problem with 'zwarte piet' 'sinterklaas' in nederland netherlands
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/11/zwarte-piet-protest-group-accuses-police-of-failing-to-protect-it-from-violent-attacks/
https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-zwarte-piet-reignites-blackface-debate/a-51232646
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/16/dutch-anti-racism-activists-plan-protests-blackface-character
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/pegida-voorman-opgepakt-sommige-demonstraties-verlopen-grimmig~a9fa40e5/
https://download.omroep.nl/nos/content/mp4/web02/2019/11/16/45746/mp4_web02.mp4
https://www.ad.nl/show/ook-kim-kardashian-mengt-zich-in-discussie-over-zwarte-piet~a073c724/
"This Dutch 'tradition' called 'Zwarte Piet' is disturbing!", says Kardashian.
Pegida is for Zwarte Piet and considers it nonsense that at national entry only soot wipes are allowed.
In protest, Wagensveld was disguised as Zwarte Piet.
The group was allowed to hold a playful action between the public, but refused, according to a municipal spokesman from the soot.
This was meant as a demonstration and therefore the group had to attend a special demonstration course.
When they refused, they were arrested. According to the police, it is not yet clear how long the activists will be detained.
NVU boss Constant Kusters also came to Apeldoorn with some supporters to defend "Dutch cultural norms and values."
No longer allowed ... arrested ... our culture is destroyed ...
no more allowed 2019 :
allowed :
comments to the pictures in imgur in few minutes :
user1
-The origin of Zwarte Piet has him getting grubby with soot due to climbing in chimneys, right? So why is he made up in blackface, instead of
user2
-anything that resembles soot?
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20191120 Apple Texas Austin ‘American design, American manufacturing’
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/apple-ceo-tim-cook-and-preident-trump-tour-texas-computer-factory.html
Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Trump toured a manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas.
The two have a warm relationship, but Trump wants Apple to assemble its computers in the U.S.
“When you build in the United States you don’t have to worry about tariffs,” Trump said on Wednesday
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20191123 Historians Find Another Spy in the U.S. Atomic Bomb Manhattan-Project Los Alamos
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/science/manhattan-project-atomic-spy.html
His Soviet code name was Godsend, and he came to Los Alamos from a family of secret agents.
The world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexican desert — a result of a highly secretive effort code-named the Manhattan Project, whose nerve center lay nearby in Los Alamos.
Just 49 months later, the Soviets detonated a nearly identical device in Central Asia, and Washington’s monopoly on nuclear arms abruptly ended.
How Moscow managed to make such quick progress has long fascinated scientists, federal agents and historians. The work of three spies eventually came to light.
Now atomic sleuths have found a fourth.
Oscar Seborer, like the other spies, worked at wartime Los Alamos, a remote site ringed by tall fences and armed guards.
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Thanksgiving Turkey The White House • November 26, 2019
BREAKING: President Trump pardons ‘Butter’ as the 2019 National Thanksgiving Turkey
This afternoon, President Donald J. Trump continued a cherished White House holiday tradition by officially pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey.
“Bread” and “Butter,” two birds from North Carolina, were the feathered contestants vying for this year’s honor.
In perhaps the closest turkey pardon contest in White House history,
Butter won over Americans’ hearts by a slim margin—taking 50.3% of the vote.
President Trump pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey ( both) !
Speaking from the Rose Garden, President Trump decided to extend a pardon to both lucky birds.
He also wished all Americans a happy, peaceful Thanksgiving.
After a hard-fought race, both turkeys have earned some quality rest and relaxation time.
Following today’s Rose Garden ceremony, they are now headed to their new home at “Gobblers Rest” on the Virginia Tech campus.
They will be cared for by veterinarians and students at the school’s exhibit, where they can be visited by the public.
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20191201 Huawei CEO: ‘We Can Survive Without the U.S.’
https://www.wsj.com/articles/huawei-manages-to-make-smartphones-without-american-chips-11575196201
For China’s top smartphone maker, U.S. suppliers are increasingly a nice-to-have, not a must-have
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei discusses how his company will navigate the trade war,
concerns over whether its equipment could be used to spy for Beijing and his road trip across America.
American tech companies are getting the go-ahead to resume business with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co., but it may be too late:
It is now building smartphones without U.S. chips.
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmkz8/us-military-could-collapse-within-20-years-due-to-climate-change-report-commissioned-by-pentagon-says
U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says
The report says a combination of global starvation, war, disease, drought, and a fragile power grid could have cascading, devastating effects.
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The dog that saved the country … Malta ... Daphne Caruana Galizia
https://newsbook.com.mt/en/the-dog-that-saved-the-country/
On Wednesday 13 November 2019, the spaniel was screening passengers when he alerted his handlers to the smell of cash. Lots of it.
Customs reportedly found €210,000 (£178,000) in the belongings of a man preparing to board a flight to Istanbul.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/how-customs-haul-triggered-series-of-arrests-over-maltese-journalists
How a dog called Peter sparked Malta's political crisis
The spaniel’s keen nose triggered a week of convulsions over the killing of a journalist
https://www.theguardian.com/world/daphne-caruana-galizia
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No more US computers in China
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/09/tech/china-us-computers-software/index.html
China is reportedly planning to ban all government offices and public institutions from using foreign software and computers in a move that could dent sales by US tech companies and increase tensions at a crucial moment in the trade war.
Beijing had ordered that all hardware and software be removed within three years, according to a report by the Financial Times.
It cited brokerage firm China Securities as estimating that as many 30 million pieces of hardware would need to be replaced as a result.
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20191218 Putin uses Windows XP
President Vladimir Putin still uses the outdated Windows XP operating system on his work computers,
which its developer, Microsoft Corporation, stopped supporting almost six years ago .
https://openmedia.io/infometer/putin-do-six-por-polzuetsya-davno-ustarevshej-windows-xp-otechestvennuyu-os-dlya-eyo-zameny-kreml-ne-zakupaet/
Президент Владимир Путин на своих рабочих компьютерах до сих пор использует устаревшую операционную систему Windows XP,
поддержку которой её разработчик, корпорация Microsoft, прекратила почти шесть лет назад
german:
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/putin-linux-windows-xp-internet-hacker-1.4727812
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20191231
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Japan-successfully-zaps-drones-with-microwave-beams
https://finans.dk/tech/ECE11851406/japan-skyder-droner-med-mikroboelgestraaler/
Japan successfully zaps drones with microwave beams
Defense agency tests system that could shoot down multiple aerial threats
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https://boingboing.net/2020/01/06/new-demand-for-very-old-farm-t.html
New demand for very old farm tractors specifically because they're low tech
Farmers are increasingly sick of high-tech tractors that are expensive to buy and usually impossible to fix yourself due to their integrated digital technology.
According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, "Tractors manufactured in the late 1970s and 1980s are some of the hottest items in farm auctions across the Midwest these days."
To be sure, the farmers buying these old machines aren't luddites.
In fact, they often customize and retrofit them with contemporary tech like GPS for automatic steering
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- What The Fax?! 20181227
Hacking your network likes it's 1980 again
https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9462-what_the_fax
Join us as we take you through the strange world of embedded operating systems, 30-year-old protocols, museum grade compression algorithms, weird extensions and undebuggable environments.
See for yourself first-hand as we give a live demonstration of the first ever full fax exploitation, leading to complete control over the entire device as well as the network,
using nothing but a standard telephone line.
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Chinese New Year ... >> 2020-01-25
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/chinese-new-year.htm
2020 – The Year of the Rat
In 2020 Chinese New Year festival falls on Jan. 25.
It is the Year of the Rat according to the Chinese zodiac, which features a 12-year cycle with each year represented by a specific animal.
People born in the Years of the Rat including 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, and 2008 will experience their Zodiac Year of Birth (Ben Ming Nian).
https://jyllands-posten.dk/premium/turengaartil/ECE11789397/den-kinesiske-nytaarsfest-er-foerst-ved-at-starte-rottens-aar-fejres-med-dragedans-i-gaderne/
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CANADA ONTARIO Nuclear Incident InfoPage
https://www.ontario.ca/page/nuclear-incident
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