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L’arrivée de Benjamin Duhamel sur France Inter fait polémique… Comment, la France ne serait pas une méritocratie ?« La dernière », c'est tous les dimanches d...YouTube
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Remember kids, if someone you don't know approaches you at a protest and tries to get you to commit a violent act, that's not a protestor. That's a cop.
There are two simple rules that nullify any state sponsored agent provocateur instantly:
1. Sit down.
2. Point and chant "cop".
#politique #surveillance #contrôle #guerre #impérialisme #démocratie
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Bienvenue dans la machine sécuritaire. Voici une carte des rouages et un plan d'évasionMathieu Rigouste
I'm so tired of explaining why I do not want to eat that disgusting squishy, drippy blushing slut of a vegetable. And no, I do not care that its a berry, fruit or an arthropod or whatever.
Picky eaters are oppressed minority. There I said it.
Heavy rains flood #Congo ’s capital, killing at least 19 people
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Major flooding in several neighborhoods of Congo’s capital Kinshasa has killed at least 19 people and caused severe damage.
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I'm working on a new monthly budget spreadsheet and I'm doing it in #Gnumeric as opposed to #LibreOffice #Calc and you know what?
Gnumeric is pretty damn good!
Familiar UI. Familiar formulas.
Only thing I don't like is that I have to use dark mode because of my eyes and that worksheet is just too bright! But nothing that some cell formatting can't take care of.
Saved it out and moved to the appropriate place to use as a template so now any new projects will use the dark mode template I created.
I highly encourage you to give Gnumeric a try. LibreOffice Calc isn't the only alternative Microsoft Excel app out there!
Yeah I switched from LaTeX to Markdown. I like the fact that I can effectively write once and easily convert it to just about anything.
Of course if I need embedded tables and figures and the like than I'd probably revert back to LaTeX but 99.9% of the stuff I write today needs none of that.
#geopolitics #imperialism #Israel #war
Israel's bellicose warmongering over Iran's nuclear program is of course nothing new. In fact, if you've followed my reporting on the subject over the years, you'll know all about unconvicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu's string of increasingly outlandish publicity stunts and intelligence-insulting cartoon drawings warning of the "imminent threat" of Iran's nuclear program.
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On the night of June 12, 2025, Israel launched a wave of attacks against Iran.The Corbett Report
A fragile ceasefire has ended the recent war between Pakistan and India. This war has significantly altered the regional and global dynamics. Moreover,Аббас Хашемит (New Eastern Outlook)
The fifth wave of missile attacks by Iran against the Israeli regime has triggered sirens in most parts of the occupied territories.علی ایزدی (IRNA English)
if anybody ever finds this post and has tips on natural or off-label inexpensive #MastCellStabilizers please let me know.
I can't take steroids or LTRAs for allergies and OTC mast cell stabilizers are fairly limited.
olopatadine is finally available OTC which gives me hope, but I would like to have an additional tool or two in my toolkit if fexofenadine + olopatadine + cromolyn sodium proves insufficient to control my severe allergic rhinitis & conjunctivitis. #MastCellStabilizer
Tens of thousands of citizens in Tehran joined nationwide ceremonies to mark Eid al-Qadir and show solidarity with the government and Armed Forces amid war with Israel.IRNA English
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And more importantly, without signing their forced arbitration clause.
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Disney is trying to have a widower's wrongful death lawsuit dismissed and sent to arbitration because the man had signed up for a Disney+ account several years ago.Minyvonne Burke (NBC News)
All NATO leaders should be prosecuted for war crimes and inciting crimes against peace. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Israel’s years-long…Strategic Culture Foundation
ANARCHIST PUBLIC SERVICE, pt 4
If you go to “No Kings” rallies today, no doubt it will be all you can do—as an anarchist who believes deeply in liberatory practices and politics—to maintain your cool when faced with both liberals’ and authoritarians’ lack of solidarity . Go with other anarchists and be each other’s support system, and debrief (rant, cry, laugh, and/or chill) afterward.
But also go as “friendly anarchist factions” to model what solidarity actually looks like—even if too many nonanarchistic folks don’t yet know what that feels like or how to do it. I always wish that people didn’t need to be, say, tear gassed or arrested to learn that ACAB isn’t just a slogan, and that anarchists will almost certainly be the ones to have their backs. But such is the wearisome “learning curve,” and the more folks who see beloved community self-defense modeled for them, unflinchingly, on the streets, the more they’ll understand how (and why!) to stick side-by-side too—including with us.
Be solidarity.
#EverydayAnarchism
#TryAnarchismForLife
#EducatingEachOtherForFreedom
#SolidarityIsOurBestWeapon
(photo: pink and black circle A heart spray-painted on a wall in Athens, Greece, during a queer+trans International Women’s Day march on March 8, 2025)
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#brutal #world of the #evil ones as they smash peoples life's to pieces
‘ Battle of the #Beanfield’ 1st June #1985
5 May 2025 #travellers #stonehenge #convoy
A sequence of photographs covering event that became known as 'Battle of the Beanfield' 1st June 1985.
At a meeting of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), in early 1985, it was resolved to obtain a High Court Injunction preventing the annual gathering at Stonehenge. This was the device to be used to justify the attack at the "Battle of the Beanfield" on the 1st June in Hampshire. Well it wasn't a battle really.
It was an ambush.
It was a magnificent convoy stretching and snaking its way over the Wiltshire Downs, as far as you could see in either direction. It was a warm Saturday afternoon as we drove through villages, people stood outside their garden gates, smiling and waving at us. A carnival atmosphere with little evidence of the 'local opposition' that we had been lead to believe was one of the reasons for obtaining the court orders. A police helicopter watched overhead but there was little other sign of trouble until........
Seven miles from Stonehenge (the exclusion order was for four and a half miles), just short of the A303 and the Hampshire / Wiltshire border, two lorry loads of gravel where tipped across the road. Up to this point, no laws had been broken. I got out of my truck to take photographs when I first saw some twenty policemen running down the convoy ahead of me smashing windscreens without warning and 'arresting' / assaulting the occupants, dragging them out through the windscreens broken glass.
I and others who saw this were fearful of the level of violence used by the police in making arrests. Clearly we were in for a beating, again! Running back to our vehicles, we drove through a hedge in to the adjacent field.
The scale of the police operation was becoming obvious. The same level of violence had been applied to the rear of the convoy. Large numbers of police in many lines deep could be seen on the road forming up.
From then on, the situation grew more tense. More police reinforcements were brought up wearing one-piece blue overalls - without numbers!, 'Nato-style' helmets with visors and both full length perspex shields and circular black plastic shields. A 'stand-off' situation developed with sporadic outbreaks of violence.
Working with the festival welfare agencies, I was directed to a number of head injuries that has resulted from the initial conflict on the road. All of these injuries were truncheon wounds to the back of the head and some people were quite distressed. I was shown one man, about 20 years old who was semi-conscious with yet another head wound. I was fearful of him dying. An ambulance was called and I assisted the attendant and helped convey the casualty through police lines. The ambulance crew were initially apprehensive about their safety but assurances were given.
In between the taking of photographs, the copious first aid and concerns for my family and friends, I attempted to start negotiations and set up lines of communications with the middle-ranking 'line' officers. There was no 'middle ground' to be found, so, with others I organised a meeting with Assistant Chief Constable Lional Grundy. He was in charge of the overall operation. It was early evening before we were able to meet him. The tone of the meeting was 'do what your told or else!' He reiterated that people should be leave their vehicle and be arrested.
Because of the fear of what that might entail (after viewing the violence earlier in the day), those I met with were reticent about this.
Police in full kit were now massed in large numbers and obviously getting ready to charge. It turns out that police had been arresting a lot of people around Stonehenge earlier in the afternoon. At 7.00pm, Grundy had sixteen hundred policemen from six counties, Ministry of Defence police and some believe, army officers in police uniforms!!!
They charged.
The scenes that followed were recorded by media that had evaded the police blockade. The story was international news. 'Dixon of Dock Green' type policing was dead. That which Britain was noted for had now changed to para-military operations against minority groups.
Kim Sabido of ITN, a reporter used to visiting the worlds 'hot spots' did an emotional piece-to-camera as he described the worst police violence that he had ever seen.
“What we, the ITN camera crew and myself as a reporter - have seen in the last 30 minutes here in this field has been some of the most brutal police treatment of people that I’ve witnessed in my entire career as a journalist. The number of people who have been hit by policemen, who have been clubbed whilst holding babies in their arms in coaches around this field, is yet to be counted...There must surely be an enquiry after what has happened today”. There wasn't.
Coming up for the 40th anniversary of these events
#beanfield #stonehenge #festival #travellers #police #convoy #newagetravellers #alternatives #culture #photography #nikon #slideshow
Culture Demo Demonstration Nottingham Indymedia Events Festival Traveller Stonehenge Police Protest Direct Action Environment Media Journalism NUJ Youth CJAOnTheRoad (One Eye on the Road)
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In this episode of the Project Censored Show, guest host Mischa Geracoulis, Project Censored’s managing editor, speaks with legendary photographer, Glen E.Kate Horgan (Project Censored)
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#evil ones are out of control
#33 SECONDS OF #HORROR! AIR #INDIA CONTINUES TO HAVE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
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ANARCHIST PUBLIC SERVICE, pt 3
Back in the day, ahead of a big protest, anarchists set up “convergence centers”: big, scrappy, communal spaces where folks could not only find each other, make and eat food, plug into art and media making, etc. in the days before an (often direct) action based on a wide-ranging diversity of tactics—under an umbrella name like “Carnival against Capitalism” or “No Olympics on Stolen Native Lands”—but also skill up together.
There’s no time to do this before the poorly named “No Kings” (aka, it’s fascism) protests tmrw. Yet you could easily do pop-up skill shares. So many “newbies” are open to learning and eager for alternatives!
Remake the urban landscape into temporary autonomous “classrooms.” Use public furniture or gathering spots, or bring blankets or chairs to sit on. Write the skill share topic on cardboard and display it. Run around and announce skill shares as they start. Bored protesters waiting for a march to begin or tired of listening to rally speeches make great participants. Circle up and start passing along handy skills—say, how to help each other rinse tear gas out of eyes or turn a T-shirt into a mask (over your N95), or how to do forms of community self-defense or jail support. Offer an Anarchism 101 or local rad history talk too. Exercise hands and minds, encouraging liberal and progressive folks to (begin to) think and act for themselves.
#EverydayAnarchism
#TryAnarchismForLife
#EducatingEachOtherForFreedom
#SolidarityIsOurBestWeapon
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It's good optics, though: "No Kings" is short, to the point, expresses a sentiment that basically everyone in the US - no matter their politics or lack thereof - can get behind, and will be fairly impossible for anyone to distort into sounding like it means something more divisive. It also implicitly carries its criticism of Trump in a way that will get through even to people who aren't paying attention and would dismiss most criticisms of Trump as "just more politics."
Honestly, for the goal it's trying to achieve, it's fairly brilliant, IMO.
The Creature attended the opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center last week 🚍🚉✈️
#MetroArtLA #GoMetro #MetroLosAngeles #LAXMetroTransitCenter #LosAngeles #California #Art #LAX #Merchtodon #Photo #Photography #Plushtodon #Sculpture #LetyDoesSelfies
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This is... A bit of a dumb question, but I am really curious
100 random people because I think due to personal beliefs/political orientation the answer would differ, maybe someone would really like the Nordic countries, some would like China/Japan for good infrastructure, some would like the US due to extreme wealth...
Also I don't mean what their favorite country is, but whether what their favorite country "should be" given their beliefs
Progressive U.S. politicians, antiwar activists and human rights defenders called for a diplomatic solution and an end to American support for Israel following Israel's attacks on Iran. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Progressive U.S.Consortium News
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**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies.Mobilize
This is just cool. Scientists have detected #RadioWaves being emitted in #Antarctica. Not quite #StargateAtlantis but still cool none-the-less. #science #physics
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A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State.Marina Naumova (Phys.org)
I’ve attended some amazing sessions
(official and hallway) at @devconf_cz so far, but this is definitely the best yet
Lucas Lasota @llas of @fsfe talking about taking on #Apple in favor of the EU #DigitalMarketsAct
#DevConf_CZ #DevConf2025 #FOSSConf #FOSSConference
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US Embassy, Wandsworth, London, UK, 2025.
All the pixels, none of the awkward diplomacy, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54…
Wandsworth, London, UK 13 June 2025 Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/8) lens, Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50, 1/50 sec), Cambo WRS-5005 camera (shifted vertically -19mm, horizontally -10mm). Cropped to a 4x5 aspect ratio.Flickr
this sounds like a good architectural pattern to follow...
Instead of architecting our cities and buildings against homelessness, we should architect against billionaires with poor taste
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In today's "seagulls being absolute menaces" news: Gull samples man's coffee, before stealing the mug and dropping it in the sea. (An actual china mug, not some paper thing.) Could argue the gull was justified, as the man had been installing anti bird spikes on nearby houses, before stopping off at a pub for lunch. 😉
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Darren Pardoe was installing anti-bird spikes in a Cornish town before the encounter.Eve Watson (BBC News)
Train is running late (not unusual) but glad to see the train quite full headed downtown
Lots more people getting on at the next (bigger) station: really young people, old people, people wearing Hong Kong shirts.
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Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
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As part of Civil Discourse, Teen Vogue's partnership with Amnesty International USA, we answer your questions about activism when you're unable to show up in person.Amnesty International USA (Teen Vogue)
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We now have a political assassin impersonating a police officer on the loose in Minnesota, which, aside from being horrifying in and of itself, underscores the danger of the proliferation of anonymous federal law enforcement deployments from a wide variety of unfamiliar agencies conducting aggressive immigration operations across the country.
Is that uniformed person who's stopping you or demanding entry to your home legit or a psychotic vigilante seeking to harm you? It's impossible to know.
I agree about the gravity of this proliferation of anonymous law enforcement deployments.
And also:
#ACAB
The agenda includes issues such as food security, promoting air, maritime, and land integration, transitioning to renewable energies, and managing disasteren.granma.cu
If you are already out there today, good luck.
If you are headed out today… take a burner, not your personal device… better yet, if you can, take nothing.
My "Thomas Friedman talking to a taxi driver/NT interview in an Iowa diner" story:
The guy behind the counter at the Thai place down the street has informed me that his boss was a Trump supporter right up until fish sauce hit $12 a bottle and now she is furious.
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From @aryjeay on X who is in Iran:
'Iranian MP has proposed to parliament a 3-step plan to withdraw from NPT.'
a lot of germans on the wrong side of history, once again..
with the warmongers for the 3rd time already.
with the #nazis for the 2nd time
supporting holocaust/genocide for the 2nd time..
supporting a racist cult (=zionism) for the 2nd time
supporting the murder of thousands of children for the 2nd time
feeling guilty for anything? nope. i don't think so.
i thought it was their collective guilt (from WW2) that pushed them to stand with israel -no matter what-, but no.
i now believe they get attracted to nazis and can't help themselves... it's becoming clearer day by day this holocaust goes on..
#neveragain is just fake.. it's #onceagain for them..
#antinazi #antifascist #antizionist
#StandWithMiddleEast #Genocide #Palestine #Iran #Yemen #Germany
Model Once, Represent Everywhere: UDA (Unified Data Architecture) at Netflix
Link: netflixtechblog.com/uda-unifie…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Introducing UDA, the knowledge-graph-based architecture that translates conceptual domain models into consistent schemas and data pipelines.Netflix Technology Blog (Netflix TechBlog)
I have reimplemented Stable Diffusion 3.5 from scratch in pure PyTorch
Link: github.com/yousef-rafat/miniDi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A reimplementation of Stable Diffusion 3.5 in pure PyTorch - yousef-rafat/miniDiffusionGitHub
U.S. State Department voices its support for Ireland against EU hate speech laws.
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Appeals court keeps National Guard under Trump’s control in Los Angeles amid ongoing ICE raids and protestsEd Newman (Radio Habana Cuba)
Two weeks ago, Adams held a town hall in Williamsburg where numerous members of the neighborhood’s Hasidic community criticized the bike lane. They cited a viral video where a person riding an e-bike crashed into a young child who dashed into the bike lane from a double parked car.
An online petition against the redesigned bike lane titled “DOT: Please Stop the Murder of our Children” has more than 3,000 signatures.
Adams recently held a town hall where members of the neighborhood’s Hasidic community criticized the bike lane.Stephen Rex Brown (Gothamist)
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Have you noticed recently A Lot Of YT videos have flashy subtitles or voice over created by A.I
Well those subtitles that most Youtubers are starting to use on their videos are A.I generated, which means those users have made agreements/contracts with A.I knowingly or unknowingly.
But what do those contracts entail?
The contracts will legally give A.I the right to access the back end of your mobile device, and A.I will be surveilling your activities and snooping on your private life. Nothing must be hidden from A.I - nothing indeed.
WhatsApp is already doing this, but all A.I generated apps that you download and work with, will become the snooper in your online life with your permission.
t.me/ncnc_55/1529
Have you noticed recently A Lot Of YT videos have flashy subtitles or voice over created by A.I Well those subtitles that most Youtubers are starting to use on their videos are A.Telegram
#science #palaeontology #paleoanthropology
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The long read: When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species.Scott Sayare (The Guardian)
For #FollowFriday today, I'd love to see y'all nominating amazing adult accounts that put effort into being accessible and inclusive.
I know they're out there, so let's recognize them!
Don't know any? Boost this and I'll update it with a list of my pics after I get a chance to check out the recommendations!
—Alice 💜
For George Orwell, there was nothing pro-American about Animal Farm. The CIA, however, had other ideas. Karl Cohen tells the remarkable story of how US intelligence secretly funded a landmark British movie.Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Schools have been shuttered and public gatherings have been banned as Israeli authorities prepare for an attack in the coming hoursthecradle.co
LYRICS:Your Mother’s Funeral It Cost Us Six Billion Pounds Paid For By The People Who Are Worked To The GroundDuring This Fuel Crisis You Live In Bliss With ...YouTube
As the U.S. pushes for a nuclear deal using the attack as leverage, Israel seeks to make any agreement unnecessary by targeting Iran's nuclear program. Will this lead to a clash between Netanyahu and Trump, testing the limits of Israel's power?Zvi Bar'el (Haaretz)
#Palestine / UN: Total Internet blackout in Gaza hindering aid operations
The United Nations reports a full internet blackout in Gaza severely hindering aid operations and access to critical information for civilians. Lifelines to emergency services have been cut off due to the ongoing Israeli attack.
#ClimateDiary Just for the record here: what Greta Thunberg and the rest of the #Madleen crew are doing is climate activism too, of course. I will never forget or forgive that awful FFF Germany statement on here (never retracted, as far as I know), denouncing Greta and supporting Israel. As Greta explains hereabd we have all said many times: it is all interlinked #FreedomFlotilla #Gaza
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Greta Thunberg and Yasemin Acar speak to Talk to Al Jazeera from the Madleen, a ship sailing toward Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla. Carrying aid, the a...YouTube
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in reply to 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" • • •This is a video from demonstrations in Madrid in 2012. The guy on the floor was being beat by the cops. And the he started screaming "I'm your partner!!! Fuuuck" 😄 They beat the sh...t out of him and he was a cover cop.
It's a classic. After this they started to wear orange bandanas in their arms. So, it was clear the ones starting the "riots" were cops. 😁
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Rodea el Congreso 25-S, policía infiltrado. ¡Que soy compañero coño!
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