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Anti-genocide activists have piled hundreds of pots and pans outside the constituency office of Peter Kyle, the right-wing Labour MP for Hove and former vice-chair of the Labour Friends of Genocide…
COVID is airborne & still with us, evidenced by hospitalisations & deaths data. Many feel in a better place than at the height of the pandemic, but health protections still matter - including effective ventilation, booster vaccines, and testing. Long COVID continues to affect the lives of millions.
Maybe it's just my fam but they would NEVER 'show out' like this shit. They were private and had enough gray matter to know that this looks bad and diminishes community standing.
Carney, elected as a centrist, has betrayed Canadian women by slashing gender equality funding by 81% — deeper than Harper’s cuts — while blocking contraceptive access and enabling warrantless abortion surveillance. These were the very policies Liberals warned Pierre Poilievre would impose. Carney’s rightward shift not only abandons feminist promises but also legitimizes Poilievre by blurring party lines.
NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what NASA researchers are doing with a series of research flights aimed at advancing a sensor for supersonic parachutes. The clues they find could help make these parachutes more reliable and safer for delivering scientific instruments […]
That is if you choose to live in Australia and if you do not have some sort of technology to send and receive internet signals that Australia can not prevent from working
Max Igan knew enough to flee his homeland of Australia and move to Mexico several years ago, although after a Ashkenazi or Sphardic Jew got officially put in charge of Mexico he started looking for a new place to move to again
Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. Jointly developed by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and a critical part of the United States […]
"#PalestineAction has won permission to challenge its controversial ban by the UK government under #terrorism legislation. In a major decision, the High Court ruled that the proscription of the group should be reviewed."
The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas and in South Texas.
Η "αναγνώριση του κράτους της Παλαιστίνης" που μας ζάλισαν τα μέζεα με αυτήν, δεν είναι παρά η αναγνώριση του υπάρχοντος στάτους απαρτχάιντ και εποικισμού.
ok, #NewRule – if you write an app or service that uses a #directory to save important files, and you generate #errors in your logs about the files in said directory, but don't document what, if anything the user can do about it, that folder needs to have a README.txt or .dirinfo or something that explains what each of the files mean.. or what files should or shouldn't be there.
For a while now, everytime I apt upgrade I get a bunch of these:
Notice: Ignoring file 'scootersoftware.list.migrate' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
Notice: Ignoring file 'google-chrome.list.migrate' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
Notice: Ignoring file 'vscode.list.migrate' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
There's nothing in the apt man page even about the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ folder at all, let alone what a .migrate file is. Nothing in anything in /etc/apt/.
I found the code repo (github.com/Debian/apt) and there isn't anything there either.
Like, I have 3 brain cells, I'm guessing a .migrate file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is a temporary file from – duh – migration, but if apt is throwing a msg like “hey, unexpected file, I'm going to ignore it” error then clearly the file shouldn't.. be.. there? And if so, what can/should I do about this?
So is it OK to delete .migrate files? But but but,
Would it be so hard to modify the apt error message to add
Notice: Ignoring file "scootersoftware.list.migrate" in directory "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/" as it has an invalid filename extension - see "man apt datafiles" for more info.
Or,
Notice: Ignoring file "scootersoftware.list.migrate" in directory "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/" - this temp file can be safely deleted.
Because of search engine #enshittification I've been using Lycos , but IT wasn't giving me any useful results for [search1.lycos.com/web/?q=apt+.…]. In desperation, I turned to Google where Gemini reinforced my suspicion:
Google: apt ".migrate" files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
AI Overview Files ending with .migrate in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ are typically renamed or temporary files that were created during an upgrade or migration process, such as a system upgrade or a software migration. These files are usually ignored by apt because they do not have the expected .list extension. The apt package manager expects source list files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ to end with .list. When apt encounters a file with an extension like .list.migrate, it will generally ignore it and issue a warning message indicating an “invalid filename extension.” To resolve this, if the .migrate file contains valid source list entries that are intended to be active, it should be renamed to have a .list extension. For example, filename.list.migrate should be renamed to filename.list. If a corresponding .list file already exists, the .migrate file can often be safely deleted after verifying its content. Example: sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list.migrate /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list
However, since I can't find a legit and authoritative second source to corroborate that .migrate files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d are in fact redundant, safe-to-delete files, I'll just have to take Gemini's word for it? (we all know how THAT goes usually).
At work, where I write the documentation that noone reads, our (Windows) software writes a bunch of magic files alongside the data files that the user provides. Since this data store is owned by the user, and users like shooting their own foot off, there's a chapter in the Admin guide that explains what each of the app's magic files do, how they're used by our app, and which ones the user is free to customize, how and why, and which ones the user should never ever modify. Along with when the file is created, and if its missing/corrupt (because our app tells them “Magic file is bork, please fix it”, how they can fix it... even if the fix is “call Innitech Support”.
The files within C:\Program Files\Innitech\App are OURs and we don't document THOSE. But if your code is going to bitch about a magic file, but then doesn't explain at all about a magic file, that's not cool.
Mirror of the apt git repository - This is just a mirror of the upstream repository, please submit pull requests there: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt - Debian/apt
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
#NewRule – if you write an app or service that uses a #directory to save important files, and you generate #errors in your logs about the files in said directory, but don't document what, if anything the user can do about it, that folder needs to have a `README.txt` or `.dirinfo` or something that explains what each of the files mean.. or what files should or shouldn't be there.
Polling of 2,000 UK adults has shown that Jeremy Corbyn outperforms Keir Starmer on almost all metrics among Reform voters. The polling was conducted by Merlin Strategy from 25-27 July.
Journalist David Keys concludes that even if humanity and law don’t move you, heartless national interest means UK must act against the genocidal state
Journalist David Keys concludes that even if humanity and law don’t move you, heartless national interest means UK must act against the genocidal state A mother cries for her infant daughter,…
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As the accounts are blocked or deleted quite quickly, the block can be removed fairly quickly. However, the problem is that the posts that were sent as phishing comments are only removed from the servers after a few hours. Until then, they remain in the threads.
As a moderator, you inevitably have to block every account at least once. That's really annoying.
What is disappointing is that the Mastodon moderators do not switch to verified registrations. That would put an end to the spook at once.
Here is my yield from today (without the already removed locks):
@Matthias maybe we should start blocking whole instances, if they don't start cooperating and helping to prevent spam.
And I don't care if it is mastodon.social or any other big server.
If they don't even take simple steps to prevent spam, then they are among the bad servers and spam distributors that leads to set them on official block lists.
@hoergen In my view, these servers are behaving recklessly. In the midst of a spam wave, there is no reason why moderation should not be tightened. Leaving registration open, on the other hand, is an invitation to anyone who wants to harm other people. This is something we are willing to accept. That is negligent and not a good calling card for the Fediverse as a whole.
Yes, such servers are unmoderated from my point of view
No user will be rejected. It may just take a little longer for the registration to be checked.
Speech as Camouflage: how to say enough to get people off your back and not do anything to prevent genocide.
Also - anyone reading this would not have a clue that Israel has dropped equivalent of at least 3 nuclear bombs & was deliberately starving Palestinians
talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza talk about the genocide in Sudan & Gaza
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Ring has quietly reintroduced video sharing with police. It has partnered with the law enforcement technology company Axon to allow customers to share video with police, as spotted earlier by Business Insider.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury is offering $125 billion of Treasury securities to refund approximately $89.8 billion of privately-held Treasury notes and bonds maturing on August 15, 2025.
PITTSBURGH, PA — Social justice warriors scored another victory today, as retail chain American Eagle issued a public apology and replaced Sydney Sweeney in its ad campaign with a fat, transgender double amputee of color.
I know it sounds awful but most 'crazy' people need to be broken down emotionally and rebuilt.
The reason they languish in their misery is because society affords them their backwater of stupid internal monologue. "They're different. They're special. They can't help it."
Most are simply stupid people with a major in oppositional defiance. And they're selfish and lazy about cooperation, which as anyone matured past 15 knows is the bulk of adult life.
We host Nazis because if we didn’t, things would be even worse — That’s #substack’s policy since quite some time. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if you want to support that take by visiting their site or using it to host your content.
The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the "white nationalist community."
> We host Nazis because if we didn’t, things would be even worse
They can tell you that, they might tell themselves that, but the reality is if they didn't, then they would have absolutely no Unique Value Proposition.
The market for hosting of uncontroversial blog posts is utterly saturated. Medium, Blogger, Facebook and LinkedIn come immediately to mind. A new startup is NOT going to challenge that market. The fact that Substack allows stuff the others don't is the only reason they even exist.
Now to everyone that clicked the link — yes, usermag is hosted by Substack. That was kind of the point here. Writing against the Nazi Bar hosting Nazis while sitting inside the Nazi Bar. Since years. Knowing it's a Nazi bar. I'll again leave it to you to decide if you want to support that behaviour.
@Jan Wildeboer 😷 As Hank Green put it, we aren't mad that social media companies are giving a platform to nazis, the internet has had nazis since its inception. We are mad that thanks to algorithm abuse, social media companies have helped promote nazis with their algorithms causing their message to spread inorganically higher than they would and making profits off of it.
There is a marketplace of ideas, unfortunately its all targeted ads.
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I'd not stop anyone from making nazi bumper stickers, because I am opposed to censorship; but I will not put one on my car, because I'm opposed to nazis.
Censorship is preventing someone else from publishing their views. Simply opting not to host, republish, and redistribute abhorrent views is not the same as censorship.
Avoiding censorship does not hold water as an excuse.
how would Substack enforce a "no Nazi"policy? They would have to start by defining what a Nazi is. Can you give one? Free speech is important. And sometimes you have to accept that bad people have it too.
Their response is just pure bullshit. We know how Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance works.
Any website hosting nazi content is a nazi website. Tolerance for parties whose aim is to destroy tolerance is paradoxically destructive towards furthering a society based on tolerance!
So Substack's Hamish McKenzie would have no problem publishing serial killers who want to share their ideas because some people hold their views? That's how I read his comment.
I don't care how 'right-on' a substack blog is; I DO NOT CLICK ON SUBSTACK. People who post their anti-fascist stuff there completely nullify their content by posting it on a nazi site.
I understand the free speech argument but I believe in a Democracy if someone has an ideology that requires the genocide of other people, their speech should be restricted. They absolutely should NOT be able to make money off that ideology by using a corporate product that also makes money off it. Disgusting.
Fascism's pros and cons have been debated and their conclusions have been very clearly explored by history. The whole notion that we need to debate this again in a marketplace of ideas suggests we need another holocaust because the first one wasn't conclusive enough.
Yeah, that's self-serving nonsense. They're a privately-owned service: curating their members and content isn't "censorship," and freedom of expression doesn't apply. They just want the extra traffic.
If you treat it like a honeypot, it's a valuable resource for self-outing nazis (also great evidence if they sue for defamation)—but of course, you never want to ASSOCIATE with a honeypot for self-outing nazis.
Just like you don't 'just drop in' to a bar that's about to get raided.
I have been mulling over a similar idea wrt non-voters voters here in the states. Ok, it’s their right not to vote here but the fact that many couldn’t vote against a sexual predator says that they are willing to tolerate that in their lives. These people are like spectators of a date rape—they’re not active participants but by not stopping it they’re tolerating it. They like to believe they’re better than a sexual predator b/c they can ignore it.
Wait, *demonetizing* Nazi publications would make the Nazi problem worse? I'm trying to come up with a charitable interpretation of that position to criticise, but there isn't one, is there?
He's arguing that if they didn't provide an unmoderated platform on which fascists can openly fundraise and promote themselves, the fascism would spread further. Therefore it's better to let them get on with it. That's nonsensical.
I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."
And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed
Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them."
And i was like, ohok and he continues.
"you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.
And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.
@samiamsam I was halfway through typing a comment regarding The Open Society and Its Enemies - when I decided to try and load additional comments.
This is how I fill the 'About' section of my mastodon instance:
"We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal." - The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945) - Karl Popper
Been looking forward to this. Pixieditor v2 where they've upgraded from a simple pixel editor to a "universal" graphics editor. Pixel, vector, raster, the whole lot.
Well known and celebrated Multi Billionaire Business Tycoon Chuck Schumer says all the Business Tycoons posting positive remarks about Trump's success on X and on the News are simply full of Shit.
How did this Oracle get all this experience after spending his entire life on the Public's Dime?
• Installing Kitten on Linux should no longer display a screenful of gibberish from the tar command.
You see, macOS, being special, includes BSD tar, not GNU tar, and adds a bunch of Mac-specific metadata and extended header keywords to archives that GNU tar on Linux machines then chokes on and regurgitates onto your screen as warnings.
With this release, Kitten’s packaging script expects GNU tar to be available on macOS and uses that instead of BSD tar.
The latest release of Kitten now installs without any warnings on Linux (at least on my Fedora Silverblue box).
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'#Gaza has thus become a symbol both of #WesternHypocrisy and of its victims’ recourse to #humanRights and #internationalLaw as a final forum of appeal for collective deliverance—the deliverance of the “wretched of the earth,” as Frantz Fanon famously called colonized subjects, whoever and wherever they may be.'
5 days after the introduction of the Online Safety Act in the United Kingdom under the guise of protecting children from pornography, newspaper, The Guardian, releases a documentary about a British pornstar.
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate mass star late in its life, can come in all shapes and sizes. Most planetary nebula present as circular, elliptical, or bi-polar, but some stray from the norm, as seen in […]
Trump lands historic judicial win as media pretends to shrug; explosive climate exposé cracks the narrative; and a public service announcement on safe handling of demonically helpful chatbots.
Das Weiße Haus hat eine besorgniserregende Interpretation des Zolldeals mit der EU veröffentlicht. Sie offenbart massive Zugeständnisse an US-Konzerne – auf Kosten von EU-Standards. Dieser Deal ist TTIP durch die Hintertür – per Handschlag auf dem Golfplatz.
Wir fordern eine umfassende parlamentarische Kontrolle – sowohl durch das Europäische Parlament als auch durch die Mitgliedstaaten. Sollte sich die US-Auslegung bestätigen, müssen die Parlamente den Deal stoppen. Sonst droht eine schleichende Aushöhlung unserer Gesetze und damit unserer Demokratie.
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[rubric] POLITICS
Gaza and the End of History
The apocalyptic scale of death and destruction lays bare the contradictions at the heart of the liberal international order.
Joelle M. Abi-Rached
[tags] Human Rights, Israel and Palestine, War and National Security
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