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NATO wants to increase spending to 5 percent plenglish.com/news/2025/06/24/…

NATO wants to increase spending to 5 percent - Prensa Latina

Moscow, June 24 (Prensa Latina) The goal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit is to take spending to 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today.
Juan Carlos Dominguez Taño (Prensa Latina)

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This project is coming along nicely.

A modified Barracuda in the wild.

It will be my OPNsense router for my new business location. I very much enjoy piecing together old hardware to make something useful or interesting.

The chassis is a salvaged Barracuda BSF200a appliance. Stripped most of what was in there out, leaving the power supply. Replaced the motherboard with Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI - this was chosen due to the dual GbE network ports.

Low profile cooler (heatsink) came from a SuperMicro motherboard combo that I ordered from ebay. Kingston 120GB SSD came from local recycling.

Processor is i3-3220T - a lower power option than the processor that I originally got with the motherboard.

Blower fan is from a Dell Optiplex SFF machine, placed upside down, cushioned with foam and hot-glued in place.

It is a thoroughly custom solution built from parts I acquired from many sources.

#opnsense #bsd #hardware #retroedge

A modified Barricuda in the wild

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ooh, new dark pattern I discovered today.

Stuck with MS Teams at $DAYJOB, I continue to hold onto the thick-client instead of succumbing to the heavy-weight web client.

Just about every time I switch to the app after a couple hours of not using it, it pops up a "This is unsupported" interruption with a link to learn more, HUGE, colorful "Try it on the web" button, and a smaller light "continue using this antiquated unsupported piece of junk" type button.

As if that wasn't bad enough, as dark patterns go, when you tab through the controls, focus lands on the "more information" link and on the "try it on the web" button, but the "continue using this" simply won't focus with the keyboard. You HAVE to reach for the mouse to click the "continue using this"

Have I mentioned how much I loathe using MS products, and Teams in particular?

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Israel threatens to assassinate Khamenei if he does not agree to a ceasefire on its terms middleeastmonitor.com/20250624…

Israel threatens to assassinate Khamenei if he does not agree to a ceasefire on its terms


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Middle East Monitor

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PeterSweden

"BREAKING: The British government is now warning that people must prepare for "wartime scenario" on British soil.
What's going on? " WTH?

Sweden is preparing to go after Russia in Baltic, said they have plenty of allies. It's touting a mighty military and said, "We 're banking on the fact that Putin won't attack them back." SMH.

Agents burst into Peter Sweden's house, too, and trashed it.

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Over 16,802 Palestinian students killed, 26,638 injured since onset of Israel’s aggression on October 7, 2023 #Palestine english.pnn.ps/news/47515

Over 16,802 Palestinian students killed, 26,638 injured since onset of Israel’s aggression on October 7, 2023

Bethlehem / PNN/The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced today that 16,802 students have bee
english.pnn.ps

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All it took was one bombing of #Iran and suddenly the whole #DemocratParty is cool with literally #Hitler

foxnews.com/politics/128-democ…

128 Democrats join House GOP to block progressive's bid to impeach Trump

The House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines to crush Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green's bid to impeach President Donald Trump.
Elizabeth Elkind (Fox News)

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Here’s a movie pitch but say people started dressing up like ICE agents everywhere and “assist” with deportations but during mid transfer they knock out the so called real agents and release the citizens into a safe zone and recruit them into the resistance….

“Band of Bandidos”

Again, in no way should anyone attempt such an operation… just….an….idea….

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So, a few months back, someone posted about using #biochar as an ingredient in seed starter. It seems biochar has a lot of potential good uses -- including #PFAS remediation!

"This project aims to investigate whether biochar can be used as a soil amendment to immobilize PFAS in the soil and reduce its bioaccumulation in the edible parts of vegetable crops, such as lettuce and tomatoes. The study will address several key questions: the optimal application rate of biochar in the soil, the frequency with which additional biochar should be applied after the initial amendment, and low-cost modification techniques to enhance biochar's ability to adsorb short-chain PFAS from the soil. This research will involve both laboratory and field studies. The findings will contribute to developing practical guidelines for farmers on the use of biochar in PFAS-affected soils."

maine.gov/dacf/ag/pfas/pfas-fu…

#Research #SoilRemediation #SoilHealth #PFASPollution

PFAS Fund: Research and Grant Opportunities : Maine DACF

www.maine.gov

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“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Greece out of military operations and imperialist war #WFTU pamehellas.gr/panergatiki-news…

“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Greece out of military operations and imperialist war

Thousands of people demonstrated on Monday June 23 in Athens and other cities of Greece against the escalation of the imperialist war and the participation of Greece in it.
pameadmin (Πανεργατικό Αγωνιστικό Μέτωπο (Π.Α.ΜΕ.))

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“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Solidarity with Palestine at the heart of trade union action #WFTU pamehellas.gr/panergatiki-news…

“Panergatiki” Newspaper of trade Unions of Greece – Solidarity with Palestine at the heart of trade union action

The new missile attack by the murderous Israeli state on Iran and the ongoing massacre in Palestine are at the heart of trade union action in Greece.
pameadmin (Πανεργατικό Αγωνιστικό Μέτωπο (Π.Α.ΜΕ.))

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Help Installing Kubuntu

Hello! I posted yesterday asking questions about which distro to pick, so first of all, thank you to everyone who responded. I wanted to thank you all there but lit cafe is down, so I'm on my other lemmy acc and can't edit that post. As you can tell from the title, I ended up picking Kubuntu, mostly because the touchpad didn't work on Mint (thank goodness I have a mouse handy) and Kubuntu has a nice little welcome walkthrough that made exploring it really easy and comfortable. So I went to install it, but I'm confused about this part of the installation. For reference I'm doing this on a Lenovo Ideapad and it has "128GB eMMC and 256GB PCIe." (honestly I don't exactly know what the PCIe means). There's two options for storage devices at the top.
The prior picture is with the first storage device selected. The following picture is with the second storage device selected.
Are there two options because there's technically two different hard drives in the laptop? Does it matter which one I choose? And I have no idea if I should erase disk (there's literally nothing on this laptop, so no worries about deleting documents or pictures) or do a manual partition? And if so, how do I do a manual partition because even if I click that I don't seem to be able to do anything (also what does manual partition mean)? And would Kubuntu take up all the storage space on the drive like it looks like it will? Because that would be a problem?

I had a lot of fun checking out the distros and trying out all of the customization options in Kubuntu and taking a look at everything in the software center, but I'm starting to feel like this might be too advanced for me. I'm sick of windows, but maybe I should just not risk messing with operating systems I don't understand? (Also I really hope those screenshots don't doxx me or something)

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> “This boy was speared on the man like an animal, like a pig, and the boy was saying nothing. But on his face—fear. The old man [looked at me] without any fear, as if this was common practice. He didn’t stop. I was so angry, I confronted him. He removed the boy from his penis, and I took the boy aside.

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The Child-Rape Assembly Line

Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg—who is 63 with a long, graying beard—recently sat down with me to explain what he described as a "child-rape assembly line" among sects of fundamentalist Jews.
Christopher Ketcham (VICE)
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#AI is stoopid, and it's gonna make you stupid too, whether you like it or not.

"Researchers from MIT Media Lab, Wellesley College, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design conducted a four-month study titled "Your Brain on ChatGPT" and found users of large language models (#LLMs) like #OpenAI's #chatbot "consistently underperformed at neural, #linguistics, and behavioral levels"."

Using #ChatGPT to write essays may harm #criticalthinking

mashable.com/article/chatgpt-w… #artificialintelligence


Using ChatGPT to write essays may harm critical thinking, MIT study finds

The 'Your Brain on ChatGPT' study will make you consider the consequences.
Cecily Mauran (Mashable)

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I think, in the case of big pharma, the question should be who in Congress isn't being paid!
RFK Jr. Accuses Congressman of Being Paid by Big Pharma to Support Vaccines gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-accuses-con…

RFK Jr. Accuses Congressman of Being Paid by Big Pharma to Support Vaccines

Kennedy was asked to retract his statement, and only did so with a smirk.
Matt Novak (Gizmodo)

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Scorpions - Wind Of Change (Official Music Video)

"Wind of Change" by Scorpions is a poignant rock ballad that captures the essence of hope and transformation during a pivotal moment in history. Released in 1990 as part of the album "Crazy World," this iconic track, written by Klaus Meine, reflects the political changes in Eastern Europe and has become a timeless anthem for peace and unity, resonating with audiences worldwide.

🎵 L Y R I C S 🎵:
I follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night, soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in, and did you ever think
That we could be so close like brothers?
The future's in the air, I can feel it everywhere
I'm blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change

Mm-mm

Walking down the street
And distant memories are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva and down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams (share their dreams)
With you and me (with you and me)

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)

The wind of change blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say (say)

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams (share their dreams)
With you and me (you and me)

Take me (take me) to the magic of the moment
On a glory night (a glory night)
Where the children of tomorrow dream away (dream away)
In the wind of change (the wind of change)

Album Artist: Scorpions
Album(s): Crazy World
Written by: Klaus Meine
Music genre(s): Rock
Released: 1990
Decade for first release: #1990sMusic

#Scorpions #CrazyWorld #windOfChange #rock #1990sMusic #anthemsOfHope #Remastered

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National Archives to restrict public access starting July 7

Link: archives.gov/college-park
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


The National Archives at College Park, Maryland

We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electronic records Cartographic and architectural holdings …
The National Archives at College Park, Maryland

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We are happy to share that 62 projects will receive grants from the NGI Zero Commons Fund. We congratulate the selected projects and look forward to their contributions to increasing society's digital autonomy.

Ranging from browser-based cellular networking to decentralised social media, and professional print, these projects are showing that a bright digital future is not only possible but already being built.

Come over and meet the projects!
nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-an…

#FOSS #NGIZero #NGI

NLnet; 62 new projects contribute to digital commons

nlnet.nl

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The vast majority of the Republican party and a number of hawkish Democrats are rallying around Trump’s war on Iran.

“The regime deserves it. Well done, President Trump,” tweeted Senator Lindsey Graham. “To my fellow citizens: We have the best Air Force in the world. It makes me so proud.”

mondoweiss.net/2025/06/republi…

#Israel #Iran #USpol
@israel @iran


Republicans, AIPAC Dems unite in support of Trump’s war

Michael Arria (Mondoweiss)

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Node Wars Redux

Episode 1121 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE!

Topics for today:

- Bitcoin Knots Node Count Surges
- MicroStrategy Faces Class Action Lawsuit
- Japan Prepares Crypto ETF, Tax Cuts
- Bitcoin Proposed for U.S. Mortgages
- Primal Studio Launches Nostr Tools

fountain.fm/episode/asN9d9FvND…

Bitcoin And . . . • Node Wars Redux • Listen on Fountain

Join me today for Episode 1121 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today:Bitcoin Knots node count surges, reigniting fears of a chain split and ideological rift over Core policy.
Fountain

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Iran Launches Missile Barrage on Israel before and after Ceasefire Begins #Palestine palestinechronicle.com/iran-la…

Iran Launches Missile Barrage on Israel before and after Ceasefire Begins - Palestine Chronicle

Several Israelis were killed and wounded in a series of Iranian missile attacks reported after Trump announced a ceasefire agreement. 
admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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