They said it was self-indulgent spending of millions of dollars “for Trump’s birthday party.” If they had watched the parade they would have seen the value of the event and that it was totally focused on the Army. Here are five reasons the parade was money well spent.
thefederalist.com/2025/06/16/f…

It is hard to believe that the founders ... intended that district court judges would make policy determinations about whether conditions are sufficient to merit the president availing himself of a power delegated to him.
thefederalist.com/2025/06/16/s…

Mossad atmosphere in Israel, where the shadow war becomes a public apocalypse en.reseauinternational.net/amb…

Insights from Victor Davis Hanson. No One Is Prepared for What’s Coming
youtube.com/watch?v=bZw2GHixUq…
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He stated, “The facts speak for themselves,” and emphasized the need for governments to recognize the gravity of the situation in Gaza. He called on all influential parties to apply maximum pressure on both Israel and Hamas to stop the ongoing crisis.

Addressing the 47-member body, he said Israel’s tactics are bringing “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” to Palestinians in Gaza.

2/2

Very interesting article, and if he's right and it works out as predicted, Trump's genius will be recognized around the world.
thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/a…

red. media founder Hüseyin Doğru joins Yanis Varoufakis to dissect Europe’s widening assault on free speech, Germany’s criminalisation of Palestine solidarity, and how ordinary citizens can push back—before they too are silenced. Hosted by Mehran Khalili.

#NotMyEU #EU #Media

youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0l78jIg3…

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Federated Services

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/

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Shell Accounts

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.

Trump ordered the immediate evacuation of Tehran, a clear threat to around 10 million residents.

Although the US has provided Israel with weapons and military aid, it did not declare its direct participation in the war. However, this evacuation threat, a crime against humanity, showcases the close collaboration between the US and Israel.

- QNN

#Iran #Israel #Trump #War #Gaza #UN #USA #Hyprocrites #Europe #Genocide

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Trump administration reportedly retreats from immigration raids after damage to key supporter industries en.people.cn/n3/2025/0616/c900…

Kiev, London Prepare Attack on US Navy in Baltic Sea With Allegedly Russia's Torpedo: Russian Intel en.sputniknews.africa/20250616…

Does anyone know any good video card that you can buy rn for cheap or below the market value?
Doesnt have to be something overly crazy, just something thats enough to run 2020 games and beyond at low or medium
Also does anyone know good iem pairs to replace the kbear rosefinch? I had a pair but one side broke and now im finding another pair or just get a new pair to replace the broken ones, i tried a new pair called the QKZ x HBB, i dont like how some audio sounds really weak and overpowers the other and surround audio sounds like shit with these
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5. Israel intentionally attacked Iran also to reactivate its people's lifetime #indoctrination into a #VictimhoodComplex and anti-Muslim, anti-Iranian, and anti-gentile #hate. The resulting surge of #patriotism and #militarism will bolster both the #SettlerColony itself and its current #regime. #Solidarity from the #West will be used to feed this. #Reject narratives of solidarity with Israeli #victimhood early and consistently. Iran and Gaza are the real #victims, and Israel is the #aggressor.
in reply to AstroMancer5G (she/her)

6. This is not the time to #criticize the #government of Iran. Those criticisms will be weaponized by #Zionism to justify its attacks as somehow #feminist and supportive of #dissidents in Iran or the #diaspora. The opposition is against Western/Israeli intervention, too. Western-backed regime change has never led to #peace and democracy, instead it leads to fascist, reactionary, authoritarian regimes. The capitalists invested in the #WarMachine are making tons of money, until we end #capitalism.

Jamestown Foundation Hosts 'Dismember Russia' Day in Washington eir.news/2025/06/news/jamestow…

Four killed, over 100 wounded after several Iranian missiles land across Israel haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0…

Lets start a civil war in here!


So, I'm not that understanding of linux. But I guess I can't call myself "new" anymore. I've been using linux since December. Although to be fair, I'm barely ever home. "Using" linux at this point mostly consists of opening firefox, and watching youtube.

I know "sudo" is "super user" "apt" is some kind of repository command, and then you type "install (program)"

But I've really taken to flatpack. I hate hate HATE the terminal. All I ever do is screw things up in there. I don't know what I'm doing. I just follow commands. "Just copy/paste this exact set of text". And then I have an error.

It's kind of like knowing 4x4=16. And all you do is memorize that line, as opposed to knowing that 4x4 is the same as 4+4+4+4. And knowing what 4 is. If you memorized 4x4=16, but get presented with 4x4-2, and you don't understand the core concept of numbers, you wouldn't know how to adjust 16 to 14, and know WHY it's 14. I'm just copy/pasting someone elses instructions.

sudo apt get firefox && -z, -r, -☆, -$, randop, redo, up.


That's probably complete jibberish in terminal, but it helps you (the experienced linux user) understand how terminal feels/looks to me. If I had a problem, and troubleshooting told me to copy/paste that to solve my problem, I would. That to me looks as legitimate as any other jibberish that would actually work.

Ok. Rant aside, lets start a civil war in here! I've been using ZorinOS, and I kind of like it. HOWEVER, I did spend a considerable amount of time tweaking it. It's finally how I want it, so I'm not messing with it. So I've never experienced KDE. I've only experienced GNOME. And quite honestly I don't know what that means. I know it has to do with the desktop environment.....but I don't know what would be different if I used another desktop environment.

But that brings me to a question I was told you just can't ask the linux community without blood being shed.

What's better? KDE? Or GNOME?

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in reply to MeidasTouch

Is he insane? #Tehran is home to 10 million people? How are 10 million people going to get out all at once & where will they go? This is his usual tactic of sowing panic, fear & chaos.

He's trying to look like the good guy with this warning while at the same time he aids & abets Netanyahu's homicidal agenda.

Put the blame where it belongs Donnie! On your own head. If you hadn't cavalierly turn up the #JCPOA while #Iran was actually in compliance, we wouldn't be here.

Iranian Parliament Approves Partnership Agreement with Russia en.news-front.su/2025/06/16/ir…

Trump: US Forces ‘Could Get Involved’ With Israel Against Iran consortiumnews.com/2025/06/16/…

Just Saying!😎🤔JUST IN: The U.S. Supreme Court has UNANIMOUSLY ruled in favor of nuns fighting New York’s abortion mandate, confirms that states cannot legally force religious organizations to pay for abortions.

This is HUGE!!!❤️

gettr.com/post/p3m7qbdb0e2

As confrontation with Iran escalates, Israel continues attacks on Gaza and West Bank #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/06/as-conf…

from NASA’s Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific/Night Sky Network Have you ever wondered about what the Sun is made of? Or why do you get sunburned on even cloudy days? NASA’s new Explore the Sun toolkit brings the wonders of solar science to you, offering answers to […]
in reply to woodland creature

this could spiral out of control real quick friends. iran has a large arsenal of missiles that can't be easily shot down, unlike the unguided low tech rockets they're used to from palestine and lebanon. they don't appear to have the best guidance systems but what they lack in precision they make up for in numbers

not looking forward to having the whole maga populist agenda derailed and all our blood and treasure poured into another middle east endless war

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Gamers Are Reportedly Skipping GPU Upgrades Due to Soaring Prices — Paying Bills Takes Priority Over Chasing NVIDIA’s RTX 5090


Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.
in reply to cm0002

It's just because I'm not impressed, like the raster performance bump for 1440p was just not worth the price jump at all. On top of that they have manufacturing issues and issues with their stupid 12 pin connector? And all the shit on the business side not providing drivers to reviewers etc. Fuuucccckk all that man. I'm waiting until AMD gets a little better with ray tracing and switching to team red.
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Bazzite won't display to my external monitor


Hello there.

I’m a newbie to Linux and am still figuring everything out. I posted here a few days ago and you fine folks helped me with a problem. Now I’m in need again.

I decided to distro hop a little bit just to see what I like best, and am currently testing out Bazzite since I mostly use my PC for gaming at the moment and heard that one’s a good one for gaming. I’m using a laptop hooked up to an external monitor right now. After installing Bazzite I was asked what I wanted to do with the external monitor. Since I never use my laptop screen, I chose the option to only display on the external monitor. Unfortunately that didn’t seem to play nice, and now my laptop screen is black (obviously) but the external monitor is saying no input anymore. It accepted the input up until making that choice. Now I can unplug the monitor and use the laptop screen just fine, but my setup makes that quite annoying, plus I want to use my monitor obviously. The biggest problem is I can’t adjust the monitor settings without the monitor plugged in, and I can’t see anything with the monitor plugged in. Does anyone know of a solution to this problem? I’ve never faced it before in my years of using windows, and I didn’t have this problem in Mint either. I don’t really want to reinstall, but I will if I have to. If anyone knows of a solution without reinstalling I’d appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

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You can press the Super+P (Win+P) keyboard combination to bring up a menu to choose which screen to display on. Keep pressing P while holding the other key to move forward in this list, then press enter. If you keep doing this, eventually you should end up on an option that includes your laptop screen. Alternatively, you can make Bazzite forget about your monitors by deleting the file it stores screen profiles in, then rebooting: ryan.himmelwright.net/post/res…
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I don’t know how many times I’ve discussed this topic before, but due to recent events, I'm bringing it up again: One of our customers experienced an Azure compromise - attackers gained unauthorized access to an account. The customer is a "cloud-only" organization that uses SharePoint and OneDrive for all document storage.

When we spoke with the customer's IT support technician, the first thing he said was:
"UAL (the Unified Audit Log) isn’t enabled. Why on earth can’t Microsoft just activate this proactively for all customers?"

He really struck a nerve with that statement. My team and I have preached time and again that everything else should be dropped immediately to run the following command:

Get-AdminAuditLogConfig

If the output says "AdminAuditLogEnabled : False", then it's overdue to enable UAL!

The Unified Audit Log tracks, among many other things, access to SharePoint and OneDrive. No UAL, no evidence.

Microsoft’s Windows Hello face unlock feature no longer works in dark rooms, and it’s not a bug. Microsoft quietly made the change to Windows Hello in April, in order to fix a vulnerability with Windows Hello spoofing. Fixing the security flaw has now removed key functionality from Windows Hello in Windows 11. Windows Central spotted […]#Microsoft #News #Tech #Windows

I joined up with Mel K, Cynthia Chung to Talk Roswell and the Birth of a New Psyop matthewehret.substack.com/p/i-…

An Open-Source Justification for USB Cable Paranoia


A coiled black USB-C to USB-C cable is shown on a white background.

Most people know that they shouldn’t plug strange flash drives into their computers, but what about a USB cable? A cable doesn’t immediately register as an active electronic device to most people, but it’s entirely possible to hide a small, malicious microcontroller inside the shell of one of the plugs. [Joel Serna Moreno] and some collaborators have done just that with their Evil Crow Cable-Wind.This cable comes in two variants: one USB-A to USB-C, and one with USB-C to USB-C. A tiny circuit board containing an ESP32-S3 hides inside a USB-C plug on each cable, and can carry out a keystroke injection attack. The cable’s firmware is open-source, and has an impressive set of features: a payload syntax checker, payload autocompletion, OS detection, and the ability to impersonate the USB device of your choice.The cable provides a control interface over WiFi, and it’s possible to edit and deploy live payloads without physical access to the cable (this is where the syntax checker should be particularly useful). The firmware also provides a remote shell for computers without a network connection; the cable opens a shell on the target computer which routes commands and responses through the cable’s WiFi connection (demonstrated in the video below).The main advantage of the Evil Crow Cable Wind is its price: only about $25, at which point you can afford to lose a few during deployment. We’ve previously seen a malicious cable once before. Of course, these attacks aren’t limited to cables and USB drives; we’ve seen them in USB-C docks, in a gaming mouse, and the fear of them in fans.

Thanks to [rustysun9] for the tip!


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