British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Monday to cut immigration numbers and make it harder to settle in the U.K.

Starmer said he would end “Britain’s failed experiment in open borders,’’

Yes, he's a Republican

https://archive.is/wGp2F

So slavery as indentured servitude is the American future. Way to "new model" the old model.

The stop killing games campaign’s slated goal is to prevent game publishers from intentionally destroying their games after official support ends.

Sign it: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

Read it: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007

More questions?: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/faq

Giant FAQ on The European Initiative to Stop Destroying Games!

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works

#StopKillingGames

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30019726

By Syma Mohammed Published date: 12 May 2025 21:22 BST

More than 30 #California State University (CSU) students are on a hunger strike to protest against #Israel’s blockade of food and water going into Gaza, which has placed the enclave's population at "critical risk" of famine.

In a video released on Sunday, the students said that the hunger strike was growing across campuses: “It’s day seven of the CSU hunger strike for Gaza. We remain steadfast in our struggle for a free #Palestine..."

By Syma Mohammed Published date: 12 May 2025 21:22 BST

More than 30 #California State University (CSU) students are on a hunger strike to protest against #Israel’s blockade of food and water going into Gaza, which has placed the enclave's population at "critical risk" of famine.

In a video released on Sunday, the students said that the hunger strike was growing across campuses: “It’s day seven of the CSU hunger strike for Gaza. We remain steadfast in our struggle for a free #Palestine..."

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4892566

But in Gaza today, cash has all but disappeared. Aside from the brief ceasefire interlude that started in January and Israel ended on 19 March, when some cash aid was delivered by international organizations, no cash had entered Gaza for 15 months prior and none since.

In the first three months alone after October 2023, according to the World Bank, Israel destroyed or damaged 93 percent of all bank branches.

With no banks and only the cash that was already there – so overused by now that it is starting to disintegrate – Palestinians in Gaza have had to improvise.

Digital transactions have eased some of the pressure, while bartering has become common.

Full Article

OpenAI has released a new benchmark for testing AI systems in healthcare. Called HealthBench, it's designed to evaluate how well language models handle realistic medical conversations. According to OpenAI, its latest models outperform doctors on the test.

Originally Posted By u/Buster_xx At 2025-05-12 02:26:20 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/Buster_xx At 2025-05-12 02:26:20 PM | Source

"According to the bill text, “a picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape, or other visual depiction” of any media that “appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion” would be considered criminal. In other words, if you have an old VHS tape of some Cinemax-style smut stashed away in your garage, you could, under this law, be considered to be harboring deeply illicit materials."

Originally Posted By u/WhyIsItAlwaysADP At 2025-05-12 05:37:44 PM | Source

"According to the bill text, “a picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape, or other visual depiction” of any media that “appeals to the prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion” would be considered criminal. In other words, if you have an old VHS tape of some Cinemax-style smut stashed away in your garage, you could, under this law, be considered to be harboring deeply illicit materials."

Originally Posted By u/WhyIsItAlwaysADP At 2025-05-12 05:37:44 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/mjuliennehb At 2025-05-12 02:59:50 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/mjuliennehb At 2025-05-12 02:59:50 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/mynameisjoenotjeff At 2025-05-12 03:30:46 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/mynameisjoenotjeff At 2025-05-12 03:30:46 PM | Source

Trump just folded on tariffs. That’s not just a policy retreat—it’s a major turning point, and almost nobody is acknowledging what it means.

He spent weeks ramping up a trade war with China, threatening 60–140% tariffs, rattling markets, and making it the center of his “America First” revival.

Then?

He folded. No win. No deal. Just a quiet walkback and a return to the status quo.

⸻

The Death Star Analogy (for the Normies):

Imagine if Emperor Palpatine spent 20 years building the Death Star—his ultimate tool of domination— …only to quietly cancel it a month after launch because of ballooning construction costs and pushback from his biggest donors.

No rebels. No trench run. Just internal panic and a loss of political support from the galaxy’s investment class.

That’s what just happened.

Trump’s signature economic weapon—the tariffs—collapsed not because Democrats stopped him, but because he pissed off the business class, the markets wobbled, and he blinked.

⸻

He’s Also Failing at Tax Cuts—With a GOP Trifecta

Trump has full control of Congress. Yet he can’t pass a single clean tax cut. Not even the easiest slam dunk imaginable: Repealing the tax on tips. • No sweeping tax reform • No new corporate giveaways • Not even a symbolic win for working people

This is the guy who promised to bring “common sense deals” to Washington. And he can’t even get servers a tax break on $6 tips.

The “deal maker” brand is disintegrating.

⸻

Why This Is a Bigger Deal Than It Looks • He burned goodwill with elites over tariffs—and got nothing. • He can’t deliver for the donor class or the working class. • His one economic weapon just collapsed under its own weight. • His enemies didn’t beat him—he beat himself.

And now he’s stuck in power with no real agenda, no leverage, and no momentum.

⸻

We’re Not on the Civil War 2.0 Timeline Anymore

What we’re watching now is a presidency limp into irrelevance. The strongman blinked. The myth cracked. The “Death Star” got shut down by accountants.

⸻

Progressives Need to Frame This Correctly:

Trump isn’t the final boss. He’s a washed-up Caesar playing golf and rage-posting while the world moves on.

We should stop pretending he’s unstoppable and start treating him like what he is now:

A failed emperor who lost his nerve the moment the markets dipped.

Note: written with the assistance of ChatGPT for clarity, grammar and spelling.

Originally Posted By u/stevendogood At 2025-05-12 02:09:13 PM | Source

Trump just folded on tariffs. That’s not just a policy retreat—it’s a major turning point, and almost nobody is acknowledging what it means.

He spent weeks ramping up a trade war with China, threatening 60–140% tariffs, rattling markets, and making it the center of his “America First” revival.

Then?

He folded. No win. No deal. Just a quiet walkback and a return to the status quo.

⸻

The Death Star Analogy (for the Normies):

Imagine if Emperor Palpatine spent 20 years building the Death Star—his ultimate tool of domination— …only to quietly cancel it a month after launch because of ballooning construction costs and pushback from his biggest donors.

No rebels. No trench run. Just internal panic and a loss of political support from the galaxy’s investment class.

That’s what just happened.

Trump’s signature economic weapon—the tariffs—collapsed not because Democrats stopped him, but because he pissed off the business class, the markets wobbled, and he blinked.

⸻

He’s Also Failing at Tax Cuts—With a GOP Trifecta

Trump has full control of Congress. Yet he can’t pass a single clean tax cut. Not even the easiest slam dunk imaginable: Repealing the tax on tips. • No sweeping tax reform • No new corporate giveaways • Not even a symbolic win for working people

This is the guy who promised to bring “common sense deals” to Washington. And he can’t even get servers a tax break on $6 tips.

The “deal maker” brand is disintegrating.

⸻

Why This Is a Bigger Deal Than It Looks • He burned goodwill with elites over tariffs—and got nothing. • He can’t deliver for the donor class or the working class. • His one economic weapon just collapsed under its own weight. • His enemies didn’t beat him—he beat himself.

And now he’s stuck in power with no real agenda, no leverage, and no momentum.

⸻

We’re Not on the Civil War 2.0 Timeline Anymore

What we’re watching now is a presidency limp into irrelevance. The strongman blinked. The myth cracked. The “Death Star” got shut down by accountants.

⸻

Progressives Need to Frame This Correctly:

Trump isn’t the final boss. He’s a washed-up Caesar playing golf and rage-posting while the world moves on.

We should stop pretending he’s unstoppable and start treating him like what he is now:

A failed emperor who lost his nerve the moment the markets dipped.

Note: written with the assistance of ChatGPT for clarity, grammar and spelling.

Originally Posted By u/stevendogood At 2025-05-12 02:09:13 PM | Source

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/disney-strikes-deal-to-add-newsmax-to-hulu/ar-AA1EqyNe

Originally Posted By u/Icy_Rub3371 At 2025-05-12 10:05:55 AM | Source