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Xi calls on China, Tajikistan to expand scale of bilateral trade, investment - China Military
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Tajikistan to expand the scale of bilateral trade and investment.eng.chinamil.com.cn
What's a typo you make often?
After Iraq There's No Excuse For Buying The War Lies About Iran
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative MatrixCaitlin Johnstone (Caitlinâs Newsletter)
Source: libsoftiktok
BREAKING: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says sheâs stepping in and will do everything to help this NJ family keep their farm which has been in their family for 175 years, after the city said they will take the farm away to build affordable housing
Original tweet : xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/statuâŠ
20 Arab, Islamic states denounce Israeli aggression on Iran
Twenty Arab and Islamic countries condemn the Israeli occupation's aggression on Iran, warning of regional instability and urging diplomatic de-escalation.Al Mayadeen English (20 Arab, Islamic states denounce Israeli aggression on Iran)
Why JPEGs still rule the web (2024)
Link: spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-fâŠ
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4âŠ
Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web
30 years ago, the JPEG became the dominant way we share digital photos on the internetErnie Smith (IEEE Spectrum)
The Grug Brained Developer (2022)
Link: grugbrain.dev/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4âŠ
Source: libsoftiktok
NEW: Sen Tommy Tuberville (R) introduced a bill titled the "Protection of Women in Sports at Military Academies Act."
This act prevents men from invading women's sports and activities at military service academies.
"Allowing men to compete against women in sports at any level is wrongâand itâs especially wrong to use taxpayer dollars to pay for it at our service academies.â -@SenTuberville
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Belarus' Horizont increases export sales by over 11.5% in Q1 2025
Horizont Group boosted its export sales by over 11.5% in Q1 2025, Director General of the Horizont Group managing company Yuri Predko said on the sidelines of the Digital Expo 2025.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
Source: libsoftiktok
In May 2024, Border Patrol released 62,000 illegals into our country due to Bidenâs open border policies
This past May the number of illegals released into our country was ZERO.
Yes, you read that right. 0.
This is what a secure border looks like.
Thank you President Trump!
Original tweet : xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/statuâŠ
Source: libsoftiktok
Trump was right.
xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/statuâŠ
Original tweet : xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/statuâŠ
How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you
Link: nature.com/articles/d41586-025âŠ
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4âŠ
How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you
Your inhalation and exhalation pattern is not only unique to you, it can be a marker of your physical and mental state, study suggests.Basilio, Humberto
US market is no longer top priority for Chinese companies building foreign factories. Countries like Brazil, Serbia, Hungary, and Saudi Arabia have become top choices for Chinese companies looking to explore other markets.
scmp.com/economy/china-economyâŠ
Why US market is no longer top priority for Chinese companies building foreign factories
Countries like Brazil, Serbia, Hungary and Saudi Arabia have become top choices for Chinese companies looking to explore other markets.Ji Siqi (South China Morning Post)
Healthplex Expo 2025, Natural & Nutraceutical Products China 2025 (HNC 2025)
The Healthplex Expo 2025, Natural & Nutraceutical Products China 2025 (HNC 2025), co-hosted by CCCMHPIE and Sinoexpo Informa Markets, returns to the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Shanghai from June 24â26, 2025.China Business Forum
EXCLUSIVE: Seattle officials had no plans to honor religious exemption on Covid vax mandate, ignored fake vax card allegations
âSeattle public safety is in shambles. The Fire Department is paying unprecedented overtime.âAri Hoffman (thepostmillennial.com)
Trump admin orders Colorado to turn over âall recordsâ from 2024 federal election
âMost, if not all, counties have destroyed all of those records now from the 2020 election,â he said. âNow, certainly from the 2024 election, counties are still in the process of retaining those until that retention period expires.âRoberto Wakerell-Cruz (thepostmillennial.com)
WATCH: Far-Left NYC Mayoral Candidate Gets Busted By ICE in Chaotic Scene at Manhattan Court After Repeatedly Obstructing Lawful Immigration Enforcement
thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/wâŠ
WATCH: Far-Left NYC Mayoral Candidate Gets Busted By ICE in Chaotic Scene at Manhattan Court After Repeatedly Obstructing Lawful Immigration Enforcement | The Gateway Pundit | by Cullen Linebarger
      A far-left NYC mayoral candidate was apprehended by ICE agents after getting in the way of a lawful immigration activity outside a federal courthouse, the latest in a string of lawless actions by elected Democrats across America.Cullen Linebarger (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
Dice el imperialismo que #Irån es una «amenaza», observen las bases militares yanquis que lo rodean
â Insurgente. Tu diario de contrainformaciĂłn
insurgente.org/dice-el-imperiaâŠ
Dice el imperialismo que Irån es una «amenaza», observen las bases militares yanquis que lo rodean
El imperialismo siempre trata de justificar la agresiĂłn y el terrorismo contra paĂses que considera el «eje del mal». En realidad lo son porque no pueden controlar sus materias primas..Insurgente. Tu diario de contrainformaciĂłn
Craig Mokhiber: âIran Has a Right to Defend Itself From Israelâs Relentless Aggressionâ
Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris Since Israel attacked Iran several days ago, the so-called âmainstreamâ discourse in the West has been chock full of proclamations that Israel has a âright to deâŠINTERNATIONALIST 360°
You can follow us in other languages. Visit our website for more information wordsmith.social/protestation/âŠ
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Stage 1 of #GOEWS project complete!
Now a ton of hooks, bins, and shelves to print!
Palestinian journalist and genocide survivor Abubaker Abed posted on X, demanding that Piers Morgan be prosecuted at The Hague, accusing him of spreading propaganda in support of genocide.
this source is obviously a bit biased, so take it with a couple grains of salt. but Dimona has been getting hit since the war broke out, so...?
en.ypagency.net/359893
#iran #israel #iranisraelwar
Powerful explosions reported near 'Israel"âs Dimona nuclear site
OCCUPIED PALESTINE, June 17 (YPA) - Three Powerful explosions were heard in the southern areas of the occupied Negev, amid an unprecedented state of security alert, Hebrew media reported on TuesdaySirens were activated around the Dimona nuclear reactŰčÙ Ű§ŰŻ (Yemen Press Agency)
President Trump Orders Immediate Evacuation of Tehranâs 17 Million Residents
Washington (Quds News Network)- US President Donald Trump has ordered 17 million Iranians to âimmediately evacuate Tehranâ, threatening a possible escalation as Iran and Israel inch closer to direct cEditing Team (Quds News Network)
« Les impostures de lâantiracisme » avec KĂ©vin Boucaud-Victoire et François BĂ©gaudeau - QG TV
Génial Kévin sur QG !
Building Effective AI Agents
Link: anthropic.com/engineering/builâŠ
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4âŠ
Building Effective AI Agents
Discover how Anthropic approaches the development of reliable AI agents. Learn about our research on agent capabilities, safety considerations, and technical framework for building trustworthy AI.www.anthropic.com
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#Iran
#US #RegimeChange @palestine
"...recent developments suggest that the U.S. is just one step away from launching its largest ever regime-change war in the Middle East"
The article quotes Trump's Truth Social posts. Talks like a five year old on sugar. JD Vance trying to do some damage limitation: "JD Vance said that he wants to address âa lot of crazy stuff on social mediaâ about Trumpâs approach to Iran"
southfront.press/regime-changeâŠ
Regime Change On: Trump Threatens Iranâs Leader, Demands Unconditional Surrender
The United States is now making the final preparations to join the Israel attack on Iran, with a clear intention...Anonymous1199 (South Front)
maybe cat's got his tongue?
or maybe diplomacy isn't a beheader's strong suit?
middleeasteye.net/news/syria-gâŠ
#iran #syria #israel #iranisraelwar
Syria's new rulers face unprecedented criticism as Israel uses air space to attack Iran
Syria's new government is facing mounting criticism at home over its failure to condemn Israel for violating its air space to attack Iran, with Syrians demanding Damascus leverage its growing diplomatic relations and call for a halt to the breaches.Ali Haj Suleiman (Middle East Eye)
the evidence has been so overwhelming for so long only a partisan would deny it.
the west has funded terrorists, they thrive in shadows of the chaos they sow.
from the contras to isis. iA the people all over the world rise up together against their common enemies.
at this point, confirmed by the israelis themselves that refinery in haifa is shut down from repeated attacks.
thecradle.co/articles/iranian-âŠ
Iranian missile strikes force closure of Israel's largest oil refinery
Amid escalating diplomatic threats and the rising death toll, both powers face a growing international pressure to de-escalatethecradle.co
Western Sahara Resource Watch | New report: massive sand export from Western Sahara to the Canaries
Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied Western Sahara to the Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals.Âwsrw.org
Trump's claim about "control of the skies over Iran" raises questions about U.S. involvement in conflict.
cbsnews.com/news/trump-claims-âŠ
Trump's claim about "control of the skies over Iran" raises questions about U.S. involvement in conflict
President Trump also asserted the U.S. knows "exactly where" Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei "is hiding."Kathryn Watson (CBS News)
Despite the media blackout imposed in Israel, videos do come out.
"Iran has responded to yesterdayâs Israeli attack on Iranian TV news studios by hitting both...Mossadâs HQ and the Israeli militaryâs notorious âUnit 8200â spy unit HQ in daytime strikes"
"...not the first time that Unit 8200 has been hit. Last September, a Lebanese militia rocket killed at least twenty-two of its operatives and wounded more than seventy"
skwawkbox.org/2025/06/17/videoâŠ
Video: Iran âhits Mossad, Unit 8200 HQsâ in retaliation for attack on Iranian TV studio
Images of buildings in flames deleted from Israeli media but not before they leaked out Iran has responded to yesterdayâs Israeli attack on Iranian TV news studios by hitting both Israeli intâŠSKWAWKBOX
True. I'd already heard of the Mossad and Unit 8200 so I sent it out, but you're right. They're not the best.
Pavel #Durov:
đ A week ago, Tucker Carlson published an interview with me about what happened in France. It was covered by media in many countries â except, interestingly, in France. đ€
youtube.com/watch?v=bxFQvOyTolâŠ
«Il y a une semaine, Tucker #Carlson a publiĂ© une interview de moi sur ce qui s'est passĂ© en #France. Elle a Ă©tĂ© relayĂ©e par les mĂ©dias de nombreux pays, sauf, curieusement, en Franceđ€.
Les #médias français ne se désintéressent pas de #Telegram. La semaine derniÚre, #LeMonde, le principal journal du pays, a invité ses lecteurs à signaler s'ils regardent des matchs de football piratés sur Telegram. Cette tentative de collecte participative d'informations négatives à notre sujet s'inscrit dans une stratégie plus large.
Durant les sept semaines aprĂšs mon arrestation Ă Paris, Le Monde a publiĂ© 40 articles nĂ©gatifs sur Telegram. En violation de la dĂ©ontologie journalistique, ils ne nous ont pas sollicitĂ©s pour commenter 37 de ces 40 articles et ont toujours ignorĂ© les corrections factuelles que nous leur avons adressĂ©es. đ€Šââïž
Un tel environnement mĂ©diatique est alarmant. C'est pourquoi des plateformes comme Telegram sont si importantes : nous permettons aux gens d'accĂ©der Ă tous les points de vue et de dĂ©cider par eux-mĂȘmes. Nous sommes convaincus que les gens sont intelligents et qu'on peut leur faire confiance pour connaĂźtre la vĂ©ritĂ© sans filtre. â»
xcancel.com/MoniquePlaza3/statâŠ
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Speaks Out for the First Time Since Politically-Motivated Arrest
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has effectively been under house arrest in France since he was arrested there ten months ago. For the first time, he explains wh...YouTube
Foreign Minister Gil: Venezuela Has Resisted and Overcome Sanctions Through Own Efforts
Venezuelan Foreign Minister YvĂĄn Gil said that Venezuela has withstood and overcome the worst stages of the economic and commercial siege imposed by illegal United States sanctions through its own efforts.Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
USAID Gave Known Con Man $800M Contract To Do Kamalaâs Work On âRoot Causes Of Migrationâ
President Joe Bidenâs USAID awarded an $800 million contract to a business operating out of a Virginia home even after it formally ruled that its key manager lacked âhonesty or integrityâ â a reference to the fact that, according to a May 12 guilty pâŠLuke Rosiak (The Daily Wire)
Sincerity Wins The War
You want an actual conspiracy theory? How about a real one: that the media works together with the rich and powerful to directly craft âthe truth,â even if it runs contrary to reality. The Business Idiots that rule our economy â work-shy executives and investors with no real connection to any kind of actual production â are the true architects of whatâs ârealâ in our world, and their demands are simple: âmake the news read like we want it to.â
wheresyoured.at/sic/?ref=ed-ziâŠ
Sincerity Wins The War
Hello Whereâs Your Ed At Subscribers! Iâve started a premium version of this newsletter with a weekly Friday column where I go over the most meaningful news and give my views, which I guess is what youâd expect.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
#Trump #Moron
#Iran #NuclearProgram
@palestine
"Trump claims Iran was "very close" to building a nuclear weapon, dismissing Tulsi Gabbard and US intelligence reports that Tehran halted its program in 2003"
Trump dismisses his own intelligence. Not a good look. I'm impressed with Trump. He's damaging the US "like we've never seen before", to use his favourite expression
english.almayadeen.net/news/poâŠ
Trump rejects Gabbardâs nuclear Intel, says 'I donât care'
Trump claims Iran was "very close" to building a nuclear weapon, dismissing Tulsi Gabbard and US intelligence reports that Tehran halted its program in 2003.Al Mayadeen English (Trump rejects Gabbardâs nuclear Intel, says 'I donât care')
Elon Musk Reportedly Targets Letitia James In Free Speech Showdown
Elon Musk's X sued New York on Tuesday, saying the state's "Stop Hiding Hate" law tramples the First Amendment.Thomas English (The Daily Caller)
Bombing a nuclear facility is under international law a war crime. There is no need to bomb this facilities. It will put the population in real danger of a nuclear explosion killing how many people? #iran
BREAKING: Trump is seriously considering a U.S. strike on Iranâs nuclear facilities ahead of a high-stakes Situation Room meeting at 1PM today, three U.S. officials told Axios. mstdn.social/@noelreports/1146âŠ
NOELREPORTS đȘđș đșđŠ (@noelreports@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image BREAKING: Trump is seriously considering a U.S. strike on Iranâs nuclear facilities ahead of a high-stakes Situation Room meeting at 1PM today, three U.S. officials told Axios.Mastodon đ
5 Inspiring Documentaries That Will Make You Want to Go Vegan đ± #vegan #govegan #documentaries #bestfilms #watchlist
5 Inspiring Documentaries That...
5 Inspiring Documentaries That Will Make You Want to Go Vegan | Vegan FTA
Whether youâre vegan-curious, plant-based-ish, or someone whoâs just trying to eat a little more compassionately, these powerful documentaries pull back theâŠEllie Fleming (Vegan FTA)
#Netanyahu and #Iraqâs "weapons of mass destruction". It, alongside with Afghanistan, was the first part of this project.
Weâre witnessing the second part of Zionist entityâs dream: destruction of #Iran on false pretenses.
This has been a decades long project for the West. May it fail in the most humiliating way, and may it take us closer to the fall of #imperialism.
c-span.org/clip/house-committeâŠ
User Clip: Netanyahu's Expert Testimony on Iraq in 2002
Following his first term as Isrel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu testified to Congress on Sept. 12, 2002 as a private citizen, and advised Congress that a U.S. invasion of Iraq would be "a good choice."C-SPAN
Israelis reeling from Iranian barrages brace for a new kind of war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/17/israel-security-iran-missiles/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into World @world-WashPost
Just did some flat on the floor barbell bench press. It was tricky to get in position and even more difficult to get out after I was done.
Now why would anyone do such a stupid thing as barbell bench press without a barbell rack?
Well first of all my barbell and weights came today and I am still waiting for the rack.
The second reason is that I am retard and could not stop myself from trying the new things.
And really not looking forrward to crawling under the house
#NALC
Haifaâs oil refineries have shut down, and the operating com...
Alahednews - Fastnews - Haifaâs oil refineries have shut down, and the operating company admits that Iranian missile strikes caused significant damage.english.alahednews.news
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a vazal of the usa will turn #iran in a vazalstate. Remember the #cia plotted against the democratic government of #persia to install the famous, brutal murder sjah of persia.
đźđ· Exiled Iranian opposition leader Prince Reza Pahlavi has called on the people of Iran to rise up against the Ayatollah regime:. "The Islamic Republic is collapsing â the process is irreversible. The future is bright. Now is the time to rise, to reclaim Iran. I hope to stand beside you soon." mstdn.social/@noelreports/1147âŠ
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Mastodon team's priorities for this year: Restructure the organization, grow the user base, reach financial sustainability.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/âŠ
nytimes.com/2025/06/16/weatherâŠ
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Five charts that show the impact of Trumpâs immigration policy in Pa. and N.J.
Here is who is being targeted by deportation orders in Pennsylvania and New Jersey under Trump.Stephen Stirling (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
#Krailling bei #MĂŒnchen, Samstagmittag. â Ein blutverschmierter Mann auf der StraĂe alarmiert Passanten. Die Polizei rĂŒckt an â und macht eine grausame Entdeckung: In einer Wohnung liegt eine 29-jĂ€hrige Frau tot. Die Kripo geht von einem Gewaltverbrechen aus.
Der Ehemann, 36 Jahre alt, wurde festgenommen und dem Haftrichter vorgefĂŒhrt. Haftbefehl wegen Mordes.
đ§ Die Familie stammt aus dem Jemen.
Der Mann kam 2022 nach Deutschland, Frau und sechs Kinder (zwischen 4 und 10 Jahren) folgten per Familiennachzug. Die achtköpfige Familie wohnt auf Kosten der Steuerzahler in einem Haus in Krailling.
Dieses Einfamilienhaus mit Garten, in ruhiger Wohnlage â ist fĂŒr unzĂ€hlige deutsche Familien ein unerreichbarer Traum.
FĂŒr Deutsche, nicht jedoch fĂŒr #Asylanten. Hier wohnte eine Familie aus dem #Jemen, auf Kosten der deutschen Steuerzahler.
Miete, Unterhalt, Leistungen â alles staatlich gestĂŒtzt. Und das Ergebnis? Eine Frau tot, sechs Halbwaisen und ein Ehemann, der mutmaĂlich Haftkosten im oberen 6-stelligen Bereich anhĂ€ufen wird. Sollte er in die Psychiatrie kommen, wird es noch teurer.
merkur.de/lokales/wuermtal/kraâŠ
#Antifa #Bundestag #Demokratie #Mullahs
In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die GĂ€ste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den GĂ€sten an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration
#Sharia #Islam #Islamismus #GG #Grundgesetzt
Frau bei MĂŒnchen tot in Wohnung aufgefunden â Polizei geht von Gewaltverbrechen aus
In einem Haus in Krailling ist eine Frau tot aufgefunden worden. Ihr Mann wurde von der Polizei unter dringendem Tatverdacht festgenommenen.merkur.de
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USMC posted on Truth Social
thetimes.com/article/7c9a532d-âŠ
A good sound take, by Larry Schweikart:
Iran - by Tomas Pueyo - Uncharted Territories
#geopolitics #geography #power
If you hear people say âMaybe Israel and / or the US could put boots on the ground in Iranâ, send them this article and tell them to stop smoking psychotropics.
unchartedterritories.tomaspueyâŠ
Iran
After Israelâs attack on Iran, the big question is: What will happen in Iran?Tomas Pueyo (Uncharted Territories)
#Schwerin: Mann auf offener StraĂe angegriffen und beraubt!
Der Mann saĂ am Nachmittag auf einer Bank. Plötzlich wurde er attackiert und fiel von der Bank. Eine weitere Attacke fĂŒhrte dazu, dass er das Bewusstsein verlor.
bild.de/regional/schwerin/schwâŠ
Schwerin: Mann auf offener StraĂe angegriffen und beraubt | Regional
In Schwerin wurde ein Mann auf der Anne-Frank-StraĂe brutal ĂŒberfallen. Die TĂ€ter entkamen mit Beute im Wert von mehreren hundert Euro.BILD
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Alexandre #Jardin
CE JOUR A 17h @EmmanuelMacron et le gouvernement utilisent une entourloupe sordide pour tenter dâimposer au peuple les #ZFE de la honte : ils font voter leurs dĂ©putĂ©s CONTRE LEUR PROPRE LOI sur la Simplification (qui contient la suppression des #ZFE via un amendement) ! Ils utilisent la gauche hostile la loi globale en fabriquant - en se retournant - une majoritĂ© factice : sordide. Pour contourner le peuple.
#RealGenius. They made a movie out of it. Starred #ValKilmer. Great movie. #DARPA #lasers #power #popcorn
zmescience.com/science/news-scâŠ
DARPA Just Beamed Power Over 5 Miles Using Lasers and Used It To Make Popcorn
A record-breaking laser beam could redefine how we send power to the world's hardest places.Mihai Andrei (ZME Science)
US importers are increasingly being asked by foreign counterparties to settle transactions in currencies other than the US dollar. The volatility of the US dollar, which has declined by 8% this year against a basket of other currencies, is driving this trend.
Foreign vendors are seeking to limit their exposure to further swings in the greenback by denominating contracts in local currencies or other alternatives.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20âŠ
Many Exporters No Longer Want Dollars, US Bank Executive Says
When Paula Comings, the head of currency sales for US Bancorp, talks to US importers, she increasingly hears the same message: Their foreign counterparties no longer want to be paid in dollars.Carter Johnson (Bloomberg)
Get deep knowledge in God's religion as it is key to insight; a hadith from Imam Musa Kazem
Pars Today- A hadith narrated from Imam Musa Kazem (Peace upon him) stresses that having profound knowledge in God's religion is the key to insight.Pars Today
slate.fr/monde/depart-exil-masâŠ
Israël confronté à un exil massif de ses citoyens, «un véritable tournant culturel et démographique»
Depuis 2023, l'Ătat hĂ©breu enregistre une vague d'Ă©migration sans prĂ©cĂ©dent. Le phĂ©nomĂšne, qui touche les classes supĂ©rieures et la fraction la plusâŠSlate.fr
Android without Google: the /e/ Project blew me away!
I've been trying to degoogle my life as much as possible lately, but there are 2 main holdouts: youtube, and Android. While I still haven't found a competent enough youtube alternative, apart maybe from LBRY, I might just have found the Android replacement I was looking for! Let's take a look at the /e/ operating system !
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What is /e/
"e" is a nonprofit project, backed by the /e/ foundation. Its goal is to provide a compeltely de-googled version of Android. This is in the strictest sense, as anything that might call to Google has been plucked out of the operating system: the google services, app store, default applications, even the time server and DNS have been changed.
The /e/ operating system is the result: it can be installed on a lot of Android smartphones, from a fairly wide selection of manufacturers, or you can order a refurbished smartphone from the /e/ website More recently, /e/ has become available on the Fairphone 3 as well, which you can buy preinstalled with /e/ from their online store.
Gael also told me that the PinePhone might be a target at some point, and they already had a port for the PineBook.
/e/ account
As you won't be using any Google services, the /e/ project feels that you also need a few services for day to day use, that's why they provide you with a free /e/ account. This is basically your own user account on the /e/ project's Nextcloud, with an email address that ends in e.email, as well as contacts, a calendar, some file storage, photos, and tasks.
In term of features, the /e/ team is also working on End to End encryption, which is proving tricky to implement, as well as the ability to self host the /e/ online services if you want to have as much storage space as you'd like and control your data 100%.
They also have an SMS to cloud feature that allows you to keep your messages when you change phones, and are working on the ability to let users log their geolocation in the cloud if they want to, to be able to find their device if it gets lost or stolen.
The /e/ OS experience
The /e/ OS is very inspired by iOS in terms of look and feel, out of the box. You get a default grid of icons, some widgets when you swipe left, no standard Android app drawer, and a global search if you swipe from the top.
The OS ships with default apps for everything you might need out of the box, and all of these apps are open source, just like the OS itself.
Most of these are forks of other open source applications, for example, the web browser is a de-googled fork of Chromium, the mail client is a fork of K-9, the camera is a fork of OpenCamera...
Some apps are the default Android applications, like the contact, clock, calculator, keyboard, or gallery, and some are just preinstalled apps available anywhere alse, like MagicEarth for maps, PDFViewer Plus for PDFs, or OpenTasks for the todo list.
Using these applications, you also won't help but notice the Android roots behind them: older tab bars, three dot menus and pop-ups abound, and look like the stuff you'd have been using on an Android Kit Kat smartphone. This doesn't mean they're bad, but it does look a bit dated compared to the smooth interfaces of today. Some might prefer this older style, but I know I don't.
But why would you prefer /e/ over another Android custom ROM ? Well, as Gael Duval puts it, they are not targeting tech savvy users, or geeks. They want to offer a simple option that even beginners can get to grips with, without jumping through too many hoops and sacrificing convenience.
/e/ offers integrated services out of the box so you don't have to look for them intially, they put a lot of effort in the launcher user experience, and they are 100% Google Free. They are probably the only one to address the low level stuff as well, like the connectivity checks, or the NTP server, while most other custom ROMs still send information to Google.
Installing apps
/e/ doesn't try to reinvent the wheel here: they provide their own app store, that is basically a mirror of the applications available on the play store. Not all of them will be as up to date as the ones available on Googl's markeplace, and some of them won't be available, but the selection is pretty large here.
You also get some nice touches that you won't find on competing stores, like a privacy score. This is determined by scanning the apks and identifying the permissions they require, as well as the trackers they include, so you know, when you install an app on the /e/ store, what it will collect, and if you can reliably use it or not.
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Software Ecosystems are bad, but Linux needs one
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Every company is talking about building their ecosystem. Apple, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, even Amazon, they all want to have the full experience, with hardware, software, services, all designed to lock the users in and keep them coming for more products, more data, all at the price of convenience. I don't like these walled gardens, but I still think we need a full open source ecosystem where the desktop works well with mobile, smartwatches, iot devices, and services. Let's see how that could work.
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As of today, there is no syncing between your Linux desktop, and a potential Linux phone. No interaction between your pinetime and your desktop or phone either. We have no "open source service suite" that a user can just start using on every device. And that's what I mean by ecosystem: a one stop shop, with a single account, that lets you access cloud storage, photo syncing, browser bookmarks and passwords, an email account and calendar, an office suite, text message syncing, basically an open source icloud or Microsoft account.
Ok, now, I think ecosystems are terrible. That's pretty paradoxical, I know, but that's because current ecosystems, that encompass hardware, software and services, are all proprietary, and designed as walled gardens, to lock you in and prevent you from switching.
Once you've bought a Mac, an iPhone, an Apple Watch, and iPad, and AirPods, the cost of switching to anything else becomes way too high. You've bought your apps, you're using Apple services, your hardware works beautifully together. If you just replace one piece of all of that, it all breaks down and the simplicity and ease of use is gone.
Because, yes, these ecosystems bring a lot to the table: everything tends to sync together super easily, you get your files, photos, settings, applications on every device, seamlessly. Stuff just connects together in the most simple way. That's appealing. But the cost is your freedom to decide that a superior product might be worth your money. Instead, you'll buy the product from the company you're beholden to, because anything else will just not work as well. It's a trap, but I think an open source ecosystem would solve that issue.
An open source Linux ecosystem would solve that
Open source, is, by definition, open. This means that building a walled garden with purely open source software is impossible, anyone could decide to fork and make sure that their device worked with the existing ecosystem.
In terms of hardware, we already have plenty of options: the Pine64 has the mobile devices, with the PineTAb, PinePhone, and PineTime. Any laptop or desktop can basically run Linux, so hardware doesn't matter that much for us. It's already pretty open, and we can switch to another manufacturer without any lock in.
In terms of software, the very philosophy of free software would allow anyone to plug in, or extract their own data from the ecosystem, to reuse it somewhere else. There would be no lockdown, no walled garden, only the simplicity, and seamless connectivity would remain.
How would that work
We already have a lot of the building blocks available to us. Nextcloud, for example, is a fantastic starting point. It does cloud storage, photo syncing, it offers a calendar and email application, it integrates with an open source office suite easily, and can be extended with apps. That would do for a backend and web interface.
What's missing is an open source email service, not too tricky to deploy, some bookmark and password storage, which Firefox already does with Lockwise and the Firefox account, so there's another building block.
The other missing piece is how to integrate that with our various distros, and that's the trickier part. For that idea to be successful, every desktop environment would have to work to make sure that just entering your credentials would allow you to use your cloud storage as a network drive, syncing your pictures and videos inside the right folder, automatically configure your email account and calendat with their default applications, open access to the integrated office suite, and sync the bookmarks and passwords with whatever browser they ship by default.
I can imagine a provider in the Online Accounts, like in GNOME or elementary OS, that just lets you set all of that up by just entering an email, and a password, obviously with 2 step verification.
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FM spox condemns Israelâs âmost brutal aggressionâ, shares stories of civilian victims
In an emotional press briefing on Monday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the âmost brutal aggressionâ by the Israeli regime against Iran, and four days of national defense.PressTV
Retail sales declined 0.9% in May, worse than expected, due to declining gas sales and uncertainty about the economy. Retail sales have been slow throughout the year, with consumers seeking deals and being more selective with their spending.
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Retail sales fell 0.9% in May, worse than expected, as consumers pulled back
Consumer spending pulled back sharply, weighed by declining gas sales and looming unease over where the economy is headed.Jeff Cox (CNBC)
always fiscally conservative, we're going to spend another couple trillion dollars to bring democracy like this to all of the middle east:
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