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After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been blocked from publishing a scientifically vetted study finding significant health benefits from this season’s COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting by The Washington Post.

The move adds to longstanding concern among health experts that chaos and political interference under Kennedy—a staunch anti-vaccine activist who has long falsely maligned COVID-19 vaccines—is deeply undermining science at federal agencies and beyond.

CDC scientists and insiders told the Post that the COVID-19 vaccine study went through the agency’s standard scientific review process and was slated for publication on March 19 in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). But acting CDC director Jay Bhattacharya blocked the scheduled publication and is holding the study, claiming he has concerns about its methodology.

Cross posted from https://lemmy.world/post/45385014

The likelihood Viktor Orbán winning Hungary's upcoming parliamentary election has dropped since U.S. Vice President JD Vance made a speech endorsing him, according to the latest betting odds.

Speaking at a press conference in Hungary's capital, Budapest, on Wednesday, Vance said he would help the incumbent prime minister in his election campaign and praised Orbán ahead of the April 12 poll.

Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $940.08 — more than her check.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45682115

Gaza (QNN)- An Israeli airstrike killed Palestinian journalist Mohammed Washah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, after targeting his vehicle in western Gaza City. The strike hit near Al-Nabulsi roundabout in the Sheikh Ajleen area, killing Washah and another Palestinian.

Local sources confirmed that the attack directly struck the vehicle, leading to the immediate deaths. The killing adds to a growing toll of journalists targeted during Israel’s military operations in Gaza, raising renewed concerns over press safety in the besieged territory.

Elsewhere in Gaza, Israeli forces continued their bombardment across multiple areas. Three civilians suffered injuries on the same day as shelling and gunfire intensified. Two civilians were wounded after Israeli artillery targeted Sheikh Nasser neighborhood in central Khan Younis, while a third person was injured by Israeli gunfire in the southern part of the city.

TL;DR

• The Pixel 11 series will reportedly ship with Samsung’s latest M16 OLED display panel.

• The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may also feature the same panel.

• Assuming release dates follow existing patterns, the Pixel 11 series should be available some weeks before the iPhone 18 series.

Source (Korean): https://etnews.com/20260409000346

Außerdem äußerte sich Merz zu den Äußerungen des US-Präsidenten vom vergangenen Dienstag, als dieser damit gedroht hatte, dass "eine ganze Zivilisation sterben" werde. Merz habe dies als einen "rhetorischen Teil seiner (Donald Trumps, Anm. d. Red.) Strategie gegenüber dem Iran empfunden". "Ich glaube, er ist selbst nicht davon ausgegangen, dass man ein Land wie den Iran vollkommen auslöschen kann", so Merz über Trump. "Dazu wäre es nach meiner festen Überzeugung nicht gekommen." Dies habe zu "einem vorläufigen Ende der Kampfhandlungen und auch zu einem vorläufigen Ende der Rhetorik geführt".

Ich finde immer, jemanden der mit Gewalt und Terror droht, sollte man so behandeln als wenn er die Drohung absolut ernst meint. Die gewollte Doppeldeutigkeit in den Drohungen von Faschisten, Soziopathen, u.Ä. stellt ja auch schon Einschüchterung dar, und früher oder später wird vieles umgesetzt. Siehe "Biedermann und die Brandstiffter".

Scheiternde Energiewende: Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche und die Rechenfehler Mit falschen Zahlen, falschen Zusammenhängen und ganz eigenem Realismus erklärt Katherina Reiche ihren politischen Kurs.

Author: Joseph Stepansky
Published on: 09/04/2026 | 00:00:00

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International development aid from its members dropped by about 23 percent from 2024 to 2025. Much of that decline was attributed to a major shortfall in funding from the United States. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3US slashes UN humanitarian aid to $2bn, huge cut as Trump demands reforms list 2 of 3‘Waiting to die’: Hunger, devastation in Tigray. US drives ‘three-quarters of the decline’ in 2025, the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term. The US contributed about $63bn in official development assistance in 2024. The Trump administration has maintained it is transforming, not eschewing, the US aid model. In recent months, it has struck a handful of bilateral assistance agreements with African countries. But critics note that some negotiations appear to have involved requests for African countries to share mineral access or health data.

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/unitedkingdom/p/1024937/if-peaceful-gaza-protest-is-criminal-what-is-left-of-uk-freedom

Conviction of UK Civil Society Leaders Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham is a Warning Sign for Us All

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/63094441

The Triple-I Initiative is about to announce a bunch of new indie games (in 10min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShrDsKDQjtc

There is a steam page already https://store.steampowered.com/sale/triple-i-initiative-2026

There are some solid games this year, on top of my list of expectation is Dead as Disco.

Klei Entertainment has unveiled Don't Starve Elsewhere, a brand-new multiplayer instalment of its survival series.