20th CPC Central Committee to hold fourth plenary session in October eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_2091…

Dang!

I've been getting robo calls with AI voices from "the west Coast branch" with new loan opportunities and instead of sending to voicemail I did my best Beethoven on the keypad until they give up.

The AI system halted after only a few notes and voiced back "you have been placed on our do not call list."

That's slightly more effective than the old human callers. I call that progress!

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@veff Imagine a sleeper malware that does nothing, but displays this message on a screen of infected device, like this "Upgrade Windows to full version" one. It triggers once the device user hits thier 20th birthday.
RT: poa.st/objects/740d519f-a8a6-4…

The Trump administration is launching a new health data tracking initiative partnering with Big Tech firms like Google, Oracle, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and OpenAI to collect and integrate Americans’ personal medical information through private apps and platforms.

On Wednesday afternoon, executives from over 60 organizations including leading healthcare providers such as the Cleveland Clinic will convene at the White House to discuss the administration’s proposed “digital health ecosystem.” Participation in the program will be encouraged but not mandatory, with Americans given the choice to opt in.

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/w…

Useful CLI tools like ffmpeg, ani-cli, yazi, etc.?


Been using the CLI more and more and for whatever reason it gives me more dopamine than using apps with a GUI and I'm curious about what else is out there since I was a windows user til 6 months ago.

Discovering ish and the ability to use alpine linux on my iphone, also has me curious if there is anything useful/fun out there that isn't openssh, ranger, and ffmpeg. (a-shell is still updated and comes with those two by default but doesn't have access to alpine repo and apk, uses its own iphone based thing) Tho im curious about cli tools/apps in general to use on my pc or over ssh, not just those that could be installed on my phone

I mostly use ffmpeg to convert video and compress stuff for size limits (so I can convert before sftp when away from my pc after the render finishes) Ranger file manager on phone since it can easily exit at a path, and yazi with the shell script that lets it exit at whatever path your on on pc.

Will update this list as people comment.
- Conversion/Compression: ffmpeg
- Email: mutt, neomut
- File management: mc, nnn, ranger, yazi, sfm
- File editor: vim, neovim
- Git: lazygit
- Piracy: ani-cli (anime) rip (music)
- Pdf Management: pdftk (pdftk-idk, or stapler)
- Python: rich, pythondialog, textual
- Docker management : lazydocker
- Performance monitor: btop, nvtop (nvidia), ncdu (disk usage)
- Network management: nmtui
- Web browser : browsh (firefox backend)
- Video downloader: yt-dlp
- Shell scripts: dialog, whiptail
- Misc: netpbm (plaintext image creation)
If you can't comment this post seems to be bugged for me at least, says I've deleted it and I can't reply to anyone.

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Some I haven't seen mentioned yet:

  • bottom, a process manager written in rust.
  • starship.rs, a smart prompt that works with most shells. Fish is my fav.
  • broot. A unique file explorer and search.
  • dua-cli a space analyzer.
  • fdupes . Find and remove duplicate files.
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Ripple Cheers White House Plan to Redefine US Crypto Regulation - The White House unleashed a bold crypto strategy demanding immediate congressional... - news.bitcoin.com/ripple-cheers… #regulation #ripplexrp #bullish

The Day the 1st SS Met Their Match—Patton’s Men Weren’t Supposed to Survive

youtube.com/watch?v=ck_b19ukq8…

They were never supposed to survive.
On March 6, 1945, Hitler’s most feared armored unit—the 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte”—launched a brutal assault deep in the forests of Germany. Their target? A scattered, exhausted force from Patton’s Third Army.

But this time, the SS didn’t find a weak point. They found a wall of resistance.

in reply to HunDriverWidow

This is the untold story of how a mixed group of American infantry, tankers, and artillerymen—led by a young captain, a defiant tank sergeant, and an immigrant radio operator—held the line against overwhelming odds. Through desperate innovation, raw courage, and the unbreakable power of teamwork, they transformed a certain massacre into one of the most legendary defensive stands of WWII.

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/t…

Vamos começar o BOICOTAÇO contra os Estados Unidos!

Eu comecei ontem a não usar mais cartão de crédito, pois tem bandeiras estadounidenses (Visa, Master ou AmericanExpress). Agora só vou pagar com Pix (Viva o Brasil!)

Vamos parar de consumir marcas, produtos e lojas que são de lá. Ah tb as redes, bora migrar pro Fediverso de vez? Sair do whats e ir pro bitchat?

#USA boycott the USA #boycott #EUA #Boicote

Radical NYC Mayoral Candidate #ZohranMamdani Demanded Police 'Disband' NYPD Mass Shooting Unit

slaynews.com/news/radical-nyc-…

in reply to Jimmy Johnson

the issue might be more complex than the headline:

"The SRG is a specialized unit within the NYPD responsible for responding to civil disorders, riots, and significant public safety events.

Its duties include crowd control, crime suppression, and providing backup for high-stress situations such as shootings, bank robberies, and protests."

such a unit could be angled toward political suppression, and commies like mamdani would be the first to use them

How to waste a day debunking someone else's scoop:

Someone forwarded me this recent story from Straight Arrow News (a publication I didn't previously know existed) which rather breathlessly claimed millions of cars were at risk from new custom firmware sold by a Russian hacker that would enable Flipper Zero users to unlock the doors and trunks of countless makes and models of different cars for a few hundred bucks. Basically, turn the Flipper into a sub-Ghz repeater that can intercept and replay the radio signal sent out when someone presses their car key fob.

san.com/cc/millions-of-cars-at…

I was skeptical of this story because I recalled reading a blog post from Flipper last year after the Canadian government said it was going to ban flippers. In response, Flipper Devices wrote:

"We are not aware of any officially confirmed cases of theft using a Flipper Zero. This is because the device has limited functionality and can't be used as a repeater to attack keyless entry systems. Flipper Zero is equipped with only one sub-1 GHz radio module, while keyless repeaters have 4 radio modules: one for communication with the car, another one for communication with the key fob, and two for communication between the repeaters."

blog.flipper.net/response-to-c…

It took several hours of questioning the Russian guy on Telegram for him to admit that using his firmware successfully requires additional radio units and other stuff not pictured in most of his sales videos.

youtube.com/@DjonixTV/videos

I asked him whether he was at all concerned that the Russian authorities might be interested in him, and he curtly replied that this was his concern, not mine. Later he asked why I'd asked this question.

It turns out, in one of his videos he replied to a comment by posting a Google Docs link to a spec and pricing sheet. Clicking "details" on the Google Docs file showed a username and author: daniel.v.dogaru@gmail.com. Searching on this address in breach tracking services finds it is associated with multiple Russian government records saying the email belongs to a guy from Moscow named Danil Viktorovich Doragu who uses the phone number 79267824950. That phone number is tied to a Telegram account for user "r3df0xx," and a search on this username in Intel 471 finds Daniel has been selling custom firmware for Flipper devices for several years. Oh, and his LinkedIn profile includes a link to the GitHub account "DarkFlippers."

linkedin.com/in/daniil-dogaru-…

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theory

@dotnet @Wiz
>klipper fork
yeah ill probably upgrade at some point, but being that getting another mainboard for the klipper host is expensive i opted to just build marlin. it wasnt too bad and im not really focused on raw performance as of yet

im not trying to dump a bajilion dollars into this printer

Sanchez Effect | Jimmy Dore: 'No matter who you vote for you get John McCain' odysee.com/SEDore_July_2025:07…
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DrRyanSkelton

The arena sidequest where you fight two or three bosses from Galgunvania 1 but they are tuned so hard you can only do scratch damage unless you use maximally crafted subweapons and have consumables to keep refilling them is probably emblematic of the sort of thinking that decides "An instadeath mode? What a FANTASTIC idea"

After a couple weeks now of trying to suss out what's going on, I'm still having troubles on my #Hubzilla instance with federating with certain major #Mastodon instances. I've done a lot of testing and a lot of fussing with things, and have concluded that there must just be something weird between running Hubzilla behind Cloudflare, and certain privacy or security settings enabled by some Mastodon admins, and there's nothing that I can do about it unless I want to learn and do a whole lot more coding than I'm capable of right now.

Unless someone has an idea of what these settings may be, or what I can do about it, I just wanted to give everyone the heads-up that I may need to move back to Friendica, and advise everyone on #WotW do the same. Apologies for the whiplash, and hopefully it doesn't come to that, as I really like a lot of Hubzilla features, but I personally see the inability to fully federate with many instances to be a deal-breaker.

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