Rock star welcome for Pope Leo as he arrives by helicopter to open-air youth vigil
Pilgrims began crying and cheering when the white military helicopter descended over the open-site.TheJournal.ie
Pilgrims began crying and cheering when the white military helicopter descended over the open-site.TheJournal.ie
UK lenders want ‘intergenerational’ mortgages,let’s dive into what that means.TheJournal.ie
#Ballweg meldete, wohl versehentlich, ca. 20 € zu viel Betriebsausgaben an. Damit wurde, vermute ich, ihm etwas über 3 € zu viel #Umsatzsteuer erstattet. = 9 Monate Haft
Bei »Cum Ex« wurden allein in Deutschland, je nach Schätzung, zw. 10 und 36 MILLIARDEN € »erstattet« – und das war Absicht.
#Scholz = frei keine Strafe
#CumEx #SPD #Rechtsstaat #Sozialismus ist BÖSE
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Olga Cherevko from the UN's Humanitarian Affairs spoke to RT about the many obstacles along the path of aid distribution across the enclaveOdysee
Protest at its best is a promise, followed by action
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"How feisty student marches in the early 2010s led one young activist to anarcho-syndicalism and a path of direct action ~ Auto ~ As someone who grew up in Britain during the long victory march of Thatcherism, I was in some ways born into a generation of the powerless. Ours was a world where popular
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How feisty student marches in the early 2010s led one young activist to anarcho-syndicalism and a path of direct action ~ Auto ~ As someone who grew up in Britain during the long victory march of Thatcherism, I was in some ways born into a generation…Eds (Freedom Press)
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Officials said 10 of today’s casualties were killed by strikes in central and southern Gaza.TheJournal.ie
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Das Problem besteht darin, dass Mohammedaner keinerlei Gnade empfinden, wenn etwas in den Augen ihres Imams oder Ältestenrates als #haram gilt.
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
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I remember around 2022, hearing the human cull in China may have exceeded over 200 million. Recently heard that the current remaining population in china (from combination of that human culling, and census lies) may be as small as 400 million.Around same time, one clip I saw stuck with me, some guy in china, shouting "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!" Better to know you're under tyranny, deprived of liberty, so you can strive for emancipation, rather than cheering on your oligarch masters as if they're protecting your freedom from Johnny Foreigner who hates you for your freedoms. XD Keep repeating, "USA NUMBER ONE!" and "land of the free". Joke of the world. All around the world, we have a good laugh at that. Maybe when more Americans wake up out of that spell, we get to mend this. Hope still resides with the people in USA. Now if only they could avoid being chemically lobotomised back into obedience and non-threatening distraction. #StopFallingForIt
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As China Disappears People and Histories, An Artist Fights Back
Authoritarian states often silence critics of their policies by jailing them or forcing them into exile. Yet they also aim to create a unified narrative about the nation's history, and any past event that threatens the established power structure can be subject to disappearance or revision. This can also mean removing individuals associated with past dissent from public circulation and public memory, so that future generations will ideally not know that such dissent ever existed.Communist China is instructive in this regard. After the Chinese government cracked down in 2019 on Hong Kong protesters who opposed the new National Security law, they also arrested dissidents at those protests who had been active in earlier decades, so the memory of resistance in Hong Kong would be extinguished as well. Scrubbing all references to this history and its protagonists on websites and search engines ensures that China's digital world mirrors these physical removals.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping has become more draconian, disappearing more "unacceptable" people and cultural artifacts, he has tellingly grounded his expanding cult of personality in the precedent set by master silencer Mao Zedong, who erased tens of millions of people and animals and targeted China's entire high culture heritage for destruction.
"Disappearances, of one kind or another, have become the backbeat of Chinese public life under Xi Jinping," Evan Osnos concludes in a sobering 2023 New Yorker article. And yet we may not associate China with such disappearances, and democracies which are dependent on and enmeshed with China in areas of trade, manufacturing, and education have usually chosen to look the other way.
As of Jan. 2025, over one million Muslims (Uyghurs, ethnic Hui, ethnic Kazakhs, ethnic Kyrgyz, ethnic Tajiks, and ethnic Uzbeks) have been abducted and detained in over 1,200 camps in the Xinjiang region of China, with many subject to forced labor and others never heard from again as they vanish into the infrastructure of repression.
Major figures in Chinese political and business life have also continued to vanish, the fate of each one proving the maxims:
in an authoritarian state, you are powerful, until you are not.
Everyone but the strongman must be seen as dispensable.
Via What Could Go Right? Architects of Our Own Meaning
How rich societies can reverse their unhappiness spiralEmma Varvaloucas (The Progress Network)
Explore how Edge Security & Zero Trust Architecture with continuous verification secures distributed data and apps. Join the discussion! Today, data and apps live everywhere. The old wall around the…Sanjay K Mohindroo (Medium)
@smohindroo1, I use this one, I think that is covers pretty well all the traffic.
Portmaster is a free and open-source application that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections. Increase your privacy and security. Get peace of mind.safing.io
Leclerc targets Ferrari's first F1 win of the year from pole at Hungarian Grand Prix
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Ramallah, August 2 (Prensa Latina) Israeli soldiers killed journalist Marwa Muslim in Gaza City, located in the north of the coastal enclave, the Maan news agency reported.Alina Ramos Martin (Prensa Latina)
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Russian energy giant Lukoil's subsidiaries in Bulgaria are under unprecedented pressure from local authorities, and the company is considering selling assets in the country, Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova told Sputnik.Sputnik International
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Live Updates: Israel has been bombarding Gaza, killing thousands of Palestinians, since Hamas launched a deadly offensive on Oct 7, 2023.DAWN.COM
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Je me dis parfois que ce que le zen appelle « Dharma »
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#zen #prayer #meditation #spirialité #prière
Je me dis parfois que ce que le zen appelle « Dharma » au sens de réalité de l’existence,saute par-delà, enjambe les étapes intermédiaires des représentations divines,Et passe au travers …Notes & Silence
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WoW! Strong, though totally relevant... We could apply this to all our beliefs yes?
We only ever hold to the ones we feel will ... "lift us ... carry us through the chaos... or generate the most positive changes we prefer to experience via the "movies of our minds"?
Thanks again, again, again... 🙏🙏🙏
Hey, Linuxers! A new GOverlay release is here! 🎉 Light theme support should finally be working — not perfect like the dark mode, but all menus are usable now! In the next update, I plan to fix a fe...GitHub
Will you be able to see one day ?
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#zen #silence #prayer #meditation #spirituality
Will you be able to see one daythat all the ideas about God that you entertain (even if they come from the most erudite books)are only an additional veil to lift to know the nature of the mind,than…Notes & Silence
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli occupation forces launched renewed airstrikes on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis on Saturday, killing and injuring several civilians, in what human rights groups are increasingly condemning as systemat…Tasnim News Agency
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"Today’s global civilisation, however, is deeply interconnected and unequal and could lead to the worst societal collapse yet, he says. The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots"
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An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquishedDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
“The key thing is this is not about all of humanity creating these threats. It is not about human nature. It is about small groups who bring out the worst in us, competing for profit and power and covering all [the risks] up.”
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An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquishedDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Report by Marat Khairullin and Mikhail Popov.Zinderneuf (Marat Khairullin Substack)
I got a nice one for y'all. Just acqured a Schrade Uncle Henry 885UH Stockman
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Das scheint das Wochenende mit musikalischen Entdeckungen für mich zu sein. Heute ist es »Samantha Fish« mit ihrem neuen Blues-Rock-Album »Paper Doll«, das mich unter den Kopfhörern zu fesseln weiß.
Ich habe keine Ahnung, ob das eine sehr bekannte Künstlerin ist, ich kannte sie bisher nicht.
@westsideblogger, na, an Nachwuchs fehlt es jedenfalls nicht, auch Kinder können es ordentlich Krachen lassen
"I am now back in the UK, and safely on my way home. After more 25 hours of being stranded in the airport lounge, two police officers finally approached me and told me it was time to leave, before escorting me to a gate and making sure I was boarded on a direct flight home. Thankfully, I got back in one piece with all my luggage. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has reached out, sent kind messages and to all those who . . ."
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I am now back in the UK, and safely on my way home. After more 25 hours of being stranded in the airport lounge, two police officers finally approached me and told me it was time to leave, before escorting me to a gate and making sure I was boarded o…Telegram
Just now, I read this statement from Sophie De Schaepdrijver, professor European History at Pennsylvania State University.
"And to think that in the US people thought "woke" was the big problem. Because woke was canceling! Woke was threatening freedom of speech! Oh dear, the downfall of the West!
But woke doesn't have armed police. Woke never arrested anyone. Woke never made anyone disappear into an ICE detention center."
#USA #Woke #ICE #Schaepdrijver #Penn
"It's now been almost 24 hours since the Swedish authorities dumped me in the departure lounge in Stockholm. Since then, I have not been provided with food or water (had to buy it myself), have not been given a bed (had to sleep on chairs), have not been given back my passport or been given access to my bag and finally, no one has spoken to me about sending me home. There is no way on earth any European country would treat an illegal . . ."
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If immigrants don't want to work, why does ICE keep raiding workplaces? 🤔
♲ Rich - 2025-08-02 23:33:53 GMT
#paid by printed money #Federal Reserve #politicians #global govt #CFR
The past 20 years they took the US from 5 trillion to 20,000,000,000,000 into debt
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President Donald Trump’s bizarre announcement that he is sending two nuclear submarines closer to Russia—an announcement that may have direct military implications that are, at most, minor—nonetheless represents dangerous instability in the realm of …Jason Ross (EIR News)
Tens of thousands of people in Sydney are holding a protest against Israel's war on Gaza.The crowds will march across Sydney Harbour Bridge, which will be cl...YouTube
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Deepin is clearly looking more at Windows than macOS nowadays, with the taskbar at the bottom, and both styles you can pick from being basically Windows 10 or Windows 11.
The main menu is alright, with app search, the ability to sort applications by name, or freely by drag and drop in the list of apps, and a frequent and recently installed section.
I quite liked the Quick Actions module at the bottom right of the task bar, it's a very smartphone like interface, but practical.
In terms of personalization, you have the usual suspects, dark and light mode, accent colors, some form of global theme that changes accent colors, wallpapers and icons, or you can just change the icons and cursors individually, and the fonts. It's definitely no KDE or no Cinnamon here, and these theme changes don't apply uniformly to other apps.
Default apps are still in that same ballpark of being basic and simple, but being barely enough for anyone who just needs a computer for office work, email, and web browsing. It's all fine, but it hasn't progressed much since the last time I used Deepin.
Finally, Deepin is still stuck on X11. The betas talked about having experimental Wayland support, they couldn't ship with it in the end, and it's not there yet.
Finally, you have access to cross device sharing your clipboard to another computer, transfering files to other computers, or sharing the mouse cursor, unfortunately, that only works between computers running Deepin, or between Deepin and Windows.
Now, what sets Deepin apart from other distros and desktops, is its integration of AI features. First, is what they call UOS AI, its icon is present by default in the system tray, and it's basically just a gateway for you to have the various AI tools you use inside your OS: it doesn't come with its own model or anything, you need to enter an API key for any of the supported models, like GPT 3.5, GPT 4, and a few others that only have Chinese names that I can't read.
Deepin also includes the ability to build your own personal knowledge assistant, but it depends on the same models you have to configure.
And unfortunately, this is also true for the last feature is the Deepin System Assistant, an AI powered tool that lets you ask questions about how your system works. It's fine to try and simplify access to AI tools by giving users a single interface to let them access various types of assistants, but if you also expect users to actually generate API keys and enter them here, then it means your implementation of AI is not ready for prime time, and so your implementation at the OS level is not that useful, because anyone who knows how to generate a key and use it, and fix the errors, they have a paid account, and thy don't need your watered down interface.
Another thing introduced in Deepin 23 is what they call Linyaps, this is a new packaging format that Deepin created, and they started using that format for some of their own applications. It's another sandboxed format like Snaps or Flatpaks, where you build your app once for each architecture, and you don't need to build it for each distro and each distro's version. They have their own section in the App Store, with a bunch iof apps already, although most of these seem t be chinese apps that have untranslated names.
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"I was scheduled to speak at the Free Sweden event this Saturday and flew into Stockholm earlier today. I was detained going through customs and held for several hours before being denied entry on the grounds that I present a 'threat to public order, the fabric of society and the values on which Sweden and Europe are built'.
I am now in the process of being deported and the EU has banned from entering any Schengen Zone country for . . ."
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"They're terrified."
"Did you not realize what this would be? Being fucking gestapo, being Nazis?"
People in Missouri confront ICE. Run them out of restaurant.
Via @/pabloreports
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@Professor_Stevens @disisdeguey yes happening!
every locality and state needs to pass laws and ordinances to have a pre registry of the real #ice guys verified that they are trained …..and make it a crime to play dress up like this.
@gentlegardener @Professor_Stevens @disisdeguey
There are federal and state laws against impersonating a law-enforcement officer already. If these people don't have a valid warrant card, have fake badges, are wearing fake uniforms, and asserting that they are federal officers, there's a pretty good chance that they're in violation.
The really fun thing will be when people start placing them under citizens' arrest and calling real law enforcement.
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An exhibition of graphic work by Peter Kennard is opening at Palestine Museum Scotland to run daily from 9 to 31 August, concurrent with the Edinburgh festivalThe Guardian
Si la France n'accepte pas le blocus israélien et souhaite apporter de l'aide humanitaire à Gaza, elle doit le faire par voie maritime et terrestre, pas via des largages aériens coûteux, insuffisants et dangereux.
🗞️ Le Parisien : Les Écologistes demandent à Emmanuel Macron le déploiement de la Marine nationale pour apporter de l’aide humanitaire à Gaza leparisien.fr/international/le…
Ils rappellent que la France a déjà envoyé deux porte-hélicoptères amphibies afin de soulager les hôpitaux de Gaza. Ils demandent à Emmanuel Macron de ne pas attendre septembre pour reconnaître l’État de Palestine.Le Parisien avec AFP (Le Parisien)
#Irish band #Kneecap will appear in #Helsinki Flow festival on Saturday night.
I am hoping they will raise havoc next weekend in Helsinki, we desperately need that.
In the meantime, there is a #ShadowFlow festival organised by the pro #Palestine movement.
Flow Festival on Helsingissä järjestettävä musiikki- ja kaupunkikulttuurifestivaali, jolla on myös laaja taideohjelma, sekä monipuolinen ja laadukas ravintolatarjonta.Flow Festival - 8.-10.8.2025
The Timms Review is not a win — it’s a delay tactic. PIP cuts are still on the table. Here’s what’s really going on and why it’s not over yet.Mike Sivier (Vox Political)
Mersey Pensioners legend under house arrest A prisoner in her own ‘jigger’ (alleyway): Audrey White. Legendary Liverpool left-winger Audrey White was one of four people arrested two wee…SKWAWKBOX
We talk to filmmaker and reporter Ruwaida Amer in Gaza about the situation she and those around her are facing as Israel’s deliberate starvation intensifies....YouTube
The communist demonrats want you to work hard.
They also want every dollar above your basic life needs for themselves.
Communists are just theives and slavery.
That is why demonrats and Muslims think so much alike.
Why Shutter USAID?
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in reply to Rosemarie and Owen Kelly • • •Pure evil.
Generational Mortgages are a thing in Japan's big cities. Often three generations.
Children and grandchildren born into debt for something they may have zero interest in.
Housing is a right, not a commodity, regardless of the opposite being the practice under late-stage capitalism.