Woke Gov. Moore strikes again. Ocean City, MD, has been a resort town on the Atlantic for as long as I can remember, for whites and blacks. I've never seen violence as many times as I've been there.
The Gov wants to give 400 MILLION taxpayer dollars to black developers for welfare housing in Ocean City. 2 wks ago, Sotomayor & Jackson said discrimination against anybody is unconstitutional. The gov is being sued. Also, a Commission to study woke BS was also stopped.
"Zum Unfallort herbeigerufene Polizisten behielten den Führerschein der 39-jährigen Deutschen ein"
Na bitte, geht doch!
P.S.: "Radweg" meint hier Schutzstreifen.
Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological history.
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists, supported by an ESA-funded project, have uncovered the underlying forces that forged the North Atlantic’s fiery volcanic past – shedding light on the vast geological region that spans from Greenland to western Europe, which is home to iconic natural wonders like the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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The Iranian forces launched a major missile attack on the US Al-Udeid base in Qatar in in response to the recent American aggression that targeted Iranian nuclear facilities.Follow ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:Sources reported violent explosions in theDAILY YEMEN
🌐 Can you help translate Bonfire into your language?
We’re looking for translators and bilingual folks to help localise Bonfire extensions and UI into as many languages as possible — especially before the 1.0 release!
No coding needed — just a love of words.
🔥 Join here: app.transifex.com/bonfire/bonf…
P.S. You can also help by translating this very message and/or sharing it! The more communities we reach, the more accessible Bonfire becomes. 🌍💬
#Bonfire #Translation #Localization #FOSS #Fediverse
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🌐 Puoi aiutarci a tradurre Bonfire?
Cerchiamo traduttori o persone bilingue per localizzare le estensioni e l’interfaccia di Bonfire in quante più lingue possibile — soprattutto prima del rilascio della versione 1.0!
Non serve saper programmare — basta amare le parole.
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🌐 Kannst du helfen, Bonfire in deine Sprache zu übersetzen?
Wir sind auf der Suche nach Übersetzenden und zweisprachigen Menschen, die helfen mögen, Erweiterungen und die Benutzer*innen-Oberfläche von Bonfire in so viele Sprachen wie möglich zu übersetzen. Insbesondere vor der Veröffentlichung der Version 1.0!
Keine Programmier-Kenntnisse nötig — nur eine Liebe für Wörter.
🔥 Schliess dich hier an: app.transifex.com/bonfire/bonf…
P.S. Du kannst auch helfen, indem du diese Nachricht übersetzst und/oder teilst. Je mehr Gemeinschaften wir erreichen, desto zugänglicher wird Bonfire. 🌍💬
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O inocente aqui estava animado porque colegas da infraestrutura estavam testando possibilidades — Proxmox entre elas — para substituir #VMware que domina o centro de dados desde sua concepção.
Até que um deles repassa a demais responsáveis, sem qualquer pudor, conversa em que solicita a um fornecedor de software privativo, que já teria fornecido à instituição, há anos, a versão de VMware em execução, quais produtos seriam recomendáveis hoje.
Se perguntar aos envolvidos, vão responder que são favoráveis a software livre: que até gostam de "Ubuntu"! Acrescentam, porém, que, por mais que tenham boa vontade, buscam aderir a supostas "práticas de mercado".
Assim, conclui-se que, perante essa equipe, jamais houve real chance para software livre e dificilmente haverá. No máximo, em algumas partes que sejam convenientes meramente para "reduzir custos".
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"He who wants peace must prepare for war."
-- Claudius
[Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus] (10 BC-54 AD) fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
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Good for the Co-op
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Israeli products should have been removed from all supermarkets a long time ago. The Co-op is leading the way. Others must now follow.Ed Sykes (The Canary)
Well this is friggin cool!
"each text piece changes—adapts—depending on various conditions, like what time of day you access it or how many times you’ve viewed it. Some pieces change every few minutes, while others update every time a user looks at it"
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New Session publishes poetry via Telnet, rejecting the internet’s fast-paced enshittification.Janus Rose (404 Media)
NATO Secretary General Rutte Hypes Ukrainian Importance to Netherlands Summit After Kiev Is Told It Will NOT Be Part of the Alliance, and Zelensky Is Kept Out of Leaders’ Meeting
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As the leaders of the North Alliance Treaty Organization converge to The Hague, in the Netherlands, for today’s Summit, there’s still a side issue creating a lot of confusion: Ukraine.Paul Serran (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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Inside: Surveillance pricing lets corporations decide what your dollar is worth; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/06/24/pri…
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The surveillance changes more than the price. If the customer is rich or desperate enough, the system will jack the price up indeed. But if the customer is poor and not willing to pay, the system will then present junk which is cheaper to manufacture.
The system always optimizes profit taken from the customer's pockets.
"A ceasefire with Israel means you cease, they fire"
(allegedly from @zei_squirrel at Xitter)
Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food, study finds
Link: cnn.com/2025/06/24/health/micr…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
~ George Washington
(1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'
(An obvious reference to a Latin phrase, "Si vis paceum, parabellum.")
First Annual Message To Congress, New York City, January 8. 1790
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." ~ George WashingtonLibertyQuotes
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By Phil Broq. Wars are no longer meant to be won; they're meant to last. Like Hollywood franchises with innocent blood, special effects, a bit of social media outrage, and, most importantly, guaranteed cash flow.Réseau International
Abbott is 100% correct on this one. Regulate it. Don't ban it.
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The move infuriated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years in the Legislature.Kayla Guo (The Texas Tribune)
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“We must contemplate some extremely unpleasant possibilities, just because we want to avoid them and achieve something better. Nobody, however, likes to think about anything unpleasant, even to avoid it. And so the crucial problem of thermonuclear war is frequently dispatched with the label 'War is unthinkable' -- which, translated freely, means we don't want to think about it.”
~ Albert Wohlstetter
(1913-1997) Professor, nuclear strategist
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America's full of shit and loves violence.
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A renewed debate around the portrayal of Muslim women, particularly in Iran, has gained traction on social media in recent days, with users critiquing and ridiculing long-standing western narratives that frame women in the region as in need of libera…MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
The latest update to #Xorg on #Linux - brought to you by the #RedHat people who are trying to kill Xorg - breaks Nvidia drivers and other stuff. Force the earlier version and wait for #XLibre to find it's way to your distro. It was released on June 21st, and it _doesn't break stuff.
Nvidia and Xorg is a long “I hate you” story. When I was using linux (between 2006 and 2025), I avoided nvidia hardware like the plague. ATI/AMD drivers are far better… And they work with the ancestral Xorg or the younger Wayland.
Xlibre? I won't hold my breath for it. Let's see if it is still alive in 6 months from now. I doubt it.
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Word for Stasiland!
Make Rapiers Great Again
Thwart the savage invaders
@BiancoDavinci
An exquisitely enameled silver rapier, Germany, ca. 1601
Why did ancient warriors name their swords? Discover the legends behind famous blades like Excalibur and Muramasa, and the power those names carried.G. Merchant (Fire and Steel)
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies call for IAEA chief Rafael Grossi's resignation for letting the agency be used by Israel and the U.S. to manufacture a pretext for attacking Iran. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S.Consortium News
Paid subscribers get an archive cartoon about the U.S. military before TrumpGary Varvel (Views From The Right)
I feel like this is the world's nichest tip, but I've recently realized that I much prefer writing the markdown files for my static site in Joplin vs. in a coding editor.
Historically, I've loved writing in a coding editor, but Joplin is a friendly enough interface and so much easier to sync these posts across multiple computers... I can work on a blog post on my personal laptop at night and my work laptop by day and never touch git!!!
[do not reply to tell me to use another version control]
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as much as I love stained glass and gothic cathedrals.... I also love churches with windows where one looks outside to see sky, trees and sometimes birds...
Amiens Cathedral, France
— we’re all super excited and grateful! And look forward to what the actual church will look like!
Andrew Gould is our building designer:
newworldbyzantine.com/sacred/
Sacred Projects Holy Ascension, Mount Pleasant, SC Saint John of the Ladder, Greenville, SC Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery, Perrysville, OH Holy Cross Hermitage, Wayne, WV Saint John the Baptist, Beaverton, OR Saint James, Beaufort, SC Saint Maximus…New World Byzantine
@MountainJay okay this is AMAZING. He designed our local Orthodox church - which I thought had been closed down a few years ago. Turns out it is still there. Been wanting to check out Orthodox service in person. Very exciting. If you hadn't sent that I'd not known!
Holy Ascencion, Mt Pleasant SC
— ooo, that church looks like it will be beautiful inside! I’m excited for you!
In case you might find it helpful, this series of super short videos has some good introductory info about the services, traditions, theology, etc.
For many Americans, it can be a bit of a culture shock at first. 😆 I know it was for me!
-- while looking for more recent pictures of the exterior of that church (to see if the copper roof has turned green yet 😃), I found this recent Yelp review.
Hamilton perfectly describes my experience with our parish here in Missouri. And also how it's very unlikely I would now be a Christian if not for Orthodoxy. 😀
-- found this street view on Google maps. The copper is on its way to green, but in that awkward in-between phase. Still beautiful though!
(My husband is from a copper mining town in Montana, and there's a lot of gorgeous old green copper in that area.)
-- wow, absolutely gorgeous!
The only place I've ever lived with any density of churches was in Utah, with one every 20 square blocks or so. But those buildings are so plain and utilitarian. 😛
I attended a Unitarian Church off and on in Nebraska in the late nineties, during my "metaphysical spiritual" phase. Whiffs of the coming woke madness were definitely there already. I can totally see a spook running one of those congregations. 😂
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If you're passionate about enjoying the great outdoors without sacrificing comfort, then “How to Camp and Stay Comfortable” by Andy Reven is an absolute must-have addition to your collection.
This outstanding book redefines what it means to experience nature while maintaining a sense of homey ease. From beginners just starting out to seasoned outdoor enthusiasts, this work offers invaluable insights that will transform your approach to camping into an enjoyable, hassle-free adventure.
Andy Reven masterfully combines practical advice with engaging storytelling, creating a read that is both informative and highly enjoyable. You will learn innovative strategies for selecting the perfect gear, setting up camp efficiently, and ensuring your environment remains cozy regardless of the surroundings. Every chapter is packed with actionable tips that you can put into practice immediately, making your outdoor excursions more comfortable and enjoyable than ever before. It's rare to find a guide that combines such depth of knowledge with an engaging narrative, but Reven does so seamlessly, making this book genuinely hard to put down.
The clarity with which Andy Reven presents complex ideas makes this guide accessible and inviting. Whether you're interested in lightweight packing, managing different weather conditions, or creating a relaxing campsite atmosphere, you will learn techniques that will elevate your camping experience. The book also offers creative ideas for enhancing comfort through simple modifications, which can make all the difference during extended stays in the wild. This isn't just a manual; it's a comprehensive resource that empowers you to camp smarter, safer, and more comfortably.
Readers will appreciate the thoughtful organization and fresh perspective that Reven provides. His enthusiasm for outdoor living shines through every chapter, inspiring confidence and curiosity in those eager to explore nature without feeling overwhelmed. The guidance on selecting the right equipment, maintaining hygiene, and even creating cozy sleeping arrangements makes this book a true treasure trove of ideas. It’s a perfect companion for anyone who wants to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors without the discomfort that often accompanies it.
The writing style is engaging and approachable, making complex concepts easy to grasp. You will find yourself eagerly turning each section, eager to uncover new tips and tricks that will make your adventures more pleasurable. The book's practical approach ensures that every suggestion is realistic and attainable, regardless of your experience level. It’s a rare find in outdoor literature—a guide that is as inspiring as it is highly useful.
Considering all its qualities, “How to Camp and Stay Comfortable” is undeniably a standout publication. Many readers will undoubtedly call it the book of the year for outdoor enthusiasts. Its blend of comprehensive advice, compelling storytelling, and actionable insights sets it apart from other guides. This book will quickly become your go-to resource for all things camping, transforming your outdoor experiences into moments of genuine relaxation and joy.
Don't miss out on this exceptional work. Pick up a copy today and discover how enjoyable camping can truly be when you have the right guidance. You will learn how to turn roughing it into an art form, all while creating memories that last a lifetime. This is more than just a book; it's your new best friend for outdoor adventures. Get ready to be inspired by the expert advice and engaging narration that make this work a true standout.
Χρησιμοποιησε ανθρωπους σε καταναγκαστικα έργα, τους εβαλε να μενουν σε περιφραγμένα γκέτο, τους δολοφονησε με καθε πιθανό τρόπο, τους εσπρωξε στην πείνα εξοντώνοντας τους με λιμό, τους στερησε νερό και φαρμακα με αποτέλεσμα αρρωστιες που τους ξεπαστρευαν, τους εκλεψε τη γη και τις περιουσίες δηλωνοντας πως χρειαζεται ζωτικο χώρο για ασφαλεια καθώς είναι ο περιούσιος άριος λαός,τους στοχοποίησε ως "υπανθρωπους" και υπεύθυνους για καθε κακό που περνάει..
Δεν ειναι η ναζιστική Γερμανία.
La loi définit "forte chaleur" à partir de l'alerte jaune canicule de Météo France, jusqu'à l'alerte rouge
- Mise à dispo OBLIGATOIRE d'eau fraîche à proximité du poste de travail
- 3L d'eau fraîche par personne et par jour si pas de point d'eau accessible
- Adaptation des postes de travail pour ne pas faire les tâches les plus dures aux heures les plus chaudes
- Limiter la durée du travail, prévoir plus de pauses
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L'employeur doit *fournir* des EPI pour protéger au mieux de la chaleur et des rayonnements solaires : chapeau, crème solaire, casquette...
Pour un travail dans un local fermé l'employeur n'est plus seulement obligé de chauffer les locaux en hiver mais également de refroidir en été (ventilation, pare soleil...)
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L'inspection du travail peut intervenir en cas de non mise en place de conditions adaptées au travail sous la chaleur. Si le patron n'a toujours rien fait dans les 8 jours, il risque un PV.
C'est bien mais ça n'est pas assez !
La loi c'est pas magique. C'est un outil mais ce qui compte le plus c'est le rapport de force, c'est nous !
Organisons nous !
En réseaux, en syndicats
Notre pouvoir c'est notre force de travail. Luttons pour notre santé, pour nos droits, pour notre dignité !
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Europe said will hand Ukraine out to Russia, kick out US bases, break up NATO in exchange for cheap oil and gas, IOW the middle east can go screw itself
Immediately all became friends again, Islamists, Zionists, Oily-garchs and war-mongers
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Fun times ahead in Europe 🙄
"The @EUCommission has set out its plans to give #police access to digital information, including by cracking down on “non-cooperative” messaging services [like @signalapp and #Telegram] and helping build technologies to break #encryption."
#DigitalRights #privacy #HumanRights #confidentiality #cybersecurity
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Toulouse veut moderniser son système de « vidéo protection » via l’implémentation de « solutions d’analyse algorithmique », et plus particulièrement l’ « intégration de modules d’intelligence artificielle permettant d’identifier en temps réel les com…Jean-Marc Manach (Next)
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**The case for a Canadian wealth tax**
By @pluralistic
A major problem with letting billionaires decide how your country is run is that they will back whichever psycho promises the lowest taxes and least regulation, no matter how completely batshit and unfit that person is
Pakistan is the 5th most populated country on the planet, and they have nuclear weapons. India has the largest population, and hey have nuclear weapons.
Trump negotiated a peace deal in a hot war between 2 nuclear powers who hate each other along ancient cultural lines.
That's a big deal.
It deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
this leads me to what i hate most about LLMs. not the lies or the ecological evil, but the personal hatred of the field's utter disregard for any actual science of linguistics and languages. techniques of refining models do not represent advancements in processing language or generating useful responses. it's fancy guesswork that lies about being language.
i maintain that the responses generated by LLMs does not qualify as "language".
Couldn't resist so I gave Rachael's arguments to ChatGPT and I asked it for a rebuttal. It only seemed fair. 😉 ---------- That’s a strong critique, and it deserves a thoughtful response. Here’s a structured rebuttal that addresses the core concerns without dismissing the legitimate points behind them: --- **1. “LLMs aren’t language, they’re fancy guesswork.”** Yes, LLMs are fundamentally statistical pattern matchers. They don’t "understand" language in the way humans do—they model *form*, not *meaning*, by predicting likely word sequences. But this doesn't disqualify them from producing *language*. Language is, at its core, a structured signal system governed by patterns, and LLMs are very good at modeling those patterns. **Counterpoint:** Language as humans use it has always relied on prediction, pattern, and statistical regularity. Children don’t learn language by studying formal grammars—they internalize usage patterns. LLMs mimic this, albeit in a different (and much shallower) way. If a system produces coherent sentences that people interpret meaningfully, denying that it’s “language” becomes a philosophical stance rather than an empirical one. --- **2. “LLMs ignore linguistic science.”** This is partly true. Many LLM architectures, especially early ones, were developed without deep engagement with linguistic theory. They're engineering-first tools. However, recent research increasingly connects LLM behavior with linguistic phenomena—syntax, semantics, pragmatics, etc. **Counterpoint:** While they didn’t emerge *from* linguistics, LLMs now serve as testbeds *for* linguistic hypotheses. They show surprising emergent behaviors (like understanding long-distance dependencies or discourse structure) that align with linguistic theory—even if not perfectly. That’s not to say they're replacements for theory, but they're tools with real utility. --- **3. “Refining LLMs isn’t progress in language processing.”** If your definition of progress is rooted in theoretical understanding of language, you might be disappointed. But if it’s about building tools that produce useful language outputs across translation, summarization, Q\&A, education, etc., then LLMs represent a giant leap forward. **Counterpoint:** Just because LLMs don’t solve *fundamental* questions in linguistics doesn’t mean they aren’t progress. They’re like early planes: they didn’t explain gravity, but they flew. That’s still remarkable engineering. --- **4. “LLMs lie about being language.”** They don’t lie. People do—by overhyping them or anthropomorphizing them. LLMs are tools. They simulate language use without consciousness or intent. The criticism should be aimed at those misusing them or misrepresenting their capabilities, not the models themselves. --- **In summary:** LLMs aren’t replacements for linguistic theory, but they *do* generate language, as defined by usage and comprehension. They’re flawed, impressive, limited, and powerful—sometimes all at once. Dismissing them entirely risks ignoring the genuinely novel linguistic behavior they exhibit, even if that behavior arises from "fancy guesswork." If you're open to it, this isn't a war between real linguistics and AI—it’s a potential collaboration.
this leads me to what i hate most about LLMs. not the lies or the ecological evil, but the personal hatred of the field's utter disregard for any actual science of linguistics and languages. techniques of refining models do not represent advancements in processing language or generating useful responses. it's fancy guesswork that lies about being language.i maintain that the responses generated by LLMs does not qualify as "language".
Switching Pip to Uv in a Dockerized Flask / Django App
Link: nickjanetakis.com/blog/switchi…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
I noticed about a 10x speed up across a number of projects, we'll avoid using a venv and run things as a non-root user too.Nick Janetakis
Arye Dery, chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, said in an interview on the right-wing Channel 14 that the massacre of October 7, Trump's election, were 'great miracles' that led to Israel's war with IranHaaretz
Hard to say. I'm not a historian, so I can only speculate. I would assume that Hitler would eventually select a successor and there is no way of telling how good that person would be at keeping the Reich in order.
comparable to say Soviet communism’s collapse in the real world
As far as I understand it, the fall of the Soviet Union was preceded by at least a decade of economic struggle that was caused by a multitude of factors. Basically the only thing they had to export was oil and weapons and the only nations they could trade with were relatively poor. When their oil production cost kept rising, they just couldn't keep their exports high enough to import enough food and luxury goods to keep their population happy. This was a prime driver for unrest in regions that bordered the west, especially East Germany who of course got news of what life in West Germany was like. The Soviets were eventually forced to open the Berlin Wall and from there, there was nothing they could do to keep people from just leaving and fully collapsing the economy in the process. To this day, 35 years after the reunion, former East Germany is way behind the rest of the country even though on paper they have the same chances as everyone else, just because there has been a massive brain drain.
So overall, the collapse of the Soviet Union was less a failure of communism itself and more a failure to counteract their economic weaknesses as well as a result of their isolationism. The USA didn't win the Cold War because of the inherent superiority of capitalism but because the world drinks Coca Cola, wears jeans, watches Hollywood movies and works with IBM-compatible PCs. If the Soviet Union had pivoted their economy to those kinds of goods and had managed to export them to the west, they might have become what China is today.
So it all comes down to the question if alternate-history Germany manages to do that. With technology advancing slower overall and therefore becoming less of a factor in global markets, and at the same time keeping a lot of top scientists who in the real world left for the other superpowers, they could probably do it.
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And they are still being used after 100 years.
The old tech is not promoted because it makes no profit for corporate America.
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I wish there was a way in #Sharkey to either automatically #hide #posts I've #seen before or manually hide/ dismiss posts I've seen before. My #timeline is full of people #reboosting the same posts over and over and over again. Which is fine! I get that! And I'm not complaining about that. But it results in me seeing the same damn posts over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.......
You get the idea.
"Absolute horror show as FL gets started bldg its own IMM detn cen.🚨🐊 ALCATRAZ to hold human beings in an area surrounded by alligators & snakes in horrific heat & w NO oversight."
-N Gupta
"They'll send ppl to horrific situations with no #dueprocess *direct violation of promises the SG made to the Ct in previous cases.
This greenlights sending ppl to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign C."
-A R-Melnick
#TrumpRegime/R SCJ👿
PROTEST‼️
#Immigrants #USPol
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The facilities (yes, plural) will allegedly hold around 5,000 beds.Alex DeLuca (Miami New Times)
President Clinton was in Austin, Texas, last Monday, the day of the Million Man March.
The President said, in a speech, "I'm here to speak to you today because right now, in Washington D.C., there's like a million black guys."
Economists praise "price discrimination" as "efficient." That's when a company charges customers different sums based on inferences about their willingness to pay. But when a firm sells you something for $2 that someone else can buy for $1, they're valuing the dollars in your pocket at half the rate of the other guy's.
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Oh shit, haggling + AI = pure hell.
The (old) American tradition (which is also a legal one versus more powerful near-monopoly firms) of public pricing for all customers is a boon to market efficiency! It reduces exploitation of market power against the commonwealth.
I know this is due to a limitation in Mastodon, but please consider not posting entire articles in small pieces on fedi. A summary (even in 2 or 3 parts) with a link to your blog would suffice. Or you could put the entire thing in one post.
That way my TL would not get that "overrun with replies" look if I followed you. (I used to follow you...)
See pluralistic.net/2023/04/16/how… in which I explain my choice of servers, etc, as well as how to filter threads in your timeline.
My threads are CC BY, and available in fulltext RSS. You can remix that feed however you'd like including publishing it on Fediverse in a format you prefer.
I publish in multiple formats and you are more than welcome to unfollow here and get them some other way.
As my bio notes, 'I post long threads.'
@Gargron Thanks, but I decided to switch to using RSS for your feed. The issue is that I still want to see "Long threads" emerge in my TL, but only the first 1 or 2 parts.
Mastodon has remained assiduously non-algorithmic in its TL presentation. So in rejecting complex, blackbox algorithms it also rejects ones that could be less than 4 lines of open code yet very beneficial to the users' pursuit of "effective communication" to use Eugen's term.
No, it's entirely manual, it is very labor intensive, and it is deliberate. It may not be right for you, and that is fine, and that is why I make the same text available in so many formats, so you can choose one that works better for you.
Ghassan Kanafani’s ‘The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine’ examines the mass uprisings against Zionism and for independence from British colonialism. A new English translation of the book offer news insights into the pivotal text.PalFest (Mondoweiss)
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Ahlakı zayıf, terbiyesi kıt toplum, içindeki zorbalara ve soygunculara hayranlık duyar.
-Andrè Maurois
Russia is making efforts to assist the Iranian people amid escalation in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
So, the way we're going to solve climate change and save the Amazon is by auctioning off oil sites in the Amazon.
Also, we're having a big conference on saving the Amazon in the Amazon and we're building a huge road, an airport for private jets and some luxury hotels for some very specials VIPs. All in the Amazon! Wow hee!!
Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests
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The final blow will be that they send a nuclear bomb in a cargo container on a cargo ship to New York.
Interesting. Before the Manhattan Project during WWII, many thought that, probably, a critical mass would be so heavy that nuclear weapons would have to be delivered to ports in ships as you describe.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical…
Manhattan Project research suggested that a critical mass could actually be quite small. The Trinity test proved it. Nuclear weapons can be small enough to be delivered as bombs, torpedo warheads, or missile warheads.
Fortunately, only two nuclear weapons have been used to deliberately kill people, so far.
#Russian #hackers target #Gmail #passwords to crack down on international #critics
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Critics of Russian regime targeted in phishing campaignCraig Hale (TechRadar)
The vast majority of the Republican party and a number of hawkish Democrats are rallying around Trump’s war on Iran.Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)
日本語を話す人の中で、これが何なのか分かる人はいるだろうか？炊飯器？それともお弁当箱？タバコ入れ？それとも芸術作品？
I wonder if any Japanese speakers know what this is? A rice cooker or lunch box? Tobacco humidor? Work of art?
NHS England says the first patients able to get the jab will be those most in need.Smitha Mundasad (BBC News)
Lavrov Speaks at Primakov Forum: ‘World Order Is Shifting Fast’
Well......Apparently not fast enough for the people of #Gaza
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressed global policymakers, diplomats, and academics at the XI Primakov Readings in Moscow, warning that the intern...YouTube
Fuck Gestapo ICE. Past time to end this fucking malignancy.
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"Men dressed in tactical gear, operating unmarked vehicles without displaying credentials or agency affiliation, have infiltrated our neighborhoods," said Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
Ouagadougou, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) More than 50 percent of the world's classified terrorist attacks reportedly occur in the African Sahel region.Ileana Ferrer Fonte (Prensa Latina)
L'Iran a confirmé avoir ciblé lundi une base militaire américaine au Qatar, en représailles aux bombardements dimanche de trois sites nucléaires iraniens, tout en précisant que cela ne posait "aucune menace" au Qatar.
"En réponse à l'action agressive et insolente des États-Unis contre les sites et installations nucléaires iraniens, les puissantes forces armées de la République islamique d'Iran ont frappé il y a quelques heures la base aérienne américaine d'Al-Udeid, au Qatar", a indiqué le Conseil de sécurité nationale iranien dans un communiqué, en ajoutant que le nombre de missiles utilisés "était le même que le nombre de bombes que les États-Unis avaient utilisées pour attaquer les installations nucléaires iraniennes".
"Cette action ne représente aucune menace pour notre pays ami et frère, le Qatar", a-t-il ajouté.
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We need to reclaim the language.
I've been working on it with Grok. Since sex is immutable and 'gender' is a contrived attempt to sidestep this truth, we need better, more precise terms.
The quickest path to explode the argument is:
We are told that "gender Identity" & "biological sex" are different things. We are told this by *experts*.
How does mutilating one's biological sex organs "affirm" one's "gender identity" when that pursuit is to mimic the opposite "biological sex"?
It's a fantasy pursuit & tricks on young minds.
I know this well. My niece was deceived at 18 years old and did the top surgery.
That is never to return w/o ARTIFICIAL implants to "reclaim"
@JackONeill There might be a fear factor that keeps doctors from going against the narrative, too. Hopefully, they get more confident to speak out.
@Java
Yes. Many doctors trained in western medicine are schooled to follow authority and always submit to higher authorities. It's protocol to appeal to authority, to greater *experts*
Being "schooled" is indoctrination. Not the same thing as being "educated". Being educated allows one to leave the reservation via critical thinking and challenging the status quo of what has simply been told to them.
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I propose:
Pseudomorphic Dysmorphilist: Describes those who use a combination of costume and medical interventions in an attempt to resolve dysphoria.
Pseudomorphic Autophilist: Descrises those who use a combination of costume and medical interventions for sexual/fetish purposes.
Pseudomorphic Dysautophilist: Describes those with a combination of the above.
I invite your comments!
This nibbles at the edges of the root problem:
Cultural Marxism and the "long march through trusted institutions."
You're describing the symptom of an active campaign to gut trusted institutions (education, family, church, doctors, etc) and wear the skin of those institutions as a suit.
You can't fix it without addressing the source of the problem.
Simply use the tag #joborun to post here and have your text seen by the joborun community, otherwise it will be in the chaos of fediverse/diaspora
@alostfella@diasporasocial.net
Anyway, how the heck do you switch languages? I mean, I've tried, fcitx and uim. Both work fine on joborun, but I've some issues, uim is hard af to manage and idk how to get it running on the terminal, any terminal though I use st--and therefore vim. For fcitx, I have made it work. But both kill the system somehow if I press the F keys, as in F5, F6, or XK keys, as in to lower audio or whatever. Maybe you're not the guy I should be sending this to and I'm wasting your time, but idk, any recommendations?
In X the best place for keyboards and languages is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
Overall system language settings is best set at /etc/locale.conf /etc/locale.gen then run locale-gen to pass the settings
On labwc ~/.config/labwc/environment
What you describe with the F keys is some program remapping key combinations for different power functions, but what you mean about "kill the system" is not very clear. Shutdown, reboot, loose graphical environment and exiting to console?
Runit only allows system going down with the 4 functions in /usr/bin/run/{poweroff,reboot,shutdown,halt} where it is best to only use /usr/bin/run/reboot and /usr/bin/run/reboot -f as root
Not all software are translated to all languages, so it is best to have a 2nd language you are semi-comfortable with as backup when your 1st choice doesn't work.
Also, to keep the installation image small all language and documentation is removed, you may have to reinstall a specific program to get manuals and language specific labels ..etc.
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Oh, sorry, I'm kind of new to the fediverse/diaspora. What I meant is that, whenever I pressed one of those keys, the X environment would keep working, technically, but it would just freeze. So, I couldn't do anything, not even switch between switch to any other TTY. The cause: A deprecated command inside my .xinitrc file:
.svg#/media/File:World_War_II_in_Europe,_1942.svg "File:World War II in Europe, 1942 (no labels).svg - Wikimedia Commons")
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-sessionStill, regarding /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf, it's a great solution for Latin languages such as Deutsch, Portuguese, etc. Though, it's, perhaps just easier to use "setxkbmap" on the run or making a script, but falls short when dealing with languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Extremely annoying, but it seems that the only viable way to make them work is using fcitx, ibus or whatever bloated IME :/. The best solution I've found so far, is getting 'uim', removing all the bloat and then compiling it using musl-gcc or tcc by yourself (possible, but a pain in the ass, plus it may bring a lot of compatibility issues with some programs).
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I have used setxkbmap in menu of a wm to switch instead of shortcut/keybinds before, but I don\t know/understand why it wouldn't work with some valid system languages.
I made this kbd-tapper program that may help in identifying language/kbd settings in your X, it claims to work on wayland, gnome/kde is disabled but the --xkb "layouter " is still needed to be specified
See the manual here kbd-tapper.sourceforge.io/tapp…
I accept total ignorance of E.Asian language keyboards and difficulties, I assume they exist on english dominated computer environment. EN is not our native language either .. but is common and popular among unix/linux users so we have to live with it.
Symbols and symbolism should be seen as what they are, confusing crap coming from a subjective theistic culture of primitive people. We can assign visual and audio symbols to refer to a tree, different in every corner of the world, but the tree in front of us remains the same one tree whatever we call it. Keyboard keys and their combinations send a unique signal by opening closing circuits to a system that wouldn't understand any human language but only its own.
So if I say un, uno, one, ena, uahad, ein, 1 is still a symbol of the concept of 1
I think comrades Mao, Pol Pot, Kim Yong Un, would agree with me up to this point ... we can disagree on many others 😀
If we were in Hollywood land I would have said "god help you" and avoid further investigation ... luckily we are not.
% tapper --xkb --list-layouts
shows which and if defined lang/kbd sets are defined in X, and I believe come from that /etc/x11/...conf file you mention
They must be set right so you can set key combinations to switch between them
So if the above command doesn't show any or only one switching is not possible.
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