#Italien muss Sea-Watch 76.000 Euro zahlen – ein Erfolg. Doch während Gerichte Maßnahmen gegen Schiffe der #Seenotrettung regelmäßig kassieren, hat die Regierung die Repression längst perfektioniert. Nun droht eine neue Eskalation.
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1197748.sea-watch-urteile-kleine-siege-aber-die-grosse-maritime-repression-bleibt.html

@heidilifeldman

They're probably rather motivated to brick the cameras, even for free…

@evmar this is AMAZING

@globalmuseum A few months ago, I discovered this wonderful YT-Channel about bookbinding.

https://youtube.com/@fourkeysbookarts

February is a great time to talk about… air conditioning. Otherwise known as air to air heat pumps, which can heat as well as cool your home, very efficiently. We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!

Air-to-air heat pumps: a low-c...

@Chagratt
Des messages en direct.
Visiblement des spammeurs qui viennent vendre leur outils de spam.

The far South West of England is home to many clapper bridges. They are made of large, flat, stone slabs, supported by stone piers, and are mostly medieval in origin.

#Photography #History #Bridge #Dartmoor #Stream #Landscape

Mugging. #TheoThursday

@techlore are all of them Apple?

#LiberatedMemes #Memes

@frank Ik voel me een beetje uitgevraagd als een LLM maar goed, vanwege de algemene vraag een algemeen antwoord:
Wees een autonoom, ethisch, volwassen mens.

Gebruik geen schroevedraaier om een spijker in de muur te slaan. Wees bewust van de
maatschappelijke kosten die je accepteert maar niet draagt. Doe geen dingen “omdat het kan” die je anders niet zou doen (en niet zou missen)

Hou je op de hoogte van ethische AI. Een enkel voorbeeld: https://gpt-nl.nl

As a workaround, you can now get an #OpenStreetMap user's avatar using Unavatar

For example: https://unavatar.io/openstreetmap/Terence%20Eden

Details: https://github.com/microlinkhq/unavatar/issues/488

It’s Friday #inkfriday 8 Hide

@pallenberg Bank bietet es an, hab es aber noch nicht aktiviert, weil ich noch keinen Shop entdeckt hab, der mir das als Zahlungsmöglichkeit anbietet. Sobald ich den ersten sehe, den ich auch nutze, wird's aktiviert.

@Tubemeister
We had the Cambridge coffee pot cam, being in Cambridge.
@jwz

I see the Greens won (from Labour) another council by-election last night (in Leicester). Reform and Lib Dems lost their deposits with 3% and 2%.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116101957517575441

I, too, have used my real name on the Internet for most of Internet's existence. I haven't been very worried about what I say under my name, because I'm a white man with little worry about my privilege.

But one of those privileges has been a lot of experience working on pseudonymous communities. I know (second hand) how important it is to be online without exposing your entire identity.

I Guess I’m now the first ever Indiekit Instance on the #fediverse

Thanks to Fedify

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"preferredUsername": "rick",
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🔗 https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/02/19/8b1d5

Germany's leader wants to end anonymity online, demonstrating ignorance of both technology and the manifestly good reasons for anonymity (e.g. person with views govt doesn't like, whistle-blowers, etc.).

He, like so many before him, wants you to get a license to speak.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/germanys-merz-calls-real-names-211340863.html

#Poland PISM analyst Daniel Szeligowski on #Russia & #Ukraine “peace negotiations”

Let’s get some basic facts straight again, or who is “going to have to get moving” and come to the negotiating table.

In early 2014, Ukraine was a neutral country, led by a pro-Russian president, with around 70% of the population opposed to NATO membership. Yet Russia violated Ukraine’s neutrality, annexed Crimea, and then launched a covert invasion in eastern Ukraine.

Petro Poroshenko won 2014 presidential election after campaigning on a settlement with Russia and preserving a special status for the Russian language. He was initially sceptical about NATO membership and emphasized Ukraine had to rely primarily on its own army to ensure security.

Volodymyr Zelensky also won the presidency promising compromise with Russia - with politically naive statements to stop the shooting, sit down with Putin, and talk. He was even more sceptical about NATO membership than Poroshenko, once saying he never visits anyone unless invited.

Zelensky went to the Paris summit with Putin in December 2019 with a conciliatory position. He genuinely wanted to reach an agreement and was ready to make concessions. Later on, he negotiated multiple ceasefires, and even began withdrawing troops from the then front line.

Zelensky was also ready to drop Ukraine’s NATO bid in exchange for a Russian troop withdrawal from Ukraine’s territory, and talks were already underway before 2022. Yet Putin still launched a full-scale invasion.

A few hours before the Russian attack, on the night of 23/24 February 2022, Zelensky called the Kremlin to propose negotiations once again. But no one picked up. Predictably, Putin chose war over diplomacy.

Immediately after the invasion, Zelensky declared readiness to negotiate with Russia without any preconditions. Instead of accepting the offer, Putin sent his stooge Medinsky to present Ukraine with what amounted to a capitulation ultimatum.

In the first weeks of the invasion, Zelensky repeatedly signaled readiness to drop Ukraine’s NATO bid, but sought international security guarantees. Yet Putin demanded Russia be consulted before any assistance is given to Ukraine in case of aggression, and he broke off the talks.

Putin has so far shown no willingness to compromise with Ukraine. His war aims remain maximalist - subjugating Ukraine and changing its regime. He seeks Ukraine’s partition and turning what remains into a Russian protectorate. He has absolutely no real interest in Donbas.

The U.S. side’s messaging on peace talks is pure abstraction - it amounts to an attempt to construct a parallel reality. Putin has not changed his position on compromise with Ukraine, and the supposed technical concessions are meant to mislead inexperienced American negotiators.

Zelensky has repeatedly shown readiness to negotiate, from early compromise offers to dropping the NATO bid. Ukraine has come to the table more than once. It is Putin who must eventually come to the table, yet current U.S. policy signals to him that he still doesn’t have to.

Source: https://xcancel.com/dszeligowski/status/2024100117280690270?s=20