First, sex trafficker Gislaine Maxwey was moved to a minimum security prison. Then Trump commuted wire fraud criminal George Santo's 7 year sentence. And now Trump pardons the Chinese crypto criminal Changpeng Zhao, arguing "A lot of people say that he wasn't guilty of anything" — after the man pleaded guilty in a case that revealed, his company Binance laundered money for terrorist organisations like Hamas and al-Qaida. The US government truly is a mob empire.
CNBC
Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
The pardon of the former Binance CEO came nearly a week after President Trump commuted the 87-month prison sentence of former New York Rep. George ...
A society which cannot feed the poor, yet can afford a $ 250 million ballroom with gold decor, reveals that it is still stuck in a time period many developed nations have left decades ago.
This is the best news I have read today: Ukraine and Sweden has signed a letter of intent for the delivery of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine. The Gripen is a very interesting aircraft for Ukraine, as it has many modern capabilities and the unique ability to land and take off from roads. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦♥️🇸🇪 image
Are there anyone from Åland here on Mastodon? I am trying to be respectful by mentioning Åland as an independent territory, but @npub1h44t...akl9 kindly made me aware that to a Finn like him this felt a bit strange. But instead of a Finn and a Faroese Dane discussing whether this is appropriate or not, I would much rather like to hear from a real native Ålander.
Mastodon
Randahl Fink (@randahl@mastodon.social)
The four major Nordic countries today signed an agreement on strategic corporation regarding procurement and development of drone technologies, wri...
The four major Nordic countries today signed an agreement on strategic corporation regarding procurement and development of drone technologies, writes The Finish Ministry of Defence in their latest press briefing. This was done at a meeting with representatives from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. (None of the less populated areas of The Nordics — Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Åland — are mentioned here, as they have very limited military resources.) https://www.defmin.fi/en/topical/press_releases_and_news/nordic_countries_to_prepare_joint_procurement_of_unmanned_aircraft.15310.news#55c4dd62
While Musk's company Tesla is losing to other car makers in Europe, Starlink is now losing the bid to provide internet in Greenland to French company Eutelsat. So. Much. Winning. Article in Danish:
DR
Grønland satser på fransk selskab frem for Elon Musk-satellitter
Grønlands selvstyreejede teleselskab Tusass har indgået en aftale med et fransk selskab om at sikre bedre internet i Øst- og Nordgrønland.
Breaking: The Trump-Putin summit in Hungary is cancelled says CNN. So let us recap Trump's week: — Trump pardoned a Jan 6 rioter who has now threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries. — Trump gave up on giving Tomahawks to Ukraine thinking he would get a meeting with Putin, which is now cancelled. — Trump's peace in Gaza is in tatters. — Trump has silently begun removing tariffs because they are ruining the US economy. — Saturday, 7 million protested his rule. Are you tired of winning yet?
After multiple nightly Russian drone strikes, the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv is completely without power. Chernihiv had a pre-war population of 280,000 people. And yes, that is yet another war crime committed by the Russian dictatorship. image
What I have learned this month: — Guns are safe — Normal painkillers are dangerous — Peaceful protests are an expression of hate — Killing sailors suspected of a crime is totally legit — Having a Nazi group chat is fine — Cowering to Putin is not a sign of weakness Clearly, this is the dumbest, most dysfunctional US government in my lifetime.
7 million people turned out to protest King Trump. Trump’s reply: “The demonstrations were very small […] when you look at those people, those are not representative of the people of our country” Does he think those protesters in costumes were real frogs? Full video: