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A long and technically read, but man does it ever validate some of my assumptions.
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Evidence-based medicine is not evidence-based nor medicineopen.substack.com
@dromografos I would argue Putin is also a fash, but there is a difference between supporting governments and supporting people.
Was interesting how the White House meeting between Trump and Zelinsky blew up, ending in a shouting match and the expulsion of the entire Ukrainian delegation.
One think Ukraine needs to do right now though is get rid of fucking conscription. Not only does that end a major human rights abuse but it opens the door to increasing the effectiveness of existing Russian anti-conscription efforts that are mostly underground and take the form of burning draft offices.
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How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar
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Spiegel: European politicians disappointed by Trump’s statement on Russia Rossa Primavera News from the WestAvis Krane (Rossa Primavera International News)
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It's been a long time (almost two years) without any update on SMKDX. Is this project still ongoing? I am eagerly waiting for it ❤.
Russia launches new attacks on Ukraine with the countdown to a US peace deadline underway
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-attack-trump-ultimatum-50-days-7388ae351bc78e42c9ab844be6b93942?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wegen eines X-Posts mit einem 30-sekündigem Videoausschnitt verklagt eine pro-israelische Influencerin den Journalisten Jakob Reimann. Der spricht von gezielter Einschüchterung kritischer Gaza-Berichterstattung.nd-aktuell.de
Protesters demonstrated outside the EU Council building on Tuesday to demand the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and a halt to arms exports to Israel as EU foreign ministers in Brussels ended a meeting without a decision to suspend the agreement
Hundreds of demonstrators assembled at Schuman Square, in the heart of the EU quarter, carrying Palestinian flags and banners that read: "Stop the genocide."
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EU meeting ends without decision to suspend agreement - Anadolu Ajansıwww.aa.com.tr
Für Abonnent*innen hat die #Sueddeutsche nüchtern und (gerade dadurch) bedrückend mit zahlreichen Vorher-Nachher-Aufnahmen dokumentiert, wie die Regierung #Netanjahu in #Gaza systematisch Straßenzug um Straßenzug abreißt – nicht selten durch Baufirmen von Siedlern aus dem Westjordanland.
"Das Verteidigungsministerium gibt zu den Gründen dieser Abrissarbeiten und auf die Frage, wie sie mit dem Kampf gegen die #Hamas in Verbindung stünden, keine Auskunft."
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Israel hat mehr als 80 Prozent des Gazastreifens zur Evakuierungszone erklärt, die Menschen drängen sich in Zeltstädten an der Küste.Leonard Scharfenberg (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
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tldr; Not for lack of trying.
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Österreich – ein (nicht) koloniales Land?! https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000279530/oesterreich-ein-nicht-koloniales-land?ref=mastodonMastodon
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WE all know that the Ancient Egyptians believed you can take it with you ... that death does not mean you have to part with everything that...antinousstars.blogspot.com
If people can no longer get to the books, then the books must come to them.The Electronic Intifada
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Nice ! Just got a new update from #fdroid of #KISSLauncher
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Blazingly fast launcher focused on searchf-droid.org
I had so much fun using Kiss launcher.
I've stopped using when I switched to GrapheneOS's stock launcher.
It's tempting to go back, but I could not find a great single applet calendar that I could place in the widget area.
What widget do you put there?
Hier en réunion, j'avise l'étui à lunettes de mon voisin de droite, qui est de gauche. Je crois voir en dessous un port USB-C !? Mais oui, c'en est un. Je scrute l'étui à la pause : Ray-Ban. Et sur ses montures, noires, je vois... 2 ronds de part et d'autre au-dessus des verres.
Le type n'a pas cessé d'orienter la tête vers moi quand je prenais mes notes (je n'ai pas de filtre de confidentialité).
Quand soudain, un élu d'une autre OS syndicale l'interpelle...
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The Story of Mel, A Real Programmer, Annotated (1996)
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Israel-backed aid organization in Gaza says 20 killed at distribution site, mostly in stampede
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-aid-organization-gaza-stampede-5c7b1562c8faecd127fd0050b2fa52a8?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Kremlin says Russia remains ready for talks with Ukraine after Trump remarks-english.news.cn
BRITISH OPEN '25: Tiger Woods and Tom Watson part of history at golf's oldest championship
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Maja T suspends hunger strike as pressure mounts to reverse extradition
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"Antifascist in critical condition as father delivers mass petition to German foreign ministry ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ After forty days, Maja T has suspended their hunger strike due to deteriorating health conditions. According to the Budapest Antifascist Solidarity Committee, they have lost 14 kilograms, their
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Israel threatens to escalate involvement in Syria as a ceasefire collapses
https://apnews.com/article/syria-clashes-druze-israel-92a72655b85fba1d0b12cc36ffe2cef3?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Industrial heat exchanger plays a critical role in maintaining energy efficiency and process performance across various sectors, including chemical processing, oil and gas, food manufacturing, and power generation. As energy costs rise and sustainability becomes a global imperative, optimizing these systems for maximum thermal efficiency is not only economically smart but also environmentally responsible.
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From Voice of Korea. http://vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/iee250702001/57/en Ryanggang Province in the northern highlands of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a place of potato production.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
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Palestinian history shows that armed struggle campaigns often catalyze gains in international lawmaking.Jewish Currents
RPI Conference: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blueprint-for-peace-tickets-1397170888739Phone bank for Defend the Guard: https://defendtheguard.us/phonebankSig...YouTube
In early April, the Philippines responded with “guarded optimism” to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, saying higher rates placed on its neighbors could present an opportunity.Antiwar.com
Anger is mounting across Palestine after Israeli media confirmed that Israeli forces have transported hundreds of donkeys from Gaza into Israeli-occupied territory.
According to Kan 11, the animals were sent to a facility managed by the Israeli nonprofit "Let's Start Over," which claims to offer care and rehabilitation for donkeys.
But Palestinians argue the transfer is a blatant seizure of critical resources.
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Palestinians are denouncing the Israeli military’s removal of hundreds of donkeys from Gaza as looting; here’s why the occupation is taking them.Al Mayadeen English (Gaza’s last lifelines: Anger as 'Israel' seizes hundreds of Donkeys)
For the first time in a generation, there was a national consensus in Iran that negotiations with the United States are necessary to resolve the issues over Iran’s nuclear program.Antiwar.com
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On June 30, 2025, at least 15 asylum seekers from #Afghanistan were notified that their applications had been rejected. This mass rejection appears to signal a de facto reclassification of Afghanistan as a "safe" country for the first time since its reoccupation by Taliban forces. It marks a further tightening of the #asylum process, in line with the policies of the Republic of #Cyprus, whose government takes pride in its harsh #deportation record and treats condemnation by the European Court of Human Rights as a badge of honour.
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In an ever-changing world, the one constant in Universe USA is rising Pentagon budgets. For President Trump, a trillion-dollar war budget is something to crow about.Antiwar.com Blog
Pepe Escobar- Desde Kazán hasta Río y más allá, ahora también está claro que el TTT fuera de control se dirigirá contra cualquier nación o socio que se alinee con los BRICS “antiestadounidense”.thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)
Israel has warned Gazans to stay out of the Mediterranean Sea or risk getting killed under wartime restrictions that critics say serve no security purpose and are meant to deprive Palestinians of a key source of sustenance – and respite from the horr…Antiwar.com Blog
The intertwining of military aid, global alliances, and political positioning takes center stage as Dave DeCamp, news editor at AntiWar.Antiwar.com Blog
So if you ever wondered how OpenBSD 7.7 (most recent one at the time of writing) works on 23-year old PC, I have recorded a boot process.
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (single-core 1.6 Ghz) from 2002. i386, of course
RAM: 512 Mb DDR2
HDD: Some Western Digital 80Gb hard drive from ~2004
Fresh OpenBSD installation without any tweaks and tuning boots in 88 seconds.
There's definitely a room for improvement such as turning off libraries reordering (we should't worry about security too much on such machine). Less then a minute is easily possible.
But still, results are amazing, I think. It's a 23-year old PC! And it runs the most recent OS without any trouble. Try to do that with Windows 11 or any mainstream Linux distro.
Also, #FVWM is pretty snappy and works just fine.
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#OpenBSD #RunBSD #RetroComputing #RetroComputers #FVWM
If you ever wondered how fast is OpenBSD, here's a video of OpenBSD 7.7 booting on a computer with AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (single-core 1.6Ghz from 2002) and 512...YouTube
SYRIE. Les gangs jihadistes commettent des massacres de masse à Soueïda
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"SYRIE – Les affrontements se poursuivent dans la ville druze de Soueïda où les gangs djihadistes syriens commettent des crimes de guerre, notamment des exécutions extrajudiciaires, des démolitions de maisons et des attaques contre des églises, des symboles et des personnalités nationales, signale l’agence
SYRIE – Les affrontements se poursuivent dans la ville druze de Soueïda où les gangs djihadistes syriens commettent des crimes de guerre, notamment des exécutions extrajudiciaires, des démolitions de maisons et des attaques contre des églises, des sy…Kaf1 (Kurdistan au féminin)
Zelensky, anti-Russian US hawks, Melania, and the Mainstream Media each exploited in their own way his false expectation that Putin would agree to a ceasefire-partnership deal.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
ROJAVA. La Turquie a asséché le barrage de l’Euphrate
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…
"SYRIE / ROJAVA – La région du Nord – Est de la Syrie sous contrôle des forces arabo-kurdes est au bord d’une catastrophique humanitaire, sanitaire et écologique à cause du niveau de barrage de l’Euphrate qui a baissé dangereusement à cause de la rétention de l’eau du fleuve par la Turquie colonialiste grâce aux barrages […]
L’article ROJAVA.
SYRIE / ROJAVA – La région du Nord – Est de la Syrie sous contrôle des forces arabo-kurdes est au bord d’une catastrophique humanitaire, sanitaire et écologique à cause du niveau de barrage de l’Euphrate qui a baissé dangereusement à cause de la réte…Kaf1 (Kurdistan au féminin)
Canal Seine-Nord : pourquoi ce projet est-il toujours contesté ?
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"Ce projet de voie fluviale permettrait de relier la Seine aux grands fleuves du nord de l'Europe. Présenté comme écologique et bénéfique pour l'économie locale, il suscite une contestation croissante.
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Bétonisation"
Leaders and delegates from 30 countries are meeting in Bogota to discuss how to stop Israel's assault on Gaza and its illegal occupation of Palestinian terri...YouTube
Heart-wrenching scenes after nine Palestinian aid seekers were shot dead by the Israeli army while waiting for desperately needed food aid at the U.S.-run aid distribution center on Al-Tina Street, southeast of Khan Younis.
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#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine
The Hind Rajab Foundation, a Brussels-based human rights and legal organisation, announced on Monday that it had filed a formal criminal complaint with the Portuguese judiciary against Israeli soldier Dani Adonya Adega, accusing him of killing four Palestinian civilians during the assault on Gaza.
According to the Foundation’s statement, Adega served as a sniper in the Israeli army’s 252nd division.
Protesters are set to defy the Labour Government’s proscription of the group Palestine Action at a demonstration in Edinburgh, The National understands.
A protest had been called for the Scottish capital at 1pm on July 19 in response to reports that the UK is continuing to send spy flights over Gaza and sharing information with Israel.
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PROTESTERS are set to defy the Labour Government’s proscription of the group Palestine Action at a demonstration in Edinburgh, The National…Xander Elliards (The National)
comrades:
the required beverage when eating a hamburger in the people's cafeteria is coca-cola
however, when eating a hot dog or bratwurst, an orange soda is the required drink
please do not try to bribe the staff into letting you switch drinks
by following the rules we will all reach the socialist utopia THAT MUCH SOONER
“Grok will no longer call itself Hitler or base its opinions on Elon Musk’s, promises xAI”
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Anyone remember the days when we actually had a bar? Or at least pretended there was one, no matter how low? I miss those days.
#fascism #BigTech #elonMusk #xAI
After a string of controversies involving antisemitism, Hitler, and more, Grok will no longer call itself Hitler or base its opinions on Elon Musk’s, xAI promised.Hayden Field (The Verge)
Tilck: A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel
Link: github.com/vvaltchev/tilck
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel. Contribute to vvaltchev/tilck development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iran has awarded a contract to a Chinese company to electrify its east-west railway amid plans to increase freight transit from China to other countries via the Iranian railway.Mehr News Agency
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