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There have now been at least 34 strikes -- and at least 115 people killed -- in the U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific targeting alleged drug traffickers since September.

The U.S. campaign targeting alleged drug boats came under scrutiny last month after the Trump administration acknowledged survivors of an initial series of strikes on an alleged drug vessel on Sept. 2 were killed in a follow-up series of strikes.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has moved swiftly to reshape City Hall, issuing an executive order that revokes all directives signed by former Mayor Eric Adams after September 26, 2024 — the date of Adams’s indictment.

Mamdani framed the move as a defense of working-class New Yorkers, though he did not provide specific examples of policies affected.

Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.

Note that this is just about Trump's inauguration, not his campaign and it might even been an underestimate (see their methodology section for how they came up with the $19 million figure).

Republicans and the fossil fuel industry have long had deep ties. Fossil fuel companies donate to Republicans and they reward the companies with subsidies and not regulating them properly.

If your country is buying fossil fuels from the US you are supporting Trump with your money but don't worry because you have the power to fight back!

The first way is politically advocating for transitioning away from fossil fuels. Solar energy is now cheaper and rapidly improving. Meanwhile offshore wind energy projects have been successful. Renewable energy is the future and fossil fuels are past. Writing to your politicians can take just a little bit of your time but could make a big difference in making your leaders realize that people care about this issue. Voting is very important, you should always vote in every election possible.

The second way is to make the switch personally. Solar doesn't have to be complicated. Some countries allow for balcony solar which is just a few solar panels that sit outside on your balcony, you may not even need an electrician to take advantage of this. The best part is you'll save money on your power bills and help the environment too! When you do it try to tell other people you did it, that way it can create a social effect where other people want to get solar too.

Billionaire tech moguls talk as if the artificial intelligence revolution is inevitable, and it’s up to the rest of us to adapt. Earlier this year in a blog post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman boasted that society is now “past the event horizon; the takeoff has started” toward building computer “superintelligence.” However, the industry is not just facing blowback from skeptics of the technology itself.

A growing grassroots movement is fighting back against another concrete and immediate AI threat — the rapid expansion in local communities of massive “hyperscale” data centers, along with the fossil fuel plants to power them. In localities across the countries, neighbors worked across partisan lines to engage in David versus Goliath battles with Big Tech. As those fights over data center buildout are set to explode in 2026, some groups are calling for a larger moratorium to build on local fights.

“This movement isn’t about ideology so much as communities recognizing that a small group of wealthy and powerful tech companies are exploiting essential resources and infrastructure, while pushing risks and costs onto the public,” said Jim Walsh, policy director at the environmental health group Food & Water Watch, in an email.

On December 8, Food & Water Watch joined more than 230 state and local environmental and community groups to send a letter to Congress demanding a national moratorium on the construction of new data centers. The groups called the rapid expansion of data centers one of the greatest environmental and social threats in generations.

Painted this while watching Superman and Lois on HBO. Trying to do something a bit different with the lines in the line art simulator to what I've seen some of my favorite artists do.

A comedy writer bought the web domain TrumpKennedyCenter.org and the satirical site he created is drawing attention amid the backlash over the institution’s renaming.

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"Tax the rich. Tax the rich. Tax the rich."

The chants broke out at City Hall in New York on Thursday as US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) addressed the crowd before swearing in Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who campaigned on a platform that prioritized NYC's working class.

"Demanding that the wealthy and large corporations start paying their fair share of taxes is not radical. It is exactly the right thing to do," declared Sanders—who endorsed Mamdani even before his June primary victory over former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and "the billionaire-backed status quo."

The 34-year-old mayor on Thursday described Brooklyn-born Sanders—50 years his senior—as "the man whose leadership I seek most to emulate, who I am so grateful to be sworn in by today."

During the afternoon inauguration ceremony—which followed an early morning swearing-in at the abandoned subway station beneath City Hall—Mamdani also called for taxing the rich as he reiterated the agenda that secured him over 1.1 million votes in November.

"Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try," he said. "To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this: No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers' lives."

"Here, where the language of the New Deal was born, we will return the vast resources of this city to the workers who call it home," Mamdani vowed. "Not only will we make it possible for every New Yorker to afford a life they love once again, we will overcome the isolation that too many feel, and connect the people of this city to one another."

The mayor said that "the cost of childcare will no longer discourage young adults from starting a family, because we will deliver universal childcare for the many by taxing the wealthiest few. Those in rent-stabilized homes will no longer dread the latest rent hike, because we will freeze the rent."

"Getting on a bus without worrying about a fare hike or whether you'll be late to your destination will no longer be deemed a small miracle, because we will make buses fast and free," he continued. "These policies are not simply about the costs we make free, but the lives we fill with freedom. For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it. Our City Hall will change that."

The ceremony also featured remarks from another early Mamdani supporter, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), as well as the swearing-in of Jumaane Williams for a third term as New York City's public advocate and Mark Levine, the new comptroller.

"New York, we have chosen courage over fear," said Ocasio-Cortez, whose district spans the Bronx and Queens. "We have chosen prosperity for the many over spoils for the few. And when the entrenched ways would rather have us dig in our feet and seek refuge in the past, we have chosen instead to turn towards making a new future for all of us."

AOC: New York City has chosen the ambitious pursuit of universal childcare, affordable rents and housing and clean and dignified public transit for all. We have chosen that over the distractions of bigotry and the barbarism of extreme income inequality

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As NYC kicked off the new year with progressive city leadership, 2025 findings from the Bloomberg Billionaire Index sparked fresh wealth tax demands. According to the tracker, the world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes last year. About a quarter of that went to just eight Big Tech billionaires: Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg.

In New York, Mamdani has proposed raising the state corporate tax rate from 8.85% to 11.5% and hiking taxes for individuals who make more than $1 million a year. Achieving those goals would require cooperation from state legislators.

Mamdani acknowledged Thursday that for much of history, the response from City Hall to the question of who New York belongs to has been, "It belongs only to the wealthy and well-connected, those who never strain to capture the attention of those in power."

In the years ahead, he pledged, "City Hall will deliver an agenda of safety, affordability, and abundance, where government looks and lives like the people it represents, never flinches in the fight against corporate greed, and refuses to cower before challenges that others have deemed too complicated."

"Together, we will tell a new story of our city," the mayor said. "This will not be a tale of one city, governed only by the 1%. Nor will it be a tale of two cities, the rich versus the poor. It will be a tale of 8.5 million cities, each of them a New Yorker with hopes and fears, each a universe, each of them woven together."

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"Mothers erasing themselves to feed their children, surgeries performed without anaesthesia and the total loss of privacy define the female experience in Gaza as the war enters another winter."

This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say.

Special thanks to: Marcel Costa for the Catalan translation
Pen-Yuan Hsing for the Traditional Chinese translation
Jan Dytrych for the Czech translation
Fritjof for the Danish translation
Erik Kemp for the Dutch translation
Michel Patrice for the Esperanto translation
Johannes Palola for the Finnish translation
sknob for help with the French translation
Severin for the German translation
Talya for the Hebrew translation
Benedek for the Hungarian translation
Claudio for help with the Italian translation
Hong Minhee for the Korean translation
Adrian Janiak for the Polish translation
Hermano Filipe for the Portugal Portuguese translation
Tarcísio Surdi for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
Daniel Casanueva for the Spanish translation
Jan Ainali for the Swedish translation

Full credits: https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/