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Capitalism, Fascism, and the First American Dictatorship hamptonthink.org/read/capitali…

Capitalism, Fascism, and the First American Dictatorship

By Jeremy Cloward   “Neither blindness nor ignorance corrupts people and governments. They soon realize where the path they have taken is leading them…Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
Jeremy Cloward (Hampton Institute)

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This Day in Anarchist History: The Attempted Assassination of Henry Clay Frick
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"On This Day in Anarchist History, July 23rd 1892, we remember Alexander Berkman and his attempted assassination of the union-busting industrialist Henry Clay Frick."

This Day in Anarchist History: The Attempted Assassination of Henry Clay Frick – SUB.MEDIA

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Larry C. Johnson sur Telegram : /s/sonar_21/19533

[...L'Europe est devenue folle — Ministre russe des Affaires étrangères #Lavrov
«Ils attisent leurs propres populations avec une propagande digne de Goebbels — en les convainquant que la #Russie est un ennemi éternel, une menace existentielle»
«Ainsi, ils doivent oublier les problèmes sociaux, les échecs économiques, la désindustrialisation en cours»...]


#Ukraine #europe #UE

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"It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not,
so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long as you have it."

-- Edwin Way Teale
(1889-1980)
Source: Circle of the Seasons, 1953

Quotation by Edwin Way Teale

"It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long as you have it." ~ Edwin Way Teale
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“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”

~ Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1709-1784) English author, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer

Quotation by Dr. Samuel Johnson

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson
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Urgency to Switch from Windows 10 Builds
The openSUSE Project is part of a growing coalition of open-source advocates urging Microsoft users to install a Linux operating system as Microsoft prepares to end support for Windows 10 this October, and urgency to get that message out is building.

Some in the IT industry are suggesting that as many as 50 percent of the devices remain using Windows 10, which comes at great risk to users and businesses.

Those who remain on Windows 10 and don’t upgrade to an operating system providing security and maintenance updates like a Linux OS or Window 11 will be susceptible to vulnerabilities, malware infections, software incompatibilities, and an increasing amount of system instability and failures over time.

The End of 10 campaign and its initiative aims to promote migration-focused type events to help these users shift from Windows 10 to Linux-based operating systems.

The amount of PCs that will become unprotected on October 14 is unprecedented, and getting people to migrate to Linux operating systems like openSUSE’s is reaching a critical juncture as millions face the looming deadline this Fall.

October 14 is just 12 weeks away and the end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 will expose those who have not migrated to increasing cyber threats.

In additions to the the threats, a big part of the End of 10 movement emphasizes environmental responsibility, digital sustainability and long-term cost savings for those with aging computers that could potentially end up recycled or in landfill.

End of 10 advocates and supporting organizations like NextCloud, REPAIR CAFE, KDE, GNOME, FSFE, EU OS and several other organizations would prefer users find a Linux solution for their older hardware rather than have this event create an environmental disaster. Installing Linux on these old systems can breathe new life into perfectly functional machines that may otherwise be discarded.

Several open-source software projects and organizations and been collaborating for more than a year to create unified resources, tutorials, migration tools and support channels to help lower the barrier to entry for those who seek to install a Linux new operating system.

Members of the openSUSE community and others have been vocal about appealing to Windows 10 users that can’t upgrade their devices to Windows 11.

For those ready to act, the campaign website has resources available and links to community events to help people install Linux.

Anyone who wants to install an openSUSE distribution can follow this A Step-by-Step Guide.

The message to Windows 10 users is clear; don’t replace your computer; reimagine it!


Urgency to Switch from Windows 10 Builds

Install Linux Before It’s Too Late The openSUSE Project is part of a growing coalition of open-source advocates urging Microsoft users to install a Linux ope...
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I've had three enshittification experiences already today. One of them took a while to sort out and almost bricked my phone. I was just about to moan at you about it, then realised: there's enough negativity already. The world doesn't need my minor-in-the-scheme-of-things cranky complaint. So instead I'm going to log off all things digital and go touch grass. Or bricks. Actual nice ones, like these ones I saw recently.
Short version: patterns in a yellow-bricked wall. Fuller description: Close-up where a yellow-bricked pedestrian tunnel wall where it meets the ceiling, creating a nice pattern that almost seems to be in motion. In the very centre, two rows of four bricks with open ends - a visually pleasing ventilation spot. If you know Aarhus, you'll recognise this as from the campus of Aarhus University, which is world-famous in Denmark for this style of yellow-bricked architecture.

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“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.”

~ Albert Einstein
(1879-1955) Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921
"What I Believe," Forum and Century, 1930

Quotation by Albert Einstein

"I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine.
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Israeli cruise ship turned away from Greek island by Gaza war protest en.abna24.com/news/1710650/Isr…

Israeli cruise ship turned away from Greek island by Gaza war protest

A cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists has been forced to reroute to Cyprus after being turned away from the Greek island of Syros after a quayside protest over the Gaza war.
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Agence TASS sur Telegram : /s/TASS_europe/10971
[...Les déclarations du porte-parole du Kremlin, Dmitri #Peskov, dans un entretien au journaliste Pavel #Zaroubine:
▪️Le règlement en #Ukraine sera long et complexe, Washington en prend progressivement conscience
▪️ Une rencontre #Poutine - #Trump est nécessaire pour entériner les résultats d'un important travail, mais ce travail reste à faire
▪️Le dernier échange Poutine-Trump est un dialogue pragmatique entre dirigeants qui défendent leurs positions mais sont à l’écoute de l’autre
▪️La #Russie est prête à avancer rapidement vers ses objectifs en Ukraine, mais le rythme dépend aussi d’autres acteurs...]

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Olga #Bazova, journaliste russe :

«Il n'y a qu'une seule explication à la signature si rapide par #Zelensky de la loi qui éviscère les agences anti-corruption et consolide leurs pouvoirs sous la direction du procureur général d'Ukraine, qui fait également partie du cercle proche de Zelensky.

Des rumeurs, notamment l'article de Seymour Hersh, circulent selon lesquelles Zelensky serait sur le point d'être destitué, d'une manière ou d'une autre. Cette précipitation s'explique par le fait que Trump pourrait faire pression sur Zelensky et son conseiller Yermak, par l'intermédiaire du NABU, pour qu'ils favorisent les négociations de paix, quelles que soient les concessions qu'il devrait faire, car Trump considère Zelensky comme un obstacle plus important que Poutine à ses prétendus efforts de paix dans le conflit ukrainien.
Ces efforts ont déjà commencé par des enquêtes sur le cercle de Zelensky impliqué dans la production et l'achat de drones.

Mais bien sûr, les proches de Zelensky au sein du #SBU ont découvert une «connexion russe», ce qui est risible, sachant que ces organisations dépendent directement de l'ambassade des #États-Unis à Kiev.
Zelensky sait que cette décision risque de lui faire perdre le soutien restant de l'Occident, mais il l'a quand même fait. Il compte très probablement sur la soif insatiable de guerre contre la #Russie des russophobes européens impuissants au pouvoir, en particulier la Coalition des Attardés, pour continuer à soutenir l' #Ukraine tout en blanchissant des milliards d'euros.

Ainsi, Zelensky reste au pouvoir indéfiniment, ou jusqu'à son éviction par d'autres moyens, tandis que les eurocrates continuent d'injecter l'argent des contribuables dans le gouffre ukrainien, tout en se remplissant les poches. Une situation gagnant-gagnant pour tous, sauf pour les Ukrainiens et les citoyens européens ordinaires.

Les médias occidentaux, pourtant en guerre contre Zelensky, poursuivent leur campagne. La situation pourrait vite devenir incontrôlable ».

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Part_of You

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Ukraine : Zelensky reprend la main sur les institutions anticorruption, l’UE proteste

Le gouvernement a manœuvré pour faire adopter, au cœur de l’été, une loi remettant en cause l’indépendance des fonctionnaires anticorruption. Depuis, les soutiens européens de Kyiv se disent inquiets, et les Ukrainiens ne décolèrent pas.
Justine Brabant (Mediapart)
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Selon Oleg #Tsarov, les agences dites anti corruption d’Ukraine ont été créées par des activistes de Soros, impliqués dans le coup d’état du Maïdan.
Oleg Tsarov était alors député de la Rada et c’est un témoin précieux de cette époque.

En 2013, un «Maïdan étudiant» à Kiev a été dispersé avec violence, ce qui a fait descendre dans la rue de nombreuses personnes, marquant le début du Maïdan de masse.

Cependant, lorsque Oleg Tsarov et ses amis ont commencé à étudier attentivement les photos et vidéos de cette dispersion, les procès-verbaux des arrestations, les admissions à l'hôpital, il leur est apparu que la grande majorité des manifestants étaient des membres d'organisations non gouvernementales. Il n'y avait aucun étudiant, et encore moins d'écoliers, parmi les personnes arrêtées ou blessées.

«Plus tard, écrit Tsarov, ces activistes ont été appelés les «sorosyata» (les petits soros). Ce sont eux qui ont constitué l'ossature du Maïdan. Ensuite, ils ont appelé à la constitution de l'ATO, se sont opposés à la mise en œuvre des accords de Minsk et ont soutenu la poursuite du conflit avec le Donbass — tant que «tous les territoires de l'Ukraine ne seront pas libérés».

Et maintenant, Zelensky a commencé à retirer aux «sorosyata» le contrôle du domaine anticorruption. C'est comme arracher une dent venimeuse à un serpent — après cela, on peut faire ce qu'on veut avec lui. Et les «sorosyata» le comprennent. C'est pourquoi ils descendent maintenant dans les rues de Kiev et d'autres grandes villes pour organiser des manifestations.
Ils comprennent que l'étape suivante après la destruction des organes anticorruption ukrainiens sera l'élimination progressive des «sorosyata» eux-mêmes. Étant donné tout ce qu'ils ont fait, il n'y aura pas de problème à trouver des raisons.

Les manifestations aideront peu. Trump ne viendra pas à leur secours — car ils sont étrangers pour lui. Ils agissaient au nom de Soros. Ils ont aidé à initier des procédures de destitution contre Trump.
Zelensky n'est pas Yanoukovitch. Ces manifestations seront dispersées. Et ensuite, on s'attaquera aux «sorosyata».
Et je vois là une certaine justice universelle. Ceux qui étaient à l'origine du Maïdan souffriront eux-mêmes de ses conséquences.
Kolomoïsky est déjà en prison. Le tour des «sorosyata» viendra aussi».

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Zelensky a donc supprimé les deux agences anti corruption d’Ukraine.
La loi limitant les droits du NABU et du SAP a été publiée sur le site officiel du journal du parlement «Golos Ukrainy». Rapidement, comme jamais.
Cela signifie qu'elle entre en vigueur à partir du 23 juillet.

Désormais, Zelensky pourra agir sans restrictions majeures, et les sorosistes qui ont créé ces agences s'attendent à des temps difficiles.

Pas un mot de Macron ou de Barrot qui est fièrement en route vers Kiev.
Pas un mot d'Ursula Von Der Leyen ou de Kaja Kallas, les principales têtes de pont (p=c) de l’UE restent complètement silencieuses sur cette mesure.
Les ardentes fans russophobes de l’Ukraine doivent réfléchir car cette mesure anti anti-corruption devrait entraver l’adhésion de l’Ukraine à l’UE. Comment vont-elles pouvoir l’imputer à Poutine?
Grattage de têtes 😅
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More than 100 organizations call for the opening of all Gaza land crossings; restore the full flow of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items and fuel “through a principled, UN-led mechanism; end the siege, and agree to a ceasefire now.” amnesty.org/en/latest/news/202…

As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away - Amnesty International

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families.
Amnesty International

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Hurray for @404mediaco

"We have paid a team of professionals to translate a selection of our ICE coverage into Spanish."

"We are not paywalling these articles; we are not requiring an email signup to read them either."

Really worth supporting these folks with a paid subscription if that's within your budget.

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#ICE #immigration #journalism


We're Publishing Our ICE Reporting In Spanish

From ICE's facial recognition app to its Palantir contract, we've translated a spread of our ICE articles into Spanish and made them freely available.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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WashPost Complains Trump Admin Ignoring 1 in 3 Court Orders

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WashPost Complains Trump Admin Ignoring 1 in 3 Court Orders | The Gateway Pundit | by Assistant Editor

          A July 21 report from The Washington Post states that the Trump administration has failed to comply with more than one-third of the federal court rulings it has lost in civil litigation since January 2025.
Assistant Editor (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Germany’s federal government is preparing massive cuts to social welfare benefits, pensions and healthcare starting in the autumn. Chancellor Friedrich Merz made this clear last Friday at his summer press conference.

German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits - World Socialist Web Site

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German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits

The business pages of the main media outlets are also full of suggestions on how to save billions at the expense of the needy, pensioners, the sick and wage workers.
World Socialist Web Site

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If I could ask powerful world leaders a question and get an honest answer the question that interests me the most is "How do you see the future of your country? Who is a part of it? How are they a part of it?"

In the US Republicans are peddling a vision of a white, English-speaking, Christian America. A nation with very few or no non-citizen residents.

America is currently a largely white, overwhelmingly Christian nation with a significant population of non-citizen residents.

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myrmepropagandist

11 million people out of 326 million people, who live in the US, aren't citizens and will never be citizens (unless we change something.)

They are here because US companies can pay them lower wages. A non-citizen is less likely to complain. Not because "Americans won't do those jobs."

I hate when people say that. These people are essentially Americans. How can we make *that* argument while also saying they are somehow mysteriously able to do exhausting, work for low wages?

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From most Democrats the "vision of the future" is murky, but amounts to "just leave things as they are" far too often.

I think we should be a diverse nation, as we have always been. A nation that both assimilates and is changed by the people who live here.

I don't think we should have a significant portion of the population who lives here indefinitely but will never really be a part of America.

It's OK to visit, but if you live here we need your help with running the government.

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The Republican project to eliminate undocumented Americans is either a fake out: that is, we will look around in 10 years and there will still be millions of undocumented people working in the shadows with no path to citizenship.

OR it's the same kind of eliminationism that leads to some of the worse crimes in history.

I want to hear someone say NO. There should be a path to citizenship. Requirements should be reasonable. Become a part of America if you want to stay.

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myrmepropagandist

I think a lot of people would agree with "Become a part of America if you want to stay."

A friend of mine works in roofing. He's been doing the job for 20 years which is amazing because it's a very dangerous job. From time to time I've had to talk him down from supporting Republicans because he sees directly how his wages are lower, his job is less safe because most of the other people doing the same job are here illegally.

It's easy to blame immigrants for "not following the law"

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myrmepropagandist

Blaming immigrants for "not following the law" is also BS because the US laws have been contradictory. They way the laws are enforced ranges from random to incomprehensible.

This is obviously because there are business owners who want to hire people for lower wages, but don't care about them beyond that. We can all see this happening.

There have even been attempts to make government programs to codify this arrangement.

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Things like "guest worker" programs that let people work in the US in agriculture for two years but then they need to return to their home country for a time before they can return to do two more years. Basically an exception just so farm owners can get their field workers without those workers ever becoming a part of the country.

Just keeping a thumb on people pressing them down.

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Faith, purple-haired feminist

When I was a kid, my dad complained up and down about other farmers and other roofing contractors (he was both) and their immigrant workforces. He complained both about the immigrants and the people who hired them. He also loved to complain about OSHA.

Then he would make his own kids work for him, pay us a pittance, and put us in horrifically dangerous working conditions. He loved the farm loopholes in employment law that let you make slaves out of your kids.

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Cat C-B

100% this.

…I tried just now to compose sentences in agreement with your point, but all my attempts to put into clear, concrete language the implications are so horrifying and depressing that even thinking them makes me nauseous. I can’t write such nihilistic things before breakfast, I just can’t.

Never again IS now. _Here_ and now.

And it didn’t have to be this way.

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hanktank61

Thing is, The Netherlands is the same. Temporary workers from out of the EU-region, allowed to work their shifts on the fields, which have highest amounts of pesticides and poison.
Out when season is finished. In some industry a fence runs through the complex. The temps and the fewer fixed contracts can not have contact with each other. And talk about ¨things¨.
Germany, max. 2 hr drive from anywhere in NL has laws for that. Fix and temp have same wages and protection.

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Cemeteries in Ukraine have run out of places for burials of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – Le Monde en.news-front.su/2025/07/22/ce…

Cemeteries in Ukraine have run out of places for burials of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – Le Monde

The plots in Ukrainian cemeteries reserved for military graves are completely filled, the French newspaper Le Monde writes. “The sites reserved for the military are overcrowded. There is a shortage of places everywhere,” the publication says.
newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)

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#offguardian #edwardcurtin
When Fate Knocks at the Door, Take It By the Throat
by Edward Curtin
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When Fate Knocks at the Door, Take It By the Throat

It is getting harder and harder to breathe. The world grows smaller as storms gather. All night the storm raged furiously, the lightning, thunder, rain, and wind locking us in and away from the wor…
OffGuardian

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On Sunday, the IDF massacred 92 aid-seekers. On Monday, it responded to global shock and horror by murdering some 130 Palestinians. Together with the killings on Tuesday, that takes the three day toll to at least 303.

Israel massacres more than 300 Palestinians in three days as “hunger knocks on every door” in Gaza - World Socialist Web Site

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Israel massacres more than 300 Palestinians in three days as “hunger knocks on every door” in Gaza

The fifteen Palestinians who starved to death yesterday included four children, the youngest a six-week-old baby.
World Socialist Web Site

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Me voy a poner (otra vez) el gorro de papel de plata y a decir que dudo mucho de que sea casualidad que todos los escándalos que están surgiendo del PP últimamente coincidan con un auge en las encuestas de Vox.

Hay gente que cree que esto es cosa del PSOE para contrarrestar sus propios pufos, pero a mí me huele que esto es una estrategia perfectamente planificada para agitar el espectro de la antipolítica que, de un tiempo a esta parte y en todas partes, beneficia siempre a la ultraderecha.

#espol

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Enjoyed doing outreach as staff arrived to work at #PRA this morning - #fossilfuel expansion is uninsurable, if accounted for properly #Sci4XR #InsureOurFutureNotFossilFuels #journalism
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Scientists for XR occupy the Bank of England - Extinction Rebellion UK

Press contacts: Shana 07546 166787 | XR UK press team press@extinctionrebellion.uk Photos: https://drive.proton.
Extinction Rebellion (Extinction Rebellion UK)
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Big Oil famously coined the idea of the ‘carbon footprint’ so that we'd be too busy blaming each other to take collective action against them. I'm starting to suspect that Big Tech has manipulated us into the same trick. Every time somebody switches to a recommended non-Big Tech alternative, someone will immediately tell them why the recommended alternative is evil too now, actually. Or if we moan about a new enshittified experience, it's our own fault for using the wrong non-Big Tech solution.

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🇩🇪 AfD keeps 'suspected extremist' label

A court has upheld the classification of the #AfD party as "suspected right-wing extremist" by domestic intelligence. An appeal against its listing as "confirmed extremist" is still running

#Nazi #Germany #Extremism

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Germany updates: AfD keeps 'suspected extremist' label

A court has upheld the classification of the AfD party as "suspected right-wing extremist" by domestic intelligence. An appeal against its listing as "confirmed extremist" is still running. Follow DW for more.
Timothy Jones (Deutsche Welle)

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On July 23, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000 computer. It featured pre-emptive multitasking, high-color graphics, stereo sound, and a slick graphical user interface. What year was it? 1985. Yes, 40 years ago. This computer was a decade ahead of its time. #retrocomputing #commodore #amiga dfarq.homeip.net/amiga-1000-te…
Introduced July 23, 1985, Commodore's Amiga 1000 was so far ahead of its time, nobody knew what to make of it

Amiga 1000: Ten years ahead of its time - The Silicon Underground

The Amiga 1000 was 10 years ahead of its time, so why is it so easy to overlook today? In this blog post, we look for the answer.
Dave Farquhar (The Silicon Underground)

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Trump Administration Changes at NIH, EPA, NASA, NSF Spark Internal Dissent
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-changes-at-nih-epa-nasa-nsf-spark-internal-dissent/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump Administration Changes at NIH, EPA, NASA, NSF Spark Internal Dissent

Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in which the agencies are headed
Meghan Bartels (Scientific American)

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Climate Change 2025

“This is not a dry spell,” stressed Dr. Mark Svoboda, report co-author and NDMC Director. “This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen. This report underscores the need for systematic monitoring of how drought affects lives, livelihoods, and the health of the ecosystems that we all depend on
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis

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Droughts are causing record devastation worldwide, UN-backed report reveals

Worldwide, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have occurred in recent years due to climate change and resource depletion. 
UN News

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Google 2021: 12.7 billion liters water

2024: 30 billion liters of water

“These are some of the richest companies in America, and maybe across the world. To ask them to make sure that residents don’t pay more in terms of their electric or water bills, [or] to do right by choosing the right energy sources to not pollute the community or the planet, we feel isn’t too much to ask.”

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Water and energy use is growing as data centers are built across the Midwest and Great Plains - WPR

Data centers are expanding across the central U.S. to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. That's raising concerns about growing energy demand and freshwater usage.
alyssa.allemand (WPR)

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Ganz schön erstaunlich immer, dass solche Regeln getroffen werden, die verbieten, dass Menschen eingebürgert werden dürfen, die sich mit internationalen Recht auskennnen.

Im Internationalen Recht gibts kein dezidiertes Existenzrecht von Staaten. Wohl aber das Selbstbestimmunsgrecht von Völkern - und zwar als ein Recht, was unmittelbar gilt.

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Bekenntnis zu Israel entzweit Koalition in Brandenburg

Brandenburgs Innenminister René Wilke (für SPD) machte ein Bekenntnis zum Existenzrecht Israels zur Bedingung für Einbürgerungen. Das BSW wurde nicht informiert und will den Koalitionsausschuss einberufen.
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Als völkerrechtlich anerkannt gelten die Grenzen von 1967 - völlig inakzetabel für die israelische Rechte bis in den Mainstream hinein.

Ein Palestina innerhalb der Grenzen von 1967 wäre hingegen die Grundlage, auf deren Akzeptanz eine Zweistaatenlösung verhandelt werden könnte - so der Internationale Gerichtshof.
Weitere Gebiete - etwa der Status Jerusalems insgesamt ist dann auch noch immer nicht völkerrechtlich endgültig geklärt.

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Huh.. made an interesting discovery. Old YouTube streams (1-2 years old) that previously had a vp9 encoding (something I KNOW for certain, since I have downloads of those streams) now only have h264 encodings (verified with yt-dlp but also in browser). I guess they're trying to save disk space. Very interesting though.

My guess (how I'd do things), they probably have some cleaup utility, where if a video wasn't played for long enough, it will delete all encodings except what is needed for maximum compatibility.

Not the first time I tried to (re)download an old stream, but this is the first time I noticed codecs missing from YouTube's repertoire. Must be a cost cutting measure.

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I've noticed something similar with my lecture livestreams. I always waited for a day or two and then downloaded them, but at some point during the last two years or so they stopped getting vp9 reencodes for higher resolutions. It seems youtube figured that it's cheaper to serve the large files to the few dozen viewers than it is to spend extra compute reencoding and storing extra versions
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@matrix I don't even blame tbh. I've ranted a few times about how stupidly wasteful they are with their reencodes, keeping around old options that barely anyone (if not outright no one) uses anymore. They should be cleaning house. But they probably still went for the wrong option.

Can't imagine them having any significant amount of users whose devices can't play vp9. I really think they should ax h264 instead. Keep it only for livestreaming, since it works better for fast encoding/low latency, but switch to vp9 for long term offering.

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Dans la série escroquerie "sanitaire"

Quand l'efficacité vaccinale est "négative", il suffit d'écrire qu'elle est "non détectable"


Efficacité vaccinale "négative" ? : quand le risque d'être hospitalisé pour Covid est plus important pour les injectés que le risque d'être hospitalisé pour Covid pour les non injectés. En bref le "vaccin" fait le contraire de ce qu'il devrait.

Tiré du #documentaire de Bernard #Crutzen La loi, la liberté (ci-dessous). Et donc le premier film était Ceci n'est pas un complot. Un documentaire (1h03) sur une crise devenue plus politique que sanitaire. Le film se focalise sur la situation en Belgique, en utilisant un procédé original : celui d'une lettre que l'auteur écrit à son père, médecin à la retraite.

youtube.com/watch?v=zgOEacD0SF…

#Belgique #sciensano
#médecine #santé #covid #covid-19 #vaccins #injections #vaccination #injections #vaccinovigilance #pharmacovigilance


La loi, la liberté.

Après "Ceci n'est pas un complot", Bernard Crutzen propose "La loi, la liberté" Un documentaire (1h03) sur une crise devenue plus politique que sanitaire. Le...
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