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Die Uploadfilter sind da. Ab heute haften große Digital-Plattformen für die Uploads ihrer Nutzer. Zukünftig darf nur noch weniger als die Hälfte eines geschützten Werkes auf diesen Plattformen veröffentlicht werden. Zum Schutz vor nun verbotenen Uploads werden Filter und Fingerprinting benutzt. Es bleibt die Hoffnung, dass der EuGH die EU-Richtlinie kassiert.
https://www.golem.de/news/gesetz-tritt-in-kraft-die-uploadfilter-sind-da-2108-158563.html
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„Pssst!“, flüsterte mir dieser polnische Käsekuchen heute zu. „Wenn man „Stressed“ rückwärts spricht, kommt „Desserts“ dabei raus.“ #cakefacts
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Y’all know about the 6,300 kilometer long meshnet in Catalonia? It’s beautiful https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guifi.net
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37 years ago, 50 companies control the media in America. Fast forward to 2011, American news outlets are controlled only by 6 powerful corporations.
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UK government want to privatise #Channel4 saying "it's advertising based funding model is unsustainable" (it's worked since channel was setup 40 years ago).
An alternative view might be the UK government want to sell off the broadcasters licence to one of their dodgy right-wing cronies because the channel news reporters ask difficult questions about bad decisions made by government, and show programmes that challenge their propaganda...
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@amolith I think I'd read the US Army recommended %Y-%b-%d as the least likely to be confused. (2021-Jul-30).
And I agree the US month day convention makes no sense.
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Ok, you have a valid point. *breaks arm patting himself on the back* 🤣
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Amber
Imagine buying a computer that can't edit text without an internet connection
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Reminder that nothing is "just the way it is". It's the way we make it.
Having a whole process to determine whether or not somebody is allowed to exist in a different country isn't "just the way it is". Humans did that, and we can undo it.
People starving despite there being enough food isn't "just the way it is". Humans did that, and we can change it.
Your quality of life being determined by how much money you inherited isn't "just the way it is". Humans did that, and we can get rid of it.
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Brazil gets snow and ice, surprising residents | DW | 30.07.2021
While many people were pleasantly surprised, farmers in more central regions feared the worst for valuable crops. Most of the snow was recorded in mountainous areas.
https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-gets-snow-and-ice-surprising-residents/a-58699478 #climateemergency #pollution #environment #ecology #Launceston #Brazil #RioGrandeDoSul
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Permafrost in Daisetsu Mountains in Japan projected to decrease significantly
Areas with ground temperatures that remain below 0 degrees Celsius for more than two years are referred to as permafrost, and approximately one-quarter of the Northern Hemisphere and 17% of the Earth's exposed land surface is permafrost. Permafrost ...
https://phys.org/news/2021-07-permafrost-daisetsu-mountains-japan-decrease.html #climateemergency #pollution #environment #ecology #Japan
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ah, yes the joys of constantly switching locales because america is stupid and DD-MM-YYYY is better but everyone here still uses MM-DD-YYYY
is this march 8th?
august 3rd?
or august 8th like i almost told someone in an email just now
is this march 8th?
august 3rd?
or august 8th like i almost told someone in an email just now
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The Australian government has successfully lobbied UNESCO to block the Great Barrier Reef from being listed as 'in danger' from climate change.
This doesn't change the science. Climate change remains the number one threat to the Reef.
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https://tweets.newsbots.eu/Greenpeace/status/1420942506351501312 — #bot]
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“I don’t think we have time for voluntary corporate initiatives any more. We’ve done them for decades and they haven’t worked," Jennifer Morgan, Greenpeace Int'l executive director.
Time to legislate & regulate corporate climate action! #ClimateEmergency
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/26/climate-crisis-green-light
[ https://tweets.newsbots.eu/Greenpeace/status/1420625136718209029 — #bot]
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**Exercise may boost kids’ vocabulary growth**
"Swimming a few laps likely won't turn your child into the next Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps, but it just might help them become the next J.K. Rowling or Stephen King. A recent study suggests aerobic exercise, such as swimming, can boost kids' vocabulary growth."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210728105611.htm
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Tausende Wissenschaftler schlagen erneut Alarm
Vor etwa zwei Jahren haben rund 11.000 Wissenschaftler aus 153 Ländern vor einem weltweiten „Klimanotfall“ gewarnt. Nun erneuern sie ihre Warnung. Veränderungen seien dringender als je zuvor, heißt es in der soeben veröffentlichten Erklärung. Es sind noch weitere 2.800 Unterzeichner hinzugekommen.
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