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According to the foreign intelligence service, a decision was made in Brussels to accelerate the transformation of Moldova into a "forward foothold" of NATO on the eastern flank, taking into account the advancement of Russian troops in...
The nearly **200 pages of Jeffrey Epsteinās 2008 grand jury documents from Florida** were released by a Florida judge in early 2024, shedding new light on Epsteinās crimes and the lenient plea deal he received despite graphic testimony of sexual abuse[1][2]. These documents include firsthand victim accounts, details on payments to underage girls, and evidence of how Epstein recruited and abused teenage girls as young as 14 at his Palm Beach mansion[2].
### Link to the released documents The documents are publicly viewable online through Florida court records and news outlets that have published them, such as the Florida Politics website, which hosts over 150 pages of grand jury transcripts related to Epsteinās 2006 investigation[10].
### Top 10 interesting details from the 2008 Epstein documents:
| Detail | Description | |--------|-------------| | **1. Graphic Victim Testimony** | Victims testified in detail about being raped and sexually abused by Epstein, some as young as 14 years old[2]. | | **2. Payments to Victims** | Documents reveal Epstein paid underage girls for sex and to recruit other girls for him[1][2]. | | **3. Lenient Plea Deal** | Despite the severity of the crimes, Epstein avoided federal charges and served only 13 months in a county jail with work release privileges[1][2]. | | **4. Extensive Network** | Epsteinās contacts included powerful figures in business, politics, and royalty, though no direct criminal involvement of these figures is confirmed in these documents[1][3][5]. | | **5. List of Masseuses** | Epstein kept a list of 254 masseuses, many underage, some of whom were pressured into sexual acts[4]. | | **6. Physical Evidence** | FBI seized items including sex toys, restraints, and massage tables from Epsteinās properties[4]. | | **7. Grand Juryās Shock** | The judge who ordered the release described the testimony as āoutrageousā and ādisgusting,ā highlighting the stateās controversial leniency[1][2]. | | **8. Victimsā Lawsuits** | The documents include testimonies from lawsuits filed by survivors who challenged the plea deal as too lenient and violating their rights[3]. | | **9. Connection to Ghislaine Maxwell** | Maxwellās role as Epsteinās accomplice is detailed in related cases and documents, with her now serving a prison sentence[1][3]. | | **10. Public Outrage and Legal Reform** | The release followed new Florida laws allowing disclosure of grand jury documents and increased public demand for accountability[1]. |
These documents provide a rare, detailed glimpse into Epsteinās criminal activities and the systemic failures that allowed him to evade harsher punishment for years. The release has fueled ongoing investigations and calls for justice for his victims[1][2][3].
If you want to read the documents yourself, the Florida Politics site and other news outlets have made the transcripts accessible online[10].
Excluding Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Donald Trump, the released 2008 Florida court documents and related lawsuits name several other individuals who have been sued or publicly implicated in connection with Epsteinās sex trafficking network. Here are the top names outside of those three, based on court filings and unsealed records:
### Top 10 names (excluding Epstein, Maxwell, Trump) being sued or implicated:
| Name | Context/Details | |-------|-----------------| | **Haley Robson** | Named as a defendant in a 2008 lawsuit alongside Epstein, accused of conspiring to recruit and lure victims for sexual abuse[1]. | | **Sarah Kellen** | Also named in the same 2008 lawsuit as Robson, alleged to have helped facilitate Epsteinās trafficking operation[1]. | | **Jean-Luc Brunel** | French modeling agent accused of supplying underage girls to Epstein; faced lawsuits and died during trial for sex trafficking charges[3]. | | **Richard Barnett** | Mentioned in court filings as having received legal documents; connected to Epsteinās legal defense or network but not criminally charged[2]. | | **Tiffany Doe (pseudonym)** | A witness or victim referenced in court documents who provided testimony about abuse witnessed at Epsteinās events[3]. | | **Unnamed āJohn Doesā** | Numerous unidentified defendants named in lawsuits, representing individuals alleged to be part of Epsteinās network or conspirators[5]. | | **Roy Black** | Epsteinās defense attorney, named in some victim lawsuits alleging complicity or enabling, though not criminally charged[3]. | | **Alexander Acosta** | Former U.S. Attorney who approved Epsteinās controversial plea deal; named in public criticism and legal scrutiny though not sued directly[5]. | | **Various unnamed āhigh-profile guestsā** | Court documents mention powerful guests at Epsteinās properties, but many remain unnamed due to privacy or lack of charges[4][8]. | | **Jane Does (multiple plaintiffs)** | Numerous victims who filed lawsuits under pseudonyms, naming various individuals involved in the trafficking conspiracy[1][5]. |
### Summary - **Haley Robson and Sarah Kellen** are the most prominent named co-defendants in 2008 lawsuits alleging active participation in recruiting and facilitating abuse. - **Jean-Luc Brunel** is the most notable associate outside Epstein/Maxwell publicly sued and linked to trafficking. - Many other individuals remain unnamed or pseudonymous (āJohn Doesā) in the documents due to ongoing investigations and privacy protections. - Some figures like **Roy Black** and **Alexander Acosta** appear in legal or public scrutiny contexts but are not formally defendants in abuse lawsuits.
These names come directly from the 2008 Florida court filings and subsequent unsealed records related to Epsteinās trafficking ring, reflecting those legally implicated or sued beyond the most famous figures.
If you want to explore the full court documents, the 2008 lawsuits filed in Florida are publicly available through the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida records[1][2].
Headed out to pick up my new bike, but it turns out that it was too big for me, so I returned it and had to buy a new one which cost $500 more. The bike that I had purchased was last years model and they were sold out of my size.
I've had one as my main bike for over a year. I'm not sure what your needs are but here are my thoughts: * It's generally well suited for everyday city life. I rode mine through the winter and never washed it. The belt doesnt care. * The gear range is great unless you have steep hills. * Weirdly, the fork doesn't have the mounting hole at the bottom for a fender, but it does have one at the top. I use their recommended fenders with the Velcro straps and they've been great. * Be sure to practice taking the wheels off. The gear cable attaches at the back in a weird way and you have to disconnect that to take the wheel off. Make sure you know how to do it. * The hub really doesn't want you to peddle while you shift. If you do, it will feel like you shifted just fine and then a few seconds later your drivetrain will jolt as it actually gets into where it's supposed it. * They say you can't use a front rack but it has all the mounting points for one. I suspect this is because tightening a bolt too hard on the carbon fork crown could cause safety issues. I have a rack there anyway and it's been fine. * The hub has a sprag clutch which means it doesn't click. It's truly silent while pedaling and coasting. * The rear sprocket is a Gates Surefit. This requires a special tool to take on and off. I had to buy one off Italian eBay. Your bike shop almost certainly won't have one. * The bike is pretty heavy. Not that big a deal for most things but it is what it is. * I've changed the oil once but otherwise never messed with the drivetrain. It's very low maintenance
This week will be very important for Ukraine. Keith Kellogg is in Kiev for a week. What for? The main goal is to participate in the change of the government of Ukraine, which Zelenskyy will do this week.
https://www.patreon.com/all_bonesjones/membershipI hope you guys like Palworld videos because I've got like 20 hours of footage recorded for at least 5 video...
https://www.patreon.com/all_bonesjones/membershipI hope you guys like Palworld videos because I've got like 20 hours of footage recorded for at least 5 video...
In a time of rising global economic uncertainty and geopolitical fragmentation, the trade relationship between China and the United States remains one of the world's most consequential.
MAGA folks, if authentic, should start celebrating President Trump's numerous successes and stop questioning his judgement. If they really are MAGA, that is.
Hacksaw Ridge toned down Desmond Dossās real story because director Mel Gibson feared no one would believe the truth. After shielding his comrades from a gre...
So fucking tired and angry with BBC and Labour Party bullshit about Palestine, and everything else too
Today's report critcizes the production company for not "disclosing" that the 13 year old narrator was the son of a "Hamas official", while acknowledging that not one word of what the child said was influenced by this relationship.
Labour Oberlieutenant Lisa Nandy refers to this as "a serious of catastrophic failures"
I have no idea role this kids father has/had but given that Hamas weāre democratically elected to run the Gaza administration he could be a bog standard civil servant/council worker in charge of parks or roads or something. Technically, wouldnāt anyone working for the local governing body there be considered a āHamas officialā?
Not every child even knows what their parent does. A document of life in Palestine from a childās eyes reveals how they see the now, the future, and shows the human perspective no holds barred. Leave it to the audience to interpret - clearly the fear is just how much more anger people will feel against the Israeli government if they show the true horrors being faced every day there by ordinary people.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) ā As Israelās brutal campaign in Gaza escalates, church leaders warn that coordinated settler attacks are driving Palestinians from their lands and erasing Christian heritage in the West Bank.
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New update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition striving to with civilian ship break Israel's illegal siege against the population of the Gaza Strip of Palestine āāāāā We are setting sail again. On July 13, 2025 our boat 'Handala' will depart from Siracusa, Italy to break Israelās illegal blockade. This mission is for the children of Gaza.
Just weeks ago, Israeli forces illegally seized our boat 'Madleen' and abducted 12 unarmed civilians aboard her in international waters.
Since March, more than 6,572 Palestinians have been killed, over 23,000 injured, and hundreds shot while waiting for food. The children of Gaza now face famine, disease, and trauma few of us can imagine.
We are not governments. We are people taking action where institutions have failed. We are not backing down. šµšø āāāāā
More information later also posted on their website, on that "The Freedom Flotilla is Setting Sail Again Handala will sail to break the blockadeāfor the children of Gaza" freedomflotilla.org/2025/07/07ā¦
"Today, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announces that Handala, our civilian aid boat, has officially set sail from Siracusa, Italy and begun its journey to Gaza" freedomflotilla.org/2025/07/13ā¦
Freedom Flotilla Coalition: āāāāā At 70 years old, Vigdis Bjorvand from Norway is sailing to Gaza aboard 'Handala' to help break Israel's illegal siege - a journey she's been waiting for for years. A Palestine activist since 1978, Vigdis says she never wants her grandchild to say, āGrandma, you didnāt do anything.ā
She first joined 'Handala' in 2023, which did not manage to sail to Gaza, and tried again with 'Conscience' earlier this year. Now, sheās back on board, determined to deliver aid, medicine and solidarity to Palestinians in Gaza.
As governments remain silent, Vigdis stands with the Palestinian people. Keep Vigdis safe. Keep 'Handala' safe. And help end Israel's illegal siege and genocide of Gaza. āāāāā
Freedom Flotilla Coalition: āāāāā Bob Suberi, a U.S. and Israeli citizen and veteran, calls himself a ārecovering Zionist.ā Now in his third year attempting to help break Israel's illegal siege of Gaza on 'Handala', heās taking direct action once again. After years working in Palestinian solidarity in the West Bank, Suberi is urging others, especially in the Jewish community, to speak out: āLetās talk openly about a genocide. Weāve spent decades saying āNever again,ā and yet weāre justifying it.ā āāāāā
Freedom Flotilla Coalition, yesterday: āāāāā Update on Handalaās Departure to Gaza [...] The departure of our ship Handala from Gallipoli to Gaza has been postponed to July 20 due to final technical preparations.
This is not an ordinary voyage ā it is a collective act of solidarity, resistance, and hope. As we prepare to set sail, we remain undeterred in our mission to break Israelās illegal and inhumane blockade on Gaza and to demand an end to the impunity that allows it to continue.
We know the risks. But we also know the urgency ā Palestinians in Gaza cannot wait. We carry with us their voices, especially those of the children, and the voices of people around the world who demand justice.
Contact: Hay Sha Wiya, Press Officer Email: media@freedomflotilla.org WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Join Our Whatsapp group for real time updates:https://chat.whatsapp.com/BbMmkVEod4MFmvRvxk6HML Website: www.freedomflotilla.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition: āāāāā Robert Martin is sailing to Gaza aboard the āHandalaā. He reminds us that breaking Israelās illegal siege on Gaza is the most important and urgent act that needs to be undertaken today. For Robert, joining the flotilla is a statement to the Palestinian people that they have not been forgotten as they endure a genocide while under brutal occupation - in spite of the consenting and complicit silence of the media and political establishments.
For Robert, joining the flotilla is also a testament to posterity, and to future generations, that there were people who chose to act.
āThe world has woken up. Things are changing and I cannot wait for the day that there is a free Palestine.ā
Keep āHandalaā safe. End Israelās Siege. āāāāā
Freedom Flotilla Coalition: āāāāā As a volunteer doctor in Rafah, Dr. Yipeng Ge treated Palestinian children too malnourished to walk, with no clinics left to care for them, let alone to count for their deaths. This isnāt a humanitarian crisis - itās genocide, rooted in decades of Israeli blockade, occupation, and settler colonialism.
Dr. Yipeng joined temporarily the Freedom Flotilla Coalition in Siracusa, delivering a prosthetic limb donated to 'Handala', for the children of Gaza. He explains that charity alone is not the solution. Structural violence like colonialism, capitalism, and imperialism, is the disease. Liberation is the only cure.
"Palestinians have been ringing the alarm bells for generations, because their liberation is the best medicine."
From the river to the sea, may we see a liberated Palestine in our lifetimes. āš½šµšø āāāāā
"The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announces that Handala, our civilian aid boat, launched [Sunday] from Gallipoli, Italy, beginning the final leg of its journey to Gaza." after "Just hours before launching, Handala was the target of two deeply alarming incidents that appear to be deliberate sabotage intended to obstruct our mission and harm our crew."
"Handala is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots international network that has been sailing against the blockade since 2010. On board are volunteer medics, lawyers, social justice activists, journalists, and community organizers. We are not governments. We are people, taking action where institutions have failed."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 20, 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiya, Press Officer Email: media@freedomflotilla.org WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Join Our Whatsapp group for real time updates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BbMmkVEod4MFmvRvxk6HML Website: www.
āāāāā A Month After Conscience Attack: [...] Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) launched the Madleen, a civilian ship now sailing toward Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and international human rights defenders in direct defiance of Israelās illegal and genocidal blockade. [...] On board are volunteers from multiple countries, among them Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, and climate justice activist Greta Thunberg. The ship is carrying urgently needed supplies for the people of Gaza, including baby formula, flour, rice, diapers, womenās sanitary products, water desalination kits, medical supplies, crutches, and childrenās prosthetics. [...] āI am aboard Madleen because silence is not neutralityāit is complicity, The Palestinian people in Gaza are being starved and slaughtered, and the world watches. This ship is not just carrying aid, it is carrying a demand: End the blockade. End the genocide.ā Rima Hassan
āWe are seeing a systematic starvation of 2 million people. The world cannot be silent bystanders, Every single one of us has a moral obligation to do everything we can to fight for a free Palestine.ā Greta Thunberg āāāāā freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/01ā¦
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 1, 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiya media@freedomflotilla.org WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Media Available for Use with Credit: https://drive.proton.me/urls/CDYKESS7SC#ab0CGGgdRpYg Madleen Tracker : https://freedomflotilla.
Latest update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition again attempting to with civilian aid ship break Israel's illegal siege against the civilian populace of the Gaza Strip of Palestine: āāāāā Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls is on the 'Handala', the 37th ship to challenge Israelās illegal siege on Gaza. Amazon has invested billions in intelligence like the Nimbus project, used for the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians.
Chris shares that āā¦an injury to one is injury to all,ā calling on labor unions worldwide to fulfill their responsibility: to be the shield for the working class, which includes protecting Palestinian people, and urges unions to stop their shipments of arms to Israel, fuelling their genocide in Gaza.
āWe come with baby food, toys, medicine, and hope ā not just for Gaza, but for the future of our children in America back at home. The world is watching.ā āāāāā
Two update videos from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's civilian aid ship Handala en route to break Israel's illegal siege against the civilian population of the Gaza Strip of Palestine. First a video with Antonio La Picirella and then another video with Huwaida Arraf:
Livestream now from Freedom Flotilla Coalition's civilian ship Handala en route with humanitarian aid to break Israel's illegal siege against the populace of the Gaza Strip of Palestine: youtube.com/watch?v=M2lrxIYbCkā¦ "The whole world is watching", is the body armor of activists against murderous oppression.
"Israeli Military Attacks Handala in International Waters, Abducts 21 Unarmed Civilians" freedomflotilla.org/2025/07/26ā¦ continuing its consistent violations of humanity, in order to maintain its use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare in the the Gaza Strip of Palestine, indisputable war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocidal acts.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiya +1-210-834-8155 media@freedomflotilla.org Israeli Military Attacks Handala in International Waters, Abducts 21 Unarmed Civilians The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that its civilian vesseā¦
"Update on current status of the 21 civilians on board the 'Handala', which was illegally intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces at 23:43 EEST, 26 July 2025." Freedom Flotilla Coalition
New update just now from the Freedom FLotilla: āāāāā From less than 100 nautical miles off Gazaās coast, Tan and Robert launched a hunger strike aboard the Handala. They participated in this action because the Australian government is complicit in Israelās genocide and itās time to demanded accountability.
āAs āAustralians,ā we refuse to stay silent while our government arms Israelās slaughter of Palestinians.ā
They join 17 others in this collective action at sea.
Read their full letter. Take escalated action for Gaza. āāāāā
New update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition: āāāāā The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that upon arrival in Israeli custody, U.S. human rights defender Christian Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs, leaving visible signs of violence on his neck and back.
When his lawyer met with him, Christian was surrounded by six members of Israelās special police unit. This level of force was not used against other abducted activists.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition condemns this violence against Chris and demands accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. āāāāā
@disisdeguey This, but also fascists being violently anti-trade-unionist, which to be fair is old news too. They are clearly trying to make an example to scare other solidaric union activists, but hopefully, like most of what the temporary zionist entity/death machine are doing in this year it will backfire magnificently
@RBG @disisdeguey While I of course don't disagree with what either of you noted and appreciate your intent, I would encourage avoiding phrasing such situations as "old news" or similar, because it probably in my opinion increases normalization for it, even though I understand that was not at all intended. It is just a subconscious thing, I believe, that when people see "old" it automatically interprets it as at least partially "normal", while this can of course never be accepted as normal, by or unto anyone.
Then Israel committed a war act against Denmark by illegally boarding and stopping its vessel deep deep in international waters.
Whatever country's flag that was, it is being silent and quiet, instead of confiscating every Israeli asset and calling up its ambassador for apologies and reparations.
A vessel carrying a country's flag is a sovereign part of that state.
I am accused of 'supporting terrorism' for advocating for peace. But the real terror supporters sit in the Netanyahu government, waging a war of annihilation in Gaza legitimized by the international community and by President Trump
>akkoma-fe I wouldn't count on that working. The API difference are rather large now. And I don't think non Pleroma/Akkoma fallbacks are properly implemented.
pleroma yet again wins a number one victory royale over mastodon. i cannot disable the stupid nag warnings that tell me to add alt text when there is a picture on my post and pressing ctrl enter to submit the post just doesn't fucking work properly anymore due to the alt text button taking precedence
Mastodon has a lot of little annoyances but it's so much easier to setup because of managed hosting and it also has keyboard shortcuts and a nice UI so...
@verita84 I have a love hate thing going with mastodon. I ended up shutting my mastodon instance down because of the remote media cache shit idk why it can't proxy images like pleroma does. Lots of little annoying things like that, but I really like the user experience of mastodon more. idk
The hollowing out of the 100,000+ workforce of the Department of Justice is drowned out by a cacophony of discord, demands, and empty promises over the "Epstein files."
Russiaās Foreign Ministry stated today that a story run by the news outlet [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/07/12/putin-iran-nuclear-deal-uranium-enrichment)āāScoop: Putin Urges Iran To Take āZero Enrichmentā Nuclear Deal with U.S.
Iāve been building Rails applications for the last 10 years on a daily base and almost all of them use active storage now. Users are uploading files and then...
the x264 av1 file plays only audio on vlc but works with flaws on mpv: on mpv I get audio and video, but every 5 to 6 seconds it's like instead of getting 24 fps I get 22, the user noticing the missing frames.
Is it x264 or AV1? They are two completely different codecs. If it's AV1, you may not have hardware acceleration since it's fairly new. It takes a lot of power to software decode AV1 and you will get dropped frames if the CPU can't keep up.
If it's AV1, you need both the hardware that can decode it, and the right libraries for it. x264 is not the same as AV1. AV1 requires lots of processing power, that's why you see the slow down. But with the right gfx card (and libs), it can decode it fine. What's your gfx card model exactly?
Check using e.g. top for your CPU (nvidia-smi or amd-smi for your GPU) or System Monitor on KDE if any of your resource is being maxed out. If so then most likely you found the culprit.
Regarding what the actual codec is being used you can use ffprobe but anyway what matters if resource bottleneck and thus if you can have hardware acceleration for it.
It's probably worth investigating so that you don't keep on getting video files too big for your computer to handle. I imagine it's something very high resolution with very recent compression. If so, look for something less demanding, e.g. x265 720p and if that's still leading to performance hiccups the older x264 720p or even 480p.
It's rate that the media player itself, e.g. VLC or mpv, actually is the bottleneck.
I selected nightgown but it's more like a shirt that reaches under my bum, not the image the name "nightgown" conjures up, long and frilly and whatnot lol. I got a longer one (just under knee length) for winter, but I don't like it because I sleep like a rotisserie chicken and end up getting strangled in it.
White nationalists are like "Everything will be great once we get rid of the minorities and it's just us and our planet-killing plutocrats and our serial killers and our mass shooters and our flavorless food and our ass music and our vapid culture and our soulless spirituality."
In order to protect a dying fossil fuel industry, the corrupt fascists in the US are doing grave harm to their own constituents, the economy, and the future of the country.
Note how the American version of oligarchic democracy fails: many people say that they despised both Trump and Biden.
In Maine, trades workers are facing catastrophic layoffs.Why? Trump has cancelled hundreds of billions of dollars for clean energy projects to pay for tax cu...
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3/5: This book is primarily a collection of a couple dozen homebrew recipes, with little else to offer. Given the title, I expected more in the way of tips, techniques, or brewing insights, but the brief explanatory sections lacked some depth.
for f in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -y -i "$f" -vf "scale='if(gt(a,1),1024,-1)':'if(gt(a,1),-1,1024)',pad=1024:1024:(1024-iw)/2:(1024-ih)/2" -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 18 -c:a aac -b:a 128k "normalized_video/${f%.*}_normalized.mp4"; done
#then cd normalized_video for f in *.mp4; do echo "file '$f'" >> concat_list.txt; done
By Manu Pineda. Under the guise of food distribution, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation serves the Israeli project of transforming Gaza into a 21st-century archipelago of concentration camps.
What's the deal with converting all the efficient pairs of one-way streets into two-way?!
In my town, all the 4+ lane one-ways are being converted to single-lane two-ways + bus-only lanes and bike lanes. I cycle a shiitload downtown, and this is fucking retarded. I'm less safe on my bike, and god forbid a car needs to turn: that one auto lane is now backed up.
I've assumed that this is all dipshit bureaucratic social engineering. They are ashamed of cars. Am I wrong?
Israel has the support of world's leaders, especially Western. But Israel will never see millions of millions of people to support its cause, because this cause is obviously against the oppressed people of the world. Israel's destiny is decomposition and dissolution. All the bottom people of the world for a #freepalestine.
A terrorist entity like the zionist will never have the support of millions of bottom people. It's time for the bottom people to face the reality and turn against their authorities who support the colonial capitalist system to end this exploitive system. todon.eu/@dbattistella/1146599ā¦
"We, the presidents of Gazaās three non-profit universitiesā Al-Aqsa University, Al-Azhar University-Gaza, and the Islamic University of Gaza ā together accounting for the vast majority of Gazaās students and faculty members, issue this unified statement to the international academic community at a time of unprecedented devastation of higher education in Gaza."
Another move which can bring the collapse of #EU. Not because Kazakhs want to press down the Union, but because Europe for so many years left the traditional diplomatic way of dealing to follow the new capitalist way of monopolies to attack everything to gain more profit. All this was a boomerang that now comes to "our" neoliberal face. The problem is that working class will pay the price, not the political and economic elite...
Download joborun linux for free. Like Arch built from ground up with runit. Arch as it was meant to be, simple, fast, secure, cutting edge - without the systemd labyrinth to choke it
Utilizing runit (default) init and service supervisionā¦
Once in a while I enter dark background + sea or fog or forest and whatever jumps out as dark enough so slightly brighter stuff will show I download. Look for pics that don't have much contrasting content because that will interfere with letters or if you like your conky to right or left or top look for one that at least on that side is dark enough. You can also use an image viewer/editor and flip it horizontally left right. nature doesn't mind being flipped š Sometimes if I like the picture too much but it is not dull or dark enough I use some adjustment.
Except for the ones on the image I haven't kept links for my other ones, I have about 30-40
I assume that dark other than being easy on my eyes, it also saves electricity and cuts down any radiation. My screen that I do most work that is very dark stays cool, my other screen that plays video tv whatever gets warm enough I can feel the heat from it in my face.
I don't really like icewm but I used it as a test of wayback .. as a concept my favorite is vtwm I wish I had the patience to tame it enough to do what I do with openbox
Also. ram use whether labwc or wayback is much higher than X + wm. After all that work with labwc I see myself being one of the last few still using X after some years ... I don't see outliving X though š
This came at a cost, we had a batch of upgrades all related to a major perl upgrade, I was supposed to wait for perl to leave testing and go to stable before I synced, I copied the file into the sync directory to upload the bg didn't think that ALL the pkgs being upgraded were removed from the directory, so 1 bg up 15 files deleted š
So I just went ahead and did the full upgrade, we are now all caught up with testing š
Ohh... well ... at least we are not behind, we are ahead. Let's hope nothing breaks. If it does activate extra-testing and will all be OK again
Hydrocarbon lake and methane rain clouds on Titan Jenny McElligott/eMITS
NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturnās moon Titan.
Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known to have liquid on its surface. However, Titanās lakes and seas are not filled with water. Instead, they contain liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane.
On Earth, liquid water is thought to have been essential for the origin of life as we know it. Many astrobiologists have wondered whether Titanās liquids could also provide an environment for the formation of the molecules required for life ā either as we know it or perhaps as we donāt know it ā to take hold there.
New NASA research, published in the International Journal of Astrobiology, outlines a process by which stable vesicles might form on Titan, based on our current knowledge of the moonās atmosphere and chemistry. The formation of such compartments is an important step in making the precursors of living cells (or protocells).
The process involves molecules called amphiphiles, which can self-organize into vesicles under the right conditions. On Earth, these polar molecules have two parts, a hydrophobic (water-fearing) end and a hydrophilic (water-loving) end. When they are in water, groups of these molecules can bunch together and form ball-like spheres, like soap bubbles, where the hydrophilic part of the molecule faces outward to interact with the water, thereby āprotectingā the hydrophobic part on the inside of the sphere. Under the right conditions, two layers can form creating a cell-like ball with a bilayer membrane that encapsulates a pocket of water on the inside.
When considering vesicle formation on Titan, however, the researchers had to take into account an environment vastly different from the early Earth.
Uncovering Conditions on Titan
Huygens captured this aerial view of Titan from an altitude of 33,000 feet. ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Titan is Saturnās largest moon and the second largest in our solar system. Titan is also the only moon in our solar system with a substantial atmosphere.
Thanks to Cassini, we now know Titan has a complex meteorological cycle that actively influences the surface today. Most of Titanās atmosphere is nitrogen, but there is also a significant amount of methane (CH4). This methane forms clouds and rain, which falls to the surface to cause erosion and river channels, filling up the lakes and seas. This liquid then evaporates in sunlight to form clouds once again.
This atmospheric activity also allows for complex chemistry to happen. Energy from the Sun breaks apart molecules like methane, and the pieces then reform into complex organic molecules. Many astrobiologists believe that this chemistry could teach us how the molecules necessary for the origin of life formed and evolved on the early Earth.
Building Vesicles on Titan
The new study considered how vesicles might form in the freezing conditions of Titanās hydrocarbon lakes and seas by focusing on sea-spray droplets, thrown upwards by splashing raindrops. On Titan, both spray droplets and the sea surface could be coated in layers of amphiphiles. If a droplet then lands on the surface of a pond, the two layers of amphiphiles meet to form a double-layered (or bilayer) vesicle, enclosing the original droplet. Over time, many of these vesicles would be dispersed throughout the pond and would interact and compete in an evolutionary process that could lead to primitive protocells.
If the proposed pathway is happening, it would increase our understanding of the conditions in which life might be able to form.
āThe existence of any vesicles on Titan would demonstrate an increase in order and complexity, which are conditions necessary for the origin of life,ā explains Conor Nixon of NASAās Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. āWeāre excited about these new ideas because they can open up new directions in Titan research and may change how we search for life on Titan in the future.ā
NASAās first mission to Titan is the upcoming Dragonfly rotorcraft, which will explore the surface of the Saturnian moon. While Titanās lakes and seas are not a destination for Dragonfly (and the mission wonāt carry the light-scattering instrument required to detect such vesicles), the mission will fly from location to location to study the moonās surface composition, make atmospheric and geophysical measurements, and characterize the habitability of Titanās environment.
Quick machine recovery, a #feature introduced as part of the #Windows #Resiliency Initiative at Ignite 2024 ā is available for Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel. When enabled, it automatically detects and fixes widespread issues on #Windows11 devices using the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). This reduces downtime and avoids the need for manual fixes. If a device experiences a widespread #boot issue, it enters #WinRE, connects to the internet, and #Microsoft can deliver a targeted fix through Windows #Update.
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27898 to the Canary Channel.
We are also not planning to release SDKs for 27xxx series builds for the time being.
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"The truth of the matter is that Israeli leaders have been pushing genocidal advocacy for many years. The genocidal thinking has always been a part of the Zionist project in one way or another, fueled by its settler-colonial logic of elimination. But these genocidal tendencies have often had to be balanced with a semblance of democracy, just like in the case of its apartheid.
But now, Israel seems to have unleashed itself from such constraints to a much greater degree. It appears that Israel no longer sees the need to put on the perfume of democracy."
Nonbinary awareness day, yāall. And itās been nonbinary awareness week. Just remember, nonbinary folks donāt owe you androgyny, weāre not āwomen liteā or āsoft guys.ā Weāre not a phase on a transition diagram. Gender is much more than a spectrum, itās a multidimensional convoluted hyperspace.
Berlin, Germany : A Car of the Stƶlting Company Set on Fire
Solidarity with Maja and all prisoners ā A car of the Stƶlting company set on fire
During the night of 12 to 13 June, a car belonging to the Stƶlting company went up in flames.
The Stƶlting group is a services company and presents itself, among other things, as an external alternative for management, food, medical treatment, care and support for jails; it is proposing taking over certain areas, or even the management of prison establishments as a whole.
In the past, the Stƶlting group has also been associated with anti-union practices ā workers found themselves offered money to leave the union.
With all the different roles they play in prison, they are supporting a system based on the punishment of persons who do not integrate into the logic of capitalist exploitation, and try to break them through isolation.
Prisons are one of the many repressive tools of the State to prevent actions of resistance and intimidate people who use counter-violence against them.
At the present time, in Germany, there are more compas in jail than there have been over the past thirty years. The State is acting very firmly against all those who are putting its monopoly of violence in question.
The antifascist movement is presently at the centre of investigations, but anarchists M. and N., of Munich, as well as Daniela Klette [one-time militant of the RAF, arrested in February 2024 and presently on trial; NdAtt.] are also imprisoned on remand.
In Greece, anarchists Marianna, Dimitra, Dimitris and Nikos are on remand following the explosion that took place on October 31 2024 in an apartment in Athens, and cost anarchist combatant Kyriakos Xymitiris his life.
They are being accused of being members of a terrorist organisation, as is often the case, the simple fact of knowing each other is punished, aimed at satisfying the appetites of the authorities in charge of the inquest, always seeking more suspects.
In Hungary, Maja has started a hunger strike on June 5th 2025 [see here; NdAtt.], protest against solitary confinement and the prison conditions and to be assigned to house arrest or be sent back to Germany.
For prisoners hunger strike is often the last means they have to resist. They put their health and also their life at risk and use their body as a last weapon against the repressive system.
All those in prison who resist and fight back deserve our solidarity ā beating up nazis, blowing up prisons, burning cops cars are all parts of a practice of resistance which can only continue to live thanks to support in the street and the defence of our ideas with all means.
Against the prison society ā Freedom for all prisoners !
Baron Keg of South Wake [NC]
in reply to Smeetoo • • •Smeetoo
in reply to Baron Keg of South Wake [NC] • • •TREK Verve lowstep
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Verve 2 Disc Lowstep Gen 4 - Trek Bikes
www.trekbikes.comBaron Keg of South Wake [NC]
in reply to Smeetoo • • •Smeetoo
in reply to Baron Keg of South Wake [NC] • • •Just too hot and humid to enjoy it when I picked it up. I'll have to get up early tomorrow and head out.
IceCubeSoup
in reply to Smeetoo • • •@kgibson Is it a good bike shop? Did they assemble it themselves? Adjust all the brakes and shifters?
Don't be afraid to go back and have them do a few follow up adjustments after a week or so, when the cables get a little stretched out.
Smeetoo
in reply to IceCubeSoup • • •It's a TREK store, main one in the area.
IceCubeSoup
in reply to Smeetoo • • •Well I guess it all depends on who is managing the service department, and how well the do their hiring.
Hint: hiring good bike mechanics isn't easy.
I wish you good luck!