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Corn vs Solar Panels: no contest:
"31 hectares of corn ethanol ... produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels."
so corn is < 1% efficient?
anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/…
It would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one ha of land covered in solar panels.Emma Bryce (Anthropocene Magazine)
The Kataib Hezbollah resistance faction said it was ‘closely monitoring’ US movements in the regionthecradle.co
'We're Sentenced to Death Without a Voice': Palestinians Fear Israel-Iran Front Will Deepen Gaza's Suffering (Haaretz, 2025-06-16)
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>> When Gaza's internet flickered back to life after a three-day telecommunications blackout, the first images people saw … of missiles lighting up the sky over Israel…
>> On top of all the contradicting emotions came a sobering realization: This war was not Gaza's. While missiles crossed multiple regional borders, Gaza remained trapped. Aid was still blocked and Israeli airstrikes continued to rain down.
>> As global attention pivoted toward Tehran, Gaza continued to pay a heavy price. In the 48 hours following Israel's initial strike on Iran, the number of Palestinians killed in the Strip exceeded the combined death toll in both #Iran and Israel.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @middleeast
Gaza emerged from a telecom blackout to footage of the aftermath of Iran's retaliatory strikes in Israel. 'Watching buildings collapse, seeing the fear and terror we've lived through – they're living that now'Nagham Zbeedat (Haaretz)
I think it’s time we revive the #notInMyName hashtag
I most certainly do *not* stand with Israel, Mr Starmer
#israel #gaza #iran #palestine #genocide
*edit* it’s been pointed out to me that this picture is from October 2024, and as such potentially doesn’t reflect current diplomatic relations between the UK and Israel. Thanks to @elaine1helen for the tip. My bad for not checking first.
The world's oceans don't need ‘a moment’ but an effective high seas treaty — and even that might be too little, too late:
"A study by National Geographic Pristine Seas and Dynamic Planet found that...85 new marine protected areas would need to be created daily. So far, less than 3% of the ocean is given this extra protection."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
A slew of global leaders met in the south of France to discuss the future of the oceans. There was ‘momentum’ and ‘enthusiasm’, but there were critical voices tooKaren McVeigh (The Guardian)
All eyes are now on Tehran. The Middle East could very well be on the verge of a historic geopolitical transformation.PEIMAN SALEHI (Oriental Review)
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How the government is threatening nonprofits and the press, and how the public can fight back.Freedom of the Press
Four of the fatalities, caused by a missile that fell between two buildings in central Israel, were a 10-year-old boy, a young girl, a 69-year-old woman, and an 80-year-old woman.Bar Peleg (Haaretz)
Trump: No More “Bullsh*t” Windmills
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"Beautiful plains and valleys are loaded up with this garbage"Steve Watson (Site Title)
⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇱 Summary of the IRGC Statement on the 8th Wave of “Sadeq Promise 3”
The IRGC announced a more powerful wave of missile strikes on Israeli targets, claiming improved tactics disrupted Israeli military command systems and caused defense units to misfire on each other.
They credit the operation to strategies inspired by commanders Bagheri, Salami, and Hajizadeh, and assert that despite Western support for Israel, the missiles struck with high precision.
The IRGC vowed to continue the strikes until the collapse of the Israeli regime.
Les idoles sont les idées,
Ce sont les idoles faîtes de pensées.
notesandsilence.com/2025/04/07…
#zen #silence #prière #méditation #mental #pensées
Les idoles sont les idées,Ce sont les idoles faîtes de pensées.Adorer les idoles, c’est s’identifier aux pensées,On croyait ainsi qu’elles ont le pouvoir de nous porter par-delà la souffranceQuitte…Notes & Silence
Your practice is the time you spend frequenting Being.
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#zen #silence #meditation #prayer
Your practice,sitting, silence, is the time you spend frequenting Being.Your relationship with Being,Is the only modality of life that is worthwhile.As soon as this relationship is dis-invested by …Notes & Silence
More than 200 people were killed or wounded in the early hours of June 15 when Iran launched two more...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
Good Morning Fedi
Those with real power are clever enough not to be seen nor spotted they create puppets to do the job for them.
follow the money
“Video: new Iranian barrages hit Israel as proof leaks of mass ‘Iron Dome’ failure and Netanyahu hides”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
“Far-right Israeli PM who reportedly fled to Greece tries to mock Iranians he claims are fleeing”
skwawkbox.org/2025/06/15/video…
#Press #Israel #Iran #War #Netanyahu #Greece #IronDome #EpicFail
Far-right Israeli PM who reportedly fled to Greece tries to mock Iranians he claims are fleeing Iran has launched three waves of ballistic missiles in a new barrage at oil refineries and scientific…SKWAWKBOX
Iraqi and German Foreign Ministers Fuad Hussein and Johann Wadeful discussed the importance of continuing the negotiation process between Tehran and Washington over the Iranian nuclear programme. This was reported by INA news agency.newsmaker newsmaker (English News front)
Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant for essay writing task
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed three sessions under the same condition.arXiv.org
Man in custody after Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was apparently shot by member of event’s peacekeeping teamGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
So if I'm reading this right, there were armed peacekeeping volunteers organized with the event (not necessarily by the protest organizers but they were part of the protest). One of them saw a guy grab an AR-15 from an alley and confronted him. The rifle-weilder raised his rifle, the peacekeeper fired several shots, killing a random person and wounding the rifleman. The rifleman is being charged with the murder because Utah law probably counts anybody dying as the result of a crime to be murder for the person committing (a few states do that). They're currently investigating the peacekeeper.
I'm curious to know more about this peacekeeper business. Were they openly armed? Were they all armed? How big was this group? How were they organized? Presumably the rifleman was trying to start shooting or at least threatening to shoot. If the police weren't sure of that much, they wouldn't have charged him with murder. If the peacekeeper isn't even being arrested, my guess is the police feel very confident about how this went down.
Hi
Can someone recommend some decent bike lights? I have a front one that attaches with the rubber band type thing that's pretty good except it turns on in my bag every time so it's always dead when I go to use it.
Needs be removable from the bike easily.
I would prefer USB C over micro USB. Or maybe rechargeable AA battery which I already own.
Also the rear light is gonna be attached to milk crate on the back rack.
It's for a city just to be seen so I don't need 7150 lumens.
Thanks!
I mainly use this rear light. It comes with a bracket so you can mount it to the back of your rear rack. Then you just clip it in. I hate the rubber band lights.
I'm also quite happy with this front light. The mount stays on your bars and the light really easily clips in and out.
Borth are usb-c. Don't bother with the planet bike front lights. Maybe their nicer ones are better but the mount is ass for the cheaper ones.
Illuminate your night rides with the ROCKBROS Bicycle Front Headlight RHL800LM. This high-brightness bicycle light provides up to 800 lumens, ensuring excellent visibility and safety.ROCKBROSUSA
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“Military expert to CNN:
‘The latest missile batch was extremely precise in its targeting and different from those Iran used previously. Iranian missiles are capable of maneuvering, which complicated air-defense systems’ attempts to intercept them.”
via The Cradle on Telegram
#Press #Israel #Iran #War #Missiles #Maneuvering #AD #Failure
❗️Military expert to CNN: “The latest missile batch was extremely precise in its targeting and different from those Iran used previously.Telegram
How I got down from the plane in Tirana airport, where they use stairs to get down to the tarmac.
I had to wait until everyone else had deplaned & were whisked away by a bus, then this large specialty lift truck arrived on the other side of the plane from the stairs, elevated up and put over a rickety platform. For someone with acrophobia, it was terrifying. Thankfully, the driver kindly assisted me. #Ableism #Accessibility #Travel #Albania @disability
View of the rest of the airport lift vehicle, showing two aisle wheelchairs in it. (I can't remember the official name for these.)
Plane aisles are not accessible to regular wheelchairs because the airlines are busy with designs packing people in like sardines. So these are narrower wheelchairs dependent on having an abled air employee push you down the aisle. #Ableism #Accessibility #Travel #Albania
I'm looking to subscribe to some peertube channels and not go to youtube for entertainment.
Which ones do you recommend?
Thanks in advance
Edit It can be for anything. For example gardening, news, tech, etc.
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What are your interests?
In the meantime you could follow a couple of communities is where people share interesting videos:
(thanks @asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev for the correction)
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#Iran #AlJazeera #bias
@palestine
Just a word about Al Jazeera. They are amazing at covering Gaza and West Bank.
Not so good at covering Syria, Hezbollah, Iran. I hear that it's to do with their backer Qatar. Qatar is US compromised. They have their own reasons, no doubt and I hope they're hedging their bets. They recently got closer to Iran. They know that with a direct US/Iran war, they're in the crosshairs. They have the largest US base like 50 miles from Doha. Good luck to them..
Iran's FM stated that the aggression of the Israeli regime against Iranian soil would not have been possible without U.S. support, and that the tweets of the U.S. President are indicative of this involvement.Iran Press
Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry Potter book
Link: understandingai.org/p/metas-ll…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
New research could have big implications for copyright lawsuits against generative AI.Timothy B. Lee (Understanding AI)
"Only old white people here... What a joke"Zero Hedge (Site Title)
Simplest C++ Callback, from SumatraPDF
Link: blog.kowalczyk.info/a-stsj/sim…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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Je rediffuse ma demande plus largement : vous savez s'il y a une cache secrète quelque part sur Internet où on peut réécouter facilement un épisode de l'émission Eclectik de France Inter diffusé a priori en 2008 ? (Pas sur archive point org, visiblement. Et j'espérais trouver plus simple comme accès qu'une borne Inathèque en bibliothèque.)
🔁 Repouèts bienvenus !
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed by Fox News’s Brett Baier on June 15. He was asked about the Israeli reports that Iran was close to a nuclear weapon, which contradicted what DNI Tulsu Gabbard told the Congress in March.Bill Jones (EIR News)
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What is #Palantir and what exactly does it do. You need to know this.
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The Technocracy of Technocrats. If you think this is a good thing you are ignorant and very possibly stupid.BitChute
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»But the center-left places its faith almost entirely in the army’s supposedly limitless capabilities. Without question, the Jewish center-left in Israel worships the military far more fervently than the right, which treats it merely as a tool to execute its vision of destruction and ethnic cleansing.
We Israelis must understand — we are not immune.«
India broke with the rest of the grouping led by Russia and China in a balancing act. What were New Delhi’s compulsions?Yashraj Sharma (Al Jazeera)
Après " Madeleen ", la Malaisie cherche à équiper 1 000 navires pour briser le blocus de Gaza.
Les organisations de la société civile malaisienne ont annoncé leur intention de lancer la plus grande flotte navale pour briser le siège de Gaza.
leperepeinard.com/breves/apres…
Stop using ideological and academic language to address political issues intended for broad public consideration.
Make simple language statements to clearly articulate your points so "everyone" (the vast majority) can understand, not just those with specific education and knowledge.
If you can't do that, then you're insufficiently knowledgeable about your topics, to paraphrase, and shouldn't be pushing your points as being intended for the general public, but just for an elite class, "comrade"
Volodymyr Zelensky has not said if Ukraine would agree to the next round of talks.AFP (DAWN.COM)
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An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on guiding economic and social development with medium and long-term planning will be published on Monday.en.qstheory.cn
I really don't see a way out of the clutches of neolibralism. Our health service is privatised, war crimes are committed daily, then our mass media either ignore it or lie to us about it.
So much of our lives have succumbed to the cancer of neolibralism. It will only get worse.
Privatisation happens in front of our eyes but is (conveniently) poorly covered in corporate news. Our government is the pits and gets away with it daily.
Without education and clear information, this country can never free itself from the tyrannies of profiteers.
How do you destroy a digital threat? One that exists on many servers, a Hydra with infinite heads.
Our information is controlled, our democracy is inadequate, and our corporate politicians continue the vandalism of our public assets.
Maybe the only way forward is a national strike, or a national boycott, the only thing that can force our leaders to change their actions.
But how can you get this idea across to the duped masses when our information channels are so tightly controlled? And would it work anyway?
Sprunki 1996 is a unique Sprunki Incredibox game mod with the retro-inspired audio showdowns! Let's turn up the volume and get mixing!Sprunki 1996
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The weekend’s grand military parade in Washington to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary was a feel-good patriotic triumph and a rebuke to Democrats and their anti-Trump protests.Miranda Devine (New York Post)
The Yelewata massacre is not an isolated event, but rather a systematic campaign of genocide and extermination.Ben Kew (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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What happens when you vote against Tampon Tim's free healthcare for illegals.
From President Trump:
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Our Nation’s ICE Officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History.Truth Social
Suspect Vance Boelter arrested in Sibley County after allegedly targeting and shooting Minnesota lawmakers in a planned attack while wearing a police-like uniform and mask.Audrey Conklin (Fox News)
Agenda • Transatlantic Relationship • Ukraine • US Economy • Europe • Middle East • Authoritarian Axis • Defence Innovation and Resilience • AI, Deterrence and National Security • Proliferation • Geopolitics of Energy and Critical Minerals • Depopul…Voltaire Network
Telephone Exchanges in the UK
Link: telephone-exchanges.org.uk/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Telephones-Exchanges - compiling an illustration and information on telephone exchanges spanning the United Kingdom.Telephone Exchanges
A new wave of Iranian missiles hit targets in the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.Sputnik International
The best I've got is a brown dog. He's not much bigger than a large cat though, does he count?
His name is Brownie..
There are now at least 32 tankers observed in the overnight group.
A considerable portion went to Morón Air Base in Spain, with others on to UK, Germany, Italy and 1 to Estonia. A few pressed on to the #middleeast CENTCOM AOR.
One of the flights landed in Italy.
Five flights on deck Frankfurt Germany.
Six flights on deck Spain.
Three aircraft landed Souda.
#Ukraine #europeanunion #Poland #unitedkingdom #England #France #Italy #Spain #Baltics #iran #russiaIsATerroristState
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli airstrikes and gunfire massacred at least 20 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Saturday, intensifying a brutal 20-month war that has left tens of thousands dead and displaced.Tasnim News Agency
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