Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@qoto.org

With your kind help we managed to collect 92% of the necessary amount to help my parents in Kharkiv! I am very grateful to you, my Mastodon friends! As I am far away from home now, the well-being of my parents is especially important to me in such a challenging time. And your help in this means a lot to me! Thank you!

US Republicans urge Ukraine aid vote, after 'Russian propaganda' warnings

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, added his voice on Monday to growing calls from prominent Republicans to pass billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine, after some party members accused aid opponents of succumbing to Russian propaganda.

Democratic President Joe Biden's request for $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel and other allies passed the U.S. Senate with 70% support but has been stalled for weeks in the House of Representatives as Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to allow a vote.

As lawmakers returned to Washington from a two-week break on Monday, Johnson gave no word of any plans for a vote on Biden's supplemental request.

Pompeo, a former House member, issued a public letter on Monday urging Johnson to bring up the bill in the House.

"We encourage you to lead with conviction and bring the aid package to a vote," Pompeo said in a letter written with John Walter, president of the Hudson Institute, where Pompeo is a fellow.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-republicans-urge-ukraine-aid-vote-after-russian-propaganda-warnings/ar-BB1lhQtL?ocid=sapphireappshare
(Click below to read the article) - Rory

Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado )

A samp... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016271 #broadbandlabels #policy

Tickling this belly since 2009

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

Astranis to Deploy Larger GEO Broadband Satellites by 2026
- By Jason Rainbow

https://spacenews.com/small-astranis-geo-broadband-satellites-are-getting-bigger/
More: https://hypeaviation.com/story/astranis-to-deploy-larger-geo-broadband-satellites-by-2026/152569/
#satellite #space

Good to know, John Bolton is still a weasel. Thanks for the reminder @deadlinewh

#WompWomp

Via Klasfeld:

Breaking:

An appellate court judge REJECTS yet another attempt by #Trump's #legal team to delay the start of his New York criminal trial.

Between lower and appellate court attempts, that's more than 10 attempts, by the DA's count.

Three people have been shot at the end of a Ramadan event with around 1,000 people in attendance in west Philadelphia's Parkside section.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/west-philly-shooting-police/

YES FINALLY https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/starting-today-isps-must-display-labels-with-price-speeds-and-data-caps/

okay well the office chair now has to go because I almost rolled over my puppy 😭

I feel so bad and now he keeps looking at me from a distance 😭😭😭

I feel so bad but he seems okay so maybe he’s fine, just startled and understandably upset?

8bit Renault Avantime!

Not onboard: our C128D - too heavy for the car to fly away 😁 #BTTF

#Renault #Avantime #Commodore #CBM #C64 #C128 #retrogaming #8bit #retrocomputer #Videogames #80s #90s #Geek (Our computers but not our car)

Two years ago to the date, I brought this little girl home.

She’s only gotten cuter. 🥰

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogstodon #puppy

John Bolton is on television saying Joe Biden somehow caused the mess in the middle east because he "didn't support Israel" and I really would like some of whatever drugs John Bolton is taking

Random Dragon 200! This is essentially a Dragon 64 in a fancy case.

#dragon #retrocomputing #wales #MC6809 #coco

UK and EU sent thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides poor countries - Unearthed

Thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides shipped to poorer countries from British and European factories

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/09/10/banned-pesticides-eu-export-poor-countries/

I was told April showers bring May flowers. C'mon, people. Do you have to believe everything you read from 16th century poets talking about British weather? I'm ahead of the game, East Coast, USA. 😀 #Photography #flowers

IDF says it “struck military infrastructure that, based on precise intelligence, was used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization on the Syrian front.”

Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds (Ed Pilkington/The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/guns-political-violence-study
http://www.memeorandum.com/240409/p59#a240409p59