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Extremely satisfied with my ThinkPad T480 running on FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE!

I got the machine used and upgraded it:
- 32 GB of memory
- 1 TB SATA SSD
- Innolux N140HCG-GQ2 FHD LCD panel
- New Lenovo backlight keyboard (US-ANSI)
- Glass Trackpad from X1 Carbon
- Intel AX210 WiFi module (802.11ax)
- Dual batteries

Literally everything in that laptop, that I need does work on FreeBSD 14.3:

- WiFi with 5Ghz and proper speeds
- Sleep/Resume
- Integrated Webcam
- Power management
- Trackpad
- Thunderbolt Docking (including Audio and HDMI)

It's the perfect development and productvity machine :freebsd:

#freebsd #thinkpad #t480 #laptop #unix

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=2F1uyPFB…
So, I'm doing this to the wife's replacement laptop. Says she needs it for her online job..
Much as I hate those fuckers in Redmond, Linux isn't all that any more.
I need to get that ham license and figure out how to light up the old 861 or similar.

Windows 11 24H2 - Install a CLEAN & DEBLOATED version (Guide)

In today's video, we look at how you can install Windows 11 24H2 and remove bloatware using an XML file which you can automatically generate using a website....
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Carney announced a $9 billion increase in military spending, surpassing NATO's target, despite his previous climate action promises.

Carney argued that this spending hike was a reclamation of Canadian sovereignty, but it deepens integration and subjugation to the US empire.

Carney's military spending will significantly increase federal government emissions, which are already exempt from national carbon reduction targets.

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#canada #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

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Mark 🇨🇦💪

Is that why Russia invaded or destabilized Chechnya, Georgia, and Moldova too? Lots of Nazis and biolabs and NATO expansion there also? You must think Mastodon users are as dumb as Facebook/Twitter folks. And weird that as a "socialist" you'd take the side of one of the most reactionary regimes we've had in a long time that funds far right European parties like AfD. Besides, countries ask to join NATO (sometimes beg) not the case when "joining" Russia/USSR.
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Yogthos

@mark buddy, you really need to learn on the subject you're attempting to opine on. Go read up on what the US has been doing in Chechnya and Georgia. Go look up at how the west was trying to destabilize Georgia just during the last elections.

Given everything you've spewed here so far it's pretty clear you're as dumb as any wasp that I've met.

NATO is a fascist organization, and scum like you would rather fight wars than feed people at home. Get fucked you fascist scumbag.

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How Iran's victory over Israel redefined deterrence rules? en.mehrnews.com/news/233732/Ho…

How Iran's victory over Israel redefined deterrence rules?

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The Zionists suffered a defeat in the 12-day war with Iran—a battle in which they had hoped to achieve an absolute victory—but instead received an unprecedented strategic blow.
Mehr News Agency

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Women are not safe in Britain and the Government is unlikely to achieve its goal of halving violence against females, the aunt of Zara Aleena has warned.

Speaking on the third anniversary of the murder of the law graduate, Farah Naz said she feared more young women would lose their lives in tragic circumstances because public services, including probation, were broken.

Ms Aleena, 35, was sexually assaulted and killed by career criminal Jordan McSweeney as she walked home in Ilford, east London, in June 2022.

McSweeney, who had 28 convictions for 69 separate offences, had only been released from jail nine days earlier and was wanted for recall to prison having breached probation following his release.

An inquest concluded that failures across multiple agencies had contributed to the death of Ms Aleena, with a coroner telling the Metropolitan Police and the Probation Service to improve their services or risk future deaths.

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As David van Reybrouck says, the problem is that we have too many rulers & too few leaders:

'The world doesn’t need more ageing strongmen clinging to power. It needs elders who are willing to let go – and guide. The kind who think about legacy not as personal glory, but as the world they leave behind. In this age of age, what we need is not domination, but wisdom. And that, in the end, is what separates a ruler from a leader'!

Th gerontocracy is killing us!

#politics

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Just when the world desperately needs wise elders, its fate is in the hands of old and ruthless patriarchs

The global order is being dismantled by a generation that will not live to see the wreckage they leave behind, says Belgian author and philosopher David Van Reybrouck
David Van Reybrouck (The Guardian)
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Cuban film participates in International Children’s Festival plenglish.com/news/2025/06/28/…

Cuban film participates in International Children’s Festival - Prensa Latina

Havana, June 28 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban film Viva Cuba participates in the international festival "In the Land of Children" in Tunisia, according to a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean nation today.
Ana Luisa Brown (Prensa Latina)

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🇺🇸 #US - 🇮🇶 #Iraq: Over 14 years ago, WikiLeaks released the "Collateral Murder" video, showing a US Apache helicopter gunning down a group of Iraqi civilians, including two Reuters journalists, in Baghdad. The pilots can be heard laughing as they fire.

The journalists were Namir Noor-Eldeen, a 22 year old photojournalist and Saeed Chmagh, a 40 year old driver and assistant. Based on the context of the video, the camera equipment carried by Noor-Eldeen was apparently mistaken for a weapon. #video

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The inquiry has recommended eliminating prison sentences before decriminalising and finally legalising and regulating #cannabis.

sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/b…

t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/573…

#australia #marijuana #humanrights #endthedrugwar #stopthedrugwar #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #nswpol #nswgov #nsw #newsouthwales #classwar #weed #maryjane #drug #drugs #fascism #capitalism #statism #oppression #repression


Antifascist Solidarity

The inquiry has recommended eliminating prison sentences before decriminalising and finally legalising and regulating cannabis. https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.
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L'IRAN, UNE MENACE NUCLÉAIRE ? Le cynisme d'Israël, des USA et leurs complices - Thierry Coville

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Sommaire :
00:00:00 - Zapping
00:01:47 - L'implication américaine et l'escalade militaire en Iran
00:11:49 - L'Iran et la bombe nucléaire
00:35:24 - L'Iran dans le collimateur des puissances occidentales
00:50:19 - Les conséquences de la guerre sur l'opposition iranienne
00:53:18 - Israël - Iran depuis le 7 octobre
00:57:54 - Le comportement hallucinant d'Israël dans la guerre
00:59:47 - la réaction de la France et ses alliés
01:01:42 - Les « menaces existentielles »
01:04:23 - La réaction des pays du Golfe
01:06:01 - Un rôle pour la Chine ?
01:10:11 - Un fragile cessez-le-feu
01:11:50 - Vers un nouvel accord ?
01:13:57 - Renverser le régime iranien
01:19:11 - Le traitement médiatique de l'Iran
01:22:39 - Les véritables buts d'Israel
01:25:17 - Question finale

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A widespread data-sharing program with ICE supports local and state budgets nationwide—even in so-called sanctuary cities and states that forbid certain law enforcement cooperation and information sharing with ICE. Learn more: boltsmag.org/alameda-county-ic…

This Bay Area County Says It Cut Ties with ICE. This Program Says Otherwise. - Bolts

A widespread data-sharing program highlights financial ties between local police and immigration enforcement—and how even sanctuary jurisdictions still feed “the deportation machine.”
Michael Barajas (Bolts)
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Obi-Two al-Menashani

“They told him he couldn’t talk to any players.”

This is absolute bullshit. I’ve done meet and greets with people where they tell you the same thing. Stand there, take your picture, move along. I’ve stopped doing them, just because I should at least be able to shake someone’s hand and introduce myself, say i’m happy to meet you, etc. If that isn’t allowed then screw it.

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ISRAËL, IRAN OU ÉTATS-UNIS : QUI A VRAIMENT GAGNÉ LA GUERRE DES DOUZE JOURS ? | BERTRAND BADIE

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Une guerre de longue durée aura-t-elle lieu à court ou moyen terme entre d’une part Israël et son allié américain, et d’autre part la République islamique d’Iran et ses fameux proxys ? Au moment où nous tournons, en tout cas, une sorte d’accalmie fragile semble s’être imposée, et il est temps pour toutes les parties de compter les points. Qui a gagné ? Qui a perdu ? Qui s’est renforcé sur sa scène intérieure ? Qui s’est a contrario affaibli ? Quelles leçons tirer de cette guerre de 12 jours, et de la “chorégraphie” trumpienne, le président américain ayant donné l’impression de voler au secours de Benjamin Netanyahou pour mieux le contraindre à une forme de retenue ? Pourquoi Trump tient-il tant à acter en interne une victoire qu’il exagère manifestement ? Quels sont les enjeux de politique intérieure ? La guerre des nerfs entre l’Iran et les monarchies du Golfe est-elle relancée ? Et Benjamin Netanyahou dans tout ça. Quel est le bilan de cette épreuve de force pour lui ? Que devient le concept de droit international, avec la banalisation du concept de guerre préventive ?
Bertrand Badie, politiste, professeur émérite à Sciences Po, auteur de nombreux ouvrages dont “L’Art de la paix” paru chez Flammarion, répond à ces questions. C’est l’heure du “Monde n’a pas de centre”, sa chronique internationale. Sur Le Média.

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Américo DA SILVA

La question est surtout de déterminer qui a gagner cette bataille. Le programme nucléaire civil iranien est détruit (selon les États-Unis), aucune fuite radioactive n'est perçue par l'AIEA mais un retour aux négociations est demander, avec un pré-requis : la fin du programme nucléaire civil iranien (ce qui ne repose sur rien puisque tout le monde peut se doter d'un programme civil s'il en a les moyens). Les iraniens ont perçu la duplicité de l'AIEA, qui a fournit toutes les informations pour mener à bien la première attaque et l'assassinat des personnels iraniens (et de leurs familles) du programme.
Les principaux ports et aéroports d'Israël ont été touchés, le pays le plus sûr pour les juifs a prit du plomb dans l'aile et leur prochaine attaque (qui est toujours possible avec ces lumières) sera sans aucun doute la dernière.
L'Iran étant sous sanctions depuis trente ans, ne veut pas continuer la guerre et ils vont négocier, d'ailleurs la meilleure option est de rejoindre davantage les BRICS+, de permettre l'implantation chinoise et russe. L'otan tout entier ne sera plus qu'une coquille vide, même avec 5, 10, 100% du pib, pour l'industrie militaro-industrielle.

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READ: English teacher Nour Abo Aisha survived the bombing of her school. Her students didn’t.
A devastating first-person account from al-Nasr School: mondoweiss.net/2025/06/i-survi…

I survived a massacre at a school in Gaza. My students did not.

My students’ last request was to play, but then the school was bombed. I survived, and they became angels.
Nour Abo Aisha (Mondoweiss)

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"I came here to stand up for the rights of a minority... but this crowd looks like a majority." - Judit Hernádi

#BudapestPride today was illegal... but also the largest we had in 30 years. Incredible turnout. Trying to ban it made it stronger. Propaganda trying to make hate the majority opinion failed.

A handful of counter-protesters blockaded the Freedom Bridge (because irony is lost on them), but the parade moved one bridge over and passed them by.

#Pride #lgbtqia

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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need


In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the “Housing First” concept agains homelessness.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
Kontrast.at (TheBetter.news)

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It would be far better to have my hood as friends and really bring out the spirit of the community of love but I just feel some neighbours are happy being nosey fascist bigoted hypocrites in my local hood, no thats not every neighbour local to mine as there are some really awesome people around my home to and I'm not a stereotypical asshole.

#lutruwita #tasmania #australia #tasgov #taspol #politas #hood #hoodpolitics #neighbor #neighbors #neighbour #neighbours #antifa #classwar #politics

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Turkey and the Turkic World: Achievements and Contradictions journal-neo.su/2025/06/28/turk…

Turkey and the Turkic World: Achievements and Contradictions

The Turkish strategy of Pan-Turanism in the 21st century has shifted from myth to practical reality. But can Turkey become the absolute ideological and
Александр Сваранц (New Eastern Outlook)

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Palestine : les étudiants bousculent le parlement européen

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Alors que la cheffe de la diplomatie européenne, Kaja Kallas, présentait ce jeudi un rapport sur les violations du droit international commises par Israël, les 27 États membres de l’Union européenne peinent toujours à s’accorder sur une éventuelle suspension de l’accord d’association avec l’État hébreu.
Quelques semaines plus tôt, se tenait le premier forum étudiant pour la Palestine.
Il a eu lieu au Parlement européen et il réunissait les leaders des mouvements étudiants de toute l’Europe, afin de partager leurs expériences, tisser des liens, et formuler des revendications communes afin de construire un front uni en solidarité avec la cause palestinienne.
C'est un événement qui a été organisé par Rima Hassan et ses équipes. L'eurodéputée s'était notamment illustrée par son soutien affiché aux mobilisations étudiantes, allant notamment jusqu'à se rendre en personne à des rassemblements organisés par les étudiants.

Journaliste : Ibrahim Benaissa
Images : Marin Ben
Montage : Samuel Fleury
Son : Baptiste Veilhan, Théo Duchesne
Graphisme : Morgane Sabouret, Margaux Simon
Production : Hicham Tragha
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#Israël
#Palestine
#droitinternational

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Swiss women's national team loses 7-1 to Luzern's under 15 boys squad

The outcome is similar to a 2017 scrimmage in which the US Women’s National Team lost 5-2 to a U15 boys’ team from Dallas. At the time, US player Carli Lloyd acknowledged the physical gap, noting that the boys were “bigger, stronger and faster.”

Political commentator Piers Morgan commented on the walloping, posting, “This is why we separate the sexes in sport…”

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Swiss women’s national team loses 7-1 to Luzern’s under 15 boys squad

The match was part of the women’s team’s preparations for the upcoming UEFA women’s Euro 2025 tournament, which Switzerland is set to host.
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Conflit d'intérêts et favoritisme : une lanceuse d'alerte vise Edouard Philippe

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Suite à une plainte déposée en septembre 2023 par une directrice générale adjointe de la métropole du Havre, le parquet national financier a ouvert une enquête préliminaire pour prise illégale d’intérêts, favoritisme, détournement de fonds publics et harcèlement moral. Maire du Havre et président de la communauté urbaine, Édouard Philippe et une de ses maires adjointes sont au cœur des investigations. La plaignante vient de déposer une nouvelle plainte avec constitution de partie civile pour obtenir la nomination d’un juge d’instruction et avoir accès à la procédure judiciaire. L’ex-Premier ministre et candidat à la présidentielle se défend de « toute irrégularité. » État des lieux et témoignages exclusifs de la plaignante.

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#EdouardPhilippe
#Enquête
#politique

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Gaza’s new aid distribution system has become a killing field dailyyemen.net/2025/06/28/gaza…

Gaza’s new aid distribution system has become a killing field

UNRWA said the new aid distribution system in Gaza has become a killing field.More than 400 starving people have been reported killed since it was introduced just one month ago. They were shot while trying to get food for themselves and their famili
DAILY YEMEN

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Reminder not to cross the 🍌 picket line:

"Updated 9:37 PM EDT, May 22, 2025

"PANAMA CITY (AP) — Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social security system, the company said Thursday."

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benda

@kathimmel fair enough, mostly just throwing out reactionary rhetoric. the thing is, unless Panama has some crazy worker protections that I am unaware of, they're just gonna bring in strike breakers.
if you don't want to negotiate with your employees/borderline slave labor, then you shouldn't have the opportunity to run a business.
so instead of burning it down, maybe they can tear those U.S. suits to pieces and use their bodies for organic fertilizer on their new worker-owned and operated banana-co-op.

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A dying industry dies a bit more - by Ed Conway


#energy #industry #economics

Without cheap energy, re-industrialisation is an empty slogan.

In the meantime, energy prices into the UK went from being among the lowest in Europe to among the highest in the developed world. The hydrogen economy remained what it was back a decade ago - which is to say, a lovely idea but, in practice, way too expensive to compete with old fashioned chemicals and energy.


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A dying industry dies a bit more

How did one of the world's most cost-competitive plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons
Ed Conway (Material World)

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FYI: Bitmap fonts might break with the latest fontconfig release

A new version of fontconfig release recently with the added option to disable bitmap fonts. If you're using a rolling release distro, this might break bitmap fonts for you. It definitely does on Arch (and likely Arch-based distros) because they opted to disable them by default for some reason (AFAICT upstream gives the choice but does not recommend one way or the other).

This'll cause fontconfig to skip bitmap fonts, your apps won't be able to access them.

To fix it, you need to configure fontconfig to not ignore bitmap fonts. There are a number of ways to do that.

I'd recommend a user-level fontconfig file. Create $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf with below contents and you get your bitmap fonts back. This negates the file in /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps-except-emoji.conf. This is the first time I'm configuring fontconfig so there may be a better way ¯_(ツ)_/¯

This should've definitely been news imo especially because this is not the default behavior of upstream. I shouldn't have to read fontconfig PRs to figure out why my fonts broke, even on Arch.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <description>Accept bitmap fonts</description>
  <!-- Accept bitmap fonts -->
  <selectfont>
    <acceptfont>
      <pattern>
        <patelt name="outline"><bool>false</bool></patelt>
        <patelt name="scalable"><bool>false</bool></patelt>
      </pattern>
    </acceptfont>
  </selectfont>
</fontconfig>

Add bitmap-conf build option to choose default bitmap conf (15cf5fb8) · Commits · fontconfig / fontconfig · GitLab

To allow users to choose one of 70-yes-bitmaps.conf, 70-no-bitmaps-and-emoji.conf, or 70-no-bitmaps-except-emoji.conf for default installation. Fixes https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/issues/474 Changelog: added
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