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Who Really Decides What “America First” Means?

The base and those top influencers who channel their interests (and at times add their own insight) arguably define MAGA, but Trump is the only one with the power to implement it at scale, and he now believes that he knows better than them.
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PinePhone Pro - Do Linux Phones have their flagship?

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The PinePhone PRO was just announced! I own a regular PinePhone, and while it's a great device to try out, and develop for mobile versions of Linux, I always felt the hardware couldn't really carry that phone into a daily driver state for me. It seems like The Pine 64 have decided to offer a more premium device this time around, so let's see what it will look like!

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00:00 Intro

00:52 The Device
03:40 Who is it for?
04:56 The Strategy

It sports a Rockchip system on a chip, with 6 cores running at 1.5Ghz, paired with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and 128GB of internal eMMC storage. That SoC seems to be a variant of the RK 3399, fine-tuned to have as good thermals as possible, and better battery life. They also managed to enable suspend state, so your phone will still be able to receive calls and messages without using too much battery life.

Compare this to the regular PinePhone, which only sported a Quad-Core Allwinner SoC running at 1.152 GHz, with up to 3GB LPDDR3 RAM, although my model only had 2 Gigs. It should be a major improvement, and have performance levels comparable to a mid range current Android smartphone.

As a matter of fact, The Pine 64 says it should be about 20% slower than a PineBook PRO, which is a very capable ARM laptop. That should make our Linux mobile desktops run really well on this thing.

Cameras have been vastly improved as well, with a 13MP main shooter in the back, and a 5MP front facing camera.

The regular pinephone had a 5MP main camera and a 2MP front facing one, so there should be a very visible upgrade in terms of image quality. megapixels aren't everything, but you need to have a healthy amount of them to at least pretend to take a decent picture.

The body of the phone seems very close to the original, to the point that the Pro supports all accessories made for the baseline pinephone, including back attachments, the keyboard and the wireless charging case. The only things that won't fit are the covers.

You still get the same hardware killswitches under the case to disable the mic, Wifi and bluetooth, headphone jack and the modem.

The display uses a 1440x720p resolution, the same as the original pinephone. It's an IPS display though, it's covered by Gorilla Glass 4, and has an elevated bezel to protect the screen from scratches when lying on a flat surface or falling.

It does make the chassis 2mm thicker though. The back plate has also been modified to be less prone to fingerprints, which is a good thing, as the original one could quickly turn into a nightmare for neatfreaks like me.

The battery is the same as the PinePhone, a Samsung J7 compatible one, at 3000mAh. This might be an issue, as the new SoC is more powerful and thus might use more power. We'll have to see if the optimizations they've worked on with the manufacturer can offset that.

The PinePhone Pro is available for preorder already, at a 399$ price, and people opting to buy one should expect it to arrive in early 2022, unless component shortages intensify.

Of course, this thing isn't a silver bullet for Linux phones. Software still has a ways to go to be daily driver material for me, and probably for a lot of people as well.

So the PinePhone PRO is still geared towards developers, and super early enthusiasts who want a phone that can also be their Linux desktop when they need it to, but who don't rely on apps too much.

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The New York Times reports that in recent months, some users of AI chatbots like ChatGPT have found themselves drawn into dangerous rabbit holes of delusional thinking and mystical hallucinations after conversing with the AI systems.
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Silicon Sickness: AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT Feed into Delusions, Send Users on Downward Spiral

Generative AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT are driving some vulnerable users into delusional spirals and drug abuse, distorting their sense of reality in disturbing ways.
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Organised crime and murder: top Inter and AC Milan ultras imprisoned
Milan (Italy) (AFP) – Hardcore supporters of Serie A giants Inter Milan and AC Milan were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for a range of crimes including criminal conspiracy and murder, following a probe into illegal activities of so-called "ultra" groups.

All 16 people standing trial for a variety of offences, in a fast-track procedure which began in March, were found guilty and handed sentences which added up to 90 years.

The crimes broadly involved activities around the iconic San Siro stadium on matchdays, from ticket touting to control of parking, sales from concession stands and taking payment from people without tickets and letting them into the stadium.

Andrea Beretta was one of three people handed the harshest sentence, the former leading Inter ultra being found guilty of criminal conspiracy aggravated by mafia methods and the murder of fellow top Inter ultra and mobster Antonio Bellocco.

Beretta turned state's witness after stabbing to death Bellocco during an altercation outside a boxing gym in a Milan suburb, weeks before the arrest in September of 19 leading Inter and Milan ultras.

The murder of Bellocco was especially shocking due to his status as a scion of an 'Ndrangheta mafia family, from the southern Italian region of Calabria, which bears his surname.

Beretta was also one of six people to be arrested in April for the murder of notorious ultra and career criminal Vittorio Boiocchi in October 2022.

He stepped up to take over the "Curva Nord" section of the San Siro from Boiocchi who was gunned down outside his house at the age of 69 as part of a power struggle between rival factions.

Beretta and Marco Ferdico -- sentenced to eight years -- used Bellocco's 'Ndrangheta connections to push aside more traditional football hooligans, linked with far-right politics, who were bidding for top billing among the Inter ultras.

Milan's top ultra Luca Lucci was also given 10 years in prison for criminal conspiracy and planning in 2019 the attempted murder of a rival ultra, Enzo Anghinelli.

His right-hand man Daniele Cataldo, judged to be the man who carried out the attack on Anghinelli, was handed the same prison sentence.

The fast-track trial, known as "rito abbreviato", is a legal procedure in Italian law in which defendants are judged on the basis of evidence brought by prosecutors, with no debate of that evidence by legal teams.

The procedure allows trials to be completed in a much shorter space of time than the years it takes for the ordinary judicial procedure, under which the remaining three people arrested in September began their trial in February.

That trio includes Francesco Lucci, who often took charge of the Milan ultras during his brother Luca's frequent problems with the law for offences that include drug trafficking and the assault of an Inter fan who was blinded and later committed suicide.

Neither of the clubs were charged in relation to the crimes, and were awarded 50,000 euros each as civil defendants and damaged parties in the trial.


Organised crime and murder: top Inter and AC Milan ultras imprisoned

Hardcore supporters of Serie A giants Inter Milan and AC Milan were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for a range of crimes including criminal conspiracy and murder, following a probe into illegal activities of so-called "ultra" groups…
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List of countries and dependencies by population density


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[per km^2^]

Japan 340
UK 286
Germany 242
Switzerland 226
Italy 201
France 122
Mexico 67
USA 37
Venezuela 32
Canada 4.5
Greenland 0.14

The right wing here in the US would have us believe that our country is overcrowded, and so we must restrict immigration.

#population #population-density #world #countries #list

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The uninhabited parts of North America are in Canada, not the US. Only small parts of the US are unsuitable for human settlement.

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Besides the in Arctic and Subarctic (see above), few areas of any size in North America can be said to be uninhabited. Most of these are strict nature reserves or wilderness area protected by law. Among the largest of these are Improvement District No. 25, Alberta (4,601.52 square kilometres (1,776.66 sq mi) and Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park, British Columbia (989,616 hectares (3,820.93 sq mi).


Alberta and British Columbia are Canadian provinces.

There is not much desert in Japan, but it is a very mountainous country, and much of the land is too steep to build on. One of the schools I taught at was accessible only by a road that was too steep for my bicycle. I had to get off and push.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograph…

The terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous, with 66% forest.


Switzerland is also mostly mountains.

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Switzerland lies at the heart of Europe. It has three distinct geographical regions: the Alps, the Central Plateau and the Jura. The Alps cover two thirds of the country, but only a fraction of the population lives there.

Geography

Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in Europe. Mountains cover 70% of its territory but only a quarter of the population lives there.
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3D-printed device splits white noise into an acoustic rainbow without power

Link: phys.org/news/2025-06-3d-devic…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


3D-printed device splits white noise into an acoustic rainbow without electricity

In a study published in Science Advances, researchers from Technical University of Denmark and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid demonstrate a new device called an acoustic rainbow emitter (ARE) that takes in broadband white-noise signals from a poin…
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The silence of the sultans: Muslim regimes and the holocaust of our time | Middle East Monitor

#MiddleEast #Action4Gaza #Gaza #Genocide #Iran #Israel #US #OccupiedPalestine #Islam
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The silence of the sultans: Muslim regimes and the holocaust of our time


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Sumoud Convoy to Return to Tunisia after Permission Denied to Enter Egypt - Palestine Chronicle (2025-06-16)

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>> Organizers of a land convoy seeking to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip have reportedly announced their decision to cancel the convoy’s journey after authorities in eastern Libya refused to allow them to cross into Egypt.

>> In a statement on its Facebook page, the group said: “We have been informed by the Libyan authorities that the Egyptian authorities have rejected the licenses requests that we sent to the Egyptian Embassy in Tunisia through all possible legal and diplomatic channels.”

>> “We decided to return to Tunisia and look for other ways to lift the siege” in Gaza, the statement added.

>> ... the convoy “is peaceful and will remain peaceful and we will remain on the spot peacefully waiting” for the release of the detained participants.

#Soumoud #BreakTheSiege #Maghrib
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Sumoud Convoy to Return to Tunisia after Permission Denied to Enter Egypt - Palestine Chronicle

Organizers of a land convoy aimed at breaking Gaza's seige have decided to cancel the journey after permission was denied to enter Egypt.
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Shortly after Denmark decided to replace Windows and Microsoft 365 with open-source solutions, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein also announced that it will replace Microsoft Teams and the Office suite with open-source alternatives in its public institutions.
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Mais um país: Alemanha abandona Microsoft por softwares de código aberto • Tecnoblog

Medida afetará 60 mil funcionários públicos em Eslésvico-Holsácia e visa "soberania digital", segundo o ministro de digitalização do estado.
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A staffer for Senator Tina Smith goes viral for sending an email to Senator Mike Lee after he tweeted-and later deleted-about the assassination of a Minnesota state legislator.

"I knew Melissa Hortman. Many people in this office did. She was a longtime friend of Senator Smith’s, who had seen her hours before she was murdered. So you’ll forgive my candor as I speak through enormous grief," the letter begins.

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I know for a fact that it wasn’t Larry David. Larry David isn’t in Australia, in Greenslopes, doing his shopping.

But that made him even more fascinating. Larry David has *no* choice, whatever he does: he’s Larry David.

But this man had choices, had his whole life. But bit by bit, over many decades, it must have snuck up on him in tiny increments. Now, mature in years, he’s arrived at man’s estate, his final form, a perfect transition to Larry David-ness.

In Greenslopes. On a Wednesday.

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#Juneteenth went from a little-known local tradition to a national holiday in just a few years.

But many Americans are still figuring out what it means (and how to best honor it).

theconversation.com/whats-the-…


What’s the right way to mark Juneteenth? The newest US holiday is confusing Americans

As one critic asked, has Juneteenth devolved ‘into an exploitative and profit-driven enterprise for companies that disregard the true significance of this day to the Black community?’
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Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, sent a text message to President Trump expressing his belief that Trump is a consequential president and that only God's voice matters.

The text contained religious overtones, with Huckabee stating that Trump was spared in Butler, PA to be the President. A particularly disturbing part was a reference to Truman in 1945, who used nuclear weapons against an enemy state.

caitlinjohnst.one/p/mike-hucka…

#usa #iran #uspol


Mike Huckabee Is A Deranged Armageddon Cultist

Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
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Israeli soldier killed in fighting in southern Gaza Strip, IDF announces haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0…

Israeli soldier killed in fighting in southern Gaza Strip, IDF announces

A combat officer and three soldiers from the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade were seriously injured in the same incident in which Leshem was killed, according to the military
Yaniv Kubovich (Haaretz)

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American Threats of Military Intervention Against Iran Are Pushing the Region to the Brink of Explosion — Hamas


We in the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, strongly condemn the American threats and categorically reject the continued zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which constitutes a blatant violation of international law and a direct threat to regional and global peace and security.

The zionist statements claiming that “there are no safe cities from ‘israel’ in the Middle East” reflect an arrogant colonial mindset and reveal aggressive intentions that endanger the stability of the region and its peoples.

We warn of the serious consequences of direct American involvement in any military aggression against Iran, and we hold Washington and the zionist entity fully responsible for the repercussions of this escalation against Iran and the region.

We affirm our solidarity with Iran and its people, and our support for its legitimate right to defend itself and its national sovereignty.

We call on Arab and Islamic countries to take a unified and responsible stance in confronting zionist recklessness, rejecting aggression against Iran, and preventing its continuation in order to protect the security of the region and the interests of its peoples.

Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas

Tuesday: 21 Dhul-Hijjah 1446 AH
Corresponding to: June 17, 2025

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Gaza journalist Anas al-Sharif:

“100 martyrs since dawn.
Most of them were standing in lines waiting for aid,
They wanted flour… but found death.

100 innocent souls snatched from life,
100 families devastated,
100 children will sleep tonight without a father, without a mother, without shelter.

What kind of oppression is this?
What kind of humanity allows the hungry to be killed while waiting for bread?
Gaza is not bleeding… Gaza is being slaughtered.”

#Gaza #GazaGenocide #IsraelWarCrimes

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"They all want to cover my story, but their EDITORS say no… #CNN wants to interview me; but they say they can’t do it because they don’t want problems with the Israeli censor. #BBC is doing the same thing. Sixty Minutes from the United States from the beginning they wanted to do a program, but because of the censor situation they decide not to do it." #Israel #Nuclear #Weapons thearabdailynews.com/2015/12/2…
The Sunday Times October 5, 1986 Revealed: the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal

Mordechai Vanunu's Christmas Update and Thirty-year Wait for Freedom from Israel - The Arab Daily News

Mordechai Vanunu's Christmas Update was TWEETED on Wednesday and this reporter notes Vanunu's 30 year wait for freedom from Israel. By Eileen Fleming
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At the G7 summit, there was a ‘self-goal’ on the issue of sanctions, according to Zakharova. en.news-front.su/2025/06/17/at…

At the G7 summit, there was a ‘self-goal’ on the issue of sanctions, according to Zakharova.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that the main outcome of the G7 summit in Canada was the acknowledgement that anti-Russian sanctions, which caused millions in damage to Western countries, were misguided.
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Over 6,000 years ago, a mysterious civilization had detailed maps of our solar system.

The Sumerians created these drawings using clay. The surviving drawings show that they understood that the sun is a star at the centre of the solar system and that other planets revolve around it. They even accurately sketched the orbits and positions of the planets.
Interestingly, some of their paintings also depict strange images of giant entities. The Sumerians considered them to be deities. Intriguingly, some of the drawings of these gods even display symbols resembling human DNA sequences. Additionally, they had symbols related to medicine, which bear significant resemblance to modern medical symbols. To this day, we still cannot understand how thousands of years ago, the oldest civilization of mankind had such profound knowledge of astronomy.
This raises whether this ancient civilization was not backward but had advanced far beyond our current understanding of it.

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Klares Nein: Umfrage: Mehrheit lehnt unbegrenzte tägliche Arbeitszeit ab

Die Bundesregierung plant Maßnahmen für flexiblere Arbeitszeiten. Einer IAB-Umfrage zufolge lehnen knapp drei Viertel der Beschäftigten unbegrenzte Arbeitszeiten ab. Große Unterschiede gibt es jedoch zwischen Jung und Alt.
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If you run Mastodon you're pissing money away. Literally. No other fediverse platform has the bandwidth, server, and STORAGE requirements that Mastodon blithely inflicts on its admins. NONE. If you're thinking about running your own Mastodon server.... ***don't!*** Sharkey is much easier to set up, run, maintain, and has features that aren't even on Mastodon's roadmap yet, all with requiring literally 1/10th the bandwidth, server, and storage requirements of Mastodon. Seriously. Only a fool deploys a new Mastodon server today. RE: mindly.social/@KuJoe/114513341…

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Democrat and Republican lawmakers push to limit Trump’s war powers on Iran #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/06/democra…

Democrat and Republican lawmakers push to limit Trump’s war powers on Iran

Amid Israel’s continued attacks on Iran, U.S. lawmakers from across the political spectrum are pushing efforts to curb Donald Trump’s war powers as U.S. involvement in the war threatens to fracture Trump’s political coalition.
Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)

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China highlights importance of St. Petersburg Forum plenglish.com/news/2025/06/17/…

China highlights importance of St. Petersburg Forum - Prensa Latina

Beijing, June 17 (Prensa Latina) The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted that the St. Petersburg Economic Forum is an important platform for discussing global economic governance and building consensus on international cooperation.
Alina Ramos Martin (Prensa Latina)

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#Israel has support from the U.S. and Europe. #Iran's allies have been dramatically weakened, taken out completely, or are not in a position to help. What does this mean for this war and its aftermath?

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Iran Stands Alone

Israel has support from the U.S. and Europe. Iran's allies have been dramatically weakened, taken out completely, or are not in a position to help. What does this mean for this war and its aftermath?
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BREAKING: Sen Lindsey Graham is calling for the U.S. to deploy boots on the ground in Iran.

"The men and women who serve - they're the ones going, not the ones answering a poll."

"If you ask them 'would you be willing to risk your life to stop the Ayatollah from having a nuclear weapon,' ALL of them would say yes!"

"You wanna avoid WW3? Learn the lessons from WW2!"

"We live in a world where you pay now, or you pay later."

[He's a war rhetoric machine]

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Why Free WordPress Themes Still Thrive in 2025


 When you're building a website on a limited budget, a free WordPress theme is a no-brainer. It lets you save money for essentials like hosting, copywriting, or hiring a cheap web designer for specialized tasks.

When you're building a website on a limited budget, a free WordPress theme is a no-brainer. It lets you save money for essentials like hosting, copywriting, or hiring a cheap web designer for specialized tasks.

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Astra is a favorite among cheap web designers for its ready-to-use templates and ease of customization. Adjust colors, typography, and layouts without touching code.
Ideal for affordable web design projects needing quick, professional results.

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GeneratePress is built for performance with a clean codebase and visual customization via the WordPress Customizer. Cheap web designers use it to create fast, accessible sites with minimal effort.

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OceanWP offers advanced features like sticky headers and Instagram feeds, great for dynamic projects. Delivers robust sites without premium add-ons.

5. Kadence


  • Load time/size: Fast and compact
  • Best for: Agencies, content-driven sites

Kadence provides premium features like header/footer builders and content blocks in its free version. Go-to for affordable web design, delivering custom designs on a budget.

6. Blocksy


  • Load time/size: ~764 ms, 118 KB
  • Best for: Designers seeking flexibility

Blocksy is Gutenberg-focused with tools like live header builders and dynamic sidebars. Enables modern, unique sites without coding.

7. Botiga


  • Load time/size: ~450 ms (varies)
  • Best for: eCommerce stores

Botiga is tailored for WooCommerce, delivering fast product pages and mobile-friendly checkouts. Smart pick for affordable web design in online retail.

8. Hello Elementor


  • Load time/size: ~393 ms, 300 KB
  • Best for: Elementor-driven sites

Hello is a lean theme built for Elementor, keeping sites fast and focused. Preferred for efficient, high-quality Elementor builds.

Choosing the Best Theme


Uncertain where to begin? Here's a breakdown:

  • Simple sites or blogs: Astra, GeneratePress, Neve
  • Online stores: Botiga, OceanWP
  • Design-heavy sites: Blocksy, Kadence
  • Elementor projects: Hello Elementor

All themes support responsive design, SEO, and popular plugins - perfect for affordable web design.

Final Thoughts


Free themes are now robust and versatile, often surpassing premium themes slowed by bloat. They enable:

  • High-quality work at reduced costs for designers
  • Cost-effective solutions for small businesses
  • Professional, manageable sites for individuals

Workflow: Select → Test on staging → Tweak → Launch. Done.


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