MAERSK just announced they have halted all container shipping operations in and out of Haifa, the only deepwater port in Israel that’s still functioning. And just like that, Israel’s maritime logistics capabilities have all but collapsed.

With each day of Iran’s missile strikes, Israel is looking more and more like Ukraine – a failed state that only (barely) functions because it’s propped up by money and supplies from the USA. Source: timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent…

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis. But making that vision a reality involves ensuring that people will actually want to ride these aircraft – which is why NASA has been working to evaluate comfort, to see what passengers will and won’t […]

Israel cracks down on coverage of Iran's missile strikes, accuses reporters of 'helping the enemy' thecradle.co/articles-id/31464

I love that Iran uses AI in their propaganda (not using the term in a negative manner here). It is one of the reasons I wanted to learn AI, because I recognized it has some democratizing powers. I recognize it has other uses too but at this time we are focusing on the good uses;

"Who is Major Genersl Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, new Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces?"

in reply to Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

The first line of her post reads almost exactly like Replika's copy about itself. Here's a quote from a talk by Sherry Turkle:

Consider Replika, at this point a chatbot that offers itself as a friend, confidante, lover, psychotherapist. It’s built to be emotive, supportive, and erotic if that’s what a person wants. There’s a remarkable parallelism between what Replika’s developers promise and what enthusiastic users say they like about Replika. ... In my studies people tell me that they like chatbot friendship because it takes the stress out of relationships. With a chatbot friend there is no friction, there is no second guessing, there is no ambivalence, there is no fear of being left behind.

Une maison passive... sans travaux


#environnement #sobriété #énergie #logement

incub.net/lab/blog/une-maison-…

Macron, président ou lobbyiste des ventes d’armes ?
contre-attaque.net/2025/06/20/…

"À l'approche de la fin de son mandat, Macron essaie-t-il déjà de se reconvertir en vendeur d'armes au salon du Bourget ?
L’article Macron, président ou lobbyiste des ventes d’armes ? est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque."

Oklo, the Earth's Two-billion-year-old only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor (2018)

Link: iaea.org/newscenter/news/meet-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

libvirt VM not getting IP


I'm trying to boot some VMs using a script w/ a kickstart file. I'm using the following script that I found online and modified:

\#!/usr/bin/env bash
\#set -x
## Define variables
MEM_SIZE="8192"      # Memory setting in MiB
VCPUS="2"             # CPU Cores count
\#OS_VARIANT="rocky9"   # List with osinfo-query  os
OS_VARIANT="rhel7.9"   # List with osinfo-query  os
ISO_FILE="~/Documents/software/os/RHEL-7.9-20200917.0-Server-x86_64-dvd1.iso" # Path to ISO file

case $OS_VARIANT in
        rhel7.9)
                KS=ks7.cfg;;
        rocky9)
                KS=ks9.cfg;;
esac

echo -en "Enter vm name: "
read VM_NAME
OS_TYPE="linux"
echo -en "Enter virtual disk size : "
read DISK_SIZE

DISK=~/.local/share/libvirt/images/${VM_NAME}.qcow2

echo "Creating disk"
sudo virt-install \
     --name ${VM_NAME} \
     --memory=${MEM_SIZE} \
     --vcpus=${VCPUS} \
     --location ${ISO_FILE} \
     --network network=default \
     --disk path=${DISK},size=${DISK_SIZE} \
     --graphics=none \
     --os-variant=${OS_VARIANT} \
     --console pty,target_type=serial \
     --initrd-inject ~/virt/${KS} --extra-args "inst.ks=file:/${KS} console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"

I've obfuscated the directory paths, but they're all full paths and the script will build a VM. So basically just setting up a basic system, using the default network. Here's the config for that:
<network connections='3'>
  <name>default</name>
  <uuid>61afc7f1-9c5e-4cra-8d18-e3cf4f9358e9</uuid>
  <forward mode='nat'>
    <nat>
      <port start='1024' end='65535'/>
    </nat>
  </forward>
  <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0'/>
  <mac address='52:54:00:7c:32:9b'/>
  <ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'>
    <dhcp>
      <range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.254'/>
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

Looking at the XML for the VM, I see the following for the network:
<interface type='network'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:07:82:78'/>
      <source network='default' portid='800dfd67-d90a-42te-a0b7-c4c78cdae481' bridge='virbr0'/>
      <target dev='vnet7'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>

When this VM is installing, and when it's booted, it does not have an IP. Meanwhile, if I go through virt-manager and select the default network, it gets an IP just fine. I've tried running the virt-install command w/ and w/o sudo (I run virt-manager as me - I'm in the libvirt group). Looking at the virt-manager built VM:
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:5e:f5:05'/>
      <source network='default' portid='d57dbc56-759e-40f9-856f-9623f4801a93' bridge='virbr0'/>
      <target dev='vnet8'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>

Looking at virbr0:
$ ip link show master virbr0
11: vnet7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master virbr0 state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:54:00:07:82:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
12: vnet8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master virbr0 state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:54:00:5e:f5:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Only difference I can see is one is created using virt-install and the other using virt-manager (which calls to virt-install, no?). I thought there was a way to see the actual virt-install command virt-manager was about to use when creating a VM, but I can't find it. Also can't find any logs to give me an idea why the VM isn't getting an IP. Running ethtool on the VM interface shows a link. I've wasted too much time getting this to work, and all the documentation suggests it should "just work!"

ETA: PEBKAC! Remember where I said I was using kickstart? Yeah, well it helps to actually include a network configuration, even if it is just DHCP! Feeling stupid, but it's working.

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Engineered Estrangement | An Interview with Cory Doctorow


#politics #health #democracy #GAFAM

I spoke to Doctorow about the big problems with Big Tech today, what we can do to hold them accountable, and how envisioning science-fiction utopias can help us on the way to something better.


bylinesupplement.com/p/enginee…

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Plasma 6 moved to Qt6 entirely, and it's also the first version with fully complete wayland support, and Wayland is actually the default session. And that Wayland support is pretty flawless in my experience.

And this release also brings a few cool things, courtesy of Wayland: HDR is now supported, provided your display also support it. You can also set a color profile for each display individually, on Wayland as well. And finally, you also get color blindness correction filters in the settings.

First, the theme is now lighter on the eyes. They have removed a bunch of the blue borders that every single panel inside of an app had, so the whole feel of the desktop is similar, but also nicer, you don't have that many lines that draw your eyes. Highlighted items in list views are also different, now with rounded corners and a little bit of spacing.

Another visual change is the floating panel by default.

The defaults have changed drastically First, single click to select is now the default, with double click to open. Tap to click on touchpads is also the default now, and they've disabled scrolling on the desktop to switch workspaces.

It's now way easier to change panel configuration. The previous messy pop-up was replaced by something much more visual, which will absolutely be a better experience. You get visual representations of the settings you're changing, with combo boxes to select what you want, and tou can now auto hide the panel.

Another big change is the combination of the overview and the present windows effect. It feels like the older overview, except, it looks a lot like GNOME's. What has changed is the touchpad gestures, and these are much, much better. You also get the desktop cube back.

Another change is the ability to just click inside of a scrollbar's area to move the content directly to that area. Finally, Krunner got faster, way faster, and now lets you reorder the various elements that it shows when you search for something.

Visually, the settings are less busy. Gone are the double rows of icons at the bottom of a page, they now mostly moved to the toolbar of the settings app, meaning that settings pages now look a bit nicer. They've also reduced the number of pages that were opened by clicking a button inside of another page, so things are easier to find, and the settings were reordered into other categories.

You get a new sound theme preference page, and, easier configuration of which app will open a broad category of file.

Dolphin received changes to its settings as well, reordering a bunch of things, and it gained kjeyboard shortcuts to access the toolbar buttons and the disk space usage bar that lives in the status bar. You can also now right click a folder to open it in split view.

Spectacle, the screen recorder, now shows a tray icon when it's recording your screen, you can click it to end the recording. It also support recording a part of your screen, and has new keyboard shortcuts to handle all of this. Everything will now be saved by default in the pictures screenshots directory, you can change that of course. It also support VP9 to record videos, and can be used using the CLI

Konsole has redesigned settings, and will use less ram. Text selection now works for chinese, korean or japanese, and every tab now uses a separate cgroup, meaning the entire app will no longer be killed if your system needs to kill a process to save somle resources

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Why Is Google Still in One Piece? The Terminating a Monopoly Problem


#politics #monopoly #democracy #GAFAM

thebignewsletter.com/p/why-is-…

Ukraine and Iran: two fronts of a piecemeal world war


#geopolitics #imperialism #war

This vision now has real teeth. If the United States escalates its military campaign against Iran, it risks not only igniting a broader regional war but raising the stakes in the ongoing de facto world war. Indeed, as Tariq Ali noted, Trump’s threats against Iran should be seen as part of a wider plan against China ...


thomasfazi.com/p/ukraine-and-i…

Revolut°Permanente🚩 Attaque islamophobe : une femme voilée agressée par un groupe de 20 hommes, soutien !: Jeudi 19 juin, une femme voilée a été agressée, insultée et dévoilée, par un groupe de 20 hommes à Reims. Une nouvelle agression qui illustre le déferlement islamophobe en cours dont le gouvernement et les déclarations racistes de Retailleau sur le voile sont premiers responsables.Racisme et violences d'État… revolutionpermanente.fr/Attaqu… 🚩RP #Islamophobie #Racisme #Antiracisme #Violence #Soutien

Israeli strikes in Iran killed 639 people, including 263 civilians, U.S. rights group says haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2…

The stablecoin time bomb hidden in Trump’s GENIUS act - UnHerd


#geopolitics #imperialism #dollar

Today, the dollar value of circulating stablecoins is around $250 billion. For that sum to be backed with sufficient reserves, it is estimated that last year issuers purchased $40 billion of US Treasury bills, more than any foreign buyer of Treasuries during 2024. In the same year, the stablecoin issuer Tether alone reported annual pre-tax profits of $13 billion — not bad for an offshore company employing around 100 people.


Hum, isn't this a ploy to keep the dollar afloat against the US' own sanctions ?

unherd.com/2025/06/when-stable…

in reply to RedditEnjoyer

I think anyone conforming to a strict rigid archetype of manliness is going to wonder secretly about the other world.

I'm not sure if it makes them eggs. I think once they stop caring about it, the stress of their place in the world will wash away, and they can just be themselves (average dude with some girly interests) and actually relax into their masculinity instead of reaching always for an impossible archetype

Arribarem a agrair a l'#Iran que planti cara a #Israel?

Està clar que la #UE farà tot el contrari. És a dir, recolzar a un estat criminal altament perillós per a tots els veïns que el qüestionin.

Llavors, #Palestina serà ajudada per estats com l'iranià o el iemenita i no per estats democràtics i occidentals?

Com ha canviat la pel·lícula, oi? Quin gir de guió. Perquè ha canviat la pel·lícula, oi? No anava així fins ara, oi?

Com seria #Occident sense #democràcia. Millor no preguntar-nos-ho.

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Ukraine urged to accept loss of territory for the sake of peace – American Conservative en.news-front.su/2025/06/20/uk…

εpsilon: Sophie Adenot’s first mission name and patch unveiled


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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s first mission to the International Space Station now has a name: εpsilon. The mission name and patch were announced today at the Paris Air Show by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Sophie Adenot, who joined remotely from the United States, where she is training for her spaceflight.

Sophie Adenot is one of the five astronauts selected from ESA’s most recent astronaut class of 2022. Following the successful completion of their basic training in spring 2024, Josef Aschbacher announced during the Space Council in Brussels that Sophie and fellow graduate Raphaël Liégois had been assigned their first missions to the International Space Station, currently planned for 2026.

The εpsilon name and patch reflect the power of small, yet impactful contributions and how multiple parts unite to create a whole.

In mathematics, “ε” represents something small. In the extensive collaborative effort of space exploration, involving thousands of participants, all roles, including the astronaut's role, stay small yet meaningful.

The hummingbird, central to the patch, embodies this idea; though one of Earth’s smallest birds, it plays a crucial role in the jungle’s ecosystem, pollinating numerous plants.

Encircling the patch is a ring of small dots, symbolising the many small contributions that together make great achievements possible. All these little actions that can be coordinated to form a circle and close the loop. At the top, three of these dots are coloured – blue, white, and red – representing Sophie’s home country, France, and ESA’s exploration destinations: Earth, the Moon, and Mars.

The name εpsilon, being the fifth Greek letter and the fifth brightest star of the Leo constellation, also follows the French tradition to name human spaceflight missions after celestial bodies. It also pays tribute to the five career astronauts of ESA’s 2022 class.

Three lines emerge from the “i” of the εpsilon, shaping the tail of a shooting star, a poetic reminder that dreams keep us alive.

At the base of the patch lies a rounded blue shape, representing Earth’s surface and its natural beauty: mountains, forests and landscapes that Sophie enjoys exploring. It serves as a reminder of our motivation for spaceflight: to explore, learn, and return with this knowledge to benefit life on Earth.

From an emotional perspective, the same message is conveyed. In life's intricate tapestry, small threads contribute to create the most beautiful patterns. A kind word, a gentle smile, a moment of patience - these seemingly insignificant actions can transform lives and shape destinies. This patch invites each of us to embrace the potential of our smallest actions as they ripple outward, touching hearts and inspiring souls.

During her εpsilon mission, Sophie will perform numerous scientific experiments, many of them European, conduct medical research, support Earth observation and contribute to operations and maintenance aboard the International Space Station.

#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2

President of France Emmanuel Macron visits the Paris Space Hub


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Marking the first public day of this year’s International Paris Air Show, the President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the Paris Space Hub.

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander welcomed President Macron, introducing him to the assembled French astronauts and a group of young space professionals in attendance.

French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot joined by video link from the United States, where she is training for her upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Sophie detailed some of her training, explaining that no two days are alike. Fellow astronauts Thomas Pesquet, Jean-François Clervoy and Claudie Haignéré also addressed Sophie and offered their advice for her time in space. Together President Macron and Sophie announced that her mission will be named εpsilon, and revealed her mission patch.

Speaking about the development of the space industry, President Macron said Europe must increase investment in commercial space, and emphasised the importance of complementarity of public and private investment – particularly with the upcoming ESA Council at Ministerial level and ongoing discussions for the next EU multiannual financial framework. He also mentioned the developing need for dual-use space capacity including surveillance. President Macron highlighted the importance of research and of making Europe a destination for researchers in line with the EU Choose Europe for Science initiative. He also called on Europe to improve its competitiveness in space. Watch a replay of the visit.

A new Letter of Intent between the European Space Agency and Dassault Aviation was also announced, signalling the common interest of the organisations in working on low Earth orbit exploration, in particular orbital vehicles.

#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2

The Weaponization of Victimhood: Be Careful What You Wish For


#history #geopolitics #imperialism #war

Japan, seeing how strongly this “Asians defeating the West” narrative resonated in Asia, made it their main propaganda arc: they decided to frame their own imperialism and colonialism as a fight for justice, positioning themselves not as conquerors but as liberators freeing their Asian brothers from the yoke of white supremacy and coining slogans like “Asia for Asians” and the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.”


arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/…

Oxford City Council was subject to a cyber security incident over the weekend of 7/8 June

"...people who worked on Oxford City Council-administered elections between 2001 and 2022, may have had some personal details accessed"

oxford.gov.uk/news/article/170…

cc. @GossiTheDog

The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/0…

Le sionisme et son destin, par Frédéric Lordon (Les blogs du Diplo, 19 juin 2025


#politique #sionisme #impérialisme #colonialisme

Le premier dit : « Le sionisme n’aurait jamais pu gagner sans l’holocauste ». Le second ajoute : « Netanyahou, il a fait un peu exprès de laisser faire pour reconquérir Gaza ». Qui sont-ils ? Où s’expriment-ils ? Combien de temps s’écoulera-t-il avant qu’ils ne soient injuriés dans tous les médias, convoqués par la police et gardés à vue ? Eh bien il s’agit respectivement de Daniel Cohn-Bendit et de Luc Ferry, ça se passe sur LCI et nous sommes le 19 mai 2025. Quant à la réprobation publique et à la convocation au commissariat, nous attendons encore. Ainsi va la tectonique des plaques.


blog.mondediplo.net/le-sionism…

in reply to Emmanuel Florac

Tant que Netanyahu faisait massacrer les palestiniens, le sionisme ne causait aucun problème à personne, bien au contraire, être antisioniste était allègrement assimilable à de l'antisémitisme mais évidemment avec cette petite faute de parcours avec l'attaque de L'Iran... Il y a un doute qui se profil et la réplique est amère.

Christine Lagarde’s “global euro” is a fantasy


#politics #EU #imperialism #democracy

In the end, Lagarde’s proposal is less about global strategy and more about justifying greater EU centralisation. But what Europe needs is not “more Europe” — it’s a different Europe altogether.


thomasfazi.com/p/christine-lag…

“Watch: Pro-Palestinian activists breach UK #airbase, damage two military aircraft”

via The Cradle on Telegram

@palestine
@israel

“Pro-Palestinian activists in the UK say they broke into the Royal Air Force (RAF) #BrizeNorton base in Oxfordshire on 20 June and #damaged two #military #aircraft before escaping undetected”

t.me/thecradlemedia/37926

#Press #Israel #US #UK #Iran #War

Trump ha matado en dos meses en Yemen a casi tantos civiles como 23 años de bombardeos de EEUU
https://www.eldiario.es/internacional/theguardian/bombardeos-trump-yemen-han-causado-muerte-civiles-23-anos-anteriores-ataques-eeuu_1_12399305.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Don’t blame it on Netanyahu, Israelis across the political spectrum support the illegal attack on Iran #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/06/dont-bl…

Two surprise #snakes I saw this week.

The first guy, a big black snake, I almost stepped on while I was #trailrunning and way too focused on my podcast. We watched each other for a while until he went into the plant cover beside the trail.

The second little guy, a smooth green snake, slithered down the fallen tree and hung out with me and my friends while we were hanging out in the woods. We named him Clyde and watched him come in and out of holes in the bricks around the area.

#nature #wildlife

Aging volunteers devoted to managing Colorado’s wild horses wonder who will step in when they can’t continue

coloradosun.com/2025/06/20/wil…

Gaza Municipality reduces its basic services dailyyemen.net/2025/06/19/gaza…

It's currently 27C (80F) in this city, with 41% humidity and a wind speed of only 3mph - and it's forecast to be hotter tommorow, and hotter still towards the end of next week!

I wouldn't mind, only among the persistent symptoms of long Covid is heat intolerance, thought to be due to damage to the hypothalamus. Plus the double-glazed French windows and doors turn this place into a greenhouse in hot weather.

Please send thoughts and prayers! 😓

Dua Lipa shows off impressive yoga skills as singer prepares for headline Wembley shows
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Israel, US exhausting missile interceptors: senior American official tehrantimes.com/news/514689/Is…