US announces $345m military aid package for Taiwan
Latest military aid package comes as China takes an increasingly aggressive stance towards the self-ruled island.
Sigh. Rattle them sabers.
Americanish
I have ties to Hawaii, so hearing the stories of folks from American Samoa is so fascinating and thought-provoking.
Number of Japanese drops in all 47 prefectures for first time as foreign population surges
As of Jan. 1, Japans population, including foreign residents, stood at 125,416,877, down around 511,000 from a year earlier.
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Fascinating.
World Death Rate Holding Steady At 100 Percent
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—World Health Organization officials expressed disappointment Monday at the group's finding that, despite the enormous efforts of doctors, rescue workers and other medical professionals worldwide, the global death rate remains constant at 100 percent.
I know, lots of serious stuff happening in the world. Can't forget to laugh, though! Enjoy this classic!
"First time in nearly two years". Love the phrasing, where the 'nearly two years' is intended to be provocative. And here in the US, we haven't had a trade surplus since the 1970s.
Robust U.S.-bound exports, falling energy import costs helped return to black
Title speaks for itself. As those in the US are probably aware, the US hasn't had a trade surplus since the 1970s. If a highly-developed country like Japan, where its citizens enjoy a high standard of living, can rock a trade surplus...
Trivial to setup a repo mirror on git.sdf.org. Will be curious to see how this all goes.
On SDF, mostly. Locally, in a VM since a lot of my machine's bells and whistles are only enabled in Linux (and the commercial OSes).
My first SDF account was created in 2004 (possibly before). In economic terms, the SDF services I enjoy with my sustaining membership have no equal. You'd be hard pressed to assemble the same portfolio of services from corporate providers-- ad-free, nag-free, no user productization-- for the same price.
But that's superficial. While I certainly enjoy the services that SDF provides, the community is what sets it apart. I've been here, and am still here, because of the community-- even if I've been quiet until recently. We're all a bunch of geeks of x, y, or z. Whenever I venture into com, I feel a sense of belonging. When I skim the local SDF fediverse feeds, I feel the same way.
SDF's banner offering is its community. Cheers, SDF!
Takes me back! Dialed into our library's system-- Dynix based-- all the time to hold books!
Hello from my corner of the universe!
A fish wearing a bow tie is sofishticated. 😏