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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇸🇾 US to withdraw all troops and forces from Syria.
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇸🇾 US to withdraw all troops and forces from Syria. pic.twitter.com/nFEWZqHQif— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) February 18, 2026BRICS News (X (formerly Twitter))
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Future mass surveillance
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.BS With Braeden Sorbo (YouTube)
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The construction of his instrument is very much like a violin.
❤️ Hello my dear friends I’m very happy to share something special with you! In spring 2026, I will begin my first solo tour in Europe. A big and important p...Batzorig Vaanchig (YouTube)
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Losing Myself — Boulvard X-Audi
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📻 Bloque: Noches de Blues, RnB, Reague
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Real music. Dave was a pretty cool guy IRL. Almost got to meet him once.
Dave Brubeck Quartet with 'Take Five' live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2004"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond. It was first recorded in 1...North Sea Jazz Archive (YouTube)
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got really into Coltrane, in that period before his experimentation interfered with his spiritual work. Even Miles said it in his auto, he knew he had him for just a moment before he would go off on his own, make the most of it, he said.
I've seen a lot of the old timers at their end, Elvin Jones, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, feel blessed to taste the last vapors of greatness.
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Cold fusion breakthrough imminent, claim scientists after examining my microwave
Scientists believe they are close to unlocking cold fusion after observing me attempting to microwave frozen pizza for lunch.
"We've never seen a material with such high heat resistance," said lead researcher Nancy McDonald. "This breakthrough could pave the way to advanced materials which are the key for stable fusion power generation."
Researchers gathered astounding data. Despite the plate reaching temperatures in excess of 3 million Kelvin, the pizza remained ice cold, despite nuking it on high for four fucking minutes.
The results will be published in the journal Nature later this month, and an unfortunate documentary is also planned on Food Network.
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If Japs and Koreans so smart, why can't you drink their tap water ?
What's the deal with them innovating everywhere but with drinkable water?
Got one of them thar cheapo Hetzner VPSes for messing around with stuff that I don't wanna mess around with on Improbable Island's dedicated box.
My friends, I am a dinosaur, and I don't know about all the cool new web tech. I don't wanna bollock around in the command line anymore, I've done that shit for twenty years and I've served my time, I want pretty buttons to press that install things for me. I used Webmin for years and then I ended up using Plesk for a bit and now I want whatever the cool kids are using. What are the cool kids using? What are YOU using? What's cool and open-source etc?
(no need to reply if you're using the command line lol)
Not sure what you're looking to do like, but Yunohost is a sort of self-hosted "app store" of server stuff you can host. All managed via web interface.
I'm running Proxmox on a little NUC thing these days, all the apps are managed via scripts on a community github (some command line involved). Honestly, Yunohost looks like the layman's version of that, doing most of it for you.
Just a suggestion, haven't got around to trying it myself. Elena has great videos on the subject, though.
It's not open source, but for kiddo/wife's game server I paid for a license for AMP. I did it on the recommendation of one of the homelab youtubers, not sure which, but they were bang on the money:
You can pay with money for AMP, or you can pay in time fuckin' about with one of the open source game control panels.
That's only for games servers though, for general use I have no useful input as I am Very Computer Toucher.
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HD Remastered Official Music Video for "I Can't Tell You Why" by the Eagles from 'The Long Run' (1979). ♪ The Latest from Eagles https://linktr.ee/eaglesban...Eagles (YouTube)
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Democracy v lobby power
Ever wondered why European politicians keep backing #Israel even as public opinion turns against its genocidal war in #Gaza? Groups like #ELNET play a huge role - organizing VIP trips to Israel for lawmakers, pushing ready-made talking points that equate criticism with #antisemitism, and even influencing arms deals worth billions. While polls show most Europeans want sanctions, politicians stay silent, fearing backlash or economic ties.
[…] ELNET, whose former CEO, Emmanuel Navon, presented it to the Knesset as the European equivalent of the powerful American lobby #AIPAC, operates six branches in Europe - in Paris, London, Brussels, Rome, Warsaw, and Berlin - in addition to its main headquarters in Israel. Among other activities, ELNET organizes delegations for hundreds of parliamentarians, distributes advocacy materials, promotes arms deals, and acts against pro-Palestinian movements across the continent. In recent months, a group of journalists from Germany, Israel, France, and the U.S. conducted a comprehensive investigation into the organization, aiming to shed light on its activities. The investigation, based on dozens of interviews and thousands of documents, exposes how the organization operates and its close ties with senior officials in #Netanyahu’s government and other right-wing bodies. In the few mentions of ELNET in the Israeli media, it is typically presented as a nonprofit or international/European organization focused on strengthening relations between Europe and Israel.
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ELNET’s “Wall of Questions” (#Fragenmauer fragemauer.de) Campaign: In #Germany, ELNET’s public campaign explicitly states that calling Israel’s actions in #Gaza a “genocide” is antisemitic. The campaign provides “answers” that dismiss such claims as baseless and motivated by hatred of Jews, without engaging with the legal or factual basis for the genocide accusation
See also
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ELNET-Germany is the most influential pro-Israel entity in Berlin after the Israeli Embassy. Bomb autographer and gaza genocide poster boy #Herzog at an ELNET event at a security conference in Munich in 2015 (Photo: elnetdeutschland / CC BY-SA 2.0).
@palestine @palstudies
#GazaGenocide #antisemtism #aipac #proisraellobby
"אנחנו ארגון פרטי לחלוטין, אבל בוודאי שותפים ועובדים עם משרד החוץ, עם צה"ל ועם הכנסת", אמר בערוץ 14 בנימין טואטי, אז מבכירי אלנט (ELNET), ארגון הלובי הפרו-ישראלי הגדול באירופה, וכיום מנכ"ל הארגון.שיחה מקומית
»The Israeli Government Installed and Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment.
Security equipment and alarms were installed by the Israeli government at a notorious Manhattan residence frequented by former PM Ehud Barak.«
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American Financing - Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Walsh or call 866-569-4711 for details about credit costs and terms. APR for rates in the 5s star...Matt Walsh (YouTube)
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Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.Mica Rosenberg (ProPublica)
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Pressure escalates in the Quilleco Case: Mapuche community members on indefinite hunger strike to demand the annulment of the trial, due process, and urgent improvements at the Temuco Correctional Center.
The Quilleco Case adds a new chapter of pressure. According to a document received by this newsroom, Mapuche political prisoners have begun an indefinite hunger strike and are targeting the January sentence, accusing the court of violating due process.
In the document, the community members communicate “the current state” of their situation and emphasize that the measure is not symbolic: they demand the annulment of the guilty verdict, call for respect for due process, and, furthermore, raise once again the issue of the prison conditions in the Mapuche community member module at the Temuco Penitentiary Center (CCP).
Indefinite Hunger Strike in the Quilleco Case: The Demands of the Mapuche Political Prisoners
The statement reads:
“Through this statement, we wish to communicate the current situation of ourselves, the Mapuche political prisoners in the Quilleco case, who today, February 16, 2026, began an indefinite hunger strike demanding the following:
1. The annulment of the guilty verdict in which we were sentenced on January 20, 2026, in the Los Ángeles Criminal Court, to 15 and 17 years in prison.
2. Respect for due process and an end to political convictions.
3. Improvements in prison conditions within and for the Mapuche community members module at the Temuco Correctional Center.”
The text frames the hunger strike as a response to a conviction that, they assert, was handed down in an environment unfavorable to the defense and with a pattern of criminalization that is not new to Mapuche and social organizations that have followed the case.
Resumen Latinoamericano, February 18, 2026
SOURCE: El Ciudadano
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The Guardian: Environmental protest group says FBI is investigating it for terrorism
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Extinction Rebellion says some members have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats toward liberal groupsGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
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AI data centers are consuming enormous amounts of power and cooling. Now, some billionaires have proposed a bold solution: move them to space! They cite“free...Kyle Hill (YouTube)
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Kennedy visited Samoa in 2019 when the Samoan government was restarting its childhood MMR immunization program.Defend Public Health
📚 Author Talk: Ralf Ruckus on Social Struggles and Leftwing Opposition in China
Jura Books is excited to announce a presentation by author and researcher Ralf Ruckus on Friday the 13th of March, 6:30pm.
In this event, Ralf Ruckus will present the arguments of two books: 'The Communist Road to Capitalism. How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China’s (R)evolution since 1949' (PM Press, 2021) provides a history of the social, economic, and political trajectory in China since 1949, while 'The Left in China. A Political Cartography' (Pluto Press, 2023) looks deeper into the social conflicts and struggles in China since 1949 and analyses how they inspired different generations of leftwing opposition.
Throughout this history, social struggles have been met by countermeasures from the Communist Party regime, again triggering social conflicts. This dialectic of struggles and countermeasures has been the driving force behind China's historical development not only during the period of socialism from the 1950s on, but also during the reforms of the 1980s, the transition to capitalism in the 1990s, and the capitalist consolidation until today. Social struggles and leftwing movements have repeatedly challenged the Communist Party regime and produced subversive critiques and practices directed against the oppressive socialist order and later the capitalist system.
🚨HOLY CRAP!!!!
A Republican County Commissioner in Charlotte NC just had 7-10 SHOTS FIRED AT HIS HOME WHILE HIS WIFE AND KIDS WERE INSIDE!!!
Bullet holes can be seen in trees, cars, mailbox, and his kid's basketball hoop.
He says he was DELIBERATELY TARGETED and his kids are terrified and don't feel safe to play outside anymore...
REPUBLICANS ARE UNDER ATTACK!!!!!!
Marin is the ONLY Republican running to represent County Commission District 1.
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🚨HOLY CRAP!!!!A Republican County Commissioner in Charlotte NC just had 7-10 SHOTS FIRED AT HIS HOME WHILE HIS WIFE AND KIDS WERE INSIDE!!!Bullet holes can be seen in trees, cars, mailbox, and his kid's basketball hoop.Matt Van Swol (X (formerly Twitter))
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@HistorianUSA1
This deranged psychopath is making a video for her own protection because she outted her parents for supporting Trump and ICE and now they are kicking her out of the house.
We have a serious mental health crisis in this country.
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This deranged psychopath is making a video for her own protection because she outted her parents for supporting Trump and ICE and now they are kicking her out of the house.We have a serious mental health crisis in this country. pic.twitter.LetsGoBFLO (X (formerly Twitter))
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According to Accenture research, power consumption by data centers could surge to over 7% of total US electricity by 2028 and increase to 16–23% by 2033. Compared with 5% power consumption in 2024, these projections represent significant increases.
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#usa #economy #energy #news #technology
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Wrapped in Lace: Knitted Heirloom Designs from Around the World "The spectacular knitted lace designs of designer Margaret Stove are truly the pinnacle of the craft." Sale: $3.99 to $0.99 by Margaret Stove Rating: 4.5/5 (115 Reviews) #Knitting #Lace #Crafts #Heirloom #Shawls #Fashion #BookSky
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A Pokemon pinball machine was released. I'm reading reactionary comments about it and it's really telling how big the generational gap with the Pokemon audience is, when there are people who see the pinball machine's price and then rant that no one will be able to ever play something that expensive.
Damn, if only there was some kind of a business model, where someone bought expensive *arcade games*, put them under one roof and had them operate on per play cost.
That'd be fucking amazing.
A shadowy think tank run by British PM Keir Starmer’s top strategist has been exposed for paying a PR firm to spy on journalists including me and the outlet I write for, The Grayzone.The Grayzone
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🚨 BREAKING: The Kansas Legislature just OVERRODE the Democrat Governor's veto and enacted a law that
- Bans MEN from WOMEN'S restrooms
- Defines male and female at birth
- Requires accurate listing of male or female on licenses and birth certificates
Both the Senate and House have now voted to OVERRIDE Gov. Kelly's (D) veto
MASSIVE WIN FOR SANITY! 🇺🇸
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🚨 BREAKING: The Kansas Legislature just OVERRODE the Democrat Governor's veto and enacted a law that- Bans MEN from WOMEN'S restrooms- Defines male and female at birth- Requires accurate listing of male or female on licenses and birth certificatesBot…Eric Daugherty (X (formerly Twitter))
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🎶 Ahora en Fedi Drama Radio:
Robocall — Legally Blind
💿 Legally Blind
📻 Bloque: Mañanas Rockeras y Enérgicas
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#dramaradio #radio #music
the full list, as promised in the alt text:
Rank Shift 0, 0, 0.
Feeble, 1-2, 2.
Poor, 3-4, 4.
Typical, 5-7, 6.
Good, 8-15, 10.
Excellent, 16-25, 20.
Remarkable, 26-35, 30.
Incredible, 36-45, 40.
Amazing, 46-62, 50.
Monstrous, 63-87, 75.
Unearthly, 88-125, 100.
Shift X, 126-175, 150.
Shift Y, 176-350, 200.
Shift Z, 351-UP, 500.
Class 1000, 1000, 1000.
Class 3000, 3000, 3000.
Class 5000, 5000, 5000.
Beyond, (blank), Infinite.
this scale is from TSR's old Marvel Super Heroes tabletop roleplaying game. see how the adjectives from the classic comic titles made their way into the chart?
for the young 'uns, TSR was the company that owned Dungeons and Dragons, before it got bought by Wizards of the Coast which got bought by Hasbro. they had some other games too, and this was one of them.
I know somebody who calibrates their pain scale where 10 = that time she fell off a cliff and broke her spine in several places.
So when her foot got busted and they did surgery to pin a bunch of bones back together, she told the nurses it was a 7. They're so used to everybody just exaggerating, they gave her an NSAID and left for the night and it was so bad she was starting to hallucinate.
Everybody gauges it really differently.
My PT: How would you describe your pain today?
Me: sour, with sharp grassy notes, against a slightly discordant vibrato counterpoint
PT, sighing: So, a 6?
Me: sure, that tracks
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China’s semiconductor market is projected to grow from $180B in 2024 to $343B by 2032, driven by policy support, EVs, AI, 5G, and supply chain localization.cnbusinessforum (China Business Forum)
When I post :F it's a water deer
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People are getting fight rich off the California High Speed RailThe CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority is named Ian Choudri, he’s getting paid $563,000 per yearHe was arrested for domestic battery in California this year, the District At…Wall Street Apes (X (formerly Twitter))
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#PearlsBeforeSwine by #StephanPastis for February 18, 2026 | GoComics
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We just made a $200,000,000 AI movie in just one day.Yes, this is 100% AI. pic.twitter.com/TMotM7rguY— The Dor Brothers (@thedorbrothers) February 16, 2026The Dor Brothers (X (formerly Twitter))
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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
Loi de déportation européenne : on n'en veut pas !
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"Nous pouvons choisir la solidarité, pas le fascisme. Nous pouvons organiser l'auto-defense et l´entraide mutuelle pour nous protéger de l'exploitation.
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[FR] PAS DE ICE DANS L'UE. FRONTEX : CASSE-TOI PAS DE RAIDS PAS DE EXPULSIONS
L'UE tente de faire adopter un règlement encourageant la chasse aux migrants, les raids à domicile et
Nous pouvons choisir la solidarité, pas le fascisme. Nous pouvons organiser l’auto-defense et l´entraide mutuelle pour nous protéger de l’exploitation. [FR] [EN Below] [FR] PAS DE ICE DANS (...)Stuut
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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
Choc Corridor, une fiction radiophonique
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"Choc Corridor, une fiction radiophonique de Mayday en 3 épisodes. Une histoire de radio à la radio. - Expressions et Récits / Une, Culture • Contre-culture"
Jack Jenkins
in reply to Jack Jenkins • • •E.g., to my knowledge, there really isn’t another social network that’s run by a nonprofit — at least not one anywhere near as successful as Mastodon.
I admittedly appreciate that on principle as a nonprofit journalist myself, but it’s also undeniable that nonprofit tech orgs (Signal, Wikipedia, Courtlistener, Internet Archive, etc) are *often* just a fundamentally different kind of tech by design.
Recent years have laid bare the difference that makes — including to journalists.
Jack Jenkins
in reply to Jack Jenkins • • •Do I often feel like I’m posting into the void here? Yup!
Do I even really know or understand what my audience is here? Nope!
But I dunno. The broader project just seems like something worth sticking around for if I can.
royal
in reply to Jack Jenkins • • •Internet Rando
in reply to Jack Jenkins • • •Stefan Bohacek
in reply to Jack Jenkins • • •Really appreciate your attitude!
Fediverse really does have a lot of potential. We just have to live up to it.