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“Northern Lights” at 30
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"Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy taught me to distrust authority, and that we live in just one of many possible worlds ~ Taib Hayat ~ Set in a steampunk-themed alternate universe, the orphan girl Lyra grows up among scholars in a venerable British college. Reformation and Enlightenment never happened in her world, and the
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Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy taught me to distrust authority, and that we live in just one of many possible worlds ~ Taib Hayat ~ Set in a steampunk-themed alternate universe, the orphan girl Lyra grows up among scholars in a venerable…
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Nasser Hospital, the last medical center still operating in southern Gaza, is threatened with shutting down as the Israeli army tightens its siege on the area. The hospital warns that fuel shortages will turn the facility into a "silent graveyard."

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#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel


Gaza’s Nasser Hospital will turn into ‘silent graveyard’ if siege and fuel shortage persist,

Nasser Hospital, the last medical center still operating in southern Gaza, is threatened with shutting down as the Israeli army tightens its siege on the area. The hospital warns that fuel shortages will turn the facility into a “silent graveyard.”
Tareq S. Hajjaj (Mondoweiss)

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One huge impact mass FOSS adoption would have is that there would be a lot less software and hardware churn. Commercial nature of proprietary technology is the main driver for constant upgrade cycles we see. Companies need to constantly sell products to stay in business, and this means you have to deprecate old software and hardware in order to sell new versions of the product.

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#foss #opensource #oss

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my main client has basically been saying "Yea i have some updates for you to do" for like 6 months and we never do them. so it's an extremely minimal amount of system admin stuff that an AI agent could probably take over within a year or two.

don't get me wrong i am definitely taking advantage of this pause in work to deal with other stuff like getting moved onto my property (thus reducing expenses) but still it's rather disconcerting

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A new satellite constellation called SWIFT aims to predict dangerous space weather events up to 60 minutes before they hit Earth, giving more time to protect vulnerable technologies.

A heliophysicist and space weather expert explains:
theconversation.com/spacecraft…


Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm them.
The Conversation

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It is very important that you view this list of celebrities and public figures all with a left black eye and come to the conclusion that conspiracy theorists are crazy for wondering why.

dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…

Also, there was never an Epstein list.


Conspiracy theorists say stars with black eyes are part of ILLUMINATI

Elizabeth Hurley, Boy George and Robert Downey Jnr are among the A-listers who have been photographed with bruising in the eye area in recent years.
Jacqui Deevoy (Daily Mail)

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people hate on translators a lot for reasons that seem obvious, but completely forget about editors, chief editor, simply censors, and others who will and do impose on perfectly fine beautiful text with their own failed writer ambitions while bragging about not even knowing the language of the source material

and speaking of hate, graphic designers also get a ton of unwarranted hate, when it's their clients who choose the final result

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> Psalms 46:6-10 📖

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown.
God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

The Lord who commands armies is on our side!
The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!

He brings an end to wars throughout the earth;
he shatters the bow and breaks the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.

#bible

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So if you've installed Windows 11 recently, you're familiar with the very lengthy setup process where you can uncheck a lot of toggles to try and limit what the OS collects.

What the OS will collect is the following:
- Microsoft Store Logs
- Network data
- Hardware information
- Accessory data
- Application-related data
- Event metrics

You'll also send complete words that you typed or wrote, not just statistics. You'll also send speech recognition data, and activity history, so every document you opened, website you visited...

But that's just what Microsoft tells you about. Recently, a youtuber called "The PC Security channel" analysed a completely fresh Windows install, using Wireshark, and what they found was is that Windows makes a few connections to third parties it never really told you about.

THEIR VIDEO:

  • trustedsource.org.
  • scorecardresearch.com
  • Bing and msn.com
  • privacyportal.onetrust.com

So what exactly can Microsoft do with all this data?

Well, they have more than enough to completely fingerprint your device, they can reliably tell what you use in terms of apps, and what type of content you watch, and they also basically can have a keylogger on your computer. And finally, Windows sends some data to third parties.

Fortunately, you can disable all the option stuff straight from the settings.You can go to the privacy and security options, and go into each category and disable everything there.

You can also completely disable the telemetry service. Just hit Windows + R, and in the run dialog, type services.msc. In there, look for something called "Connected user experiences and telemetry", double click that, and in the "General tab", you can set "startup type" to "disabled".

Apple talks a big game when it comes to privacy, but in the end, is it really true?
Out of the box, macOS sends to Apple your IP address, location, and some usage patterns, like all the apps you run, and when you run them. Other telemetry data, out of the box, includes browsing history, search history, crash data, performance and diagnostic data, location information, health information if you use that on an iPhone for example, all the info you entered in your AppleID, the device serial number, payment information, everything you bought using that Apple ID, and potentially your government ID.

Fortunately, macOS lets you disable virtually everything that's being collected. You can just head over to the Security and Privacy settings, and in analytics and improvements, uncheck everything.

Now, how about Linux? Well, Linux based operating systems, or at least desktop Linux distributions don't collect any data out of the box, with a few exceptions.

The first one is Ubuntu, who will collect telemetry data out of the box, with no personal information at all. It's just hardware data, but it could still be used to fingerprint your device. Canonical doesn't currently have any ad server that I know about, so they probably only really use this to know what their users actually use and focus their efforts on that, but if you're uncomfortable with that, you can disable it at install.

Some Ubuntu derivatives that use the same installer might also have that kind of telemetry. On top of that, you have the ability to turn some entirely optional telemetry on in KDE's settings; and GNOME also has a telemetry tool that you have to install manually.

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Not that anyone's counting, but Israel has now killed as many starving Palestinians queuing for food alone as civilians were killed on Oct 7.

theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

#Gaza


Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
William Christou (The Guardian)

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Lord,
we praise you with our lips,
and with our lives and hearts.
Our very existence is a gift from you;
to you we offer all that we have and are.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

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May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.

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Yesterday was the remembrance day for the genocide of Srebrenica. War criminals Radic & Karadžić were convicted by the International Court of Justice and are serving life sentences in jail. icty.org/en/press/radovan-kara…

A similar massacre is taking place in Gaza, with 800 hungry civilians recently killed while searching for food. It won't be too early until the #ICJ also convicts Netanyahu & Gallant, currently charged with war crimes & crimes against humanity.
theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

legal case by the ICJ against Mladic and Karadzic
Indictment against Nethaniahu and Gallant by the ICJ (November 2024)

Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
William Christou (The Guardian)
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I just created an account on the newly-launched social media platform UpScrolled.

First impression: clean, really easy to sign up to and get going. Format looks like a mix between Twitter and Instagram.

I like the core ideas behind this platform. It's based in Australia, with servers in Ireland. Created by Issam Hijazi, an Australian-Palestinian, and backed by Tech For Palestine incubator.

So, unlike Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon, Palestinians and Arabs will not constantly have to deal with shadowbans or suspension.

It promises to be activist, artist, and organiser friendly. Will be interesting to see how the community develops.

Download on Google Play Store or Apple App.

This is my account
share.upscrolled.com/en/user/d…

More info:
upscrolled.com/en/about-us/

updates.techforpalestine.org/u…


UpScrolled is live. The Instagram alternative that’s actually on your side.

You can now download UpScrolled. The new place to speak up, share your work, share your life and actually be seen. If you’ve been waiting for a real alternative to Instagram, this is it. Why we needed UpScrolled Let’s be honest.
Afzal (Tech for Palestine)

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Some Dems are terrified to be blamed for shutting down the government. What leverage do we have, they whine. THE PURSE:

1. The budget on offer is going to be absolutely horrific; reject it and OFFER BETTER.

2. MusktRump has already shut the government down by firing so many thousands of people.

3. DEMANDS:
a. no budget until he rehires all those people they were illegally fired;
b. a SANE budget; and, most importantly,
c. FIRE MUSK & RATS AND ELIMINATE DOGE.
rsn.org/001/what-leverage-do-w…


'What Leverage Do We Have?' Democrats Face Pressure to Fight the Trump Agenda

Congressional Democrats have been front and center at recent rallies, blasting the Trump administration's slash-and-burn

www.rsn.org

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Clearly an option many are considering. A few may have the wherewithal? Or maybe Trump will surprise everyone and change into something more decent and rational.
(Who knew a laugh tastes bitter.)

independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
and this guy--
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…


Texas man charged over threatening Trump before he visited flood-ravaged zone

The San Antonio man was arrested Thursday night ahead of the president’s visit to Texas
Samantha Beech (The Independent)
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Just to be clear: Palestinians who refuse to “voluntarily” enter this concentration camp will be MURDERED if Israel decides with no proof or obligation to provide any proof.
Those inside the "most humanitarian concentraiton camp" will also be killed if Israel "think" they are Hamas or may be a danger to Israel any time in the future, even children since many IDF forces see Palestinian resistance as something in the bloodline of the resistance fighters.

That’s the plan. Stated openly. And people still insist with a straight face that this isn’t genocide.

And this is the country and the criminal regime the EU, US, Canada, Australia and the Arab league support, fund and protect!

#Israel #Gaza #ConcentrationCamp #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #USpo #EUpol #Politics #WarCrime #Inhumanity #BDS #SanctionIsrael #StopIsrael

@israel @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

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Is it possible to have a national class action suit to remove Trump and Krew due to his acts of sedition (destroying the US government), treason (same), murder, fascism or any other litany of CRIMES these nazi shits are committing? WE MUST RID OURSELVES OF HIM.

"But a new Washington Post report reveals quite the opposite — that Florida officials are relying in large part on minor traffic stops to find immigrants to throw in the facility."
rawstory.com/alligator-alcatra…


'DeSantis lied’: Key claim behind 'Alligator Alcatraz' just collapsed

When Florida Republicans unveiled a makeshift detention camp site for migrants in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz," they characterized it as a facility for hardened criminals who needed to be deported in the interest of public safety.
Matthew Chapman (Raw Story)

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Das ist nicht nur kein Widerspruch, sondern ein und dasselbe. Es ist gar nicht möglich, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt "pro-israelisch" zu sein ohne dadurch effektiv übelsten Antisemitismus zur Schau zu stellen. Was ist antisemitischer als jüdische Menschen zwanghaft mit Völkermord in Verbindung zu bringen? Was ist antisemitischer als zu behaupten, jüdische Menschen seien ipso facto gar nicht zur vollen Bandbreite menschlichen Handelns fähig?
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Stell dir vor, du bist derart menschenverachtend und moralisch verwest, dass du in einem offiziellen Dokument, behauptest, es sei ein gutes Argument gegen ein Aussetzen der privilegierten Sonderbehandlung Israels durch die EU, dass ein “bake sale" zugunsten von Kindern in Gaza stattgefunden hat, den du irgendwie doof findest. Dass das also irgendwie genauso schlimm sei, wie lückenlos dokumentierte sadistische Kriegsverbrechen und Massenmord und gegen diese aufgewogen werden müsse.

Die EINZIGE Erklärung ist, dass Frau Schnurbein Palästinenser*innen als buchstäbliche Untermenschen betrachtet, und sich dazu auch noch schriftlich bekennt. bird.makeup/users/hahauenstein…

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"Does anyone really believe that would not have happened if there were just some different executives at Google? The structural forces of capitalism, of the public market, of the demand for growth at all costs would have bowled them over too.

Indeed, we’ve already run the experiment on whether a set of companies and executives claiming they’d be better than the old guard will really deliver on that promise. That was exactly the narrative the tech industry sold to the world when it was a bunch of startups and scrappy founders fighting to displace the dominant firms they were going up against. They promised they would “do no evil.”

That narrative was valuable in selling themselves and their products to the public, with ample help from a credulous media that loves to chase money and power. Years later, we can see it was an effective marketing campaign that allowed them to evade regulation and taxation that applied to traditional industries for far longer than they should’ve gotten away with.

The tech oligarchs are just as bad as — if not worse than — the executives and monopolists that preceded them, and a new crop of founders won’t change the way that vast wealth and power tends to corrupt those who wield it.

There are certainly exceptions to these rules. Wikipedia remains a non-profit entity and Signal seems to be resisting the pressure to pursue growth at all costs. But they’re few and far between, and it’s not better founders that will change that. It requires upending the structural forces that push companies and the people who run them to cast all other considerations aside in the pursuit of power and profit."

disconnect.blog/p/better-found…

#Capitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley


Better founders won’t fix Silicon Valley

The pressure to maximize profit makes even the seemingly good executives compromise their values or move aside
Paris Marx (Disconnect)
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m0xEE

@jae@darkdork.dev @zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org
Yep, they work as expected!
I must have a DM-related trauma — my original Fedi instance, Librem Social, which is a fork of old Mastodon, has no DMs… I don't think it has any scopes. It also has no other timelines, but people you follow — so finding people to follow was no small feat. That is probably why I expect nothing to work 😆
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m0xEE

@jae@darkdork.dev @zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org
I believe this instance is hosted on the potatoest computer of all Fedi. The PowerPC MacMini with only 1 gig of RAM it runs on also hosts an XMPP server (Prosody), all my Git repos and acts as a bittorrent seedbox (transmission) and a print server! It's 20 years old of which I think for 15 it was running 24/7, poor thing 😅
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m0xEE

My proxy server/VPN box has 512 Mb 😂
I still like that thing because it's passively cooled, it's connected to the amp and I run cmus on it and listen to the music — really appreciate being able to do this without computer noise.
It also hosts my Gemini capsule and few other small things. It's kinda funny because my "client" machines have their RAM maxed out, by I manage to get away using very little on the machines I host things on, I think I've even patched its kernel to prevent RAM from being reserved for video 🤔
512 Mb is surprisingly usable BTW. I have Toshiba AC100 — one of the early widely-available ARM machines, for TUI software it's perfect! I can't use it any more — the backlight died, maybe I'll replace it one day. It has a built-in cellular modem and with a new battery it could be a nice machine. Then I have an old ThinkPad T40, also with 512 Mb — with software like gomuks, profanity, w3m, tut, cmus — works like magic. Lagrange works fine and I can even open a lightweight website in surf/WebKit.
I think we got spoiled with overabundance of it — of everyday things web browsers consume most RAM, otherwise you can still have fun with very little.

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Leur démocratie, ce sont nos futurs cancers

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Absolutely in love with these little guys recently, but I know I'm completely incapable of handling them. Tokay geckos are fast, defensive and have one of the meanest bites among all species of gecko that they like to use any time they feel threatened.

Why do these complete demons have to be so adorable?

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:VD15_0::VD15_1::VD15_2::VD15_3::VD15_4::VD15_5::VD15_6::VD15_7:

Conversely, chameleon geckos are just as adorable and much more handleable. They're curious, personable and absolutely tiny, with a fully-grown adult typically measuring between 2.5 - 3 inches in length.

I'm debating getting some of these, but I'll wait and see if I'm still interested in 3-4 months so I know I'm not just going through a lizard phase.

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#Israel defence minister’s announcement on Monday of his plans to forcibly transfer all #Palestinian civilians in #Gaza to a camp in the ruined city of #Rafah without allowing them to leave.
#ConcentrationCamps
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state

Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans ‘forcible transfer’
Kiran Stacey (The Guardian)
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