Φάε τώρα το LastOS και μη λες πολλά. ☺️
@ProfessorTom wrote
Canadian General Lawrence Moore Cosgrave had a problem: when he was serving in WW I, he was wounded and blinded in his left eye. Roughly twenty-five years later, this would cause a diplomatic problem that could have led to World War II never ending–or at least not ending aboard the USS Missouri. So, what happened and why was General Cosgrave in the center of this diplomatic faux pa? Preparing the Articles of Surrender When it was signaled to the Allies (read: the Americans) that Japan was willing to surrender unconditionally, the physical documents were hastily created once the wording had ben worked out. There were to be two copies of the Instruments of Surrender: a copy for the Americans and a copy for the Japanese. Interestingly, both copies were printed in English. Whether or not this was done to humiliate the Japanese by having to accept a document not in their own language remains unclear. What is clear was that the Americans didn’t want any ambiguities due to translation, so they wrote the Articles of Surrender in English so there would be no misunderstanding1. Parchment was found for both copies in a monastery and the documents were prepared by General McArthur’s staff. The Americans put their copy in a leather folder with gold tooling and embossed seals2 whereas the Japanese copy was put into a canvas with irregular stitching and no seals or embellishments. Again, this was not to insult the Japanese, it was more due to a lack of resources in a war zone on short notice. Both copies had the same eight paragraph text on the verso and signatures on the recto. The Japanese signatures were on the top of the recto and the Allied signatures were underneath. There was a line where each signatory was to sign with their title underneath the line. When it came time to sign the documents, the Japanese signatories, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijirō Umezu, signed first. When it was each man’s turn to sign, they signed both the Allied and Japanese copies of the Articles of Surrender as did each of the Allied signatories. The Allies signed in printed order from top to bottom with General Douglas MacArthur signing first. As with the Japanese signatories, both documents were signed by each signatory when it was their turn to sign. MacArthur was followed by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States, General Hsu Yung-chang for China, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser for the United Kingdom, Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko for the Soviet Union, General Sir Thomas Blamey for Australia, Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave for Canada, Général de Corps d’Armée Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque for France, Lieutenant Admiral Conrad Helfrich for the Netherlands and finally Air Vice-Marshal Leonard M. Isitt for New Zealand. Cosgrave’s Error When General Cosgrave signed the Japanese copy of the Articles of Surrender, he skipped his line and signed on the line below where he was supposed to sign. Hauteclocque, Helfrich and Isitt signed below Cosgrave’s signature. The error was pointed out to General Richard K. Sutherland, MacArthur’s Chief of Staff. See, this was a legal document. A very important legal document. If it wasn’t filled out correctly, it may not have the force of law behind it. The Japanese3 could have claimed that World War II, therefore, did not properly end. The Japanese could have fought on, though this likely would not have occurred given they were severely resource constrained. In order to rectify the situation, Sutherland crossed out the printed titles and hand wrote them under the representatives’ signatures. The Japanese were still not happy with measure, so Sutherland initialed each of his changes. At this point, the Japanese accepted their copy of the document and World War II officially ended. 1 Have you ever heard of the aphorism, “The sun never set on the British Empire”? Well, one of the consequences of the truth in that aphorism is that the English language was spread around the globe. As a consequence of that, it turns out that English in 1945 made for a reasonable choice for diplomatic language. In fact, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu was fluent in English and was the only defendant during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (held the following year in 1946) to answer and participate in English! It’s amazing to me to think that the British Empire covered more ground than did the Roman Empire. How can such a tiny island nation have colonized so much? 2 Seals like, in a generic sense, the Presidential seal. 3 Well, really, either side, but the Japanese were more likely to protest since they were the ones surrendering.
For us fans he obviously doesn't say much we haven't heard before* - but it's still a wonderful hi-speed tour de force through the topic for newbies & normies & as such, enormously important exposure 🙌👍😊
-------
*I think I've stressed before the importance of hammering on the same message; it may not be news to Us™️ anymore but A. repetition begets recognition & B. those of us who already know are not the target audience.
youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?si=OG21cH…
#enshittification #tech #business @pluralistic
Journalist, internet activist, and author Cory Doctorow talks to Ronny Chieng about the concept behind his latest book, “Enshittification,” which breaks down...The Daily Show (YouTube)
...my decision to always use cash when I buy in stores seems wiser than I knew.
Any data point you give companies about you is a data point they will use against you.
(By @pluralistic )
#SurveillanceCapitalism
pluralistic.net/2025/12/11/not…
Pluralistic: Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars (11 Dec 2025)Cory Doctorow (Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow)
Gaza rescuers pull bodies from another collapsed house amid severe storm
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/12/12/gaza-rescuers-pull-bodies-from-another-collapsed-house-amid-severe-storm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera
Rescuers pulled bodies from under the rubble of a collapsed house in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya after heavy rain and winds.Al Jazeera
It's been my suspicion that trying to fight AI corporations on copyright grounds wouldn't be a good strategy, because ultimately what would happen is they'd end up in a situation that just entrenches them and media megacorps as monopolists. And, well... deadline.com/2025/12/disney-op…
Add on top of that how centralization of the web has lead to almost all art being published being under a ToS that can sell the data to OpenAI and ultimately indies get squeezed out of the fight.
Disney will make characters from 'Frozen' and 'Star Wars' available to Sora under $1B deal with OpenAI.Jake Kanter (Deadline)
Journalist, internet activist, and author Cory Doctorow talks to Ronny Chieng about the concept behind his latest book, “Enshittification,” which breaks down...The Daily Show (YouTube)
Μαραθώνια η εισαγγελική πρόταση στη δευτεροβάθμια #GDtrial, με λεπτομερή αιτιολόγηση, σημείο προς σημείο, πάνω στα στοιχεία.
Θα συνεχιστεί τη Δευτέρα 15/12/2025.
Tears fall as children describe parentless families after #ICE raids
eu.palmbeachpost.com/picture-g…
#Florida #PalmBeach - Flowers placed to honor those detained and tears fall as children describe parentless families after ICE raids during vigil at Guatemalan-Maya Center
Flowers placed to honor those detained and tears fall as children describe parentless families after ICE raids during vigil in Lake Worth Beach.Thomas Cordy (The Palm Beach Post)
Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn't be allowed
https://apnews.com/article/olympics-luge-russia-a1521945e7c4aae3b7840bb7fa65da25?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
Fernando Mendoza looking to add a historic Heisman Trophy win for Indiana to his college ride
https://apnews.com/article/indiana-hoosiers-heisman-trophy-ee391a38a298c88cb85dd259a3613382?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
I don't want to hear you badmouthing Poles ever again.
Jedyna w Europie arena paintballowa w mini czołgach! Ekscytująca rywalizacja w sercu Tatr. 20.000 m² zabawy i adrenaliny w Zakopanem.Tank Arena
Limiter les pouvoirs absolus de la propriété privée, c’est possible en France pour les terres agricoles grâce au « fermage », un outil juridique mis en place il y a 80 ans, à la Libération.
On commémore cette année les 80 ans de la Sécurité sociale, grande avancée dont chacun et chacune bénéficie. On commémore aussi un autre grand progrès, en particulier pour les zones rurales, la création du « fermage », il y a 80 ans également. Celui-ci permet de protéger les agriculteur.ices qui louent une terre pour la cultiver des abus des propriétaires fonciers.
Lire ici basta.media/le-fermage-ce-stat…
Limiter les pouvoirs absolus de la propriété privée, c'est possible en France pour les terres agricoles grâce au « fermage », un outil juridique mis en place il y a 80 ans, à la Libération.Nolwenn Weiler (Basta!)
At its annual Lamplighter Gala in September 2025, the American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) awarded Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp a top honor and inscribed his name on a ceremonial Torah scroll, recognizing the company’s role in delivering adv…Jonas E. Alexis, Senior Editor (VT Foreign Policy)
SCIOPERO GENERALE A MILANO
É da poco terminato in piazza della Scala il corteo per lo sciopero generale indetto dalla CGIL contro la manovra finanziaria del Governo Meloni e partito da Porta Genova.
Tra i temi fondamentali della giornata di astensione dal lavoro l'opposizione all'aumento delle spese militari e al combinato disposto tassazione-inflazione che ha eroso pesantemente i faticosi aumenti salariali degli ultimi anni.
Image: XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light
#space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2
President Donald Trump's Department of Education stopped AI bots and "ghost students" from fraudulently obtaining more than $1 billion in federal student loans.Emma Colton (Fox News)
While these are all funny, I find the first one to be the funniest, because these dumb fucks lost a TV by fucking around with their dogs for a laugh... 🤣
But they're all funny to watch.
youtube.com/shorts/IfwK7pPf944
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.Viral Shorts (YouTube)
🤣
x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1999…
Ilhan Omar and Eddie Murphy speak about Somalian fraud.The internet is wild af.. lmao pic.twitter.com/NktEv6TVh6— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) December 11, 2025American AF 🇺🇸 (X (formerly Twitter))
Sensitive content
🎶 Ahora en Fedi Drama Radio:
Alive — Songwriterz
💿
📻 Bloque: Saturday Vibes
🔊 Escucha: radio.tuiter.rocks
📅 Programación: radio.tuiter.rocks/parrilla
“Inequality is silent until it becomes scandalous”
1% of Indians take 40% of national income: latest World Inequality Report. Kavitha Iyer reports how such inequality entrenches unequal opportunities, worsen health & education outcomes for the poor.
article-14.com/post/the-hidden…
The World Inequality Report 2026 finds India’s celebrated growth story sitting atop deep and record inequality.article-14.com
Sensitive content
Nearly three months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, TPUSA still won’t disclose his burial site, fueling growing speculation.Kellen McGovern Jones - Senior Investigative Reporter (Yahoo News)
Relevant comment from Anonymous Conservative:
How does a little-known “Christian” girl with a tramp stamp end up in Israel with Netanyahu’s son, before marrying one of the preeminent conservative thought leaders in America? Curious.
out of all the shit that came out of meta/facebook
zstandard might be the only thing that was of great benefit to humanity, it really is stellar
👍
t. archiving and backing up and duplicating
Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
https://apnews.com/article/iran-arrest-narges-mohammadi-8523591777ccf6338f9adc1afcf00d90?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
Coded Artist likes this.
Show navigation menu
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2025/12/12/a-fearful-country-crime-concerns-grip-chile-ahead-of-presidential-run-off?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Features @features-AlJazeera
Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast and leftist leader Jeannette Jara have made combatting crime key to their agendas.Natalie Alcoba (Al Jazeera)
Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-nato-trump-russia-china-greenland-907b309f213322a437771521fce5a08c?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Asia @asia-AssociatedPress
Polish border guards have discovered another underground tunnel from Belarus, through which 180 illegal migrants were able to enter Poland, more than 130 ofEUROPE SAYS
New footage shows six Israeli hostages celebrating Jewish holiday, months before they were killed
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hostages-hamas-gaza-hanukkah-video-tunnel-8a2927a0bf2d0840c1e51969ecf55ef1?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
Bestselling British writer Joanna Trollope dies at 82
https://apnews.com/article/writer-joanna-trollope-dies-7cc201384d8612f80ae9e50e86e7574b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Entertainment @entertainment-AssociatedPress
@GolfCartLady Okay...you started this.....
Italy's national strike called by main union disrupts transport and school services
https://apnews.com/article/italy-strike-unions-meloni-government-labor-22df9d003d1aac52e2d8a83f4f7cf995?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business and Finance @business-and-finance-AssociatedPress
For #FrescoFriday a #Roman wall painting from the Casa dei Cervi, Herculaneum, depicting Cupids playing hide and seek. I especially like the one who covers his eyes - some things haven't changed since Roman times! In Roman wall painting of the 1st c. AD, scenes depicting Cupid in everyday activities were very popular. The fresco dates 50/60 AD. Now at Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
📷 Egisto Sani flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02…
#archaeology #RomanArchaeology
Playing Erotes These four small pictures, with other 18 frescos still preserved “in situ”, are a set of images showing Erotes involved in children's games or while they are performing activities for adults.Flickr
3,223 likes, 1,620 comments - dallasfingerprint_ on December 9, 2025: "Blinn Community College in Bryan, Texas has been facing criticism after photos were published online showing the new paper signs reading “biological men” and “biological women” po…Instagram
RE: med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/11569…
"What I want these leaders to do is also consider how a decision to essentially throw one group of people under the bus undermines scientific integrity and harms everyone.
"And I think that it’s also necessary for the rise of autocracy to go along, to compromise, to acquiesce."
RE: mastodon.green/@gimulnautti/11…
I got off of Farcebook (Fecesbook) years ago and do not miss it at all. Fuck being a monetized puppet of that nazi asshole, Schmuckerborg.
Are we mistaking belief for evidence when it comes to vaccines? This episode unpacks how prestige, bias, and trial design choices can turn ‘safe and effective’ into a slogan—then shows you how to veri...Dr. Mercola (Odysee)
Sensitive content
sensual lover reshared this.
The president's latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States.jeffrey-d-sachs (Common Dreams)
Kremlin official says Russian police and National Guard to stay in Ukraine's Donbas even after peace
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-donbas-peace-talks-95d7adf96046d8718a6e5c78d229d44c?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
Fou
in reply to magostisfilis • • •