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BREAKING: Republican Senator Ron Johnson reportedly has the votes needed to block President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” @GeneralMCNewsTelegram
BREAKING: Republican Senator Ron Johnson reportedly has the votes needed to block President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” @GeneralMCNewsTelegram
According to the newspaper, the vessel was carrying 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 with calcium carbide. There is a threat of fuel spillage, presumably, the ship overturned due to the flooding of one of the holds.newsmaker newsmaker (English News front)
No, you don't know. None of you said happen where I live during my lifetime. Nor in my parents, grandparents, great grandparents' lifetime. You are the one blabbering fiction.
And if you don't want to learn and cure your ignorance, then we don't have any need for a conversation.
I'll mute you.
With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentientPallab Ghosh (BBC News)
Ideology is more of a shell with a hint of romance, based on semi-fantasy of past phenomena, rather than anything historically accurate.Arina KORSHUNOVA (Oriental Review)
This is the difference between #DeltaAirlines and other #airlines. Seriously. This is why I gladly pay more money to fly with them. Because #Delta #pilots and #FlightAttendants are cut from a different cloth. It's in the Company, the leaders, the people, and the Company's DNA.
I've seen pilots and flight attendants do this on most of my flights I've seen them take the same approach where something has gone tits up numerous times.
And it's also what keeps me coming back for more.
Because even when Delta fucks up (and they do), as a customer they have banked so much goodwill with you that you're willing to cut them some slack and move on.
'Strange metals' point to a whole new way to understand electricity
Link: science.org/content/article/st…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
RIP Phil.
I will meet you at the gate.
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"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson is dead ... according to his daughter-in-law.TMZ Staff (TMZ)
SANAA, May 25 (YPA) - Sanaa-based armed forces of Yemen renewed on Sunday targeting Lod Airport, known by Ben Gurion in occupied Jaffa area of Palestine.Military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sarie explained in a news statement that the missile fاحسن (Yemen Press Agency)
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This is what happens when a Country doesn't have #FreedomOfSpeech or #FreedomOfAssembly. The #US went to war against #England over this shit, and while those rights are certainly heavily eroded today, I can still safely walk down the street and ask, "Have we learned nothing from the Holocaust?" without fear of being arrested. Wake up #Germany, you're being taken for a ride here. If you don't have the freedom to criticize anything the Government finds offensive, then you have no freedom to criticize *anything*. #UK, I'm looking at you, too. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #FuckIsrael #FuckGermanyForSupportingIsrael #FuckGermanyForDenyingGazaGenocide #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes
Following the recent exciting news that sanctions from the US against Syria will be dropped, Fly Dubai is commencing flights to SyriaCaitlin Graham (Young Pioneer Tours)
On Monday, the Politico website published an analysis under the headline “Why has Elon Musk disappeared from the spotlight?” It found a sharp drop in the number of times that Trump posted about Musk on his Truth Social platform, from an average of four times a week in February and March to zero since the start of April.
In addition, White House officials no longer fill their social media feeds with Musk-related content. Reporters seldom ask about him at the White House press briefing. Members of Congress are giving his name a wide berth.
Musk seems to be taking the hint. This week, the Tesla chief executive confirmed that he had reduced his role as the unofficial head of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to just two days a week, and will also cut his political spending substantially – the latest public signal that he is shifting his attention back to his business empire amid growing investor concerns.
The president’s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump’s term but is now pulling back from politics – and Republicans want to keep it that wayDavid Smith (The Guardian)
Top US marketing professor Scott Galloway says on Pivot podcast Tesla owner ‘has alienated his core demographic’Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
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Havana, May 22 (ACN) Uganda is an African nation taking part of Cuba’s Exposur 2025 international trade fair looking forward to the diversification of commercial relations with Cuban state-run and private businesses.www.cubanews.acn.cu
Lisping at JPL (2002)
Link: flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
In part one of this series, we discussed a number of films which encapsulate the depravity of an America enslaved to unbridled corporate power, and how many of our countrymen dispense with all semb…OffGuardian
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Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The scanners may be off for the long weekend, but the livestream rolls on.
Enjoy a chill loop of lofi music, public domain films, and stunning images from the Internet Archive's collections.
Perfect background vibes until scanning resumes Tuesday morning. ➡️ youtube.com/live/aPg2V5RVh7U
Ever wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real ti...YouTube
Chomsky on what ChatGPT is good for (2023)
Link: chomsky.info/20230503-2/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Seattle police arrested 23 people during a violent counter-protest by Antifa and transgender activists of a conservative Christian group holding a gathering in Cal Anderson Park Saturday afternoon.Kristinn Taylor (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
Dependency injection frameworks add confusion
Link: rednafi.com/go/di_frameworks_b…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
When working with Go in an industrial context, I feel like dependency injection (DI) often gets a bad rep because of DI frameworks. But DI as a technique is quite useful.Redowan Delowar (Redowan's Reflections)
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroTyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com)
Freed Israeli captive Naama Levy describes to a rally the terrifying moments when Israeli bombs shook the ground and collapsed part of the house she was in, putting her life in danger.Al Mayadeen English (Israeli bombs nearly killed me, blockade left me starving: Ex-captive)
Federated Services are services which many instances form a network to provide a greater whole than the sum of their parts, each participant in the Fediverse is an “instance”. A message or other item made available on one instance is visible and available on other instances.
We make these services available to all people who do not abuse it in order to promote the values of Free Speech, and those of the United States Constitution First Amendment. A free republic is not possible without free speech and commercial mainstream media do not provide it. We also get some advertisement benefit from hosting these, it is our hope that people who see how fast and responsible our services are will decide to do hosting or use other paid services here.
There are numerous federated services available, we offer Macrobloging platform Friendica, Hubzilla; Microbloging services Mastodon, Misskey, a federated search engine, Yacy, and a federated cloud service, Nextcloud.
Macrobloging services are message systems that allow long form posts similar in format to Facebook. These allow for works of fiction, poetry, technical papers, news items, short stories, and more. These formats are most useful for discussion of social issues.
Microbloging services allow only short form posts similar in format to Twitter. While you can link to larger articles elsewhere, you have a relatively short character limit and so can not post them directly.
Censorship, is handled much different on the fediverse than on mainstream media like Twitter or Facebook. On the fediverse, each individual instance is responsible for content available on that instance, but does not censor the rest of the network. Thus if you find the rules of one instance too constraining you can move to another.
Federated search engines are analogous to federated message systems in that each instance chooses what portion of the internet it wants to crawl. When you enter a search term, the local instance queries all of the federated instances, collates and sorts the results and presents them to you. As with messages, each instance can have it’s own censorship policies but no one instance can censor the entire network.
Given the wild-west nature of the fediverse, it is probably not suitable for children under 14, and you’re guaranteed to find some material that will offend virtually everyone. With federated search engines, material that is inappropriate will usually be flagged sensitive or nsfw (not safe for work) so as long as you don’t expand material marked as such, you can avoid this sort of material. There are occasionally people who violate these rules, we do our best to remove such individuals none the less some will get through.
We offer the following federated services:
Friendica.Eskimo.Com
Friendica is a decentralized long format macrobloging message network. It is similar in format to facebook however there is no centralized censorship. Also, it is able to federate with all other federated message systems which use ActivityPub protocol and also we have extensions that allow it to speak to several other networks via other protocols.
Hubzilla.Eskimo.Com
Hubzilla is similar in message format to Friendica in that it allows long posts. However, it specializes in it’s ability to provide connectivity to multiple protocols and so we include it in our mix of federated services primarily for the better connectivity it offers. Hubzilla provides a great deal of interoperability between many networks though ActivityPub is still it’s primary protocol. Hubzilla gives you a greater degree of control over privacy than some of the other networks. You can create private channels that are served between hubzilla instances and other compatible instances.
Mastodon.Eskimo.Com
Mastodon is first and foremost an alternative to Twitter. While Twitter has Tweets, Mastodon has Toots. The format is very similar. Mastodon toots have a limit of 500 characters. Similar to the short limit of Twitter. This is why this platform is referred to as a Microbloging format. Mastodon interacts with other ActivityPub instances however when a long form blog post from another instance arrives, you are only shown a short portion with a link to follow to see the full post on the originating site.
NextCloud.Eskimo.Com
If you are a customer of Eskimo North, your login credentials will work without a domain extension to access Nextcloud. If you are not a customer you can apply for a Nextcloud account using your choice of login and password, in this case the login should include your originating network. Some features require an Eskimo North shell account to take full advantage of.
Pixelfed.Eskimo.Com
Pixelfed is a federated pixel gallery. A place where you can share your photos to the widest audience possible, and you can view what others have shared. Instance is new as of April 6th, 2025.
Yacy.Eskimo.Com
Yacy is a federated search engine. There are several thousand instances on the Internet. Each instances crawls whatever portion of the web the administrator requested. It is also possible for the administrator of a site with relatively few resources to request a larger site to do crawls on their behalf. Unfortunately, it does not provide a method for an end user to initiate a crawl, but if you send e-mail to support@eskimo.com and request a crawl, we will initiate a crawl on your behalf.
If you enjoy these services, please consider supporting us by taking advantage of our paid services: https://www.eskimo.com/
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Korean War soldier's remains to return home to California | Interview
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Ruth Tucker's prayers have been answered after 74 years. Her brother's remains have been identified and will return to Woodland to be buried by his mother.
Ruth Tucker's prayers have been answered after 74 years. Her brother's remains have been identified and will return to Woodland to be buried by his mother.ht...YouTube
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Shell Accounts
A shell is a command line interface for an operating system. With most shell providers, a command line interface on one flavor of Linux or Unix is all you get. Eskimo North provides access to eight different popular Linux distributions and SunOS Unix. Eskimo North also full remote desktop capabilities using X2Go with sound, and also NX, VNC, and RPD without sound.
Account Types
We offer four different levels of shell accounts: Economy, Standard, Power, and Enterprise. Background tasks such as IRC bots, Game Servers, and the like are permitted on all account types except student. IRC servers are not permitted because of their tendency to draw denial of service attacks. Standard, Power, Enterprise, and Super-Max shells include a MySQL database allowing you to run a variety of LAMP stack based applications on your website and to use non-web based applications that require a database.
Web Hosting
Web hosting under our domain is provided with all shell accounts. You can host your own domains with virtual domains or web hosting packages.
Remote Desktop
Remote desktop capability is like having a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers plugged right into our servers. Because our servers can be accessed anywhere in the world, this allows you to have a work environment you can access from anywhere in the world without risking losing your files to a laptop, tablet, or phone thief. We offer remote desktop capabilities on all of our shell servers except for the SunOS server. We support x2go, nx, vnc, and rdp protocols. X2go is the best choice as it provides extremely efficient compression and X round trip removal as well as sound.
Applications
Applications include Office Suites such as Libre Office and Caligra (which can read and write Microsoft Office file formats), Web and Program Development tools such as Bluefish Editor as well as many other editors, compilers, interpreters, scripting languages, debuggers, profilers, and online documentation.
E-mail
Our e-mail system offers unprecedented flexibility. You can access your mail via shell mail readers including graphical mailers like Thunderbird, or via Web mail, or via pop-3 and imap mail protocols, complete with TLS encryption. Our mail system includes Bayesian filtering with Spam Assassin which can be individually configured for your needs. Procmail allows you to sort and process mail automatically. Smartlist allows you to maintain mailing lists.
Security
Access to all of our servers is available via strong encryption. The shell servers all support ssh access. All of the remote desktop protocols tunnel via ssh. We maintain all of our servers up to date keep with the latest patches. Backups are made weekly.
Eskimo North has been providing Unix timeshare services since 1985. We have been providing Linux timeshare, shell access, web hosting, e-mail, and Internet services since 1992. Please take a look at our services as they support our free Federated services including Friendica, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Nextcloud, Pixelfed, and Yacy Search.
"A law enforcement canine allegedly alerted its handler to the defendant’s checked duffel bag on the baggage carousel."Bryan Chai (The Western Journal)
For more related content, please visit: https://archive.org/details/@altviewstv-fanclubYouTube
You're watching the official music video for Talking Heads - "Burning Down the House" from the album 'Speaking in Tongues' (1983)
Director: David Byrne
Song Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Ah, watch out
You might get what you're after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
[Verse 2]
Hold tight
Wait 'til the party's over
Hold tight
We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
[Chorus 1]
Here's your ticket, pack your bags
Time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far
Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
[Verse 3]
Ah, all wet
Hey, you might need a raincoat
Shakedown
Dreams walking in broad daylight
365 degrees
Burning down the house
[Chorus 2]
Ah, it was once upon a place
Sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work
And, baby what do you expect?
Gonna burst into flames, ah
Burning down the house
[Verse 4]
My house
Is out of the ordinary
That's right
Don't wanna hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
[Chorus]No visible means of support
And you have not seen nothin' yet
Everything's stuck together
And I don't know what you expect
Staring into the TV set
Fightin' fire with fire, ah
David Byrne - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Chris Frantz - Drums
Jerry Harrison - Keyboards, Guitar
Tina Weymouth - Bass
#TalkingHeads #BurningDowntheHouse #NewWave #PostPunk #ArtRock #AlternativeRock #FunkRock #DanceRock #80sMusic
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called for an end to the Gaza war, which he said “no longer has any goal.”IRNA English
CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)
Link: behind.pretix.eu/2025/05/23/ca…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Behind the scenes blog of pretix, your friendly ticketing system from next door.behind.pretix.eu
Moscow, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Ukraine exchanged 303 prisoners of war, thus completing the figure agreed in Istanbul talks under the "one thousand-for-one thousand" formula, the Ministry of Defense reported.Juan Carlos Dominguez Taño (Prensa Latina)
Show HN: DaedalOS – Desktop Environment in the Browser
Link: github.com/DustinBrett/daedalO…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Desktop environment in the browser. Contribute to DustinBrett/daedalOS development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
More than half of Americans believe that tariffs on imports from other countries imposed by US President Donald Trump have had a negative impact on their financial situation, according to a poll conducted by Bloomberg.Sputnik International
Beatrice Folchi is the 24-year-old brunette beauty who was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the kidnap and torture of an Italian man in SoHo.Khristina Narizhnaya (New York Post)
Four teenagers have been released after they were arrested for brutally beating a disabled woman in Hawaii while filming the horrific attack.David Hawkins (Slay News)
The plan seeks to entirely sideline the UN and humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, advancing Tel Aviv’s broader objective of displacing the strip’s population further souththecradle.co
I was walking home yesterday and I just happened to come across an HP LaserJet p2035n sitting by the dumpster, waiting to be taken away. I've never owned a printer, but this thing looked like it came from an era when such devices were made to be reliable instead of forcing DRM-locked cartridges, so I picked it up and took it with me. After getting situated I started some online research and I figure this brand of printers was manufactured from about 2008-2012, and my printer has a 2012 date.
As it turns out, this tossed printer works perfectly fine. I plugged it into power and ran a test sheet, and it prints almost perfectly. I plugged it via USB-B into my PC running Fedora 41 and immediately it gets picked up and added as usable printer. I then plugged the printer into its Ethernet port and fortunately this thing is new enough to have Bonjour (i.e. mdns) services so once again my PC just immediately finds it and can print. Awesome!
My laptop is a MacBook. While it did detect the printer over the network, it couldn't add the printer because it couldn't find a driver to operate it. I honestly don't understand why that's a problem since I assume macOS also uses CUPS just like Linux. But at any rate, I found the solution:
With CUPS on Linux I can share the printer. After configuring firewall-cmd to allow the ipp service now my iPhone and my MacBook can also print to the shared printer using the generic PostScript driver. So, in conclusion, Linux helped me 1) use this printer with no additional effort of installing drivers, 2) share this printer to devices which were not plug-and-play ready, and 3) print pics of Goku and Vegeta. As always, I love Linux.
You can download Gutenprint on MacOS. An old friend was in such case, no driver for its rather old printer. I downloaded and installed the latest Gutenprint driver package, and it worked like a charm.
Putin congratulates African leaders on Africa Day and affirms friendship Rossa Primavera News from RussiaAvis Krane (Rossa Primavera International News)
Hollywood Tried to FORGET… But These Stars WENT to WAR
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Check & go thru the over 500 comments below the video as many other actors are commented about.
One comment below the video:
"You have to add David Niven to this list. His military service during WW2 was incredibly risky. When the war started for Britain, the government asked British actors to remain in Hollywood to enhance Britain’s standing. Niven refused and flew home. ..."
They were Hollywood legends, loved by millions.But before the red carpets and fame, they wore uniforms.This video reveals the forgotten military service of G...YouTube
The UK justice system is run by psychopathic Marxists who practice anarcho-tyranny:
The driver NOT given a prison sentence is of course a Muslim 😡
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WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Farhan Musaji, 26, jumped a red light at a junction in his Audi A4 and ploughed into Layla Shepard as she was cycling home.Allan Glen (Daily Mail)
The Marubo tribe from the remote Javari valley filed a defamation lawsuit seeking at least £133million ($180million) in damages this week at a Los Angeles Court.Freya Barnes (Daily Mail)
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