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The best Elden Ring mods

What are the best Elden Ring mods? The beauty of mods is that they’re highly versatile tools that allow players to tweak their experience. In the case of Elden Ring, you might wonder why anyone would want to mod a game that's so well-received. Well, if you find soulslikes difficult, the Easy Mode mod is a surefire way to tone things down a notch. Some players might consider this goes too far, so why ...

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The best Elden Ring mods

The best Elden Ring mods offer you the ability to access seamless co-op, overhaul combat mechanics, alter the difficulty settings, and more.
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Steam now has "language-specific" review scores, which might make identifying certain review bombs easier

Review scores. Who needs 'em? Well, Valve reckon Steam didn't have enough two word verdicts on games, so they've introduced a "language-specific" scoring system, which offers separate ratings based on user reviews penned in certain tongues. The goal's to paint a more detailed picture of what folks in different ...

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Steam now has "language-specific" review scores, which might make identifying certain review bombs easier

Valve have introduced "language-specific" review scores on Steam, offering separate verdicts based on groups typing in a specific tongue.
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The rising returns to R&D: Ideas are not getting harder to find

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The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are not Getting Harder to Find

R&D investment has grown robustly, yet aggregate productivity growth has stagnated. Is this because “ideas are getting harder to find”? This paper uses m

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The accursed fate of Palestinians in Israeli prisons #Palestine republicpalestine.com/en/2025/…

The accursed fate of Palestinians in Israeli prisons

-This article was published on August 14, 2025, in People’s Dispatch by Vijay Prashad. As of August 2025, 10,800 Palestinian political detainees and political prisoners languish in Israeli jails. Since
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New financed postmarketOS project: wireplumber and callaudiod

(I contribute a small amount to postmarketOS each month and am happy with everything they have spent their budget on, all worthy things)

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New financed postmarketOS project: wireplumber and callaudiod

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
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Kai Cenat Unveils Fortnite Skin & Announces Next Mafiathon

Kai Cenat has unveiled his Fortnite Icon Series skin and announced his next Mafiathon, both of which arrive in September. Cenat used the Las Vegas sphere to show off the first look at his Fortnite skin, alongside announcing the start date of Mafiathon 3—with both landing on the same day. Fortnite and Cenat had already […] The post Kai Cenat Unveils Fortnite Skin ...

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SE LA CURVA SCOMPARE DA SAN SIRO

Dietro i "problemi di ordine pubblico" la definitiva sterilizzazione del "prodotto calcio".

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San Siro visto da fuori.

Se la Curva scompare da San Siro - MilanoInMovimento

Come annunciato da un comunicato della Curva Sud del Milan, dalla prima partita della stagione, giocata col Bari in casa, non c’è più il tifo organizzato che da oltre 50 anni occupa il secondo anello blu dello stadio di San Siro.
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Geoff Keighley Either Knows Something About Silksong, Or Is Just Being A Tool

We can't decide which right now.With yet another major games showcase just around the corner, Hollow Knight fans are once again hoping against hope that a release date for Silksong will be confirmed.This time, however, something feels different. We're mere hours away from Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, and host Geoff Keighley has posted ...

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<<World-First Study Finds “Sex Reversal” Surprisingly Common In Wild Australian Birds>>

So not only everything wants to kill you in Australia, but now fuckin' birds are trans commies? Jesus Christ that prison island is so fucked!

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World-First Study Finds Surprisingly Common Mismatch Between Wild Australian Birds’ Sexual Characteristics And Genetics

“Sex determination in wild birds is more fluid than thought.”
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Robert Jenrick and the Conservative Party's Embrace of 'Blood and Soil' Nationalism

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Robert Jenrick and the Conservative Party's Embrace of 'Blood and Soil' Nationalism – Byline Times

The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be so worried about, argues Jonathan Portes
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GORI Pietro, avocat, anarchiste italien
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Sheriff Budensiek told the media that his deputies set up a surveillance post and recorded the migrants repeatedly walking out of the grove carrying buckets loaded with the berries and dumping them in a U-Haul trailer nearby. Two of the alleged thieves are American, and the rest are Guatelaman...
“We knew that this was potentially an organized group of saw palmetto berry pickers from Immokalee, Florida. The van was easy to spot. It was a U-Haul van. We had the tag and we searched for a short period of time and located that van up at a hotel in the city of Stuart,” the sheriff explained.

Illegal Aliens Arrested for Stealing Saw Palmetto Berry Crop in Florida

Eleven individuals, many of them illegal aliens, were arrested in Florida and charged with stealing 6,000 pounds of a farmer’s saw palmetto berry crop.
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En mer du Nord, l’effet de sillage devient un vrai problème pour les parcs éoliens - Transitions & Energies


#environnement #énergie

Il s’agit d’un phénomène physique bien identifié mais encore mal expliqué. Il a pour nom « wake effect » ou effet de sillage. Appliqué aux éoliennes, notamment marines, il se traduit sur des dizaines de kilomètres par des pertes importantes de puissance pour les éoliennes situées en aval de celles exposées en premier aux vents. Elles sont en quelque sorte déventées. Et la concentration grandissante d’éoliennes en Mer du Nord qui atteignent des tailles gigantesques rend le problème de plus en plus aigu. Il l’est d’autant plus que la maitrise scientifique de la mécanique des fluides reste limitée. Pour remédier à cela, il faudrait résoudre les célèbres équations mathématiques Navier-Stokes, formulées au XIXe siècle, et qui ne l’ont jamais été…


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En mer du Nord, l’effet de sillage devient un vrai problème pour les parcs éoliens - Transitions & Energies

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Paris: récit d’un squat occupé pendant 1 mois dans le 18e
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"À partir du vendredi 28 février 2025, un immeuble d’appartements est occupé dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris. L’immeuble appartient au ministère de l’Intérieur et est géré par le bailleur social HENEO. Les appartements (18 studios) hébergeaient des keufs avant qu’ils ne soient vidés il y a plusieurs années, en vue d’y faire des travaux pour

Paris: récit d’un squat occupé pendant 1 mois dans le 18e

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Réseau international de pédocriminalité : un suspect, notable de l’Oise, remis en liberté - Le Parisien


#société #pédocriminalité #lacorde #guillotine2025

INFO LE PARISIEN. Mis en examen et écroué dans le cadre d’une enquête visant un réseau se livrant à du trafic sexuel de mineurs avec inoculation du VIH en Afrique, Adrien B. a été remis en liberté le 12 août par la chambre de l’instruction de Paris. L’homme est une figure de l’Oise, délégué Mister France Picardie et proche de personnalités [CYRIL HANOUNA]


Les infractions reprochées sont (très) lourdes, et particulièrement infamantes : traite des êtres humains en bande organisée, proxénétisme en bande organisé, le tout aggravé car commis à l’encontre de mineurs. Mais la défense d’Adrien B., un Français de 43 ans soupçonné d’appartenir à un sordide réseau international de pédocriminalité, vient de marquer des points.

Mardi 12 août, la chambre de l’instruction de Paris a ordonné la remise en liberté de cette figure de l’Oise, mise en examen et incarcérée à la prison de la Santé à Paris (XIVe) depuis son interpellation le 1er avril dans cette affaire où planent des soupçons de trafic sexuel d’enfants en Afrique avec inoculation délibérée du VIH. Connu pour avoir été délégué Mister France Picardie, proche de personnalités telles que Cyril Hanouna mais également du milieu forain selon « le Courrier Picard », Adrien B. apparaît régulièrement lors d’événements à Beauvais et ses alentours.

Lors de cette audience publique, les magistrats ont estimé qu’un placement sous contrôle judiciaire de l’intéressé était suffisant pour la poursuite des investigations, au regard de ses garanties de représentation et de son casier judiciaire vierge. C’est l’avocat d’Adrien B., Me Réda Ghilaci, qui a obtenu cette décision contraire aux réquisitions du parquet général après avoir fait appel d’une ordonnance de refus de mise en liberté du juge des libertés et de la détention.
Parties fines

Dans cette affaire criminelle, peu de choses ont filtré sur le fonctionnement du réseau. Les investigations, menées par l’Office central pour la répression de la traite des êtres humains (OCRTEH) et l’Office mineurs (OFMIN) gravitent autour d’un personnage principal, qui serait le commanditaire : un certain Pierre R., un septuagénaire richissime qui est un autre notable de Beauvais, propriétaire de plusieurs immeubles.

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Cet homme est soupçonné d’avoir commandé et organisé des viols sur de jeunes adolescents défavorisés au Sénégal et au Maroc, au profit de son plaisir personnel, de son entourage mais aussi pour réaliser des vidéos des sévices afin de les partager ensuite dans le milieu pédocriminel. Fait particulièrement inquiétant : l’enquête laisse penser que le septuagénaire nourrissait le fantasme scabreux que les victimes soient contaminées par le VIH lors des rapports sexuels imposés, ce qui lui vaut une mise en examen pour viols et administration de substance nuisible sur mineurs de 15 ans. Il est depuis son interpellation incarcéré.

En plus d’une certaine aisance financière, Pierre R. semble posséder un certain entregent et de nombreux contacts en Afrique, où il se rendrait régulièrement pour assouvir ses pulsions. L’intéressé a toujours contesté les accusations de viols et de traite d’êtres humains, se disant innocent. Dans le cadre de l’enquête, des investigations téléphoniques ont mis en évidence des messages et conversations troublantes entre le septuagénaire et son entourage. C’est comme cela que les enquêteurs se sont intéressés à plusieurs Français et partenaires avec qui Pierre R. se livrait à des parties fines, dont Adrien B., soupçonnés d’avoir eu connaissance du réseau de septuagénaire, voire d’y avoir tenu un rôle.
Responsable « par contagion »

« Mon client, qui n’est accusé par personne dans cette affaire, semble souffrir d’une responsabilité par contagion du fait de sa proximité avec un autre mis en examen, transformée en promiscuité pénale. Ce raisonnement ne tient pas », réagit Me Réda Ghilaci, avocat d’Adrien B.

Le pénaliste salue la remise en liberté de son client mais souligne que l’incarcération du notable beauvaisien fut un choc. « La chambre de l’instruction a parfaitement compris ce que les juges d’instruction refusaient de comprendre : l’information judiciaire peut se poursuivre sans que mon client - qui clame son innocence avec clarté - ne soit entre les murs d’une prison. Il est actuellement combatif, malgré les séquelles des mois d’enfermement et la violence des accusations portées à son encontre. Sa défense va désormais poursuivre la démonstration de son innocence alors qu’il est désormais, conformément au droit, libre. »

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Réseau international de pédocriminalité : un suspect, notable de l’Oise, remis en liberté

INFO LE PARISIEN. Mis en examen et écroué dans le cadre d’une enquête visant un réseau se livrant à du trafic sexuel de mineurs avec inoculation du VIH en Afrique, Adrien B. a été remis en liberté le 12 août par la chambre de l’instruction de Paris.
Jérémie Pham-Lê (Le Parisien)

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(4) 🇫🇷 fred le gaulois 🇫🇷 Uniondesdroites 🐱🐱 on X: "Xavier Raufer, criminologue rapporte le témoignage d'un oligarque chinois très important qui explique que les chinois et les russes ont pratiquement laissé tomber l'Europe, elle ne sert plus à rien, il y a du crime partout, avec l'Inde, ils se tournent vers l'intégration https://t.co/D6FSYt1eu0" / X


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ESA inaugurates new Cyber Security Operations Centre


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ESA's Cyber Security Operations Centre

On 27 May 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) took an important step in ensuring the continued security of its critical infrastructure with the inauguration of a new Cyber Security Operations Centre (C-SOC) at its European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Germany.

The new C-SOC will monitor and protect ESA’s digital assets – from satellites in space to ground stations and mission control systems on Earth. The initiative comes as space infrastructure becomes increasingly integral to Europe's economy and society, and as cyber threats grow more sophisticated.

#operations #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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NCSoft’s MMO tactical shooter, Cinder City, will support Ray Tracing & DLSS 4

NVIDIA has revealed that NCSoft’s upcoming MMO tactical shooter, Cinder City, will support Ray Tracing and DLSS 4 on PC. To celebrate this announcement, the green team has shared a new trailer that you can find below. Cinder City, which was previously called Project LLL, puts players in the role of a futuristic knight. You’ll …

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NCSoft's MMO tactical shooter, Cinder City, will support Ray Tracing & DLSS 4

NVIDIA has revealed that NCSoft's upcoming MMO tactical shooter, Cinder City, will support Ray Tracing and DLSS 4 on PC.
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#Deutschland ist quasi das letzte (sowieso, aber anderes thema) europäische Land dass hinter dem völkermordenden israel steht und es gibt immernoch deutsche, die aktiv versuchen gegen #palestina solidarität vorzugehen, sie zu verunglimpfen und "beide seiten zu betrachten".

Die Sachlage ist glasklar. Wir sehen den #Völkermord live, in Farbe und teilweise sogar in 4k. Selbst die Regierung von #Israel spricht offen über ihre Vertreibungs- und Auslöschungspläne.

Neutralität ist hier fehl am platz.

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Collateral by Design: Israeli Military Orders to Kill Civilians on #7October Raise Alarming Questions of Intent and Complicity

This brief critically examines confirmed statements by Israeli officials that the Israel Defense Forces ( #IDF) were ordered to target and kill Israeli citizens during the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack, including civilians being abducted. Eyewitness testimonies, video evidence, and admissions by Defense Minister Yoav #Gallant and other officials reveal a disturbing pattern of indiscriminate lethal force and premeditated attacks against Israeli civilians. Documented cases of homes shelled by tanks, cars obliterated by heavy ordnance, and hostages killed in crossfire strongly indicate that much of the destruction attributed to Hamas could not have been caused by their limited weaponry. These findings raise profound legal, ethical, and political concerns regarding Israel’s military doctrine and potential violations of international humanitarian law.

Introduction

On #7October 2023, Israel declared that #Hamas had perpetrated “the worst massacre in its history.” The dominant narrative described an unexpected, one-sided assault in which Hamas fighters killed and abducted civilians across southern Israel. Yet subsequent admissions from Israeli officials and mounting evidence from the field reveal a darker reality: Israeli forces themselves were ordered to fire on their own citizens to prevent hostage-taking. This report examines how those orders—an extension of the infamous Hannibal Directive—translated into indiscriminate firepower that caused extensive destruction to Israeli homes and vehicles, much of which Hamas could not have caused given its limited small arms and portable weaponry.

Confirmed Kill Orders and the #Hannibal Doctrine

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed in May 2024 that the IDF implemented rules authorizing lethal fire against Israeli citizens to prevent them from being taken into Gaza.1 This doctrine builds upon the “Hannibal Directive,” historically applied to captured soldiers, under which commanders were permitted—even encouraged—to use overwhelming firepower, even at the risk of killing their own personnel.

On 7 October, however, the scope of this directive was expanded from soldiers to civilians. Reports confirm that Israeli helicopters fired on vehicles leaving the Nova music festival, some of which contained both Hamas fighters and abducted Israelis.2 Tanks were ordered to fire on homes in kibbutzim such as Be’eri, destroying buildings while civilians remained inside.3

Eyewitness Testimonies and Visual Evidence

Case 1: Kibbutz Be’eri

Residents testified that IDF tanks shelled civilian homes during firefights, killing families who were still sheltering inside. Survivors told Haaretz that “our neighbors were killed by Israeli fire, not Hamas bullets.”3 Entire homes were leveled—destruction consistent with tank rounds or high-caliber explosive shells, not with Hamas’s AK-47s or RPGs.

Case 2: Kfar Aza

In Kfar Aza, eyewitnesses described Merkava tanks opening fire on suspected Hamas hideouts. Civilians taken captive inside those homes died in the shelling. Independent inspections of the ruins show pancaked concrete structures—damage requiring artillery or tank rounds.4

Case 3: Nova Music Festival

Video analysis confirms Israeli Apache helicopters strafed vehicles fleeing the festival grounds. Cars were incinerated and torn apart, with twisted frames and burned-out shells indicating air-to-surface munitions rather than small-arms fire. Survivors testified that gunfire came “from above, from helicopters,” hitting convoys indiscriminately.2

Case 4: Road Convoys on Highway 232

Several civilian cars were obliterated on Highway 232. Footage shows vehicles reduced to charred skeletons, consistent with Hellfire missiles or helicopter rockets. Hamas’s limited small arms and RPGs could not have caused the complete combustion and fragmentation of multiple vehicles in open road conditions.5

Categories of Damage Inconsistent with Hamas Weaponry

  1. Homes Leveled or Partially Demolished

Entire residential blocks in Be’eri and Kfar Aza were reduced to rubble.

Hamas carried small arms, grenades, and a limited number of RPGs—not the high-explosive shells necessary to collapse reinforced Israeli houses.

  1. Vehicles Completely Incinerated

Numerous cars at the Nova festival and on evacuation roads were found burnt to skeletal frames.

RPGs could disable a vehicle but rarely incinerate it; air-to-ground missiles or incendiary helicopter munitions are required for such total destruction.

  1. Heavy Caliber Strikes and Crater Patterns

Craters found near kibbutz perimeters and festival grounds matched 120mm tank rounds and aerial rockets, not improvised Hamas fire.

The IDF has acknowledged tank shelling in residential areas.3

  1. Indiscriminate Aerial Strafing

Videos show vehicles riddled with downward-angled gunfire, consistent with helicopter miniguns, not ground-level AK-47 fire.

The Hannibal Directive’s Legacy and Expansion

The 2014 Rafah incident—where at least 135 Palestinians were killed after one soldier was captured—demonstrates the lethal precedent of Hannibal implementation.6 On 7 October, its application against civilians marks a chilling escalation: the Israeli state prioritized denying Hamas captives over preserving its citizens’ lives.

Strategic Sacrifice or Moral Collapse?

By invoking Hannibal tactics against civilians, the IDF effectively redefined its own people as expendable. This represents not merely a tragic overreaction but a deliberate doctrine in which the state sacrifices civilian lives for strategic narrative control. As Gallant himself admitted, “orders were given… no matter the cost.”1

Conclusion

The evidence suggests that many civilian deaths and much of the destruction on 7 October were caused not by Hamas but by Israel’s own military operations under Hannibal-style orders. Civilians in kibbutzim, festival-goers, and motorists were killed in crossfire or directly targeted by Israeli heavy weapons. These revelations demand urgent international inquiry into possible war crimes and state complicity in the mass killing of Israeli citizens.

References

#7octobre #israel #Israël #Palestine

  1. Winstanley, Asa. “Army Was Ordered to Kill Israelis on 7 October, Defense Minister Confirms.” Electronic Intifada, 24 May 2024. ↩︎ ↩︎
  2. Ravid, Barak. “IDF Helicopters Opened Fire on Vehicles Abducting Israelis on 7 October.” Axios Tel Aviv, November 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎
  3. Hass, Amira. “Be’eri Residents Say IDF Fire Killed Their Neighbors.” Haaretz, December 2023. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
  4. Alsaafin, Linah. “Eyewitnesses at Nova Festival Say Israelis Were Killed by Israeli Airstrikes.” Al Jazeera, October 2023. ↩︎
  5. Melman, Yossi. “The Mystery of Highway 232: Who Destroyed the Cars?” Jerusalem Report, January 2024. ↩︎
  6. Levinson, Chaim. “The Rafah Doctrine: How the Hannibal Procedure Was Used in Gaza.” Haaretz, August 2015. ↩︎


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Hungary Expresses Outrage After Ukraine Strikes Key Oil Pipeline To EU, Forcing Halt.


Ukraine Didn't Do This, Their US Handler Did.

Some nations have no honor.


Hungary Expresses Outrage After Ukraine Strikes Key Oil Pipeline To EU, Forcing Halt.
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Crude oil flows from Russia to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline suffered a forced halt on Monday, officials from both countries confirmed, after a Ukrainian drone strike crippled a vital transformer station.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated Monday "this latest strike against our energy security is outrageous and unacceptable" - and informed his government and the public that Russian technicians are working to restore an "essential" transformer station which was targeted.

Hungary Expresses Outrage After Ukraine Strikes Key Oil Pipeline To EU, Forcing Halt

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We had a nice turn out and good evening where we managed to send out 74 postcards in total.

30 to sveriges riksdag
2 to danish parliament
2 to strasbourg
40 to brussels

Thanks for all who shared the event, those who joined and those that donated!

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Tomorrow Malmö based #hackerspace Lodis is organizing a meetup to write physical postcards to MEPs to oppose #chatcontrol

Join us or organize your own postcard writing session with friends!

More information at nej.lodis.se

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Join us in writing physical postcards to Members of European Parliament to encourage them to say NO to mass surveillance!
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Bilder von hungernden Menschen lösen Emotionen aus. Wer sie zu diskreditieren versucht, möchte die gesellschaftliche Kälte herbeiführen, die Verbrechen ermöglicht, meint unser Kolumnist Yossi Bartal. Auch in Deutschland werde fleißig daran gearbeitet, die Bevölkerung vor den unbequemen Bildern der eigenen Mittäterschaft zu »schützen«.

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“Die Abwehr von Emotionen gegenüber dem Leid anderer ist eine Form von Disziplinierung: Wer nicht fühlen darf, kann auch nicht widersprechen.” Yossi Bartal

Die Macht der Bilder

Bilder von Hungernden emotionalisieren. Wer sie zu diskreditieren versucht, möchte die gesellschaftliche Kälte herbeiführen, die Verbrechen ermöglicht, meint Yossi Bartal.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong teased for a re-reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live today

Hollow Knight: Silksong looks increasingly likely to be shown off in some form this evening at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Show host and producer Geoff Keighley tweeted a selfie while wearing a red nose, heavily pointing towards the game showing up at ONL tonight. Read more

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Hollow Knight: Silksong teased for a re-reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live today

All signs point towards a Hollow Knight: Silksong re-reveal tonight at Gamescom Opening Night Live.
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Die Furcht vor Frauen und andere Ängste… und wie man sie überwindet | Vortrag von Maximilian Pütz journalistenwatch.com/2025/08/… Werden Sie jetzt Fördermitglied und nehmen Sie an unserer Jubiläumsfeier im Herbst teil: politik-spezial.de/#bestellung … Direktlink zum Video #news #press

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The Coup - ＂The Guillotine＂

The Coup est connu pour être un groupe de rap très politisé.
Boots Riley se considère communiste depuis l'âge de 14 ans.

The Coup is known for being a highly politicized rap group. Boots Riley has considered himself a communist since he was 14 years old.

« Je pense que les gens devraient avoir un contrôle démocratique sur les profits qu'ils créent. On ne vivra pas dans une vraie démocratie tant qu'on n'aura pas ce contrôle. Et la définition première du communisme est que les gens ont un contrôle démocratique sur les profits qu'ils créent. »

"I think people should have democratic control over the profits they create. We will not live in a true democracy until we have this control. And the primary definition of communism is that people have democratic control over the profits they create."

LYRICS

We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run

We want to thank you for flying with us
We know you coulda stayed home, just cried and cussed
May all your guns go off if it's time to bust
May all they tanks have time to rust
They got the armies turning bullets into gold
They got the hookers turning tricks in the cold
And every time the police kicks in a door
An angel gas break dips in the O
And even if a d-boy flips him a O
It ain't enough to buy shit anymore
Sleep in the doorway, piss on the floor
Look in the sky, wait for missiles to show
It's finna blow cause
They got the TV, we got the truth
They own the judges and we got the proof
We got hella people, they got helicopters
They got the bombs and we got the, we got the

We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run

Don't talk about it
It's not a show
Be about it
It's 'bout to blow

Don't talk about it
It's not a show
Be about it
It's 'bout to blow

I just spit the dope lines, I don't snort 'em
Tell the boss to call police to escort him
You don't write all them lines, you just quote 'em
Get offline, plug in to this modem
No, you can't out-vote 'em
The rules is still golden
Only jewels we holding is if we guarding our scrotum
If you press your ear to the turf that is stolen
You can hear the sound of limitations exploding
Please sir, may we have another portion?
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the Florsheim
We'll shut your shit down, don't call it extortion
Caution -- we're coming for your head
So call the Feds and get files to shred
Every textbook read said bring you the bread
But guess what we got you instead?

We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine

Let's keep it banging like a shotgun
We in a war before we fought one
Now if you're tired of working from day to day
A common enemy, we got one
Now keep it banging like a shotgun
We in a war before we fought one
Now if you're tired of working from day to day
A common enemy, we got one

Don't talk about it
It's not a show
Be about it
It's 'bout to blow

Don't talk about it
It's not a show
Be about it
It's 'bout to blow

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#14juillet #DéfaiteNationale #MistralesPerdants #FuckWarMongers #ConcoursDeBites #MacronCommercialEnArmement

"Le soir du 14 juillet, je reste dans mon lit douillet
La musique qui marche au pas
Cela ne me regarde pas

Je ne fais pourtant de mal à personne
En n'écoutant pas le clairon qui sonne

Mais les braves gens n'aiment pas que
L'on suivent une autre route qu'eux."

Gardez vos ridicules défilés militaires et rendez-nous Robespierre.

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La prise de la bastille en peinture très rococo
Photographie d'une guillotine en contre plongée

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Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 08/19/25: Trump Working To Arrange Putin-Zelensky Meeting, Trump Backs Israeli Escalation in Gaza, and More youtube.com/watch?v=JYRONjZjd6…

Trump Working To Arrange Putin-Zelensky Meeting, Trump Backs Israeli Escalation in Gaza, and More

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Anti-Russian EU leaders fail to sway Trump on his turf — senior Russian security official tass.com/politics/2004447

Anti-Russian EU leaders fail to sway Trump on his turf — senior Russian security official

In an ironic comment, Dmitry Medvedev wondered "what tune" Vladimir Zelensky would play "about guarantees and territories back home, once he’s put on his green military uniform again"
TASS

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Phantom Blade Zero showcases Pang Town in a new trailer, will feature DLSS 4 with Multiple Frame Generation

Watch brand-new Phantom Blade Zero gameplay showcasing Pang Town and the game's Nvidia features.

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Phantom Blade Zero showcases Pang Town in a new gameplay video, will feature DLSS 4 at launch

Watch brand-new Phantom Blade Zero gameplay showcasing Pang Town and the game's Nvidia features including DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation.
Mikhail Madnani (RPG Site)

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Jonathan Cook: Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide – in the West Bank original.antiwar.com/cook/2025…

Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide - in the West Bank - Antiwar.com

Reprinted from Jonathan Cook's Substack. There is a revealing back story to Israel's so-called E1 Plan, a massive settlement project that includes the building of many thousands of new homes.
Antiwar.com

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Pues ya estoy fuera. 20 días he durado. Housfy, menudo tinglado. Me vuelvo a ser autónomo.

Imagina vender un piso de 100.000€ y ganar 862€ (menos, porque ahí va el IVA). Y que la empresa gane 11.000€.

O nada, si dos días antes de la escritura te echan.

"Es que ofrecemos un montón de servicios extra al propietario" dicen. Servicios que cifran todos en 1000€ cada uno. ¿Vaciado de enseres? 1000€ ¿Limpieza? 1000€ ¿Las fotos? 1000€ ¿Un vídeo? Otros 1000€. Y así todo

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ElHombreMalo

Imagina poner "acompañamiento a notaría" como "servicio incluido" y pretender cobrárselo al cliente si este rompe el contrato contigo...¡Antes de que se haya escriturado nada!

A todo esto... todo lo argumentan en los servicios que dan al propietario pero le cobran lo mismo al comprador. Ahí el argumento es "el mercado es el que es, si quieren comprar el piso, que paguen".

Por cierto, propietarios, el dinero que un comprador paga a la agencia es dinero que deja de gastarse en tu piso.

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Dan Steinbock -- Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation original.antiwar.com/Dan_Stein…

Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation - Antiwar.com

With its misguided tariff wars, the second Trump administration is not only fragmenting seven decades of globalization. It is also contributing to a kind of geopolitical climate that set the stage for the rise of fascism in the 1930s.
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