From the front lines of the Cold War to the trenches of Ukraine, archival photos tell the story of Radio Free Europe, which began broadcasts on US Independence Day, 75 years ago.Amos Chapple (RFE/RL)
Don't turn to Peter Thiel for religious insight. He is arguably the most confused human on the planet, and yet he heads the most dystopian and influential organization in history.Patrick Wood (Coherent Publishing)
Structural challenges and the nation’s many languages have made it tough to develop foundational AI models. But the government is keen not to be left behind.Shadma Shaikh (MIT Technology Review)
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As more foreign workers and tourists come to Japan, problems involving foreigners—like bad behavior or crime—are becoming a bigger concern. Issues alsoBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
A daily news digest covering important war, political, economic, and cultural topics in UkraineUkrinform Newsletters
I make quite a few posts about how loud and self interested Americans are. I often have filters on drowning out the large amount of American chatter, basically for my own mental health.
But as it's July 4th, I would like to offer all Americans my condolences on the situation you find yourself in. I hope you can all find something, or someone, to make you happy over your holiday weekend.
Tsedek ! est un collectif de juifs et juives décoloniaux·ales luttant contre le racisme d’État en France et pour la fin de l’apartheid et de l’occupation en Israël-Palestine. Nous sommes en rupture avec les discours promulgués par les institutions juives censées nous représenter et par la majeure partie des collectifs juifs antiracistes français. Il est grand temps de faire entendre notre voix et de construire ensemble un front juif antiraciste et décolonial. Ce manifeste en est le premier jalon.
Tsedek ! rassemble des juives et juifs de différentes origines, croyant·e·s et athé·e·s, aux parcours divers. Pour nous, la création d’une ethnocratie n’est pas la condition préalable à l’émancipation et à l’autodétermination des juif·ve·s. Nous nous réapproprions une identité juive en la conjuguant à la lutte antiraciste et en proposant une alternative culturelle, qui met en avant la préservation des cultures juives et la solidarité avec d’autres minorités et groupes historiquement opprimés. Notre judéité se décline autour de traditions partagées, de joie, de poursuite de la justice sociale et de la réparation du monde qui repose sur trois piliers : justice, paix et vérité.
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En France et ailleurs, des organisations conservatrices pro-Israël et des institutions étatiques qui prétendent lutter contre l’antisémitisme perpétuent l’amalgame « juif = sioniste » en présentant toute critique du sionisme, de l’occupation, ou de l’apartheid israélien comme intrinsèquement antisémite. Nous refusons que la lutte contre l’antisémitisme soit détournée de son objectif égalitaire pour devenir un outil de gouvernance autoritaire qui cible en particulier les musulma·ne·s, la gauche, et les organisations des droits humains. Nous refusons d’être la caution morale d’un État qui a persécuté et exterminé les nôtres. La sécurité ou les droits des juif·ve·s ne doivent servir à justifier des politiques discriminant d’autres minorités ou limitant la liberté d’expression, comme nous l’avons vu avec l’interdiction de manifestations en soutien au peuple palestinien, la déprogrammation de militant·e·s lors de conférences publiques, ou bien encore l’expulsion d’imams.
It has been a long, slow decline. But this is the moment the BBC died as a public service broadcaster. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack rev...
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave youStuart Heritage (The Guardian)
Ich weiß, ich nur ein lustiges Bild. Aber ich habe so viele Gedanken dazu, das ich nun Stichpunkte raushauen muss. Bitte nicht zu hart runter wählen, ich spitze zu und meine nichts davon böse:
Peinliche Deutsche kaufen so billig wie möglich und werden dann krank und dick.
Wenn man sich die linke Seite des Posts ansieht: Marken-Coffee-to-go, Marken-Cola, Marken-Chips, Marken-Sandwich sind aber gar nicht so billig wie möglich. Das gibt es alles billiger von Eigenmarken und Konkurrenzfirmen. Vielleicht ist der Post da einfach nicht akkurat, aber die Produkte würden ja nicht angeboten wenn sie niemand kauft.
Überall Singles mit kalten Küchen! Vielleicht ist die Hyper-Individualisierung eine kapitalistische Falle, die absichtlich traurige, einsame Konsumenten produziert.
Wo will man auch heutzutage noch Partner treffen? Bei Tinder? Im immer seltener werdenden Dritten Raum (ein Ort, an dem Leute sich aufhalten können ohne Geld bezahlen zu müssen)? "Hyper-Individualisierung" klingt, als hätten die Singles einfach nur keine Lust sich Partner zu suchen.
Citation : Pierre-Luc Brillant
Je suis arrivé sur le Plateau en 1995. Outre une anglicisation fulgurante, une indéniable coquetterie s’y est installée... au même rythme que la fermeture de plusieurs petits commerces de proximité, remplacés par des bannières froides du commerce éphémère états-unien et des boutiques chics. La plupart de mes amis qui y vivaient ont fini par partir. Les bénéfices sociaux de vivre dans un quartier où cohabitaient toutes les tranches de la société se sont effondrés. On a troqué la mixité sociale contre une orthodoxie idéologique trop pressée.
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La Ville de Montréal s’apprête à investir des millions dans une piste cyclable protégée sur la rue Saint-Urbain. Pourtant, sur environ un kilomètre — entre Bernard et Laurier —, une double voie cyclable continue, déneigée l’hiver (souvent même avant les trottoirs), existe déjà sur la rue Clark, à une seule rue parallèle. Autrement dit, on crée un doublon inutile pour un tronçon déjà desservi.
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BYD continues to invest in Hungary. BYD has been manufacturing electric buses there for the European market since 2017 – currently up to 400 units per year. According to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, BYD is now injecting a further 32 billion forints (equivalent to around 80 million euros) into the site in northern Hungary to triple its annual capacity to 1,250 electric buses and trucks.
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BYD has laid the foundation stone for the expansion of its electric bus production facility in the Hungarian city of Komárom. This will see the production capacity of the plant, which opened in 2017, tripled to 1,250 vehicles per year.Carla Westerheide (electrive.com)
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We're Not Innovating, We're Just Forgetting Slower
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We’ve mistaken complexity for progress — and forgotten how things work. A 41-year-old computer still boots instantly, while today’s “smart” tech buckles.Elektormagazine
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently approved a protein, which is converted from CO2 by bioengineering, as a new feed material, providing a new solution for solving the shortage of feed protein resources and promoting green and low-carbon development.
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China approves CO2-turned protein as feed material-english.news.cn
Zig breaking change – initial Writergate
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Previous Scandal Summary Deprecates all existing std.io readers and writers in favor of the newly provided std.io.Reader and std.io.Writer which are non-generic and have the buffer above the vtable...GitHub
Monsieur Trump, il mange dans la main des géants du web. La taxe numérique ? Une pichenette pour Google et Meta, ces boîtes plus riches que certains pays entiers. Elles veulent pas se plier aux lois, elles se prennent pour des États, mais en plus gros, avec plus de fric et moins de scrupules. Les gouvernements, pour elles, c’est du vent.
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Writing a Game Boy Emulator in OCaml
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For the past few months, I have been working on a project called CAMLBOY, a Game Boy emulator that runs in the browser.linoscope
Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?
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Show HN: I AI-coded a tower defense game and documented the whole process
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Vibe coded Tower Defense type of game made for a game jam - maciej-trebacz/tower-of-time-gameGitHub
Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip
Link: jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/min…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain
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From chronically sore to chronically curious about the mind 🧠Dan Sutherland (Sail Health)
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I've moistutized it and wearing long-sleeves but I've never done that before so what can I expect in terms of healing time, process?
Edit: bought and applied contininy doses of Polysporin as pharm recommended until i can see my dr
Das von Russland besetzte Atomkraftwerk Saporischschja hat der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde (IAEA) zufolge die externe Stromversorgung verloren. US-Präsident Trump will offenbar mit der Ukraine bei der Luftverteidigung zusammenarbeiten.tagesschau.de
Mainland China is on track to surpass Taiwan in semiconductor foundry capacity by 2030, according to a report from Yole Group, underscoring Beijing’s progress in its push for chip self-sufficiency amid ongoing US tech restrictions.
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Mainland China is expected to account for 30 per cent of global foundry capacity by 2030, market research firm Yole Group projects.Ann Cao (South China Morning Post)
You didn't notice the asteroid that missed the planet.
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After two decades in production hell, Warner Bros. has given the film rights to Katsuhiro Otomo's 'Akira' back to manga publisher Kodansha.Spencer Baculi (BoundingIntoComics.com)
This Fourth of July, the world declares its independence from America.
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America is turning away from itself, and the rest of the world must followStephen Marche (The Guardian)
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Lucian explains what he thinks comes next.
Gestapo? Ja vol, mein Herr. Wir haben eine Gestapo.
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You want to know how they’re going to do it?Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
America's Great Realignment Toward Putin - The Atlantic
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Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
EPA says Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to freeze billions in green bank funds
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I have just checked it, with the search query ‘Klimaschindel’ which means that climate change is deliberately hyped, again only pages are displayed that show that all doubts about climate fraud are fake.
These are so-called fact-checks, i.e. the Ministry of Truth, there are no other sites.
Try by your self mojeek with some critical term.
While there’s no denying that the verdict in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial was a major win for the defense attorneys, it is also true that the euphoria that overtook the rapper’s camp has greatly subsided.Paul Serran (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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A heat warning has been issued for Toronto and much of southern Ontario this weekend, with temperatures set to feel like 40 with the humidity.EUROPE SAYS
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This is a hallway deep inside the Hoover Dam, which I toured recently. Even the insides of this great structure are epic. (Note the rad mosaic.)
Happy 4th!
Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut reclaims title in Famous hot dog eating contest, wins 17th Mustard Belt
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"Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem announcing Wednesday evening that the group will not agree to give up its weapons, its land, or its right to resist"
"Since Israel is actively occupying parts of southern Lebanon, launching airstrikes nearly daily, and launching ground raids against the south, it is unsurprising that Hezbollah isn’t willing to unilaterally disarm"
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Efforts to try to get Hezbollah to agree to disarm appear to have failed, with Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem announcing Wednesday evening that the group will not agree to give up its weapons, its land, or its right to resist.News From Antiwar.com
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How people are celebrating, protesting and traveling for July Fourth
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Chester: Same-sex penguin couple hatch rare chick at zoo.
Scampi and Flounder, a pair of male penguins, "stepped in to help raise one of two eggs laid by another penguin pair, Wotsit and Peach", the zoo said.
The chicks are said to now be days away from taking to the water for the first time.
Bird experts at the zoo carefully shared the eggs between the two nests to help give both chicks the best possible start and to help improve the chances of successful fledging.
#News #GoodNews #FeelGoodFriday #Penguins #LGBTQ
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Male Humboldts Scampi and Flounder are "devoted" parents to the new arrival, the zoo said.Angela Ferguson (BBC News)
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The trailer made it look interesting but it's a Gacha game so
.. fuck that
Do you have to battle real players that spend way more time on it than you ?
Healthy life expectancy for women in most deprived areas falls to the lowest level since recent records began, ONS saysJessica Murray (The Guardian)
Despite United Nations experts urging British lawmakers to rethink plans to use terrorism laws against the protest group Palestine Action, the punishment of the group is in full swing.Gridwork
Sur le front de l’Ukraine, c’est pas plus reluisant qu’un frigidaire vide un lendemain de party. Trump voulait régler ça en quelques jours, genre “Salut, c’est moi, on signe où ?”. Résultat ? Il a fait des câlins à Poutine, il a menacé l’Ukraine comme un ado qui menace de bouder, il a rêvé d’un cessez-le-feu… et six mois plus tard, on retient juste une chose : Poutine s’en balance et fait ce qu’il veut.
On dirait même qu’il entend pas Trump parler. Peut-être qu’il capte juste les aigus, comme un chien ? Hier, Trump a jappé au téléphone avec Poutine… et le Russe a répondu en lâchant une attaque massive de drones, comme pour dire : “Ouais ouais, continue de jaser, moi j’ai des trucs sérieux à faire.”
Quand Trump s’impatiente, Poutine lui lance une balle de laine, comme à un chat obèse pour qu’il se fatigue. Un coup Trump grogne et joue au dur, un coup il veut inviter Poutine au G7 pour recréer le G8, comme s’ils allaient faire un BBQ entre potes. Pendant ce temps-là, Vlad s’amuse comme un gamin qui a trouvé le bouton “Reset” d’une console.
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In fact, the problem nobody wants to admit is that while our political pussycats play with our lives, it's us, the people, who are the losers.
And it doesn't matter which side you're on - Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Western - we're all in the same shit.
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On Monday, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet to discuss the next steps in their plan to reshape the Middle East. Their vision includes expanding normalization, disarming adversaries, and ending any Palestinian aspirations for freedom.
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More nonsense from Reform. Removing them from politics would be a better outcome than this bigoted nonsense.
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Kent County Council leader claims removing ‘trans material’ from shelves is ‘victory for common sense in Kent’Jabed Ahmed (The Independent)
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