaigning-to-remove-cuba-from-the-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-list/
#US #weather agency declares first El Niño in eight years is already underway
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-09/el-nino-underway-declares-us-weather-authority/102461934
#Cuba gives #China permission to build spying facility on island, #US intel says
#HumanRights #ChinaAggression #Dictatorship #Surveillance #ChinaCrimes #Censorship #BoycottChinaproducts @chinascio
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/cuba-china-spying-facility/index.html
Former #US President #DonaldTrump said that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president.
https://trib.al/ppeWVI8 #press
The #US States That Have The Most #Sex, Mapped
https://digg.com/data-viz/link/us-states-have-most-sex-mapped-FhBvDCnUkC
#US Pushing into Troubled Waters with #China
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/06/09/us-pushing-into-troubled-waters-with-china
#Socialmedia, #trauma, #hatespeech add to #youth #mentalhealth #crisis, #US #Senate #panel told.
#Wisconsin #Democratic Sen. #TammyBaldwin #questioned the #impact on youth #mentalhealth of (#RepublicanParty) #lawmakers at every level of #government #introducing and #passing #bills that are #antilgbtq
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SocialMedia #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
#LGBTQ+ #Acceptance On Rise In #US, #Ipsos #Poll Shows #Positive #Shift In #attitudes
The #survey collected #responses from more than 22,514 #adults aged below 75 in the 30 #countries who participated #online between February 17 and March 3
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://thelogicalindian.com/gender/lgbtq-acceptance-on-rise-in-us-40874
This man has created his own land-locked ‘country’ in the #US and now refers to himself as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan."
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/meet-sultan-of-slowjamastan-who-created-a-country-in-the-us-where-crocs-are-banned-101686318529401.html #press
Former U.S. President Donald Trump assailed Hillary Clinton for her handling of sensitive information. Now, the same issue threatens his chances of reclaiming the presidency. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/09/world/trump-indictment-analysis/?utm_content=buffer60366&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #us #donaldtrump
From 08 Jun: Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case - Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your in... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alabama-ap-supreme-court-john-roberts-brett-kavanaugh-b2353995.html #americas #us-politics #world
#Greece Strefi Hill is more than just an inner city #park. It’s a precious gathering space at the heart of a spirited neighbourhood that successive governments have sought – but failed – to subdue and assimilate. It’s a haven for #anarchists, #refugees and other outsiders to organise or socialise, but also a valuable community space with an open theatre, basketball courts and a playground.
With a permanent deployment of approximately 150 #police on the hill reported for the past half year, the atmosphere is intimidating, to say the least. Since August 2022 up until the time of writing, the assembly to defend the hill has reported constant harassment of those trying to use the park, including of kids coming to play basketball or simply hang out. It has counted over forty arrests in that time, as well as other acts of violence and tear gas used against local residents who refuse to back down in the face of state intimidation. Yet the assembly has sustained resistance in myriad forms – from demos, to intergenerational festivities with traditional dancing and choirs. #exarxeia
These corporate interests can be traced far beyond #Athens, with wealth being funnelled back to countries such as the #UK, #Switzerland, #Netherlands, #Denmark and the #US. The attack on the hill is part of a global struggle against the suppression of dissent, alternative lifestyles and free public spaces. But with collective resistance and solidarity, victory against the devastating forces of #gentrification is within reach.
The corporate plunder of #Strefi Hill - Corporate Watch https://corporatewatch.org/the-corporate-plunder-of-strefi-hill/
#IndiGo to start codeshare flights to #US
Track latest updates - https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/breaking-news-live-updates-june-9-2023-latest-news-top-headlines-101686268085698.html #press
The #US Is Punishing #Cuba to Send a Message to the Whole World
https://medium.com/@codepink/the-us-is-punishing-cuba-to-send-a-message-to-the-whole-world-51e6aa2a3ca
The #USA is desperate to improve relations with #SaudiArabia and sent #Blinken to meet with MBS.
However, the US has failed to win over the Saudis and the dollar is still doomed.
So the #dedollarization will continue. #US economy will go to hell and the rest of the world will breathe a sigh of relief.
As the world warms, disasters collide. That’s happening right now, as health experts warn that exposure to wildfire smoke across North America increases the risks of catching COVID-19. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/09/world/science-health-world/wildfire-smoke-covid-risk/?utm_content=buffer9e4c3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #us #wildfires #covid19
1,131,439 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-June-09 Friday
846 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 16.30% of global pandemic deaths
U.S. - 4.19% of the global population
#US #USA #America #Americans #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #CoronaVirus #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborn #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Mask #Masks #WearAMask #Death #Deaths #AmericanDeaths #Vaccine #Vaccines #silentsunday #montag #sunday #Friday #SilentSunday #Monday #LongCovid #news #USNews #politics #USPolitics
#Airpollution in #US from #wildfire smoke is worst in recent recorded history https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/08/air-quality-record-smoke-hazard-wildfire-worst-day-ever-canada-new-york
Really kind of amazing how far and how fast things fell since 2015, isn't it?
TX legislature indicting their own defiant AG was a 12-ish hour story because the GOP-packed Supreme Court struck down FLA's attempt to ban books about the Holocaust and public existence of crossdressers/drag and the GOP is rallying for the ex-president's first Federal indictment (second overall) over Espionage Act violations that they don't even dispute he did.
I'm not saying this isn't good news, but that sure is some whiplash.
How is everyone coping with this wildfire smoke inundating Canada and the US east coast? I hope you are staying inside if you can and taking appropriate precautions if you must go outside! Don't forget to bring your pets inside too!!
#Wildfires #AirQuality #Canada #US #Enviornment #ClimateCrisis
For those in the US who haven't seen it yet, AirNow is an awesome resource to track your local air quality:
Pink News: Maryland governor Wes Moore signs order protecting trans healthcare: ‘You deserve to live safely’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/maryland-governor-wes-moore-trans-healthcare/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #gender-affirminghealthcare #abortionrights #Politics #Maryland #Trans #News #US
@malcircuit the interesting thing to me throughout my education was the relentless focus on one part of US history - #revolutionary war to WW2.... like it was held in a box, and this was what "History" was
the ONLY reason why i was taught anything about post-#WW2 US, such as the #KoreanWar or #Vietnam, was bc i was in honors #History in high school. if you werent in that class, your 'history' lessons ended with the end of a very old war, and rarely if ever went beyond #US borders.
Greta Thunberg: "I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as if you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house was on fire, because it is."
#Canada #US
#FossilFuelsKill
#DontLookUp #fire #smoke
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction
Maybe now white people will stop advising anyone to "just move".
And it's not just in the #US, ftr.
#HRC #NationalEmergency #LGBTQIANP2S
https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/national-state-of-emergency-for-lgbtq-americans
If you look at the sky in most of #Canada and most of the northern part of the #US, you can see a lot of brown darken skies due to #wildfires which will last at least until the weekend. Here's a brief explainer. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/wildfire-smoke-and-haze-in-the-eastern-united-states-should-peak-this-week/
And here's how to protect yourself from the wildfire smoke. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wildfire-smoke-health-lungs-1.6867405
#US #judge #blocks #Florida #ban on #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare for #trans #minors in narrow ruling, says ‘#genderidentity is real’.
Ruling Tuesday that the state has no #RationalBasis for denying #TransKids #MedicallyNecessary #treatment
I watched a video the other day that noted the majority of the U.S. #population lives within 100 miles of our #border, which I didn't realize (or forgot).
Within 100 miles of our border, no #US #citizen has full and complete guaranteed #constitutional protections.
We're not becoming a #fascist #nation, we've long been a fascist nation.
11 schwarze #US-Soldaten flüchteten 1944 in das ostbelgische Dorf #Wereth. Die SS ermordete sie brutal. Heute steht das einzige Denkmal für schwarze Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkriegs in #Europa in Wereth – weil eine Familie aus dem Ort den Anstoß gab. #WWII https://www.riffreporter.de/de/international/wereth-massaker-belgien-ardennen-offensive-zweiter-weltkrieg-rassismus-nationalsozialismus
The CEO of United #Airlines says that #flying over russian airspace is a ‘safety and security risk’ he won’t take—and it’s a big problem for Asia routes
“I think it creates a safety and security risk,” Kirby (CEO of United Airlines) said in Istanbul, highlighting concerns for the safety of #US citizens on such flights, or the possibility of being forced to land in russia for a variety of reasons.
Read more here🔗 https://fortune.com/2023/06/05/ceo-united-airlines-russian-airspace-security-risk/
[Commentary] China is the chief beneficiary of the U.S. debt ceiling nonsense. Doubts about U.S. trustworthiness spur governments to look elsewhere for leadership and stability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/06/commentary/world-commentary/us-debt-ceiling-fiasco/?utm_content=buffer8138f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #southeastasia #us #debt #taxes #debtceiling #useconomy #republicans #globaleconomy #joebiden #democrats
U.S. clean hydrogen roadmap released
#hydrogen #greenhydrogen #cleanhydrogen #US
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/06/06/u-s-clean-hydrogen-roadmap-released/
Most strikingly, despite enormous problems, people are a lot more upbeat, optimistic, and have taken their destiny in their own hands (they are not expecting our handouts, or our "help" to solve their problems) lest their lives are altered by catastrophes not of their creation. Contrast that with us in the West, we seem to wallow, and whine in catastrophism and pessimism. Where's the sense of optimism that literally made the US what it is? If we are ever going to change the world, we better start there, changing our mindset and being more proactive and having a sense of public commitment and not lease that off to the privateers.
8/8
#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
People are way more aware and mindful in the usage and disposal of resources (water, food, waste etc.,), build tree covers, less/no use of single-use plastics etc., without thumping their chest that they are "saving the planet". Maybe as a consequence of the pandemic or otherwise, the levels of public sanitation, and cleanliness were the best I have seen. For us, in the West, conservation seems to be an empty slogan to soothe our heartburns!
7/8
#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
How about overhauling the MBTA in Boston (supposedly one of the better mass transit systems in the US that looks even more like a joke) for example?
Before people give excuses as to why it is hard: Chennai is even more chaotic, ten times more populated than Boston and way more densely so, with more traffic and pollution, with an old transportation system that already exists, with as much contestations about property and homeowner rights (and all the cacophony of a "democracy"), much less money than here, much more corruption than here, and a much much harsher weather in which everything has to be built. If Chennai can create a stunningly modern, efficient and squeaky clean metro that is cheap (which no US city currently has), then our excuse can only boil down to lethargy, NIMBYism, rabid individualism, indifference, and lack of any will.
6/8
#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
So what is it that they are doing there, and we are not?
For example, in the city of Chennai (it's true for other cities in India too), they believe, including some level of political will and intention, that a modern, extensive, cheap, and energy efficient mass transportation and metro system is a necessity. To that end they have built several new lines that are operational, including overhauling old ones, and will complete several more new lines in the next few years. Not to forget, just Tamilnadu, the state in which Chennai is, already generates more from wind energy than any Scandinavian country.
Meanwhile our solution in the US is to talk about individual electric vehicles, autonomous self-driving, hyperloops for cars, AI for mitigating climate change, web 3.0, or whatever gets cooked up by the geniuses at silicon valley.
5/8
#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
While the weather was brutal (at least for me, having lived almost all my adult life in the US), the environment and resources extremely precarious, the political landscape chaotic, high levels of unemployment and inequality, decimation of the countryside, intensification of existing hierarchies (caste and otherwise) through the import of gig and app economies (thanks to the previous iteration of the "revolutionary" gift from silicon valley), people are going about their lives, adapting (and surviving), being creative whether it be arts or sciences (my mind shuts down completely in that heat), and most of all finding their own solutions out of this mess that they neither created, nor are perpetuating.
It hit me quite viscerally that we in the West are entirely unprepared to change or adapt and not willing to have the slightest changes/disruptions in our lifestyle. If people still hold on to the idea that reversing the effects of climate change is a possibility and we can continue our ways of live, they better wake up from that dream!
4/8
#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
The breakthroughs necessary to provide for decent lives in the face of global warming and climate change (which is already here, and not some tipping point in 2027 or 2030 etc etc.,), and modernize such a society is quite different and far removed from the technologies for which much of capital, hype, and attention seems to be directed at. So in what sense are these world-changing technologies beyond the usual march of capitalism into newer territories? If consumerism is the heart of revolutionary technologies of our era, where are the low-cost, energy and resource efficient, sustainable HVAC units, refrigerators, washer/dryers etc., which will qualitatively change peoples lives? Last I checked, almost no elite academic/corporate entity in the West is working on any of these. Some world-changing tech we seem to be working on.
3/8
#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
It was quite refreshing and a much needed reset for me to view from outside the hype-bubble of AI (as this purported revolutionary, epoch-making or world-changing technological breakthrough), and witness its almost irrelevance and even be a detriment/nuisance to the day-to-day lives of people there.
AI in its best-case scenario can be a useful tool, far from the world-changing tech constantly beamed on social media and elsewhere, and it hits you really hard when you see people living in 100+ F weather almost constantly. The feels like temperature was consistently between 45-50 Celsius during the daytime with high humidity for the entirety of my stay and this now lasts months in that part of the world!!.
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#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
Just got back to Boston after nearly a month long trip to India, spending much of the time in the giant metropolis of Chennai where I grew up.
It's my first trip since before the pandemic (about 4 years), and here are some personal (and many a times harsh) observations.
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#India #US #West #AI #ClimateChange #SiliconValley #Technology #Politics #GlobalWarming #Energy #Chennai #Boston
No doubt some would say that such attitudes in the #British #monarchy would be a justification for the #US #Declaration of #Independence - originalism lives!
See humans, this is what happens when you cut mental health services to the bone.
You get Michaels
QT Mike_Fabricant: I still say we should give @\Nigel_Farage a knighthood.
And IF #Trump is re-elected to the #US #Presidency, he should be our trade envoy or even His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the US as he enjoys a strong relationship with him - let's use it for a comprehensive trade deal!
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"...👉hypothetical example👈, this illustrates the real-world challenges posed by AI-powered capability and is why the #AirForce is committed to the 👉ethical development of #AI".]👈
The last statement: in competition with #China? The #US military, who has been proven to use #GI's as guinea pigs? If you please!
In contrast, the conference report:
"However, he👉 cautioned👈 against relying too..."
I'm sorry, Congressnan, but even though this kind of statistics is way more intelligent than the #GQP's, leave alone #MAGA's, it should not be reported to dishonest means.
Of course, these gains must be seen 👉relative👈 to the #US working-age population of the corresponding years, at a minimum.
Also, figures must be deflated somehow for female participation rates in the workforce, which was all but none-existent prior to #WWII in comparison to the present.
What would've happened with your #DigitalCurrencies in your #DigitalWallets if the #US had #defaulted this month, causing a potential financial meltdown on a global scale?
No #DepositInsurance for consumers!
Just 32 days ago*, I was concerned that a #GeneralArtificialIntelligence could come 2 see humans as a threat to its own existence.
I didn't want 2 exaggerate + mention that #AI could also easily see humans as ineffizient or even detrimental 2 a task.
Now, even a mere #GAI's killed its 1st human: a #US military #drone in the #US eliminated its human operator in a simulation:
#Business #Findings
Insights from American workers · A survey on AI in the workplace across four generations https://ilo.im/138i5n
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#Survey #US #AI #Job #Workplace #Future #GenZ #Millennials #GenX #Boomers
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Pink News: Enraged parents call for boycott of school Pride Day assembly to keep kids ‘innocent’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/29/anti-lgbtq-parents-call-to-boycott-la-school-over-pride-day-assembly/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #LosAngeles #Education #parents #schools #News #US
South Korea will avoid capitalizing on China’s ban on a U.S. chipmaker, seeing the move by Beijing as an attempt to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/28/asia-pacific/south-korea-us-chipmaker/?utm_content=bufferc4bf9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #asiapacific #china #us #southkorea #chipmakers
Pink News: The gender-affirming style coach spreading trans joy – one empowering look at a time https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/28/annaliese-cherry-gender-affirming-style-fashion-trans/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #genderaffirmingstyle #AnnalieseCherry #AnnalieseStyle #Community #Features #Fashion #Trans #US
Major anti-LGBTQ groups are behind a surge of legislation across the country targeting transgender people's access to health care, school sports, and bathrooms. #news #politics #us #lgbtq #transrights
https://americanindependent.com/right-wing-groups-attacking-trans-rights/