Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines
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Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines
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Gaza boy inconsolable after father killed by Israeli air attack
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A young boy in Gaza was filmed wailing over the boy of his father, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on Jabalia.Al Jazeera
Gaza is Still Burning
While news headlines are increasingly dominated by the nuclear face-off between Israel, Iran, and the US, life remains hellish for displaced families clinging on to the edge of the Gaza City shoreline. Who will speak for them?
U.S. Appeals Court allows Trump to keep control of California National Guard-english.news.cn
"Of course, we don’t know exactly how many nuclear warheads Israel has, because Israeli leaders refuse to publicly admit they have any. The whole military program is kept in near-total secrecy, under a policy called “strategic ambiguity,” meaning the existence of the bombs is neither confirmed nor denied. Historians believe Israel first got a nuclear weapon in 1967, after secretly refining plutonium at the Dimona facility and running a “full deception campaign” to convince U.S. inspectors the purpose of the reactors there was civilian rather than military. (Ironically, this is exactly the kind of deception Israel now accuses Iran of practicing.) It’s also strongly suspected that Israel tested a nuclear weapon off the coast of South Africa in 1979, in partnership with that country’s apartheid government. It’s called the Vela incident, after the spy satellite that spotted the nuclear flash. But “strategic ambiguity” means there’s little international oversight or accountability involved with any of this, and much of it takes place in violation of international law. Like North Korea and a small handful of other nations, Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), despite United Nations resolutions that it should do so. It has signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963, but likely broke it with the South African incident. And most importantly, its leaders refuse to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to access Dimona, so we have no way of knowing what’s going on in there.
Under U.S. law, Israel’s rogue nuclear program means that the United States should not be supplying it with military aid of any kind. The law in question is the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, and its language is unambiguous. But for more than 50 years now, U.S. leaders have been willing to ignore their own laws and accept this..."
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#Israel #Iran #NuclearWeapons #USA #WMD
According to our elected leaders, we should be very scared of the possibility that Iran could get a nuclear bomb. But Israel already has them, and its government is increasingly unstable and belligerent.Alex Skopic (Current Affairs Inc)
Malcolm Caldwell was a British Marxist intellectual and academic who became one of the few Western voices openly sympathetic to revolutionary regimes duringGareth Johnson (Young Pioneer Tours)
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It is called "Signal"
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When systemd first reared it’s head in Linuxland, there were alarms going off about “corporate takeover of Linux,” “this isn’t the UNIX way,” and “it’…Robin's Rants and Raves
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various forms over the years, and other things complicated searches taking the name for other things... so adding these terms should help you discover it and many other wonderful things around it. 😀
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sorry for not giving you just a link, but at this stage, it's kinda a case of pick your fork. puppy and tinycore maintain their own forks i think. and there'll be others out in the wild too.
then there are ways to ~kinda~ do a tinyx from xorg (or was, have not tried it myself) from when it got merged in (ages ago ~ idk if that's still a feature it can be compiled to, but still wont likely be as tiny). perhaps also available in xlibre.
I love ray tracing and path tracing when they're done right. Ik fully ray traced scenes are hardly playable even on high end cards without upscaling but like if one has a powerful enough card, why not utilize its potential? Yet most people don't seem to care about RT.
When it comes to upscaling though, I hate it, and I'm not even talking about frame gen. It makes things look blurry and causes annoying artifacts. I think playing on lowest settings with clear textures is more enjoyable long term than maxed out in 4k with a consistently blurry image. Also this new technology makes devs care less about optimization (which will backfire btw as we're approaching the physical limit of transistor size).
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Israel strikes Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site, buildings on fire in Tel Aviv
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/21/israel-strikes-irans-isfahan-nuclear-site-buildings-on-fire-in-tel-aviv?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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It was the second attack on Isfahan as the conflict enters a second week, killing at least 430 in Iran and 24 in Israel.Al Jazeera
Jon Elmer, contributing editor, reports on the first week of the war with Iran launched by Israel on the morning of 13 June 2025. The full broadcast is avail...YouTube
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a stark warning to the Security Council, linking poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment to the surge inteleSURenglish
We keep going above 1.5°C, year after year 😥
Also, very few people care.
Iran’s IRGC launches the 18th wave of Operation True Promise 3, targeting central Tel Aviv.Al Mayadeen English (Wave 18 of Operation True Promise 3 launched, targets Tel Aviv)
«Nous sommes devenus des monstres»: la famine et le génocide sont en train de changer la société à Gaza – Mondoweiss
«Ahmad Mosabih, 16 ans, a porté ce qu'il jugeait approprié pour un voyage qui n'était pas destiné à quelqu'un de son âge. Il prit un marteau de fer, long de cinquante centimètres, posa un couteau utilitaire dans sa poche, et quitta sa maison à 3 heures du matin avec un seul objectif : obtenir un sac de farine.»
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Ahmad, a 16-year-old boy in Gaza, leaves his home at 3 a.m., armed with an iron hammer and a utility knife. But Ahmad is not a soldier, nor a fighter. He seeks only one thing: to obtain a sack of flour. And to do so, he must be prepared to die.Tareq S. Hajjaj (Mondoweiss)
Show HN: We moved from AWS to Hetzner, saved 90%, kept ISO 27001 with Ansible
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Earlier this year, I faced a dilemma many tech leaders know well. Our entire infrastructure was built on AWS. We loved their powerful, ISO 27001-certified services. Yet, two critical issues kept me…Datapult (Medium)
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that his country does not seek Ukraine's surrender, but rather recognition of the situation that has developed on the ground.www.saba.ye
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Its successful implementation will help optimize the “military Schengen”, bring about a windfall of profits from facilitating the EU’s trade with Asia that could then be reinvested in its ongoing militarization program, and thus altogether pose a ver…Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Marche co-organisée par la LDH, de Paris à Bruxelles du 15 au 23 juin 2025communication (LDH)
"Une mobilisation s’organise actuellement contre la tenue du Salon du Bourget. Des ateliers ont lieu ce matin à la Bourse du Travail de Bobigny avant un départ en manifestation cet après-midi.
Des syndicalistes, des écologistes, des féministes, des membres de partis, de collectifs et d’organisations se trouvaient dans la Bourse du Travail et s’apprêtaient à tenir une conférence de presse (...).
Le gouvernement a décidé de lancer un assaut policier contre le bâtiment. C’est un fait inédit. Des dizaines de policiers en armes sont entrés en force dans ce bâtiment syndical dans un événement hébergé par la CGT et déclaré !"
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Des centaines de policiers sont déployés dans et autour de la Bourse du Travail, une opération jamais vue et une provocation insoutenable.B (Contre Attaque)
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The main building block to get me started was Nextcloud. It's an amazing hub for almost everything you might need: Notes, Tasks, Contacts, Files and Calendar, and it can be extended with other applications to really use it as your digital centerpiece.
I installed Nextcloud on a Linode server, using the base Nanode at 5€ per month, and installed Nextcloud in one command line, through SNAP. I know, I know, but it was just super convenient. I went with version 18, since it come with OnlyOffice pre-configured, I'll talk about that a little bit later.
Where Nextcloud shines, is in its integration with almost anything you might want to use. It uses open protocols like Webdav or caldav, and this means a lot of applications can sync to Nextcloud. As a matter of fact, if you're using GNOME, you can just login with your Nextcloud account and server, directly from the "Online Accounts" settings panel, and everything will be automatically synced to the default GNOME applications, which is pretty nice.
Syncing with a computer is pretty easy: either you use GNOME, and you just log into your account, and get auto sync right off the bat, or you sync individually to the apps you want to use.
File syncing can be done through the Nextcloud application, available through an appimage, or through Flatpak. I set it up in a bit of a weird way, since I don't want all my stuff located inside a single Nextcloud folder, so I've set up what they call folder sync connections, which basically map the content of a local folder on your hard drive, to a folder on Nextcloud. This means that my documents, for example, are not inside the Nextcloud folder, but inside the Documents folder in my /home/ directory.
I also sync my Notes to the Nextcloud/Notes folder. Little side "note" here as well, these notes are stored as individual files, so you can edit them manually without going into Nextcloud, so you can use any application of your choice.
I have defaulted to /e/. This is a completely degoogled version of Android, which I've talked about in a previous video.
This has access to all android apps, minus the paid ones, and all apps on F Droid as well, so it's usable in a day to day scenario. It kinda looks like iOS by default, but you can install any launcher you want in there. It also uses MicroG to give you access to most Google apps if you really can't live without them.
This system provides default applications that are not linked to Google services, but integrate perfectly with Nextcloud: tasks, calendars, contacts, notes... You name it. This is what I'm using as a daily driver, on a Galaxy S9+.
You can achieve the same result on any Android phone using an app called DAVx5. It's paid for in the Google Play store, and free on F Droid. It just lets you enter your Nextcloud server and credentials, and lets you select what you want to sync to your device.
Now, in that scenario, you'll get calendars and contacts, but Notes and tasks probably won't sync to your manufacturer's application, so you might have to download a specific Android app to handle these instead.
You can also get the Nextcloud app, that lets you auto upload your pictures and syncs your photo albums as well, into separate folders.
Now, what we're lacking is a phone to computer integration. Fortunately, there is KDE Connect, a fantastic tool that also works on other desktop environments, and even has a GNOME extension called GS Connect. It lets you receive notifications from your phone on your computer, send text messages from your desktop or laptop, send files back and forth just like AirPlay on APple devices, or use your phone as a remote control for audio on your desktop, or a plain old touchpad.
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This is the biggest sign that capitalism is very much beyond its peak. Nowadays, the largest tech companies mostly rely on State/public monies by way of military contracts to ensure that their profitability rate continues growing: Palantir, SpaceX, S…tldr.nettime
Yesterday I saw an interesting vid by ABC News on whether boycott against Musk might succeed.
Example of a similar situation was given in how Coors Brewing Company in the US was boycotted for racism, among others. A boycott very successful until they started playing woke and their brand image normalized to great extent.
They were arch convervative and fiercely anti-union.
The grandson Joseph of the founder Adolph Coors later founded the Heritage Foundation.
An extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states has begun to review the Zionist regime's aggression against Iran.ABNA English
Hi all, since fediphilosophy.org is shutting down, I've decided to take my talents to social.coop
New intro for the new instance:
I'm a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. I research ethics, metaethics, and philosophy of perception.
In my free time I do anti-apartheid, anti-occupation, and (now) anti-genocide activism in Israel/Palestine, where I live. I'm originally from the US (Wisconsin).
#philosophy #academia #activism #introduction #israel #palestine
Fake neutrality / BBC drops “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” documentary
The #BBC’s decision to cancel the #Gaza medics documentary claiming “impartiality” concerns is bias masquerading as journalistic neutrality. Framing journalist Ramita Navai’s statements as mere “opinion” is disgusting. Describing Israel as “a rogue state that’s committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing, and mass-murdering Palestinians,” accurately summarizes findings from international legal institutions, human rights organizations, and her own documentary evidence. The #ICJ has found plausible evidence of genocide, #UN experts have documented systematic targeting of medical facilities, thousands of healthcare workers have been killed, so presenting doctors’ firsthand accounts isn’t “partial” - it’s essential documentation and possibly their professional obligation to their viewers.
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Corporation says talks over how to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack have ‘reached the end of the road’Michael Savage (The Guardian)
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[follow up] Over 400 media figures call for BBC board member’s removal over Gaza coverage conflicts
More than 400 celebrities, journalists and media figures including Miriam Margolyes, Mike Leigh and 111 #BBC staff have signed a letter demanding the removal of BBC board member Robbie Gibb. The signatories cite conflict of interest concerns, as Gibb led the consortium that bought the Jewish Chronicle in 2020 and served as its director until August 2024.
The letter alleges the BBC is “crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government” and points to the corporation’s decision to commission but shelve the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” as evidence of editorial bias.
BBC staff claim they face censorship while Gibb remains in an influential position on the editorial standards committee despite his connections to pro-Israel media.
@palestine @israel
#GazaGenocide #JewishChronicle #RobbieGibb
#BBC #Gaza #MediaBias #RobbieGibb #Palestine #Journalism #Editorial #Censorship
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The pro-Israel lobby protects Israel’s actions against Palestinians rather than fighting #antisemitism. Wealthy Jewish donors in influential positions across the #US and #UK shape policy. The Gaza genocide would not have reached this scale without Western media censorship of what’s really happening there, and it’s getting worse by the day. Corporations and academia don’t fear public opinion. Surveys consistently show majorities in these countries oppose their governments’ support for Israel. So who is the BBC so afraid of and why?
Valve’s latest Steam beta adds new accessibility features to Big Picture mode and SteamOS.Adi Robertson (The Verge)
MAHRA, June 20 (YPA) -The people of Qishn District in Yemen's eastern province of Mahra took to the streets on Friday, showing support for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, amid the "Israeli" aggression against the besieged enclave.They denouعماد (Yemen Press Agency)
The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) have signed a cooperation agreement to organize export-import commodity exchange trade between Belarus and Russia.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
If a man suggested putting snacks for a trip into a tackle box, his wife would look at him sideways.
If the same exact product is marketed as a Snackle Box and women can brag to their friends that they have one, well, now you know how things like the Stanley mugs and Yeti catch on.
The most surprising thing about this whole story is that the cover of Hobbes’ magnum opus already gave it all away. Join us on Telegram, Twitter,…Strategic Culture Foundation
AMD's Freshly-Baked MI350: An Interview with the Chief Architect
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Hello you fine Internet folks,George Cozma (Chips and Cheese)
By Youssef Fares - Jun 20, 2025Gaza | Iranian missiles streaking across Gaza’s skies do more than interrupt the relentless hum of Israeli warplanes, they carry with them a long-absent hope.Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
Also warum sperrt das deutsche #Jugendamt Kinder ins #Kinderheim wo die Kinder das nicht wollen und die Eltern
🍾 keine Alkoholiker sind
🚭 nicht rauchen
🌿 nicht kiffen
🤜 nicht schlagen
🛐 in keiner Sekte sind.
So why locks the German #CPS children up in a children home if the children do not want that and if the parents
🍾 don't drink alcohol
🚭 don't smoke
🌿 don't kif
🤜 don't beet me
🛐 are not religious crazy
But that is crazy! They do so much violence to me and they make my parents poor.
Denies the technology was used to harm peoplewww.datacenterdynamics.com
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The Korean Friendship Association of the UK picketed the US embassy in London on the 20th of June at 1800 hours to mark the 75th anniversary of the provocation of the Korean War (Great Victorious Fatherland Liberation War ) by the US imperia…Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
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"The sales numbers, which appear on page 25 of the SEGA SAMMY Management Meeting 2025 presentation, are hidden behind a grey block. However, due to the way the PDF file is formatted, simply highlighting the page reveals the presence of text, which can be copied and pasted."
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Total sales numbers for various SEGA and ATLUS titles including Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Sonic Frontiers, Shin Megami Tensei V…Sal Romano (Gematsu)
La revisión del acuerdo comercial se despacha en siete folios en los que el Servicio de Acción Exterior resume la situación en la Franja de Gaza y establece en la conclusión que "sobre la base de las evaluaciones realizadas por las instituciones inte…Irene Castro (ElDiario.es)
London (Quds News Network)- British Defence Secretary John Healey has ordered a full investigation after two anti-genocide activists sprayed paint on two war planes at the Royal Air Force (RAF) BrizeEditing Team (Quds News Network)
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Can you imagine if Sidney Powell was picked to be Special Prosecutor? Here’s what she recently said about the 2020 Election: “I still think in 2020, Trump probably won every state except New York, had we had an honest vote.GETTR - The Marketplace of Ideas
Kim Gordon - "BYE BYE 25!"
The words Gordon speaks in “BYE BYE 25!” have begun to disappear under Trump’s agenda.
Les mots que Gordon prononce dans « BYE BYE 25 ! » ont commencé à disparaître avec la politique de Trump.
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The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is held on June 18-21. The 28th edition of the forum is themed "Shared Values: The Foundation of Growth in a Multipolar World."Sputnik Africa
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