TURQUIE. Un otage kurde frappé par un soldat au palais de justice d’Urfa
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"TURQUIE / KURDISTAN – L’écrivain kurde emprisonné, Mehmet Serhat Polatsoy a rapporté qu’il a été insulté et battu par un soldat au palais de justice d’Urfa. Mehmet Serhat Polatsoy, un détenu à la prison de type T n° 2 d’Urfa, a été battu par un soldat alors qu’il était sous surveillance au palais de […]
« Entretien · Il y a un peu plus d’un an, la #Kanaky - #NouvelleCalédonie s’embrasait et se rappelait au bon souvenir de la #France comme étant l’un de ses derniers territoires coloniaux. Auteur de #DécoloniserLaKanakyNouvelleCalédonie, l’anthropologue #BenoîtTrépied rappelle ici les responsabilités de l’État français, qu’elles soient immédiates ou historiques. »
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#colonisationFrançaise #histFr #polFr #décolonisation #accordsDeNouméa #livres @histodons @bookstodon
Il y a un peu plus d’un an, la Kanaky-Nouvelle-Calédonie s’embrasait et se rappelait au bon souvenir de la France comme étant l’un de ses derniers territoires coloniaux. Auteur de Décoloniser la (…)Afrique XXI
Check out Jordan Sather’s post re: Elmo
WHAT THE???
Protests set to greet Trump’s state visit
A growing movement is calling on Illinois to divest $100 million in Israel Bonds, and has filed an ethics complaint against Treasurer Michael Frerichs, alleging abuse of authority, corruption, improper use of state time, and misuse of public assets.
On June 14, Trump spent an estimated $40 million on an extravagant military parade in Washington, DC. What was supposed to be a show of strength for US imperialism amounted to measly crowds and squeaky tanks, dwarfed by the millions protesting ICE ra…Socialist Alternative
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says Israelis are committing “daily atrocities” in the occupied West Bank, with full knowledge of the government, p...YouTube
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) — The chief of the Policy Office of the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Sunday issued the following press statement titled “The U.S.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
The Council of the European Space Agency has received the Anniversary Statement as signed by Member States marking 50 years of the agency.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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#Polish president-elect Navrotsky to Zelensky: "Give us the bodies of the 100,000 murdered by Ukrainian Nazis"
Deadly silence in the pro-Nazi West...
Exclusive: Parliamentary standards boss announces investigation after Declassified revealed donation from Israeli state-owned arms firm.Martin Williams (Declassified Media ltd)
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A review finds a BBC Gaza documentary breached editorial guidelines
https://apnews.com/article/bbc-gaza-documentary-hamas-b1ffe2fd9265d958f5a26967f6e99ff4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#Baltic Nazis are testing #HIMARS for the first time a few kilometers from #StPetersburg
Let's hope it's the last, unless they also seek the "Ukrainian fate"
Pentagon reports
"#US soldiers are observing and advising the Estonians during the first real HIMARS fires.
The independent, operational HIMARS unit is capable of providing lethal, long-range, and accurate fire in support of Estonian and #NATO forces on the battlefield."
🤣 😂
How did the HIMARS do in #Ukraine,?
remind me plz
Damn, #TIL that configure my GUI to work with 2K display is very simple [1] — just specify the dimensions of display's active area in the X server configuration and restart X server!
That all, the letters on the screen become visible without tricky GTK/Qt specific environment variables 
[1] Not applied to the Firefox / Librewolf — it is completely ignores X settings 
#XServer #Xorg #HighDPI #FreeBSD
Check out Sidebery too: addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firef…
It's three in one: hierarchically structured tabs, bookmarks and favourites — all in one sidebar! Very customisable too — you can configure every tiny thing about it, down to key bindings. I like it a lot!
@evgandr@mas.to @javalps@mastodon.social
Download Sidebery for Firefox. Vertical tabs tree and bookmarks in sidebar with advanced containers configuration, grouping and many other features.addons.mozilla.org
I just got cornered by a neighbor for conversation.
I did my best. I don't think he knew.
Pyongyang, July 14 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, […]Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
i think the reason infowars generally starts auto-playing 3 videos at once on their pages is to boost their view count on banned video
as mentioned previously i have ascended beyond the infowars realm. tired of the click bait and the sensationalism
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Mamma mia, manco una vittoria a #Wimbledon siete in grado di godervi. 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
A lot of people on the internet are celebrating and cheering on some pretty brutal videos of ICE grabbing Mexicans out of parking lots, out of Walmarts, wherever. It’s understandable. I understand, and my instinct is to celebrate it as well.The Unz Review
Israel's defence minister has announced plans for the mass internment and ethnic cleansing of civilians from Gaza.
The UK government continues to train, arm and support the IDF. Labour are actively participating in war crimes on a huge scale in our name.
#BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s the producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentary
observer.co.uk/news/national/a…
So BBC management never disputed the documentary’s facts—only the reporter’s public acknowledgment of them. Wouldn’t this be like canceling a #Holocaust documentary not because the facts were wrong, but because the reporter’s social media posts showed sympathy for victims? Or does BBC management believe that there are no uninvolved in Gaza deserving sympathy? Was Navai supposed to show more empathy toward the IDF or Israeli suffering after Israel killed more than 50,000 people? The BBC’s adoption of a line the Israeli regime would very much approve of is embarrassing. Or maybe that’s really why the documentary was canceled?
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide
The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentaryBen de Pear & Ramita Navai (The Observer)
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Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,
This idea has been in my mind since the very beginning of this adventure, almost two years ago. Over time, several people have suggested it. But until recently, I felt the timing just wasn’t right - for many reasons. Today, I believe it finally is.
So I’m happy to announce a new service:
The BSD Cafe Journal - journal.bsd.cafe
At first, I thought I’d use BSSG for it (I even added multi-author support with this in mind), but in the end, it didn’t feel like the right tool for the job.
The idea is to create a multi-author space, with content published on a fairly regular basis. A reference point for news, updates, tutorials, technical articles - a place to inform and connect.
Just like people in Italy used to stop by cafes to read the newspaper and chat about the day’s news, the BSD Cafe Journal aims to be a space for reading, sharing, and staying informed - all in the spirit of the BSD Cafe.
What it’s not:
It’s not here to replace personal blogs, or excellent newsletters like @vermaden 's. And it’s not an aggregator.
What it is:
A place where authors can write original content, share links to posts on their own blogs or elsewhere, publish guides, offer insights, or dive into technical explanations.
The guiding principles are the same as always: positivity, constructive discussion, promoting BSDs and open source in general. No hype (sharing a cool new service is fine, posting non-stop about the latest trend is not), no drama, no politics. The goal is to bring people together, not divide them. To inform, not inflame.
Respect, tolerance, and inclusivity are key. Everyone should feel welcome reading the BSD Cafe Journal - never judged, offended, or excluded.
The platform I’ve chosen is WordPress, for several reasons: it’s portable (runs well on all BSDs), has great built-in role management (contributors, authors, etc.), and - last but not least - supports ActivityPub.
This means every author will have their own identity in the Fediverse (like: @stefano@journal.bsd.cafe ) and can be followed directly, and it’ll also be possible to follow the whole Journal.
Original and educational content is encouraged, but it’s also perfectly fine to link to existing articles elsewhere. Personally, I’ll link my technical posts from ITNotes whenever I publish them there.
The goal is simple: a news-oriented site, rich in content, ad-free, respectful of privacy - all under the BSD Cafe umbrella.
Content coordination will happen in a dedicated Matrix room for authors. There’ll also be a public room for discussing ideas, giving feedback, and sharing suggestions.
Of course, I can’t do this alone. A journal with no content is just an empty shell.
So here’s my call for action:
Who’s ready to lend a hand? If you enjoy writing, explaining, sharing your knowledge - the Journal is waiting for you.
#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeUpdates #BSDCafeAnnouncements #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #Linux #OSS #OpenSource #BCJournal #BSDCafeJournal
The Prisoners' Information Office confirms that the occupation authorities are detaining Nasser Laham in difficult health conditions.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
County Hall. Credit: Blog Preston Plans that could see Reform UK cut funding to nurseries in central Lancashire will see job losses, closures and fewer fundBlog Preston
French president Emmanuel Macron said Europe faces the biggest threat to its freedom since 1945 as he announced an increase in defence spending.Charlie Herbert (The London Economic)
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Strings Attached: Mossad, Media Influence, and the Shadow of Epstein – Unmasking Israeli Intelligence Penetration of U.S. Institutions
- Scott #Rickard
This paper investigates the intersections between Israeli intelligence apparatuses and high-ranking figures within the United States, specifically scrutinizing the relationship between #FBI Director Kash #Patel and Alexis "Wilkins, an employee of #PragerU — an organization headed by a former Israeli military intelligence officer. The broader implications of these relationships suggest that Israeli operatives, particularly veterans of Unit #8200, may be exerting influence over American political and investigative institutions, particularly in shaping the #narrative surrounding high-profile intelligence scandals like Jeffrey #Epstein.
In July 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel publicly declared his certainty that Jeffrey Epstein had committed suicide, contradicting mounting forensic, journalistic, and intelligence assessments that suggest otherwise.[1] This proclamation rekindled longstanding suspicions about the depth of foreign influence in U.S. law enforcement, particularly from Israeli intelligence. Critics and observers now question whether Patel may be compromised — not through overt espionage, but by way of a potentially sophisticated “honey trap” operation.
At the center of this concern lies Patel’s romantic relationship with Alexis Wilkins, a media personality affiliated with PragerU, a right-wing ideological media nonprofit. While the age difference — Wilkins being 26 and Patel 45 — is hardly novel in Washington social circles, her professional affiliation and PragerU’s leadership connections raise serious national security concerns.
Marissa Streit’s leadership of PragerU is emblematic of the growing presence of Israeli intelligence alumni within American political and cultural institutions. Streit, according to PragerU’s own website, served in Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Forces ( #IDF), which is #Israel’s equivalent to the U.S. National Security Agency ( #NSA) and plays a central role in cyber espionage, signals intelligence ( #SIGINT), psychological operations ( #PSYOP), and #surveillance.
[6]In more specific terms, Streit’s profile on PragerU’s official "Leadership" page states:
“Marissa moved to Israel at a young age where she completed her primary education and later served in the Intelligence Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces.”[6]
Unit 8200 is not a generic military outfit. It is a covert arm of Israeli intelligence operations, known for extensive electronic surveillance programs — including domestic spying on Palestinians, mass collection of metadata, blackmail via personal data, and international cyber-operations.[7] A 2014 exposé by The Guardian reported that whistleblowers from Unit 8200 revealed their orders to "target Palestinian civilians’ sexual preferences, money problems, or infidelities for extortion purposes."[8] This unit is trained in the manipulation of human behavior via technical and psychological means — training which veterans often carry into civilian life in media, cyber firms, and geopolitically aligned think tanks.
Streit’s career trajectory—from Israeli military intelligence to leading a major U.S.-based ideological content provider—exemplifies the soft power mechanisms through which Israel exports its strategic narratives into U.S. public discourse. Under her leadership, PragerU has expanded its influence over #US school curricula, partnering with state education boards to promote “patriotic” content that often whitewashes U.S. and Israeli history alike.[9] In 2023, Florida's Department of Education approved PragerU Kids content for use in public schools, effectively embedding foreign-influenced messaging into state-sponsored curricula.
[10]It is in this context that Alexis #Wilkins' employment under Streit must be interpreted as more than incidental. Given Streit’s Unit 8200 background and the organization’s penetration into U.S. information ecosystems, Wilkins’ proximity to #FBI Director Kash #Patel — whether romantic or operational — demands serious national security scrutiny.
Unit 8200’s influence is not limited to conventional intelligence gathering. It is a critical hub of Israel’s cyber operations and psychological warfare doctrine. The unit produces many of Israel’s top tech entrepreneurs and cyber-surveillance experts, many of whom go on to work in global cybersecurity firms or partner with intelligence services abroad.
In the United States, veterans of Unit 8200 have founded numerous tech startups that provide tools to law enforcement, counterterrorism agencies, and commercial surveillance. According to investigative journalist Ronen Bergman, Israel’s military-intelligence complex has a strategy of funneling Unit 8200 talent into private sector front organizations to amplify their influence globally, often beyond regulatory scrutiny.
[7]Thus, Unit 8200 alumni in the private sector serve dual purposes: they commercialize surveillance technology and propagate pro-Israel messaging under the radar of formal diplomatic or military channels. This makes organizations like PragerU, under Streit’s leadership, potent vehicles of influence disguised as domestic conservative activism.
The suspicion surrounding Kash Patel intensified after his public dismissal of foul play in Jeffrey Epstein’s death. This comes despite years of mounting evidence that Epstein was an operative involved in sexual blackmail schemes that ensnared politicians, royalty, and corporate elites. Multiple intelligence insiders, including former Israeli spy Ari Ben-Menashe, have claimed that Epstein worked for Mossad and that his child trafficking operations served intelligence purposes.
[8]By publicly declaring Epstein’s death a suicide without forensic reconsideration, Patel appears not only to contradict common sense, but also to act in the interest of suppressing inquiries that may implicate Israeli operatives. Given his personal ties to a media operative under the direct employ of a Unit 8200 veteran, the integrity of Patel’s judgment on matters of international blackmail and espionage must be seriously questioned.
While direct evidence of Patel acting on behalf of a foreign power remains circumstantial, the aggregate implications of his personal and political associations merit urgent review. The normalization of foreign-trained intelligence officers, such as Streit, in U.S. media and policy spaces represents a subtle yet potentially devastating erosion of sovereign control.
The infiltration of American information infrastructure by foreign intelligence — especially one as aggressive and embedded as Israel’s — is no longer the realm of fringe speculation. The question is not whether such influence exists, but how deeply it reaches into our institutions, and whether public officials like Kash Patel are willing, witting, or unwitting participants.
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Θα σας έστελνα καμιά φωτο από παραλία εχτές αλλά δεν είχα χρόνο το βράδυ να τις περάσω στον υπολογιστή από την κάμερα (έκανε και ζέστη).
Επί της ευκαιρίας να πω κι ένα ΓΑΜΙΕΤΑΙ Η CANON γιατί άλλαξαν την εφαρμογή που είχαν για να περνάς τις φωτό απευθείας στο κινητό από την κάμερα. Πλέον έχει απαίτηση η εφαρμογή για να δουλέψει να έχεις online λογαριασμό. WTF 🤬
Εννοείται δεν έχω κάνει γιατί προφανώς θα στέλνει τις φωτό ή τα μεταδεδομένα τους σε αυτούς για αναλύση. ΓΜΤΧΚΤΠΤ
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Finnish activists visited #Nammo, a Norwegian+Finnish Arms company in Espoo (near Helsinki) and sort of redecorated their offices.
Recent findings reveal proof that their weapons have been used in #Gaza #Palestine for #WarCrimes during the #Genocide by #Israel.
#Finland #Norway are complicit.
iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/08496d5…
Poliisipartio kävi paikalla kahteen otteeseen.www.iltalehti.fi
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Jeffery Epstein deposition video from 2012.
"Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
"Yes, procuring a minor for prostitution" - Jeffery Epstein
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Jeffery Epstein deposition video from 2012. "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" "Yes, procuring a minor for prostitution" - Jeffery EpsteinTelegram
#israelconcentrationcamp and we are watching this live. The #USrael criminals shooting them so they don't get to the food.
BUT REMEMBER DO NOT SCREAM #deatdeathtotheidf
“We are not at present planning flights by cosmonauts to the moon”
— Premier Khrushchev
nytimes.com/1963/11/03/archive…
There was no race to the moon. The Soviets withdrew 6 years before Apollo 11 from the so called race in which only Americans were trying.
Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned,
he fiddled while those damn tenement buildings
down by the wharf district were finally
being removed.
Four and five story wood framed buildings
that were illegal by imperial law,
but their was so much money to be made
in bribes and rent.
Nero was perfectly fine letting certain Senators
loose their rental incomes.
anyhow, Governor Gavin Newsom
has put up a tiny $101M
to start some low income warrens
over the fire scars.
it will cost billions, eventually.
Exactly the opposite of Nero,
but certainly exactly what we knew
he was going to do all along.
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“The funding we’re announcing today will accelerate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing so that those rebuilding their lives after this tragedy have access to a safe, affordable place to come home to.”aleister-g (Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion)
German customs officials show images of tarantulas hidden in spongecake boxes after smuggling bust
https://apnews.com/article/germany-spiders-cologne-customs-vietnam-sauerland-603d7a529964f319af02b727c11a362f?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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@bazkie Number of lines of code in all public GitHub repos hardly corresponds to the degree of hip & happening, or importance, of a language.
Millions of novice coders all putting their Hello World style Python code on GitHub?
"[A]t least $1.6 billion from state and local treasuries across the country are sunk into Israeli bonds. Governments have been buying up Israeli bonds for decades, but recently some have increased their investments for symbolic reasons: to show political support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. But credit agencies have downgraded Israel’s credit rating twice in the past nineteen months because of the increasing instability of its economy.
jacobin.com/2025/07/divestment…
Retirement systems and municipal treasuries hold billions of dollars of investments in companies like Tesla and nations like Israel.jacobin.com
Temps de tomàquets!!
Verdura que ens aporta molts beneficis, però només si ha pogut madurar com toca, és a dir rebent el Sol, mentre encara penja de la planta.
A veure, no és que si no és així no en tingui gens, però un tomàquet madurat d'una altra manera, resulta molt més mediocre en beneficis, i conserva moltes més de les substàncies perjudicials que conté quan no és madur, com la tomatina i la solanina.
El licopè és el principal antioxidant del tomàquet. I és el que li dóna el seu color vermell. Com més profund sigui el color, més en contindrà.
El licopè que, per cert, és soluble en oli i no només suporta la temperatura, sinó que li agrada fent-se més biodisponible, protegeix els teixits, sobretot la pell, però també els ulls, el sistema cardiovascular, i redueix el risc de càncers, com per exemple el de pròstata.
A més a més, un tomàquet ben madurat contindrà moltíssima vitamina C i carotens. Dos nutrients que resulten protectors per moltes malalties.
La tomatina i la solanina, són tòxiques pel sistema nerviós. Quan el tomàquet madura, la tomatina es va transformant en esculeòsid A, una substància anticancerígena, reguladora de la inflamació i dels lípids en sang, redueix el risc d'osteoporosi i disminueix la disregulació endocrina durant la perimenopausa.
Però, com deia, perquè aquesta transformació es dugui a terme, cal una maduració natural amb el Sol, mentre el tomàquet encara és a la planta.
Excepte la vitamina C, totes aquestes substàncies beneficioses, són resistents a la temperatura, i es troben en grans quantitats a la pell.
Per això, convé fer la salsa amb la pell inclosa, i si cal, ja se li treu un cop acabada la cocció. Com si féssim un extracte.
Que el teu aliment, sigui la teva medicina.
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#agroecologia #agriculturaecologica #agriculturaregenerativa #alimentaciosaludable #vitaminac #salutnatural
Happy 20th Birthday, Django
Link: djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Posted by Thibaud Colas & Benjamin Balder Bach on July 13, 2025Django Project
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“The Constitution supposes, what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of government most interested in war, and most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the legislature.”
~ James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
in an April 2, 1798 letter to Thomas Jefferson.
"The Constitution supposes, what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of government most interested in war, and most prone to it.LibertyQuotes
Looks like Toronto housing bubble is starting to burst with developers are quietly cancelling condos. Meanwhile, total condo sales fell by 75% from 2022 to the first quarter of 2025, according to data from market research firm Urbanation, and the average resale condo price dipped by 13%.
thestar.com/real-estate/toront…
#toronto #ontario #canada #economy
Condo developers have quietly pulled the plug on projects across the city. The Star’s interactive map shows you where.The Toronto Star
>developers are quietly cancelling condos
It's always pretty gross to hear how human needs will only be facilitated for profit motive.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi arrived in Tehran to discuss border and security issues, being welcomed by his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni.iranpress.com
Pro-Israel lobbies in US enable Zionist terrorism, targeted assassinations: Journalist
presstv.ir/Detail/2025/07/08/7…
#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism
The Israeli regime’s acts of aggression, from targeted assassinations to bombing campaigns, are made possible by unwavering American support, says an American journalist and activist.PressTV
Miller🚨urges red states to build their own versions of #AlligatorAuschwitz.
The BBB funds that. $3.5B: avail to “eligible states. FL AG Uthmeier is the sadist behind the #detention fac. Miller urged pols in GOP-run states to build their own state-run IMM det facilities.
A migrant💔escapee might get devoured alive by an animal: #dehumanization.
A st can use it to detain undoc #Immigrants under a fed prgm -🚨allows #ICE to auth loc LE to carry out IMM crackdowns.
#USPol newrepublic.com/article/197899…
Sunshine State Attorney General James Uthmeier is the real brains behind this notorious migrant detention camp in the Everglades. The more barbarities that emerge, the brighter his star will no doubt shine.The New Republic
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“A war, even the most successfull one, is a national misfortune.”
~ Helmuth James
[Helmuth James Graf von Moltke] (1907-1945) Count of Moltke, German jurist, executed by Nazi government for 'treason'
"A war, even the most successfull one, is a national misfortune." ~ Helmuth JamesLibertyQuotes
China has unveiled the world’s first laser topping robot, overcoming a major hurdle in cotton’s laborious cultivation cycle to achieve the quest for fully mechanised cotton production, according to its developer.
scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
Developers say the device uses lasers to mechanise the last laborious task that until now has relied on manual workers.Zhang Tong (South China Morning Post)
"In their great wisdom, our Founding Fathers, gathered in Philadelphia to draft the new U.S. Constitution, gave the sole authority to declare war to the U.S. Congress. ...LibertyQuotes
"El FBI cierra una conocida web de piratería de Nintendo Switch"
blog.elhacker.net/2025/07/fbi-…
Blog sobre informática, tecnología y seguridad con manuales, tutoriales y documentación sobre herramientas y programasBlog elhacker.NET
A new peer-reviewed paper proves that paradox-free time travel is possible as long as just two pieces of an entire scenario within a closed time-like curve are still in “causal order” when you leave, the rest is subject to local free will.
The #Knesset will vote today on dismissing Joint List MK Ayman Odeh. Three prominent US senators including Bernie Sanders condemned the dismissal effort as an attack on democracy. German parliamentarians and Arab local authority heads also oppose the move. The dismissal requires 90 Knesset members’ support.
Hebrew zoha.org.il/138609/
The senators noted that Odeh has advocated for peace, justice, and Jewish-Arab partnership for over a decade, and that the expulsion effort directly responds to his calls for Gaza ceasefire, ending occupation, and a political solution. They warned the move sends a “chilling message” to Palestinian citizens of Israel that their representation is conditional.
sanders.senate.gov/press-relea…
Well, the next time someone parrots the tired about #Israel being the “only democracy in the Middle East” line, remind them that democracies don’t expel elected representatives for calling for peace. This is textbook #authoritarianism - using parliamentary procedures to silence dissent and purge opposition voices.
What’s particularly offensive is the deafening silence from U.S. Democratic leadership, the very ones who are complicit in the genocide in Gaza through financing Israel’s war machine. While senators like Sanders, Welch, and Van Hollen find their voices, where are Schumer, Pelosi, and the party establishment? Their absence speaks volumes about how thoroughly they’ve abandoned any pretense of defending democratic principles when it conflicts with their political calculations.
This isn’t just about one MK - it’s about establishing precedent for political purging. Today it’s Odeh for advocating ceasefire; tomorrow it’s any voice that challenges the narrative.
@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide #illeberalisme #israel #palestine
#AymanOdeh #BernieSanders
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Parents submitted 10-page letter demanding review of school’s handling of frightening kidnapping attempt.Fox News (New York Post)
"Who will teach me what is most pleasing to God, that I may do it?"
— St. Kateri Tekakwitha
More than a quarter-century ago, a group of hackers decided that, as a label, "free software" was a liability, and they set out to replace it with a different label, "open source," on the basis that "open source" was easier to understand and using it instead of "free software" would speed up adoption.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2025/07/14/pol…
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@martinvermeer @jorgecandeias Language has always been a battleground of essentially contested concepts. I don't think that's a reason to avoid labels, even in a world eager to mislabel you.
Anyway, I think this movement is a huge tent of other existing ones. People working to expand democracy/dignity across economic, social, and political dimensions. Not sure one term is desirable for this, but maybe we should recognize we're addressing the same problem from different angles.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday congratulated Jennifer Simons on her election as Surinamese president.eng.chinamil.com.cn
If you're looking for a cohesive definition for the word "terrorism" you will find only one: actions that go against the hegemony of the US government.
The adage that 'terrorism is attacking civilians for political gains' is of course an incoherent definition, as the US and its allies may do this ad nauseam and it's "defense"
Yet certain forms of speech do comprise "terrorism" now, if they fit the above criteria.
Ban on foie gras imports and hunting trophies not brought in, while rules protecting chickens have been weakenedHaroon Siddique (The Guardian)
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