SocraticEthics (@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online)
⚠️🇮🇷🇰🇵🇨🇳🇮🇳AFU air defenses neutralize 88 out of 140 Russo-Iranian-DPRK-Chinese-Indian drones launched by Russia overnight (CHART and more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4026733-ukrainian-air-defenses-neutralize-88-out-of-140-russian-drones-overnight.html #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
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remixtures (@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)
"The military is not just courting Silicon Valley tech companies. In the age of President Trump, it has successfully recruited them.
Over the past two years, Silicon Valley’s leaders and investors — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war — have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex. Meta, Google and OpenAI, which once had language in their corporate policies banning the use of artificial intelligence in weapons, have removed such wording. OpenAI is creating anti-drone technology, while Meta is making virtual reality glasses to train soldiers for battle.
At the same time, weapons and defense start-ups are taking off. Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, said in 2023 that it would invest $500 million in defense technology and other companies that would help America “move forward.” Y Combinator, the start-up incubator known for hatching companies like Airbnb and DoorDash, funded its first defense start-up in August 2024. Venture capital investment in defense-related companies surged 33 percent last year to $31 billion, according to McKinsey.
The change is part of a major cultural shift in Silicon Valley. A decade ago, tech companies brandished mottos such as “connecting the world” and “do no evil” and pledged that their technology would not be used for military purposes. Working with the U.S. government was so unpopular that software and cloud computing contracts with the Department of Defense fueled tech employee protests.
Now “the tides have turned,” Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s chief technology officer and one of the new lieutenant colonels in Detachment 201, said at a tech conference in San Francisco in June. “There’s a much stronger patriotic underpinning than I think people give Silicon Valley credit for.” He is set to serve some reserve duty days with the Army each year."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html
#USA #Trump #Pentagon #DoD #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #BigTech #SiliconValley
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post (@post@lemmy.ca)
Air Force announces new policy to deny transgender troops hearings before discharges
https://lemmy.ca/post/50003437
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
#MAHA #RFK #Health #LastWeekTonight #USA #USPolitics #RFKHasBrainWorms
youtu.be/3lzfH86avIc?...
Make America Healthy Again: La...
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r (@r@bsky.brid.gy)
#MAHA #RFK #Health #LastWeekTonight #USA #USPolitics #RFKHasBrainWorms
youtu.be/3lzfH86avIc?...
Make America Healthy Again: La...
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nypl (@nypl@mastodon.social)
42nd Street and Madison Avenue. Street hawker selling Consumer's Bureau Guide. New York City (New York City, New York)
From Digital Collections of New York Public Library
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57a333c0-9761-0136-893a-07d5b7f4e8ad
#NewYork #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYPL #US #USA #history #image #photo #photos #photography
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newsbeep (@newsbeep@newsbeep.org)
Russia bombards Ukraine ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy summit – POLITICO
At least three people were killed in Russian strikes in Donetsk, the region’s governor said. Large parts of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Buildings #Cities #Conflict #DonaldTrump #Drones #EmmanuelMacron #Energy #Infrastructure #KeirStarmer #Kremlin #Missiles #Russia #Services #Ukraine #UnitedStates #UrsulavonderLeyen #Us #USA #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelenskyy #War #WarinUkraine
https://www.newsbeep.com/68149/
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September_UA (@September_UA@social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua)
Russian gasoline prices hit record highs after drone strikes shut refineries #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Trump #Alaska #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState
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NieuwsJunkies (@NieuwsJunkies@mastodon.social)
📰 Welke impact gaat Epstein-dossier hebben op Trump-regering? 'Het is een politieke gok'
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1fh5
🕟 16:45 | NPO Radio 1
🔸 #Trump #Verkiezingen #Campagne #USA #Democraten
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openonline (@openonline@mastomondo.net)
📰 Donald Trump stila la «lista della lealtà», oltre 500 aziende divise tra fedeli e traditori: così la Casa Bianca decide i suoi futuri investimenti
#️⃣ #ESTERI #BigTech #DonaldTrump #Lavoroeimpresa #USA #Openonline #News #Notizie #Italia #mastomondo
🔗 https://www.open.online/2025/08/18/donald-trump-lista-lealta-aziende-fedeli-traditori-investimenti/
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remixtures (@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)
"[I]ronically, Trump’s attacks on BRICS countries have only strengthened BRICS, and encouraged more and more countries to join the Global South-led organization.
Trump has blatantly meddled in the internal affairs of Brazil, the “B” in BRICS. Trump is a close ally of Brazil’s far-right former leader, Jair Bolsonaro. To hurt its current left-wing president, Lula da Silva, Trump imposed 50% tariffs on the South American nation.
This has resulted in Brazil deepening its already close ties with China. And President Lula is publicly calling for BRICS countries to create alternatives to the US dollar.
Trump’s aggression is clearly backfiring.
Another example of this is how the US president has treated India, which is the “I” in BRICS.
For years, the US government has pursued a strategy of trying to ally with India against China, as part of an attempt to divide BRICS and isolate Beijing.
In recent years, especially under right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India had gradually moved closer to the United States.
But in his second term as president, Trump has attacked India, threatening it with 50% tariffs, one of the highest rates in the world.
Trump apparently thinks that India has no choice but to go along with whatever the US wants. But the world is increasingly multipolar, and New Delhi does have other options.
In response to Trump’s very aggressive tariffs, what did India do? It reached out to China with an olive branch. Now New Delhi and Beijing are improving their relations.
So Trump is actually pushing India and China closer together. This is exactly what Washington has been trying to prevent for well over a decade."
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/08/16/trump-tariffs-india-china-brics/
#Geopolitics #USA #Trump #Brazil #China #India #Tariffs #TradeWar #Protectionism
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display (@display@friendica.quebec)
"Vladimir Poutine m’a dit un truc […]" : après leur rencontre en Alaska, Donald Trump annonce vouloir arrêter le vote par correspondance aux Etats-Unis#VLADIMIRPOUTINE #ETATS-UNIS #DONALDTRUMP #VOTE #ELECTIONS #USA
'Vladimir Poutine m’a dit un truc […]' : après leur rencontre en Alaska, Donald Trump annonce vouloir arrêter le vote par correspondance aux Etats-Unis - RTBF Actus
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