U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week indicated that there might be an easing in tensions with China.

VA Secretary Doug Collins this week sent a rare department-wide email requesting employees to report any allegations of “anti-Christian discrimination” among their colleagues. The email, which was reviewed by The Associated Press, asks for “names, dates, and locations” of any alleged incidents to be reported to an internal email address. The Guardian first reported the email.

Serbia’s government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the country’s research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts.

Justice Department attorney Mary Larakers made the argument in a court document filed Wednesday, suggesting that U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy’s order wasn’t violated because the Defense Department isn’t a defendant in the lawsuit.

This looks way to break with chip restrictions bound by the leading software package AUTOSAR. But I think, like all FOSS, will benefit everyone in the end.

Cross-posted from "Malicious Compliance & Work to Rule: 2 easy & legal forms of sabotage to fuck with the boss" by @cyu@sh.itjust.works in !iwwunion@lemmy.ml

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This seems like a good opportunity for anyone interested in contributing to the organization of 50501 as well as the decentralized web.

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Climate researchers argue their science has advanced enough to directly link emissions from particular companies to damages from specific extreme weather events

This is a long article (excerpts from a book apparently) but it's interesting.

Despite record declines in oil revenues and a growing budget deficit, the Kremlin has doubled its 2025 funding for Yunarmiya, a Russian youth movement known for promoting military training and ideological indoctrination among teenagers, reported independent Russian outlet Mozhem Obyasnit, citing the organization’s financial documents on April 22.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28632820

Die Parteispitzen von CDU, CSU und SPD haben am 9. April 2025 den fertig ausverhandelten Koalitionsvertrag der zukünftigen Bundesregierung vorgestellt. Diese Koalitionsvereinbarung muss jetzt noch von den drei Parteien beschlossen werden. In der zweiten Maiwoche soll dann der Bundeskanzler gewählt und die neue Bundesregierung eingesetzt werden. Digitale Souveränität und Open Source spielen in dem Koalitionsvertrag eine wichtige Rolle, jetzt kommt es auf die konkrete Umsetzung der darin formulierten politischen Ziele an. Davon hängt es ab, ob die digitale Transformation der öffentlichen Verwaltung in dieser Wahlperiode erfolgreich ist.

Starting June 20, 2025, all smartphones and tablets sold in the EU will feature a new label inside the box, indicating battery life and efficiency. This is an update to the energy sticker Europeans are already familiar with on household appliances, tailored to align with the type of information consumers now expect from their electronic devices.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said that China is one of the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.

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BASF said in a statement it had completed the sale of its shares in Markor Chemical Manufacturing and Markor Meiou Chemical to the Singaporean group Verde Chemical.

🤣 Literally bumpkins

He's adequately square, but the dumbass that set him didn't quite push him flush. Most hotel showers have this problem. Sorry not sorry you will see this in every hotel room ever now.

The wife of a wrongly deported Salvadoran father living in Maryland was moved to a safe house after Donald Trump’s administration posted a court document that included her address on social media.

While cloned fonts may not be illegal, it certainly wasn’t in the spirit of the campaign.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28608914

or you misspeak and correct yourself with an apology and get hit with HAHA SO WHICH IS IT YOU CANT EVEN GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT

A small ship I designed. Blueprint

President Donald Trump is a national embarrassment and an American disgrace. Fueled by his massive ego, he’s driving roughshod over the American government, the American taxpayers, and the world at large.

Also, FOSS is awesome, glad this exists.

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A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, according to an order issued on Wednesday.

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After initial tests created a series of large holes in the wall of the lab, the higher-power Scanning Tunneling Tennis Ball Microscope project was quickly shut down.

China is preparing to lift sanctions on European lawmakers as it tries to revive an investment deal with the EU after losing most of its access to the US market in Donald Trump’s trade war.

Or are you just waking up from the post-post-lunch nap

Art was science. Look at the gorgeous color. The fabric is like a thin canvas. Metal rails top and bottom. Its going on my wall. ... After I figure out how to safely mount it.

I tried running a 2nd instance of Roblox simultaneously on macos 15 with another account but this shows up, if my mac can handle it then why can't it just let me do it? If I have two copies of an app like Roblox in separate User/Applications folders, macos moves them to the /Applications/ folder.

“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex.

Bye Civil Rights act. This also criples any challenges to the Save Act so they wont have to repeal the 19th Ammendment.