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KDE defined its 3 main goals for the next years
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Plasma 6.2 beta is out
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Square Enix invests in Playtron OS
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GNOME has a lot on its plate
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Ubuntu 24.10 will get more Snap permissions
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Apple and Google fined 14 and 2.6 billion dollars
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cnbc.com/2024/09/10/googles-2p…

Do we need a Steam Deck 2 soon?
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Google's 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe's top court in EU antitrust probe

The fine stems from an antitrust investigation by European Union regulators into Google that concluded in 2017.
Arjun Kharpal (CNBC)
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Donuts.

I s̶p̶e̶n̶t̶ wasted a lot of time being serious and angry when I was eighteen. I didn't have a clue about anything. And then a guy about my age that I worked with sat down one day and ate my sack lunch right in front of me.

Bold as brass.

We've been best friends for 45 years now because he was kind enough to show me how to pick the people I should have in my life and why it matters.

Bastard still owes me for the RC Cola and the chocolate mini-donuts.

#PeopleWeLove
#OldPeopleOfMastodon

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AUR malware

librewolf-fix-bin, firefox-patch-bin, zen-browser-patched-bin

Any distro using pacman and AUR repository alert the community


kapustin - about 8 hours ago

Arch finds malware in AUR


The Arch Linux team have reported the discovery of malware in the project’s community repository, the Arch User Repository. “On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was uploaded to the AUR. Two other malicious packages were uploaded by the same user a few hours later. These packages were installing a script coming from the same GitHub repository that was identified as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). The affected malicious packages are: librewolf-fix-bin, firefox-patch-bin, zen-browser-patched-bin” Anyone who has installed these compromised packages should remove them and be aware their systems were potentially open to malicious, remote access.

#joborun
#librewolf #obarun #artix
#manjaro


Arch finds malware in AUR The Arch Linux team have reported the dis...

Arch finds malware in AUR The Arch Linux team have reported the discovery of malware in the project's community repository, the Arch User Repository. "On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was uploaded to the AUR.
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joborun linux

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Arch Linux pulls AUR packages that installed Chaos RAT malware (htt...

Arch Linux pulls AUR packages that installed Chaos RAT malware (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arch-linux-pulls-aur-packages-that-installed-chaos-rat-malware/) #security #linux #bleeping_computer #bleepingcomputer #computers #technolo…
Societas - a diaspora* social network

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Marx’ın Matematiksel Elyazmaları: Bir kitabı arama, bulma ve çevirtme öyküsü

Kitaptan kimse haberli değildi sanırım, haberli olabilecek çok az sayıdaki insanla da ben karşılaşmadım belki de. Adını sormayı akıl edemediğim için sonraki yıllarda aklıma geldikçe hayıflandığım, şık giyimli, nazik davranışlı adam dışında…

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
Retour du loup
labogue.info/spip.php?article2…

"Au printemps, neuf prédations ont été recensées sur le plateau de Millevaches, possiblement imputables à des loups, suscitant la colère des éleveurs. En réponse, la préfecture de Corrèze a déployé une Brigade Loup pour les abattre. Nos associations de protection de la nature et de l'environnement proposent une autre voie pour venir en soutien aux éleveurs."

Retour du loup

Au printemps, neuf prédations ont été recensées sur le plateau de Millevaches, possiblement imputables à des loups, suscitant la colère des éleveurs. En réponse, la préfecture de Corrèze a (...)
labogue.info

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This horrendously violent attack is not the first in the area. Those responsible need to be identified, arrested & charged without delay. Racist vigilante thuggery has to be stopped, as have those agitators who encourage it.

jrnl.ie/6768795


Condemnation of 'appalling' attack on man falsely accused and stripped by gang in Tallaght

Garda sources said they’re satisfied the man was not behaving inappropriately and was wrongly targeted.
TheJournal.ie

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On the same day Joseph Goebbels made his “Total War” speech in Berlin, February 18, 1943, Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested by the Gestapo—and later executed by guillotine.

Their crime? Mocking the Führer.
Let this be a lesson. Always mock the führer.
mind-war.com/p/we-will-not-be-…


“We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience.”

White Rose and the role of mockery in the age of Donald Trump
Jim Stewartson (MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy)
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Sir Ryan Bemrose

@relentless_eduardo

I agree that it's important to be confident that what you say is true before saying it. That's part of having integrity. It's also important to understand the difference between truth and belief - something most people today are very terrible at.

That said, I will *always* favor disclosure. It's far worse to hide the truth than to say something and be wrong about it. The latter can be fixed with open discussion and education. The former has no civil solution.

> there are onion layers of truth

With all due respect, this is rhetorical bullshit. There is only the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. If you're splitting it into "onion layers", you're not telling the whole truth. That's also called "lying by omission".

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relentless_eduardo

so what if somebody fools you in thinking that there is a terrible pandemic and that you should get a shot against it

you would be telling the truth at this point to repeat their statements

but it turns out the pandemic was just a cold, and the shot could be really damaging to you

but at this point, the truth would be different

but in both cases you exercised integrity

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Israel Strikes Gaza’s Catholic Church Again, Kills Three
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"Gaza City, Gaza — Israel has once again bombed Gaza’s only Catholic Church, Holy Family, this time killing three and wounding at least 10 others, including Parish Priest Gabriele Romanelli, who suffered leg injuries.
The Israeli attack occurred in the late morning on Thursday, July…
The post Israel Strikes Gaza’s Catholic Church Again, Kills Three

Israel Strikes Gaza's Catholic Church Again, Kills Three - UNICORN RIOT

Israel attacked Gaza's only Catholic Church, Holy Family, this time killing three and wounding at least 10, including the Parish Priest.
niko (UNICORN RIOT)

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Acadia National Park today (Jordan Pond). Learn more about the park at nps.gov/acad/index.htm and trails in this area at nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/hik… and the Sargent Mountain fire tower at nps.gov/acad/learn/historycult… and #acadia #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service in partnership with Dawnland LLC. #mewx #clouds #maine #firetower #lookout #trails #hiking
View from the Jordan Pond House web camera in Acadia National Park today. Green grass and tables with diners enjoying a meal fill the foreground. Trees provide a darker green border to the dining lawn and the blue pond in the center. Trails in the area lead away to distant topographic features. Above, a blue sky with a handful of gorgeous white clouds.

Acadia National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Acadia National Park protects the natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the Atlantic coastline of the United States, an abundance of habitats, and a rich cultural heritage.
www.nps.gov

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
Le régime annonce en plein été une guerre sociale et militaire !
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Le régime annonce en plein été une guerre sociale et militaire ! – Ricochets

Avec le projeeeeeet militariste de Macron et du sinistre gouvernement putschiste de Bayrou, associé à de nouvelles mesures antisociales énormes, les taux de pauvreté et d'inégalités en France, déjà…
Ricochets

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
Appel à s'organiser en amont contre la venue du RN à Bordeaux
lagrappe.info/?Appel-a-s-organ…

"Le Rassemblement National a recemment annoncé la tenue de son meeting de rentrée à Bordeaux le 14 septembre, en présence de Bardella et Le Pen. Ceci est un appel à s'organiser collectivement, dès maintenant pour entraver et s'opposer à leur venue."

Appel à s'organiser en amont contre la venue du RN à Bordeaux

La Grappe

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A Gene Robinson

🚨SHOCKING🚨

“Every young man needs a gay friend.”
– Barack Obama, July 2025

That’s the quote.

Not every young man needs a father…
Not a pastor…
Not discipline…
Not the fear of God…

Nope. According to Obama, what’s missing from your son’s life…
…is a rainbow tour guide to help him normalize confusion.

This isn’t leadership.
This is strategic moral decay.

Obama isn’t just soft on deviance—he’s its chief evangelist.
And I made a video to show you exactly how we were deceived.

Watch this. Then ask yourself: How many young men did we lose because we trusted the wrong “hope”? minds.com/newsfeed/17939931179…


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Minds

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Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

theconversation.com/only-3-yea…

#climate #climatecrisis


Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change

Planet Earth is living on borrowed time, a new global report reveals. The world must stop burning fossil fuels now and take urgent steps to reduce global warming.
The Conversation

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
Il est de nos luttes, nous sommes de son combat, vive Georges Ibrahim Abdallah
lagrappe.info/?Il-est-de-nos-l…

"Le jeudi 17 juillet 2025, la Cour d'appel de Paris a décidé que Georges Ibrahim Abdallah serait libéré à compter du vendredi 25 juillet, à 74 ans et après plus de 40 années de prison !"

Il est de nos luttes, nous sommes de son combat, vive Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

La Grappe

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
La planète sombre, mais la croisière s'amuse à plein tube !
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La planète sombre, mais la croisière s'amuse à plein tube ! – Ricochets

Alors que les catastrophes climatiques et écologiques hélas s'aggravent comme prévu, les croisières et les gros paquebots en tout genre se multiplient, y a un marché, notamment auprès des plus…
Ricochets

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✊MUTU MEDIAS LIBRES✊
No mine's land 2025 / Rencontres anti-extractivistes dans l'Allier
rebellyon.info/No-mine-s-land-…

"Le programme des rencontres anti-extractivistes dans l'Allier est sorti !
Du 25 au 27 juillet auront lieu près d'Echassières (03) et du projet de mine de la multinationale Imerys 3 jours de rencontres, débats et actions autour des luttes anti-extractivistes."

No mine’s land 2025 / Rencontres anti-extractivistes dans l’Allier

Le programme des rencontres anti-extractivistes dans l’Allier est sorti ! Du 25 au 27 juillet auront lieu près d’Echassières (03) et du projet de mine de la multinationale Imerys 3 jours de (...)
rebellyon.info

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Providing important information on military laws and orders to understand what is going on.

Derek Johnson HUGE Intel July 20: "Midway - Back To The Basics"

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Derek Johnson HUGE Intel July 20: "Midway - Back To The Basics"

📢📢: Join us in Telegram: https://t.me/DerekJohnsonOfficialUS Derek Johnson HUGE Intel July 20: "Midway - Back To The Basics"
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Maladie

Sensitive content

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"35% of the US stock market is held up by five or six companies buying GPUs."

Ed Zitron, The Hater's Guide to the AI Bubble

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The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble

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"A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision."


theregister.com/2025/07/21/rep…
👨‍🍳💋🤌


Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore

: AI ignored instruction to freeze code, forgot it could roll back errors, and generally made a terrible hash of things
Simon Sharwood (The Register)

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#kdeplasma #linux #desktop

00:00 Intro
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01:53 The Power of KDE
02:43 Activities: split your use cases clearly
04:01 Kwin Scripts: manage your window manager
04:58 KDE Connect: the unsung hero of Phone integration
05:53 Other "hidden" things you can do
07:24 The Welcome App: good idea, but bad direction
11:00 For more advanced features? Banner and callbacks
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Let's start with Activities, something KDE never really talks about or promotes in any way.

An Activity is a group of virtual desktops. You can switch activities easily with a keyboard shortcut, and they have their own switcher tool. Each activity can have its own name, wallpaper, set of plasma widgets, and virtual desktops.

WHich means you can create a work activity, with a certain set of widgets that let you work more easily, and a less distracting wallpaper, and a personal activity, where you can have all the anime characters you want as a background, different widgets, and even different apps running.

Now let's talk Kwin, the window manager / compositor. You can extend it, thanks to custom Kwin scripts. It can force background blur on certain windows, have sticky window snapping, so you can resize 2 adjacent windows in one go, there's Krohnkite, a script that turns Kwin into a full blown tiling window manager, you can maximize new windows to a new virtual desktop, like on mac OS, or shake a window to minimize all others.

By default, KDE Plasma also has KDE Connect, a wonderful tool that lets you basically replicate what apple does with their iOS and macOS devices: install the companion app on your Android phone, or iPhone, and pair the 2.

And that's just a few things most KDE users probably never even knew existed. There are tons more, like Krunner. Press Alt + space, and you get a full on search box. You can have an application launcher as a right click on the desktop, instead of a context menu. You can apply a whole theme in just one click from the appearance tab. You can replace any plasma widget by another through the "show alternatives" menu item. You can replicate any desktop from any other operating system.

Thing is, no one ever told KDE users they could do that, and that's the main problem with KDE.

Fortunately, KDE devs seem to have understood that problem, because they're already working on a Welcome application: invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-w…

But that doesn't solve our power problem: it only addresses the basics everyone already knows they'll be able to do in any OS. It doesn't tell people about what they can do specifically on KDE.

The welcome app should offer predefined layouts to let people know that this is a capability they have. Or, even better, have a "+" button to let someone create their own layout.

The Welcome app should probably also be the entry point for themes. KDE has a few out of the box, just as a dark or light mode, or midnight mode, but you could also use that opportunity to tell people about the "Get new stuff" buttons that permeate all the customization throughout the desktop.

DIsplay these default all in one themes, and a very visible "get more themes" button right from the start.

The Welcome app is also the perfect entry point to talk about KDE Connect.

For activities, there's a simple path as well. When a user enters the settings for Activities, or maybe uses virtual desktops for a while, you can just prompt them with a small notification, easily dismissed, or just a simple banner in the settings that might be related to virtual desktops.

Same goes for all Kwin scripts and all extensions: instead of hiding the kwin scripts in their own settings page, you could also make them more visible in the default window options.

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‪Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‬
‪@aoc.bsky.social‬
· 1h
People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.

Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.

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I don't really understand why Westerners consistently lie about China and push fake narratives about the non-existent "social credit score". I don't know what utility it holds nor what it's trying to accomplish…… Maybe domestic propaganda to make citizens feel happier or be more tolerant of their deteriorating conditions at home? Foster sentiments of "well, regardless of the status quo, at least we don't have a 'social credit score' like they do in China!"?

This stuff obviously only works on people who are uneducated or ignorant considering if one was able to read Chinese one could just read the signs and text on images like that attached and immediately know what it was saying vs. trusting some blue-check-mark's narrative on X. This type of propaganda neither works on, nor is targeted towards, Chinese-speakers or people who otherwise know better……

>微信信用分享先充后付

This is basically advertising a WeChat credit feature where users can pay later. So, literally just credit. Like a credit card. Buy now, pay it later.

A quick search online provides the clear answer:

>只要车主的支付分在550分及以上，就能优先享受“先充电、后付费”的服务，不用再提前充值或缴费，整个充电过程更为便捷、高效
>As long as the car owner's payment score is 550 points or above, he can enjoy the "charge first, pay later" service first, without having to recharge or pay in advance, and the entire charging process is more convenient and efficient.

Essentially, this advertisement is saying that on a lot of electric vehicle charging stations users need to pre-pay a set amount either directly or on an account plan: If a user has his/her vehicle plugged in and charging, but the user's balance paid hits zero, then the charging ceases and the user shows up to a car without a fully charged battery---something the user probably wasn't expecting nor wanting. But, if one has a credit score of 550 or higher, one can just pay with WeChat and WeChat will cover the expenses on one's behalf and one just needs to pay WeChat back for however much was charged. Just as if one was putting any ordinary charge on credit.

>先充后付
>Charge first and pay later

It'd be very clear and banal to anyone on 抖音 what this video was advertising. But, of course, someone who doesn't speak nor read 中文 would have no clue! So, Western bad-actors can take clips like this, append to it a fake narrative, and use it to maliciously disseminate falsehoods. I still don't fully understand the "pay off", though.

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British Dialectician ☭

because Western capital needs to push the idea that socialism = "evil big government" to its own citizens.

It's not meant to enlighten Chinese speakers to a truth about China, it's meant to hide the truth about China and socialism in general from non-Chinese-speakers.

And it is not the only piece, it is part of a wider narrative sold to citizens of the imperial core from birth about the PRC, DPRK, USSR, and all other socialist countries to prevent them from reaching class consciousness.

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Kyiv. Metropolitan.
People are hiding from Russian missiles and drones.
Imagine: a night spent on the cold floor of a subway station. Nearby — small children, scared, not fully understanding why they’re not sleeping in their warm beds at home.
And in the morning — time to get up. Not to go home. Not to rest. But to go to work.
Because life doesn’t stop.
We have to live. We have to work. We have to hold on.
📽 Yan Dobronosov (Іnstаgrаm), Telegraf

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Warning & Alert - this information is graphic as well as horrific.

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Mark Abrahams & Retired SO Lt. Col. Riccardo Bosi

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Hoffbug

I think that was the origin of the mental health breakdown.

She said she was going in on a welfare check... with a crowbar. Through a basement window. At night. Dressed all in black.

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🇳🇴 Norway is ready to significantly boost funding for Ukraine’s air defense, PM Jonas Gahr Støre announced. The move is being coordinated with Germany, as both countries already closely cooperate in producing air defense systems and ammunition for Ukraine. He also noted that Norway and Germany are discussing the delivery of additional Patriot systems—but emphasized that broader partnership and U.S. involvement are key.

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"Our bodies are breaking down. We feel constantly weak, unfocused, and off-balance. We grow irritable easily, but most of the time we just stay silent. Talking uses up too much energy."

972mag.com/hunger-gaza-food-ai…

@palestine #Palestine #Israel #Gaza


We are starving

My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.
Ben Reiff (+972 Magazine)

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LINUX vs WINDOWS: the graphical gap is still there

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#Windows #Linux #apps

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01:39 Managing Devices
04:20 Managing Services
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11:15 Command line: not enough
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GNOME Dconf video:

Device manager lets you see all the components of your PC, and the devices plugged into it. It lets you check for drivers, fix various problems, set some options, and view some logs related to your devices.

On Linux, this thing has no equivalent. We do have a third party app called HardInfo, but it's not an actionable application. In KDE, you have the same thing, with the Info Center.

Device manager is an important tool on Windows, and it would have a LOT of uses on Linux as well. I wish we had something like that.

Linux runs services in the background, for printing, bluetooth, network, virtualization, the graphical server or compositor, and a lot more things, generally managed by systemd on most distros.

And almost no Linux desktop has a complete graphical user interface to manage these services, turn them on or off, enable one at startup or not, or view logs related to this service.

On GNOME, you have an extension called systemd-manager, but no way to configure them, or select options, or enable autostart. On KDE, you have a services page in the settings, but you can basically just start and stop them, no other action is available.

As far as I know, only OpenSUSE has a decent services manager, that is baked into YAST, their configuration tool.

On Windows, the services app might look like it's 20 years old, which it probably is, but it lets you start and stop services, select if you want to start them manually, or at boot, or completely disable them, and it lets you set policies for various services failures, like restarting the computer, restarting the service, or opening another program.

Another thing that is not entirely available in our desktop environments is a graphical tool to configure the firewall, and general system security.

KDE has a config module in their settings, so that's handled. And yet again, OpenSUSE has a firewall config tool in Yast, which works really well.

For GNOME, there are third party tools you can install, depending on the firewall the distro uses, like firewall-config for firewalld, but these are rarely provided by default.

Linux desktops also don't really have an equivalent to the Windows "security center". GNOME has the basics of such an implementation, with their device security page, but it's not actionable.

Anyway, we could add here some information depending on certain libraries, apps, and kernels we use, if vulnerabilities have been detected, we could have access to the firewall settings, apps that have incorrect permission...

And then we have backups. A lot of distros ships with a third party backup tool, like Déja Dup, or Timeshift, but they generally only ship one or the other. We sort of need a complete solution that works ideally for both.

What I'd want is to right click on a file in my file manager, and have a "versions" menu item. What I'd like is a system settings option, native to the desktop environment, that lets me configure a backup, and restore it.

The windows registry is a horrible, horrible thing. It's illegible, it's super messy, modifications can result in a horrendously broken system, and generally it's better left alone.
But it does surface a LOT of options for applications and the system. And not all Linux desktops have an equivalent.

GNOME has dconf, which has a lot of various settings you can tweak. KDE doesn't have that.
Yast has a bunch of additional configurations available graphically.

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
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The starkest contrast of the 20th century is how China's socialist development led to the greatest sustained increase in life expectancy and quality of life, while capitalist reforms led to the greatest measurable reduction in life expectancy in post-Soviet countries.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

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#socialism


Lifting 800 Million People Out of Poverty – New Report Looks at Lessons from China’s Experience

Over the past 40 years, China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty, accounting for more than 75 percent of global poverty reduction in the same period, according to a new report released on Thursday.
World Bank Group

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Who had Theo in their dead pool?

abc7.com/amp/post/malcolm-jama…

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' dies after drowning off of the coast of Costa Rica | abc7.com

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Lawyers ask that Kilmar Abrego Garcia stay in jail to avoid US deportation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/21/lawyers-ask-that-kilmar-abrego-garcia-stay-in-jail-to-avoid-us-deportation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Lawyers ask that Kilmar Abrego Garcia stay in jail to avoid US deportation

Despite being wrongly deported and returned to the US, lawyers say Abrego Garcia again faces expulsion.
Al Jazeera

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BREAKING: Trump Attorney Peter Ticktin and Legal Team En Route to Visit Tina Peters in Jail Ahead of Critical Habeas Hearing

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BREAKING: Trump Attorney Peter Ticktin and Legal Team En Route to Visit Tina Peters in Jail Ahead of Critical Habeas Hearing | The Gateway Pundit | by Jason Sullivan

           Source: Unleashed.news President Trump’s longtime attorney Peter Ticktin, founder of The Ticktin Law Group, is currently en route — along with two key members of Tina Peters’ federal legal team — to meet with her inside the Colorado facili…
Jason Sullivan (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Are you in #pdx? do you like #coop s? We are lucky enough to have a regular local coop meetup, in person.

Our next meeting is the evening of Friday, August 1
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Join us in person at symbiop.com to hang out with fellow coop nerds and learn about how SymbiOp is organized.

boosts very welcome!

Edit: i am a regular visitor of the coop meetup, but not the organizer. I did get the real organizer (JT) to make a non facebook link so i could share here!


Portland Co-op Hangout

We are excited to make our way back to SymbiOp Garden Shop, a worker-owned ecological garden shop and landscaping cooperative since 2020! Schedule: 6:15 - 7:00: How the worker-owned co-op started 7:00 - 8:15: Unfacilitated socializing and networking.
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I was chatting paper airplanes with one of my kids and fondly remembered the ‘Whitewings’ airplanes I made as a kid with help from my dad.

Here’s a gallery with photos (!) and printable PDFs (!!) for most of them: meinframe.com/whitewings/

Even more remarkably, the folks behind Fold ’N Fly have just completed a round of crowdfunding and plan to reprint the original set, with some slight modernizations (different suppliers, no lead weights, etc.): whitewings.com/ — that merits an (!!!)


Whitewings » Paper Airplanes

Advanced paper airplanes that can fly for over 30 seconds and travel more than 200 feet.
www.whitewings.com

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Jailhouse lawyer wanted!

Crime doesn’t pay — so try politics instead.

The Democrat running to be Nassau County’s top prosecutor encouraged convicted criminals to apply for a job on her campaign that could pay them up to $7,000 a month.

District Attorney candidate Nicole Aloise’s campaign posted an ad seeking a “communications director” on job website indeed.com as she tries to unseat Republican incumbent District Attorney Anne Donnelly.

nypost.com/2025/07/20/us-news/…


Exclusive | Democrat running for NY district attorney 'encourages' criminals to apply for job on staff

Crime does pay, according to the Democrat running to become Nassau County’s top prosecutor. District Attorney candidate Nicole Aloise is welcoming convicted criminals to apply for a top paid …
Carl Campanile (New York Post)

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The Hierarchical Reasoning Model is a brain-inspired architecture with two recurrent modules: a slow, high-level planner and a fast, low-level one for computation. With only 27M parameters and ~1000 training examples, it excels at complex reasoning without pre-training or Chain-of-Thought.

HRM significantly outperforms larger models in benchmarks and solves complex Sudoku and mazes where CoT methods completely fail.

arxiv.org/abs/2506.21734

#technology #ai #llm


Hierarchical Reasoning Model

Reasoning, the process of devising and executing complex goal-oriented action sequences, remains a critical challenge in AI.
arXiv.org
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