I've been planning a post with this very title, but Cory
beat me to it.
Pluralistic: America is a scam (28 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025/05/28/che…
I've been planning a post with this very title, but Cory
beat me to it.
Pluralistic: America is a scam (28 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025/05/28/che…
The Trump administration has expressed concerns that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu could disrupt the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, potentially causingteleSURenglish
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"I’ve spent a long time trying to talk to people about very technical, tech policy questions that are very dry and abstract, and I’ve had limited success, but it turns out that swearing a little really increases the penetrative capacity of these abstract ideas."
I gotta work the swearing into my work.
With new COVID-19 variants looming and renewed attacks on vaccines, masks, and other basic preventative measures, I just want to mention that:
- I still routinely mask up in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. I mask on planes and trains. I teach with my mask on.
- I test any time I'm feeling under the weather.
- I plan to get the updated vaccine.
I'd *prefer* not to do any of this, but at worst, it's in the "mild inconvenience" category, and far preferable to long-term disability.
Same on all counts. The other advantage is that I *rarely* get a cold or any other related airborne illness. I've thrown out cold meds purchase pre-lockdown that simply never got used and expired. On that count alone I will always mask up.
I've been confronted a couple of times about it when out and about where I was informed I didn't have to mask up anymore, and I'd start talking about how The Man was monitoring everything and no way was I going to allow The Man and his AI to catch me on video. In other words, I acted like a nutjob and the questioning party quickly shut the hell up. They couldn't see the huge smile under my mask - very self-entertaining.
📢Call for a fellow Fosstodon admin 📢 and updates from Gina on building the new moderator team.
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Updates from Gina on building the new Fosstodon team and a call for a fellow admin.hub.fosstodon.org
A new Maui project release is out! And this time it comes with a lot of goodies for desktop based users, but still great for mobile and tablets
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Today, we bring you a report on the brand-new release of the Maui Project. Community To follow the Maui Project’s development or to just say hi, you can join us on our Telegram group @mauiproject We are present […]Camilo Higuita (MauiKit — Front-end framework)
Dushan County is probably a place you've never heard of, let alone considered visiting. Tucked away in the karst mountains of southwest China’s GuizhouSteven Zhang (Young Pioneer Tours)
Just found out the July 2025 edition of Linux Journal, which is out now, will be its last after 25 years of raising and maintaining awareness about Linux among beginners and experienced users alike.
Even though I haven't been a subscriber since the then staff left and eventually went on to start their own magazine, I am saddened to see it go.
They will surely be missed.
A rapid 14-day environmental review has seen a new uranium mine approved in Utah. The endorsement is part of a refreshed Trump administration process to fast-track permissions for energy and mining projects.Simon Kent (Breitbart)
reshare from### La Révolution française (Comme on ne vous l’a jamais racontée) - Épisode 13 - Blast le souffle de l’info
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The Blowtorch Theory: A new model for structure formation in the universe
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How early, sustained, supermassive black hole jets carved out cosmic voids, shaped filaments, and generated magnetic fieldsJulian Gough (The Egg And The Rock)
EU plant neues Massenüberwachungsgesetz mit Vorratsdatenspeicherung & Zwangs-Backdoors – jetzt ist noch Widerspruch möglich!
Hey Leute,
die EU plant gerade ein neues Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung, das echt krass werden könnte. Es geht nicht nur um ein paar Verbindungsdaten, sondern darum, jeden Online-Dienst zur Überwachung zu verpflichten – also auch Messenger, Hosting-Anbieter, Webseiten usw.
Das Ganze läuft unter dem Titel:
„Retention of data by service providers for criminal proceedings“
Hier kann man bis zum 18. Juni 2025 Feedback abgeben: Have Your Say
Das Ganze basiert auf Empfehlungen einer „High Level Group“, deren Mitglieder komplett geheim gehalten werden. Patrick Breyer (Piraten/MEP) @echo_pbreyer hat nachgefragt – die EU hat ihm eine geschwärzte Liste geschickt.
Laut EDRi wurde die Zivilgesellschaft explizit ausgeschlossen. Lobbyismus deluxe.
Einfach Feedback abgeben, geht in 2 Minuten.
Kurz schreiben, dass man gegen anlasslose Vorratsdatenspeicherung und Überwachung ist, reicht schon. Jeder Kommentar zählt.
Deadline ist der 18. Juni 2025, Mitternacht (Brüsseler Zeit).
Wäre gut, wenn wir aus der IT-Szene da nicht still bleiben. Das betrifft wirklich alle – Entwickler, Admins, SysOps, Hoster, ganz normale Nutzer.
Show HN: Tesseral – Open-Source Auth
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Open source auth infrastructure for B2B SaaS. Contribute to tesseral-labs/tesseral development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Is this a decent OS to move users off Win too that I won't have to do a lot of remote maintenance on? I have a few varied OS's installed on machines around and Cinnamon I have found to look/feel a lot like Windows 7 which would benefit the learning curve for family/friends looking or needing to find an OS to install on a machine that isn't newer.
Curious if anyone has used this, and if so if it is a good fit for those 60+ aged family members and such. They have all used Windows for work at least a decent amount, so keeping things similar is always good. A decent App Store would be nice though. I hated the default store in Pop_OS.
If I could say do updates and reboot every once in awhile and you should be fine it'd be great. Remoting in with RustDesk and hitting App Update/Upgrade being all that is needed also would be great, but you know how that goes. Someone will break something, and I just want something intuitive enough that they won't do it often.
Don't throw away your old computer. Install a Linux distribution that'll make it feel brand new. FunOS is here to help you out.Jack Wallen (ZDNET)
"Republicans are 100% against the WEF's agenda."
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Texas hands the keys to digital identity to Apple and Google, betting on protection over privacy.Ken Macon (Reclaim the Net)
America Is the Poem
for Donald Trump’s Second Presidential Inauguration
by Joseph Massey
This classic 30-year-old #Windows game is now free for #Android users
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Remember Space Cadet Pinball for Windows? It's now available as a free Android app!Laura Pippig (PCWorld)
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Sous prétexte de "valorisation énergétique" des ordures ménagères, les projets de méga-incinérateurs se multiplient en France.www.zerowastefrance.org
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged provincial governors to identify the vast resources and potential in the country and employ them to push the country's progress.iranpress.com
Trump Admin To Restrict Visas Of Foreign Officials Who Attack Free Speech
For the past two weeks, I’ve been testing Sky, the new app by the original Shortcuts team.
It’s a mind-blowing app that brings AI + automation everywhere on your Mac. Coming later this year. It’ll change how we think of AI features on macOS.
My exclusive story: macstories.net/stories/sky-for…
Over the course of my career, I’ve had three distinct moments in which I saw a brand-new app and immediately felt it was going to change how I used my computer – and they were all about empowering people to do more with their devices.Federico Viticci (MacStories)
“We’re building services that improve the personal computing experience by understanding your unique context and taking action at your command. When you use our services, you’re trusting us to handle your personal data.”
A VC-backed startup with Sam Altman as their lead investor* wants the keys to your Mac.
Yeah, no.
* crunchbase.com/funding_round/s…
#AI #privacy #Sky #SamAltman #startup #VC #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #mac mastodon.macstories.net/@vitic…
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Gaza (Quds News Network)- Several starving Palestinians went missing on Wednesday after heading to one of the distribution points operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial USEditing Team (Quds News Network)
Compiling a Neural Net to C for a 1,744× speedup
Link: slightknack.dev/blog/difflogic…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A cozy little corner of the web.slightknack.dev
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to prevent Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from operatingRT
Zionist enemy forces arrested a Palestinian citizen, leveled agricultural land, closed three secondary roads, and destroyed the contents of an agricultural room in the town of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit, on Tuesday.www.saba.ye
Parce qu'il faut mettre le doigt dessus, le jeu des médias, qui fait des drames ici, et passe sous silence des informations qui révèlent l'état de notre monde. Tant d'inégalités !
Non, La Réunion n'est pas détruite ! Des dégâts, comme en serait-il autrement lors du passage d'un cyclone ? Des vents très forts, plus de 200km/heure, ce sera chose courante maintenant avec le dérèglement climatique. Mayotte a été détruite, les constructions y sont si fragiles !
Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours sans eau, ni électricité, mais tout est rentré dans l'ordre et enfin c'est la fin du vacarme des groupes électrogènes !
Ainsi nous avons retrouvé notre petit confort, alors qu'à Madagascar...
Deux cyclones dans la zone en même temps :
"D’après le premier bilan officiel publié par le Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et de Catastrophes, ce samedi 1er mars en fin d’après-midi, Honde a fait trois morts à Ampanihy Ouest et 42 blessés.
Par ailleurs, le nombre de personnes sinistrées s’élève à 38 949 , soit 9 303 familles, dont la majorité est recensée dans les villes de Toliara I et II. Plus de 20 000 personnes ont dû quitter leurs habitations pour rejoindre les sites d’hébergement.
Même si son épicentre n’a pas touché terre, le cyclone Honda a aussi laissé des dégâts matériels importants : 7 099 maisons inondées et 1 271 autres sont complètement détruites. "
Ici :
Plus de 20 000 sinistrés qui eux ne connaissent jamais ce confort dont je parlais.
Bonne continuations amis
🙏
- Au même moment, le cyclone Garance a fait des ravages sur l’île de la Réunion - Anadolu Ajansıwww.aa.com.tr
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What is going on with the SS?
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Man, what is going on with the Secret Service?notthebee.com
Newly uncovered ABC footage helps family hear late war hero father's voice again
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"My brother was killed in Vietnam on May 24 1968. I would give anything to have had the chance to hear his voice. This family is so fortunate and have been given a great gift. I had recently read about Captain Pitts and I am glad to have found this video. He seems to be a very brave and caring man. Prayers for his family."
Capt. Riley L. Pitts died fighting in Vietnam, earning the Medal of Honor for his bravery. Nearly 60 years after his death, his children see and hear him for...YouTube
During the Vietnam War, many in political office including the Military Industrial Complex were as evil as the Communists. Research the ROE in Nam instituted by LBJ & McNamara to discover how many military patriots were killed & maimed by our own people in government & corporations. Then look at the repercussions of Agent Orange that is destroying lives to this day. What Corps profited from killing our own troops in Nam??
Ed Martin is a gift from God:
Eight nations voluntarily reducing oil production convene every month since MarchTASS
WE knew!
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Despite the turmoil and anxiety being spread by the country’s elites and the propaganda media, the American people are rendering a remarkably positive judgement about President Donald J. Trump’s second term.Newt Gingrich (Gingrich 360)
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I just picked up my CPAP machine today.
And of course it’s internet enabled.
Even has its own SIM card and was already transmitting data while learning how to set it up at the home care office.
I don’t mind if it collected stats on me.
I don’t mind if it sent it to my doctor.
But, from what I understand, it’s also sending data to my insurance company.
That is a bridge too far, but I need the damn thing to survive.
FUCK CAPITALISM!
Excess deaths 2025 - Dr. John Campbell
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"The best part of being a "conspiracy theorist" is not suddenly developing myocaditis, T-cell exhaustion, turbo cancer, Bell's palsy, lupis, POTS, autoimmune conditions, transverse myelitis, amyloidosis, chronic vertigo, Guillain-Barré syndrome, tinnitus, paralysis, sharp decrease in platelet levels, increased risk of mental ...
Excess mortality: Deaths from all causes compared toaverage over previous yearshttps://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0002821 January 2020 until 31 Dec...YouTube
disorders, thrombosis from strange long blood clots that look like white vien worms, vein spiders or grape jelly. On top of that contracting Covid repeatedly with every single symptom increased. Metastasized Cancer. Lymphoma, Pancreatic, Lung and Skin all increasing and Turbo cancers. And S. A . D.
"I'll never trust the government ever again."
"My husband, son and I refused the vax. Best decision of our lives."
"The UK government’s letter to the UN makes it abundantly clear that Starmer has no intention of letting the law – UK or international – interfere with his abuse of terror legislation to persecute opponents of Israel’s mass murder of Palestinians and other crimes."
#UKPol #Labour #Israel #Palestine #Gaza
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While embracing Israeli interference in prosecutions, UK govt says UN’s human rights intervention prevents ‘fair trial’ of persecuted anti-genocide activists The Starmer governmen…SKWAWKBOX
#israel #genocide
#germany #weapons
@palestine
"The Israeli government is conducting an “intensive” diplomatic campaign to prevent Germany from imposing “or even suggesting” a potential ban on arms exports to Israel"
"The efforts by Israel intensified after Merz publicly stated that the western-sponsored genocide of Palestinians in Gaza “is no longer justified.”"
It's a shift from "Israel has a right to defending itself" and Bibi must be soiling his pants ..
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Since the start of the genocide in Gaza, Berlin has doubled down on its support of Israel by persecuting activists and journalists who speak out in support of Palestiniansthecradle.co
Bir halkın iradesini teslim alma hikâyesi...
Ahmet Zeki Okçuoğlu
Bu yazıda size, bir halkın kurtarıcı arayışının nasıl tuzağa dönüştüğünü anlatacağım...
Niccolò Machiavelli, Livy Üzerine Söylevler adlı eserinde Britanya’daki Kelt halkının nasıl kendi kıyametini hazırladığını anlatır.
5. yüzyılda Roma çekildiğinde Britanya savunmasız kalmıştı. Keltler, kuzeyden gelen saldırılara karşı koyamayınca, kuzeyden gelen düşmanları püskürtmeleri için savaşçı iki Cermen aşiretini ülkelerine davet ettiler: Anglo ve Saksonlar.
Bu savaşçılar bir süre sonra Britanya'nın efendilerine dönüştüler ve onları davet eden Kelt halkı ise bu yabancıların köleleri oldular.
Bu hadiseyi anlattıktan sonra Machiavelli, son derece ilham verici şu tespitte bulunur:
“Kendi kılıcını değil de yabancının kılıcını kullanarak güvenlik arayan bir halk, sonunda hem güvenliğini hem hürriyetini kaybeder.” (Discorsi, II. Kitap, 30. Bölüm)
Bu hikâyede Kelt halkının köleleşmesinde esas olan dışardan gelen tehdidin büyüklüğü değildir; onun kendisinden olmayan bir güce sığınarak kurtuluşu onda aramasıdır.
Kelt halkının zaafiyeti, yalnızca kurtarıcı olarak sığındığı gücün ülkelerini istila etmelerini kolaylaştırmakla kalmayacak, dış gücün halkın iradesini ele geçirmesini de mümkün kılacaktı.
Günümüzde aynı hikaye daha incelikli metotlarla yaşanıyor. Fiziksel işgallerin yerini, zihinsel teslimiyet almış durumda.
Özellikle günümüzde savaşlar daha ziyade sahte kurtarıcılar, efsaneler icat edilerek yürütülüyor ve bu noktada tarihsel döngü yeniden başlıyor.
Kurtarıcı arayışı içine giren halklar için düşmanları, kendi elleri ile 'kurtarıcı' icat edip onlara takdim ediyorlar.
Bu sahte kurtarıcılar çoğu zaman o halkın özlemlerini dile getiriyor gibi görünüyor; onların geçmişte yaşadıkları acıları, baskıları, kimlik tahribatlarını dile getirerek o halkın duygularına hitap ediyorlar. Ama zamanda bu sahte kurtarıcının, halkı özgürlüğe götürmek yerine köleci sisteme mahkum ettiğine şahit olunur. Ve halk, bir noktadan sonra artık kendisi için değil, sahte kurtarıcı için yaşamaya başlar: "Bê serok jîyan nabe!"
Sahte kurtarıcının son durağı, onun tanrılaştırılmasıdır...
Sahte kurtarıcının, o halkın düşmanları tarafından, tanrısal özelliklerle teçhiz edilmesi, düşmanın en çok istediği şeydir. Çünkü tanrılaştırılmış sahte kurtarıcı sorgulanamaz, eleştirilemez, ona alternatif üretilemez...
Böylece halk kolektif iradesini kaybeder, her şey sahte kurtarıcının iradesine bağlıdır artık...
Artık halk düşünmez, analiz etmez, sadece sahte kurtarıcının onlar için ne vaazda bulunacağını bekler; tek varlığının o olduğunu düşünür.
Bu, kendiliğinden bir gelişmenin neticesi gibi görünse de; aslında bu, dıştan kurgulanmış bir tuzaktan ibarettir.
Kimi zaman halklar, kurtuluş yolunu ararken düşmanın kendilerine sunduğu sahte kurtarıcının peşinden giderler. Yukarıda da temas ettiğimiz gibi bu sahte kurtarıcılar başta halkın özlemlerine tercüman olurlar. Ama aslında onlar bir misyonla sahneye çıkarılmışlardır. Onların vazifesi, halkın potansiyel direniş enerjisini kontrol altına almak, yönlendirmek ve içeriden pasifize ederek köleler olarak düşman(ları)nın hizmetine sunmaktır.
Bugün milyonlarca insan bir sahte kurtarıcı/tanrı için 'irademdir' diyorsa, orada artık halk yoktur, birey yoktur, sadece düşman tarafından yönlendirilen bir köleler sürüsü vardır.
Düşmanın inşa ettiği bir sahte kurtarıcı/tanrıya tapan halk, özgürlüğü değil, esareti hak eder.
Sahte kurtarıcı/tanrı, halkı önce ayağa kaldırır, sonra onu diz üstü çöktürür.
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Deepseek R1-0528
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We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.huggingface.co
A showcase of melting glaciers, alpine meadows, carved valleys, and spectacular lakes. With over 700 miles of trails, Glacier is a paradise for adventurous visitors seeking a landscape steeped in human culture.www.nps.gov
The previous meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations took place in Istanbul on May 16. After the talks, the Russian side expressed readiness to continue negotiations.Sputnik Africa
Capital investment is when you use the accumulated value from the past to fund things in the present.
Finance is when you use expected value in the future to fund things in the present.
For the last 40 years the world of finance has been pulling money out of the future to fund the good times in the present.
All well and good, except that the future is now, and the rent is due.
And then they blame capitalism.
Josh Lepawsky
in reply to Josh Lepawsky • • •"The problem isn’t whether you abuse your power or not. The problem is the power itself. Striking at the root of the power, which is the inability of both business customers and end-users to defect from platforms that abuse them."
F*ck power.
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