cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51937963

It beeps when it's done.

It beeps when you press the button.

It beeps when you place it on the base.

It beeps no more.

I classify this as a repair.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation, a move that would put the central bank at odds with Donald Trump’s support for a cut.

An increase in the Fed’s rate, currently about 3.6%, isn’t guaranteed because Fed Chair Kevin Warsh doesn’t provide the signals about next moves that his predecessors did. Still, most analysts and economists expect a hike after a speech two weeks ago at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in which Warsh argued that the Fed had not yet achieved its goal of putting inflation in check.

A rate hike would throw another sharp shift into a volatile period for the economy and financial markets. As recently as March, the Fed had forecast it would cut its rate once this year. But with the Iran war flaring up again and causing sharp increases in oil and gas prices, inflation is likely to remain higher than the Fed’s 2% target for even longer.

Denmark has summoned Russia's ambassador after accusing a Russian frigate of firing flares toward a Danish military helicopter in international waters on Monday, narrowly missing the aircraft.

The Fennec military helicopter was on a routine mission to photograph the Russian frigate, Danish military officials said in a statement late Monday. One of the flares — pyrotechnics usually used as a warning signal at sea — passed close to the helicopter.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the incident was serious but not surprising, describing it as part of a pattern in which Russia has intensified its so-called hybrid campaign against the European Union and NATO.

"Russia wants to sow fear and discord. Our answer is to stand closer together and strengthen the defense of Denmark and Europe," Frederiksen said.

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The Danish straits are the main sea route in and out of the Baltic Sea for commercial and military shipping. They are also a major artery for global oil shipments, including from Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers used to circumvent Western sanctions.

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Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service said last year that Russian warships had repeatedly sailed on collision courses ⁠with ​Danish vessels, targeted Danish helicopters and ships with tracking radars, ​and pointed weapons at them in the straits, according to Reuters.

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Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband (DJV) spricht angesichts der neuen Herangehensweise von der "einzig richtigen Entscheidung". Der DJV-Bundesvorsitzende Mika Beuster sagt: "Dass ,logo!‘ vor der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt Ulrich Siegmund eine halbe Stunde hat schwadronieren lassen, hat zu Recht für viel Unmut gesorgt. Gut, dass sich das für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern nicht wiederholt." Die perfide Medienstrategie der AfD erfordere journalistische Profis. "Das ist gerade gegenüber jüngeren Zuschauenden unverzichtbar."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he will not run for president in 2028 if former vice president Kamala Harris seeks the office again.

“Of course not. Why would I?” Newsom told CNN’s Jake Tapper in a clip released Monday. “I wouldn’t do that to her. I wouldn’t do it to me. I wouldn’t do that to you.”

The governor said it would be a “waste of everyone’s time” for him to pursue a presidential bid if Harris did again.

Neither of the pair, who share deep roots in California politics, have explicitly said they will launch a 2028 run, but both have indicated they are considering it. In the new video, Newsom said having them both in the primary field would be “mutual assured destruction,” citing their overlapping political bases and circles.

“The [Venn] diagram on that is just pure crossover,” Newsom said while fly-fishing with Tapper in an interview that is set to air in full Tuesday.

The remarks appear to be the first time that Newsom, widely viewed as a top-tier Democratic contender for 2028, has directly said he would not stand in Harris’s way if she wanted to go after the presidency once more.

Newsom made the same vow ahead of the 2024 race, as pressure for President Joe Biden to drop out intensified and some speculated that the California governor might be interested in replacing him. Newsom was quick to endorse Harris, throwing his support behind her before she was even elevated to the top of the ticket.

Her loss in the general election to Donald Trump devastated Democrats, many of whom now say the party needs a new direction. But Harris would enter any race with high name recognition and the chance to orchestrate a campaign on a full timeline that she did not have in 2024.

Newsom has been among more than a dozen high-profile leaders to court speculation that he will stage a run.

“You have to feel like you can stand on that stage with what, 30?” he said in the new interview, adding shortly after there could be “31 flavors” of Democrats eyeing the White House.

Newsom and Harris were rising stars of California’s political universe for decades, never circling too far from each other. Both of their careers centered on San Francisco, where Newsom served as mayor before seeking a governor’s office role, and Harris was a prosecutor and district attorney before she became the California attorney general.

Another Californian, Rep. Ro Khanna (D), is also considering a 2028 run. Other potential Democratic contenders include Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Jon Ossoff (Georgia) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York).

Newsom has generated considerable interest, especially in 2025, for his willingness to mock and confront Trump.

“You gotta be honest with yourself,” Newsom told Tapper in the new clip. “Do you represent the zeitgeist of the moment?”

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/politics/p/1402568/trump-s-suggested-medicare-policies-could-drive-up-drug-prices-globally

• A new modelling study examining the Trump administration's proposed 'Most-Favoured-Nation' pricing models suggests the new policies could reshape pharmaceutical markets worldwide by requiring pharmaceutical companies to pay additional rebates when Medicare prices for these drugs exceed the prices charged in comparable high-income countries.
• For 3 in 4 medicines studied, the cut in estimated Medicare savings from benchmarking to a lower price was larger than the medicine's total annual sales in the reference country. To avoid losing that much revenue, manufacturers would have a strong incentive to raise prices outside the United States or delay launches.
• Separately, multiple manufacturers are reported to have struck confidential deals with the Trump administration. If the medicines for the initial group of 17 manufacturers with deals are excluded from those rules, the researchers estimate the policy's potential savings would be cut by 71%.
• Without these exemptions, the researchers estimate that the administration’s Most-Favoured-Nation pricing models could cut Medicare spending by 16% for medicines provided in hospitals and clinics and 18% for medicines purchased at pharmacies.

I’ve just published my time with the Anbernic RG DS Plus, the bulk of this is the usual review things, but of some note was that I got to chat directly with Anbernic about the device and their take on it: why they revisited the original RG DS, the new NNDDSS emulator and some of the design decisions behind the Plus.

The RG DS Plus itself is Anbernic's second iteration of making a NDS-focused retro handheld. I love this one so much.

I also spoke with the devs behind Cocoon, who are working on bringing Cocoon (a super 3DS-ish front-end/launcher for dual screen handhelds) to the RG DS Plus very soon. Just a bit of a chance to look a little beyond the hardware itself and at what this could mean for dual-screen Linux handhelds going forward, Cocoon for the DS Plus isn't far off now (they're moving from being Android-only to both Android and Linux!)

If you’re interested in the RG DS Plus, DS emulation or where these weird little dual-screen handhelds are heading, you might like this one!

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I have a chronic health condition and this year has been hell with the hot temperatures. I am seriously considering spending sometime further North next year and I'm looking for rental recommendations. I would head to any of the following countries:

• Iceland
• Norway
• Faroe Islands
• Sweden
• Finland I would want to rent somewhere with the following credentials:
• Rental for between 3 and 14 days
• Out of town, but walkable to a shop/market/supermarket
• View over water/ocean (preferably with boats/boats passing). Generally just an incredible view.
• Large windows
• Fibre broadband

If anyone has any great recommendations, please DO let me know!

Thanks in advance!

Turkish police on Sunday swooped on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, arresting at least 60 people in raids authorities said were aimed at boosting traditional family values, officials and activists…

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