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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-23 at 06:29

Solar power surpasses coal as EU energy source

Europe's transition to renewable energy comes at a time when US President Donald Trump, upon inauguration, pulled out of the Paris Agreement aiming to pursue a "drill, baby, drill" energy policy.

https://www.dw.com/en/solar-power-surpasses-coal-as-eu-energy-source/a-71377771

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 21:30

https://bsky.app/profile/idenarch.bsky.social/post/3lge66wd27k2i

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 21:28

https://bsky.app/profile/politicalbeauty.bsky.social/post/3lgea2l7iqt2e

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 21:15

Thailand denies planning Uyghur return in face of UN pleas

Thai authorities have denied any immediate plan to send 48 Uyghur refugees back to China after UN experts urged a stop. Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim minority in China.

https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-denies-planning-uyghur-return-in-face-of-un-pleas/a-71368846

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 21:13

Australia eyes possible foreign role in antisemitic attacks

Australian police are investigating whether criminals have been paid money from abroad to commit antisemitic crimes. The country has seen a recent spate of vandalism against Jewish sites.

https://www.dw.com/en/australia-eyes-possible-foreign-role-in-antisemitic-attacks/a-71367503

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 21:10

Rupert Murdoch ceding “person most like Bond villain in ‘The World Is Not Enough’ to Elon Musk? Or is there more action ahead?

Prince Harry settles suit with Murdoch media after apology

The Duke of Sussex would have faced a high legal bill even if he had won the case. Harry had accused Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers of unlawfully spying on him.

https://www.dw.com/en/prince-harry-settles-murdoch-media-lawsuit/a-71369941

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 20:00

A bit inside baseball, but wtf. #acm #icmr how can you give so little information about where you actually are? #chicago is a big place! Are you trying to hide being at circle campus? https://www.icmr-2025.org/organization/

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-22 at 10:33

I put on the German classical music station while I did some admin to calm down, and they switched to talking about using KI (AI) to write classical music and how much climate it is worth burning for that. #AIEthics #fullCourtPress #techDiplomacy

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-21 at 19:35

[#]giftArticle on those executive orders he signed.

 One of the executive orders he signed directs the Justice Department, the SEC & FTC to examine the prior administration’s actions for politically motivated enforcement and funding decisions. It also calls for a review of spying activities. A separate measure revokes security clearances from more than 50 former intelligence officials who warned about possible Russian disinformation operations in the 2020 election.

https://wapo.st/40DUWHc

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-21 at 18:29

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-21 at 13:29

Germany's Habeck says EU is ready for possible Trump tariffs

Outgoing Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck says the EU and Germany must show unity in the face of potential US tariffs under Donald Trump. He told DW that trade conflicts with the US would be to the detriment of both sides.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-eu-prepared-us-tariffs-habeck/a-71357070

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-21 at 10:17

Yeah, don't forget it was a broadly unpopular idea, so this makes sense.

https://mastodon.social/@DebErupts/113864049171337998

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-21 at 07:29

noted: correlation ≠ causation , but it does offer hypotheses that need testing

German TikTokers more approving of China, Russia – survey

A poll suggests that Germans who get their news from TikTok, rather than traditional media, are less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It comes amid a debate over shutting down the Chinese platform in the US.

https://www.dw.com/en/german-tiktokers-more-approving-of-china-russia-survey/a-71352124

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Written by Joanna Bryson, blathering on 2025-01-21 at 07:27

Elsewhere on Monday. The bottom lines of the article observe that China does more executions than the rest of the world combined (with 1/8 of the world's population). #autocracy #deathPenalty

China executes 2 men for 'revenge on society crimes'

Two men who committed mass killings apparently out of personal frustration have been executed in China. The two attacks took place within days of one another but were not said to have been connected.

https://www.dw.com/en/china-executes-2-men-for-revenge-on-society-crimes/a-71349755

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