There may never have been a truer analysis of Putin’s puppet Trump strategy. For the short term anyway.
Putin’s “land swap” is really a grab for Ukraine’s fortress belt
He wants Trump to secure for him what Russia’s army cannot
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Rory McIlroy loves signing Masters flags more than wearing the green jacket
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Konami has released a new story trailer for Silent Hill f, featuring the game’s English voice cast for the first time. Suzie Yeung will voice protagonist Hinako Shimizu, with Konatsu Kato providing the Japanese performance. The trailer offers a closer look at the narrative direction of this distinct entry in the long-running horror franchise. A [...]
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The hello neighbor welcome to Raven Brooks TV show looks really good but when people show the actual game it was based on on youtube then it looks really bad
I am going to suggest that sometimes a movie based on a game can be better than a game
Risky maneuver in this economy. This job market. Protests are great and all, but protesting your employer won't pay your rent. ---
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...Microsoft employees occupy hea...
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On Tuesday, No Azure for Apartheid protesters took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, declaring it a “Liberated Zone” encampment.Hayden Field (The Verge)
Where do they find these things? Insane asylums?
Just turn it loose on society because...why, nigger?
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The accused is 16-year-old Lincoln Peterson. HIs mother said the deadly incident happened after the boy’s family took his electronics away because of his bad grades, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Thursday.
His parents reportedly believed he was “sneaking electronics” and a fight erupted.
A judge ordered probation on Thursday for the teenager who fatally shot his father on December 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Amy Furr (Breitbart)
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InZOI: Island Getaway DLC Gets New Trailer at Gamescom
inZOI's first major DLC is coming through the Island Getaway DLC, and we get a deeper look at the game through Gamescom 2025.
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D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders
Link: d2lang.com/blog/ascii/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
CUPE sues government to block 'unconstitutional' power used to end flight attendant strike; The union accused Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu of undermining the flight attendants’ constitutional right to strike.
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Canada's largest union is suing the federal government to stop it from ever again invoking the controversial legal tool the Liberals used to order striking Air Canada flight attendants back to work.Christopher Nardi (National Post)
Stable Diffusion: Neue Erweiterung bringt KI-Bilder in LibreOffice
Eine neue Erweiterung bringt Bilderzeugung mittels Stable Diffusion in LibreOffice. Dank Freiwilliger ist das gebührenfrei.
"Toplum çürüyor; ancak, çürümeyi durdurmak yerine hızlandırmak daha iyidir, Reformlar geciktikçe devrim șiddetli olur. Mülkiyet Ölecek: öyleyse çabuk ölsün!"
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HOLY CRAP
The illegal alien truck driver who kiIIed 3 people, FAILED an English Language Assessment, getting only 2/12 answers right and identifying only 1/4 highway traffic signs.
It was also discovered that WA and CA issued Singh a commercial driver's license despite not being eligible for it.
Authorities in New Mexico also failed to issue ELP tests when Singh was stopped there for speeding..
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The Developer meets you at the end of the game, drops a discord link.
On the one hand: Discord 🤮
On the other hand: He thanked me for playing 😇
So I killed his character (he immediately revives though)
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I HAVE THE POWER!Limited Run Games and Mattel are teaming up with Bitmap Bureau to bring us a brand new pixel art side-scrolling He-Man game in 2026 on Switch.He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will feature 12 stages from the iconic toy line and cartoon where you'll be able to play as He-Man, Teela, ...
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The three-year ban derailed Rothman’s planned tour with the Australian Jewish Association, part of a pro-Israel ‘solidarity tour’thecradle.co
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I've been smoking weed for forty years. Never even close to psychosis.
But then I steer clear of the shatter and the budder etc.
180 dollar Men's leather flip-flops:
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Critical Cache Poisoning Vulnerability in Dnsmasq
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The latest Deadpool VR trailer reveals the actor and comedian will play the merc's adversar
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The latest Deadpool VR trailer reveals the actor and comedian will play the merc's adversaryJosh Broadwell (Polygon.com)
Having lost more hours to reading criminal complaints over the years than I care to remember, I can confidently state that I have never encountered one as entertaining and complete as the one that dropped today, charging a 22 y/o Oregon man with operating "Rapper Bot," a huge IoT botnet blamed for the Twitter/X DDoS attack in March 2025.
As the complaint states in delicious detail, the accused and his alleged co-conspirator discussed at length on Telegram how to stay off the radar of law enforcement. Here's a snippet from the story:
“Both FOLTZ and Slaykings were very dismissive of attention seeking activities, the most extreme of which, in their view, was to launch DDoS attacks against the website of the prominent cyber security journalist Brian Krebs,” Peterson wrote in the criminal complaint.
“You see, they’ll get themselves [expletive],” Slaykings wrote in response to Foltz’s comments about Forky and Aisuru bringing too much heat on themselves.
“Prob cuz [redacted] hit krebs,” Foltz wrote in reply.
“Going against Krebs isn’t a good move,” Slaykings concurred. “It isn’t about being a [expletive] or afraid, you just get a lot of problems for zero money. Childish, but good. Let them die.”
“Ye, it’s good tho, they will die,” Foltz replied.
The government states that just prior to Foltz’s arrest, Rapper Bot had enslaved an estimated 65,000 devices globally. That may sound like a lot, but the complaint notes the defendants weren’t interested in making headlines for building the world’s largest or most powerful botnet.
Quite the contrary: The complaint asserts that the accused took care to maintain their botnet in a “Goldilocks” size — ensuring that “the number of devices afforded powerful attacks while still being manageable to control and, in the hopes of Foltz and his partners, small enough to not be detected.”
The complaint states that several days later, Foltz and Slaykings returned to discussing what that they expected to befall their rival group, with Slaykings stating, “Krebs is very revenge. He won’t stop until they are [expletive] to the bone.”
“Surprised they have any bots left,” Foltz answered.
“Krebs is not the one you want to have on your back. Not because he is scary or something, just because he will not give up UNTIL you are [expletive] [expletive]. Proved it with Mirai and many other cases.”
Read more here:
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A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating "Rapper Bot," a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets -- including a March 2025 DDoS that knocked Twitter…krebsonsecurity.com
Somehow I missed this June 2025 writeup on Rapper Bot from Quianxin.com, which explained that at the time the botnet malware contained a Base64 encoded message that invokes my name! I guess they weren't totally against tossing my name around for publicity after all. Too bad I didn't notice sooner.
blog.xlab.qianxin.com/rapperbo…
Here's the decoded message:
"This is rapperbot, rapperbot is in its testing and development stages. Take nothing here seriously.
Brian Krebs approves of this project; he is our number one supporter.
FUCK DOTA3.TAR.GZ (outlaw) AND FUCK xorddos for using those dumb ass low IQ root kits. (they have no idea what's to come)
I love Olivia Rodrigo, soon I will be rich enough to meet her.
Question, Did you guys listen to my music whilst reverse engineering my binary? (youtube.com/watch?v=4fm_ZZn5qa…)
I can only imagine the Chinese (NETLAB360) researchers not understanding it at all and trying to decode the meaning behind it.
Anyway, 2tall out!
See you guys in the next update, I'll most likely leave another note."
Overview RapperBot is an active botnet family first publicly disclosed and named by CNCERT in July 2022. FortiGuard Labs traced its activity back to 2021 in their November 2022 report.Wang Hao (奇安信 X 实验室)
Palantir, Geo Group and CoreCivic, cogs in president’s enormous detention and deportation machinery, report ‘unprecedented growth’Johana Bhuiyan (The Guardian)
After WWII the US cut back its forces - modestly.
This freaked out the 'military industrial complex.' How could a Major become a General without a war? How could an aircraft company make money without a war? Arthur Miller certainly showed the exuberance of working for the gubmint making things to kill others.
The reduction was short-lived but the common lexicon got the term 'Peace Dividend.'
After Nam we heard the same thing. So far, no Peace Dividend.
Post Ukraine we sell arms to the EU
I allege that Powell is already doing this.
While not a fan of Mr Powell, he is the first Fed Chair since Greenspan who has put America (Banks) First.
His predecessors were trying to bring the US down to the level of the EU.
The EU is not a major trading market for the US. Fuck the EU.
The Stablecoin scheme could undermine the EU dollar (as bitcoin has been predicted to do) and speed its descent into chaos.
>While not a fan of Mr Powell, he is the first Fed Chair since Greenspan who has put America (Banks) First.
Tom Luongo thinks along these lines.
It is weird to hear from him while they "negotiate" on Ukraine.
>fuck EU
Yeah well, the 39% are completely retarded.
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I think we have our first execution. It's not a big gun. It's a stupid liberal still watching MSM.
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Schoolgirl spookfest Silent Hill f has gotten a fresh trailer during Gamescom Opening Night Live, ahead of its release in September. In case you're out of the loop, this trip to the quiet mounds is developed by Neobards Entertainment, and sees you take on the role of Shimizu Hinako. Your hometown's foggy and there are ...
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Silent Hill f got a fresh trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live ahead of its September release.Mark Warren (Rock Paper Shotgun)
Officially announcing Death By Scrolling, of course Mastodon followers have known about it for months. It's the privilege of being on Mastodon.
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Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game IndustryGrumpy Gamer
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Thio (Kanaky) : maintenir la pression
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"Une voiture de gendarmes en stationnement visée par des tirs à Thio Nouvelle-Calédonie La1ere, 16 août 2025 Le procureur de la République de Nouméa, Yves Dupas, a retenu le chef d’accusation de “tentative de meurtre sur gendarme”, après des tirs sur un véhicule stationné et sans occupant survenus dans la nuit du jeudi 14 au … Continuer la lecture de Thio (Kanaky) : maintenir la pression →"
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Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM Reveals Follow-Up CRPG, Zero Parades
Disco Elysium is one of the most celebrated indie games of the past decade, with many praising its writing and narrative design. Since its release, the development studio ZA/UM has undergone a lot of public turmoil, departures, and legal issues, but those remaining at the company have supposedly working on a new RPG. Today, during Gamescom's Opening Night ...
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The game follows a spy named Hershel five years after a grave mistake.Game Informer
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Never heard of the place. The best deal in my town these days is the local Walmart. Buying their house brand columbian, a half gal of 50/50, and a 100 ct box of pink sweeteners, totaled right at $20
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The SSO Wall of Shame – Vendors that treat SSO as luxury feature
Link: sso.tax/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A list of vendors that treat single sign-on as a luxury feature, not a core security requirement.The SSO Wall of Shame
Children tear gassed at football practice in occupied West Bank
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/8/19/children-tear-gassed-at-football-practice-in-occupied-west-bank?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Video shows that a children’s football game in the occupied West Bank was disrupted by tear gas fired by Israeli forces.Al Jazeera
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TiMi Studio Group brought Honor of Kings: World back into the spotlight with a new trailer debuting during Opening Night Live, giving players their best look yet at the multiplayer action RPG ahead of its hands-on showcase at Gamescom 2025. The footage highlights key elements of the game’s design, including expansive landscapes across ...
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Ooh, it's #WorldPhotographyDay!
I'm no professional, but I've taken some decent photos in my time. Here are a few of my favorites.
#Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Butterfly #Hawk #Newt
Wow, it's been a long time since my last post here. A lot has happened meanwhile. But here I am back from summer vacation with a bunch of photos to edit and show. Oh, btw. isn't it #TreeTuesday (if that is still a thing here) and even #WorldPhotographyDay ?
How are you doing?
#tree #sky #clouds #dam #germany #nature #landscape #darktable #darktableedit
Evening in Monheim am Rhein
Putin has made it crystal clear to Trump: a ceasefire is just a trick for Ukraine & Europe to rearm and attack again.Sputnik International
Dive into our ocean of Anime. Enjoy anime like never before. But with OceanVeil... secrets wait for you under the ocean's veil, if you know where to find them.OceanVeil
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PyPI Preventing Domain Resurrection Attacks
Link: blog.pypi.org/posts/2025-08-18…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
PyPI now checks for expired domains to prevent domain resurrection attacks, a type of supply-chain attack where someone buys an expired domain and uses it to take over PyPI accounts through password resets.blog.pypi.org
How these star players are powering their teams at the Little League World Series
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Notion releases offline mode
Link: notion.com/help/guides/working…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
With Notion’s offline functionality, your most important pages stay accessible and editable—no internet required.Notion
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"Totalitarizm, yalnızca tankların
hapishanelerin, işkence odalarının
gücünden ibaret değildir. O, aynı zamanda toplumun damarlarına sızan bir zihniyet bicimidir. Insanların kendi kendilerine düşünmekten vazgeçmeleri, başkasının kararlarını sorgusuz kabul etmeleri, otoritenin kalıcı zaferidir. Bu yüzden özgürlikçü bir toplum, yalnızca kurumların değişmesiyle değil, insanların bilinçlerinde yaratılacak devrimle mümkündür."
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The Fedi Files #2 will have our FIRST EVER guest: @mischievoustomato ! Join us at 8pm Central (UTC -5) this Saturday the 22nd.
Topics will include:
*Meet the Guest
*Feet review (maybe even feet of fedi??)
*>TFW No GF
*More to come!
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See you THIS SATURDAY on stream.tsundere.love
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft employees occupy hea...
On Tuesday, No Azure for Apartheid protesters took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, declaring it a “Liberated Zone” encampment.Hayden Field (The Verge)
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World Of Tanks 2.0 Adds Tier XI Tanks, New PvE Campaign, And More Next Month
During Gamescom Opening Night Live, Wargaming unveiled World of Tanks 2.0, a massive update to the 15-year-old free-to-play tank battle game, which will launch on September 3. The 2.0 patch is described as the "most ambitious update in World of Tanks history" and will add a highly-requested feature: Tier XI vehicles are finally coming to the game.16 ...
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The "most ambitious update in World of Tanks history" is coming sooner than you think.Jason Fanelli (GameSpot)
![It's a picture of the banner at the top of my website, krebsonsecurity.com, which features me and my fivehead in a suit kind of smiling, against a greyish background. The quotes say: "going against krebs isn't a good move." and "Krebs is very revenge." and "he will not give up UNITL you are [expletive] [expletive]"](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/8581427 "It's a picture of the banner at the top of my website, krebsonsecurity.com, which features me and my fivehead in a suit kind of smiling, against a greyish background. The quotes say: \"going against krebs isn't a good move.\" and \"Krebs is very revenge.\" and \"he will not give up UNITL you are [expletive] [expletive]\"")
![38. A few days before my visit of Foltz, he sent a series of messages to his partner, a screenshot of which appears below.
new exploit
32k all tw 19:01
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10k loaded rn 19:01
Xfinity/comcast routers 19:02
LOL 19:02
took me lierally 15 mins to find 19:04
39. I understand this chat to be FOLTZ telling Slaykings that he has identified
32,000 new devices which are vulnerable to an exploit, that 10,000 of them he has already infected, and that they are routers used by the US ISP Comcast Inc. (Xfinity is part of](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/8600934 "38. A few days before my visit of Foltz, he sent a series of messages to his partner, a screenshot of which appears below.
new exploit
32k all tw 19:01
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10k loaded rn 19:01
Xfinity/comcast routers 19:02
LOL 19:02
took me lierally 15 mins to find 19:04
39. I understand this chat to be FOLTZ telling Slaykings that he has identified
32,000 new devices which are vulnerable to an exploit, that 10,000 of them he has already infected, and that they are routers used by the US ISP Comcast Inc. (Xfinity is part of")
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i had one cat that constantly whined and begged at every meal. one day, i was making huevos rancheros and i'd altered the recipe from 3 tsp of chile powder to 4 tbsp over time as i tried to get it spicier. finally got to quite zippy.
come lunch time, he was whining and screaming and pawing my leg, so i thought "sure, let's teach him a lesson" and put the plate with the atomic level sauce on the floor for him.
he polished the plate. clean. every bit. didn't run for water. just looked up with a "is there any more of this left" expression.