DNI Tulsi Gabbard escalated her claims against the Obama-era Intelligence leadership, alleging they orchestrated a conspiracy to delegitimize Donald Trump’s ...YouTube
Some people work their whole lives just to afford four walls and a roof. Some people stare at rent checks and wonder where it all went wrong. And then there ...YouTube
Capitalism isn't freedom. It isn't trade. It isn't competition. It isn't the rule of law. It isn't markets. It isn't the absence of a centrally-planned economy. It sure as fuck isn't democracy.
Capitalism is capital being in charge. It is the organization of society around the interests of capital, which are further consolidation and the generation of profits.
Anything positive you associate with capitalism is an accident of history.
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As the Israeli army continues to suffer losses in Gaza, Netanyahu is said to be seeking to release the captives ‘through military victory,’ not a dealthecradle.co
How a website for geeks gave us totalizing societal libtardationDudley Newright (New Right Poast)
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'Israel' loots Gaza’s ruins to bury its war crimes
As Palestinians struggle to rebuild from ruins, 'Israel' turns their destruction into profit, militarizing debris and erasing all trace of its war crimes.
I took the NYT "Do you know your Silicon Valley Lingo" quiz, and got 4 out of 5. The kicker was this scoring paragraph:
"Nice work! You’ve graduated from Big Tech engineer to A.I. start-up chief executive. You probably live in an A.I. hacker house, and left a cushy salary at Meta or Google for the promise of millions in equity if your company eventually gets acquired…by Meta or Google."
The lawmakers’ absence means the lower chamber won’t have enough members present to function, stalling passage of a draft map Democrats have condemned as a political power grab.Kayla Guo (The Texas Tribune)
PancakesCon is looking for a CTF provider, prize sponsors, more CFP submissions, and villages.
It's a unique talk format and I highly recommend you come up with a topic and apply! I submitted, but I would MUCH rather watch your talk than give mine.
(Other than the submission I am not involved in PancakesCon, just a big fan)
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I just sent out volunteer notifications for @pancakescon. Thanks to everyone who offered to help!! I really need a few things for this conference to succeed:- More CFP submissions.
- Village submissions
- We are still seeking a CTF provider.
- Prize sponsors.Please feel free to message me. This is entirely a community effort with zero budget. It only succeeds if people help out.
"AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite" lead to more debugging work.apple.news
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Gerrymandering in blue states would fight fire with fireHeather Digby Parton (Salon.com)
Videos of emaciated Israeli hostages in Gaza increase pressure on Netanyahu for a ceasefire
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RT talks to Nebal Farsakh, PRCS spokesperson, about the dire situation in Gaza as millions of people are starving to deathOdysee
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Former president tells legal leaders the nation faces its gravest test of freedoms in generationsCK Smith (Salon.com)
Diesem Text der @tazgetroete merkt man an, dass dieser mit viel gutem Willen und Bemühungen geschrieben wurde.
Aber da drin sind jede Menge Verzerrungen drin. Es wird mit False Balance gearbeitet.
Am Ende geht der Tex aber auch am Problem vorbei. Es geht doch nicht darum ob nach einer juristischen Lesart, die so eng ist, dass sie fast unmöglich ist jemals einen Genozid zu beweisen Israel einen Genozid begeht, sondern darum was tatsächlich passiert.
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Begeht Israel in Gaza einen Völkermord? Gerichte prüfen das – und Jurist:innen und Historiker:innen streiten.Judith Poppe (taz)
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And I hate to bring it up again, but there was a time in Jane Fonda's era where they were all saying, "You can have it all. You can be glamorous and beautiful and desirable AND be respected."
The black women do the same thing and additionally claim some racial excuse.
There's NO getting the hoe outta these bitches.
Cops Are Furious I'm giving Bike Lights to the Less Fortunate - YouTube
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Guy's got a box of cheap Ali Express bike lights he gives to people being ticketed or at risk.
July 31st 2025 Galveston Texas police departmentThe officer that asked me to move his name is Officer Bretting https://www.facebook.com/galvestonpolice?https...YouTube
This summer, a team of robots explored a simulated martian landscape in Germany, remotely guided by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. This marked the fourth and final session of the Surface Avatar experiment, a collaboration between ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop how astronauts can control robotic teams to perform complex tasks on the Moon and Mars.
The session introduced new levels of autonomy and complexity. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim operated two robots – ESA’s four-legged Spot and DLR’s humanoid Rollin’ Justin – to retrieve scattered sample containers and deliver them to a lander. Spot navigated the terrain autonomously, while Justin was guided through a mix of direct control and pre-set commands. This setup allowed Jonny to delegate tasks and focus on higher-level decisions, building on other sessions where robots required full teleoperation.
In a second scenario, ESA’s Interact rover transported DLR’s robot dog Bert to a cave entrance. After removing a boulder, Jonny deployed Bert, which then simulated a malfunction in one of its legs. Jonny had to retrain Bert’s walking algorithm in real time before it continued into the cave and detected signs of martian ice. This tested how operators respond to unexpected challenges and adapt robotic systems on the fly.
The robots are controlled from the International Space Station using a custom-built interface developed by ESA and DLR, combining a joystick and a haptic-feedback device. The interface allows switching between first-person view for immersive teleoperation and a top-down map for broader mission oversight. This flexibility lets the astronaut manage multiple robots efficiently, balancing direct control with strategic delegation.
Over four sessions, the Surface Avatar team has refined its approach to human-robot interaction, improving both teleoperation and task delegation to autonomous systems. The experiment has also helped to identify which tasks astronauts prefer to control directly and which can be safely handed over to robotic systems, offering valuable insight for future mission planning.
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#human #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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The founder of #StandardNotes (Mo Bitar) leaves #Proton
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He apparently made the announcement 2 weeks ago via his Twitter account, but most of the privacy community seems to be catching wind of it only now. I can’t help wonder what happened.Techlore Forum
This exploited child suffers from an mortal desease, not malnutrition. Is it Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq?
"After the photo was published, an independent journalist said he had obtained hospital information that Muhammad had a serious genetic disorder that affected his health, and the use of the photo was misleading in representing the conditions in Gaza."
Tropical Storm Dexter churns in the Atlantic, but it's expected to move away from the US coast
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Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals
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Wall Street poised to open with gains after last week's jobs numbers triggered investor sell-off
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I just sent out volunteer notifications for @pancakescon. Thanks to everyone who offered to help!! I really need a few things for this conference to succeed:
- More CFP submissions.
- Village submissions
- We are still seeking a CTF provider.
- Prize sponsors.
Please feel free to message me. This is entirely a community effort with zero budget. It only succeeds if people help out.
Starving Gaza children risking their lives to get food
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Children in Gaza are being shot while trying to get food from Israeli- and US-backed GHF.Al Jazeera
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Buenos Aires, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) As promised by the Argentine president, Javier Milei, he vetoed the social assistance included in the laws of retirement, moratorium and disability emergency, rejection that the opposition is working today to revok…Ana Luisa Brown (Prensa Latina)
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"Because our rural areas can provide the acreage, the water, and the fracked gas that these facilities require, many of these operations are being proposed for our own communities."
"The residents who will be directly impacted by the facility were not notified, either informally or by way of community meetings. One resident, who was contacted by a friend about these plans, says he knows nothing about them."
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What the heck is going on in Pennsylvania? On July 15th, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University hosted a Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit which, behind all its star-powered hype, was essentially a branding exercise.Williamsport Sun-Gazette
According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, only 20 of whom are believed to be alive.CNA (Channel NewsAsia)
Stakes rise in the Russia-Ukraine war as Trump's deadline for the Kremlin approaches
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🎬 Welcome to Laugh.exe — the AI-powered sitcom universe where punchlines never crash.Mr. Smith is back with another porch truth bomb—and this time, he’s had...YouTube
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Une humanité handicapée
Affamer un prisonnier sioniste est une violation du droit et des normes internationales.
Alors que plus de 2 millions de personnes meurent de faim, il n’y a rien de mal à cela !
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A lot of water will be needed to cool data centers, but where is it going to come from?
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Even the data center industry is beginning to realize how incredibly environmentally destructive it is.
The tech industry has, since the 1950s, sold a Big Lie that it is ethereal, in the Cloud. Nothing could be further from the truth. Tech is toxic and hugely resource intensive.
Pacific Palisades fire victim shows there were 2 FULL massive tanks of water not used and says a firemen told him they were ordered to let the area burn
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At the beginning of the month, the Greek Parliament passed a measure to stop #asylum applications from North African countries for three months.
Greece's far-right Migration Minister #Plevris says that the path for people fleeing their countries is now “either to prison or back to their country.”
Suspending asylum procedures is a clear violation of human rights and is almost unparalleled in its cruelty.
Hundreds of people are now detained to be deported without asylum procedures.
It has long been clear that harsh measures designed to prevent people from entering the #EU do not lead to fewer people fleeing, they just make their already extremely dangerous journey even more life-threatening.
We call on the Greek Government to immediately withdraw this illegal legislation and demand freedom of movement for all!
Lyrics: Charles WesleyMelody: Lowell Mason, Charles GlaserOriginal performance: Getty Kids Hymnalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN2xmmgJDZc&list=OLAK5uy_ky-...YouTube
Un hombre ha resultado herido este lunes por la mañana en un accidente laboral tras caer...Europa Press Navarra
"Los motores de búsqueda como Bing están indexando los chats de ChatGPT"
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Blog sobre informática, tecnología y seguridad con manuales, tutoriales y documentación sobre herramientas y programasBlog elhacker.NET
Bahah. Somebody has also FOI'd Ofcom too asking them for their own assessment into how safe it was to tweet links to their own website, which then (with hyperlinks) subsequently links to the 34 porn sites they are investigating. Which do not have age verification.
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I am requesting information relating to a social media post which appeared on your X (formerly Twitter) page at https://x.com/Ofcom.WhatDoTheyKnow
Tired of feeling powerless as you watch a genocide? Would you like to help put real economic…
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ALT Tired of feeling powerless as you watch a genocide? Would you like to help put real economic pressure on Israel to cease their genocidal terror campaign and repeal their apartheid laws? This webinar will teach you how to run a divestment camp…antifainternational (Antifa International)
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Εξακολουθεί να μην κλείνει η Γέφυρα Ευρίπου στην Χαλκίδα προκαλώντας κυκλοφοριακό κομφούζιο. Απροσδιόριστος ο χρόνος αποκατάστασης της βλάβης.newsroom (News 24/7)
Même les hauts gradés israéliens deviennent antisémites on dirait !
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Dans un courrier signé par 550 anciens responsables de la sécurité en Israël, ces derniers demandent l'aide du président américain pour faire pression sur le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu et mettre fin à la guerre à Gaza.JMA (BFMTV)
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Progress being made on the 1974 Panasonic EIAJ Open Reel Video Recorder
Was sent by eBay Seller, via EVRI, in thin box, single bubble wrap. What could possibly go wrong…
I gave up. My buddy Peter who is way cleverer & patient than I is making progress. Picture is there, tracking & servo still off
Fingers crossed
Disabled campaigners slam Stephen Timms’ PIP review as a sham, calling for his removal and a real welfare review led by disabled people.Mike Sivier (Vox Political)
182 members of Royal Ballet and Opera “reject future performances in Israel” and stand in solidarity with performer who held Palestinian flag. CEO cancels 2026 Israel show The Royal Opera has pulle…SKWAWKBOX
The Turkish presidential administration told Sputnik on Sunday that it had no information about a pending military agreement between Turkiye and Syria or plans to establish military bases in the Arab Republic.Sputnik International
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Victor Davis Hanson:
After blacks in Cincinnati beat white adults, why was there no nationwide racial outrage?
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Recently, a large group of black youths began pummeling white adults in downtown Cincinnati. The original altercation apparently broke out between a black and white male in he-said/he-said fashion.…Victor Davis Hanson (New York Post)
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •I would argue that more precisely, capitalism is the system that allows profits to triumph over rents.
In addition to the class struggle between workers and owners, there's a separate struggle between entrepreneurs and rentiers.
Capitalism is the system in which entrepreneurs triumph, feudalism is the system in which rentiers triumph.
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Cory Doctorow
in reply to JWcph, Radicalized By Decency • • •Well, that's certainly Varoufakis's argument, that:
* feudalism was displaced by capitalism when entrepreneurs triumphed over rentiers;
* that Marxists predicted that capitalism would be a transitional stage between feudalism and socialism;
* but actually, capitalism was a transitional stage between feudalism...and feudalism.
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Pluralistic: Yanis Varoufakis’s “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism?” (28 Sep 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Isn't capitalism just the system that creates a market for rent-producing assets by creating tradeable titles?
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Absolutely. More accumulated wealth turns to rent assets eventually. Feudalism is the inevitable result of over concentration of wealth no matter who/where it starts from.
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •It's a compelling idea considering entrepreneurs these days seem to be like, "We're disrupting X by charging subscription fees for stuff you used to be able to own and turning employees who have labor rights into contractors who don't."
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •and socialism is the system in which workers triumph
Max Leibman
in reply to Max Leibman • • •I recognize that my post about capitalism isn't for everybody. And honestly? That's fine.
Look, some people just really get off on having a boot on their neck, as long as that boot belongs to a rich person. I'm not here to kink-shame anyone.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Peter Brown
in reply to Max Leibman • • •we must look to countries which combine controlled and regulated capitalism with a strong social conscience and comprehensive welfare. These are the Scandinavian countries. Uncontrolled capitalism and uncontrolled communism are equally bad. The solution lies in democratic control by the community for the community.
In other words an educated population, transparent government and reliable democracy.
Neither capitalism nor communism must be allowed to take total control.
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in reply to Max Leibman • • •Well, if we're doing definitions... capitalism is having private pots of money (=capital) to finance projects.
Nasty downstream consequences come from insufficient regulation by government, not the pot of money by itself. It's the slavish devotion to pots of money and willingness to do anything to get (more of) it that's the problem.
So, tangentially, one of the most important regulations would be to prevent the accumulation of giant pots that seem to drive people insane. Have a cap on wealth as well as a floor on poverty. No billionaires.
Justin Derrick
in reply to Max Leibman • • •Less of an accident and more a serious, violent, and bloody fight to level the table -- tilted away from capitalists and more in the direction of workers and citizens.
The decline in union membership over the last 50 years is a big part of why the current situation has been relatively easy for the billionaire class. People have accepted getting screwed, year after year, decade after decade, by corporations -- and corporations used the accumulated wealth to buy politicians, who passed laws that were pro-corporations, and anti-worker.
The 'golden age' of a single person being able to work a job (literally ANY job) and being able to pay their bills was because unions and non-corrupt politicians fought for worker rights and minimum wage and social programs.
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