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Thomas Paine writes that a despotic government is a fungus that grows out of a corrupt civil society. This is what happened to past societies. It is what happened to us.Consortium News
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Thomas Paine writes that a despotic government is a fungus that grows out of a corrupt civil society. This is what happened to past societies. It is what happened to us.Consortium News
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L'analyse d'Emmanuel Todd.
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#politique #corruption #souveraineté #lacorde #guillotine2025
Alors, vous êtes contents que l'état rachète les boîtes que Thierry Breton a coulées ? Tout en se remplissant les poches ?
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En rachetant les supercalculateurs pour 410 millions €, l'État participe au démantèlement d'Atos au grand bénéfice des créanciers. De son côté, la justice a interrogé un ex-administrateur sur 2023.Marc Endeweld (The Big Picture)
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New efforts are underway to turn basic traffic stops into immigration enforcement operations to arrest and detain those in america illegally. Activists say ...YouTube
Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on June 12.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
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The Danish Ministry of Digitization is to completely abandon Microsoft in the coming months and use Linux instead of Windows and switch from Office 365 to LibreOffice. Minister Caroline Stage (Moderaterne) announced this in an interview with the daily newspaper Politiken. It comes just a few days after the country's two largest municipalities initiated similar steps. This summer, half of the ministry's employees will be equipped with Linux and LibreOffice. If everything goes as expected, the entire ministry will be free of Microsoft by the fall, Politiken summarizes.
The Ministry of Digitalization's move away from Microsoft is therefore taking place against the backdrop of a new digitalization strategy in which the Kingdom's "digital sovereignty " is given priority. According to newspaper reports, the opposition is also calling for a reduction in dependence on US tech companies. Just a few days ago, the administration of the capital Copenhagen announced its intention to review the use of Microsoft software. The second-largest municipality, Aarhus, has already started to replace Microsoft services. Stage has now told Politiken that they should cooperate and that it is not a race. All municipalities should work together and strengthen open source.
When asked how her ministry would react if the changeover was not so easy, Stage replied that they would then simply return to the old system for a transitional period and seek other options: "We won't get any closer to the goal if we don't start." So far, she has only heard from employees who welcome the move. But in her ministry, which is mainly concerned with digitalization, she expects a lot of interest anyway. She also assured them that the initiative is not about Microsoft alone, as they are generally far too dependent on a few providers.
As background to the move, the article also refers to the events at the International Criminal Court, where an email account operated by Microsoft was disconnected. This caused an uproar across Europe. In Denmark, there is also the fact that the new US President Donald Trump has been announcing for weeks that his country wants to take over Greenland. The island in the North Atlantic is a self-governing part of Denmark, and the outrage at Trump's proposal is huge. The desire to reduce dependence on US companies is therefore evidently even greater there than in the rest of Europe.
Microsoft dementiert, Dienste für den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof eingestellt zu haben. Das Unternehmen startet ein europäisches Sicherheitsprogramm.Stefan Krempl (heise online)
Apartheidstaaten politisch-diplomatisch zu schützen, hat in Deutschland Tradition.Jakob Reimann (junge Welt)
Der Verein »Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost« protestiert gegen seine Einstufung als »gesichert extremistisch« durch den deutschen Inlandsgeheimdienst.junge Welt
Im Norden des Gazastreifens bombardiert Israel das Al-Awda-Spital. Die medizinische Lage ist verheerend. Ein Gespräch mit Shadi Abu Daher, Obmann der Palästinensischen Ärzte- und Apothekervereinigung in Österreich.Dieter Reinisch (junge Welt)
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#Palestine / Apple denied the Israeli government’s request for data from iPhone app users
#Israel requested data on nearly 700 push notifications to identify users of a specific application, possibly seeking intelligence, but #Apple refused. Since October 7, 2023, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of requests Israel has submitted to Apple. Israel may have sought to cross-reference the data with intercepted messages to identify users and their connections.
Apple provides governments worldwide with push notification data, potentially exposing user identities and unencrypted content. The US, UK, and Germany have also received user data from Apple .
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המדינה הגישה לחברת הטכנולוגיה בקשה שנועדה לזהות משתמשים על בסיס התראות "פוש" שקיבלו מאפליקצייה ספציפית. אילו הבקשה היתה נענית, כתובת המייל של המשתמשים היתה נחשפת, ואולי גם מיקומםעומר בן יעקב (הארץ)
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well you just said they don't have an online presence so what other option is there?
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Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.ugc (Atlas Obscura)
Microsoft Plus! pour MS-Windows 98, ça vous parle ou pas ?
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#Dessin paru il y a quelques semaines dans Les Echos #Week-End.
Je n'ai plus trop pris le temps de poster mes strips ces dernières semaines parce que boulot et moral pas ouf mais je suis toujours debout comme dirait #Renaud.
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macOS Tahoe brings a new disk image format
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ASIF disk images are new in Tahoe, and promise to be space efficient, as they’re sparse files, and almost as fast as the disk they’re stored on. Ideal for VMs and general use.The Eclectic Light Company
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Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to produce magnets that power critical goods.Shoon Naing (The Japan Times)
Repression in Cairo, silence in Europe: We must rise for Gaza and democracy
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Quoting Yossi Klein on why invaders never win:
[…] (They didn't explain how) half a million equipped soldiers can’t defeat 40,000 terrorists without tanks and without planes. The answer lies in Vietnam, in Algeria, in Ireland, and also in the Land of Israel [Palestine] 1948: since World War II, no invading country has defeated a nation fighting for its land—except for one. Since then, there hasn't been a democratic country that wanted to exile millions from their land—except for one. Our country.
Klein argues invading forces historically lose to native populations fighting for their land: #Vietnam, #Algeria, and #Ireland. Israel thus far is a unique exception and also singular as a self-proclaimed “democracy”, which is actively seeking mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians of their homeland.
[…] The state created a guiding myth, and it's been with us since childhood. In the name of this "fighting for our home" ethos, thousands of young people sacrificed their lives. This ethos has been erased. Not only erased, but transferred to the enemy. *They* are "fighting for their home," not us.
[…] A war for your home is fought near your home. Maybe near your neighbors. But certainly not by going into their home, not by expelling the owners, and not by settling family and friends there for 57 years. Nobody will admit it, but even #Hamas—despicable and condemned as they may be—is fighting for their home.
[…] The inhabitants of a home always defeat the invader. They know their home better, and their motivation is higher. They have no other land. When you're not fighting for your home, you try to find another reason for the war. Amit Segal recommends the war for destroying the tunnels (exposing the tunnels is worth 20 dead hostages). Others believe it's meant to wipe Gaza and its residents off the face of the earth.
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"La France a des œillères !" : interview exclusive de l'avocat de Rima Hassan
Le silence de l’Élysée est assourdissant. L’indignation sélective, une fois de plus, éclabousse toute la classe politique française. Et pendant ce temps, une femme, française, deputee europeenne, militante des droits humains, est arrêtée par l’armée israélienne, en pleine mer, pour avoir voulu apporter des médicaments et des vivres à Gaza. Elle s’appelle Rima Hassan. À bord du Madleen, un voilier humanitaire, elle ne portait ni armes ni drapeaux de guerre. Seulement un cap : celui de la dignité humaine.
L’État français ? Il regarde ailleurs. Il compte les points diplomatiques, comme si les droits d’une citoyenne pouvaient être marchandés dans les salons feutrés du Quai d’Orsay. Nous recevons Vincent Brengarth, avocat de Rima Hassan. Il nous racontera ce qui s’est vraiment passé, ce que le droit dit, et ce que ce nouvel épisode dit sur ceux qui nous gouvernent.
A group of international activists, including Sweden’s Greta Thunburg, attempted to reach Gaza by boat this week to deliver humanitarian supplies on a vessel named the Madleen before being stopped, rerouted, and then deported by Israeli authorities.FRANCE 24
US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target European journalists
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Iran dismissed the latest US nuclear offer, saying it lacks meaningful sanctions relief, as officials doubled down on threats of regional retaliationthecradle.co
Biggest lie and gaslighting on America not related to politics:
THE DELIVERY CHARGE IS NOT A DRIVER TIP.
One of the first heretical thoughts I entertained—the first time I realized young women like the young woman I was at the time were transitioning—was that we were seeing the next iteration of anorexia, a new and improved escape route for girls and yo…Eliza Mondegreen (Genspect)
As the guest of honor for Tel Aviv Pride, Jenner will tour Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Gaza border region.Linda Dayan (Haaretz)
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Apple’s new open source Containerization project brings native Linux container support to macOS.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Current setup is PMS running on a Synology 5-bay, and another PMS running on a Shield Pro. The NAS server is primarily used for remote streaming, while the Shield serves to my home LAN (AppleTVs mainly).
I've been seeing stuttering on larger files, either using the Plex app or Infuse, and I'm fairly certain the Synology is the weak link. Network performance in the house has pretty solid, though admittedly I could stand to test it more thoroughly. I've been looking at moving my library to a standalone system. I've been looking at the Beelink ME Mini (which happens to be on sale!). What I don't know is the best way to build this out.
I don't want to have to buy all 6 SSDs (ar at least 6x4TB ones!) at once, so I'd be looking at either a stock Linux (Ubuntu or Rocky) install w/ I guess a BTRFS pool for the SSDs (I'm guessing I can use the eMMC for OS depending on how big the install is - that or use the SSD in slot 4). Alternatively, i could possibly set up TruNAS w/ the Plex pp to manage the storage.
As for populating the media, I plan to keep the Synology as the central repo of my data. I have it replicating to another NAS at my dad's house, with movies/music/tv replicating using Syncthing. I plan to also use Syncthing to populate the Beelink.
Anyway, please poke holes in this plan and/or suggest a better one. My main goals are to get the media I'm streaming off spinning disk w/ minimal power draw (didn't mention that above) in a way that I can expand storage as necessary to accommodate the media library. Nothing's purchased yet, so I'm not married to the hardware. I would ideally like to convert the library to h.265 or even AV1 if I can make it work.
ETA: For clarity: I'm not transcoding AFAIK. My Shield mounts the Synology over SMB and mostly works fine, until I try to play anything 4k - then I get stuttering. On the surface, this sounded like a network issue, but I can't find a problem w/ the LAN. My thought was to move the PMS to a single location w/ local storage, and use the Synology just as an archive.
ETA2: FWIW, I have not expanded the memory on the Synology or installed any cache drives.
So, I imported my connection-configuration provided from OPNsense Wireguard VPN.
The connection is working on an old (<10 years) Android Phone. But from within Linux (same config) I am unable to resolve subnet ip addresses.
I can still access the internet though.
So; Am I using my origin connection to resolve foreign ips or am I using my VPN DNS?
Why am I unable to access my subnet ip addresses on my linux machine?
The Linux machine is 6.13.30-arm64 with /etc/debian_version pointing to 13.0.
I have installed wireguard-tools and network-manager only. I have also wireguard installed but it doesn't make a difference and its usage is for hosting a endpoint.
Again: It works for other machines like intended.
If of concern: I am running XFCE.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hawkish speech at Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 demonized China as "threat", said, "We are preparing for war" in Asia-PacificBen Norton (Geopolitical Economy Report)
Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wipe out its future
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Trump's proposed 50% cut in NASA's science budget would turn the agency into an empty shell. Who's behind this?Michael Hiltzik (Los Angeles Times)
Russian troops have broken through Ukrainian defensive lines and advanced into the Dnepropetrovsk region, marking a significant expansion of Moscow’s....Anonymous103 (South Front)
The meeting between President Putin and participants in Russia's program for Special Military Operation veterans is taking place in the Kremlin on Russia Day, celebrated annually June 12. According to the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...Sputnik Africa
I finally had time to play with the Pinephone! It was a hard video to make: the Pinephone is nos by any means ready to be shipped to the general public, but it’s still a very interesting device.
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The Pinephone is, for now, mostly aimed at developers. It’s a device that will run Linux based OSes. Not Android, but full blown Linux. I’m talking Ubuntu touch or Plasma Mobile, and why not the same OS as the Librem 5, Pure OS.
The PinePhone is made by ThePine64, a company that produces a bunch of Linux hardware, such as the PineBook and Pinebook Pro, the PineTime (a prototype smartwatch running Linux), and the PineTab, a tablet, running, you guessed it, Linux.
The phone comes in a nice white box, with minimal branding, very reminiscent of Apple packaging. Once you open it, you get a little warning card thanking you and letting you know it’s not a consumer-ready device yet, and you get the phone itself, with a charging cable. It doesn’t come with a charging brick, but that’s not really an issue, since I don’t think anyone needs another one of these.
The PinePhone itself is a big device, with a 5.95 inches display It’s not the crispest, at 1140 by 720p, but it’s bright, colors look good, and it doesn’t detract from the experience of using the phone. It weighs in at 190 grams, and it feels pretty nice in the hand, although I’m not a fan of such big phones. The screen is protected by glass, and the back plate is made of black plastic. You get a power button and volume rocker on the right side, the audio jack on the top, a usb-C port on the botton, and a frontal camera and speaker at the top, with an RGB LED.
The back of the device is very simple as well, with the camera and its flash, inlaid with a little “Pine” Logo, which is a nice touch.
All in all, the phone feels pretty good for a device that costs less than 200$, it definitely punches above its weight in terms of look and feel.
Now, in terms of specs, the PinePhone is definitely on the low end of the spectrum, as far as phones go. It uses an AllWinner Quad Core CPU with a Mali 400 graphics chip, 2Gb of RAM and has a 5Mpx camera on the back, and a 2mpx one on the front. It’s not far off from what the Librem 5 offers, but it’s definitely no flagship device either. Still, for the price, it’s a pretty good value.
Connectivity wise, the modem should support 4G and LTE networks from most carriers in the world, and the phone also has support for Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and GLONASS, and WIfi, although it’s only single band.
The back cover is removable easily, just by popping out the lower right corner. It gives you access to a 3000Mah battery. Once you get the battery out, you can insert your Sim card, which is a micro sim format.
Now, even more interesting, is a set of switches on the back. These are hardware kill switches for the Modem, Wifi and Bluetooth, The Microphone, the Rear and front cameras and the headphone jack.
In terms of software, the PinePhone doesn’t come with any OS preinstalled. It does have PostMarket OS running a series of hardware tests.
It was a bit underwhelming, although I’ll still give UBPorts a fair shake in the future. The cameras and the speaker don’t seem to work yet, and you shouldn’t let the phone go to sleep unless you know the default passphrase is “phablet”. The OS runs… alright, even though it exhibits problems when scrolling and navigating; it’s definitely not quite optimized yet for that hardware yet, and you can tell that performance wise, there is still some work to do.
Now, while the OS itself works pretty well apart from some slowdowns in animations, the application situation is still problematic, and will probably be the main issue for most users. A lot of webapps are available, but nothing official. Still, judging from the interest the Pinephone and Librem 5 are gathering, and seeing the progress of libhandy, I’d be surprised if a lot of open source apps didn’t make the switch to the smartphone form factor.
Battery life wasn’t fantastic, but I won’t judge that too harshly yet, since it’s very early days for this combination of hardware and software.
I obviously didn’t find the apps I use everyday, like Spotify or Freeletics, or my bank’s applications, but these are probably a long way off, if they ever come. The Anbox project seems to let people run Android apps on Linux based systems , though, so it could be a nice path to try and explore later.
Other software initiatives are also available, such as Plasma mobile, or postmarket OS running Phosh, the phone optimized gnome shell developed by Purism for the Librem 5. I tried both, and found them less advanced than UB Ports.
More operating systems are also supported, like Sailfish OS, LuneOS, Alpine OS, or even Manjaro ARM running Plasma Mobile. I’ll need to take some more time to explore each one of these and see how they fare.
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„Never before have so many Spanish companies or companies based in Spain developed so many joint projects with Israeli companies, and never before has Israeli industry managed to win so many contracts from the Spanish Ministry of Defense.“
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Attached: 1 image Nunca antes tantas empresas españolas o asentadas en España habían desarrollado tantos proyectos conjuntos con empresas israelíes, y nunca antes la industria israelí había conseguido adjudicarse tantos contratos del Ministerio de D…Mastodon
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GH15 prayer for June 12, 2025
Praying Against Violence In America
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What if God's will is to punish America for its sins like abortion, homosexuality, greed, foreign wars & crimes to maintain US hegemony?
If so, your prayer is worthless.
“Woe to those who call evil good & good evil.. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes” Isa 5:20–21
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, & all the nations that forget God." Ps 9:17
Bible consistently warns that when nations grow proud, corrupt, & morally inverted —they are on a path to judgment.
8658; Befreiung feiern statt Militär verherrlichen! Mit dem „nationalen Veteranentag“ soll die „Zeitenwende“ sichtbar gefeiert werden – ohne uns!
8658; Bundesweite Demonstration am 14. Juni 2025 in Jena: Jetzt erst recht – Antifaschismus ist notwendig! Freiheit für alle Antifaschist*innen
8658; AfD & Co: Nach den Köpfen nun auch in Betriebe und Betriebsräte?!
8658; Proteste gegen die AfD nach der Correctiv-Recherche über rechte Deportationspläne: Ist Antifaschismus wieder „in“ oder wird er zum Feigenblatt der übrigen Parteien?
8658; Der Tod des Asylbewerbers Oury Jalloh und der „Oury Jalloh Komplex“ der Polizeigewalt in Dessau
"Mit den Stimmen der „Ampel“ und der CDU hat der Bundestag nun einen „nationalen Veteranentag“ beschlossen, mit dem der besondere Einsatz des Personals in Uniform gewürdigt werden soll: Künftig soll jedes Jahr am oder um den 15.Mag (LabourNet Germany)
The document said that Norway planned to transfer 14 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Earlier, it was officially announced about the delivery of six aircraft. However, the report did not specify the condition of the eight aircraft.newsmaker newsmaker (English News front)
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The Archdiocese of Hamburg’s radical new guidelines, which will be binding for all Catholic schools, contradict the Catholic faith and promote homosexuality and gender confusion to children.Andreas Wailzer (LifeSite)
We return to the Digital Autonomy series to take a close look at our role in participating in today's information landscape. It is an honor and a pleasure to be joined by James Corbett of the Corbett Report to dig into this topic in detail. James brings his vast experience as an independent researcher and alternative media voice. We discuss the evolving digital landscape as well as the pressing concerns around artificial intelligence tools. Independent voices and audiences themselves face unprecedented challenges to make the most of the opportunities of our time.
Discussing the fine points of research, censorship & AI terror.libresolutions.network
“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.Kelly Hayes (Truthout)
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Addameer, a leading Palestinian prisoner rights group, and five other charities for alleged links to Palestinian political factions deemed by the U.S. and Israel as “terrorist organizations.”Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)
Show HN: Eyesite – Experimental website combining computer vision and web design
Link: blog.andykhau.com/blog/eyesite
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