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Self-hosting your own media considered harmful - I just received my second community guidelines violation for my video demonstrating the use of LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5, for 4K video playback
YouTube pulled a popular tutorial video from tech creator Jeff Geerling this week, claiming his guide to installing LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5 violated policies against "harmful content." The video, which showed viewers how to set up their own home media servers, had been live for over a year and racked up more than 500,000 views. YouTube's automated systems flagged the content for allegedly teaching people "how to get unauthorized or free access to audio or audiovisual content."

Geerling says his tutorial covered only legal self-hosting of media people already own -- no piracy tools or copyright workarounds. He said he goes out of his way to avoid mentioning popular piracy software in his videos. It's the second time YouTube has pulled a self-hosting content video from Geerling. Last October, YouTube removed his Jellyfin tutorial, though that decision was quickly reversed after appeal. This time, his appeal was denied.

Self-hosting your own media considered harmful (updated) | Jeff Geerling

www.jeffgeerling.com

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Job was down a grown in two track, we drive a big box truck. Driveway was so steep we had to unload everything into customers pickup and drive it up. Was told "you just need to help carry some things upstairs for him" yet nobody thought to mention the kind of stairs. Took 4 hours there and 4 back, all me. But I got to chill on the beach and play with his dogs so it all evens out 🤷🏼‍♂️

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20 Arab, Islamic states denounce Israeli aggression on Iran english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

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)

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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 wrong—and it’s especially wrong to use taxpayer dollars to pay for it at our service academies.” -@SenTuberville

Original tweet : xcancel.com/libsoftiktok/statu…

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Belarus' Horizont increases export sales by over 11.5% in Q1 2025 eng.belta.by/economics/view/be…

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

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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-economy…

#china #economy #geopolitics


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)

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#Huawei has officially #launched the #XMAGE #Awards 2025, one of the #world’s largest and most influential #mobile #photography #competitions, during the unveiling of its new #flagship #smartphone series, the HUAWEI Pura 80. The #competition continues to serve as a #global #platform for mobile photography enthusiasts and professionals to #showcase visual #storytelling through cutting-edge Huawei #imaging #technology. cnbusinessforum.com/huawei-lau…

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 24–26, 2025.
China Business Forum

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Trump admin orders Colorado to turn over ‘all records’ from 2024 federal election

“Most, if not all, counties have destroyed all of those records now from the 2020 election,” he said. “Now, certainly from the 2024 election, counties are still in the process of retaining those until that retention period expires.”
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz (thepostmillennial.com)

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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/w…


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)

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Dice el imperialismo que #Irán es una «amenaza», observen las bases militares yanquis que lo rodean

– Insurgente. Tu diario de contrainformación
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Dice el imperialismo que Irán es una «amenaza», observen las bases militares yanquis que lo rodean

El imperialismo siempre trata de justificar la agresión y el terrorismo contra países que considera el «eje del mal». En realidad lo son  porque no pueden controlar sus materias primas..
Insurgente. Tu diario de contrainformación

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Craig Mokhiber: “Iran Has a Right to Defend Itself From Israel’s Relentless Aggression” libya360.wordpress.com/2025/06…

Craig Mokhiber: “Iran Has a Right to Defend Itself From Israel’s Relentless Aggression”

Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris Since Israel attacked Iran several days ago, the so-called “mainstream” discourse in the West has been chock full of proclamations that Israel has a “right to de…
INTERNATIONALIST 360°

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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"’s 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 react
عماد (Yemen Press Agency)

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President Trump Orders Immediate Evacuation of Tehran’s 17 Million Residents #Palestine qudsnen.co/president-trump-ord…

President Trump Orders Immediate Evacuation of Tehran’s 17 Million Residents

Washington (Quds News Network)- US President Donald Trump has ordered 17 million Iranians to “immediately evacuate Tehran”, threatening a possible escalation as Iran and Israel inch closer to direct c
Editing Team (Quds News Network)

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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 “a lot of crazy stuff on social media” about Trump’s approach to Iran"

southfront.press/regime-change…


Regime Change On: Trump Threatens Iran’s 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)

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maybe cat's got his tongue?
or maybe diplomacy isn't a beheader's strong suit?

middleeasteye.net/news/syria-g…
#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)
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benda

vice did a documentary that is still available on youtube about israeli medics helping wounded isis soldiers.
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.
This entry was edited (2 months ago)

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New report: massive sand export from Western Sahara to the Canaries #WesternSahara wsrw.org/en/news/new-report-ma…

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. 
wsrw.org

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#Iran
#Mossad #Hit
@palestine

Despite the media blackout imposed in Israel, videos do come out.
"Iran has responded to yesterday’s Israeli attack on Iranian TV news studios by hitting both...Mossad’s HQ and the Israeli military’s notorious ‘Unit 8200’ 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/video…


Video: Iran ‘hits Mossad, Unit 8200 HQs’ 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 yesterday’s Israeli attack on Iranian TV news studios by hitting both Israeli int…
SKWAWKBOX

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Pavel #Durov:

🎙 A week ago, Tucker Carlson published an interview with me about what happened in France. It was covered by media in many countries — except, interestingly, in France. 🤐


youtube.com/watch?v=bxFQvOyTol…

«Il y a une semaine, Tucker #Carlson a publié une interview de moi sur ce qui s'est passé en #France. Elle a été relayée par les médias de nombreux pays, sauf, curieusement, en France🤐.
Les #médias français ne se désintéressent pas de #Telegram. La semaine dernière, #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 après mon arrestation à Paris, Le Monde a publié 40 articles négatifs sur Telegram. En violation de la déontologie journalistique, ils ne nous ont pas sollicités pour commenter 37 de ces 40 articles et ont toujours ignoré les corrections factuelles que nous leur avons adressées. 🤦‍♂️
Un tel environnement médiatique est alarmant. C'est pourquoi des plateformes comme Telegram sont si importantes : nous permettons aux gens d'accéder à tous les points de vue et de décider par eux-mêmes. Nous sommes convaincus que les gens sont intelligents et qu'on peut leur faire confiance pour connaître la vérité sans filtre. ✊»


xcancel.com/MoniquePlaza3/stat…


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

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Foreign Minister Gil: Venezuela Has Resisted and Overcome Sanctions Through Own Efforts orinocotribune.com/foreign-min…

Foreign Minister Gil: Venezuela Has Resisted and Overcome Sanctions Through Own Efforts

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván 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

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USAID Gave Known Con Man $800M Contract To Do Kamala’s Work On ‘Root Causes Of Migration’

President Joe Biden’s 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 “honesty or integrity” — a reference to the fact that, according to a May 12 guilty p…
Luke Rosiak (The Daily Wire)

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Sincerity Wins The War


#society #politics

You want an actual conspiracy theory? How about a real one: that the media works together with the rich and powerful to directly craft “the truth,” even if it runs contrary to reality. The Business Idiots that rule our economy — work-shy executives and investors with no real connection to any kind of actual production — are the true architects of what’s “real” in our world, and their demands are simple: “make the news read like we want it to.”


wheresyoured.at/sic/?ref=ed-zi…


Sincerity Wins The War

Hello Where’s Your Ed At Subscribers! I’ve 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 you’d expect.
Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)

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#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/po…


Trump rejects Gabbard’s nuclear Intel, says 'I don’t 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 Gabbard’s nuclear Intel, says 'I don’t care')

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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 Iran’s nuclear facilities ahead of a high-stakes Situation Room meeting at 1PM today, three U.S. officials told Axios. mstdn.social/@noelreports/1146…


NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@noelreports@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 image BREAKING: Trump is seriously considering a U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities ahead of a high-stakes Situation Room meeting at 1PM today, three U.S. officials told Axios.
Mastodon 🐘

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5 Inspiring Documentaries That Will Make You Want to Go Vegan 🌱 #vegan #govegan #documentaries #bestfilms #watchlist

5 Inspiring Documentaries That...


5 Inspiring Documentaries That Will Make You Want to Go Vegan | Vegan FTA

Whether you’re vegan-curious, plant-based-ish, or someone who’s just trying to eat a little more compassionately, these powerful documentaries pull back the…
Ellie Fleming (Vegan FTA)

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#Netanyahu and #Iraq’s "weapons of mass destruction". It, alongside with Afghanistan, was the first part of this project.

We’re witnessing the second part of Zionist entity’s 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-committe…

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

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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 :pepe_christ:

#NALC

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Haifa’s oil refineries have shut down, and the operating company admits that Iranian missile strikes caused significant damage. english.alahednews.news/fastne…

Haifa’s oil refineries have shut down, and the operating com...

Alahednews - Fastnews - Haifa’s 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.

🇮🇷 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 — 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/1147…

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

2025-06-17 18:04:35

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🇮🇷 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 — the process is irreversible. The future is bright. Now is the time to rise, to reclaim Iran. I hope to stand beside you soon."


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#Krailling bei #München, Samstagmittag. – Ein blutverschmierter Mann auf der Straße alarmiert Passanten. Die Polizei rückt an – und macht eine grausame Entdeckung: In einer Wohnung liegt eine 29-jährige Frau tot. Die Kripo geht von einem Gewaltverbrechen aus.


Der Ehemann, 36 Jahre alt, wurde festgenommen und dem Haftrichter vorgeführt. Haftbefehl wegen Mordes.
🧕 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 – ist für unzählige deutsche Familien ein unerreichbarer Traum.
Für Deutsche, nicht jedoch für #Asylanten. Hier wohnte eine Familie aus dem #Jemen, auf Kosten der deutschen Steuerzahler.
Miete, Unterhalt, Leistungen – alles staatlich gestützt. Und das Ergebnis? Eine Frau tot, sechs Halbwaisen und ein Ehemann, der mutmaßlich Haftkosten im oberen 6-stelligen Bereich anhäufen wird. Sollte er in die Psychiatrie kommen, wird es noch teurer.

merkur.de/lokales/wuermtal/kra…

#Antifa #Bundestag #Demokratie #Mullahs
In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration
#Sharia #Islam #Islamismus #GG #Grundgesetzt


Frau bei München tot in Wohnung aufgefunden – 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
in reply to Rob Carlson

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George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

They deleted their account. Same thing happened to me and my instances about a year or so ago. Someone from Mastodon.world deleted their account and it caused a DoS against my instances. It's also why Sharkey now has a dynamically adjustable rate-limit for ActivityPub requests to prevent Sharkey instanced from being DoS'd again in the future.
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Iran - by Tomas Pueyo - Uncharted Territories


#geopolitics #geography #power

If you hear people say “Maybe Israel and / or the US could put boots on the ground in Iran”, send them this article and tell them to stop smoking psychotropics.


unchartedterritories.tomaspuey…


Iran

After Israel’s attack on Iran, the big question is: What will happen in Iran?
Tomas Pueyo (Uncharted Territories)

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#Schwerin: Mann auf offener Straße angegriffen und beraubt!


Der Mann saß am Nachmittag auf einer Bank. Plötzlich wurde er attackiert und fiel von der Bank. Eine weitere Attacke führte dazu, dass er das Bewusstsein verlor.

bild.de/regional/schwerin/schw…


Schwerin: Mann auf offener Straße angegriffen und beraubt | Regional

In Schwerin wurde ein Mann auf der Anne-Frank-Straße brutal überfallen. Die Täter 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 d’imposer au peuple les #ZFE de la honte : ils font voter leurs députés 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 majorité factice : sordide. Pour contourner le peuple.


xcancel.com/AlexandreJardin/st…
#macronie #macron

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#RealGenius. They made a movie out of it. Starred #ValKilmer. Great movie. #DARPA #lasers #power #popcorn

zmescience.com/science/news-sc…


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)
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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/20…

#economy #usa #trade


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)

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Get deep knowledge in God's religion as it is key to insight; a hadith from Imam Musa Kazem parstoday.ir/en/news/religion-…

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

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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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