God bless you mam for fighting back against those satanists from CNN and MSNBC.

This randomly popped into my head.

Wedge issues

I blame each and every one of you.

Our research shows that candidates who come from the union movement are exactly what many Americans crave

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Palden Yeshi, a Tibetan monk and teacher from eastern Tibet, has reportedly been sentenced to six years in prison by Chinese authorities for teaching the Tibetan language to local children during school holidays, according to a report by the Dharamshala-based independent radio station Voice of Tibet (VoT).

He was a teacher at Karze Monastery in Tehor, Karze County, and was arrested on May 17, 2021, while serving at the monastery. According to sources cited by VoT, Chinese police suddenly arrived at the monastery and detained him without prior notice, forcibly taking him away.

Following his detention, authorities did not provide his family with clear information regarding the reasons for his arrest or the legal basis for the charges against him.

Sources indicate that the primary reason for his detention was his efforts to teach the Tibetan language to more than 300 local children during school holidays. The classes were reportedly organized for young students from nearby communities who wished to learn Tibetan reading and writing. Chinese authorities are believed to have deemed these voluntary language lessons illegal.

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In related news, China bars Tibetan government employees from religious rites and family funerals.

Tibetans employed in government positions have been strictly forbidden from engaging in religious practices. While they are technically allowed to visit major religious sites such as the Jokhang Temple (Tsuglakhang) and the Potala Palace during Losar, their presence is limited to sightseeing purposes only.

They are expressly prohibited from offering prayers, making ritual offerings, performing prostrations, or displaying any other forms of religious devotion. Authorities reportedly warned that such acts would constitute violations of Communist Party discipline.

The restrictions extend into private family life. Government employees are said to be barred not only from participating in public religious ceremonies but also from attending last rites, weekly memorial prayer services, and cremation rituals for their own deceased relatives. A Lhasa resident told TT that even the traditional seventh-day prayers for the departed cannot be attended by those in state employment.

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Further details about the up to 350 jobs losses expected at the CSIRO are likely to be announced this week.

A CSIRO scientist fears the cuts will harm Australia's ability to adapt and respond to climate change, but the science agency says that's not the case.

A union branch representing CSIRO scientists is calling for urgent funding to stop the job losses.

I hope some of you here have some ideas why our government would be doing this? Is it to follow the example of the US with its axing of many climate change related programs and institutions? Is it because these scientists are going to be supplanted by AI programs? I find this situation bewildering.

Around the world, scientists are exploring an unexpected solution to the growing data crisis: storing digital information in synthetic DNA. The idea is simple but powerful—DNA is one of the most compact, durable information systems on Earth.

But one issue has held the field back. Once data is written into DNA, it can’t be changed.

Now, researchers at the University of Missouri are helping solve that problem by transforming DNA from a one-time medium into a rewritable digital hard drive.

“DNA is incredible—it stores life’s blueprint in a tiny, stable package,” Li-Qun “Andrew” Gu, a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at Mizzou’s College of Engineering, says.

“We wanted to see if we could store and rewrite information at the molecular level faster, simpler, and more efficiently than ever before.”

Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company’s founders into its AI research division. The deal will bring Moltbook co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs, the unit led by Alexandr Wang, former Scale AI CEO, which Meta purchased for $14.8bn. Meta did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Schlicht and Parr are expected to begin at Meta Superintelligence Labs on 16 March.

The Performing Right Society (PRS) has "commenced legal proceedings" against Steam owner Valve over the use of its members' works on Steam "without permission."

The organization claims that while games right across the spectrum use music to "transform play into emotional, immersive experiences," Valve has "never obtained a licence for its use of the rights managed by PRS on behalf of its members, comprising songwriters, composers, and music publishers."

PRS claims "many game titles which incorporate PRS members' musical works are made available on Steam," including "high profile series" such as Forza Horizon, FIFA/EA FC, and GTA.

PRS said that as it had sought to work with Valve about the licensing issues "for many years without appropriate engagement from Valve," it has now issued legal proceedings under the UK's s20 Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 and requires any game that uses PRS' works to obtain a licence.

"The litigation will progress unless Valve Corporation engages positively with discussions and takes the necessary license to cover the use of PRS repertoire, both retrospectively and moving forwards," the organization said in a press statement.

Dan Gopal, chief commercial officer, PRS for Music said: "Our members create music that enhances experiences and PRS exists to protect the value of their work with integrity, transparency, and fairness. Legal proceedings are not a step we take lightly, but when a business’s actions undermine those principles, we have a duty to act.

"Great video games rely on great soundtracks, and the songwriters and creators behind them deserve to have their contribution recognised and fairly valued."

Illinois-based musician Anthony Martino is suing the Internet Archive for copyright infringement over its Myspace Dragon Hoard collection. This 490,000 MP3 collection was created from recordings that were lost in Myspace's 2019 server disaster. According to Martino, his music ended up in the collection without his authorization. Meanwhile, the Internet Archive denies wrongdoing and says it is protected by the DMCA safe harbor.

Send to all yr keto friends.

The tech giant says the new features are designed to alert users before they engage with something suspicious.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/meta-rolls-out-new-scam-detection-tools-to-facebook-whatsapp-and-messenger/

Using #Madblog as the easiest way to spin up an Indieweb/ActivityPub-compatible blog.

Zero db, zero JS, entirely hosted on text files.

• Jack Skellingoon, the Pumpin' King, when he touch his peener

why don't the gestapo ever notice me?

Surely it's a misunderstanding and it has nothing to do with his politics? He's MAGA in case anyone was wondering, a huge Trump defender. Anyway, whenever I tell Grandpa (who I live with) that I want to see the world or go to Germany or Norway on a school trip, or see Norway when I get older with my dad perhaps, he says "Why can't you just stay here?" or "Why can't you visit this country first?"

Then he goes on about how people speak English in America and in Germany and Norway, they speak other languages when I want to learn another language. I want to be fluent in my second and heritage language Norwegian and in German, which I will hopefully become a polyglot in English, Spanish, German, Norwegian and Toki Pona by 2029.

Also, I've told him that I know several monolingual English speakers who went to other non-English speaking countries like Mexico, but he still won't listen and help me save up. (I don't have a job yet and I'm only 15).

Not only this, as much as I love him due to him being family, I don't love his views. He doesn't really like immigrants due to his thinking they all can't speak English. If they speak accented English, he still tells them to "speak English". Maybe he doesn't want to "BECOME the immigrant" (in quotes, because well... we're not Native). Also, I will forever not understand people's hatred towards immigrants and their desire to embrace their home culture in a better country.

The German chancellor expressed concern that there’s no “common plan for bringing this war to a swift and convincing conclusion.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that he is increasingly worried about the apparent lack of a strategy by the U.S. and Israel for winding down their war on Iran.

“With each day of war, more questions arise. What concerns us most is that there is clearly no common plan for bringing this war to a swift and convincing conclusion,” Merz said, speaking alongside Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in Berlin. “We have no interest in an endless war,” the chancellor added.

Merz’s comments come as the U.S. and Israel continue to strike Iran, while Tehran has responded by striking Arab Gulf countries. The spiraling regional conflict is roiling global energy markets, raising concerns across Europe of the kind of inflationary spiral seen after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Drone strikes operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed at least 1,243 people and injured 738 in Haiti, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports.

Since March last year, Haitian security forces with support from Vectus Global, a United States-licensed private military firm, have carried out antigang operations using quadcopter drones strapped with explosives, often in densely populated parts of the ⁠capital, Port-au-Prince.